This file contains a letter and attached report written by Wilson Duff at the request of Barrie Reynolds, chief ethnologist at the National Museum of Man [Canadian Museum of History]. The contents relate to the valuation of a collection of Northwest Coast cultural belongings and other items that a Mr. Birmingham intended to sell to the museum. Duff provides an overarching analysis of the collection and comments on the discrepancies between (1) museum valuation and its emphasis on ethnological information, and (2) an art market in which investors view objects and belongings based on aesthetic qualities and their potential as investment pieces.

File mainly contains photocopies of architectural drawings and plans of the Bella Coola house that was part of the CMC House project. Other records include a list of artists from Bella Coola who were potential candidates to work on the house, and research information.

File includes photographs taken underwater of eulachon, netting, and fishing practices.

Contains images of a trip to Bella Coola. Especial attention is paid to the local fishing industry.

Captain Schooner (1841 – 1923) is 80 years old and his father and mother were both full blood Bellacoola Indians

Photographed at Bella Coola, BC. Charilier is Carrier, Mrs. West is Chilcotin

This subseries contains records relating to an exhibit built at the Canadian Museum of Civilization. McLennan was the project manager and design developer for this project. He oversaw the completion and installation of six west coast First Nation house designs: Coast Salish, Haida, Tsimshian, Bella Coola, Oweekeno, and Kwakwaka'wakw. The records include newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs, and notes.

Item is an audio recording of Mrs. Marget Siwallace providing Nuxalk translations of words to an interviewer, Randy Bouchard as part of the How to Write the Haida Language project. According to the recording, Mrs. Marget Siwallace, age 62, was formerly of Kimsquit and at the time of the recording was living in Bella Coola. She is featured in the book Bella Coola: Life in the Heart of the Coast Mountains by Hans Granander. Randy Bouchard co-founded the BC Indian Language Project in 1968 (https://www.memorybc.ca/british-columbia-indian-language-project) and is the author of numerous books on First Nations subject matter.

File consists of images of First Nations adults and children in Bella Coola, Klemtu, Bella Bella, Haida Gwaii, and Hartley Bay, BC.

File mainly contains historical images of the Heiltsuk, Nuxalk, and Wuikinuxv First Nations. These images depict village life, architecture and house posts, and regalia. The file contains images of a group of Nuxalk who traveled to Berlin to perform there. Images that are not historical depict a ceremony happening in the Great Hall at UBC MOA, unidentified artists working on a set of drawings, and what appears to be the Acwsalcta High School in Bella Coola. Non textual records include photocopies of photographs, and photocopies of museum catalogue cards.

Is the daughter of Willie Mack and was photographed holding a copper. Her bracelets are made by a Haida Indian who visits Bella Bella

She gives her birth date as 1867, and was about two years old at the time of the smallpox epidemic Her father was born at Stewie and her mother were was born at Chimotl

A Chilcotin woman and her three children at Bella Coola, BC

This file contains correspondences from Nancy Turner to Wilson Duff. A letter and accompanying manuscript concern Turner's text "Bella Coola Ethnobotany", which was drafted for publication in Syesis. The publication provides the traditional names, use and preparation methods, and oral history notes for 135 plants used by the Nuxalk people.

A small greeting card with a print of totems poles painted by A. Fairbairn on the cover includes a message from Turner that details names of people she met at Skidegate and Masset who provided ethnobotanical information for her research.

File consists of photographs of a memorial potlatch hosted by hereditary chief Laurence and Amelia Poutlas at Bella Coola. Jensen was asked to photograph the event by Andrea Laforet for the Canadian Museum of Civilisation, as the museum had been involved in research for the potlatch, which was the first to be held in the area in a long time.