[Article, E. Pauline Johnson in memorium 1]
- MsC-175-0-2-0-0-4
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- 1918
Part of E. Pauline Johnson Collection
Newspaper article titled "E. Pauline Johnson: An Appreciation and a Memory. By Frank Yeigh".
[Article, E. Pauline Johnson in memorium 1]
Part of E. Pauline Johnson Collection
Newspaper article titled "E. Pauline Johnson: An Appreciation and a Memory. By Frank Yeigh".
[Article, E. Pauline Johnson in memorium 3]
Part of E. Pauline Johnson Collection
Front page article titled "A Singer of Brave Songs". From "Women's Saturday Night", Toronto, Canada, August 23, 1913. Handwritten in ink: "[??] Fred S. Clark"
[Article, E. Pauline Johnson WWI gun]
Part of E. Pauline Johnson Collection
Newspaper article describing the use in World War One of a gun purchased with the bequest of E. Pauline Johnson. Article is mounted with glue to black paper page.
[Articles, E. Pauline Johnson in memorium 2]
Part of E. Pauline Johnson Collection
Three newspaper articles announcing the death of E. Pauline Johnson. One published in "The Province" (W.C. Nichol, Saturday March 8, 1913), the other two are of unknown date and provenance.
[Articles, E. Pauline Johnson, 1961]
Part of E. Pauline Johnson Collection
Newspaper page with three related articles concerning E. Pauline Johnson on the centenary of her birth. "The Globe and Mail", Saturday, March 11, 1961.
"Boulder over E. Pauline Johnson's tomb in Stanley Park, Vancouver, B.C"
Part of E. Pauline Johnson Collection
Image of a rock in a clearing with flowers and ferns scattered on top. Image is mounted in a cardboard frame.
Inscriptions on reverse of frame read: In ink: "Boulder over E. Pauline Johnson's tomb in Stanley Park, Vancouver, B.C.". In another hand, in pencil: "Written by Evelyn Johnson, sister of Pauline". In pencil: "15.-".
[Clearing in forest with flowers]
Part of E. Pauline Johnson Collection
Image, on paper stock, of a clearing in a forested area, with flowered wreaths and ribbons.
Inscription on reverse, in pencil, reads: "This picture was made the day of the interrment of the ashes of E. Pauline Johnson. The boulder in the foreground had not then been placed in position in the center. Photographed Friday, March 14th 1913. Vancouver, B.C. Nearly every Society-organization in Vancouver sent floral tributes."
[Drawing of E. Pauline Johnson 1]
Part of E. Pauline Johnson Collection
Photograph of an illustration. Image is of a woman dressed in indigenous clothing. Background is trees and a lake. An inscription at the bottom read: "Faithfully yours E. Pauline Johnson. Tekahionwake".
Text, in pencil, on reverse reads: "Tim would like to have dates for the Pauline Johnson pictures he photographed. (He thought you might like to see a copy of his reproduction - you can keep the print) (see over)".
[Drawing of E. Pauline Johnson 2]
Part of E. Pauline Johnson Collection
Drawing, coloured, of woman dressed in indigenous clothing. Background is trees and a lake. An inscription at the bottom read: "Faithfully yours E. Pauline Johnson. Tekahionwake". The illustration is mounted in a cardboard frame.
On the reverse of the frame is text describing an upcoming entertainment tour, together with Canadian entertainer Walter McRaye, and advertising past achievements. A black and white image of Johnson is included with the text.
The collection consists of photographic images and printed materials relating to the life and death of E. Pauline Johnson. Some of the material is associated with her sister, Evelyn Johnson, but the provenance and nature of compilation is largely unknown.
Johnson, E. Pauline
[E. Pauline Johnson memorial booklet]
Part of E. Pauline Johnson Collection
Memorial booklet titled "E. Pauline Johnson (Tekahionwake). Poetess". Front cover has illustration of a feather and arrowhead, with a printed image of her birthplace in Brantford, Ontario. Inside is a retrospective of Johnson's life and a printed copy of one of her last poems. There is a loose-leaf printed page with the same poem, handwritten and signed by Johnson.
Part of E. Pauline Johnson Collection
Photographic postcard. Image, hand-coloured, of a carved stone monument and small water feature in a forested area.
Printed text on the front of the postcard reads" "The Pauline Johnson Memorial, Standley Park, Vancouver, B.C. Vancouver series No. 45".
"E. Pauline Johnson's tomb in Stanley Park, Vancouver, B.C."
Part of E. Pauline Johnson Collection
Image of trees in a forest, with a log barrier surrounding a clearing with a raised area in the middle. Image is mounted in a cardboard frame.
Inscriptions on reverse of frame read: In ink: "E. Pauline Johnson's tomb in Stanley Park, Vancouver, B.C.". In another hand, in pencil: "Written by Evelyn Johnson, sister of Pauline. Ashes [interred?] Mar 14, 1913". In pencil: "15.-".
[Funeral of E. Pauline Johnson]
Part of E. Pauline Johnson Collection
Photographic postcard. Image of a funeral, with hearse, pallbearers, coffin and onlookers.
Inscription on reverse, in ink, reads: "Funeral of Pauline Johnson from Christ Church Cathedral. G. S. Forsythe one of the pallbearers".
[People in front of large tree]
Part of E. Pauline Johnson Collection
Image of two women and a man standing in a forested area, directly in front of a massive tree trunk with a natural opening. Image is mounted in a cardboard frame
Typed inscription on reverse of frame reads" "The Stanley Park Photographers. Head Office 162 Cordova Street, Vancouver, B.C. When ordering duplicates of this photo, mention negative No……….". In pencil: "3855" and "Year 1910".
Part of E. Pauline Johnson Collection
The series consists primarily of photographs relating to Stanley Park and the burial site of E. Pauline Johnson. All but one hand-coloured photo postcard are black and white images, most have notes written on the reverse which approximately date the series between about 1905-1913. One postcard can only be dated to after-1922 because that is the year the stone memorial was built. Pauline's sister Evelyn is thought to have written some of the identifying information on the reverse of some images, and features in at least one of them.
[Poem, E. Pauline Johnson tribute]
Part of E. Pauline Johnson Collection
A magazine page with a poem titled "To Pauline Johnson" by Mildred Louise Gould.
Part of E. Pauline Johnson Collection
The series consists of various printed materials, mostly newspaper articles. There is one illustrated advertisement for an up-coming speaking tour, but the other items are mostly tributes relating to the life and death of E. Pauline Johnson.
"The old Indian canoe in Stanley Park, Vancouver, B.C. Evelyn H. C. Johnson. July 1913"
Part of E. Pauline Johnson Collection
Image of a woman in a forest standing next to a dilapidated canoe. Image is mounted in a cardboard frame.
Inscriptions on reverse of frame read: In ink: "The old Indian canoe in Stanley Park, Vancouver, B.C. Evelyn H. C. Johnson. July 1913". In another hand/ink: "Ashes [interred?] - March 14 1913". In pencil: "12".
[Woman in front of large tree]
Part of E. Pauline Johnson Collection
Image, on paper stock, of a woman standing in a forested area, directly in front of a massive tree trunk with a natural opening.
Inscription on reverse, in pencil, reads: "I am standing in front of this old Cedar tree stump, which Indians used for a house, and which is supposed to be 2,000 years old. Stanley Park, Vancouver, B.C. Evelyn H. C. Johnson. July, 1911. By T. S. H. [Shearman?]".