SUMMARY: [No content information available.] This tape is probably a component used in the production of Imbert orchard's radio documentary "Morning at Metlakatla".

SUMMARY: [No content information available.] This tape is presumably a selection of interview excerpts in which Walter Wicks discusses the mission school at Metlakatla [Metlakahtla]. As such, it is probably a component of t;he program "The School at Metlakatla", which was the third program is the second series of "Living Memory".

This series consists of records of the Metlakatla (Metlakahtla) Commission Inquiry, including handwritten notes of evidence taken at hearings. Vol. 2, pp. 3-265, odd numbers only, is an emendation of the original notes in Vol. 1, pp. 3-113, odd numbers only.

SUMMARY: "Points West" is a program of discussion, interviews and current events for Western Canadian listeners. It is a Sunday afternoon series that began in April 1959. This program, "Metlakatla: The Holy City", examines the history of the community of Metlakatla and the work of controversial missionary William Duncan. The program was narrated by John Must and Richard Geddes Large, who also wrote "Skeena, River of Destiny", from which material for the broadcast was taken. Present-day inhabitants of Metlakatla are interviewed, including members of the Council of Metlakatla and parishioners of St. Paul's Anglican Church.;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Mette "Mattie" Frank : the Kitsumkalum Valley, 1908-1934 PERIOD COVERED: 1883-1934 RECORDED: Terrace (B.C.), [ca. 1972] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mette "Mattie" Frank was born in Norway (1883), emigrated to B.C. with her family in 1891, her father was a boat builder. She spent two years (1895-97) at Metlakatla, Port Essington, married ;Henry Lewis Frank (1900) and they moved to Kitsumkalum Valley in 1908. She describes Port Essington, the social life, her husband's pre-emption in the Kitsumkalum Valley, the family house and farm, other settlers in the area, life on the homestead, the hotel at Eby's Landing, problems with wildlife and insects. TRACK 2: Mattie Frank talks about learning to be a pioneer, area residents, wood for t;he steamboats, work camps for the railroad, Terrace ca.1910, George Little, the school, the railway station at Terrace, the first teachers, winter amusements, farm chores, the Marsh family, Christmas celebrations, churches, Indian village at Kitsumkalum, steamboats, and Wiggs O'Neill.

SUMMARY: Program elements (narration and actualities) for a CBC radio program about the missionary to Metlakahtla, William Duncan. T4222:0005 comprises examples of mixing and other techniques from this program and the program "Kitselas".

The item is a b&w photograph taken by Dossetter at Metlakatla in June 1881. It shows a group of men sitting on the steps of a building. Standing behind them are two men, possibly William Duncan and Dr. I.W. Powell.

The series consists of personal correspondence (1851-1912) including papers and correspondence relating to Christ Church Cathedral (1855-1874) and the Reformed Episcopal Church (1874-1909); appointments, testimonials, certificates, accounts, newspaper clippings, sermon notes, diaries, notebooks, a sketchbook and photographs.

The sermons which were numbered by Cridge, are filed in number order, and the registers of sermons in Box 8, Files 1 and 5 may be used to determine the date on which they were first preached. Some of the Cridge sermons are not numbered or dated, and this is noted in the finding aid. Most are in booklet form, but others consist only of loose notes.

The file consists of records that were found in collection at the BC Archives. They were located in November 2021 in a box of miscellaneous court records. The majority of these records had been pulled from files in GR-1304 (Victoria Supreme Court probate files) during the microfilming of those records in the 1980s. While the majority of the records in that box were reunited with their original files, the records in this file remain loose. Archives staff cannot be sure that they were all pulled from GR-1304 and they may belong to records in another series.

The file consists of 3 leather pocket books and several small scraps of paper. The file includes a receipt dated 1864 between an Edward Finch (?) and a P. Uhart (?).a receipt dated June 21 1864 at Victoria for payment between Peter McQuade and the Schooner North Star (master William McCulloch), a receipt dated at Victoria June 11, 1864 between Samuel Smith and Peter McQuade, a receipt dated at Kamloops July 31, 1873 mentioning an Alexander Smith, Joseph Bushie, and Edward [Chund?], a reciept dated at New Westminster February 4 [no date] regarding Sir Patrick Killey and William Farson (?), and a receipt written in French on 13 February 1865 between a Rene Sazet and a Pierre (?) Bonaparte. There is also a receipt dated November 2 1892 that mentions the estate of Morris Moss, as well as an M. Manson and an Alex McLean. The file also consists of material pulled out of GR-1304 file 1726 (Thomas Smith, d. 1892). These items are marked in the file but include an empty leather pocketbook, a copy of a poem entitled "When the Rye Come Hame," a receipt dated at Victoria on December 31, 1861 and a letter written by a James Smith in Charlotteville, January 2 1885. These records do not appear to relate to the Thomas Smith file and were removed in the 1980s.

