Credits

Executive Producer

Textile Museum of Canada 

Project Funders

This online exhibition was developed with the support of the Virtual Exhibits Investment Program, Virtual Museum of Canada. The Virtual Museum of Canada is managed by the Canadian Museum of History, with the financial support of the Government of Canada. 

Narrative Threads was made possible with the generous support of the Imperial Oil Foundation.

Project Partners

Saskatchewan Western Development Museum

Niagara Historical Society & Museum

Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre

Delta Museum & Archives

Manitoba Crafts Museum & Library

Technical Partner

ecentricarts, inc.

Project Leadership

Project Director: Shauna McCabe

Financial Administration: Pat Neal

Technical Coordination: Shawn McCarty

Exhibition Research and Content Development: Anna Richard, Shawn McCarty, Roxane Shaughnessy, Natalia Nekrassova (Textile Museum of Canada), Ruth Bitner, Corinne Daelick, Heather Englebert, Kristine Flynn, Garry Hayes, Brian Johnsrude (Western Development Museum), Nick Clemens (Niagara Historical Society and Museum), Andrea Reichert (Manitoba Crafts Museum & Library), Joanne Bird (Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre), Darryl MacKenzie (Delta Museum & Archives)

Editor: Meg Taylor

Translation: Editext

Educational Program Development: Susan Fohr, Shawn McCarty

Core materials for this virtual exhibit were produced and compiled by the Textile Museum of Canada and our partners – the Saskatchewan Western Development Museum, Niagara Historical Society & Museum, Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Delta Museum & Archives and Manitoba Crafts Museum & Library – for the Virtual Museum of Canada. The Textile Museum of Canada and our partners have taken all reasonable efforts to ensure that materials – any information, artwork, text, video, audio, or image files – are reproduced on this website with the full consent of the copyright owners.

Textile Museum of Canada

Photographic and documentary sources provided courtesy of Library and Archives Canada:

• Library and Archives Canada/Louis Jaques/Weekend Magazine collection/e005477011
• Library and Archives Canada/Arikado/Art Tamayose collection/PA-117746
• Library and Archives Canada/Fred C. Sears/International Grenfell Association collection/PA-148589
• Library and Archives Canada/Rosemary Gilliat Eaton/Rosemary Gilliat Eaton fonds/e010975013
• Library and Archives Canada/Department of the Interior fonds/C-036153
• Library and Archives Canada/Vieux Manoirs, Vieilles Maisons collection/PA-036748
• Library and Archives Canada/Jean Riel fonds/PA-139075
• Library and Archives Canada/Natural Resources Canada fonds/PA-019445
• Library and Archives Canada/National Film Board fonds/e010962424
• Library and Archives Canada/Canadian Intellectual Property Office fonds/PA-030798

Photographic and documentary sources provided courtesy of the McCord Museum:

• McCord Stewart Museum M326
• McCord Stewart Museum M966.96.24.3
• McCord Stewart Museum MP-1999.28.1
• McCord Stewart Museum M993.115.76.1-2
• McCord Stewart Museum MP-0000.25.502
• McCord Stewart Museum M984.213.3
• McCord Stewart Museum M2006.103.1.1-2
• McCord Stewart Museum M965.22
• McCord Stewart Museum MP-1984.130.125

• The Canadian Museum of History
• University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, Canada
• Statistics Canada
• Nova Scotia Archives
• University of Washington Libraries
• The Canadian Pacific Archives
• Hudson’s Bay Company Archives
• Centre for Newfoundland Studies
• University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, University of Manitoba Library Collection
• The Rooms Provincial Archives Division
• The Glenbow Archives
• The New Brunswick Museum
• Canadian Intellectual Property Office
• Toronto Public Library
• Canadian Guild of Crafts/Guilde canadienne des métiers d’art
• Kantha Productions LLC
• The Cromarty Arts Trust
• The Ontario Science Centre
• Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre
• The Royal Collection, United Kingdom
• The Canadian Pacific Archives
• The Archives of the Musée de Charlevoix
• The Base Gagetown Community History Association
• Plenty International
• The Hamilton Spectator
• Craft Council of Newfoundland & Labrador
• Canada Post Corporation
• The Maritime History Archive
• Baker Lake Arts
• The Le-La-La Dancers Society
• Hudson’s Bay Company Corporate Collection
• The Town of St. Anthony, Newfoundland
• The Town of Špačince, Slovakia

We would like to thank the following photographers for their contributions:

• Karyn Valino
• Madeleine Boucher Harvie
• Carol Page-Heyding
• Barbara Oliver
• Susan Harvie
• Ruth Malloy
• Margaret A. Johnson
• Genevieve Gordon
• Anne Fundarek
• Joel Rosenbloom
• Larry Dubord
• Frederick W. Berchem
• Marion Leithead
• Marilyn White
• Helen Devereux
• Ann Gertler
• Hannah Claus
• Hillary Anderson
• Jacob Nekrassov
• Marie Lavoie
• Jill Kitchener
• Paul Litherland
• Helen Pepall Bradfield
• Hannah Claus
• Jim and Katharine Green
• Jean (Scott) Nickerson
• Jennifer at North Sails Atlantic
• Rena Point Bolton and Deborah Tibbel
• Anil Advani
• Eric Walsh
• Peter Urbanski

Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre

Photographic and documentary sources provided courtesy of the Northwest Territories Archives:

• Northwest Territories Archives/Henry Jones fonds/N-1981-001: 0085
• Northwest Territories Archives/Bern W. Brown fonds/N-2001-002: 7187
• Northwest Territories Archives/Wop May Fonds/N-1992-213: 0519
• Northwest Territories Archives/Glenbow-Alberta Institute/N-1979-076: 0004
• Northwest Territories Archives/Richardson, R. J./N-1979-046: 0001
• Northwest Territories Archives/Sam Otto fonds/N-2002-002: 0331
• Northwest Territories Archives/Department of Public Works and Services fonds/G-1995-001: 8471
• Northwest Territories Archives/Department of Public Works and Services fonds/G-1995-001: 8112
• Northwest Territories Archives/Tremain family fonds/N-1989-011: 0071
• Northwest Territories Archives/Tremain family fonds/N-1989-011: 0075
• Northwest Territories Archives N-1989-011
• Northwest Territories Archives/Bern W. Brown fonds/N-2001-002: 2309
• Northwest Territories Archives/Fred Jackson fonds/N-1979-004: 0088
• Northwest Territories Archives/Bill Stewart fonds/N-1992-211
• Northwest Territories Archives/Buffum family fonds/N-1986-006: 0031
• Northwest Territories Archives/Buffum family fonds/N-1986-006: 0136
• Northwest Territories Archives/Bern W. Brown fonds/N-2001-002: 2620
• Northwest Territories Archives/Department of Public Works and Services fonds/G-1995-001: 2245
• Northwest Territories Archives/Felix Labat fonds/N-2004-027: 0033
• Northwest Territories Archives/Rene Fumoleau fonds/N-1995-002: 7895
• Northwest Territories Archives/Rene Fumoleau fonds/N-1995-002: 8327
• Northwest Territories Archives/June Helm fonds/N-2003-037: 0188
• Northwest Territories Archives/June Helm fonds/N-2004-020: 0645
• Northwest Territories Archives/Department of Public Works and Services fonds/G-1995-001: 0612
• Northwest Territories Archives/Thomas Marsh fonds/N-1988-039: 0008
• Northwest Territories Archives/June Helm fonds/N-2003-037: 0283 Scraping moose hide, 1990
• Northwest Territories Archives/Department of Public Works and Services fonds/G-1995-001: 3629
• Northwest Territories Archives/Department of Public Works and Services fonds/G-1995-001: 8088
• Northwest Territories Archives/Fred Jackson fonds/N-1979-004: 0059
• Northwest Territories Archives/Department of the Interior fonds/G-1989-006: 0022

Further photographic and documentary sources were provided courtesy of:

• Charles Arnold
• S. Irving
• Dave Brosha/Government of the Northwest Territories
• Northwest Territories Mining Heritage Society
• Ulu News
• Vancouver Sun

Niagara Historical Society and Museum

Supplementary photographic and documentary sources provided courtesy of:

• St. Mark’s Anglican Church, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario

Manitoba Crafts Museum and Library

Supplementary photographic and documentary sources provided courtesy of:

• Manitoba Libraries Map Collection; Department of the Interior Topographical Survey of Canada, 1950, third edition
• Textile Museum of Canada collection, T92.0299
• National Film Board of Canada. Photothèque. Library and Archives Canada, PA-146506

Further photographic and documentary sources were provided courtesy of:

• Shetland Museum and Archives
• University of Alberta Libraries
• Energy Mines and Resources
• Saint Vital Catholic Church, Winnipeg, Manitoba
• Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes Gobierno de Chile
• The Winnipeg Tribune Publication
• Family Herald and Weekly Star Publication
• Carmen Valley Leader Publication
• The Manitoba Historical Society Publication
• Lily Mills Company of Shelby, North Carolina
• Piecework Publication

We would like to thank the following photographers for their contributions:

• Susanne Sulkers
• Margaret Snook
• Leigh Boen

Saskatchewan Western Development Museum

Supplementary photographic and documentary sources provided courtesy of the Saskatchewan Archives Board:

• Saskatchewan Archives Board, R-A24552
• Saskatchewan Archives Board, R-A 1045-5

Supplementary photographic and documentary sources provided courtesy of the Saskatchewan History & Folklore Society:

• Everett Baker Collection, Saskatchewan History & Folklore Society_6549
• Everett Baker Collection, 4160

Additional photographic and documentary sources provided courtesy of:

• Library and Archives Canada, Doukhobors Collection, C-000684
• RCMP Historical Collections Unit, Regina, Saskatchewan 1953-31-8
• Star Phoenix Collection, S-SP-B29301-3
• Northroots Magazine
• Diagonal View Media
• The Nor’-West Farmer Publication

We would like to thank the following photographers for their contributions:

• Garry Hayes
• Eve Wyatt
• Valerie Sheppard
• Ruth Bitner
• Frank Fieber

Delta Museum and Archives

Supplementary photographic and documentary sources provided courtesy of:

• Nuu Chah Nulth First Nation
• Glacier National Park

We would like to thank the following photographers for their contributions:

• Mike Maltz
• Natalie Sayin

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