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Johnny and Alma Harris

Early references to Johnny Harris in the Slocan

Johnny's death registration (click to enlarge) and Western Union telegram on arrangements for his body to be sent to Virginia, from Bill Barlee fonds at UBC

Notes on Alma Harris and Lommatzsch/ Denbigh families

Additional stories about the Lommatzsch family

Notes from the Bill Barlee fonds at UBC

Miscellaneous scans from the Bill Barlee fonds at UBC

Notes on Johnny's visits to the U.S.

Notes on Johnny's fruit trees and gardening

Notes on Fred T. Kelly, Johnny's business partner

Notes on Amy Eagan, Johnny's paramour, and her mother Annie

Notes on Johnny's gambling habits

Henley v. Reco Mining and Milling court judgement and letter of introduction from Lew Houck to Johnny Harris from Bill Barlee fonds at UBC

Notes on Johnny's tax disputes with the City of Sandon

Papers related to the taxation of Johnny Harris' lots in Sandon, from Royal B.C. Museum and Archives

Petition by Mike Kirlin, Nick Palorcia, and others against John Morgan Harris over Sandon townsite

Notes about Johnny Harris from films and TV shows

Notes about Johnny Harris' brothers in the Slocan

Field notes and other papers related to the Sandon Water Works and Power Co.

Correspondence related to Loudoun and Blue Jay claims, from BC government Sessional Papers

Correspondence relating to Johnny Harris' properties during the Japanese-Canadian internment, from Library and Archives Canada

“The Power Plant That Ran Itself,” Cominco  magazine, June 1958

Notes from Beverley Varey photo album

Ed Vipond interviews concerning Johnny Harris

R.G. Joy interview with Johnny Harris, 1940

Alma Harris' letter to Prime Minister R.B. Bennett, 1931, from Library and Archives Canada

Alma Harris' correspondence with provincial archivist Willard Ireland, from Royal B.C. Museum and Archives

Sidney Norman letters to Alma Harris, from Bill Barlee fonds at UBC

Interview with Alma Harris and Teddy Kleim, 1976, from Selkirk College Regional Archive

Miscellaneous stories about Teddy Kleim

Miscellaneous notes on Johnny Harris

 

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