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No Smoke Without Fire: Reimagining Women in Colonial Barkerville
Please join Laura Ishiguro for "No Smoke Without Fire: Reimagining Women in Colonial Barkerville"
By Friends of the Vancouver City Archives
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Tue, Jan 31, 2023 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM PST
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About this event
On 16 September 1868, the gold-rush town of Barkerville, British Columbia burned to the ground. Weaving together archival records, rumours, and silences, this talk offers a new history of the fire, and the colonial society that sparked it. On one level, it illuminates the place of diverse women and violence at the heart of mid-nineteenth-century British Columbia. On another level, the talk also reimagines the possibilities of history-telling itself. What can we do with an archive full of silences, fragments, and uncertainty? What stories might we be able to tell, and what difference can they make to how we understand this place and its past?
Laura Ishiguro is an Associate Professor in the Department of History and affiliated faculty with the Asian Canadian & Asian Migration Studies Program at the University of British Columbia. An historian of colonialism in northwestern North America, she is the author of Nothing to Write Home About: British Family Correspondence and the Settler Colonial Everyday in British Columbia (UBC Press, 2019).
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Title: Barkerville - Williams Creek, Cariboo, "Gold Mines"
Reference code: AM54-S4-: Out P165
Date: [ca. 1865]
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Friends of the Vancouver City ArchivesSince 1993 the Friends have worked to promote and improve public awareness of the Vancouver City Archives, its services and projects. We promote the use of the resources and services of the Archives by the general public and professionals, and support the development of archival services and facilities of the City of Vancouver.
We encourage the appreciation of the history of this amazing city and help individuals, businesses, clubs, and other groups to value their important documents and photographic images, including their donation and preservation by the City of Vancouver Archives. From family photo albums to corporate records, these resources become important to future generations of researchers, writers, genealogists and news reporters.
Throughout the year we host a number of talks, walks and events for our membership and the community at large.
You can support us, and the work of the City of Vancouver Archives, by becoming a member and/or making a donation through our website.