Sub-series consists of mostly textual records in addition to photographs, negatives, slides and contact sheets. The textual records are both handwritten and typed notes, as well as publications of other authors. Research topics undertaken by Halpin include Tsimshian art, Marius Barbeau’s work, the Kitwancool, Gitksan art and William Beynon. Photographs and negatives are mostly of masks, totem poles and rattles.
Sub-series consists of textual records including research done by Dr. Halpin on various First Nations artisans some of whom are (later) featured in exhibitions. Records include biographies, correspondence, newspaper clippings, magazine articles and exhibit brochures on Bill Reid, Laura Wee Lay Laq, Roy Vickers, and Art Thompson.
Sub-series consists of textual records related to the exhibit on the voyages of Captain Cook to Nootka Sound. Included is the paper “Encounter 1778: Drawings and Watercolours of Nootka Sound by John Webber” by Natalie MacFarlane, exhibit scripts, video scripts, correspondence, and loan forms for the Webber drawings.
Sub-series consists of textual records for the exhibit titled “NMM: Children of the Raven” based on the beliefs and culture of British Columbia First Nations, with an emphasis on ceremonial objects and their iconographic meanings. Records include memos; exhibit floor plans, text blocks for exhibit, and colour drawings of items in the exhibit.
Sub-series consists of records from the photographic exhibition by David Neel, Kwagiutl, on First Nations elders in British Columbia. Records include newspaper reviews, correspondence, exhibit proposal and planning, and transcripts from interviews with chiefs and village elders. Also included are slides of portraits of chiefs and elders.
Sub-series consists of textual records and slides of the Joe David Exhibit, a one man show of his work as a Haida artist. Records include an artist biography, exhibit planning notes, correspondence regarding the purchase of Joe David prints, a list of MOA objects by Joe David and newspaper articles. Also included is one cassette tape of an interview with Joe David.
Sub-series consists of textual and graphic records related to the public exhibition of drawings and poems by Nuu-Chah-nulth artist, Ron Hamilton, which depict the cosmology of the First Nations people. Records include an artists’ biography, notes on exhibit planning, loan forms, and a copy of the exhibit comment book. Also included are photographs from the exhibit and of Hamilton’s drawings, recordings of First Nations gatherings taped at the exhibit, and sound recordings of comments by Hamilton on his work.
Sub-series consists of textual records of the Acquisition Committee and items acquired for the museum. Records include minutes from Acquisition Committee meetings, database printouts of items acquired from Northwest Coast artists between 1977-1997, and the transcribed interview with Coast Salish artist Susan Point by Karen Duffek in 1985.
Sub-series consists of textual records including grant applications, a report on the 5- year plan for the museum, policies on museum access, photography, professional guidelines and acquisitions, and the MOA Review, including reports and submissions to the review committee.
Sub-series consists of textual records, including general research and planning files, permission forms, interviews and biographic information used by Dr. Halpin to develop a number of CD-Rom projects on native artists. The records also include a print out of the “Button Robes” cd-rom project on first nations form of traditional dress and the iconography behind them, and photographs, slides, compact disks, videos, and tapes from the Dorothy Grant project.
Sub-series consists of textual records on a student project “North West Coast First Nations Professional Women Artists”. Includes correspondence, consent forms, and grant funding applications.
