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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Series
Accession Number
2005
Scope and Content
Alcan's 50th Anniversary Collection 1954-2004. Includes Corporate Affairs DVD "Kitimat Works 50th Anniversary 1954-2004, 1.Cynthia Carrole Message, 2.Ceremonial Ingot Pour, 3.Highlight Video
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Series
Accession Number
2005
Scope and Content
Alcan's 50th Anniversary Collection 1954-2004. Includes Corporate Affairs DVD "Kitimat Works 50th Anniversary 1954-2004, 1.Cynthia Carrole Message, 2.Ceremonial Ingot Pour, 3.Highlight Video
Subject Access
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Storage Location
Bay 2 Shelf 5 Box 4

Alcan Memorabilia Photo Album

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description28213
Part Of
Jack Cornelis Collection
Description Level
Series
Accession Number
2004.5
Scope and Content
Album showing Memorabilia of Alcan Kitimat Works employees. All the photos have been taken from the Ingots - unfortunately, not all have dates and years to identify the photos.
Part Of
Jack Cornelis Collection
Description Level
Series
Accession Number
2004.5
Custodial History
Jack Cornelis
Scope and Content
Album showing Memorabilia of Alcan Kitimat Works employees. All the photos have been taken from the Ingots - unfortunately, not all have dates and years to identify the photos.
Subject Access
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
ingot
Storage Location
Bay 1 Shelf 3 Box 3

Alcan - Aluminum Smelter Aerials

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description28572
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Description Level
Series
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1979] - 23 Jul 1984
Accession Number
2004.16
Scope and Content
Negatives showing aerial images of the Alcan aluminum smelter from different distances and angles.
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Creator
Max Patzelt
Description Level
Series
Series Number
3
Accession Number
2004.16
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1979] - 23 Jul 1984
Physical Description
23 negatives 4 photograph prints : color
Custodial History
Negatives created by Max Patzelt.
Scope and Content
Negatives showing aerial images of the Alcan aluminum smelter from different distances and angles.
Notes
79-194, 79-176, 79-173, 79-172, 79-149, 79-148, 79-144, 79-140, 79-139, 79-31, 79-4, 0019, 0020, 0029, 0056, 0064, 81-175, 83-04-407, 83-08-422, 83-08-430, 83-08-440, 83-08-449, 84-07-541
Subject Access
Kitimat Arm
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Aerial
Smelter
Storage Location
Negative Storage

Aluminum Company of Canada Trainee Manual

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description34831
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Series
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1956
Accession Number
2021.44
Scope and Content
Book titled "Aluminum Company of Canada, Ltd. Employee Training Division Montreal Trainee Manual", with a dark green cover, and an image of an aluminum ingot in the centre. Includes a letter from P. E. Radley to Mr. W.S. Mosher, explaining that this manual was sent as a sort of "guidebook" for British Columbia Employees, instead of a tour of the Eastern Canada plants.
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Series
Accession Number
2021.44
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1956
Physical Description
1 book 1 letter
Custodial History
Donated by Bev Engen
Scope and Content
Book titled "Aluminum Company of Canada, Ltd. Employee Training Division Montreal Trainee Manual", with a dark green cover, and an image of an aluminum ingot in the centre. Includes a letter from P. E. Radley to Mr. W.S. Mosher, explaining that this manual was sent as a sort of "guidebook" for British Columbia Employees, instead of a tour of the Eastern Canada plants.
Name Access
Mosher, W.S.
Subject Access
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Storage Location
Archives Bay 1 Shelf 3 Box 21
Part Of
Jean Lunny Collection
Description Level
Series
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1953-1956
Accession Number
2018.2
Scope and Content
Photocopies of documents from John McLachlan's early years with Alcan. Includes Offer of Employment, Letter of Acceptance, Personnel Introduction Form, Decaration of Regular Employment, and Job Description.
Part Of
Jean Lunny Collection
Creator
John McLachlan
Description Level
Series
Accession Number
2018.2
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1953-1956
Physical Description
7 sheets of photocopied paper
History / Biographical
John McLachlan arrived in Kitimat in 1953 and went on to work at Alcan's Property Engineering Department for almost 40 years. He started out as a land surveyor and cartographer in the town's early years and ended his career as a Senior Legal Draftsmen.
Scope and Content
Photocopies of documents from John McLachlan's early years with Alcan. Includes Offer of Employment, Letter of Acceptance, Personnel Introduction Form, Decaration of Regular Employment, and Job Description.
Name Access
McLachlan, John
Lunny, Jean
Whitehead, G.W.
Subject Access
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.

