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Type Title Date Coordinates Originating Location Description
Artifact
A photo of trees being cleared for road construction. There are broken trees in the foreground and trees on either side of a path being carved into the jungle.
Building a Road Through the Jungle
1913 to 1926
Latitude: 22° 32' 55.766" N
Longitude: 95° 59' 33.36" E
Asia
  • Photograph of a road being constructed through the jungles of Indonesia.
Artifact
A photo of a bungalow with a thatched roof and sides built on stilts. A dog and a woman sit on the steps going up to the deck, and a man stands to the side of the steps.
Bungalow in Indonesia
1913 to 1926
Latitude: 22° 32' 55.766" N
Longitude: 95° 59' 33.36" E
Asia
  • Photograph of a bungalow in Indonesia with two serving staff in front.
  • Back reads: "My dwelling house with servants and (?) dog, "Rex". A real jungle house or what they give you on a wildcat well, servants quarters and kitchen behind. Servants in front." 
Artifact
A photo of an Egyptian man holding the tail of a fish that is as tall as himself. Five other men stand around him.
The Big Catch
1909 to 1913
Latitude: 27° 37' 59.999" N
Longitude: 33° 46' 59.999" E
Africa
  • Photograph of a local fisherman holding the tail of a very large fish.
Artifact
A photo of Egyptian workers standing in a line, hauling a boiler with ropes along a road in the desert. The boiler has four weeks and is has two cylindrical components put together.
Shifting the Boiler
1911
Latitude: 27° 37' 59.999" N
Longitude: 33° 46' 59.999" E
Africa
  • Photograph of Egyptian workers moving a boiler cart on a road on Jubal Island, Egypt.
Artifact
William Gillespie and his workers underneath a wooded rig on Jubal Island. Gillespie is wearing white pants and a pith helmet.
Drilling on Jubal Island
1910
Latitude: 27° 37' 59.999" N
Longitude: 33° 46' 59.999" E
Africa
  • Photograph showing William Gillespie and his workers drilling on Jubal Island, Egypt.
Artifact
Photograph of six oil drillers in Egypt with five members of the serving staff
Drillers in Egypt
1911
Latitude: 27° 37' 59.999" N
Longitude: 33° 46' 59.999" E
Africa
  • Picture of oil drillers on Jubal Island, Egypt with their living quarters in the background.
Artifact
Photograph showing William Gillespie and Albert Gibson on a verandah in Burma. There is a local man with a horse in the front of the image.
William Gillespie in Burma
1913 to 1916
Latitude: 22° 32' 55.766" N
Longitude: 95° 59' 33.36" E
Asia
  • Photographic emulsion
  • Postcard showing Albert Gibson and William Gillespie standing on the verandah of a bungalow in Singu, Burma (modern Myanmar).
Artifact
Front of postcard showing a coloured photograph of a Turkish dancer. She is wearing a white shirt and red skirt, and holding a tambourine above her head.
Turkish Dancer
1910
Latitude: 30° 3' 9.824" N
Longitude: 31° 13' 50.023" E
Africa
  • Postcard depicting a turkish dancer.
  • Back of the postcard reads: "Dear Mother, just a few lines as the mail leaves here in the morning. Our new boat arrived a couple of weeks ago. This is its second trip to Jubal. Wishing you all a Bright New Year. - Will." 
Artifact
A postcard of four people riding three camels and a donkey in front of the Sphinx and a pyramid.
William Gillespie in Egypt
1909 to 1913
Latitude: 30° 3' 9.824" N
Longitude: 31° 13' 50.023" E
Africa
  • Photographic reproduction onto a postcard
  • Group of people riding camels and a donkey to visit the pyramids.
  • William Gillespie is wearing a white hat, accompanied by an English gentleman and his wife, and the proprietor of a hotel.
Artifact
Green front cover of the Indian passport. "PASSPORT" is written in gold, and there is a gold crest on the front.
Passport
1915 to 1926
Latitude: 16° 46' 52.702" N
Longitude: 96° 8' 59.618" E
Asia
  • Indian passport belonging to William Oliver Gillespie, issued July 13, 1915 in Rangoon, Burma (modern Yangon, Myanmar). 
  • Includes stamps from Miri, Sarawak; Borneo; Singapore; and the Dutch East Indies (modern South East Asia).
  • Passport unfolds in an accordian style.
Artifact
A large axe and a small knife a sheath with two holders. The axe has an ivory-coloured handle shaped like a dragon head with two tufts of black hair coming out of it. The knife has a dark wood handle. The smaller sheath is visible and is made from wood covered in red fabric and a strip of yellow and black beads. There is a burgundy tassel hanging off of the end from a piece of black string.
Headhunter's Axe
1923 to 1926
Latitude: 4° 23' 58.949" N
Longitude: 113° 59' 25.613" E
Asia
  • Headhunter's axe sheath consists of two holders.
  • Larger holder is made of wood and has four braided rattan-like sections around the holder at 1.5-inch intervals. A piece of animal hide is attached six inches from the top. 
Artifact
Two carved brown wooden vases. There are images carved into the vases of three bearded men standing near a roofed structure with a tree in the background. The relief images on the vases are mirror images of each other.
Wooden Vases
1913 to 1926
Latitude: 4° 23' 58.949" N
Longitude: 113° 59' 25.613" E
Asia
  • The relief images on the vases are mirror images of each other.
  • Depicts three bearded men, one of whom is standing beneath a roofed structure.
  • The scene is bordered at the top by a tree.
Artifact
Bottom view of a small letter seal with a wooden handle, showing the initials "W.G." The metal seal is in the shape of a circle.
Letter Seal
1877 to 1930
Latitude: 42° 52' 57.065" N
Longitude: 82° 8' 36.974" W
  • Small seal with wooden handle
  • Seal has initials W.G. for William Gillespie
Artifact
Front view of four brass finger bowls with flared sides and flat bottoms.
Finger Bowls
1910 to 1920
Latitude: 19° 4' 33.618" N
Longitude: 72° 52' 38.122" E
Asia
  • Set of four brass finger bowls 
  • Bowls have smooth bottoms and flared sides 
Artifact
Top view of William Gillespie's metal cigarette case carved with his initials and the year 1923.
Cigarette Case
1923
Latitude: 4° 23' 58.949" N
Longitude: 113° 59' 25.613" E
  • Silver cigarette case
  • Small design incised onto the top cover of the case, with the initials W.O.G. and the year 1923.
  • Bottom of the case is incised with a floral design. 
Artifact
Front side of the set of four silver finger bowls. The two on the left have octagonal sides and the two on the right have smooth sides. They are silver in colour and have detailed patterns inscribed on them.
Finger Bowls
1913
Latitude: 30° 3' 9.824" N
Longitude: 31° 13' 50.023" E
Africa
  • Set of four silver finger bowls 
  • Scroll deisgn on the sides and around the edges
  • Bowls a and b have octagonal sides and flat bottoms
  • Bowls c and d have smooth sides and indented bottoms
Story William O. Gillespie 1877 to 1975 Latitude: 4° 23' 58.949" N
Longitude: 113° 59' 25.613" E
Indonesia

