Cultural groups

Item is a letter regarding temporary clerk Fleming; the wharf being in a state of preparedness to accommodate large vessels; bunk accommodation for Doukhobor prisoners; installation of pump for well; and prisoner reception identification program.

[Letter from H. W. Cooper to Acting Superintendent of Penitentiaries in Ottawa] re – temporary penitentiary – Piers Island

Part of Piers Island “Sons of Freedom” Doukhobor Imprisonment collection

[Letter from H. W. Cooper to Acting Superintendent of Penitentiaries in Ottawa] re – temporary penitentiary, Piers Island [number of guards and identification of Doukhobor prisoners]

Part of Piers Island “Sons of Freedom” Doukhobor Imprisonment collection

[Letter from H. W. Cooper to J. P. Wardrop in Sidney re – construction of buildings to be completed by Doukhobor prisoners]

Part of Piers Island “Sons of Freedom” Doukhobor Imprisonment collection

[Letter from H. W. Cooper to Superintendent of Penitentiaries in Ottawa] re - Piers Island Penitentiary [release of Doukhobor convicts]

Part of Piers Island “Sons of Freedom” Doukhobor Imprisonment collection

[Letter from H. W. Cooper to Superintendent of Penitentiaries in Ottawa] re – annual report, British Columbia Penitentiary, 1932-33

Part of Piers Island “Sons of Freedom” Doukhobor Imprisonment collection

[Letter from H. W. Cooper to Superintendent of Penitentiaries in Ottawa] re – blankets and bedsteads, Piers Island

Part of Piers Island “Sons of Freedom” Doukhobor Imprisonment collection

[Letter from H. W. Cooper to Superintendent of Penitentiaries in Ottawa] re – Piers Island division, “Sons of Freedom” inmates.

Part of Piers Island “Sons of Freedom” Doukhobor Imprisonment collection

[Letter from H. W. Cooper to Superintendent of Penitentiaries in Ottawa] re – Piers Island Penitentiary, absence from prison, Acting Deputy Warden

Part of Piers Island “Sons of Freedom” Doukhobor Imprisonment collection

[Letter from H. W. Cooper to Superintendent of Penitentiaries in Ottawa] re – Piers Island Penitentiary, conduct of convicts

Part of Piers Island “Sons of Freedom” Doukhobor Imprisonment collection

[Letter from H. W. Cooper to Superintendent of Penitentiaries in Ottawa] re – Piers Island Penitentiary, eligible list 31,533, prison guard 39 c-70.1, Charles Henry Gould

Part of Piers Island “Sons of Freedom” Doukhobor Imprisonment collection

[Letter from H. W. Cooper to Superintendent of Penitentiaries in Ottawa] re – Piers Island Penitentiary, female convict Shlahoff, Molly, #PF-470, male convict Shlahoff, Alex, #P-209

Part of Piers Island “Sons of Freedom” Doukhobor Imprisonment collection

[Letter from H. W. Cooper to Superintendent of Penitentiaries in Ottawa] re – Piers Island Penitentiary, temporary ticket-of-leave licenses for convicts while ill

Part of Piers Island “Sons of Freedom” Doukhobor Imprisonment collection

[Letter from H. W. Cooper to Superintendent of Penitentiaries in Ottawa] re – Piers Island, water

Part of Piers Island “Sons of Freedom” Doukhobor Imprisonment collection

[Letter from H. W. Cooper to Superintendent of Penitentiaries in Ottawa] re – Piers Island, water and fire protection

Part of Piers Island “Sons of Freedom” Doukhobor Imprisonment collection

[Letter from H. W. Cooper to Superintendent of Penitentiaries in Ottawa] re – temporary penitentiary, Piers Island

Part of Piers Island “Sons of Freedom” Doukhobor Imprisonment collection

Item is a letter concerning the arrival of the keeper, clerk, and six guards in Piers Island on Aug. 8; the appointment of Goss as active deputy warden; personnel; first transfer of prisoners to Piers Island; field kitchens; fingerprinting the Doukhobors; and hiring an interpreter.

[Letter from H. W. Cooper to Superintendent of Penitentiaries in Ottawa] re – temporary penitentiary, Piers Island [transfer of first group male Doukhobors; interpreter; proclamation; water and sewage]

Part of Piers Island “Sons of Freedom” Doukhobor Imprisonment collection

[Letter from H.W. Cooper to Superintendent of Penitentiaries in Ottawa] re – Piers Island Penitentiary, Doukhobors [release suggestions]

Part of Piers Island “Sons of Freedom” Doukhobor Imprisonment collection

[Letter from W. H. Craig, Inspector to H. W. Cooper] re – transfer of convicts, Piers Island to New Westminster

Part of Piers Island “Sons of Freedom” Doukhobor Imprisonment collection

[Letter from W. H. Craig, Inspector to H. W. Cooper] re- 4166, Wilhelmson [convict’s transfer to the Royal Columbian Hospital]

Part of Piers Island “Sons of Freedom” Doukhobor Imprisonment collection

[Male and female prisoners visiting through fence, with one guard visible on each side of fence at Piers Island Penitentiary]

Part of Piers Island “Sons of Freedom” Doukhobor Imprisonment collection