Of the two remaining pocketbooks, one contains a Pacific Diary for the Year 1872 published in San Francisco. The diary itself is blank. The other notebooks is in very fragile condition and has various notes that have been crossed out. These include notes on Metlakakklah (sic), Fort Simpson, Skeena, Wrangel, Victoria. It also includes various assorted other notes.

CALL NUMBER: T1238:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Robert Tomlinson : Christian missionary life among the Skeena and Nass River Indians PERIOD COVERED: 1867-1950s RECORDED: Ketchikan (Alaska), 1950s SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Tomlinson recorded her husband's stories -- Robert Tomlinson Jr. (Rev. Robert Tomlinson) during the 1950's. He was 89 when he died in 1959. This tape begins with religious music possibly recorded from the radio. Robert Tomlinson Jr. provides translations (Nisga'a?) and vocal renditions of Christian hymns: "Abide With Me", "Home At Last", "I Will Arise and Go to My Father". He continues with recollections and stories including: Indigenous dissatisfaction at Kitseguecla; William Duncan and the gift of a "thunderbolt"; and frontier justice with Robert Tomlinson Sr. This tape concludes with recordings at the Argenta School (1965) located at the north end of Kootenay Lake. Bob Orchard and a group of students have an impromptu discussion about the school, location, description, students, curriculum and equipment. [Note: the beginning portion of this tape can also be heard on T2173:0001 track 1]. TRACK 2: Robert Tomlinson Jr. speaks about the story of 2 hungry men on the trail to Kispiox, the water system at New Metlakatla (1908/09), William Duncan's fair treatment of the Indians, the missions at Old Metlakatla and New Metlakatla, the co-operatives, finances at Duncan's missions, conditions at New Metlakatla following Duncan's death, the New Metlakatla "guest house", missionary methods and effects and some thoughts about Father William Duncan and Bishop Ridley.;

CALL NUMBER: T1238:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Robert Tomlinson : Christian missionary work on the Pacific Northwest coast PERIOD COVERED: 1867-1887 RECORDED: Ketchikan (Alaska), 1955 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: This tape begins with folksongs, guitars, duet singing and solos and continues with Mrs. Walter T. Stewart introducing Robert Tomlinson Jr. at Ketchikan, Alaska (1955). Robert Tomlinson Jr. recounts his father's coming to the Skeena and Nass River area, his work with William Duncan and his move to Kincolith. TRACK 2: Robert Tomlinson Jr. continues the story of his father's move to Kincolith, his mother's arrival, the Kincolith mission, the story about his father's adoption into the Raven clan, his mother's adoption into the Eagle clan, and the mission at Kispiox. He speaks about his father's resignation from the Church Missionary Society, William Duncan's resignation from the Church Missionary Society, the Tomlinson family joining Duncan at Metlakatla, B.C., incidents in the church dispute, Dr. Bluet-Duncan, the selection of New Metlakatla (Alaska) for the new mission, reaction by the Canadian government, logistics of the move of the mission to New Metlakatla and a description of the new settlement at New Metlakatla (Port Chester).

CALL NUMBER: T1238:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Robert Tomlinson : Christian missionary work the two Metlakatlas, 1867-1950s PERIOD COVERED: 1867-1950s RECORDED: Ketchikan (Alaska), 1950s SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Walter T. Stewart introduces Robert Tomlinson Jr. and the history of the establishment of New Metlakatla, Alaska. Robert Tomlinson Jr. speaks about his father, the Kincolith mission, his father's adoption into the Raven clan, his mother's adoption into the Eagle clan, the mission at Kispiox, Tomlinson and Duncan resigning from the Church Missionary Society, the Tomlinsons join Duncan; at Metlakatla, incidents in the church dispute, Dr. Bluet-Duncan, selection of New Metlakatla (Alaska) and the move to the new mission at New Metlakatla. [This tape seems to be a duplicate of portions of T1238:0002 track 1and T1238:0002 track 2]. TRACK 2: Robert Tomlinson Jr. speaks about the plans for the settlement at New Metlakatla, a description of the townsite, the first mill, [this portion seems to be a duplicate of the final portion of T1238:0002 track 2], financial support for the townsite, self-sufficiency of the mission, education and medical services, community politics, the death of William Duncan (1918), William Duncan's leadership, industry and buildings, the water system (1908-09), [this segment seems to be a duplicate of a portion of T1238:0001track 2], William Duncan's fair treatment of the Indigenous peoples, the missions at New and Old Metlakatla, the co-operatives, finances at Duncan's missions, conditions at New Metlakatla following Duncan's death, the "guest house", missio;nary methods and effects and some thoughts about William Duncan and Bishop Ridley.

