Keyword: doukhobors

Doukhobors Back in the News

Doukhobors back in the news, showing a much-used photo of Doukhobor women yoked to a plough. The text is racist and exclusionary. In the first days of Doukhobor settlement the men of the villages went off to earn money while the women and older people were left to get in gardens and crops. In the beginning the villages were unable to finance work animals.

Internal ID:	0131.0119
Medium:	Postcard
Date:	1905

Verigin Farewell

A gathering of Doukhobors by the grain elevator and pole yard at Brilliant, B.C. Possibly funeral proceedings of Peter "Lordly" Verigin.

Internal ID:	0131.0279
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1924

Doukhobors Gathered at Meeting at Brilliant, BC

A very large gathering of Doukhobor people at Brilliant, BC, with Sons of Freedom slogans posted above the gathering. The building in the background is the KC Preservative Works - the "Jam Factory" from which the Doukhobor people produced fruit jams that they were known all over western Canada for.

Internal ID:	0131.0304
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1927

Tomb of Peter "Lordly" Verigin at Brilliant, B.C.

The first tomb structure of Peter "Lordly" Verigin, before the bomb attacks which severely damaged the structure. This site is still present at Brilliant, and is well worth visiting.

Internal ID:	0131.0310
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1927

Mr and Mrs Sherstobitoff

Mr. and Mrs. Sherstobitoff, communal Doukhobors. Location unknown.

Internal ID:	0131.0318
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1910

Peter "Lordly" Commemoration Service at Brilliant

Yearly commemoration service for Peter Lordly, recognizing his leadership and tragic death October, 29th, 1924.

Internal ID:	0131.0321
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1941

Doukhobors

Newspaper editorial with poem about Doukhobors nude protests that made their leader throw up the sponge.

Internal ID:	0052.0445
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	June 16th 1922

Doukhobor Coverage

Description of immigrants in the Winnipeg station, a study of Englishmen, Doukhobors and Galicians.

Internal ID:	0050.0491
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	June 6th 1903

Hospital Bills Owing

Due to half the debt owing to Kootenay Lake hospital in Nelson belonging to Doukhobors, only payment in advance will be accepted prior to their admittance.

Internal ID:	0050.0629
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	November 20th 1930

Doukhobors Back in the News

Internal ID:	0131.0884
Medium:	Postcard
Date:	1905

Doukhobor Discrimination

No loyalty to the Empire was heard from Doukhobors when a call was made for volunteers to fight, they would only offer their services to take the places of British subjects working the mines at Lethbridge.

Internal ID:	0051.0898
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	November 8th 1899

Schooling

Newspaper excerpt Grand Forks Gazette - school inspector brought a lady teacher into Grand Forks after Doukhobors took objection to her at Outlook School, which was burned down.