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Item is a letter containing Cooper’s explanation regarding the fact that he did not request Mr. Ross to withdraw from Piers Island; also regarding the placing of steps in the women’s dormitories.

[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.

Piers Island division, special report [from L. Goss Active Deputy Warden to H. W. Cooper re – refusal of twenty-three prisoners to work]

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

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

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, water and fire protection

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

[Telegram from Canadian Fairbanks Morse Company to the Purchasing Agent in Department of Justice in Ottawa re – tank]

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

[Letter from D. M. Ormond to H. W. Cooper] re – Piers Island penitentiary, conduct of convicts

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

Item is a letter regarding the construction of a wooden fence between two compounds; fire-fighting equipment; conditional correspondence and visits for prisoners.

[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. C. Fatt, Inspector to H. W. Cooper] 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 – annual report, British Columbia Penitentiary, 1932-33

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

[Copy of letter addressed to convict Alex Sherstobetoff from his sister Molly Osachoff re – convict’s children]

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

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

[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

[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

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

[Gate to Piers Island compound showing fence]

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

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

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

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

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]

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

Pacific Nation fonds

MsC-6
Fonds
1967-1969

The fonds consists of manuscripts, layout sheets, notes and miscellaneous records relating to the printing of Pacific Nation.

Pacific Nation

Margaret A. Mitchell fonds

MsC-250
Fonds
1954-[200?]

Fonds consists of scrapbooks of Mitchell's travels to Japan and Korea, reports she wrote with the Neighbourhood Services Association as a Community Development worker, speeches mailings, newsletters, issues & case work files, correspondence, records related to her memoir, the Vancity Community Foundation's Margaret Mitchell Fund for Women, photographs of various events, and House of Commons debate transcripts.

Mitchell, Margaret A.

Doukhobor collection

MsC-121
Fonds
1856-2019

Collection comprises photographs, manuscripts, correspondence, ephemera, books and periodical material resulting from and pertaining to the settlement and subsequent history of Doukhobors in Western Canada. Books and periodical items have been catalogued in the SFU Library Catalogue. Digitized images and accompanying descriptions of a portion of the collection are available on the Doukhobor Collection, 1898-1930 website.

[Letter and copy of telegram sent the previous night from H. C. Fatt, Acting Superintendent to H. W. Cooper] re - Piers Island [reprimand for asking Mr. Ross to withdraw from Piers Island Penitentiary]

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

[Letter from H. C. Fatt, Acting Superintendent in Ottawa to H. W. Cooper and copy of memorandum from Minister of Justice to the Acting Superintendent of Penitentiaries sent the previous day] re – Doukhobor prisoners

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

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

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 Superintendent of Penitentiaries in Ottawa] re – Piers Island division, “Sons of Freedom” inmates.

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

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