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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

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

[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

Translation of letter [letter from inmate no. 219 Anton J. Strelaeff to his wife Tania P. Strelaeff]

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

Department of Public Works, Canada, District Engineer’s Office [letter from W. A. Gourlay, Senior Assistant Engineer to H. W. Cooper re – hose lines]

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

[Letter from D. M. Ormond to H. W. Cooper] re – fire protection, Piers Island, sea-water 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

[Secret letter from H. W. Cooper to Superintendent of Penitentiaries in Ottawa] re – Piers Island Penitentiary, eligible list for guards

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

Piers Island construction approximate cost of improvements

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

[Letter form D. M. Ormond to H. W. Cooper] re – 793, Slorah [regarding an enquiry from Seattle concerning this convict]

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

[Letter from D. M. Ormond to H. W. Cooper] re – Piers Island Penitentiary, temporary ticket-of-leave licenses for convicts while ill

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

Memorandum [H. W. Cooper] re – absence from Piers Island Penitentiary of Acting Deputy Warden, while in charge of the penitentiary

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 Temporary Deputy Wardenship, Piers Island Penitentiary Major I. A. Poirier

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 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

[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

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.

[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

[Dock at Piers Island]

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

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