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Cooper family fonds
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13 film reels : 8 mm;182 photographs : col. slides
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George Cooper was a Treadwell Yukon Mill employee and diesel operator in the 1930s. He coached the Mayo-Galena girls' softball team in 1939. His mother, Elsa Cooper, was married to Bill Carr. In the summer of 1940 George traveled to Vancouver and while there he met Edna, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital. Married in 1946, after his discharge from the army, George and Edna moved to Whitehorse in 1949. George worked as an automotive mechanic at the Taylor and Drury garage. Edna did not continue nursing but focused on family life and volunteered with the Ladies Auxiliary Association of the Whitehorse General Hospital.
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The fonds consists of 13 rolls of 8 mm film and include a variety of scenes and activities in the Yukon including the Haines Junction Experimental Farm at the Parks headquarters, sternwheelers being launched and underway, travel on the Alaska Highway, and people skating, playing hockey and baseball, boating, downhill skiing near Mayo, and ice fishing in Carcross. The films also depict the Coopers' travels in Hawaii, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Niagara Falls, Ontario. Identified individuals include Bill Carr, Paul Cyr, Bill Drury, Lawrence Cyr, Edna Cooper, Bob Westin, and George Cooper. Some of the film was taken by George Cooper in the Yukon in the 1940s. Other reels were taken during Edna Cooper's vacations to Hawaii and Maine, USA (2002/47). The original colour slides include many views of Carcross and the Cooper's cabin, Whitehorse and area, fishing and hunting, boating and picnics, sternwheelers, the mining community of Elsa, an Alaska road trip, and George's Uncle Bob in Vancouver (2006/138).
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There are no donor-imposed restrictions on this material. General copyright or institutional or legal restrictions may apply. All rights transferred to Yukon Archives to use at its own discretion.
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A preliminary shot list for the films and a preliminary caption list for the photographs are available.
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Cooper-Carr collection
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- Cooper, George (Subject)
- Cooper, Edna (Subject)