Early Doukhobor village south of Kamsack, Saskatchewan
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Early Doukhobor village south of Kamsack, Saskatchewan
Early settled Doukhobor village in Saskatchewan
Father, sons and workman working on the farm, Langham, Saskatchewan
Identified from right to left : Koozma J. Tarasoff, Sr., John Tarasoff, Koozma Tarasoff, Jr. (sitting on the tractor) and Alexei Peresekin (a hired worker).
First sawmill developement amoung Doukhobors in Canada [sic]
First shipload of Doukhobors arrive in Canada
First temporary dwellings in the South Colony, Assiniboia
Frenzied trek on the Canadian Prairies
Frenzied trek on the Canadian Prairies
Gathering of the Konkin family in Saskatchewan
Going for flour in the Rosthern District of Saskatchewan
Hauling grain to the Community elevator, Verigin, Saskatchewan
Independent Doukhobor overhauls tractor, Langham, Saskatchewan District
Identified from left to right : Koozma K Tarasoff, Bill Maloff. The residence in that of John J. Maloff.
Interior of Doukhobor home on the Canadian Prairies
Kamsack Doukhobor Choir, Kamsack, Sask.
Kamsack Doukhobor Choir, Kamsack, Saskatchewan
Choir instructor is Mrs. Polly Gulieff to the extreme left.
Kars Doukhobor camp near the Round House, East Selkirk, Manitoba
Main "street" of Doukhobors Community of Verigin, Saskatchewan
Identified to the extreme right of the photograph is the community secretary, Michael Cazakoff.
Mealtime in quarantine on an island near Halifax, Nova Scotia
This is part of the first groupd of 7500 Doukhobors who came to Canada in 1899.
Mealtime on the Canadian prairies
Michael A. Sherbinin, a Russian who taught school among the Doukhobors in the early 1900's
Open air Sabranya in the Kamsack-Verigin area.
Orchard Bro's plowing outfit on the Canadian Prairies
Otradnoye villiage near Verigin, Saskatchewan.
Pennsylvania Quakers visit Doukhobors in Blaine Lake, Saskatchewan
In the centre is Peter G. Makaroff with special guests Paddmore Elkinton and his son, both Quakers from Pennsylvania. Passmore Elkinton is the grandson of Joseph Elkinton who was instrumental in meeting the first shipload of Doukhobors to Canada in 1899.
Part of British Columbia Game Commission interviews collection
CALL NUMBER: T4129:0003 RECORDED: Mission (B.C.), 1984-03-23 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Percy Cliffe discusses his childhood background. Joined the B.C.P.P. in January 1932 and was posted in Nelson (Doukhobor arrests), Golden, Burnaby, and Chilliwack. Anecdote about Constable George Elliott. Transients in Golden. Reasons he transferred to the Game Commission. Description of Mission District. Office equipment. Wife becomes "office manager". Raised hounds. Main game was pheasants and ducks. Apprehending violators of baiting restriction. Road checks. Large fox population and control methods. TRACK 2: Coyotes. Valley had much cover for wildlife until taxes forced farmers to cultivate all the land. Stocking of pheasants. Methods of stocking fingerlings and planting fish eggs. Modes of travel about Mission District -- truck, boat, horse, and by foot. Logging resulted in large deer population. Route to Pemberton via boat and pack horse. Campaign to reduce the number of wild dogs near the Indian reserve. Frank Urquhart of Coquitlam District. Patrolling Skagit Valley with Art Butler. Illegal fur trapper confesses. CALL NUMBER: T4129:0004 RECORDED: Mission (B.C.), 1984-03-23 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Percy Cliffe gives a description of a search expedition to airplane crash in Cheam Mountain Range (August 1943). Story of search expedition to airplane crash in Yale area. (1940s). Description of 1948 flood and his assistance with game boat. Cougar problem worsens with deer population growth. Smart hound trees three cougars during one hunt. Qualities of a good hound. TRACK 2: Humorous story of cougar hunt with member of local police. Hounds killed during cougar hunt near Sechelt. He has friendly relations with farmers and loggers in his District. Post war road building opens up areas for hunting. New Settlers. Importance of game clubs. Achievements of Mission Rod and Gun Club. Game warden on 24 hour work schedule. Good rapport in Department. Comparisons of early years with present (1984). Some missed opportunities to clear fishing steam blockages. The game warden was "lord and master". CALL NUMBER: T4129:0005 RECORDED: Mission (B.C.), 1984-03-23 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Percy Cliffe comments about job changes following scientific research methods. Training and new ideas. He disagrees with some new policies. Some recollections of Jim Dewar (Predator Control hunter). Comments about Art Butler, warden of the Chilliwack District. Game wardens were on their own, no training. Slim Cameron. Tells about boat trip to McNab Creek where transplanted elk resided. Thoughts about difference between large interior districts and lower mainland districts. His hunting experience as a young boy. [TRACK 2: blank.]
Petrofka village, near Blaine Lake, Saskatchewan
Part of Reynoldston Research and Studies oral history collection
CALL NUMBER: T0139:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Phillip W. Bird : loyalty, duty and public services RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1973-02-24 SUMMARY: Phillip W. Bird was born in 1896 and discusses aspects of his childhood in England, homesteading in Saskatchewan, Doukhobors, farming, joining army in Europe.;
CALL NUMBER: T0139:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Phillip W. Bird : loyalty, duty and public services RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1973-02-26 SUMMARY: Phillip W. Bird describes briefly the 1920s and 1930s, his career in the Canadian Immigration Service from 1936, and the beginning of the European D.P. operation.;
CALL NUMBER: T0139:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Phillip W. Bird : loyalty, duty and public services - selecting new Canadians RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1973-03-01 SUMMARY: Phillip W. Bird describes activities of Canadian immigration mission in Europe during post-war D.P. immigration drive.;
Plowing on the Saskatchewan prairies
This is in the vacinity of Verigin, Saskatchewan.
Shortt, James Shields. A study of awkward assimilation: the Doukhobors, 1899-1924
A study of awkward assimilation: the Doukhobors, 1899-1924. xiv, 160 leaves. Thesis (M.A.), Queen's University, 1977. Bibliography: leaves 143-160. Vita. Canadian theses, 42520.
Shortt, James Shields, b. 1950