Alcan - Nechako Reservoir & Kenney Dam

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description28585
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Description Level
Series
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1979]
Accession Number
2004.16
Scope and Content
Negatives showing the Nechako Reservoir, the Kenney Dam, & the Skins Lake Spillway which were built to create hydroelectric power to be used by the Alcan aluminum smelter in Kitimat. Also pictured is Des Lake, Alcan barge Tahtsa II at East Tahtsa, a view of the Entiako River as it enters the Nechako Reservoir, an underwater cutting barge, & Eurocan's logging operation at Andrews Bay on Ootsa Lake.
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Creator
Max Patzelt
Description Level
Series
Series Number
7
Accession Number
2004.16
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1979]
Physical Description
12 negatives
Custodial History
Negatives created by Max Patzelt.
Scope and Content
Negatives showing the Nechako Reservoir, the Kenney Dam, & the Skins Lake Spillway which were built to create hydroelectric power to be used by the Alcan aluminum smelter in Kitimat. Also pictured is Des Lake, Alcan barge Tahtsa II at East Tahtsa, a view of the Entiako River as it enters the Nechako Reservoir, an underwater cutting barge, & Eurocan's logging operation at Andrews Bay on Ootsa Lake.
Notes
No.19, No.22, No.44, No.47, No.49, No.53, No.56, No.58, No.85, No.105, No.119, No.136
Subject Access
Kenney Dam
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Reservoir
Barge
Ootsa Lake
Aerial
Storage Location
Negative Storage
Part Of
Montserrat Gonzalez Collection
Description Level
Series
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. Jun 1990]
Accession Number
2017.44
Scope and Content
Slides from a trip to Kemano onboard an Alcan ship.
Part Of
Montserrat Gonzalez Collection
Creator
Montserrat Gonzalez
Description Level
Series
Series Number
5
Accession Number
2017.44
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. Jun 1990]
Physical Description
20 Slides : color
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Montserrat Gonzalez in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Slides from a trip to Kemano onboard an Alcan ship.
Subject Access
Kemano
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Scenery
Storage Location
Curator's Office

Malcolm Orsted Collection

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description28174
Part Of
Malcolm Orsted Collection
Description Level
Series
Date Range
1950s
Accession Number
2003.8
Scope and Content
Collection of 40 photos consiting of Early Kitimat, Alcan, and Malcom and Harvey Orsted.
Part Of
Malcolm Orsted Collection
Creator
Malcolm Orsted
Description Level
Series
Accession Number
2003.8
Date Range
1950s
Physical Description
40 photographs print : b&w ;
History / Biographical
Malcolm Orsted arrived in Terrace BC in 1955 to work for the CNR as an assistant agent. In 1956 he started to work in Alcan.
Custodial History
Malcolm Orsted
Scope and Content
Collection of 40 photos consiting of Early Kitimat, Alcan, and Malcom and Harvey Orsted.
Name Access
Orsted, Malcolm
Subject Access
Kitimat
Early Construction
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Wharf
Kitimat Hotel
Delta King
Smeltersite
Storage Location
Bay 1 Shelf 3 Box 3
Part Of
Fred DeLory fonds
Description Level
Series
Date Range
1952
Accession Number
2002.15.343-350
Scope and Content
Photographs of smeltersite panoramas. First panoramas ever taken of the area.
Part Of
Fred DeLory fonds
Creator
Fred A. DeLory
Description Level
Series
Accession Number
2002.15.343-350
Date Range
1952
Physical Description
8 negatives print ; b&w
Scope and Content
Photographs of smeltersite panoramas. First panoramas ever taken of the area.
Notes
Smeltersite - lens 21 3/8 off board.. 24 for pictire at F11 + 8sec for sky rt hand pictire cutoff grad. 9 sec from end. Maincamp - 8x10. Dense 23 7/8" of board. 38 sec F11 + 10 sec extra for sky.
Subject Access
Industry
Storage Location
Negative storage

