Kitimaat Residential School (Elizabeth Long Memorial Home)

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Children swimming and rowing in a boat, close to shore, line of trees in the background.

[Children from the Elizabeth Long Memorial Home (Kitimaat Residential School), swimming at the summer camp, Kitimaat (Kitamaat, B.C.). Image shows children in a wooden boat near some children swimming. ]

Kitamaat Village, circa 1900s

UCCA, 1993.049P/463a - 463b

Five staff members standing posed on either side of the front steps and porch, door to institution at centre.

[Staff of Elizabeth Long Memorial Home (Kitimaat Residential School, Kitamaat, B.C.) ]

Kitamaat Village, circa 1910s

UCCA, 1993.049P/464

Five staff members standing in a line facing the camera. Caption at bottom reads

[Staff of Elizabeth Long Memorial Home (Kitimaat Residential School, Kitamaat, B.C.) ]

Kitamaat Village, circa 1910s

UCCA, 1993.049P/465

Large group of children seated and standing on the front steps of Kitimaat Residential School with staff behind them.

[Children and Staff on the steps of the Elizabeth Long Memorial Home (Kitimaat Residential School), Kitimaat (Kitamaat, B.C.) ]

Kitamaat Village, circa 1910s

UCCA, 1993.049P/466

Staff and children posed on the front steps, with most of the building in the picture, taken from across the lawn.

[Children and institutional staff from Elizabeth Long Memorial Home (Kitimaat Residential School), Kitimaat (Kitamaat, B.C.). Group posed standing in front of the residential institution building.]

Kitamaat Village, circa 1909

UCCA, 1993.049P/467

Children standing in rows posed with staff behind them, on the steps of Kitimaat Residential School.

[Children and institutional staff from Elizabeth Long Memorial Home (Kitimaat Residential School), Kitimaat (Kitamaat, B.C.). Group posed standing in front of the residential institution building.]

Kitamaat Village, June 1919

UCCA, 1993.049P/468

Group of youth with staff sitting and sewing beside a large canvas tent, with a table in front of it, trees in the background.

[Youth at camp. Shown sitting and sewing in front of a tent. Elizabeth Long Memorial Home (Kitimaat Residential School, in Kitamaat B.C.). ]

Kitamaat, British Columbia, circa 1910s

UCCA, 1993.049P/469

View south from Elizabeth Long Memorial home, showing buildings on the left side and water to the right.

[Looking south from the Elizabeth Long Memorial Home (Kitimaat Residential School), Kitimaat (Kitamaat, B.C.).]

Kitamaat Village, circa 1900s

UCCA, 1993.049P/487

Group of six youth standing in white graduation dresses holding bouquets, larger group in uniform standing in lines behind them.

[Graduation ceremony at Kitimaat (Kitimaat Residential School, Kitamaat B.C.). Image shows children standing in a group in front with a uniformed marching band standing behind them.]

Kitamaat Village, circa 1900s

UCCA, 1993.049P/490

Landscape of the village with habour, buildings along the shore, treeline and mountains in the background.

[Kitamaat Village, Elizabeth Long Memorial Home [Kitimaat Residential School] and the Kitimaat day school are on a hill at the far right, First United Church hidden by trees, British Columbia]

Kitamaat Village, July 1928.

UCCA, 1993.049P/496

Children lined up on row wearing hats, harbour in background

[Children in hats, lined up along a boardwalk with the day school (Kitimaat Residential School) in the background]

Kitamaat Village, 1910

UCCA, 1993.049P/1835

Youth and children posed on steps of the Kitimaat Residential School, image hand coloured

[Youth and children of the Woman's Missionary Society Indian Home (Kitimaat Residential School), Kitamaat Villiage]

Kitamaat Village, circa 1900s

UCCA, 1993.049P/1926

[Children who were taken to Kitimaat Girls' Home (Kitimaat Residential School) with staff levelling ground]

Kitamaat Village, 1911

UCCA, 1993.049P/1928

God-mother and granddaughter, god-mother is holding cane and bag, image hand coloured

A God-mother and granddaughter, Kitimaat [Kitimaat Mission]

Kitamaat Village, circa 1900s

UCCA, 1993.049P/1929