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Henrikson family fonds

  • CA yuk yuk-1007
  • Fonds
  • Copied 2001 (originally created 1904-1916)

The fonds consists of 184 copy negs and prints which depict the activities of the Henrikson family when they operated wood camp #8 on the Yukon River, 1904-1916. Photographs include images of their first home on the houseboat "Merrimack", their cabin, different family members, men with their catch after a hunt, Big Salmon and Little Salmon, the government telegraph office, sternwheelers and their crew, the Breden family, H.O. Lokken, missionaries Mr. and Mrs. Lamb, and many images of First Nations people. Some of the photographs were taken by Whitehorse photographer E.J. Hamacher and include scenes from Carcross and Whitehorse.

Henrikson family

Clara Tizya fonds

  • CA yuk yuk-1008
  • Fonds
  • 1923-1997

These records provide a fascinating view of a woman who divided her life between living a traditional lifestyle in small isolated northern communities and a modern lifestyle in Vancouver, B.C. The fonds is organized into four series: Photographs, Textual Records, Imprint and Miscellaneous. The Photographs series contains images which were taken over a span of 60 years, and depict people and scenes in the Yukon, and outside the territory. The photographs, many with captions, capture Clara's extended family and many friends as well as specific places and events. The Textual Records series is divided into 6 sub-series: Diaries, Clippings, Church, Conferences, First Nations, and Personal Papers. Forty-three diaries, written from 1979 to 1997, are a record of Clara's daily activities, travels, and experiences. The remaining sub-series are materials relating to the Anglican Church, First Nations of the Yukon and Canada, her attendance at conferences, personal correspondence and private papers. The Imprint series covers a variety of topics: the Anglican Church, missionaries in the Arctic, the Carcross Residential School [Chooutla School], Vancouver Yukoners' Association, funeral liturgies and obituaries, bus and airline schedules, and the Northern Lights newsletter. The Miscellaneous series includes 4 audio discs and one artifact.

Tizya, Clara, 1913-1998

Ironside family fonds

  • CA yuk yuk-1009
  • Fonds
  • 1909-1912, 1989

The fonds consists of an album with 113 original photographs and handwritten captions (1909-1912). The images capture a variety of scenes including: Dawson City, Yukon, placer mining and dredges, Royal North West Mounted Police (RNWMP) on patrol, Hagel's castle, the Administration Building, Fort McPherson, and people (many are identified). Also included are scenes from Ontario and Hawaii. The textual records consist of a copy of a letter from Eric W.M. James, grandson of Mary Ironside, to William Morris, co-author of the Sinking of the Princess Sophia, and page one of a 1989 published article on the same topic, by Richard W. Cooper.

Ironside family

Doug Bell Aerial Survey Negatives collection

  • CA yuk yuk-101
  • Collection
  • 1975

The collection consists of 5 reels of negatives of aerial surveys of Haines Junction, Watson Lake, Old Crow, Teslin and Mount Nansen, taken in 1975.

Bell, Doug, 1926-

Norman Cookshaw fonds

  • CA yuk yuk-1010
  • Fonds
  • 1947-1948

The fonds consists of reprinted photographs of the Watson Lake Airport in Watson Lake, Yukon and includes views of the runway, control tower, carpenter shop, powerhouse, officers quarters, mess hall, and snowplow and grader garage.

Cookshaw, Norman

Maltby family fonds

  • CA yuk yuk-1011
  • Fonds
  • Copied 1997 (originally created [ca. 1915-1926])

The fonds consists of images copied from an album belonging to the Maltby family. The photographs depict family members and friends in various activities in Dawson City, Yukon and the Whitehorse area.

Maltby family

Sybil Milligan fonds

  • CA yuk yuk-1012
  • Fonds
  • 1944-1946

The fonds consists of an album of black and white photographs of Whitehorse, Carcross, Northwest Service Command Headquarters, Alaska Highway road construction and the transfer of Alaska Highway from the American government to the Canadian government. The photographs were taken by Sybil Milligan while she was working in Whitehorse, Yukon as part of the Northwest Service Command during the building of the Alaska Highway. The photographs include views of Sybil, her friend Teresa Sullivan (Chanatry) and other female personnel, interior shots of their offices, the mess hall and barracks, Miles Canyon, sled dogs, sternwheeler shipyards, and construction of the Alaska Highway. A small number of photos were possibly purchased and have captions identifying locations around Whitehorse and the Bechtel - Price - Callahan Camp (B.P.C. Camp). The fonds also contains a pamphlet, "The Alaska Highway - A Saga of the North", given to Sybil as a going away present when she left Whitehorse. Written on the pages are autographs and notes to Sybil by her colleagues.

Milligan, Sybil, 1912-1985

Judy Kenady fonds

  • CA yuk yuk-1013
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1898], 1942-1944

The fonds consists of 55 original black and white photographs depicting the construction of the Alaska Highway. Included are shots of various highway construction camps, roadway under construction, vehicles and communities. Half of the photographs may have been taken by an official government photographer as they have captions inscribed on the front. Many of the remaining images have handwritten captions on the back. The fonds also contains one mounted 18x13 cm shot of a group of men posing on a pile of logs with dress from the gold rush era, ca. 1898. The fonds also contains 6 b&w postcards of various scenes from the construction of the Alaska Highway and two b&w postcards (same image) of woodcutters during the gold rush era.

Kenady, Judy

Tom Hale fonds

  • CA yuk yuk-1014
  • Fonds
  • 1942-1943

The accession consists of material acquired by Mr. Hale when he was stationed in Whitehorse as Chief of Transportation for the Corps of Engineers, USA, during the construction of the Alaska Highway. The original black and white photographs include scenic views of the Yukon, the Miles Canyon bridge, log cabins and caches, caribou, boats, and construction of the Alaska Highway. Many of the photographs were taken by a professional photographer, G. Morris Taylor, and have captions written on them. The postcards have a variety of images including scenic views of the Yukon, Whitehorse, the shipyards, White Pass and Yukon Route (WP&YR) trains and dog sleds. Four postcards depict Yukon First Nations people. The textual records include correspondence between George A. Leland, a friend of Hale's, and the Governor of Alaska, Ernest Gruening; and four letters of reference for Hale from the US Engineer office and the US Army Air Forces. Also included in the fonds are an Engineering News-Record Report entitled, "Alcan, America's Glory Road, and a booklet entitled, "The Alaska Highway".

Hale, Tom, 1909-

Edward Bussey fonds

  • CA yuk yuk-1015
  • Fonds
  • 1942-1944

The fonds consists of coloured slides and coloured photographs taken by Edward Bussey during 1942 and 1943 while he was working with the U.S. Corps of Engineers building the Alaska Highway. The images depict army camps, road construction, people, and scenic shots of various locations along the Alaska Highway.

Bussey, Edward

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