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Henry Busse fonds
41 · Fonds · 1944-1968

This fonds consists of approximately 54,000 black and white negatives, postcards and prints, and one file of text that encompasses Hans Heinrich Maximilian (Henry) Busse's professional photographic work.

7909 images have been given full item description. Of these, the stock file consists of 4909 images that Busse may have considered important or saleable and these were arranged alphabetically by subject by the Museum of the North. Images in the stock file feature a wide range of subjects including animals, boats, bush pilots, aircraft, Dene, Inuit, and mining operations. There are also images of Coppermine (Kugluktuk), Cambridge Bay, Port Radium, Eskimo Point (Arviat), Fort Rae (Behchoko), Lac la Martre (Whati), Hay River, Fort Smith, Fort Resolution, Fort Reliance, Yellowknife and Aklavik. Another 3000 images have been selected from the entire collection and given full item description. Additional subject matter includes Yellowknife social events, weddings, sports teams and games, church activities, Yellowknife businesses, and school events. The remainder of the photographic material is as Busse left it, as photo order envelopes. These images have been rehoused, noting any information on the original envelope, and describing the number and content of the images. A large proportion of these images are studio portraits of Yellowknife residents.

The textual material consists mainly of correspondence from Busse's customers found in the photo order envelopes, as well as three certificates for photograph contest awards from 1958-1960.

An additional accession provided by an anonymous donor contains 42 prints and postcards of Aboriginal people, mostly from the Eastern Arctic.

Some photographs may be the work of Busse's business partner, Gerhard (Gerry) Reimann, or of other studio assistants.

 Busse, Henry
[Portrait of Angie Mercredi]
[Portrait of Angie Mercredi]
N-1979-052: 5524 · Item · December 6, 1954
Part of Henry Busse fonds

family Mercredi [Portrait of a metis woman, Angie Mercredi. She wears a large locket. Yellowknife Photo Service.]
[Yellowknife]
[Yellowknife]
N-1979-052: 5528 · Item · March 14, 1954
Part of Henry Busse fonds

Bearlake Family [A Dene man holds a baby wearing winter clothing. Yellowknife Photo Service.]
[Portrait of woman]
[Portrait of woman]
N-1979-052: 5532 · Item · February 15, 1952
Part of Henry Busse fonds

Marg Brown, Mrs. Riddell [Portrait of woman with ribbon in her hair. Yellowknife Photo Service.]
[Yellowknife]
[Yellowknife]
N-1979-052: 5537 · Item · January 1, 1953
Part of Henry Busse fonds

Studio, King, Walter and fam[ily], wife and baby, (Indian) [Portrait of Walter King, his wife and their baby. Walter wears a tasseled, embroidered jacket and mittens. Yellowknife Photo Service.]
[Rocher River]
[Rocher River]
N-1979-052: 5549 · Item · April 9, 1955
Part of Henry Busse fonds

Mail, Jim Beaulieu, Rocher River [Jim Beaulieu squats behind a little boy (Danny Beaulieu), and holds on to the collar of a puppy. Rocher River. April 9, 1955]
[Rocher River]
[Rocher River]
N-1979-052: 5550 · Item · April 9, 1955
Part of Henry Busse fonds

Mail, Jim Beaulieu, Rocher River [A little boy, possibly Danny, the son of Jim Beaulieu stands in front of the doorway of a wooden building. Rocher River. April 9, 1955]
[Yellowknife]
[Yellowknife]
N-1979-052: 5560 · Item · July 24, 1957
Part of Henry Busse fonds

Lessard's, Rex Café. [Two boys and a girl (Larry Glowach, Beverly Glowach and Alexander Glowach) sit on stools at the Rex Café counter. Yellowknife.]
[Yellowknife]
[Yellowknife]
N-1979-052: 5562 · Item · November 6, 1958
Part of Henry Busse fonds

Studio, Gordon - Margret, Feder[al] School. [Portrait of Margaret Gordon. Yellowknife Photo Service.]
[Behchoko/Fort Rae/Edzo]
[Behchoko/Fort Rae/Edzo]
N-1979-052: 5566 · Item · March 14, 1960
Part of Henry Busse fonds

Franklin [Frank] Channel, Ft. Rae, Mannix [Two men work on the construction of the bridge at Frank Channel close to Behchoko. One man holds a rope. March 14, 1960]
[Behchoko/Fort Rae/Edzo]
[Behchoko/Fort Rae/Edzo]
N-1979-052: 5567 · Item · March 14, 1960
Part of Henry Busse fonds

Franklin [Frank] Channel, Ft. Rae, Mannix [Several men on a construction crew work on building the bridge across Frank Channel near Behchoko. March 14, 1960]
[Behchoko/Fort Rae/Edzo]
[Behchoko/Fort Rae/Edzo]
N-1979-052: 5568 · Item · March 14, 1960
Part of Henry Busse fonds

Franklin [Frank] Channel, Ft. Rae, Mannix. [People leave a church in winter, likely in Behchoko. March 14, 1960]
[Behchoko/Fort Rae/Edzo]
[Behchoko/Fort Rae/Edzo]
N-1979-052: 5569 · Item · March 14, 1960
Part of Henry Busse fonds

Franklin [Frank] Channel, Ft. Rae, Mannix. [A Dene man wearing a winter jacket outdoors, likely in Behchoko. March 14, 1960]
[Yellowknife]
[Yellowknife]
N-1979-052: 5579 · Item · January 4, 1961
Part of Henry Busse fonds

Llords Puppet [A man holds a marionette while seven students wearing winter clothing watch. Students may possibly be Akaitcho Hall residents. Yellowknife.]
[Wedding]
[Wedding]
N-1979-052: 5580 · Item · May 7, 1961
Part of Henry Busse fonds

Conrad, Wedding [A bride and groom (Burkhard Conrad marries Celine Desjarlais) kneel at the front of the St. Patrick's Catholic church as the priest conducts their wedding ceremony. Yellowknife. May 7, 1961]
[Wedding]
[Wedding]
N-1979-052: 5581 · Item · May 7, 1961
Part of Henry Busse fonds

Conrad, Wedding [A bride and groom (Burkhard Conrad and Celine Desjarlais) sit inside a car. Another woman (Bride's sister Anne Desjarlais) sits next to the bride. Yellowknife. May 6, 1961]
[Yellowknife]
[Yellowknife]
N-1979-052: 5585 · Item · October 18, 1961
Part of Henry Busse fonds

P[ass] P[ort], Mrs Alice Villebrun [Portrait of Alice Villebrun. Yellowknife Photo Service.]
[Yellowknife]
[Yellowknife]
N-1979-052: 5587 · Item · February 2, 1962
Part of Henry Busse fonds

Studio, Two Indians (Lessard and ?) Evelyn Blondin [Portrait of two Dene men, George McKay and George Lafferty. Yellowknife Photo Service.]