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)
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)
Photocopied page from a scrapbook/album, containing four photographs of Kitimat youth, c. late 1950s. Clockwise from top left: unidentified young man; four students seated at a Christmas party; young man standing beside a fence; teenagers at a dance.
Donated to the Kitimat Museum & Archives by Arvid Hardin on May 10th 2022.
Scope and Content
Photocopied page from a scrapbook/album, containing four photographs of Kitimat youth, c. late 1950s. Clockwise from top left: unidentified young man; four students seated at a Christmas party; young man standing beside a fence; teenagers at a dance.
Notes
Names of the four students in the top right photo are hard to read, but seem to be: Kate Thiels?, Beth Jones, Eric Wilson, Gilda D____
One VHS Tape containing footage of Lord Alexander School Christmas Concert 1995. Black plastic vhs tape with white label on top. Multicoloured cassette case. Brand name 'Sony'.
One VHS Tape containing footage of Lord Alexander School Christmas Concert 1995. Black plastic vhs tape with white label on top. Multicoloured cassette case. Brand name 'Sony'.
One VHS Tape containing footage of Lord Alexander School Christmas Concert 1990 and Lip Synch 1991. Black plastic vhs tape with white label on top. White and multicoloured cassette case. Brand name 'Polaroid'.
One VHS Tape containing footage of Lord Alexander School Christmas Concert 1990 and Lip Synch 1991. Black plastic vhs tape with white label on top. White and multicoloured cassette case. Brand name 'Polaroid'.
One VHS Tape containing footage of Lord Alexander School attending the Nanakila Pole Raising in Kemano, White and multicoloured cassette case. Brand name 'Fuji'.
One VHS Tape containing footage of Lord Alexander School attending the Nanakila Pole Raising in Kemano, White and multicoloured cassette case. Brand name 'Fuji'.
One VHS Tape containing footage of Lord Alexander School visiting Barkerville, May 1993, Grade 5. White and multicoloured cassette case. Brand name 'TDK'.
One VHS Tape containing footage of Lord Alexander School visiting Barkerville, May 1993, Grade 5. White and multicoloured cassette case. Brand name 'TDK'.
One VHS Tape containing footage of "Seekwyakin Family Day". Produced for Alcan and K.C.P. by Storyteller Services Inc. Black VHS tape inside a black plastic case. Brand name '3M'
One VHS Tape containing footage of "Seekwyakin Family Day". Produced for Alcan and K.C.P. by Storyteller Services Inc. Black VHS tape inside a black plastic case. Brand name '3M'