CALL NUMBER: T1238:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Robert Tomlinson : Christian missionary work on the Nass and Skeena Rivers PERIOD COVERED: 1880s-1900 RECORDED: Ketchikan (Alaska), 1950s SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Robert Tomlinson remembers his family's move to Kispiox from the Kincolith mission, problems with their scow and livestock on the Nass River and incidents along the journey to Kispiox. Robert Tomlinson Jr. relates the story about Kitwancool Jim -- the measles epidemic and a murder (1888). He relates a story about a slave woman and a potlatch to "cleanse" her from the sins of slavery. TRACK 2: Robert Tomlinson Jr. speaks about the Indian who gave his hunting grounds for the Minskinisht mission, (sound distortion) baptismal rites, an incident at Kitsegas, Indigenous/white settler relations, relations between the Indigenous people and Robert Tomlinson Sr., the Gunanoot affair, performing an unexpected funeral service for Dave Stewart's wife, and the role of the early missionary.;

CALL NUMBER: T1238:0005 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Robert Tomlinson : William Duncan and the two Metlakatlas, 1887-1950s PERIOD COVERED: 1880s-1950s RECORDED: Ketchikan (Alaska), 1950s SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Robert Tomlinson Jr. remembers the dispute between William Duncan and the Church Missionary Society, the Indian reaction at Old Metlakatla, the relationship formed between Robert Tomlinson Sr;. and William Duncan, the disruption to Robert Tomlinson Jr.'s schooling in Victoria with Rev. P. Jenns, the family's journey from Victoria to Metlakatla on the "Barbara Bosphorus", the mission at Greenville, memories of Bishop Ridley, "lipmask" -- the Indian name for Duncan's party, and reminiscences. TRACK 2: Robert Tomlinson Jr. recalls Sam Marsden and trade at Old Metlakatla. A discussion is ;heard about U.S. politics in the 1950's, including views on alcoholism, prohibition and local conditions in Ketchikan. Robert Tomlinson Jr. recalls the move of the mission from Old Metlakatla to New Metlakatla, the B.C. injunction against the moving of lumber, events along the journey, Rod Murchison's mishap, and "Land Daughter disease".

CALL NUMBER: T1238:0006 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Robert Tomlinson remembers his father Robert Tomlinson Sr. PERIOD COVERED: 1880s-1950s RECORDED: Ketchikan (Alaska), 1950s SUMMARY: TRACK 1: This tape begins with sermons on the topic of worrying and time by "The Upper Room", a radio program presented by the First Methodist Church of Ketchikan delivered by Rev. Skidmore (sp?). (long pause in the tape) Robert Tomlinson Jr. recalls a story about an incident with a bear that occurred near Kispiox. TRACK 2: Robert Tomlinson Jr. continues speaking about his father's medical treatment of a victim of a bear attack near Kispiox -- Jonah Jimrack. He recalls his father's adventures as a medical missionary, his relations with the Department of Indian Affairs and the measles epidemic in the Skeena district. This tape ends with Rev. Skidmore and his radio program presented by the First Methodist Church of Ketchikan, Alaska.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Rod Davis : memories of the Tomlinsons and of New Metlakatla, Alaska PERIOD COVERED: 1867-1959 RECORDED: Ketchikan (Alaska), 1959 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Rod Davis remembers Old Metlakatla, B.C., Robert Tomlinson Sr. and Robert Tomlinson Jr., the community's move to New Metlakatla (1887), the Tomlinson family, opening ceremonies at New Metlakatla, settlement and growth, the community in the 1950s, John Davis (his father) and the sawmill and cannery. He speaks about fishing regulations, the impact of white civilization on native rights and ;life and the establishment of New Metlakatla (Annette Island), Alaska for the use of Indians that migrated from British Columbia by the US Congress. TRACK 2: He continues speaking about property rights at New Metlakatla, Alaska, the rights to the airfield, his role as Mayor of New Metlakatla, a dispute over hydroelectric power and local conditions -- 1950's. He discusses the differences between the B.C. and New Metlakatla Indians, the riots at the Prince Rupert Centennial celebrations -- 1958, the RCMP/Indian relationship, British Columbia's treatment of the Indians, the establishment of Saxman near Ketchikan (c.1900) and William Duncan and his ideals.

