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 site where Delta King will be. Rocks visible sticking out of water. Bunkhouses and forest in background. Winter.
Jamieson came to Kitimat from Vancouver to work on the Alcan project in 1952. With his first pay cheque he bought a small "Pony Kodak" camera at the local store (Hudson Bay?), and started taking coloured slides of the Kitimat from 1952-1953. Left Kitimat at the end of August 1953 to move to Montreal.
Scope and Content
Slide of start of service buildings, potlines #1 & #2, aluminum smelter.
Jamieson came to Kitimat from Vancouver to work on the Alcan project in 1952. With his first pay cheque he bought a small "Pony Kodak" camera at the local store (Hudson Bay?), and started taking coloured slides of the Kitimat from 1952-1953. Left Kitimat at the end of August 1953 to move to Montreal.
Scope and Content
Slide of initial start of graving dock to build caissons.
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 Alcan Tour guides Dawn Marie and Wayne Merkley. Standing on either side of Alcan tour building sign.
Photo showing David Rockefeller, centre, holding camera, in front of a truck which is carrying huge logs to Minette Bay. At left is Donald Strauss, another member of the party who paid a surprise visit to Kitimat. They spent several hours touring the Crown Zellerbach woods operation and later Alcan's smelter. Frank Biss who shared guiding duties with Tom Crozier on the woods tour is seen at right.
Photo showing David Rockefeller, centre, holding camera, in front of a truck which is carrying huge logs to Minette Bay. At left is Donald Strauss, another member of the party who paid a surprise visit to Kitimat. They spent several hours touring the Crown Zellerbach woods operation and later Alcan's smelter. Frank Biss who shared guiding duties with Tom Crozier on the woods tour is seen at right.
Photograph of Museum staff, board and others at tour of Kitselas Site. L-R : ?, Leona Littler, James Tirrul-Jones, ?, ?, Betty Turner, ???, Brian Mayhew, Joanne Monaghan, George MacDonald, ?? Brian Seymour.
Photograph of Museum staff, board and others at tour of Kitselas Site. L-R : ?, Leona Littler, James Tirrul-Jones, ?, ?, Betty Turner, ???, Brian Mayhew, Joanne Monaghan, George MacDonald, ?? Brian Seymour.
