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[Jack Stark correspondence]
N-2015-002: 1-1 · File · 1938
Part of John Andrew Paterson collection

[Four-page letter written by trapper and trader Jack Stark to his friend and partner John (Jock) Andrew Paterson. The letter details Jack's life on the land, the cost of travelling, his collection of furs from the last year, the scarcity of the caribou and his dwindling provisions. The location given in the letter is Lake Providence]
[George Magrum's certificates]
N-2007-013: 2-4 · File · 1913-1983
Part of George Magrum fonds

[George Magrum's certificates (death certificate, 1983; certificate of naturalization, 1913) and official correspondence relating to the Magrum family (c. 1957-1961)]
[Jock Paterson diary]
N-2015-002: 1-2 · File · 1924-1925
Part of John Andrew Paterson collection

This diary was written by John (Jock) Andrew Paterson to Mary Rennie, his future wife, during his time as a trapper and fur trader in the Lutselk'e (Snowdrift) area. As a means to stay connected, Paterson and Rennie decided to record their day to day lives for each other in journals over the course of a year. The journal begins on 28 September 1924 and ends 25 July 1925. Paterson records the daily weather, his activities such as checking his fishing nets and traps, the construction of the Stark & Paterson trading post, and the visitors he encountered during his time in Lutselk'e.
Various items given to Norman M. Simmons by Beryl Williams.
N-2022-003: 4-22 · File · 1913, 1939, 1959
Part of W. D. Addison Nahanni collection

The file consists of a copy of a letter written by Poole Field February 8, 1913 in Ross River about the customs and history of the First Nations living between the upper Liard and Mackenzie Rivers and the Yukon and published in Anthropologica in 1957, additional notes copied by June Helm from Poole's work held at the National Museum of History, and a rough translation of Jean Michea's article regarding the Mountain Dene (likely "Les Chitra-Gottinéké, groupe Athapascan des Montagnes Rocheuses" published in the Journal de la Société des Américanistes in 1959.
[Jock Paterson diary]
N-2015-002: 1-3 · File · ca. 1919-1946
Part of John Andrew Paterson collection

This diary consists of John (Jock) Andrew Paterson's account of his first visit to Canada in 1908, his return in 1911 to join the crew of a boat on the Athabasca river. He describes his time working in North America on various boats before returning to Britain to join the Royal Navy during the First World War. He describes his return to Canada after the war and the changes he saw in the country, including prohibition during the war.
[Correspondence from Poole Field to Jack LaFlair]
[Correspondence from Poole Field to Jack LaFlair]
N-1992-268: 1-1 · File · [1913-1939]
Part of Poole Field fonds

Three letters written by Poole Field to Jack La Flair (1939), one letter written to a member of the Geological Survey of Canada (1913, Anthropologica Vol 4) and request for a Poole Field Memorial. The 3 letters relate stories of the customs and beliefs (puberty, illness, burial, medicine men, reincarnation, stars, dreams, superstitions) of the Mountain Dene (Pelly, Little Salmon, Crow, Wolf and Louchoux) and Field's trips in the Nahanni region looking for gold, and finding murdered ex-partner Martin Jorgensen. 62 pages.

Poole Field's description in the letters may cause offense because he uses outdated language to describe Indigenous Peoples including the Inuit. Please note that the letters also contain discussions of finding a deceased person on page 15 of the attachment. We have reproduced the original as is because it is a part of the original historical record. If you have feedback or questions, please contact the NWT Archives.