This page is for links to resources such as teaching materials, videos, talks, PowerPoints, and news stories….
Please note, it is NOT exhaustive.
Do let us know if you want us to add anything.
Pete Martin – I’m the Salford Totem Pole
Follow the pole on Facebook.
Videos
Brief interview with Steve Coen, Joe Martin, and Pauline (2009?)
Online News and History Items
Manchester Liners’ Old Shipmates story of the totem pole
Manchester Evening News (MEN) report on the return of the pole from Suffolk (2009)
MEN report on the campaign to save the pole (2010)
Report on the cleaning process used by Burnaby Stone Care (2010)
MEN report on the search for a new home for the pole (2010)
Report on Silva Timber’s contribution of cedar strips (2010)
Account of the pole and Pete’s song by the Museum of Anthropology in British Columbia (2012)
Salford Star report on plans to place the pole in Swinton Gateway (2013)
Report on UrbanVision moving the pole from storage to the quays in 2018 (Antiques Roadshow)
Report on the Fortis website of their involvement with the pole (2018)
‘Beyond the Spectacle’ blog-post about the pole (2018)
Salford Council report on the pole (2018)
BBC online account of the pole during the ‘Namgis visit (2018)
Miscellaneous
Some designs by Manchester-based design company featuring the pole