Rectangular ingot with ALCAN engraved in the front in capital letters. Silver in colour. Corners are rounded.
Physical Condition
Fair
Material
metal
Condition Remarks
Many scratches, stains, and other marks across the surface, both front and back. Many small holes in back. Stains in various colours - white, pinkish, brown (possible rust).
Photograph of Cormorant Elementary School Division 2 Grade 5/6 class. Back L to R: Shelley Rowatt, Andrea Szametz, Chris Deane Florea, Shawna Anweiler, Susan Allen, Leslie Austin, Dona Egami, Rosemary Mason. 2nd row: George Teves, Gordon Birch, Don Butterworth, Mike Neskit, Hans Kaufeld, Richard Bode, Brian Donaldson, Mervyn Mosher, Terry Kozakewich, Gordon Burnett. Front: Chris Bode, Veronika Beck, Eva Tooth, Hilary Knight, Irene Godfrey, Sylvia Bors, Caroline Southcott, Peter Theocharis.
Photograph of Cormorant Elementary School Division 2 Grade 5/6 class. Back L to R: Shelley Rowatt, Andrea Szametz, Chris Deane Florea, Shawna Anweiler, Susan Allen, Leslie Austin, Dona Egami, Rosemary Mason. 2nd row: George Teves, Gordon Birch, Don Butterworth, Mike Neskit, Hans Kaufeld, Richard Bode, Brian Donaldson, Mervyn Mosher, Terry Kozakewich, Gordon Burnett. Front: Chris Bode, Veronika Beck, Eva Tooth, Hilary Knight, Irene Godfrey, Sylvia Bors, Caroline Southcott, Peter Theocharis.
Fonds contains documents, photographs, photocopies, and maps collected by Arvid Hardin throughout his ten years in Kitimat. Areas of focus include high school life, the Kitimat Army Cadets, and the creation of Hirsch Creek Park, the Kitimat Community Centre, and the Kitimat trail system.
Arvid Hardin (born c. 1941) lived in Kitimat from 1953 to 1963. He graduated from Mount Elizabeth Secondary School in 1959, served as an active member of the Kitimat Army Cadet Corps, and was involved with the creation of Hirsch Creek Provincial Park. Around 2008, he collaborated with E.E. 'Bill' Duyvewaardt and other former Kitimat Cadets to write a 'historical profile' of the Cadets and their activities.
Custodial History
Materials from accession 2009.15 were donated by Arvid Hardin to the Museum on June 10th, 2009.
Materials from accession 2022.18 were donated by Arvid Hardin on May 10th, 2022.
Scope and Content
Fonds contains documents, photographs, photocopies, and maps collected by Arvid Hardin throughout his ten years in Kitimat. Areas of focus include high school life, the Kitimat Army Cadets, and the creation of Hirsch Creek Park, the Kitimat Community Centre, and the Kitimat trail system.
Conservation
Many pages old and yellowing. Staples, paper clips, and other metal fasteners removed from all papers in March & May 2022.
Storage Location
Box 39
Photo storage
Related Material
Artifacts donated by Arvid Hardin include a proclamation (2009.15.6), gazette (2009.15.7), and high school certificate (2009.15.11).
