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Coghlin Hardware Store Collection

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description28257
Part Of
Coghlin Hardware Store Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Accession Number
2002.23.1-23
Scope and Content
Collection of photos pertaining to Coghlin Hardware.
Part Of
Coghlin Hardware Store Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Accession Number
2002.23.1-23
Custodial History
Terry Voitchovsky
Scope and Content
Collection of photos pertaining to Coghlin Hardware.
Name Access
Voitchovsky, Terry
Subject Access
Coghlin Hardware
Early Kitimat
Storage Location
Bay 2 Shelf 5 Box 2

Transmission Line in the Kemano River Valley

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description27756
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
Date Range
[1952]
Accession Number
71.90
Scope and Content
Photographs of the completed transmission line in the Kemano River Valley along with Tunnel Construction
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
71.90
Date Range
[1952]
Physical Description
10 photographs : colour
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her position as curator of the Kitimat Museum
Scope and Content
Photographs of the completed transmission line in the Kemano River Valley along with Tunnel Construction

Kitimat 1952-64 Scrapbook

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description34463
Part Of
Marjorie Sestrap Collection
Description Level
Item
Date Range
1952-1964
Accession Number
982.89
Scope and Content
Scrapbook binder with brown cover containing copies of various Kitimat articles of developments and events from 1952-1964.
Part Of
Marjorie Sestrap Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
982.89
Date Range
1952-1964
Physical Description
1 scrapbook binder
Scope and Content
Scrapbook binder with brown cover containing copies of various Kitimat articles of developments and events from 1952-1964.
Subject Access
Early Kitimat
Storage Location
Archives Bay 1 Shelf 3 Box 20
Part Of
Malcolm Baxter Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2020.12.41
Scope and Content
Photograph of Kitimat Baseball Team. 7 boys standing in back row, and 5 knealing in the front with bats. Team coach squating on the left with a glove. Buildings and mountians in background.
Part Of
Malcolm Baxter Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2020.12.41
Physical Description
1 photographic slide : colour
History / Biographical
Malcolm Baxter died in 2020. His father Basil, was very instrumental in the organization of Kitimat in the early years. Basil was married to Cathy Baxter and they had two sons - Malcolm and Michael.
Custodial History
Part of items collected by Malcolm Baxter, former editer of NSP. Brought into the museum by Judith Cullington, Malcolm's sister-in-law.
Scope and Content
Photograph of Kitimat Baseball Team. 7 boys standing in back row, and 5 knealing in the front with bats. Team coach squating on the left with a glove. Buildings and mountians in background.
Storage Location
Slide Box 2
Part Of
Malcolm Baxter Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2020.12.46
Scope and Content
Photograph of Boys participating in three-legged race. One is wearing a white shirt, and the other stripped shirt. Other participants behind them, as well as forest.
Part Of
Malcolm Baxter Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2020.12.46
Physical Description
1 photographic slide : colour
History / Biographical
Malcolm Baxter died in 2020. His father Basil, was very instrumental in the organization of Kitimat in the early years. Basil was married to Cathy Baxter and they had two sons - Malcolm and Michael.
Custodial History
Part of items collected by Malcolm Baxter, former editer of NSP. Brought into the museum by Judith Cullington, Malcolm's sister-in-law.
Scope and Content
Photograph of Boys participating in three-legged race. One is wearing a white shirt, and the other stripped shirt. Other participants behind them, as well as forest.
Storage Location
Slide Box 2
Part Of
Malcolm Baxter Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2020.12.47
Scope and Content
Photograph of seagulls on top of trashcans near a fence with homes in the background. Winter.
Part Of
Malcolm Baxter Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2020.12.47
Physical Description
1 photographic slide : colour
History / Biographical
Malcolm Baxter died in 2020. His father Basil, was very instrumental in the organization of Kitimat in the early years. Basil was married to Cathy Baxter and they had two sons - Malcolm and Michael.
Custodial History
Part of items collected by Malcolm Baxter, former editer of NSP. Brought into the museum by Judith Cullington, Malcolm's sister-in-law.
Scope and Content
Photograph of seagulls on top of trashcans near a fence with homes in the background. Winter.
Storage Location
Slide Box 2
Part Of
Malcolm Baxter Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2020.12.53
Scope and Content
Photograph of two boys crouching on street in Cubs uniforms. Winter.
Part Of
Malcolm Baxter Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2020.12.53
Physical Description
1 photographic slide : colour
History / Biographical
Malcolm Baxter died in 2020. His father Basil, was very instrumental in the organization of Kitimat in the early years. Basil was married to Cathy Baxter and they had two sons - Malcolm and Michael.
Custodial History
Part of items collected by Malcolm Baxter, former editer of NSP. Brought into the museum by Judith Cullington, Malcolm's sister-in-law.
Scope and Content
Photograph of two boys crouching on street in Cubs uniforms. Winter.
Storage Location
Slide Box 2
Part Of
Malcolm Baxter Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2020.12.54
Scope and Content
Photograph of boy running on track. Other people on side watching. Forest in background.
Part Of
Malcolm Baxter Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2020.12.54
Physical Description
1 photographic slide : colour
History / Biographical
Malcolm Baxter died in 2020. His father Basil, was very instrumental in the organization of Kitimat in the early years. Basil was married to Cathy Baxter and they had two sons - Malcolm and Michael.
Custodial History
Part of items collected by Malcolm Baxter, former editer of NSP. Brought into the museum by Judith Cullington, Malcolm's sister-in-law.
Scope and Content
Photograph of boy running on track. Other people on side watching. Forest in background.
Storage Location
Slide Box 2
Part Of
Malcolm Baxter Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2020.12.55
Scope and Content
Photograph of children running on track. People on side are watching. Forest in background.
Part Of
Malcolm Baxter Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2020.12.55
Physical Description
1 photographic slide : colour
History / Biographical
Malcolm Baxter died in 2020. His father Basil, was very instrumental in the organization of Kitimat in the early years. Basil was married to Cathy Baxter and they had two sons - Malcolm and Michael.
Custodial History
Part of items collected by Malcolm Baxter, former editer of NSP. Brought into the museum by Judith Cullington, Malcolm's sister-in-law.
Scope and Content
Photograph of children running on track. People on side are watching. Forest in background.
Storage Location
Slide Box 2

