Series 13 - Tsimshian files

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Title and statement of responsibility area

Title proper

Tsimshian files

General material designation

  • Textual record

Level of description

Series

Reference code

13

Dates of creation area

Date(s)

  • 1915 - 1976, predominant 1959 - 1971 (Creation)

Physical description area

Physical description

62 cm of textual records

Archival description area

Name of creator

(March 23, 1925 - August 8, 1976)

Custodial history

From 1959-1972 the records were in the custody of Wilson Duff, but at some point before his death he gave the files to Marjorie Halpin (likely around the time she was working on her UBC dissertation on Tsimshian crests – completed in 1973). Halpin ... »

Scope and content

Research notes compiled by Wilson Duff during his work on the Barbeau/Beynon material held at the National Museum of Canada (now Canadian Museum of History). This research, focused specifically on the Tsimshian culture, includes correspondence addressed ... »

Notes area

Arrangement

Prior to their description in the Wilson Duff fonds, the Tsimshian files were described in the Marjorie Halpin fonds. The records were described in Series 6, Wilson Duff Files; Sub-series A: Research Files, 1915-1970 and Sub-series B: Miscellaneous Files, 1952-1976.

Availability of other formats

A large portion of this series was digitized by MOA staff in 2016 and 2017.

Additionally, in May 2002, the archives received a draft copy of the “Virtual Duff Files” created by Dr. Margaret Sequin Anderson, Professor of First Nations Studies at the ... »

Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication

Researchers are not permitted to make any copies from, or quote, the “Virtual Duff Files” without the express permission of Dr. Margaret Seguin Anderson.

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Associated materials

Related groups of records in different fonds: Related records on the subject of Tsimshian research can be found in the Marjorie Halpin fonds.

General note

Numeric notations found on the original file folders have been noted on a file list for this series and can be found in the “Wilson Duff - case file” and the “Duff Tsimshian Records” files held by the archivist. It is unclear as to who wrote these ... »

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