Camera Workers, 1858-1950

The British Columbia, Alaska and Yukon Photographic Directory, 1858-1950

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Barbeau, Marius[1, 2, 3, 4]

Male 1883 - 1969  (85 years)


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  • Name Barbeau, Marius 
    • FULL NAME: Barbeau, Charles Marius.
    Birth 5 Mar 1883  Sainte-Marie, QC Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Gender Male 
    Where Active (Non-Specific Address) 1920s  Nass River, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Where Active (Non-Specific Address) 1920s  Skeena River, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 27 Feb 1969  Ottawa, ON Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I1902  Camera Workers | B, vol. 2, 1901-1950
    Last Modified 17 Mar 2021 

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Amateur (visits); Cinematographer.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: An important Canadian ethnographer and folklorist, he photographed among the Indigenous communities of the Nass and Skeena rivers, much of it during the 1920s. He worked for the National Museum of Canada (now the Canadian Museum of History) from 1911 to 1949.

  • Sources 
    1. [S155] COLLECTION: OONMM.

    2. [S155] COLLECTION: OONMM.
      Marius Barbeau: A Glimpse of Canadian Culture (1883-1969) [web exhibit]
      URL (accessed 16 Mar 2021): https://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/tresors/barbeau/index_e.html

    3. [S1118] Edited by Linda Riley, Riley (1988), (Ottawa, ON: Canadian Museum of Civilization, 1988), E99 N73M37.

    4. [S288] Daniel Francis, Francis (1996), (Saskatoon, SK: Fifth House, 1996).

    5. [S857] Wikipedia (Web site).
      Marius Barbeau
      URL (accessed 16 Mar 2021): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marius_Barbeau