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Denys Nelson fonds Fraser Valley district (B.C.) Series
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Denys Nelson papers re British Columbia Indians

Denys Nelson was a pharmacist in Vancouver, B.C. Records consist of newspaper clippings, correspondence, field notes, photographs re the British Columbia Indians including art, stone carvings, totem poles, houses, canoes, funerals, graves, obituaries of chiefs, weddings, potlatches, fishing, trapping, social life, political affairs, land claims, and missionaries; "The life and work of Father Coccola as related to Denys Nelson," 103 pages, typescript, 1924; "Place Names of the Delta of the Fraser," by Denys Nelson, typescript, 1927; notes on places and buildings in Vancouver, and the Fraser Valley; notes from an address by Harlan I. Smith, Dominion Archaeologist, to the Women's Canadian Club, Vancouver, 1925.

Nelson, Denys, 1876-1929