George and Joanne MacDonald Northwest Coast Image Archive

The Bill Reid Centre's George and Joanne MacDonald Image Archive contains images of Northwest Coast First Peoples, their villages, and their visual and material belongings. Many of the images collected by the MacDonalds are not unique, and can be found in museums and archives around the world. Throughout his career, Dr. MacDonald sought to bring these important resources together under one roof with the intent of creating access for Northwest Coast First Nations, and in particular artists, whose passion for historic imagery and visual documentation of their cultural belongings he witnessed first-hand. The archive is a reflection of the MacDonalds' research interests, their careers in archaeology and anthropology, their many relationships in the field, and their deep respect and admiration of the diverse nations of the Northwest Coast.

Contributed by The Bill Reid Centre, Simon Fraser University.

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Totems and Community House

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Date: 1960 to 1970
Description: Colour slides collected and donated by Adelaide de Menil. Slide jacket's contain descriptions, which have been copied to the titles. Slides not taken by de Menil read: Schallerer's Photo Shop, 212 Front Street, Ketchikan, Alaska.

Totems and Fireweed

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Totem poles and fireweed (pink flowers) at Klawock Totem Park.

Totems and Graves at Alert Bay

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Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: The 'Namgis Burial Grounds at Alert Bay is an old native cemetery and one of the few remaining locations on the BC coast where totems remain undisturbed on their original site.

Totems and Mortuaries

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Date: 1901
Name(s): Newcombe, C. F.‏ (Charles Frederick),‏ ‎1851-1924
Description: Tall totem pole flanked by two mortuary posts

Totems At Alert Bay

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Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: The 'Namgis Burial Grounds at Alert Bay is an old native cemetery and one of the few remaining locations on the BC coast where totems remain undisturbed on their original site.

Totems at Klawock Totem Park

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Various poles at Klawock. Carved figures on the poles include a number of human or ancestor figures as well as bears, a whale, and a frog. The original totem poles were carved many years ago at a site on nearby Tuxecan Island where a large Tlingit settlement once existed. Later, around the 1930s, copies of those totems were re-carved by unemployed master boat builders in Klawock through the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), a public work relief program.

Totems at Saxman Park

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Various totem poles and house posts at the Saxman Totem Park. Saxman was a Tlingit community, founded in 1894 by members of the Taant'a ?w©an (Tongass People) and Sanyaa ?w©an (Cape Fox People) who lived in the area. The design of the poles and clanhouse in the park are Tlingit in origin.

Totems at Wrangell

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Date: 1960 to 1970
Description: Colour slides collected and donated by Adelaide de Menil. Slide jacket's contain descriptions, which have been copied to the titles. Slides not taken by de Menil read: Schallerer's Photo Shop, 212 Front Street, Ketchikan, Alaska.

Totems at Wrangell

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Totem Poles at Wrangell Village

Totems in Front of House

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Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Two unknown totems in front of a house

Totems in Front of House

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Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Two unknown totems in front of a house

Totems on Chief Shakes Island

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Date: 1960 to 1970
Description: Colour slides collected and donated by Adelaide de Menil. Slide jacket's contain descriptions, which have been copied to the titles. Slides not taken by de Menil read: Schallerer's Photo Shop, 212 Front Street, Ketchikan, Alaska.

Totems on the Hill

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Various poles at Klawock. Carved figures on the poles include a number of human or ancestor figures as well as bears, seals, Raven, Bullhead and whales.

Touching up a Carved Dish

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Date: 1972
Description: Freda Diesing carving a cedar bowl at 'Ksan studio, Hazelton.

Tourists

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Date: 1910 to 1915
Description: A group of female tourists, likely Kitselas residents visiting the Kitselas Canyon.