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Doukhobor history photograph collection

  • PR-0137
  • Fonds
  • 1960 (orginally created ca. 1895-1960)

The collection consists of copies of photographs pertaining to Doukhobor history collected by Koozma John Tarasoff as part of a 1958 B.C. centennial project.

Photographs document the history of Doukhobors, from beginnings in Russia in the 19th century, emigration to North America, and current history to the mid 20th century. Images depict all aspects of culture, individuals and communities.

Sources of the copies include, but are not limited to: The "Tregouboff" collection, a collection belonging to Ivan Mikhailovitch Tregouboff, of Moscow, who was a close friend of Lev N. Tolstoy and the Doukhobors; Vogue Studio, Nelson, BC, courtesy of Helmuth Mayrhofer (photographer); Bill Verigin of Vancouver; Anna Brinton, a member of the Society of Friends (Quakers) and writer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (referred to as the "Popoff album"); Larry A. Ewashen; Jennie Petroff and Lydia Linitsky (the Petroff sisters) of Saskatchewan; the editors of Iskra, a Russian language Doukhobor publication in Grand Forks, BC and Mir, an English language Doukhobor publication also in Grand Forks, BC..

Photographs document the history of Doukhobors, from beginnings in Russia in the 19th century, emigration to North America, and current history to the mid 20th century. Images depict all aspects of culture, individuals and communities.

Tarasoff, Koozma John, collector