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Anderson Lake & Squirrel Mountain

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description27763
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
Date Range
[1965]
Accession Number
71.115
Scope and Content
Photographs of Anderson Lake, Squirrel Mountain, First Cabin, Clague Mountain, Ski Races, and Snow Crystals.
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
71.115
Date Range
[1965]
Physical Description
34 sildes: colour
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her position as curator of the Kitimat Museum
Scope and Content
Photographs of Anderson Lake, Squirrel Mountain, First Cabin, Clague Mountain, Ski Races, and Snow Crystals.

Bear Totem & Chief Sepass of SkowKale

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description27517
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
Date Range
[1934]
Accession Number
76.77
Scope and Content
Photographs of Beartotem from Kitamaat & Dr.Raley of Coqualeetza, with Chief Sepass of Skowkale and his daughter
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
76.77
Date Range
[1934]
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as Museum Currator
Scope and Content
Photographs of Beartotem from Kitamaat & Dr.Raley of Coqualeetza, with Chief Sepass of Skowkale and his daughter

Candle Holder & Glass Bottle

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description27707
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
Accession Number
78.21.16
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
78.21.16
Physical Description
3 photographs : b&w
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her position as Curator of the Kitmat Museum
Subject Access
photographs of a candle holder belonging to Dick Mendel, and a glass belonging to Greg Stalcheniuk
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Series
Date Range
[1955]
Accession Number
73.3.6
Scope and Content
Photographs of the Kitimat City Centre from Albatross Ave.
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
Series
Series Number
13
Accession Number
73.3.6
Date Range
[1955]
Physical Description
11 slides : colour
Scope and Content
Photographs of the Kitimat City Centre from Albatross Ave.

Copper Mine in Rocher De Boule

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description27613
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. Jun 1968]
Accession Number
75.79
Scope and Content
Photograph of Aerial Tramway/Copper Mine 1914 in Rocher De Boule (back of photograph has written "7 Sisters & Tower of W-Uranium Mine Rocher De Boule").
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
75.79
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Gisela Mendel
Date Range
[ca. Jun 1968]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 12 x 17.5cm
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Photograph of Aerial Tramway/Copper Mine 1914 in Rocher De Boule (back of photograph has written "7 Sisters & Tower of W-Uranium Mine Rocher De Boule").
Notes
75.79
Subject Access
Pioneer Area
Mining
Seven Sisters Mountains
Rocher De Boule
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
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
Fonds
GMD
graphic material
textual records
cartographic material
Date Range
1960-1999
Scope and Content
This fonds consists of materials created or collected by Gisela Mendel throughout her time in British Columbia, particularly during her tenure as the Museum's first curator (1969-1981). It is divided into three series: Series 1: Photographs - approx. 330 photographs, negatives, and slides taken by Gisela Mendel, showing the local area, flora and fauna, Museum displays, Kitamaat Village and its residents, traditional Haisla cultural activities, etc. Series 2: Kitimat Flora Collection - 12 boxes of pressed and dried flora from the local area, with associated information. Series 3: Logbooks and scrapbooks - logbooks from Clague and Squirrel Mountains (1957-1969), accounts of Mendel family outings (1963-1968), scrapbook/photo album from Stikine road trip (1999), textual material and photos on regional hiking rails from binder on assembled by Gisela. Series 4: Maps - 23 regional maps collected and annotated by Gisela.
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
Fonds
GMD
graphic material
textual records
cartographic material
Date Range
1960-1999
Physical Description
ca. 330 photographs
12 boxes of floral material
ca. 10.5 cm textual material (logbooks, scrapbooks)
23 maps
History / Biographical
Gisela Heimbach Mendel was the first curator of the Kitimat Museum and Archives (then known as the Kitimat Centennial Museum). She was born in Germany in 1922 and worked as a pharmacist in East Prussia when the Russians invaded. She fled the Russians and immigrated to Canada in 1952 with her husband, Hans, and their children. Unhappy with the geography of Southern Ontario - in her words, she was a "mountain woman" - she chose Kitimat as her home. In her earliest years in Kitimat (beginning 1956), Gisela collected botanical specimens for the Royal BC Museum in Victoria. She served as the first curator of the Kitimat Centennial Museum from the building's opening in 1969 until her retirement in 1981, when she and Hans moved to Smithers. Gisela was responsible for not only showcasing local art and history, but building a strong and varied permanent collection of artifacts and archival items upon which future curators could build. As she was working in a relatively young community, town history was not considered a priority so much as regional history, natural history and Haisla First Nations cultural traditions, which Gisela documented with great intensity. One of her projects was creating an ethno-botanical dictionary with the help of Haisla elders, identifying the Haisla names and traditional uses for various plants. In 1972, the Northern Sentinel reported that each weekend Gisela made the rounds of her secret botanical hunting grounds to replace the display of floral specimens in her exhibits. She was a tremendous record-keeper and journalist, had a great life of the outdoors, and developed many close friendships in Kitimat and Kitamaat Village. Her thirst for information was incredible, and the Museum and the community benefitted immensely from her passion for gathering and recording knowledge. In the 1990s she received the Award of Merit from the BC Museums Association in recognition of her work. She passed away in 2008.
Custodial History
Materials in this fonds were created by Gisela Mendel during her time as Museum Curator, or donated by her, her family members, or other community members following her retirement.
Scope and Content
This fonds consists of materials created or collected by Gisela Mendel throughout her time in British Columbia, particularly during her tenure as the Museum's first curator (1969-1981). It is divided into three series: Series 1: Photographs - approx. 330 photographs, negatives, and slides taken by Gisela Mendel, showing the local area, flora and fauna, Museum displays, Kitamaat Village and its residents, traditional Haisla cultural activities, etc. Series 2: Kitimat Flora Collection - 12 boxes of pressed and dried flora from the local area, with associated information. Series 3: Logbooks and scrapbooks - logbooks from Clague and Squirrel Mountains (1957-1969), accounts of Mendel family outings (1963-1968), scrapbook/photo album from Stikine road trip (1999), textual material and photos on regional hiking rails from binder on assembled by Gisela. Series 4: Maps - 23 regional maps collected and annotated by Gisela.

