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

• 5
• Item
• 28 Feb. 1934

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.

• 6
• Item
• 23 Mar. 1934

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]

• 7
• Item
• 23 Mar. 1934

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]

• 8
• Item
• [Aug. 1932 – May 1934]

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

[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]

• 9
• Item
• 11 Jul. 1934

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

Photographs

• 2
• Series
• [between 1932 and 1934]

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]

• 1
• Item
• [betweeen 1932 and 1934]

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

[Fence and yard looking towards Piers Island wharf]

• 10
• Item
• [between 1932 and 1934]

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

[Buildings in Piers Island compound with tree stumps in foreground]

• 11
• Item
• [between 1932 and 1934]

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

[Queue of prisoners entering a building in Piers Island Penitentiary]

• 12
• Item
• [between 1932 and 1934]

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

[Yard and fence at Piers Island Penitentiary with one male visible on the right]

• 13
• Item
• [between 1932 and 1934]

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

[Building and orchard with Piers Island compound fence visible on the right]

• 14
• Item
• [between 1932 and 1934]

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

[Fence and buildings at Piers Island Penitentiary]

• 15
• Item
• [between 1932 and 1934]

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

[Trees, fence, and buildings at Piers Island Penitentiary]

• 16
• Item
• [between 1932 and 1934]

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

[Four buildings and fence at Piers Island Penitentiary]

• 17
• Item
• [between 1932 and 1934]

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

[Building, fence, and cleared perimeter at Piers Island Penitentiary]

• 18
• Item
• [between 1932 and 1934]

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

[Piers Island Penitentiary buildings, one male facing photographer, one male in background]

• 19
• Item
• [between 1932 and 1934]

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]

• 2
• Item
• [between 1932 and 1934]

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

[“Narsapur” patrol boat at Piers Island]

• 20
• Item
• [between 1932 and 1934]

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

[“Narsapur” patrol boat near pier at Piers Island]

• 21
• Item
• [between 1932 and 1934]

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

[“Narsapur” patrol boat close-up with guard on deck at Piers Island]

• 22
• Item
• [between 1932 and 1934]

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

[“Narsapur” patrol boat off-shore in river with Piers Island buildings in background]

• 23
• Item
• [between 1932 and 1934]

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

[Group of eight Doukhobor prisoners gathered around a “Piers Island Penitentiary” life preserver]

• 24
• Item
• [between 1932 and 1934]

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

[Warden H.W. Cooper standing next to matron, three Doukhobor female prisoners, and one male in suit standing on pier at Piers Island]

• 25
• Item
• [between 1932 and 1934]

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

[Double-exposed photograph of group of Doukhobor female prisoners and one matron at Piers Island Penitentiary]

• 26
• Item
• [between 1932 and 1934]

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

[Group of approximately fifty male and female prisoners visiting through fence including two guards visible at Piers Island Penitentiary]

• 27
• Item
• [between 1932 and 1934]

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]

• 28
• Item
• [between 1932 and 1934]

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

[Group of fifteen female prisoners filling mattresses and pillows with straw, one matron, one male carrying a mattress in background at Piers Island Penitentiary]

• 29
• Item
• [between 1932 and 1934]

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

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

• 3
• Item
• [between 1932 and 1934]

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

[Large group of female prisoners with two matrons at Piers Island Penitentiary]

• 30
• Item
• [between 1932 and 1934]

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