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Sister Mary Providence, pioneer educator and philanthropist in British Columbia
This is a black and white photograph 35cm by 40cm portraying a female pioneer educator and philanthropist in British Columbia. The picture focuses on the religion of Christianity as sister Mary Providence is wearing a crucifix and holding onto a…
Franz & Pope Sock Knitting Machine
This is a colour image of a sock knitting machine used by the girls at the Kamehameha School. It was co-patented by Ida May Pope’s father, William Pope, alongside William Franz. The existence of such device in a school, and its creation for the…
Image of ‘Hanging of the Mexican Woman”
William Downie wrote Hunting for Gold which incorporated the image titled “Hanging of the Mexican Woman,” referring to the lynching of Josefa Segovia. She was the only woman to ever be hung in California. Her killing places a large emphasis on the…
Fort Rupert
his photograph shows a group of 3 settler men sitting with 2 Native American Women and 1 indigenous Child. One man can be seen being playful with another of the men and one of the women. In the background is a shored boat, with a small log cabin…
Government Order Mandating forced haircuts of Indigenous people (1902)
Black and White official copy of Letter send by William Atkinson Jones, Commissioner of Indian Affairs to superintendents of all federal reservations, dated January 1902. Commonly referred to as the ‘Haircut order’. Within the letter Jones refers…
Native Daughters
A 50 second video clip filmed on January 24th, 1898 and later restored by the Library of Congress in 1996 shows a parade within San Francisco celebrating the Golden Jubilee. Within this video, native daughters wearing white dresses and white Alpine…
Sharp Camp following the evacuation order for persons of Japanese ancestry
The photograph depicts Aliens at Sharp Camp, California following the evacuation order for people of Japanese ancestry. The camp seen in the photograph was set up to serve as a detention centre were people were given hearings. The Japanese people…
Application for Leave Clearance form, WRA-126
The source, informally known as the “Loyalty Questionnaire” is an example of the questionnaires the War Relocation Authority sent into internment camps to assess the loyalty of Japanese people. This form needed to be filled out before the individual…
Congratulatory letter recognising citizenship, (1952)
Coloured textual source of letter showing written correspondence between Walter Edward Harris, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration and Ma, Quon On written on the 4th December 1952. In which Walter Edward Harris congratulated Ma on his recent…
The Wave
The source is a Victoria edition of newspaper called The Wave from the start of the 20th Century that was published in Seattle and San Francisco. Its targeted audience is the local literate population in the Victoria area who are aware of local news…