Alcan - Kitimat Secondary & Elementary School Aerials

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description28570
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Description Level
Series
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1979]
Accession Number
2004.16
Scope and Content
Negatives showing aerial photographs of Kitimat schools (Mount Elizabeth, Roy Wilcox, Nechako, Alexander, St. Anthony's, Cormorant, & Kildala).
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Creator
Max Patzelt
Description Level
Series
Series Number
1
Accession Number
2004.16
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1979]
Physical Description
8 negatives
Custodial History
Negatives created by Max Patzelt.
Scope and Content
Negatives showing aerial photographs of Kitimat schools (Mount Elizabeth, Roy Wilcox, Nechako, Alexander, St. Anthony's, Cormorant, & Kildala).
Notes
79-215, 79-213, 79-214, 79-212, 79-209, 79-206, 79-82, 79-81
Subject Access
Kildala Elementary School
school
School Buildings
Mount Elizabeth Secondary School
Alexander School
St. Anthony's School
St. Anthony's Catholic
Cormorant Elementary School
Roy Wilcox Elementary School
Nechako Elementary School
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Aerial
Kitimat
Storage Location
Negative Storage
Part Of
Museum Collection
Description Level
Series
Date Range
[December 28, 1872]
Accession Number
75.7
Scope and Content
Slides of an old Indigenous suspension bridge over Wotsongua River, 3 miles from forks of Skeena (Hazelton)
Part Of
Museum Collection
Description Level
Series
Series Number
13
Accession Number
75.7
Date Range
[December 28, 1872]
Physical Description
2 slides : colour
Scope and Content
Slides of an old Indigenous suspension bridge over Wotsongua River, 3 miles from forks of Skeena (Hazelton)
Subject Access
Indigenous
Structures
Geographic Access
Skeena

Alcan - Mountain Transmission Lines

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description28612
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Description Level
Series
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
26 Jul 1985
Accession Number
2004.16
Scope and Content
Negatives showing transmission lines running through the mountains.
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Creator
Max Patzelt
Description Level
Series
Series Number
9
Accession Number
2004.16
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
26 Jul 1985
Physical Description
2 negatives
Custodial History
Negatives created by Max Patzelt.
Scope and Content
Negatives showing transmission lines running through the mountains.
Notes
750, 757
Subject Access
Transmission line
Mountains
Snow
Scenery
Storage Location
Negative Storage

File 2 - Precontact Way of Life

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description34063
Part Of
Patricia Robertson Fonds
Description Level
Series
Accession Number
995.8.17
Scope and Content
Folder containing research material.
Time and Place by Timothy Starr, Chief Councillor of Kitamaat Village. From Northern Sentinel 1956 (1 page)
Letter to Mr. Ed Meade, February 5, 1975
Sentinel Hill, Daduk'wilatzi
The Founding of Kitamaat. Speaker: Mr. Jeffrey Legaik (13 pages)
Historic Sign. Info drafted by Grodon Robinson at Gisela's request (2 pages)
Kitimat River Village (1 page)
Letter to Mr. Shakespeare from H, Duker. Re: Kitimat Indian Names (6 pages)
"Historical Inventory of the Kitimat-Stikine Region" compiled by R.K. Kaser, September 1974, for the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine, Terrace BC (4 pages)
Krause, Tlingit Indians
Fisheries fact Sheet. Eulachon, Anchovy, and Pilchard
Oolachon Fishing in the Kitimat River. Kitimat Northern Sentinel, April 16, 1957
Casey volume two number six. "The Kitamaat Story" (2 pages)
Part Of
Patricia Robertson Fonds
Description Level
Series
Accession Number
995.8.17
Physical Description
1 folder
History / Biographical
Collection of materials that Patricia Robertson used for her PhD.
Custodial History
Donated to the museum by Patricia Robertson.
Scope and Content
Folder containing research material.
Time and Place by Timothy Starr, Chief Councillor of Kitamaat Village. From Northern Sentinel 1956 (1 page)
Letter to Mr. Ed Meade, February 5, 1975
Sentinel Hill, Daduk'wilatzi
The Founding of Kitamaat. Speaker: Mr. Jeffrey Legaik (13 pages)
Historic Sign. Info drafted by Grodon Robinson at Gisela's request (2 pages)
Kitimat River Village (1 page)
Letter to Mr. Shakespeare from H, Duker. Re: Kitimat Indian Names (6 pages)
"Historical Inventory of the Kitimat-Stikine Region" compiled by R.K. Kaser, September 1974, for the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine, Terrace BC (4 pages)
Krause, Tlingit Indians
Fisheries fact Sheet. Eulachon, Anchovy, and Pilchard
Oolachon Fishing in the Kitimat River. Kitimat Northern Sentinel, April 16, 1957
Casey volume two number six. "The Kitamaat Story" (2 pages)
Name Access
Robertson, Patricia
Storage Location
Archives Bay 1 Shelf 4 Box 37

