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| Title |
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A. Richard King fonds
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| Title Notes |
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Title based on provenance of fonds.
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| Level of Description |
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Fonds
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| Dates of Creation |
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Copied 2007 (originally created 1960-1964), predominant 1963-1964
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| Physical Description |
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51 photographs : b&w copy negs.
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| Scope and Content |
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The fonds consists of photographs taken by Carcross Residential School (Chooutla) teacher A. Richard King of his students and their school life in and around Carcross, Yukon.
Subjects include Mr. King, Principal Lawson, Vice-Principal Walters, supervisors Miss Fennell, Miss Barstow and Beverly Bear, students, the school, tobogganing, and games and activities during Winter Carnival Days and Sports Day.
Many of the students in the photographs are identified including Helen Malcolm, Dorothy Johnnie, Judy Hager, Vivian Smith, Velma Silas, Ben Johnson, Nancy Tizya, Virginia Simon and Ann Smith.
Also included are images of the Matthew Watson General Store and tourists waiting to board the White Pass and Yukon Route (WP&YR) train at the Carcross station.
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| Custodial History |
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Richard King gave the photographs to Helen (Malcolm) Iceton, one of his Chooutla School pupils, in 2003 and she loaned them to the Yukon Archives for copying in 2005.
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| Restrictions on Access |
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There are no donor-imposed restrictions on this material. General copyright or institutional or legal restrictions may apply.
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| Notes |
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Item level Title, Scope and Content, and Dates of Creation information supplied by donor and taken from photographs. Information in square brackets [ ] provided by Archivist.
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| Availability of Other Formats |
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Reference prints are available.
The photographs have been digitized as Production Masters for access.
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| Location of Original |
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Originals were returned to Helen Iceton in 2007.
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| Specific Location |
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PHO 635 (2007/6R) : Photographs
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| Record Last Modified |
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2015-12-30
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| Record URL |
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https://yukon.minisisinc.com/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/ARC/DESC/SISN%20747?SESSIONSEARCH
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