Fonds - Jean Telfer fonds

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Jean Telfer fonds

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  • [between 1931 and 1940] (Creation)
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    Telfer, Jean

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2 cm of textual records
ca. 156 photographs : b&w negatives and prints
3 small pieces of leather

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Biographical history

Jean Telfer graduated from U.B.C. in 1924, and subsequently trained as a teacher. Telfer worked in this role from 1931 to 1934 at a residential school in Alberta called the Morely School. In the late 1930s Telfer also worked at a residential school in Port Alberni.

Custodial history

Archival records and other materials were donated to the Museum of Anthropology by Telfer in 1979 and 1980. The donation was then divided between the Archives and the Museum’s Collections Department. Smaller photographs were stored in the archives though no case file was created, and the items were not formally accessioned by the archives until 2006. The textual records that formed part of the donation were stored in Parallel Accession files 537 and 609. In 2008 some textual records as well as two larger photographs were moved to the archives in order to preserve the records as well as to make them more easily accessible.

Scope and content

The fonds consists of records Telfer created or received during the time that she spent as a teacher at residential schools. It include correspondence, essays, schedules, programs, ephemera notes and a significant number of photographs. These records are primarily related to the Morely School, the Coqueeletza School and the Port Alberni Residential School, as well as the Nakoda (Stoney) Nation.

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The records were donated to the Museum of Anthropology by Jean Telfer in 1979 and 1980.

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      The objects that were included with the Telfer donation can be viewed on the Reciprocal Research Network @ www.rrncommunity.org

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      No further accruals are expected.

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      Includes: ca. 120 photographs : b&w, 36 photographs : b&w negative

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      Further materials related to the Telfer donation can still be found in the Museum of Anthropology's Parallel Accession Files 537 and 609.

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      Created 9 December, 2012.
      Revised November 27, 2015.

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