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Large footprint from Sayward site, Vancouver Island

The item is a colour photograph of a large footprint that was discovered near Sayward, Vancouver Island in 1993. The footprint is believed, by some, to have been created by a Sasquatch. Dr. Bindernagel investigated the site and created plaster casts of the tracks. The plaster cast created from the print is track number 4 and is housed in container 002340-2558.

Plaster casts of tracks from Vancouver Island

The item is a colour photograph of some plaster casts of some large footprints that were discovered near Sayward, Vancouver Island in 1993. The track is believed, by some, to have been created by a Sasquatch. The area was investigated by Dr. Bindernagel who created the cast. These are likely tracks numbered 4 and 5, in containers 002340-2558 and 002340-2559 respectively.

Emily Harley Toldervy Lee

The item is a miniature portrait of a young woman wearing a black and white dress, and with a large hat. Written at the top on the back of the portrait is "Emily Harley Toldervy Le[e], London, Eng[land]. Further down is a label with the name spelt slightly differently. Also on the label is a note about hanging the portrait out of the sun to avoid damage. Underneath this is a note in different handwriting possibly saying, "For Ruth Davidson Lee [illegible]".

Land office blotter

The item is a volume titled land office blotter. Blotters were used to record detailed trading activity. Only one page has been used. The page describes two financial transactions with the Hudson's Bay Company.

The first transaction relates to 200 pound sterling received from James Cooper, Master of the Hudson's Bay Company ship Columbia, as a deposit on a land purchase in September 1849.

The next relates to the trade of 535 blankets on the 6th of May, 1850. The blankets were paid to several Indigenous groups "for purchase of their lands as per details in Register of Land Purchases", also known as the Douglas Treaties. The names, transcribed directly from the blotter, are: Tee-chamitsa, Kosampsom, Swenghung, Chilcowitch, Whyomilth, Checonein, Kakyaakan, Chewhaytsun, and Soak.

This record was likely created by James Douglas, as it appears to be written in his handwriting [see Wilson Duff, "The Fort Victoria Treaties", BC Studies No. 3 (Fall 1969): 8].

Potlatch : Stanley Hunt, Ruth Cook and Pearl Alfred : discussion

RECORDED: Alert Bay (B.C.), 1968-05-15 SUMMARY: This tape comprises a round table discussion between Stanley Hunt, Mrs. Ruth Cook and Mrs. Pearl Alfred from Alert Bay. They discuss the controversy that surrounds the revival of the potlatch and the ;present-day [1968] version of the historic ceremony. They also discuss the politics of hereditary chiefs and elected councils.;

British Columbia Law Stamps

Item is a typewritten manuscript written in 1922 by Judge Thomas S. Futcher detailing the history of British Columbia law stamps. The manuscript includes hand-drawn illustrations and examples of British Columbia law stamps with detailed annotations.

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