File 2 - Precontact Way of Life

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description34066
Part Of
Patricia Robertson Fonds
Description Level
Series
Accession Number
995.8.20
Scope and Content
Folder containing research material.
Mike Shaw Pays Visit, Sentinel
The Journals of William Fraser Tolmie, Physician and Fur trader (3 pages)
The Church Missionary Intelligence
Franz Boas, from the Report to the British Association for the Advancement of Science. On The North-Western Tribes of Canada (8 pages)
Part Of
Patricia Robertson Fonds
Description Level
Series
Accession Number
995.8.20
Physical Description
1 folder
History / Biographical
Collection of materials that Patricia Robertson used for her PhD.
Custodial History
Donated to the museum by Patricia Robertson.
Scope and Content
Folder containing research material.
Mike Shaw Pays Visit, Sentinel
The Journals of William Fraser Tolmie, Physician and Fur trader (3 pages)
The Church Missionary Intelligence
Franz Boas, from the Report to the British Association for the Advancement of Science. On The North-Western Tribes of Canada (8 pages)
Name Access
Robertson, Patricia
Storage Location
Archives Bay 1 Shelf 4 Box 37

File 2 - Precontact Way of Life

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description34067
Part Of
Patricia Robertson Fonds
Description Level
Series
Accession Number
995.8.21
Scope and Content
Folder containing research material.
How the Kitamaats Got the Fire as told by Rev. Raley. Archives of British Columbia Raley Collection (5 pages)
Part Of
Patricia Robertson Fonds
Description Level
Series
Accession Number
995.8.21
Physical Description
1 folder
History / Biographical
Collection of materials that Patricia Robertson used for her PhD.
Custodial History
Donated to the museum by Patricia Robertson.
Scope and Content
Folder containing research material.
How the Kitamaats Got the Fire as told by Rev. Raley. Archives of British Columbia Raley Collection (5 pages)
Name Access
Robertson, Patricia
Storage Location
Archives Bay 1 Shelf 4 Box 37

File 2 - Precontact Way of Life

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description34068
Part Of
Patricia Robertson Fonds
Description Level
Series
Accession Number
995.8.22
Scope and Content
Folder containing research material.
The Social Organization of the Haisla of British Columbia by R.L. Olsen. Anthropological Vol.2 No.5 pp 169-2000, University of California Press, Berkeley, Calif, 1940 (33 pages)
Part Of
Patricia Robertson Fonds
Description Level
Series
Accession Number
995.8.22
Physical Description
1 folder
History / Biographical
Collection of materials that Patricia Robertson used for her PhD.
Custodial History
Donated to the museum by Patricia Robertson.
Scope and Content
Folder containing research material.
The Social Organization of the Haisla of British Columbia by R.L. Olsen. Anthropological Vol.2 No.5 pp 169-2000, University of California Press, Berkeley, Calif, 1940 (33 pages)
Name Access
Robertson, Patricia
Storage Location
Archives Bay 1 Shelf 4 Box 37

