Photograph of Dennis Rudolph on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. He is wearing a purple British Columbia Special Olympics shirt, and a cap with various pins.
Photograph of Dennis Rudolph on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. He is wearing a purple British Columbia Special Olympics shirt, and a cap with various pins.
Photograph of Dennis Rudolph and a young woman putting up the donation total numbers at the Aluminum City Telethon. Doug Smith is next to them on the right.
Photograph of Dennis Rudolph and a young woman putting up the donation total numbers at the Aluminum City Telethon. Doug Smith is next to them on the right.
Photograph of Doug Smith with a microphone talking to a lady named Marti who appears to be a fortune teller. She is sitting at a table and doing tarot readings. Another man is sitting across from her. There is a tarot reading sign behind Doug.
The Aluminum City Telethon was started in 1980. The Kitimat Sports Association was approached by the board of directors of the Child Development Centre, and asked for their assistance in raising funds. The idea of a Telethon was agreed on and a committee was formed.
Each year the Telethon executive receives requests from the different non-profit organizations within our own community. They then decide on how to disburse the funds raised that year. after the letters of requests are reviewed and a brief presentation is made to the board of directors explaining how the money received will be spent.
Custodial History
Dorothy Cheyne
Scope and Content
Photograph of Doug Smith with a microphone talking to a lady named Marti who appears to be a fortune teller. She is sitting at a table and doing tarot readings. Another man is sitting across from her. There is a tarot reading sign behind Doug.
Photograph of a group of youths talking with a man with a microphone at the edge of the stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. Exit door is behind them. Audience and seats on the left.
Photograph of a group of youths talking with a man with a microphone at the edge of the stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. Exit door is behind them. Audience and seats on the left.
Photograph of a group of youths talking with a man with a microphone at the edge of the stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. Exit door is behind them. A girl in an orange shirt is in the centre talking into the microphone.
Photograph of a group of youths talking with a man with a microphone at the edge of the stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. Exit door is behind them. A girl in an orange shirt is in the centre talking into the microphone.
Photograph of Doug Smith with a microphone kneeling down and talking to a little boy with a walker on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon . There is an adult behind the boy, and another child sitting on Doug Smith's knee.
The Aluminum City Telethon was started in 1980. The Kitimat Sports Association was approached by the board of directors of the Child Development Centre, and asked for their assistance in raising funds. The idea of a Telethon was agreed on and a committee was formed.
Each year the Telethon executive receives requests from the different non-profit organizations within our own community. They then decide on how to disburse the funds raised that year. after the letters of requests are reviewed and a brief presentation is made to the board of directors explaining how the money received will be spent.
Custodial History
Dorothy Cheyne
Scope and Content
Photograph of Doug Smith with a microphone kneeling down and talking to a little boy with a walker on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon . There is an adult behind the boy, and another child sitting on Doug Smith's knee.
Fair; many documents have yellow glue stains on back (presumably from having been pasted into a scrapbook), many have slightly ragged edges.
History / Biographical
Dennis Tupman taught at Mount Elizabeth Secondary School from 1957 to 1971 and was well-regarded for developing the school's band program - the first in the community. He also led the United Church Choir, the Little Symphony, and the Community Choir; worked as a school counsellor; and volunteered with the Community Help Organization and the Family Forum Society. Under his leadership, the MESS Band travelled to Montreal to play at Expo 67, and won a Northwest provincial competition to play at Queen Elizabeth's visit to Vancouver in 1971.
Custodial History
Items were donated to the Museum on January 25th 2024 by Tupman's daughter, Raechel.
Scope and Content
Fonds contains 8 programmes for concerts and other events, collected by Tupman during his career in Kitimat.
Photograph of Miss Princess 1984 Michelle Regush (Pfoh). She is wearing a tiara and a shiny pink dress. She is also holding a bouquet of flowers. There is a gold Max Patzelt embossment on the bottom right corner.
Photograph of Miss Princess 1984 Michelle Regush (Pfoh). She is wearing a tiara and a shiny pink dress. She is also holding a bouquet of flowers. There is a gold Max Patzelt embossment on the bottom right corner.
Photograph of Doug Smith talking to a Sikh man on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. There is another Indian man standing next to him. Phone panel in background.
Photograph of Doug Smith talking to a Sikh man on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. There is another Indian man standing next to him. Phone panel in background.
Photograph of Kitimat Pizza Factory crew on stage with a sign at the Aluminum City Telethon. Among the three boys holding the sign the middle boy is Matt Pereira and one of the other boys is Sean Guldin. Standing at left is Doug Smith and Robert Miller. Phone panel behind them, as well as Donation total which reads 22663.
Photograph of Kitimat Pizza Factory crew on stage with a sign at the Aluminum City Telethon. Among the three boys holding the sign the middle boy is Matt Pereira and one of the other boys is Sean Guldin. Standing at left is Doug Smith and Robert Miller. Phone panel behind them, as well as Donation total which reads 22663.
