Kitimaat Residential School (Elizabeth Long Memorial Home)

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32 images

Group of children playing tug-of-war outdoors, a building in the background.

[Children playing tug-of-war, Elizabeth Long Memorial Home, Kitimaat Village, B.C.]

Kitamaat Village, 1941

UCCA, 1983.058P/101

Group of children seated and standing posed in front of Elizabeth Long Memorial Home.

[Group of children in front of Elizabeth Long Memorial Home, Kitimaat Village, B.C.]

Kitamaat Village, 1941

UCCA, 1983.058P/102

Exterior view of Elizabeth Long Memorial Home, located at the top of a hill.

[Exterior view of Elizabeth Long Memorial Home, Kitimaat Village, B.C.]

Kitamaat Village, 1941

UCCA, 1983.058P/103

Front of Kitimaat Residential School building

[The "Home," Elizabeth Long Memorial Home, Kitimaat Residential School, B.C.]

Kitamaat Village, circa 1909

UCCA, 1993.049P/448

Front of Kitimaat Residential School with children by entrance

[Kitamaat Residential School with five children standing out front.]

Kitamaat Village, between 1909 and 1914

UCCA, 1993.049P/449

Five children standing in front of Kitimaat Residential School

Elizabeth Long Memorial Home, Kitimaat, B.C.[Kitimaat Residential School, Kitamaat, B.C. with five children standing out front.]

Kitamaat Village, 1913

UCCA, 1993.049P/450

Side view of front of Kitimaat Residential School

Elizabeth Long Memorial Home, Kitimaat [Kitimaat Residential School, Kitamaat ]

Kitamaat Village, 1914

UCCA, 1993.049P/451

Front of Kitimaat Residential School

Woman's Missionary Society Home at Kitimaat [Kitimaat Residential School, Kitamaat B.C. ]

Kitamaat Village, circa 1910s

UCCA, 1993.049P/452

Children shrouded in blankets on steps of Kitimaat Residential School

[Indigenous Children when they were first taken to Kitimaat Residential School]

Kitamaat Village, circa 1900s

UCCA, 1993.049P/453

Staff member and six children on steps of Kitimaat Residential School, people standing in shadow of doorway

[Some children and institution staff on the steps of the Woman's Missionary Society Home (Kitimaat Residential School) Kitamaat, B.C., Some youth seen in the doorway in the background. ]

Kitamaat Village, circa 1909

UCCA, 1993.049P/454

Children and staff sitting, posing on the steps of Kitimaat Residential School, taken from across a lawn. Tops of trees are in the background.

[Children and institution staff on the steps of Elizabeth Long Memorial Home, Kitimaat mission (Kitimaat Residential School)]

Kitamaat Village, 1922

UCCA, 1993.049P/455

Child standing in the yard at Kitimaat Residential School, the lawn is fenced off. The lower part of the building can be seen in the background.

Elizabeth Long Memorial Home, Kitimaat : we have sweet peas and nasturtiums all around this fence

Kitamaat Village, 1911

UCCA, 1993.049P/456

Group of 16 people seated and standing on the front steps of Kitimaat Residential School.

[Women's Auxiliary, Kitamaat. Many members were formerly children taken to the Kitimaat Residential School. Now adults, married and some with children currently at Kitimaat institution.]

Kitamaat Village, 1915

UCCA, 1993.049P/457

Large group of children and staff seated and standing posed for a portrait on the steps of Kitimaat Residential School.

[Children and institution staff at the Elizabeth Long Memorial Home (Kitimaat Residential School), Kitimaat,(Kitamaat) B.C. Image shows a group seated on the front porch of institution.]

Kitamaat Village, 1922

UCCA, 1993.049P/458

Four lines of children in school uniform marching along a path on school grounds. Ocean and mountains in the background.

[Children at residential institution marching on Empire Day. Image shows children standing in straight rows on institution grounds ]

Kitamaat Village, 1916

UCCA, 1993.049P/459

Children and staff standing posted in front of Kitimaat Residential School.

[Children and institution staff, Elizabeth Long Memorial Home (Kitimaat Residential School), Kitimat (Kitamaat, B.C.)]

Kitamaat Village, 1913

UCCA, 1993.049P/460

Children and adults standing posed for a photo on some steps with the auxiliary banner at centre.

[Elizabeth Long Memorial Home (Kitimaat Residential School): children and Women's auxiliary members with banner on the steps of the institution. ]

Kitamaat Village, 1916

UCCA, 1993.049P/461

Children and adults standing posed for a photo on some steps with the auxiliary banner at centre. Image is cropped into an oval and affixed to a piece of paper.

[Elizabeth Long Memorial Home : children and auxiliary women with banner]

Kitimaat Village, 1916

UCCA, 1993.049P/462