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) : Photocopies 1983
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)
Photo showing guests of honour at farewell breakfast at Helen's Cafe, left to right: Rev. and Mrs. William Perry, Rev. H.R.Aalen of the Church of the Redeemer, Rev. and Mrs. R.I. Hillmer.
Photo showing guests of honour at farewell breakfast at Helen's Cafe, left to right: Rev. and Mrs. William Perry, Rev. H.R.Aalen of the Church of the Redeemer, Rev. and Mrs. R.I. Hillmer.
Photo showing a group from the Eliz Long Home and pioneers aboard Bob Wrights boat going for a picnic, from left to right in top row: Frank Hallet, Exilda Mitchell, Elise Fleming (first teacher for pioneer school at Anderson farm), Bob Wright and right to left on bottom: Rudolph Braun, Eilzabeth Anderson, Ida Clark (matron), Martha Anderson, Barney McLonkey, Sarah Alton, and Margaret Butcher (another teacher).
Photo showing a group from the Eliz Long Home and pioneers aboard Bob Wrights boat going for a picnic, from left to right in top row: Frank Hallet, Exilda Mitchell, Elise Fleming (first teacher for pioneer school at Anderson farm), Bob Wright and right to left on bottom: Rudolph Braun, Eilzabeth Anderson, Ida Clark (matron), Martha Anderson, Barney McLonkey, Sarah Alton, and Margaret Butcher (another teacher).
Photo showing staff members of the Elizabeth Long Memorial Home with visitors, top from left to right: Margaret Butcher (a teacher), Miss. Scouten, Mr. Sutherland (an engineer), Isabelle Clark (a teacher) and in front left to right: Reverend Couldrey, Ida Clark (matron), unknown, Mr. Faulkner (Indian Agent from Bella Coola).
Photo showing staff members of the Elizabeth Long Memorial Home with visitors, top from left to right: Margaret Butcher (a teacher), Miss. Scouten, Mr. Sutherland (an engineer), Isabelle Clark (a teacher) and in front left to right: Reverend Couldrey, Ida Clark (matron), unknown, Mr. Faulkner (Indian Agent from Bella Coola).
Photo showing "cornerstone laid" at Redeemer Lutheran Church: Dr. Mars A. Dale, president of Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada with Rev. M.R. Aalen (right), pastor.
Current: 1950s
-Churches
-Redeemer Lutheran Church
Scope and Content
Photo showing "cornerstone laid" at Redeemer Lutheran Church: Dr. Mars A. Dale, president of Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada with Rev. M.R. Aalen (right), pastor.
Photo showing Canadiens, sponsored by Kitimat's Rotary Club, Atom division team of Minor Hockey League. Front row, kneeling, from left: Michael Laventure, Kurt Kristoffersen, Tony DeCouto, Larry Beauchamp, Gerald Morton, Marc Parthew. Second row: Dennis Birch, Clyde Howard, Ronnie Annett, Ronnie Shannon, John LeSage, Alan Lindenbach, Ian Allen, Donald McLellan. Back row: Alf Blashill, Bill Fonders (coach), Cec Steele, Ewart MacNaughton
Current: 1960's
-Sports
-League Play
-Junior Ice Hockey
Scope and Content
Photo showing Canadiens, sponsored by Kitimat's Rotary Club, Atom division team of Minor Hockey League. Front row, kneeling, from left: Michael Laventure, Kurt Kristoffersen, Tony DeCouto, Larry Beauchamp, Gerald Morton, Marc Parthew. Second row: Dennis Birch, Clyde Howard, Ronnie Annett, Ronnie Shannon, John LeSage, Alan Lindenbach, Ian Allen, Donald McLellan. Back row: Alf Blashill, Bill Fonders (coach), Cec Steele, Ewart MacNaughton
