Alice Dicker's father, Benard, came to Canada to work in 1955. He was a forman D-shift for Alcan. He married Anna in 1959. Alice and her sister Claudia were born in Kitimat and the family lived here until 1969, at which time they returned to Germany.
Scope and Content
Photograph of Alice, Claudia, and Anna Dicker with some sort of cartoon worm? statue. Fields, forest, and mountain in background behind them.
Cartoon drawn by HEAK (Hans Kuppers). This cartoon depicts concerns about Kitimat over dwindling population, community services and the possibility of power sales.
Cartoon drawn by HEAK (Hans Kuppers). This cartoon depicts concerns about Kitimat over dwindling population, community services and the possibility of power sales.
Physical Condition
Good
Material
paper
Condition Remarks
Two sheets taped together
Width
28cm
Length
43.5 cm
Date Range
ca. 1997
Accession Number
2016.143.1
Biographical Notes
HEAK (Hans Kuppers) was a political cartoonist who worked for Alcan and created a character known as Alman for the ingot newsletter.
Cartoon Book - Allan Beaton's "Kitimat 51" A series of cartoons made on the site of Canada's largest construction project, with Kitimat Constructors, for the Aluminum Co. of Canada. Limited.
Cartoon Book - Allan Beaton's "Kitimat 51" A series of cartoons made on the site of Canada's largest construction project, with Kitimat Constructors, for the Aluminum Co. of Canada. Limited.
Chatting with Irwin Hoffman, (Conductor, centre) are (left to right), Mrs. J.A. Currie, Mr. Peter Hopkins, Mrs.Jack Fossum, President of the Kitimat concert Association, Mrs. Hopkins and Mr. Currie."
Concert Association president, Mrs. Bee Fossum, high-school principal, Ron Barry and American concert pianist, Marilyn Neeley. Pictured onstage with the new concert grand piano.
"Mrs.Bea Fossum, (left) 1963-1964 president of the Kitimat Concert Association is shown with high-school principal, Ron Barry and American concert pianist, Marilyn Neely, on stage of Mount Elizabeth Secondary school admiring new concert grand piano which Miss Neely was first to use. Association raised $6000 by a community canvass to purchase the insturment for Kitimat, an unusually musical town because of many residents with European background. Artists of the Alaska Music Trail always visit her on annual series of four concerts and say they find audiences knowledgeable and appreciative.
Sentinel Photo.
Februaruy 23, 1964.
Music
Kit Concert Ass'n."
"Mrs.Bea Fossum, (left) 1963-1964 president of the Kitimat Concert Association is shown with high-school principal, Ron Barry and American concert pianist, Marilyn Neely, on stage of Mount Elizabeth Secondary school admiring new concert grand piano which Miss Neely was first to use. Association raised $6000 by a community canvass to purchase the insturment for Kitimat, an unusually musical town because of many residents with European background. Artists of the Alaska Music Trail always visit her on annual series of four concerts and say they find audiences knowledgeable and appreciative.
Sentinel Photo.
Februaruy 23, 1964.
Music
Kit Concert Ass'n."
Photograph of three men - Frank (surname unknown; left), Michael Nykolaishen (centre), and Martin Notheisz (right) standing outside. Nykolaishen was a worker for Alcan; it is possible that the other two were as well.
Photograph of three men - Frank (surname unknown; left), Michael Nykolaishen (centre), and Martin Notheisz (right) standing outside. Nykolaishen was a worker for Alcan; it is possible that the other two were as well.
Collection of original cartoons that were published in the Northern Sentinal or New Advertiser in the 1990s.
Folder 1 - 128 drawings. Political cartoons, caricatures, and animals.
Folder 2 - 151 drawings. Political cartoons, caricatures, and animals.
Folder 3 - Mother Earth Pleads... cartoon
Folder 4 - 2 cartoons, It's Time For All Women to Break Free From The Past!! amd Hello Jaws, Things Are Starting to Get Out Of Fin Up There! (human polution).
Folder 5 - Cartoon, The Little Pigs Blue Band.
Folder 6 - 43 drawings, completed political cartoons + list.
Born in Venlo, Holland in 1950, Gerry Hummel immigrated with his family to Canada in 1953. Gerry lived most of his life in Kitimat BC. While working at the local paper mill and raising two children as a single dad, he began working as a self-taught editorial cartoonist for the local paper in 1993. In 1995, he and the paper got sued by a local politician for being too honest(!). After that, the paper restricted his artistic freedom to such an extent that he was unable to continue working with them. After that, he continued drawing political cartoons and caricatures for specific causes, always taking the side of the little guy, the down-trodden, and the oppressed.
Custodial History
Donated by Gerry Hummel in 2007.
Scope and Content
Collection of original cartoons that were published in the Northern Sentinal or New Advertiser in the 1990s.
Folder 1 - 128 drawings. Political cartoons, caricatures, and animals.
Folder 2 - 151 drawings. Political cartoons, caricatures, and animals.
Folder 3 - Mother Earth Pleads... cartoon
Folder 4 - 2 cartoons, It's Time For All Women to Break Free From The Past!! amd Hello Jaws, Things Are Starting to Get Out Of Fin Up There! (human polution).
Folder 5 - Cartoon, The Little Pigs Blue Band.
Folder 6 - 43 drawings, completed political cartoons + list.
Photograph of Mr. Guy Martin (Saguenay Inn - Arvida), Mr. Georges Carrier (Secretary-Treasurer - Arvida), Mr. K. Gummer, and Mr. Georges Carrier. At dinner with food on plates.
Photograph of Mr. Guy Martin (Saguenay Inn - Arvida), Mr. Georges Carrier (Secretary-Treasurer - Arvida), Mr. K. Gummer, and Mr. Georges Carrier. At dinner with food on plates.
Photo showing Irene Starr and Bea Fossum. Mrs. Lloyd Starr and Mrs. Bea Fossum (right) in front of smoke at Kitamaat Village 1967. Mrs. Starr hold up a handful of dried eulachons.
Photo showing Irene Starr and Bea Fossum. Mrs. Lloyd Starr and Mrs. Bea Fossum (right) in front of smoke at Kitamaat Village 1967. Mrs. Starr hold up a handful of dried eulachons.
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.
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.
