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  • Here are entered works on archaeology as a branch of learning. This heading may be divided geographically for works on this branch of learning in a specific place.

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  • GR and MS subject headings; LCSH

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  • See also under: Excavations (Archaeology)

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Between ourselves : The great west road : [parts 1 & 2]

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. "The Great West Road", which comprises two episodes, presents the story of two journeys from the Fraser River to the Pacific Ocean: th;e first by Alexander Mackenzie in 1793, and the second by a party of scientists following Mackenzies's route in 1975. Dr. Roy Carlson, Dr. Rudi Haering, and Dr. Earl Nelson describe their own adventu;res en route, while Mackenzie's story is told in excerpts from his journal.;

Charles Borden interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], [1968?] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Charles Borden discusses the following: there was no archaeology work west of Toronto until after 1946; personal training; the Marpole site at Eburne; the history of the Milliken site. TRACK 2: Mr. Borden continues discussing the need for observation, good provincial law on antiquities, need for a provincial archaeologist, findings in the Fraser canyon and a tour of the site.

Charles E. Borden: his formulation and testing of archaeological hypotheses / Ellen Wallace Robinson

The item is a copy of a thesis on microfilm by Ellen Wallace Robinson. It is called "Charles E. Borden: his formulation and testing of archaeological hypotheses". 1975. xxvi, 615 leaves: figs., illus., maps, tables. Theses (M.A.), Portland State University, 1975. Bibliography: leaves 591-615. University Microfilm, M-8979.

Dr. Erle Nelson interview

CALL NUMBER: T3150:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: How Dr. Nelson, Dr. Roy Carlson and Dr. Rudi Haering became involved in exploring Alexander Mackenzie's trail through central BC and looking for the source of a form of obsidian used in trade among native people; their first adventures travelling by horse in a pack train. TRACK 2: Following Mackenzie's trail from Haering's Blackwater Ranch; confirming Mackenzie's fish story; impressions of the landscape; camping along the route; discoveries of obsidian; local residents; finding the trail; crossing the Blackwater River to Kluskus; church at Kluskus; wildlife on the trail; Indians at Kluskus; artefacts.

CALL NUMBER: T3150:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Trail from Kluskus to Pan Phillips' dude ranch; obsidian in the Ulkatcho mountains; travel to Dean River; trip to Vancouver to have rock analysed; visit to Ulkatcho village. TRACK 2: Trail through Tanga Lake; trip over Mackenzie Pass to the Bella Coola River and down to Bella Coola; visit to Mackenzie's rock; canoe trip down the Bella Coola River; radio contact with the outside world; brief comments on the trip as an experience.

Dr. Roy Carlson interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Dr. Roy Carlson describes his part in the trip over Alexander Mackenzie's trail to find the source of mysterious forms of obsidian used in native trade; visit to the Trudeau ranch; travel on horseback; Kluskus village, its church and archaeological sites; the obsidian trade and why it is studied; adventures while travelling from Blackwater Ranch to Tanya Lake, through Mackenzie Pass to Bella Coola; finding sources of obsidian. TRACK 2: Information from locals; sources of obsidian and the trade along the trail; comments on ranching in that part of the Chilcotin.

[Indian ethnology]

News item. Footage includes brief introduction by head of Provincial Museum's archaeology department. Film is called "The 12,000 Year Gap: Archaeology in British Columbia." Shots of sandstone petroglyphs, Indian middens, engravings and photos of ancient Indian dress for hunting and tribal rights, and Indian basket work. Ethnology expert at museum explains meaning of that word. Indian beadwork. Explanation of maritime fur trade. Indian cooking utensils, weapons, totem pole designs. Disease among the Indians and population decline. Study of Indian facial structure and expressions. Model of totem pole village in museum. Snowshoes, Indian shawls and blankets, Chieftain's head dress, implements. Attempts by to ban the potlatches. Ceremonial garb, Indian dwellings, and burial effigies. Good photography but very little sound.

John Douglas Leechman papers

John Douglas Leechman, anthropologist and author, was born in London, England on December 20, 1890. Educated in the United Kingdom, Egypt and Switzerland, Leechman emigrated to Canada in his youth, served with the Canadian Mounted Rifles in the First World War and, after demobilization in 1917, apprenticed at the Victoria Public Library. In 1918, Leechman enrolled at the University of Washington to pursue a degree in Library Science but left the university prior to completing his degree. In 1924, while residing in Victoria, he applied for and won a position with the Anthropology Division of the National Museum of Canada in Ottawa, where he remained until 1955. During his thirty one years in Ottawa, Leechman spent part of his free time teaching evening courses in journalism at Carleton University and acquiring his BSc., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees. In 1955 Leechman left the National Museum to become the first Director of the Glenbow Foundation in Calgary. He retired from this position in 1957, moved to Victoria and was shortly thereafter engaged by the Federal Government to aid in the restoration of Fort Langley and Fort Prince of Wales. When asked of his recreational activities and favorite pastimes, Leechman replied "writing". His years teaching journalism at Carlton and his extensive bibliography of about five hundred titles, attest to his leisure time pursuits. Leechman's co-authorship of the Dictionary of Canadianisms (1967), his activities, since 1968, as a Canadian consultant for the Oxford English Dictionary and his compilation of an extensive glossary of fur trade terms, found within this body of papers, are further testimony to his recreational pursuits and lexicographical interests. Dr. Leechman, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, died in Victoria in 1980. The bulk of the records consist of Leechman's theses dealing with native peoples and literature, his personal correspondence files (1925-1978) and typescripts of material submitted for publication including articles, books, radio scripts, and reviews. The records also include an extensive unpublished glossary of fur trade terms, the "Dictionary of Canadian English" which never appeared in print as a unit but became part of the Dictionary of Canadianisms; glossary notes for the Oxford English Dictionary and journalism lecture notes. Historical subject files which include material relating to Fort Langley, domestic files, diplomas, certificates, and some of his wife Ruth's general correspondence and committee files have been preserved. The records also contain some archaeological field notes relating to Leechman's study of the Cape Dorset Inuit culture as well as his field notes of archaeological sites in B.C. and the Yukon. Artwork comprising 157 pieces was removed from the fonds in 1987 and moved to the PDP collection under the PDP number 06180. In 2023 they were intellectually moved back to the fonds and added to this description. The artworks consist of drawings of Indigenous tools, botanical subjects and Indigenous peoples; many of which were used for the books, 'Edible Wild Plants' and Native Tribes of Canada'. Some of the artworks were done by artist Ted Noram. The BC Archives library has catalogued some of Leechman's publications.

Leechman, John Douglas, 1890-1980

Living memory : Old Fort Langley

SUMMARY: "Fort Langley", the sixth episode, features people of the fort and of North Langley. The voices heard include Joe Morrison of Fort Langley (who was 100 when interviewed), Alex Hope and Bert Williams.

The recording is incomplete.

People in landscape : The Yale diggings

SUMMARY: This program about the pre-history of the Fraser Canyon looks at he archaeological work of Dr. Charles Borden, with particular reference to the Milliken site near Yale.

Soundings : Archaeological finds along the Fraser

SUMMARY: This episode of the CBC radio series "Soundings" is about archaelogical finds around the lower Fraser River near Yale, indicating aboriginal fishing and settlement in the area about 10,000 years ago. Dr. Charles Borden discusses the significance of the findings. Narrated by Roy Minter.

[Vancouver and Boundary Bay]

Unedited footage. Footage of students working at an archaeological excavation (location unknown); brief shot of Thunderbird Park and Belleville Street, Victoria, ca. 1945; various boats and a Union Steamship, possibly on Howe Sound.