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Mel Bakke fonds

  • yuk yuk-84
  • Fonds
  • Copied [ca. 1979] (originally created 1967-1969)

The fonds consists of letters and documents arising from Mel Bakke's collection and design of coins. In one letter Bakke lists the medals he knew to have been struck in the Yukon; another is from the Yukon Centennial Committee. There are copies of Bakke's design and patent for the centennial coin he produced in 1967.

Bakke, Mel, 19- -

Mervyn-Wood family fonds

  • yuk yuk-597
  • Fonds
  • [1915?-196-?]

The fonds consists of photographs and slides taken by various members of the Mervyn and Wood families. The geographic areas represented in the photographs primarily include Whitehorse, Mayo, and Lansing, Yukon where most members of the Mervyn and Wood families lived. Dawson City, Carcross, Altin, B.C., and various other areas of the Yukon visited during hunting and trapping trips, and family vacations. Images of family members include: Jim Mervyn, Julia Mervyn St. Louis, Maggie Mervyn Wood and her siblings Norman "Dinky", Florence, Nora, Gordon, Carl, William "Kaiser", David "Dick", Jerry, Alice, and Alexander as young children and adults, Jim Wood, and children Doug and Bobby Wood. Other extended family and friends of the Mervyns and Woods that are depicted include Joe Andre, Andy Hooper, the Kimbels, Halls, and McCarters. Events photographed include Sourdough Rendezvous, parades, moving of the Queen's House and Klondike sternwheelers, the Winter Carnival of 1948, and Jim Mervyn's funeral in Ontario in 1957. Many of the photographs feature streets and buildings in Whitehorse and Dawson. There are also photographs relating to Jim Wood's work with the Army Signal Corps and Yukon Electrical Co. Ltd.

Mervyn family Wood family

Michael Cleary fonds

  • yuk yuk-224
  • Fonds
  • Copied 1985 (originally created 1953)

The fonds consists of photographs printed from slides that Michael Cleary took during the initial operations of the exploration done in the Anvil Range during the summer of 1953. There are views of the Canol Road, Ross River, the transport of supplies by pack horse and raft, the camp at Van Gorder Creek, and the first diamond drill set up at the site.

Cleary, Michael, 19- -

Michael Helm fonds

  • yuk yuk-411
  • Fonds
  • 1974-1976

The fonds consists of 213 photographs recording the construction of the Yukon Territorial Government complex on Second Avenue in Whitehorse from 1974-1976. The photographs are a detailed record of the interior and exterior structural form of the building as it takes shape - from the empty lot to the opening day celebrations. There is also a folder containing an opening day program with floor plans of the building and a descriptive list of the photographs. Another b&w photo and one colour photo, also taken by Michael Helm, depict the burning of the sternwheelers Casca and Whitehorse on June 20, 1974.

Helm, Michael

Mickey de Wynter fonds

  • yuk yuk-265
  • Fonds
  • 1945-1993

The fonds consists of copies of photographs from de Wynter's life in Whitehorse, 1945-1947, photographs of the handover of the Alaska Highway to Canada on April 3, 1946, and photocopies of newspaper articles relating to the handover.

de Wynter, Mickey, 1916 -

Molly McCombe fonds

  • yuk yuk-157
  • Fonds
  • Copied 1988 (originally created [ca. 1934-1960])

The fonds consists of copy prints from Molly McCombe's photograph album. They show Molly and her friends, Ed Whitehouse, Kentuck, Frank Pratt, Mrs. McDonald. They also show the Dawson City, Yukon area, including the first cable ferry, the first motorized ferry, a tundra buggy, dredges, planes, the fire pumper, street scenes, as well as Chicken Creek Roadhouse, Boundary, Dominion and Granville.

McCombe, Molly, d. 1988

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Turner collection

  • yuk yuk-868
  • Collection
  • [ca. 1900], 1993

The collection consists of one original photograph of Robert Service in front of his Dawson City, Yukon cabin, taken by A.J. Gillis, and three copy prints of William and George Noble.

Turner, Charles

Mrs. A.M. Dymond fonds

  • yuk yuk-284
  • Fonds
  • 1907-1910

The fonds consists of postcards sent to Mrs. A.M. Dymond, Rosedale, Toronto, Ontario, from Miss Clara Holtorf, a teacher at Dawson Public School from 1907-1911 who may be the teacher on which Laura Thompson Berton based a character (Miss Hamtorf) in her book "I Married the Klondike". There are brief inscriptions on the postcards. The postcards are of Dawson scenes.

Dymond, A.M., 18- -

Murray Lundberg fonds

  • yuk yuk-542
  • Fonds
  • 1995

The fonds consists of 12 contact sheets (327 images) and 9 reference prints made from 35mm film donated to the Yukon Archives. Photos document historic sites and mining artifacts left in the Montana Mountain and Windy Arm area. The photographs of artifacts and historic sites on Montana Mountain were taken by the donor during research for his book titled "Fractured Veins and Broken Dreams: Montana Mountain and the Windy Arm Stampede".

Lundberg, Murray

Norman Stone fonds

  • yuk yuk-45
  • Fonds
  • Copied 1974 (originally created 1934-1940, 1974)

The fonds consists of various materials reflecting Norm Stone's interest and association with aviation in the Yukon. The photographs depict airplanes at different locations in the territory, and they include photos of pilots Lionel Vines, Ev Wasson and Don Dixon. Norm Stone's flight logs have entries between March 18, 1934 and December 7, 1940, during which time he made flights between Whitehorse, Dawson City, Mayo, Carmacks, Atlin and other communities. There are newspaper clippings concerning Buck Stone and fellow pilots in the Yukon. There is also a cassette recording on which (side 1) Norm Stone provides a narration for a film he took of the annual Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) tour of the Yukon in 1939, and (side 2) there is an interview with Stone regarding his aviation experience in the Yukon on September 20, 1974.

Stone, Norman B.

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