Fonds consists of a diary from 1913-[1914]. The diarist is unidentified.
British Columbia. Agricultural CommissionThis fonds consists of one series titled: "Reconnaissance of the East Kootenay Valley". The paper is a survey of the topography, climate and soil conditions, tree species, land settlement, and land accessibility of the East Kootenay valley.
Gold, A.M.O.Fonds consists of the correspondence from Alice Levett to Annie Colton, 1892-1893.
Colton, AnnieFonds consists of diaries kept by Arthur Thomas Bushby while travelling to and from the Kootenays in 1864 and 1874.
Bushby, Arthur Thomas, 1835-1875Fonds consists of the textual records of Basil G. Hamilton. Includes correspondence and research material.
Hamilton, Basil G.Fonds consists of the textual records of Bayard Iverson from 1892-1983. Includes correspondence, research material, notes, personal writing, publications, ephemera, and maps.
Iverson, Bayard O., 1903-1966The fonds consists of research notes and manuscripts pertaining to the history of the Kootenay region.
Oliver, BettyThis collection mostly documents areas outside the Kootenays. Such areas photographed include: Walhachin, Caribou (Caribou Hydraulic Mining Company), Vancouver, and Barkerville. Photographs relating to the Kootenays include: Main Street (Fort Steele), Coal Creek, and Rossland. Specific subjects include: mines, lumber yards, Chinese labourers, Galbraith's ferry marker, the Garneau Tunnel, Father Coccola, de Smet's cross, and Simon Gun-a-noot's grave and portrait.
Fonds consists of the correspondence from the Galbraith family to Candace House from 1903-1908. Includes a letter from Imo to Ida, 1887.
House, Candace L.Fonds consists of personal and business records of Charles Mair from 1886-1929. Includes correspondence, financial records, legal records, list, and publications.
Mair, Charles, 1838-1927Fonds consists of textual records of Claude E. Schaeffer, 1966. Includes an unpublished manuscript concerning the Ktunaxa and a published manuscript entitled "Bear Ceremonialism of the Kutenai Indians", 1966.
Schaeffer, Claude E., 1901-1969Fonds consists of a ledger recording individual East Kootenay assays from 1895-1900.
Cowell & Wallinger (Firm)The fonds consists of customs declarations detailing the contents of various steamers on the Kootenay River.
Canada. Crows Nest Landing Outport Customs OfficeFonds consists of textual records created by Dave Kay and Dan McDonald while they researched and wrote historical newspaper columns, pamphlets, and books. Includes correspondence, publications, research materials, and clippings.
Kay, DaveThe collection consists of photographs documenting the East Kootenays. Cranbrook is well documented in this collection by photographs predominantly dating from 1905 to 1920. Subject matter includes: domestic and commercial interiors and exteriors, school buildings and classrooms, streets, the lumber mill, the post office, the St. Eugene hospital, the print shop, St. Mary's Church, a Methodist Bible Class, a nurses' home and the Women's Institute. Several of the photographs depict Cranbrook residents-only some of which are identified. The first plane to land in Cranbrook in 1919 is photographed as well as the opening of the Cranbrook airport in 1966. Images of war- time activities include the 54th Battalion send-off and victory parades. The lumber industry is documented with photographs of the Lumberton flume, Crestbrook Forest Industries, Staples' Lumber Company, King Lumber Mills (Yahk), Taylor Lumber Company (Kimberley), Adolph Lumber Company (Baynes Lake), the CrowsNest Pass Lumber Company, the Ross-Saskatoon Lumber Company and other mills in Waldo, and logging in Windermere. Several of the photographs include portraits of loggers. The mining industry is documented with photographs of the Perry Creek gold mine, Coal Creek mining, Sullivan mining, and a St. Eugene mine marker. The construction of the Baillie-Grohman Canal in Canal Flats is documented. There is one photograph of Baillie-Grohman himself. There are several photographs of Fort Steele, including both the buildings and the people. The opening of Fort Steele in 1967 is also documented. Photographs of Wildhorse Creek include buildings, people, the Fort Steele Mercantile Company, Thomas Walker's grave, the Wildhorse