File 2 - Precontact Way of Life

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description34069
Part Of
Patricia Robertson Fonds
Description Level
Series
Accession Number
995.8.23
Scope and Content
Folder containing research material.
Social Life and Religion of the Indians in Kitimat by Wan A. Lopatin. Univ. of Southern California, Social Science Series, No. 26, Univ. of Southern Calif. Press, Los Angeles, 1945 (hand-written, 29 pages)
Part Of
Patricia Robertson Fonds
Description Level
Series
Accession Number
995.8.23
Physical Description
1 folder
History / Biographical
Collection of materials that Patricia Robertson used for her PhD.
Custodial History
Donated to the museum by Patricia Robertson.
Scope and Content
Folder containing research material.
Social Life and Religion of the Indians in Kitimat by Wan A. Lopatin. Univ. of Southern California, Social Science Series, No. 26, Univ. of Southern Calif. Press, Los Angeles, 1945 (hand-written, 29 pages)
Name Access
Robertson, Patricia
Storage Location
Archives Bay 1 Shelf 4 Box 37

Archaeology Survey IR 1 Figure #10

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description36280
Part Of
Museum Collection
Description Level
Series
GMD
graphic material
Accession Number
2023.24
Scope and Content
Folder containing collection of material relating to archaeology survey IR 1 figure #10.
Part Of
Museum Collection
Description Level
Series
Accession Number
2023.24
GMD
graphic material
Physical Description
1 folder
Scope and Content
Folder containing collection of material relating to archaeology survey IR 1 figure #10.
Storage Location
Map Cabinet Drawer 8

Butcher Letters Jan 1 1918 - July 20 1919

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description34127
Part Of
Patricia Robertson Fonds
Description Level
Series
Accession Number
995.8.43
Scope and Content
Folder containing research material. Collection of letters from Margaret Butcher from Archives of British Columbia. EDB971.
Jan 1 1918 (10 pages)
Jan 14 1918, (3 pages)
date? (12 pages)
Feb 7 1918 (3 pages)
Feb 24 1918 (3 pages)
March 3 1918 (3 pages)
March 22 1918 (6 pages)
April 11 1918 (1 page)
April 22 1918 (4 pages)
April 1918 (5 pages)
June 7 1918 (4 pages)
June 9 1918 (3 pages)
Date? (4 pages)
Sept 8 1918 (4 pages)
Sept 20 1918 (2 pages)
Oct 15 1918 (4 pages)
Nov 14 1918 (6 pages)
Date? (3 pages)
Dec 22 1918 (2 pages)
April 1919 (5 pages)
May 18, 1919 (6 pages)
July 20 1919 (5 pages)
Part Of
Patricia Robertson Fonds
Description Level
Series
Accession Number
995.8.43
Physical Description
1 folder
History / Biographical
Collection of materials that Patricia Robertson used for her PhD.
Custodial History
Donated to the museum by Patricia Robertson.
Scope and Content
Folder containing research material. Collection of letters from Margaret Butcher from Archives of British Columbia. EDB971.
Jan 1 1918 (10 pages)
Jan 14 1918, (3 pages)
date? (12 pages)
Feb 7 1918 (3 pages)
Feb 24 1918 (3 pages)
March 3 1918 (3 pages)
March 22 1918 (6 pages)
April 11 1918 (1 page)
April 22 1918 (4 pages)
April 1918 (5 pages)
June 7 1918 (4 pages)
June 9 1918 (3 pages)
Date? (4 pages)
Sept 8 1918 (4 pages)
Sept 20 1918 (2 pages)
Oct 15 1918 (4 pages)
Nov 14 1918 (6 pages)
Date? (3 pages)
Dec 22 1918 (2 pages)
April 1919 (5 pages)
May 18, 1919 (6 pages)
July 20 1919 (5 pages)
Name Access
Robertson, Patricia
Storage Location
Archives Bay 1 Shelf 4 Box 37
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Description Level
Series
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
8 Aug 1980 - 31 Jul 1985
Accession Number
2004.16
Scope and Content
Negatives showing Max Patzelt holding a camera outside of a helicopter as well as various other images of unknown people.
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Creator
Max Patzelt
Description Level
Series
Series Number
5
Accession Number
2004.16
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
8 Aug 1980 - 31 Jul 1985
Physical Description
6 negatives 2 photograph prints : color
Custodial History
Negatives created by Max Patzelt.
Scope and Content
Negatives showing Max Patzelt holding a camera outside of a helicopter as well as various other images of unknown people.
Notes
80-320, unknown #, 84-07-663, 85-07-714, 85-07-748
Name Access
Patzelt, Max
Thom, George
Subject Access
People
Helicopter
Storage Location
Negative Storage

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