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Yukon Fish and Game Association fonds

  • yuk yuk-818
  • Archief
  • 1945-1978

This fonds consists of records of the Yukon Fish and Game Association from 1945 to 1970, and includes sound recordings of interviews conducted by the Association in November 1950 with Patsy Henderson about George Carmack's discovery of gold and its impact on native culture; and with Isaac Taylor and William Drury about early trade. The tape cassette is an interview with Grant Lortie, a conservation officer, discussing the Yukon Territorial Government Game Branch and Yukon wildlife, particularly grizzly bears. The interview was conducted by Bill Oppen in March 1978 for the Yukon Archives.

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Taylor and Drury Limited fonds

  • yuk yuk-836
  • Archief
  • 1902-1960, 1988

The fonds consists of records documenting the establishment and operation of Taylor and Drury Limited (T&D) and its branch stores and shareholder company from 1902 to 1960. Fonds contains correspondence, bills of sale, leases, certificates, wills, catalogues, invoices, counter books, and other financial records relating to the establishment of T&D, property and merchandise purchasing, management of the branch stores, daily business operations including inventory, accounting, shipping, and receiving of stock, sales of company shares, and the estates of various T&D store employees. Also included are by-laws, articles of incorporation, minute books, and financial statements of the Taylor and Pedlar and Company and the shareholder company, J.P. Whitney Co. and J.P. Whitney Black Silverfox Farm (1914-1950). A further accession includes two ledgers for the Selkirk branch: an accounts ledger for Taylor & Drury Ltd. (Selkirk) 1922-1944 and account book, Taylor, Drury & Pedlar Co. (Selkirk) 1916-1922. The Taylor and Drury Mayo Branch records (1919-1960) are divided into the following six series: Correspondence, Inventory, Financial records, C.D. Taylor School Workbooks and Miscellaneous papers, Publications, and Photographs. The fonds also includes 4 photographs and an audio cassette of an interview of Charlie Taylor conducted by Lesley Buchan and Jonathan Parker at the Yukon Archives in July 1988. Topics covered in the interview include bookkeeping and accounting procedures of T&D, particularly in Mayo, and personal narratives about his wife Betty Taylor and economic conditions in the Yukon.

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Isaac Taylor fonds

  • yuk yuk-840
  • Archief
  • 1915, [ca. 1929-ca. 1950], 1987

The fonds consists of original 16 mm films taken by Isaac Taylor of life in the Yukon from the 1930s to 1950s. Scenes include: downtown Whitehorse, Miles Canyon, picnic and berry-picking outings, work in Mayo, activities at the Taylor & Drury store in Whitehorse, equipment, Sarah and Isaac Taylor and their home, Carcross, vacations outside the Yukon, Teslin, family, shots, carnivals and parades, ceremony to hand over the Alaska Highway to the Canadian Army, Champagne rodeo, fishing at Klukshu, the White Pass and Yukon Route (WP&YR) railway, recreational activities at Marsh Lake and family gatherings. It also includes photocopies of Isaac Taylor's Yukon Order of Pioneers (YOOP) membership certificate dated January 1, 1915, as well as negatives of photographs taken of this certificate.

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Tr'ondek Hwech'in Han First Nation collection

  • yuk yuk-863
  • Collectie
  • Copied 1994 (originally created 1907-1932, [ca. 1975])

The collection consists of images of elders from the Tr'ondek Hwech'in Han First Nation in Dawson City, Yukon. The majority of photographs were taken during the 1970s and all individuals are identified.

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Winter & Pond fonds

  • yuk yuk-948
  • Archief
  • Copied before 1973 (originally created 1895-1898)

The fonds consists of copy prints of photographs which document the journey of the 1898 Klondike Gold Rush stampeders from Dyea and Skagway over the Chilkoot and White Pass trails in 1895-1898.

