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Edward Walker fonds

  • CA yuk yuk-1061
  • Fonds
  • 1947-1950

The fonds consists of photographs taken by Edward Walker using an Angus C3 camera. Images include First Nation spirit houses, the sternwheeler Casca underway, a winter Dog Derby, the Whitehorse airport, planes, and scenic views in the Whitehorse, Yukon area.

Walker, Edward, 19-- -

Ralph Cameron fonds

  • CA yuk yuk-1062
  • Fonds
  • 1960-1961, [ca. 2002]

This accession consists of material created or collected by Ralph Cameron during his involvement with the construction of the Grande Prairie-Alaska microwave system. Included is an 8mm home movie (500 ft.) and DVD copy of footage titled "Grande Prairie, AB-Alaska Microwave System", taken in 1961 to record the construction of the "Grande Prairie-Alaska Microwave Route - Outside Plant". Textual records include the donor's 1961 diary which includes notes about his inspections, etc.; the donor's notes and observations of the project titled "Grande Prairie-Alaska Microwave System Feb. 7-July 27 1961"; original Alaska Highway "Milepost" sheets provided to the donor at the time of the project; one page describing Yukon's Floral Emblem created by the Yukon Travel Bureau, 1961; Unit Bid Prices for Estimating Roads (based on Newfoundland microwave system) and Unit Bid Prices for Estimating Tower Building and Tank Foundations & Fencing; and a copy of the Summer 2006 Ottawa Vintage Radio Club newsletter which includes an article by O. Ernest (Ernie) Brown titled "Radio Waves Across the North"; and an internal memo titled "Report on Functioning of RCA, Their Consultants and Contractors in the Field" which relates to the construction of the microwave system.

Cameron, Ralph, b. 1932

Witschl family fonds

  • CA yuk yuk-1063
  • Fonds
  • 1977-1978

The fonds consists of 57 colour, silent films taken by Wolfgang Witschl and 497 colour slides taken by Wolfgang and Gabriele Witschl in 1977-1978. The films and slides were taken in southern Yukon (Whitehorse, Tagish Lake, Marsh Lake), northern British Columbia (Atlin, Ben-My-Chree), and Skagway and Haines, Alaska. Subject matter includes the Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous, native dancers, sternwheelers, cabins, travel on the White Pass & Yukon Route (WP&YR) train, and many scenic views.

Witschl family

Gertrude (Seidel) Gillis fonds

  • CA yuk yuk-1064
  • Fonds
  • Copied 2007 (originally created 1939-2005, predominant 1943-1944)

The fonds consists of 123 photographs, copied from an album, documenting Gertrude (Seidel) Gillis' experiences in the Yukon while working in Whitehorse during the construction of the CANOL (Canadian American Norman Oil Line) project. The photographs, taken around Whitehorse, Carcross, Teslin and Kluane and other areas of the Yukon, include images relating to the building of the CANOL road and refinery: Quonset huts, offices of the United States Engineer Department (USED) and Bechtel-Price Callahan, civilian barracks, army vehicles, and soldiers. Also included are scenes of people skiing, hiking, boating, First Nations families, and homes and stores in the communities. Identified individuals include Gertrude Gillis, Ma Simmons, Gudrun (Goody) Sparling, Ruth "Pete" Jacquot (nee Dickson), Buddy Watson, and possibly Lynch Van Bibber. The fonds also contains copies of four articles published in the Whitehorse Star, in May 2005, about the 60th anniversary of the closure of the Canol oil refinery. Gillis' memoirs of her time with the project during the 1940s are included in the series.

Gillis, Gertrude, ca. 1920-1993

Deb Jutra fonds

  • CA yuk yuk-1065
  • Fonds
  • 2006

The fonds consists of material created by Deb Jutra during the 2006 Yukon/NWT Aboriginal Craft & Fashion Show held in the atrium of the Elijah Smith building in Whitehorse, Yukon February 23-25, 2006. Included is a DVD of footage shot during the fashion show, a CD containing 355 digital images taken by Deb Jutra and Tony Gonda during the craft and fashion show, and a transcript of the Fashion Show Lineup commentary.

