John Ware was a past employee of the Kitimat Town Planning Department (1957-1959). He was hired by Hollister Kent, Planning Director for Kitimat. During his two years here, Dr. ware designed the first Kitimat street signs, the Haisla Boulevard overpass, and the Hirsch Creek Park shelter centennial project (1858-1958). He was layed off when Alcan lost major Aluminum buyers and the town expansion halted, resulting in a cut back of Kirtimat employees. He then moved to the USA.
Custodial History
Donated by John Ware.
Scope and Content
Photographs of the Hirsch Creek shelter planning, construction, and completed structure.
Three black & white images show planning. One concept sketch, and two copies of a plan showing different angles of the structure.
Two colour images of construction showing interior
Two sepia images showing completed structure and view of interior
One small black & white image of near completion, with construction sacffolding on outer wall. A woman is next to it.
Four black & white images of completed roof. Woman standing on roof in one.
Ten black & white images of completed structure in winter. Sculpture is visible.
Notes
Further info on the shelter - the shelter was one of about five ideas that John Ware was asked to come up with by the Kitimat Centennial Committee. He then decided the this version would be the one to fit the build. The yellow glazed bricks were imported from Texas, even though they were ordered from a Canadian firm. He wanted a bright permanent colour that would require little maintenece. The 'sculpture' was made of pieces of triangular sheet steel on steel supports, with a colored enamel finish - similar to the original fireplace, which was red. The triangular sheets that made up the sculpture yellow and green? and intended to look like steel fir trees. The likely reason the sculpture was removed was that there was a fear if anyone climbed onto the shelter and jump down, they may impale themselves on the sharp steel.
John Ware was a past employee of the Kitimat Town Planning Department (1957-1959). He was hired by Hollister Kent, Planning Director for Kitimat. During his two years here, Dr. ware designed the first Kitimat street signs, the Haisla Boulevard overpass, and the Hirsch Creek Park shelter centennial project (1858-1958). He was layed off when Alcan lost major Aluminum buyers and the town expansion halted, resulting in a cut back of Kirtimat employees. He then moved to the USA.
Custodial History
Donated by John Ware.
Scope and Content
Photographs of the Multipurpose Recreation Building and Hirsch Creek Shelter concepts. Negative tones.
Annual Report of the Minister of Mines, for the year ending 31st December, 1885, being an account of mining operations for gold, coal, etc in the Province of British Columbia (2 pages)
Mining File, Touch the Earth by Leon Kirstein
Builders of Kitimat by Stan Rough (2 pages)
Golden Crown Mine. John Dunn and James L. Steele
Dunn and Steele Arrival in Kitamaat Summer 1898. Oct 1898 issue Na Na Kwa
Correspondence To the Editor of Nanakwa, NaNaKwa July 1899
Letter from John Dunn, Oct 1900
A day at the Golden Crown, Rev. Raley 1901
Steele and Dunn, January 1902 NNK
The Bungalow Pioneer Prospectors and Crown Kitamaat,1904
Mount Claque Error Corrected to Clague. Northern Sentinel Aug 19, 1970
Hot Springs notes (hand-written)
Iron Mountain Near Kitimat. From folder History of Our Mines. (hand-written, 2 pages)
Collection of materials that Patricia Robertson used for her PhD.
Custodial History
Donated to the museum by Patricia Robertson.
Scope and Content
Folder containing research material.
Annual Report of the Minister of Mines, for the year ending 31st December, 1885, being an account of mining operations for gold, coal, etc in the Province of British Columbia (2 pages)
Mining File, Touch the Earth by Leon Kirstein
Builders of Kitimat by Stan Rough (2 pages)
Golden Crown Mine. John Dunn and James L. Steele
Dunn and Steele Arrival in Kitamaat Summer 1898. Oct 1898 issue Na Na Kwa
Correspondence To the Editor of Nanakwa, NaNaKwa July 1899
Letter from John Dunn, Oct 1900
A day at the Golden Crown, Rev. Raley 1901
Steele and Dunn, January 1902 NNK
The Bungalow Pioneer Prospectors and Crown Kitamaat,1904
Mount Claque Error Corrected to Clague. Northern Sentinel Aug 19, 1970
Hot Springs notes (hand-written)
Iron Mountain Near Kitimat. From folder History of Our Mines. (hand-written, 2 pages)
