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Alcan 40th Anniversary Guest Book

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/artifact8690
GMD
Documentary Objects
Object Type
Guestbook
Material
Wood
felt
paper
metal
Accession Number
1999.24.1
Description
A guest book with a handmade wood burned cover commissioned by Heidi Born, both covers are wood with a green felt inside. The front reads "40th ANNIVERSARY Kitimat-Kemano Our 40th Anniversary" Inside there are large stacks of light brown lined paper with names of people and dates of when they joined the smelter.
GMD
Documentary Objects
Object Type
Guestbook
Description
A guest book with a handmade wood burned cover commissioned by Heidi Born, both covers are wood with a green felt inside. The front reads "40th ANNIVERSARY Kitimat-Kemano Our 40th Anniversary" Inside there are large stacks of light brown lined paper with names of people and dates of when they joined the smelter.
Physical Condition
Fair
Material
Wood
felt
paper
metal
Condition Remarks
The connecting piece is missing, so the book is only connected by one bolt.
Height
6.3 cm
Width
29.5 cm
Length
33.0 cm
Accession Number
1999.24.1
Category
Communication Objects
Location
Bay 2 Shelf 4 Box 4

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

British Columbia History Issues and Museum Brochure

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description34906
Part Of
Museum Collection
Description Level
File
GMD
textual records
graphic material
Date Range
1997-2010
Accession Number
2022.12
Scope and Content
Two issues of British Columbia History featurning article "Transportation In Moving Men, Machines, and Materials on the Kitimat Project" by Louise Avery, and one Kitimat Centennial Museum brochure
British Columbia History. Journal of the British Columbia Historical Federation
Spring 2010
Vol. 43 No.1
Summer 2010
Vol. 43 No.2
Kitimat Centennial Museum brochure. At Our community museum you can... (1997)
Part Of
Museum Collection
Description Level
File
Accession Number
2022.12
GMD
textual records
graphic material
Date Range
1997-2010
Physical Description
2 magazines 1 brochure
Scope and Content
Two issues of British Columbia History featurning article "Transportation In Moving Men, Machines, and Materials on the Kitimat Project" by Louise Avery, and one Kitimat Centennial Museum brochure
British Columbia History. Journal of the British Columbia Historical Federation
Spring 2010
Vol. 43 No.1
Summer 2010
Vol. 43 No.2
Kitimat Centennial Museum brochure. At Our community museum you can... (1997)
Name Access
Avery, Louise
Subject Access
Museum
British Columbia
Kitimat Project
Kitimat-Kemano Project
Storage Location
Archives Bay 2 Top Box 42

Buildings in Kitimat City Centre

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description27861
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. Dec 1979]
Accession Number
80.1
Scope and Content
Kitimat City Centre buildings such as the Federal Building, the new 2nd ice rink/swimming pool complex, the new Overwaitea, and the Kitimat Museum.
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
80.1
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Gisela Mendel
Date Range
[ca. Dec 1979]
Physical Description
4 photograph prints : color ; 9 x 13cm 1 photograph print : color ; 13 x 9cm
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Kitimat City Centre buildings such as the Federal Building, the new 2nd ice rink/swimming pool complex, the new Overwaitea, and the Kitimat Museum.
Notes
80.1.1 to 5
Subject Access
City Centre
Kitimat
Buildings
Overwaitea
overwaitea foods
Tamitik
Tamitik Arena
Swimming pool
Federal Building
Storage Location
Curator's Office

Centennial Park Totem Pole

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description28345
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. Aug 1972]
Accession Number
72.70
Scope and Content
Images of the totem pole in Centennial Park in Kitimat city centre.
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
72.70
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. Aug 1972]
Physical Description
4 photograph prints : color ; 9 x 9cm 1 photograph print : color ; 13 x 18cm
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Images of the totem pole in Centennial Park in Kitimat city centre.
Notes
72.70.1 to 4
Subject Access
Totem Poles
City Centre
Kitimat
Centennial Park
Storage Location
Curator's Office

Centennial Park Totem Pole

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description28350
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1972]
Accession Number
72.77
Scope and Content
The totem pole in Kitimat City Centre Centennial Park.
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
72.77
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1972]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : color ; 25 x 20cm
Custodial History
Photograph taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
The totem pole in Kitimat City Centre Centennial Park.
Notes
72.77
Subject Access
Totem Poles
City Centre
Kitimat
Centennial Park
Storage Location
Curator's Office

