The fonds consists of correspondence of Margaret Butcher to various family members describing her life in Kitamaat (Kitimat) and actibities at the Elizabeth Long Memorial Home.
Margaret Butcher emigrated to Canada around 1915. In 1916, she accepted a nursing position at the Kitamaat Girls Home (later the Elizabeth Long Memorial Home) a facility in Kitamaat supported by the Women's Missionary Society (Methodist) of British Columbia. She remained in Kitimat until 1919, when she moved to California.
Scope and Content
The fonds consists of correspondence of Margaret Butcher to various family members describing her life in Kitamaat (Kitimat) and actibities at the Elizabeth Long Memorial Home.
Notes
Title based on the contents of the fonds. Copies from originals held in the BC Archives and Records Service (Add.MSS 362) : Photocopies 1983
Donor requested that copying be restricted to a few pages for research use, and that direct requests for complete copies be sent to the Provincial Archives. Copyright remains with Ms. Butcher's literary heirs. (See accession file)
Coil-bound memory book for Roy Wilcox Elementary School, created by Denise Pedro (parent of a student) upon its closing in 2011. Includes history of the school, casual photos of students, Japanese paper crane project, and formal group photos of staff and classes.
Roy Wilcox Elementary School, originally known as Whitesail School, was constructed in 1958 and held classes from 1963 until 2011.
Scope and Content
Coil-bound memory book for Roy Wilcox Elementary School, created by Denise Pedro (parent of a student) upon its closing in 2011. Includes history of the school, casual photos of students, Japanese paper crane project, and formal group photos of staff and classes.