In his twenty-four years working as an International Driller, William O. Gillespie (Bill to his friends) worked in six countries on four continents. Gillespie began his career in international drilling at the age of 20.
Artifact
Front side of a mottled-black creamware jug with waist. There are three sections to the jug and the top section has indented thumb-prints at the base.
Jug
1911
Latitude: 4° 34' 43.025" S
Longitude: 81° 16' 20.95" W
South America
  • Waisted creamware jug or vase, possibly made by stacking two seperate pieces.
  • Flared neck with thumb-print indentations at the base of the neck. 
Artifact
A sheathed dagger pointing right. The tip and hilt are gold and there is a strip of gold fabric along the blue velvet sheath. There is mother-of-pearl inlaid in the haft.
Drill-Bit Dagger
1925 to 1930
Latitude: 33° 15' 51.624" N
Longitude: 72° 27' 39.848" E
Asia
  • Dagger made from a drill bit
  • Dagger`s blade is incised with Darwin`s (Eric Hussey`s son) name as well as a floral pattern
  • Sheath is made of blue velvet which is worn through in places
  • Haft is inlaid with mother-of-pearl
Story Eric Hussey 1904 to 1964 Latitude: 33° 15' 51.624" N
Longitude: 72° 27' 39.848" E
India

Eric Hussey's father, William J., had a long history of working in the oil fields of Lambton County, having been employed at the age of 16 by J.H. Fairbanks for five years and then for J.L. Englehart for two years.

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