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Proposal for a post office in British Columbia
This is a letter sent by Arthur Sleigh to the secretary of state for the colonies proposing the creation of a post office mail route to be set up in British Columbia, and requesting funding for it. He proposes a system based on ponies and horses to…
Barracks To House Evacuated Japanese
The photograph depicts builders working on a Barracks block in preparation to build the huge center at Manzanar. The photograph has an attaching caption noting that the barrack block in the photograph as being only one of what would be 350 barrack…
"Hawaii: 49th State" brochure c.1946
This "Hawaii: 49th State” brochure was compiled by the Associated Students of the University of Hawaii in 1946. It shows student support for Hawaiian statehood and features reasons for statehood from University of Hawaii students and staff as well as…
Interior Salish Basket
The source is an interior Salish basket made from Athapaskan people collected by F. C. Swannell in Pemberton Meadows from 1917. The basket has an imbricated design of dyed and undyed cherry bark in the form of different shades of brown that form a…
Glimpses of Hawaii
A front cover of Austin’s Hawaiian Weekly from October 1899, with the tagline “Devoted to the Interests of the Pacific”. This description ties in with the paper’s address of the Boer War later in one of its articles. The description of the paper and…
Hewahewa - Ali`i Letters - 1830.07.29 - to Chamberlain, Levi
The letter is a short note written from a Christian Hawaiian, to Levi Chamberlain. Chamberlain was a Christian Missionary teacher and accountant. Chamberlain completed three tours on foot of Oahu. He went to Hawaii with his wife Maria. It details was…
Slave advertised for sale
This is a newspaper advertisement for the auction of a 'Negro' slave for $300 by his master B.G. Lathrop. The significance of the source lies in the fact that it is the first sale of a slave in California despite its declaration as a free state in…
Freight Teams traveling through Vancouver
This is an image of a large column of wagons and livestock being transported 15 miles from Yale, Vancouver. In the 1860’s the transportation of trade goods was evolving, incorporating large groups of wagons, animals and labourers to move the goods…
The Bennett Sun
The Bennett Sun is a newspaper in northern British Columbia aimed at the local people of Bennett, now an abandoned town next to Lake Bennett. The paper has a range of news pieces and advertisements. Most notably the source has an editorial news piece…
Transformation Mask of the Kwakwaka’wakw people
The object is a Transformation Mask from the Kwakwaka’wakw people. These masks were worn by dancers during ceremonies, they pull strings to open and move the mask, animating it. The mask can be opened and closed to reveal a mythical being or an…