trail marker, roads, landscapes, and a Chinese cemetery. Photographs documenting the Ktunaxa Nation include various portraits, the St. Eugene Mission, and petroglyphs. There are also two pictures of Father Coccola. Photographs of steamboats include a steamboat at Pigeon's Landing, a steamboat at Arrow Lakes, the "S.W. Kootenay", and the "Annerly" and "North Star" steamboats at Fort Steele. There are generally no photographs in which trains and railroads are the main focus. Many of the photographs in this collection document railways as an activity in the background. Other photographs documenting Kootenay towns include: Waldo (the flood of 1916, domestic exteriors, the lumber industry, and steamboats), Goat River (the CrowsNest Railway crossing and the Goat River Hospital, Wardner (automobiles and commercial enterprises), Marysville (town pioneers and road construction), Kimberley (North Star Hotel, Taylor Lumber Company, and Sullivan Mining activities), Moyie (newspaper office and St. Eugene Church), Radium Hot Springs, Sinclair Hot Springs, Roosville (Michael Phillips' grave), Hosmer (aerial views), Wasa (Wasa Hotel and Estella Mine), Fernie, Baynes Lake, Wyndel (bridge), Nakusp (St. Leon Hotel), Windermere and Wycliffe (remains of the Wycliffe Mill Engine House, demolition of Wycliffe bridge, and Staples' Lumber Company). There are two photographs of the local filming of "Hearts Aflame" in 1923. There is one photograph of the famous "lost elephant" escapade. There are a few miscellaneous photographs of places outside the Kootenays, including Banff National Park.
Fonds consists of the textual records of the Kootenay Agency from 1898-1905, 1921. Includes a register of the residents of five of the East Kootenay reserves, listing names and content of each family. Register also includes lists of government property on East Kootenay reserves, 1898-1905 and expenses for R.L.T. Galbraith, 1921.
Canada. Dept. of Indian Affairs. Kootenay AgencyFonds consists of the photocopied registers from the meteorological stations at Tobacco Plains, 1896-1905; Elk River, 1906-1911; and Fruitlands, 1914-1915.
Canada. East Kootenay Meteorological OfficeFonds consists of a excerpts from a diary written by Father Coccola in 1934. Includes excerpts pertaining to Father Coccola's time in the East Kootenay region.
Coccola, Nicolas, 1854-1943Fonds consists of the textual records of Fee and Alta Hellmen. Includes publications, personal writing, a personal document, photocopies of photos, and clippings.
Hellmen, Fee, 1918-1998Fonds consists of a brewer's malt stock book belonging to Kaiser and Sick Brewery, proprietors of the Fort Steele Brewing Company, 1898-1901.
Fort Steele Brewing CompanyFonds consists of records of the Fort Steele government agent and assessor. Includes correspondence, financial records, and lists.
British Columbia. Government Agent (Fort Steele, B.C.)The collection consists of manuscripts, reference material and photocopies of items relating to the history of the Kootenay region, including reminiscences, reports, biographies, diary accounts, and correspondence. Many of the manuscripts and much of the reference material relates to the early settlement of Fort Steele. Collection incorporates material created and accumulated by local historians including Don Macdonald, Dave Kay, Ian Turner, R.T. Richardson, Patricia Meyer and Albert Richardson.
The collection consists of maps, plans, and architectural drawings of the East Kootenay including mineral claim surveys and maps, preemption maps, townsite plans, topographical and geological maps, game warden maps, and land survey maps.
The collection consists of sound recordings of interviews with pioneers and long-time residents of the East Kootenay area, of readings from early newspaper and magazine accounts of events in the Kootenays, of talks relating to aspects of the history of the Kootenays and of the restoration of the Dewdney Trail, and of events held at the Fort Steele Heritage Town site.
The collection consists of photographs pertaining to all aspects of East Kootenay history including mining, logging, agriculture, the built and physical environment, social and cultural events, people, community groups and transportation. The primary focus is on communities and areas from Golden to Creston.