Hudson's Bay Co. Store at Smeltersite

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description27569
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1954]
Accession Number
73.20
Scope and Content
Kitimat's first department store.
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
73.20
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Gisela Mendel
Date Range
[ca. 1954]
Physical Description
5 photographs: colour
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Kitimat's first department store.
Notes
73.20.3.a
Subject Access
Hudsons Bay Company
Stores
Kitimat
Smeltersite
Northern Sentinel
Storage Location
Curator's Office

The Hudson Bay Company (Kitimat's First Department Store)

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description27570
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
Date Range
[1954]
Accession Number
73.20.3
Scope and Content
A photograph of Kitimat's first department store The Hudson Bay Company at the Kitimat Smelter Site
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
73.20.3
Date Range
[1954]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as Museum Currator
Scope and Content
A photograph of Kitimat's first department store The Hudson Bay Company at the Kitimat Smelter Site

Power Transmission Lines Over Glacier

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description28339
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. Oct 1954]
Accession Number
72.6
Scope and Content
Photographs showing Kitimat as well as power transmission lines over a glacier at Kemano-Kildala.
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
72.6
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. Oct 1954]
Physical Description
2 photograph prints : b&w ; 9 x 12.5cm
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Photographs showing Kitimat as well as power transmission lines over a glacier at Kemano-Kildala.
Notes
72.6.4E and 72.6.4F
Subject Access
Kemano
Kildala
Transmission line
Kitimat
Glacier
Storage Location
Curator's Office

Archival Ephemera from Northern Sentinel Press Ltd.