Grave Totem and Indigenous Gravehouse in Old Hazelton

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description27605
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[1959]
Accession Number
75.25
Scope and Content
Photographs of a Raven Totem and an Indigenous gravehouse in the Old Hazelton Cemetery.
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
75.25
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Gisela Mendel
Date Range
[1959]
Physical Description
2 photograph prints : b&w ; 12.5 x 18cm
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Photographs of a Raven Totem and an Indigenous gravehouse in the Old Hazelton Cemetery.
Notes
75.25.1 to 2
Geographic Access
Hazelton
Storage Location
Curator's Office
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
Date Range
[1905]
Accession Number
77.4
Scope and Content
Two photographs from the Provincial Archives Parliament Building in Victoria B.C of the Hagwilget Bridge in Moricetown
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
77.4
Date Range
[1905]
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w : 5 x 7cm
Custodial History
Gisela Mendel took photographs as her role as Musuem Currator
Scope and Content
Two photographs from the Provincial Archives Parliament Building in Victoria B.C of the Hagwilget Bridge in Moricetown

Hagwilget Bridge/Mountain Scenery Sketch

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description28333
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1893]
Accession Number
71.7
Scope and Content
Two images of pencil sketches done of the very first original indigenous foot bridge across the Bulkley.
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
71.7
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1893]
Physical Description
2 photograph prints : b&w ; 13 x 18cm
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Two images of pencil sketches done of the very first original indigenous foot bridge across the Bulkley.
Notes
71.7.2.1 to 2
Name Access
Loring, R.E.
Subject Access
Structures
Storage Location
Curator's Office
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
Date Range
[1963]
Accession Number
72.71
Scope and Content
Photographs of the hike up Mount Elizabeth
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
72.71
Date Range
[1963]
Physical Description
10 Slides : colour
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her position as curator
Scope and Content
Photographs of the hike up Mount Elizabeth

The Hudson Bay Company (Kitimat's First Department Store)

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description27570
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
Date Range
[1954]
Accession Number
73.20.3
Scope and Content
A photograph of Kitimat's first department store The Hudson Bay Company at the Kitimat Smelter Site
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
73.20.3
Date Range
[1954]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as Museum Currator
Scope and Content
A photograph of Kitimat's first department store The Hudson Bay Company at the Kitimat Smelter Site