Jutra, Deb

Catherine (Ms. Kay) Sexsmith fonds

  • CA yuk yuk-1066
  • Fonds
  • 1979-2007

The fonds consists of original photographs and textual records which capture the activities of Ms. Kay's kindergarten students in Ross River, Yukon. The majority of images (1979-1998) depict each kindergarten class and their school activities including reading, story time, Hallowe'en, fishing, roasting hotdogs, searching for a Christmas tree, and visits to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and the Health Centre. The remaining images depict students in the higher grades, graduation of the high school students (2000-2007), and a tribute to Linda Shorty and her family (2006/155). Also included are 5 photographs taken by Elizabeth Shorty of Ross River students at the 2007 Native Grad (2007/143). Students and their parents are identified in the caption list. The textual records include articles about the students from the Yukon News and Whitehorse Star, a magazine article about Dempsey Bob visiting the school, and formal announcements of students' post-secondary achievements.

Sexsmith, Catherine, b. 1935

Andrew Porubsky fonds

  • CA yuk yuk-1067
  • Fonds
  • 1941-1943

The fonds consists of a photograph album depicting Andrew Porubsky's unit participating in the construction of the Alaska Highway. Images include fellow military personnel (some are identified by first name), highway construction and equipment, scenic views, a view inside a tent, outdoor shower facilities, a memorial cairn to Lt. R.R. Small, bridge construction on the Slims and Donjek rivers in the Yukon, a music band, an Alaska Highway Kluane sign, cabins, a possible freighter canoe, and a mine entrance. Also included are images from his training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri and of his family in Ohio.

Porubsky, Andrew, d. ca. 1995

Alaska Treadwell Gold Mining Company fonds

  • CA yuk yuk-1068
  • Fonds
  • 1907-1912, 1924

The fonds consists of two folders of correspondence to R.A. Kinzie [Kenzie?], General Superintendent of Alaska Treadwell Gold Mining Company at Treadwell City near Juneau, Alaska. The correspondence originated from: Whitehorse and Carcross, Yukon; Bennett and Atlin, British Columbia; and from F.W. Bradley, San Francisco, California. Included in the correspondence is a letter about coal lands from W.F. Schabel of Whitehorse, and from I.E. Fleming at Carcross, who was employed by Dail & Fleming Mines Ltd., at Windy Arm.

Alaska Treadwell Gold Mining Company

Miscellaneous I photograph collection

  • CA yuk yuk-1069
  • Collection
  • [ca. 1900, ca. 1970]

The collection consists of a variety of photographs, many from the days of the Klondike Gold Rush. Photographs include the Pine Tree Hotel in Pine City, British Columbia, and the Caribou Hotel in Carcross, Yukon. There are several images of groups of First Nations people, including wranglers packing pack animals, and a man and boy with packsacks. Mr. and Mrs. Anton Stander of Eldorado Creek are identified in one photograph. Other photographs show unidentified people in scenes that may be the Klondike Gold Fields.

Whitehorse Public Library

Geoffrey Bidlake collection

  • CA yuk yuk-107
  • Collection
  • [ca. 1920]-1958, 1961-1964

The collection consists of copies of photographs and original slides collected by Geoffrey Bidlake of his life in the Yukon. Photographic views include hunting, fishing, boating, Carcross, Fort Yukon, Dawson, a 1958 wolf poisoning trip. The photographs show Bidlake and many of his friends, including John Scott, Alf Scott, Sophie Johnson and Bell Fraser. The slides are of the April 1964 Hand Over Ceremony of the Alaska Highway, from the U.S. Army to the Department of Public Works; and of the burnt remains of the White Pass Hotel, taken in 1961.

Bidlake, Geoffrey, 1900-1968

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