British Columbia--Description and travel--1871-1918

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British Columbia : of their doings their by one of them

The item is a large, illustrated volume titled "British Columbia: of their doings there by one of them" by Frederick D. Williams. The volume contains a manuscript account of a journey from London, England to Vancouver B.C. and back between August 28 and October 6, 1897. Williams landed in New York and travelled by train through Chicago and Spokane to Nelson where he and his party took the Kootenay Lake steamer to Kaslo and the train to Sandon and then on up to Nakusp and Revelstoke, Kamloops and Vancouver.

The volume has been illustrated by glued in photographs, magazine prints, maps, menus, passenger lists and programs.

Diary

Diary of travels on Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands, British Columbia, mainland and the U.S. of A.C. Harris (a student visiting B.C. from England) and his brother, Joseph Colebrook Harris, a farmer on Vancouver Island.

From the mountains to the sea : [radio series, 1967]

The sub-series consists of all 13 episodes of "From the Mountains to the Sea", a series of hour-long radio programs about the history and people of British Columbia's regions, based on oral history interviews recorded by Robert (later Imbert) Orchard. The series was produced in 1967 to mark Canada's Centennial year, and mainly focuses on the period 1885-1914. The series was written and produced by Robert Orchard, with original music composed by Elliot Weisgarber.

James McKinlay Correspondence and Diary

File consists of correspondence regarding McKinlay family finances and a diary written by James McKinlay titled "Diary of the Great Fish River Exploring Party."

The diary is written by a different James McKinlay than the eldest son of Archibald McKinlay, and documents a journey from Fort Resolution through the Northwest Territories with Warburton Pike. This James McKinlay was a clerk with the Hudson's Bay Company at Fort St. John, Fort Resolution, and Fort Smith.

Oral history interviews, field sounds, and music

The series consists of oral history interviews focusing on the European settlement and development of British Columbia, mainly covering the period 1880-1914, recorded all over the province by broadcaster Imbert Orchard. The series also includes field recordings of natural and man-made sounds, as well as some example of indigenous and folk music.

People in landscape : series 2 : [Journeys / Bella Coola / Queen Charlotte Islands]

The sub-series consists of episodes from the second series of "People in Landscape", a radio program about people and places in British Columbia history that aired from 1968 to 1972. It was based on oral history interviews by Imbert Orchard, who also wrote, produced and narrated the programs. The second series (1969-1970) included programs about various journeys around B.C. (broadcast October 3 to November 21, 1969); the history of, and present-day life in, the Bella Coola Valley (December 5, 1969 to January 9, 1970); and the Queen Charlotte Islands (January 16 to April 3, 1970).

People in landscape : [special programs]

The sub-series consists of special programs from the four series of "People in Landscape", a radio program about people and places in British Columbia history that aired from 1968 to 1972. It was based on oral history interviews by Imbert Orchard, who also wrote, produced and narrated the programs. These special episodes, produced to mark Christmas, Remembrance Day, or other occasions, were not part of the historical narrative of that season's sub-series.

Two Peace River trips

The file contains photocopied information about two Peace River trips, one from 1911 by John W. Mercer and the second in August-September 1987 by Mercer's daughter "Bobs" Kirkham (Alice Katharine Mercer), granddaughter Tinkey Turner and Mathlene Leiding. J.W. Mercer traveled from Vancouver to Edmonton via Pine Pass and the Athabasca River locating coal and gas claims in 1911. In 1987 his daughter's party travelled from Norwick, Vermont to B.C. to retrace his route.