Clague Mountain, Babine Lake, and Kitimat Hotel

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description27597
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1974]
Accession Number
74.65
Scope and Content
Photographs of the first climb up Clague Mountain by the Kitimat Outdoor Club (1956). Also pictured is Babine Lake from the look out, a muskrat habitat at Kildala School, and finally an image of the outside of the Kitimat Hotel.
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
74.65
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Gisela Mendel
Date Range
[ca. 1974]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 20 x 25cm 1 photograph print : b&w ; 13 x 9cm 4 photograph prints : b&w ; 9 x 13cm 1 photograph print : b&w ; 13 x 18cm
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Photographs of the first climb up Clague Mountain by the Kitimat Outdoor Club (1956). Also pictured is Babine Lake from the look out, a muskrat habitat at Kildala School, and finally an image of the outside of the Kitimat Hotel.
Notes
74.65.3 ; 74.65.4 ; 74.65.5.6 to 8 ; 74.65.6
Subject Access
Clague Mountain
Kitimat Outdoor Club
Scenery
Kitimat Hotel
Babine Lake
Kildala Elementary School
Storage Location
Curator's Office

Clearing for New Kitimat City Centre Extension

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description27548
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1978]
Accession Number
79.9
Scope and Content
Four photographs of a clearing & slash burning for the new Kitimat City Centre Extension (Summer 1978).
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
79.9
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Gisela Mendel
Date Range
[ca. 1978]
Physical Description
3 photograph prints : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5cm
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Four photographs of a clearing & slash burning for the new Kitimat City Centre Extension (Summer 1978).
Notes
79.9.11.18 to 20
Subject Access
Kitimat
City Centre
Storage Location
Curator's Office

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

Crafts at the Kitimat Child Development Center

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description29776
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[Dcember 12, 1974]
Accession Number
2005.8.8650
Scope and Content
Photograph showing a small group of young children doing crafts around a table at the Kitimat Child Development Center.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.8650
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[Dcember 12, 1974]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b & w ; 17.5 x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph showing a small group of young children doing crafts around a table at the Kitimat Child Development Center.
Subject Access
Kitimat Child Development Center

Crowded Working Conditions at Museum

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description28451
Part Of
Montserrat Gonzalez Collection
Description Level
Series
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
Unknown
Accession Number
2017.44
Scope and Content
Photographs showing people working in crowded working conditions at the Kitimat Museum.
Part Of
Montserrat Gonzalez Collection
Creator
Montserrat Gonzalez
Description Level
Series
Series Number
31
Accession Number
2017.44
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
Unknown
Physical Description
5 photograph prints : b&w ; 15 x 10cm 1 photograph print : b&w ; 9 x 13cm Negatives included.
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Montserrat Gonzalez in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Photographs showing people working in crowded working conditions at the Kitimat Museum.
Subject Access
Museum
People
Storage Location
Curator's Office
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

District of Kitimat fonds

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description29027
Part Of
District of Kitimat fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Date Range
1999-2009
Scope and Content
Boxes contain file folders. Each file folder holds photographs taped together to produce a panoramic view on the subject described in the folder. Some of these photographs are attached to paper, some are attached to other folders, whole or part. Some contain documents. Some have descriptive documents stapled to the folder. Some have photographs stapled to the outside of the folder.
Part Of
District of Kitimat fonds
Creator
Hewlett, Diane
Description Level
Fonds
Date Range
1999-2009
Physical Description
Two boxes of file folders containing text and photographs. 9 envelopes containing 335+ photographs 1 envelope containing negatives and contact sheets
Extent
.5
History / Biographical
Files compiled by Diane Hewlett, District of Kitimat Economic Development Officer 1999-2009 to promote Kitimat as a movie and television location and to attract business or industry.
Custodial History
Compiled by Diane Hewlett, given to the Museum by Beth Vines, Records Manager for the District of Kitimat.
Scope and Content
Boxes contain file folders. Each file folder holds photographs taped together to produce a panoramic view on the subject described in the folder. Some of these photographs are attached to paper, some are attached to other folders, whole or part. Some contain documents. Some have descriptive documents stapled to the folder. Some have photographs stapled to the outside of the folder.
Name Access
Hewlett, Diane
Subject Access
District of Kitimat
Economic Development Office
Storage Location
Artifact Storage, Rolling Shelving

Elizabeth Anderson Varley Stay at Kitimat

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description27539
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. May 1977]
Accession Number
77.51
Scope and Content
Photographs of Elizabeth Anderson Varley and her stay in Kitimat. Also pictured is a get-together at the Kitamaat Village as well as tea at the Kitimat Museum.
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
77.51
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Gisela Mendel
Date Range
[ca. May 1977]
Physical Description
9 photograph prints : b&w : 9 x 12.5cm 1 photograph print : b&w ; 13.5 x 11cm
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Photographs of Elizabeth Anderson Varley and her stay in Kitimat. Also pictured is a get-together at the Kitamaat Village as well as tea at the Kitimat Museum.
Notes
77.51.1 to 11 (Missing 10)
Name Access
Walker, Leila
Woods, Fred
Woods, Melissa
Williams, Fred
Grant, Ernest
Gray, Joe
Grant, Adelia
Amos, Henry
Bolton, Clara
Amos, Emilia
Robinson, Dora
Varley, Elizabeth Anderson
Ross, Mary
Grant, Ella
Stewart, Henry
Ross, Sam
Amos, Heber
Subject Access
Kitamaat Village
Museum
Tea
Storage Location
Curator's Office

