This English-Haisla dictionary was assembled throughout the 1970s and early 1980s by Kitimat Centennial Museum Curator Gisela Mendel and linguist Hein 'Henry' Vink from the University of Leiden in the Netherlands, with the help of numerous Haisla speakers, including Jeffrey Legaik, Amelia Grant, Kay Grant, Louise Barbetti, Melissa Woods, Irene Starr, and others.
Custodial History
Retained by the Kitimat Museum & Archives; formally accessioned in February 2024.
Scope and Content
Flash cards containing Haisla and English vocabulary.
Notes
Words in green were gathered by Hein Vink and words in black were gathered by Gisela Mendel.
Photographs of panorama of smeltersite from water tower. 1 - not quite to pole. 2 - pole to small pole. right hand corner. 3 - some pole at 2 to left one of 2 doubles. 4 - Just beyond. Left of double.
Photographs of panorama of smeltersite from water tower. 1 - not quite to pole. 2 - pole to small pole. right hand corner. 3 - some pole at 2 to left one of 2 doubles. 4 - Just beyond. Left of double.
File folder - information re: Archeological material gathered from Pike Creek Foreshore Devastation Channel Permit#1993-39. Various documents and maps realting to this. Second folder contains pack of 22 photos and negatives titled Pike Creek A.I.A. 9315.
Donated by Crystal Sawyer from Amec Environment & Infastructure
Scope and Content
File folder - information re: Archeological material gathered from Pike Creek Foreshore Devastation Channel Permit#1993-39. Various documents and maps realting to this. Second folder contains pack of 22 photos and negatives titled Pike Creek A.I.A. 9315.