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Zimmerlee family fonds

  • yuk yuk-998
  • Archief
  • Copied 1987 (originally created 1927-1944)

The fonds consists of copies of photographs from the Zimmerlee family. Shots include the Zimmerlee and Horsefall families involved in trapping and leisure activities at Fort Selkirk, Russell Post, the MacMillan River, a lake near Carmacks, and the Pelly River, Yukon ca. 1927-1944.

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Yukon Women's Project fonds

  • yuk yuk-996
  • Archief
  • 1974-1975

The fonds consists of recordings and partial transcripts of interviews with Yukon First Nations women about their traditional and contemporary lives. The interviews were part of the Yukon Women's Project. Clara Frost, Sara Able, Mira Moses, Renee Charlie, and Jeanne Harbottle discuss the traditional lifestyles of native women, including medicine, food preservation, childbirth and the sexual division of labour. Judy Gingell, Peggy Nolan and Rachel Dawson describe the problems faced by contemporary native women, such as the loss of native status, discrimination and employment. Marnie Ryder, Hilda Hellaby and Mattie Chapman discuss public health service in various Indian villages, Anglican Church history, residential schools and their own lives in Yukon. Recordings of these interviews were donated. Yukon Archives has transcripts but no recordings for interviews with Bessie Lawrence, Mary Rich, Maggie Waddington, Edith Bohmen and Mary Charlie. Interviews were conducted by Jenny Jack in 1974.

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Yukon Vocational and Technical Training Centre collection

  • yuk yuk-994
  • Collectie
  • 1968-1981

This collection contains photographic and architectural records of the Yukon Vocational and Technical Training Centre, 1968-1981. Included are a set of 9 architectural drawings for a proposed Roman Catholic Church in Burwash Landing. The plans were prepared by students of the Yukon Vocational and Technical Training Centre in 1968. The building was erected using this design in 1975, however it became the site of the Kluane Museum of Natural History. There are 4 architectural drawings prepared by students at the Centre, 1967-1968, for the Roman Catholic Church in Teslin. The church was built according to these plans in 1970. The photographs show students, course activities and class graduation, 1963-1981. There are also two posters.

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Zachary Taylor Wood fonds

  • yuk yuk-1022
  • Archief
  • Copied [ca. 1994] (originally created 1890-1899, 1994)

The fonds consists of a photocopy and a typed transcript of a Tagish North West Mounted Police (NWMP) Post diary kept by Superintendent Zachary Taylor Wood, dated 24 September 1898 to 12 January 1899. Wood writes about the weather, arrival and departure of sternwheelers, and the activities of his men including building new structures at the post, constructing furniture, travelling to Dawson City, Yukon with the mail, and investigating crimes. The diary was transcribed by Helene Dobrowolsky.

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Yukon Waterway Sites fonds

  • yuk yuk-995
  • Archief
  • 1972-1973

The fonds consists of 1609 black and white photographs (and some photocopies) from the Yukon Waterways Site study of building ruins and outlines along a portion of the Yukon River. The photographs are arranged according to site and include the following: Upper Laberge, Upper Laberge Indian Village, Lower Laberge, 17 Mile Wood Camp, Hootalinqua, Hootalinqua Shipyard Island, Boyer's Camp, Big Eddy, Big Salmon, cabin (mile 131.5), dredge (mile 135.5), Erickson's Wood Camp, Twin Creek cabin, Little Salmon, Lakeview, Carmacks, Five Finger Coal Mine, Kellyville, Five Finger Rapids, Rink Rapids, Yukon Crossing, Merrice Creek, Minto, Fort Selkirk, Britannia Creek, Ballarat Creek, Coffee Creek, Wood Camp (mile 359), Kirkman Creek, Carlisle Creek, Thistle Creek, Stewart Island, Ogilvie Island, Moosehide and Forty Mile. The textual records consist of a three page introduction to the study which provides a basic timeline of how the recording was conducted, and lists the names of individuals and/or consultants involved with the project.

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