Mr. Nykolaishen, originally from Manitoba, came to Kitimat from Saskatchewan circa 1956. He worked as a saw centre operator for Alcan for 19 years before retiring and moving down south with his wife.
Custodial History
Donated by Barb Campbell in 2022.
Scope and Content
Photograph of Michael Nykolaishen (centre) shaking hands with another man at his retirement party, with a crowd of people around them.
Photograph of Michael Nykolaishen (right) receiving a mounted ingot as a retirement gift after having worked for 19 years as a saw centre operator at Alcan.
Mr. Nykolaishen, originally from Manitoba, came to Kitimat from Saskatchewan circa 1956. He worked for Alcan for nearly two decades before retiring and moving down south with his wife.
Custodial History
Donated by Barb Campbell in 2022.
Scope and Content
Photograph of Michael Nykolaishen (right) receiving a mounted ingot as a retirement gift after having worked for 19 years as a saw centre operator at Alcan.
Kevin Martin arrived in Kitimat in February of 1956. He was hired from Vancouver, came on train to Kitimat, He lived on the Delta King for a while. Then he moved to huts at new townsite - north side of Haisla Boulevard. Four men to a hut - many people from everywhere (it Portugeuse, etc). He left 1 1/2 years later. (see gift agreement form for more information).
Custodial History
Kevin Martin
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of 5 photographs of early Kitimat and Smeltersite.
File contains ten photocopies of cartoons drawn by Martin Fossum, depicting activities over the course of a year at Kitimat's Nechako School in the mid-1950s. One verse of a poem is included on each picture.
Martin Fossum, the son of an RCMP staff sergeant, was a student at the Kitimat School in Nechako Shopping Centre from 1955 to 1959. He submitted these cartoons in place of a Grade 9 English writing assignment for teacher Emile 'Bill' Duyvewaardt.
Custodial History
Original drawings were retained by Duyvewaardt for many years. These photocopies were sent to Arvid Hardin in 2012 and donated by him to the Museum in 2022.
Scope and Content
File contains ten photocopies of cartoons drawn by Martin Fossum, depicting activities over the course of a year at Kitimat's Nechako School in the mid-1950s. One verse of a poem is included on each picture.
Notes
A letter from Bill Duyvewaardt to Arvid Hardin, with an explanatory note by Hardin on the back, is also included in the file.
Photo showing Frank Howard, with a plucked daisy in his lapel as he watches the returns on television with a crowd of supporters. Howard and NDP colleagues lost their seats.
Photo showing Frank Howard, with a plucked daisy in his lapel as he watches the returns on television with a crowd of supporters. Howard and NDP colleagues lost their seats.
Photo showing NDP candidate Frank Howard (left) studying the returns with BC highways minister Graham Lea while contemplating defeat. Howard represented Skeena riding since 1957.
Photo showing NDP candidate Frank Howard (left) studying the returns with BC highways minister Graham Lea while contemplating defeat. Howard represented Skeena riding since 1957.
Photo showing young Kitimat artist Martin Fossum, left, exhibits a number of his paintings, drawings, and woodcuts at the YMCA; with Einar Kvary and Luciano Vigano.
Photo showing young Kitimat artist Martin Fossum, left, exhibits a number of his paintings, drawings, and woodcuts at the YMCA; with Einar Kvary and Luciano Vigano.