Eulachon and Sea Lions the Kitimat River

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description27575
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. Apr 1973]
Accession Number
73.30
Scope and Content
Photographs of eulachon and sea lions in the Kitimat River during eulachon season. Pollution is also seen in the water.
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
73.30
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Gisela Mendel
Date Range
[ca. Apr 1973]
Physical Description
3 photograph prints : color ; 7.5 x 12cm 2 photograph prints : color ; 8 x 10cm
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Photographs of eulachon and sea lions in the Kitimat River during eulachon season. Pollution is also seen in the water.
Notes
73.30.21 to 25
Subject Access
Haisla
Kitimat
Kitimat River
Oolichan
Animals
Fish
Storage Location
Curator's Office
Part Of
Montserrat Gonzalez Collection
Description Level
Series
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
23 Feb 1996 to 30 Mar 1996
Accession Number
2017.44
Scope and Content
Slides showing the "Filipiniana" Exhibition at the Kitimat Museum.
Part Of
Montserrat Gonzalez Collection
Creator
Montserrat Gonzalez
Description Level
Series
Series Number
30
Accession Number
2017.44
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
23 Feb 1996 to 30 Mar 1996
Physical Description
16 Slides : color
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Montserrat Gonzalez in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Slides showing the "Filipiniana" Exhibition at the Kitimat Museum.
Subject Access
Exhibition
Museum
Museum Display
Storage Location
Curator's Office
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. Dec 1979]
Accession Number
80.1
Scope and Content
Fine Arts Exhibits by northwest artists. A Saddle Looper Moth display is shown.
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
80.1
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. Dec 1979]
Physical Description
10 photograph prints : color ; 9 x 13cm 1 photograph print : color; 13 x 9cm
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Fine Arts Exhibits by northwest artists. A Saddle Looper Moth display is shown.
Notes
80.1.6 to 16
Name Access
Gunn, Adriene
Antoniw, Vivian
Honisch, Martin
Sguazzin, Cindy
Subject Access
display
Moths
Storage Location
Curator's Office

First Annual Mini-Potlatch by Haisla Elementary School (Part I)

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description28441
Part Of
Montserrat Gonzalez Collection
Description Level
Series
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. Nov 1993]
Accession Number
2017.44
Scope and Content
Slides from a mini potlatch.
Part Of
Montserrat Gonzalez Collection
Creator
Montserrat Gonzalez
Description Level
Series
Series Number
21
Accession Number
2017.44
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. Nov 1993]
Physical Description
22 Slides : color
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Montserrat Gonzalez in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Slides from a mini potlatch.
Subject Access
Kitimat
Haisla
Potlatch
Storage Location
Curator's Office

First Nation Bridge, Berry, Broad-leaf Trees Exhibits and Squirrel Mountain

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description27553
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1971 & 1979]
Accession Number
80.49
Scope and Content
Three photographs of an Indigenous Bridge Exhibit, Berry Display, and a Broad Leafed Trees Display (Jul 1979). One Photograph is of a log structure at Squirrel Mountain (1971).
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
80.49
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Gisela Mendel
Date Range
[ca. 1971 & 1979]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 12.5 x 9cm 2 photograph prints : b&w ; 9 x 13cm 1 photograph print : b&w ; 9 x 9cm
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Three photographs of an Indigenous Bridge Exhibit, Berry Display, and a Broad Leafed Trees Display (Jul 1979). One Photograph is of a log structure at Squirrel Mountain (1971).
Notes
80.49.1 to 4
Subject Access
Structures
Geography
Storage Location
Curator's Office

Grade 4 Class on a Tour of Permanent Exhibits & An Animals of the Jungle Exhibit

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description28455
Part Of
Montserrat Gonzalez Collection
Description Level
Series
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
Unknown
Accession Number
2017.44
Scope and Content
Photographs showing a gr.4 class visiting the museum for a tour of the permanent exhibits as well as an Animals of the Jungle exhibit.
Part Of
Montserrat Gonzalez Collection
Creator
Montserrat Gonzalez
Description Level
Series
Series Number
35
Accession Number
2017.44
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
Unknown
Physical Description
3 photograph prints : b&w ; 13 x 9cm 1 photograph print : color ; 10 x 15cm
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Montserrat Gonzalez in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Photographs showing a gr.4 class visiting the museum for a tour of the permanent exhibits as well as an Animals of the Jungle exhibit.
Subject Access
Children
Tour
Museum
Museum Display
Exhibition
Storage Location
Curator's Office

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