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John Webber fonds

  • Fonds
  • [17-]

Fonds consists of matted prints of engravings made from sketches created by John Webber as official artist on Captain James Cook’s third voyage. Prints depict landscapes, animals, people, clothing styles, architecture, and events that were encountered on the voyage in places such as New Zealand, the Friendly Islands (Tonga), the Sandwich Islands (the Hawaiian Islands), Nootka Sound (Vancouver Island, BC), and Van Dieman’s Land (Tasmania).

Webber, John

Lillian Knupp fonds

  • CA MOTH moth-1
  • Fonds
  • 1862-1998

The fonds consists of personal and professional papers including correspondence, research material, reference files, drafts and copies of columns, newspaper clippings, unpublished manuscripts; personal papers of her grandparents, Joseph and Julia Anna Short; personal papers of the family of Joseph and Julia Anna Short; personal papers of her parents, Charles and Margaret (Blennerhasset) Short; personal papers of Alexander Knupp; papers relating to the Alberta Progressive Conservative Women's Association; papers relating to the Museum of the Highwood and the Pioneers and Old Timers Association; and photographs.

Knupp, Lillian

Culbertson Tract Land Claim collection

  • ON00397 TD/CTLC
  • Collection
  • 2007

This collection comprises documents received in response to an Access to Information request addressed to Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) by the Corporation of the Town of Deseronto, Ontario, in 2008. The request asked for copies of documentation submitted as part of the Culbertson Tract land claim of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte and upon which the decision to allow the claim had been based.

The documents in this collection are all photocopies of materials located in public archives in Canada. The materials range in date from 1779 to 1959 and record the interactions between the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte and the British and Canadian governments, in relation to lands, from the time of their departure from the Mohawk Valley to the mid-twentieth century.

Sharon Fortney fonds

  • Fonds
  • 2006 - 2008

The fonds consists of one file titled Interview Transcripts, which contains recorded interviews, transcripts, and printed copies of transcribed interviews of research done by Sharon Fortney towards her PhD thesis titled Forging New Partnerships: Coast Salish Communities and Museums. Forney's thesis explores what motivates Coast Salish communities to participate in museum representations; considers the legal implications of such representations with respect to aboriginal rights; and analyzes of the diverse experiences of Coast Salish individuals in specific museum projects and partnerships with the goal of progressing museum and community interactions along a path to equal partnership.

The audiotapes in the fonds contain interviews with Coast Salish community members and artists regarding museums. The CD-R contains transcripts of interviews and is located in the temporary CD storage box. Sharon Fortney's curriculam vitae, thesis abstract, and 10 interviewee consent forms are located in the case file.

Fortney, Sharon

Professor Allan L. Sherwin fonds

  • ON00333 15-001
  • Fonds
  • 2001-2013

Fonds consists of Professor Allan L. Sherwin’s research materials relating to the biography of Bridging Two Peoples: Chief Peter E. Jones, 1843-1909 and the nineteenth and early twentieth century history of the Mississaugas (Ojibwe) of the New Credit First Nation of Hagersville, Ontario. The research materials consist primarily of photocopies of original documents including letters and papers from Library and Archives Canada, the Archives of the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation and various other publications. Copies of correspondence between Dr. Jones and Prime Minister John A. Macdonald, copies of The Indian, the newspaper edited by Dr. Jones and writings of various Aboriginal writers are included. Interspersed within the files is correspondence with other academics especially Canadian Historian Professor Donald B. Smith, the author of the classic biography of Dr. Peter E. Jones’s father entitled Sacred Feathers: The Reverend Peter Jones (Kahkewaquonaby) and the Mississauga Indians.

Sherwin, Allan L.

Chapter 7: Unlocking the Medicine Chest: the Implications of Transferring Control of Health Services to First Nations [later draft]

Consists of 1 later draft of chapter for Prospering Together, entitled "Chapter 7: Unlocking the Medicine Chest: the Implications of Transferring Control of Health Services to First Nations." Also includes 1 Laurier Institution brochure entitled "The Challenge of Diversity," and 1 cover letter. Cover letter, from Ann G. Roberts, Executive Assistant, Laurier Institution, asks Dr. David Fish to amend submitted chapter and then approve the final version for publication.

Contracts and correspondence

Consists of correspondence, contract, book prospectus, and curriculum vitae of assistant relating to Dr. David Fish's chapter for Prospering Together.

"Unlocking the Medicine Chest" drafts

Series consists of different drafts of Chapter 7, "Unlocking the Medicine Chest: The Implications of Transferring Control of Health Services to First Nations," for the book, Prospering Together: The Economic Impact of Aboriginal Settlement in British Columbia, published by the Laurier Institute, as well as other related records.

Chapter 7: Unlocking the Medicine Chest: The Implications of Transferring Control of Health Services to First Nations

Consists of 1 edited and revised early draft of chapter for Prospering Together. Initial paper--which was subsequently heavily revised--was written by Lee G. Morrison and David Fish, and was entitled "Land Claims Settlement and the Devolution of Control of Health Services: The Health and Economic Report".

Margaret Kennedy fonds

  • CA GLEN glen-3795
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1994]

The fonds consists of her interviews and transcripts from a Blackfoot Oral History Project on traditions of the whiskey trade in southern Alberta.

Kennedy, Margaret

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