Box 18

Abstract Douglas D. Martin was a long-time member of the Western History Association and a recognized scholar of Native American/white relations. Dr. Martin published widely. Dr. Martin’s areas of specialty included the socio-cultural history of the United States, the history and literature of the American frontier, American environmental history, and Indian-White relations in American history. This special collection contains 16 boxes of manuscript materials relating mostly to Native...

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The file contains photocopies of numerous tables concerning the occupational distribution of Indians in British Columbia data. There is also an excerpt titled Chapter 10: Occupational Motivations and Attitudes.

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Douglas Martin's handwritten research notes. The research notes concern the Indians of British Columbia.

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Douglas Martin's handwritten research notes. Typed narratives from pioneer Allcock, and the draft of an article by Martin. The materials concern Chinese and Japanese immigration. All items relate to British Columbia.

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Various materials relating to Vancouver Island, BC. Materials include Douglas Martin's research notes, correspondences from the 1880s retrieved from the British Columbia Historical Archives, and an article from the October 1926 issue of National Geographic Magazine entitled "Canada from the Air."

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Materials are selected articles from the Native Voice, an indigenous newspaper from British Columbia.

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Materials relate to criminality in British Columbia, mostly provincial police reports, as well as a few copies of various correspondences.

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Excerpts from the books, "The Growing Hops at Agassiz," and "Same as Yesterday." One book concerns the Lillooet tribe. Douglas D. Martin's handwritten notes regarding the Kamloops Journal. A report entitled "Local Conditions of Fruit Growing in Okanagan." This file also contains notes on the Douglas Lake Cattle Company and include inventories of workies and financial records.