CALL NUMBER: T1227:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Mrs. Robert Tomlinson, Jr. : Christian missionary work in the Skeena Region : part 1 PERIOD COVERED: 1868-1938 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-10-25 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Robert Tomlinson Jr. (nee Lydia Roxy Irene Drysdale) begins this interview speaking about recording her husband's stories during the 1950s; he was 89 when he died in 1959. She recalls her missionary work with the Salvation Army in Glen Vowell (1919). Her husband (Robert Tomlinson Jr.) was the Methodist minister at Kispiox. Other denominations along the Skeena. Stories about father-in;-law Robert Tomlinson Sr. and mother-in-law Alice Tomlinson (nee Woods), the mission at Kincolith, the move to the mission at Kispiox, family diaries and written accounts, church disputes and the family's break with the church, coming to Metlakatla, B.C., the in-laws' wedding (1868) and the origin of Garbally Road, Victoria. TRACK 2: Mrs. Tomlinson continues with the story of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tomlinson Sr.'s wedding trip to the Metlakatla mission, Bishop Cridge, an incident regarding the burial of a white boy, alterations to canoes, living at Kincolith, grandmother's background and family, stories about Robert Tomlinson Sr., acceptance into Indian clans, Rev. Pierce, missionaries and medical staff, medical incidents and the local Indians, relations between Kispiox and Glen Vowell, the scarlet fever epidemic and the origin of "Kispiox Day".

CALL NUMBER: T1227:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Mrs. Robert Tomlinson : Christian missionary work in the Skeena Region : part 2 PERIOD COVERED: 1868-1938 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-10-25 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Tomlinson continues speaking about "Kispiox Day" celebrations, Christmas celebrations and more on the scarlet fever epidemic. She recalls Richard Tomlinson and events at Minskinisht, Robert Sr. and Robert Jr. going to Metlakatla, Alaska (1908), Robert Jr.'s return trip to Metlakatla, Alaska (1932), the move of the Metlakatla mission to Alaska, the stories of Connie (Constance) Cox, Father Morice, the Minskinisht mission, a story about a donation to the mission, the Tomlinson family's mission history, Kitwanga and the measles (1887), Kitwancool Jim, the origins of the community of; Minskinisht, Indian legends about the flood and origin of the clans, native languages, missionaries and the use of language in instruction, and Rev. MacCullough.

The sub-series consists of oral history interviews about the history of the Bulkley, Nass, and Skeena regions, as well as the Kitimat area (of the Central Coast region) and Porcher Island (in the Central Coast Islands). As a set, the interviews cover the period from pre-contact to 1972, although the focus in the settlement era prior to the First World War. The communities discussed include: Aiyansh, Aldermere, Greenville, Hazelton, Kispiox, Kitimat, Kitselas, Metlakatla, Minskinisht, Oona River, Port Essington, Prince Rupert, Telkwa, and Terrace

Series consists of Church of England parish baptismal records for St. John the Baptist, Port Essington, B.C. 1885-1932, and Metlakatla [Metlakahtla], 1861-1883. The Metlakatla records list the Indian names of the persons baptized as well as their Christian names. Dates and causes of death are sometimes entered later.

RECORDED: Oyster River (B.C.), 1971-03-03 & 17 SUMMARY: In an interview with Helen Mitchell and Rose McKay, Cecil Eric (Tom) Galley recalls how his parents and family settled at Knight Inlet and later on Harbledown Island on the BC Coast in the 1890s. Logging in the area. The McCrimmon family. The pre-emption on Harbledown Island. Dick Pattison. Schooling on Harbledown and at Metlakahtla and New Westminster. Tom's military service in World War One. Wounded in Europe; met future wife while convalescing overseas. Mrs. Galley's military service. Return to Vancouver and Harbledown. Clam fishing and canning. Their children. Moved to Alert Bay, 1926. Chinese at cannery. The coastal steamship "Boscowitz". Postal service to Harbledown Island and Kingcome Inlet. More on Alert Bay move. Tom became a lineman for the government telegraph and telephone service, 1931 or 1932. Anglican missionaries on Village Island -- two women. People and businesses at Alert Bay. The death and burial of "Shovel-Nose" Murphy. Building the Alert Bay community hall. Indian agents. Schools at Alert Bay.