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Arthur L. Wilson fonds

  • CA yuk yuk-947
  • Fonds
  • Copied 1986 (originally created 1903-1916)

The fonds consists of photographs taken by Arthur L. Wilson and includes views of the sternwheelers Tanana, Casca, Clifford Sifton and Scotia; Whitehorse and the shipyards; Whitehorse Rapids on the Yukon River; several unidentified people; and a 1910 photograph of a pack train taken by J. Doody. Also included is a newspaper clipping announcing the marriage of Margaret M. Brethour to Mr. Wilson.

Wilson, Arthur L.

Arthur Privett collection

  • CA yuk yuk-679
  • Collection
  • 1959, 1968

The collection consists of audio tape reels of two special Anglican Church services in the Yukon. Two reels record a church service at the Old Log Church in Whitehorse on July 19, 1959 on the occasion of the visit of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh (91/109). One reel records a talk by Joe Kay at the Anglican Church Diocese Synod in 1968. Joe Kay was the Catechist who served the Anglican Church in Old Crow, Yukon for many years. The talk was interpreted by Edith Josie. The recording includes the singing of three hymns in Gwich'in (91/105).

Privett, Arthur

Arthur Thornthwaite fonds

  • CA yuk yuk-856
  • Fonds
  • 1924-1988

The fonds consists of three series: Thornthwaite; Mad Trapper; and MV Anna Maria.

Thornthwaite, Arthur B., 1901-

Association of Professional Engineers of Yukon Territory collection

  • CA yuk yuk-79
  • Collection
  • 1956-1966

The collection consists of 37 certificates of membership to the Association, 1956-1966. They may have been recalled, or were part of the registrar's files. The certificates include the name of the engineer, and the names of the President, vice-president or secretary and the Registrar of the Association.

Association of Professional Engineers of Yukon Territory

Athol Retallack fonds

  • CA yuk yuk-686
  • Fonds
  • 1961-1971, 1991

The fonds consists of 24 reel-to-reel sound recordings. The first recording is Mrs. Retallack's description of her collection at the time she donated the sound recordings to the Yukon Archives. It includes interviews in the 1960s and early 1970s with various Dawson City pioneers (people who came to the Yukon before and after the Klondike Gold Rush). People interviewed include Mrs. Harry McDonnell, Chester Henderson (son of Robert Henderson), Johnny Drabeson, Joe Langevin, John Korbo, Elizabeth Vifquin, Louis Cardinal, Dick Gillespie, Johnny Hoggan, Alan Innes-Taylor, Alec Adams, A.Y. Jackson, Bert Lahr, Bea Lilly and Rev. Richard Martin and several others. Subjects discussed include the use of steamboats on the Yukon River, early transportation in the Yukon, and entertainment and theatre. Some of the interviews took place during "walks" in both Dawson City and Whitehorse and at particular events.

Retallack, Athol, d. 1993

Atlin District Board of Trade fonds

  • CA yuk yuk-80
  • Fonds
  • Copied 1963 (originally created 1904, 1963)

The fonds consists of a 1963 copy of the original 1904 application for incorporation of the Atlin District Board of Trade, as well as by-laws and a letter requesting re-incorporation, from 1963.

Atlin District Board of Trade

Atlin Historical Society collection

  • CA yuk yuk-81
  • Collection
  • Copied 1978-1986 (originally created 1898-1984)

The collection consists of copies of photographs and textual material from the Atlin Historical Society in Atlin, B.C. The majority of the photographs are of Atlin and the surrounding area. The collection has been arranged in the following five series: Series 1: Atlin photographs, 1900-1960. Series 2: Tugwell and Dunlop photographs, 1898-1937. Series 3: Herman Peterson collection, 1940-1984. Series 4: Obituary Book, 197-. Series 5: Nolan papers, 1951-1956. Series 1 is mostly photographs taken by Atlin residents. Subjects include individuals and families, businesses, Tlingit activities, mines and mining, buildings and scenery at Atlin, as well as photographs of Whitehorse and Dawson City, Yukon, Bennett and Log Cabin, 1900-1960. Series 2 is from albums belonging to Thomas and Lilly Tugwell and Mrs. Dunlop of Atlin. The photographs are the work of a number of professional and amateur photographers and include communities and events, buildings, portraits, interiors, and various subjects associated with the Gold Rush, 1898-1937. Series 3 is the Herman Peterson Collection of photographs. Peterson was a pilot and owner of a flying service in Atlin. The series consists of photographs of airplanes and views in Atlin and Carcross, 1940-1984. Series 4 is an Obituary Book compiled by the Atlin Historical Society. Series 5 is a collection of pieces of correspondence probably from the John Nolan papers.

Atlin Historical Society

Aubrey J. Simmons fonds

  • CA yuk yuk-776
  • Fonds
  • 1942-1980

The fonds consists of original textual records containing newspaper clippings, programs, a menu, invitations, correspondence and personal notes pertaining to the construction of the Alaska Highway in the Yukon, ca. 1942-1980. The fonds also contains original photographs of the opening ceremonies of the Alaska Highway, 1942.

Simmons, Aubrey J., 1899?-1979

Back and Bee family fonds

  • CA yuk yuk-99
  • Fonds
  • 1908-1990

The fonds consists of photographs taken from the Back and Bee family photograph albums by Austin Bee in 1989, and prints made of slides taken by Austin Bee on a return visit to the Yukon in 1963. The photographs album contained shots of the families' lives in the Carmacks area. Most of the photographs were taken by Lois Back Bee who was an amateur photographer and did her own developing and printing. Ida May Back and Austin Bee took some of the photographs. The fonds also includes letters written by Austin Bee in 1989 and 1990, to Yukon Archives and Pelly River Historical Society detailing his family's history in the Yukon. The prints of the slides from 1963 show Carmacks buildings, including the Goulter's cabin, the Post Office, the Carmacks Roadhouse, the diesel electric generating plant, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) building, Carmacks Hotel, Tom Bee's Trading Post, Howard and Alice McMillan's residence, the Carmacks school under construction, and Carmacks residents, Fritz Guder, Frank and Ida May Goulter, Bill Langham, and the postmistress, as well as Austin's travelling companion Colonel Frank Noyes. There are also views from the Mount Freegold area, Seymour Creek and the Nordenskiold River.

Bee, Lois Back

Bea McLeod fonds

  • CA yuk yuk-585
  • Fonds
  • 1935-1965

The fonds consists of photographs of the construction of the Whitehorse Dam, a tourist information booth at Whitehorse, Yukon, Dawson City and Whitehorse scenes, the last voyage of the sternwheeler S.S. Keno, Rendezvous or Discovery Days, the Catholic Mission at Burwash Landing, Pelly River barge, Montague Roadhouse, the last ferry at Carmacks, a graveyard and other views from about 1957-1965. Also included in the fonds is a copy of the last photograph taken of Will Rogers and Wiley Post, images of Canadian Pacific Airlines staff houses, Miles Canyon, and the store and dormitory at Engineer Mine.

McLeod, Bea

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