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description29588
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Accession Number
992.26.
Scope and Content
Newspapers, correspondence, information compiled by the Northern Sentinel Press Ltd. in the creation of newspaper articles. Information compiled from Kitimat General Hospital Society, BC Centennial Committee, Kitimat Public Health, Canadian Red Cross, Lehndorff (City Centre Mall owners), Canadian Association of Smelter and Allied Workers - Local No.1, United Steelworkers of America, Kitamaat Village Council, District of Kitimat, Kitimat Community Council, Kitimat Chamber of Commerce, Kitimat Scholarship Association, Board of School Trusteees, Delta King photographs, Kitimat Steelworkers Union Members photographs, Miss Kitimat photographs.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Accession Number
992.26.
Physical Description
21 photographs b&w 76 envelopes
History / Biographical
Given to museum by Rosalina Cordeiro - Editor of the Northern Sentinel Press Ltd.
Scope and Content
Newspapers, correspondence, information compiled by the Northern Sentinel Press Ltd. in the creation of newspaper articles. Information compiled from Kitimat General Hospital Society, BC Centennial Committee, Kitimat Public Health, Canadian Red Cross, Lehndorff (City Centre Mall owners), Canadian Association of Smelter and Allied Workers - Local No.1, United Steelworkers of America, Kitamaat Village Council, District of Kitimat, Kitimat Community Council, Kitimat Chamber of Commerce, Kitimat Scholarship Association, Board of School Trusteees, Delta King photographs, Kitimat Steelworkers Union Members photographs, Miss Kitimat photographs.
Notes
Was 992.6 Photographs described at the item level.
Subject Access
Canadian Red Cross
Lehndorff (City Centre Mall owners)
Canadian Association of Smelter and Allied Workers - Local No.1
United Steelworkers of America
Kitamaat Village Council
District of Kitimat
Kitimat Community Council
Kitimat Chamber of Commerce
Kitimat Scholarship Association
Kitimat Board of School Trusteees
Delta King
Miss Kitimat
Kitimat General Hospital Society
BC Centennial Committee
Kitimat Public Health
Storage Location
Curator Bay 1 Shelf 1 Box 8 Curator Bay 1 Shelf 1 Box 9
Part Of
James Tirrul-Jones Collection
Description Level
Series
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. Jul 1956]
Accession Number
982.46
Scope and Content
Photographs showing the inside of the Delta King.
Part Of
James Tirrul-Jones Collection
Creator
James Tirrul-Jones
Description Level
Series
Series Number
11
Accession Number
982.46
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. Jul 1956]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 9 x 12.5cm 1 photograph print : color ; 9 x 13cm 1 photograph print : b&w ; 18 x 25cm
Custodial History
Photographs taken by James Tirrul-Jones in his role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Photographs showing the inside of the Delta King.
Notes
982.46.21 to 22 (982.46.22 is duplicated in color and b&w) : R15-23 and R15-24
Subject Access
Delta King
Boats
boat
Kitimat
Storage Location
Curator's Office

District of Kitimat Lot and Block Plans

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description34863
Part Of
Wozney Collection
Description Level
Series
GMD
cartographic material
Date Range
1958-1963
Accession Number
2011.5.1
Scope and Content
District of Kitimat lot and block plans.
Subdivision plan of part of district lots 6038, 6039 and part of block 29, plan 3435 range 5, Coast District. District Municipality of Kitimat. Plan 4228. November 5, 1961.
Plan of subdivision of parts of D.L. 6046 & west half of D.L. 6045, and parcel. "X" (former block 78 and adjoining road plan 3549) range 5, Coast District. District Municipality of Kitimat. Plan 4639. August 27, 1963.
Plan of portions of block 29 map 3435 district lots 6038, 6039, 6042 & 6043 range 5, Coast District. District Municipality of Kitimat. Plan 3743. November 4, 1957.
Part Of
Wozney Collection
Description Level
Series
Accession Number
2011.5.1
GMD
cartographic material
Date Range
1958-1963
Physical Description
3 block plans
Custodial History
Donated by Rick Wozney. Aluminum Company of Canada, Limited (Registered Owner).
Scope and Content
District of Kitimat lot and block plans.
Subdivision plan of part of district lots 6038, 6039 and part of block 29, plan 3435 range 5, Coast District. District Municipality of Kitimat. Plan 4228. November 5, 1961.
Plan of subdivision of parts of D.L. 6046 & west half of D.L. 6045, and parcel. "X" (former block 78 and adjoining road plan 3549) range 5, Coast District. District Municipality of Kitimat. Plan 4639. August 27, 1963.
Plan of portions of block 29 map 3435 district lots 6038, 6039, 6042 & 6043 range 5, Coast District. District Municipality of Kitimat. Plan 3743. November 4, 1957.
Subject Access
District of Kitimat
Kitimat
Planning
Streets
Storage Location
Archives Bay 2 Top Box 44
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
Date Range
[1958]
Accession Number
71.93
Scope and Content
Photographs of a glacier at Kildala Pass and the Kemano River.
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
71.93
Date Range
[1958]
Physical Description
9 slides : colour
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her position as curator of the Kitimat Museum
Scope and Content
Photographs of a glacier at Kildala Pass and the Kemano River.

