Politics

This photo is the same as MsC 147.2, but in a different pose and darker lighting.

[Twenty-six male staff and five matrons in front of gate at Piers Island Penitentiary]

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

[Thirty officers and guards and seven matrons in front of building at Piers Island Penitentiary]

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

[Thirty officers and guards and seven matrons in front of building at Piers Island Penitentiary]

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

Photographs

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

Series displays photographs taken on Piers Island showing the officers, guards, and matrons; male and female prisoners visiting through a fence that separates men’s and women’s compounds; female prisoners working; penitentiary buildings; penitentiary perimeter; vessel used for transferring prisoners; and a patrol boat. As there are no dates recorded for these photographs, it is not possible to determine the exact dates they were taken; however, based on the subject matter, it is assumed that dates of creation are between 1932 and 1934.

[Confidential letter from H.W. Cooper to Major General D. M. Ormond, Superintendent of Penitentiaries in Ottawa] re - Deputy Warden Douglass, R.S. [explaining his outstanding performance]

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

[From H.W. Cooper to Superintendent of Penitentiaries in Ottawa] re – Piers Island Penitentiary [sequence of events from the arrival of Sons of Freedom at penitentiary]

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

[Confidential letter from H.W. Cooper to Colonel J. H. McMullin, Commissioner of B.C. Provincial Police in Victoria re – release of prisoners]

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

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

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

[Letter from D. M. Ormond to H. W. Cooper] re – Piers Island Penitentiary, Doukhobors

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

[Letter from G. Sloan to Hugh Guthrie Minister of Justice] re – Doukhobors [policy towards Sons of Freedom]

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

[Letter from D. M. Ormond to H. W. Cooper] re – Piers Island Penitentiary, conditional 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 - Piers Island Penitentiary [release of Doukhobor convicts]

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

[1934]

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

File consists of correspondence to and from H. W. Cooper regarding the release of Doukhobor convicts; the sequence of events from the arrival of the “Sons of Freedom” at the penitentiary; and Deputy Warden R. S. Douglass, his responsibilities at Piers Island Penitentiary, and his successful performance of duties . File also contains one letter from G. Sloan, Attorney General of B.C., to Hugh Guthrie, Minister of Justice, pertaining to policies towards the “Sons of Freedom”.

[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 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

[Letter from D. M. Ormond to H. W. Cooper] re – Piers Island Penitentiary Temporary Deputy Wardenship, Piers Island Penitentiary Major I. A. Poirier

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

[Letter from D. M. Ormond to Major I. A. Poirier] re – Temporary Deputy Wardenship, Piers Island Penitentiary

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

[Letter from D. M. Ormond to H. W. Cooper] re – Piers Island Penitentiary, PF-470, Molly Shlahoff [requesting a full report regarding her potential release]

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