Hudson's Bay Co. Store at Smeltersite

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description27569
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1954]
Accession Number
73.20
Scope and Content
Kitimat's first department store.
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
73.20
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Gisela Mendel
Date Range
[ca. 1954]
Physical Description
5 photographs: colour
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Kitimat's first department store.
Notes
73.20.3.a
Subject Access
Hudsons Bay Company
Stores
Kitimat
Smeltersite
Northern Sentinel
Storage Location
Curator's Office

Indigenous Rock Painting

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description27817
Part Of
Museum Collection
Description Level
Series
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1830]
Accession Number
78.12
Scope and Content
Photograph of Indigenous Rock Paintings found along Highway 16 close to prime Reeher.
Part Of
Museum Collection
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
Series
Series Number
118
Accession Number
78.12
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Gisela Mendel
Date Range
[ca. 1830]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : color ; 9 x 12.5cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Indigenous Rock Paintings found along Highway 16 close to prime Reeher.
Notes
78.12.6
Subject Access
Indigenous
Storage Location
Curator's Office
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
Date Range
[1958]
Accession Number
71.93
Scope and Content
Photographs of a glacier at Kildala Pass and the Kemano River.
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
71.93
Date Range
[1958]
Physical Description
9 slides : colour
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her position as curator of the Kitimat Museum
Scope and Content
Photographs of a glacier at Kildala Pass and the Kemano River.

Kildala Elementary School

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description27767
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Series
Date Range
[1956]
Accession Number
73.3.7
Scope and Content
Photographs of Kildala Elementary School
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
Series
Series Number
12
Accession Number
73.3.7
Date Range
[1956]
Physical Description
7 slides : colour
Scope and Content
Photographs of Kildala Elementary School
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
Date Range
?
Accession Number
76.32
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of photographs of the Kisgegas Bridge
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
76.32
Date Range
?
Physical Description
11 photographs : b&w : 5 x 7cm
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as Museum Currator
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of photographs of the Kisgegas Bridge

Kitamuldo Totempole of Hazelton & Kitsequecla Totempole

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description27503
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1960s]
Accession Number
76.26
Scope and Content
Two photographs of a Kitamuldo Totempole of Hazelton & a Kitsequecla Totempole
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
76.26
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1960s]
Physical Description
2 photograph prints : color ; 8 x 8cm
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Two photographs of a Kitamuldo Totempole of Hazelton & a Kitsequecla Totempole
Notes
76.26.1 to 2
Subject Access
Totem Poles
Hazelton
Storage Location
Curator's Office

Log Books of Mendel's Cabin on Clague Mt., Kitimat 1960-'69 and of Outings 1963-'68

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description36657
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1960-1970
Accession Number
2023.39.1
Scope and Content
Black book containing "History of our Cabin up Clague Mt.," photocopies of the cabin's logbook from September 1960 to January 1969, several photocopied pictures from 1970, a typewritten logbook of local and regional excursions taken by the Mendel family from 1963 to 1968, and several newspaper articles.
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 3
Accession Number
2023.39.1
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1960-1970
Physical Description
1 book: 1.5 cm of textual material
History / Biographical
This material relates to a cabin on Clague Mountain, originally begun by Robert 'Bob' Hesse in the late 1950s and completed by Gisela's husband Hans in 1960. It remained in the Mendel family for 15 years before being demolished in 1975.
Custodial History
Donated to the Museum by Mendel's daughter, Fredrika Lyne, on November 14th 2023.
Scope and Content
Black book containing "History of our Cabin up Clague Mt.," photocopies of the cabin's logbook from September 1960 to January 1969, several photocopied pictures from 1970, a typewritten logbook of local and regional excursions taken by the Mendel family from 1963 to 1968, and several newspaper articles.
Notes
Subjects: hiking, cabins, outdoor activity, nature, wildlife, mountains, camping, road trips.
Storage Location
Box 97

Methodist Churches at Metlakatla, Aiyansh & Port Simpson

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description27518
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
Date Range
[1876]
Accession Number
76.81
Scope and Content
Four Photographs of churches at Metlakatla, Greenville B.C, & Port Simpson
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
76.81
Date Range
[1876]
Physical Description
4 photographs : b&w
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as Museum Currator
Scope and Content
Four Photographs of churches at Metlakatla, Greenville B.C, & Port Simpson

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