Kitimat Museum & Archives VHS Collection

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description26063
Part Of
Kitimat Museum & Archives Collection
Description Level
Series
Date Range
[ca. 1958-2001]
Accession Number
2019.75.1-17
Scope and Content
VHS Cassettes collected or created by the Kitimat Centennial Museum (Kitimat Museum & Archives): Launching of Canoe 'Haisla Nation' Kitimat Port Facts Fluoride Totem - The Return of G'psgolox Pole Alcan Historical Films - 1958-1965 - Generator No. 4, Port to the World, Man with a Thousand Hands Alcan Historical Films - 1979-1991 - Kitimat: A New Generation, Kitimat/Kemano: Aluminum Legends Kitimat/Kemano: New Dimensions Kitimat Centennial Museum presents: An Evening with Roger Willcox (3 copies) Riobamba 1990 Exhibits - Elem. School Art; Out of Shade; Museum (Mixed Filming); Oak Winter Scenes Child Art - Elementary School, Out of Shade, Tour of Museum, Quilts Part I Quilts Part II Golden Mountain - Produced by RBCM Lion's Dance, W.M. Pang Golden Dragon Acrobats, Overture Concerts, Vancouver, BC Design & Production Group, Shane Lunny Productions B.C. Environment - Green Team, Here's The Dirt, Garbage is Resourceful Oolichan Rushes, March 1992, Haisla Band, Interview with Cecil Paul, Variations on a Word, Victoria, BC
Part Of
Kitimat Museum & Archives Collection
Description Level
Series
Accession Number
2019.75.1-17
Date Range
[ca. 1958-2001]
Physical Description
17 VHS Cassettes
Scope and Content
VHS Cassettes collected or created by the Kitimat Centennial Museum (Kitimat Museum & Archives): Launching of Canoe 'Haisla Nation' Kitimat Port Facts Fluoride Totem - The Return of G'psgolox Pole Alcan Historical Films - 1958-1965 - Generator No. 4, Port to the World, Man with a Thousand Hands Alcan Historical Films - 1979-1991 - Kitimat: A New Generation, Kitimat/Kemano: Aluminum Legends Kitimat/Kemano: New Dimensions Kitimat Centennial Museum presents: An Evening with Roger Willcox (3 copies) Riobamba 1990 Exhibits - Elem. School Art; Out of Shade; Museum (Mixed Filming); Oak Winter Scenes Child Art - Elementary School, Out of Shade, Tour of Museum, Quilts Part I Quilts Part II Golden Mountain - Produced by RBCM Lion's Dance, W.M. Pang Golden Dragon Acrobats, Overture Concerts, Vancouver, BC Design & Production Group, Shane Lunny Productions B.C. Environment - Green Team, Here's The Dirt, Garbage is Resourceful Oolichan Rushes, March 1992, Haisla Band, Interview with Cecil Paul, Variations on a Word, Victoria, BC
Notes
There were three tapes in set of Alcan Historical Films. One was destroyed by the VHS Machine. It contained: Nechako Survey Prelude to Kitimat Powerline to Kitimat
Storage Location
Bay 1, Shelf 3, Box 4
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1959]
Accession Number
71.51
Scope and Content
Delta King's last day in kitimat on Good Friday 1959.
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
71.51
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Gisela Mendel
Date Range
[ca. 1959]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 9 x 12.5cm
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Delta King's last day in kitimat on Good Friday 1959.
Notes
71.51.7
Subject Access
Kitimat
boat
Delta King
Storage Location
Curator's Office

Mr. Arthur Clore at His Property

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description28352
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1960]
Accession Number
73.4
Scope and Content
Arthur Clore at his cabin and showing his fence surrounding his yard built "eastern style" without nails.
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
73.4
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1960]
Physical Description
2 photograph prints : color ; 12 x 17cm
Custodial History
Photograph taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Arthur Clore at his cabin and showing his fence surrounding his yard built "eastern style" without nails.
Notes
73.4.1 to 2
Name Access
Clore, Arthur
Subject Access
Cabin
Copper River
Terrace
Prospector
Clore Ranch
Clore River
Storage Location
Curator's Office

Log Books of Mendel's Cabin on Clague Mt., Kitimat 1960-'69 and of Outings 1963-'68

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description36657
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1960-1970
Accession Number
2023.39.1
Scope and Content
Black book containing "History of our Cabin up Clague Mt.," photocopies of the cabin's logbook from September 1960 to January 1969, several photocopied pictures from 1970, a typewritten logbook of local and regional excursions taken by the Mendel family from 1963 to 1968, and several newspaper articles.
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 3
Accession Number
2023.39.1
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1960-1970
Physical Description
1 book: 1.5 cm of textual material
History / Biographical
This material relates to a cabin on Clague Mountain, originally begun by Robert 'Bob' Hesse in the late 1950s and completed by Gisela's husband Hans in 1960. It remained in the Mendel family for 15 years before being demolished in 1975.
Custodial History
Donated to the Museum by Mendel's daughter, Fredrika Lyne, on November 14th 2023.
Scope and Content
Black book containing "History of our Cabin up Clague Mt.," photocopies of the cabin's logbook from September 1960 to January 1969, several photocopied pictures from 1970, a typewritten logbook of local and regional excursions taken by the Mendel family from 1963 to 1968, and several newspaper articles.
Notes
Subjects: hiking, cabins, outdoor activity, nature, wildlife, mountains, camping, road trips.
Storage Location
Box 97

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