RECORDED: [location unknown], [196-]-02-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Leopold Vivian recalls arriving in Victoria from Cornwall in 1896; working at various jobs on ships such as on the "Tartar", which went to Alaska during the Klondike days in 1896; how in 1898 he was involved in the Spanish-American War; then the South African War from 1899 to 1905; his wife and marriage; more on working on ships to Alaska and the South African War; working in the Metchosin Gravel Works; and running lake boats in the Kootenays from Nelson to Kaslo. [TRACK 2: blank.]

The file consists of letters written by Thomas Scattergood to his son Alfred in Philadelphia, written from Glacier and Field August 5-21, 1900. Scattergood describes the family's journey from Alaska to Victoria by steamer, and from Victoria to Glacier by Canadian Pacific steamer and rail, and their activities while staying at Glacier House and Mount Stephen House.

The file consists of two letter written to George W. England Lumpliegh. One from Peter Nicholas (1885) describing the settlement of Alberni, B.C. and the other from H.E. Morgan (1886) describing mineral resources around Sitka and Juneau, Alaska.

The series consists of photographs related to Joe and Lil Jackson's activities as lodge operators (the Lil-Joe Lodge) in the Coquihalla district, near Brookmere, B.C. in the 1940s and 1950s. These photographs include family portraits, interiors and exteriors of the lodge, and activities including fishing, hunting, boating, and horseback riding. Four prints are stamped by the Penticton Court Clerk as exhibits, with file and exhibit numbers, dated 1961. The series also consists of photographs and newspaper clippings related to Joe Jackson's activities as a prospector and miner in the 1930s, possibly in Alaska, or the Cassiar region of B.C. These newspaper articles, from Stewart, B.C. and Alaska, are dated 1932, and include transcripts of radio talks by Jackson concerning Alaska history and prospecting and mining in Alaska.These articles also give biographical information about Jackson.

The file consists of manuscripts relating to the purchase of Alaska by the U.S.A, compiled by David Hunter Miller. These documents address the original concepts, negotiations and ratification of the treaty together with post transfer problems, negotiations, and delay in payment. Indexed.

The fonds consists of correspondence and diaries of Marshall Bond. It also includes copies of Bond's photographs.

RECORDED: [location unknown], [ca. 1967] SUMMARY: Former sealers Max Lohbrunner and James Goudie recall their experiences in British Columbia's sealing industry. [No detailed content documentation available.];

CALL NUMBER: T1650:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Reminiscences of B.C. sealing industry RECORDED: [location unknown], [1962?] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Max Lohbrunner describes how sealing began in Victoria in 1869, how he fished out of Victoria when he was a small child, hunting seals in 1903 on a vessel called "Enterprise", sealing experiences aboard the "Diana", a description of a White Schooner and an Indian Schooner, a very detailed description of a sealing boat at that time, what life is like aboard a sealing boat, what happens when you see a seal, using smokeless powder, and what to do after a seal has been shot. TRACK 2: Max Lohbrunner describes more experiences about life aboard a sealing ship, signals between sealers, sealing techniques, keeping a boat steady in rough waters, using compasses, and a story about getting back to a schooner in the fog.

CALL NUMBER: T1650:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Reminiscences of B.C. sealing industry RECORDED: [location unknown], [1962?] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Max Lohbrunner offers anecdotes about boats and people who got lost at sea around 1906 including George Peddie from Newfoundland whom they actually found and Alec MacKenzie whom they buried, more on life aboard sealing ships, the history of sealing on the coast from the first ship in the 1869 built in Sooke by Charles Spring, all the places that he sealed, schooners anchored in Victoria, and an anecdote about being bitten by a seal. TRACK 2: Max Lohbrunner continues by offering an anecdote about an experience when his boat was attacked by a killer whale, details on killer whales, and more anecdotes about experiences on whaling ships.

CALL NUMBER: T1650:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Reminiscences of B.C. sealing industry RECORDED: [location unknown], [1962?] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Max Lohbrunner continues with experiences aboard ships including how he heard about the San Francisco earthquake, anecdotes about a man named Alex McLean, and sealing in the Bering Sea. TRACK 2: Max Lohbrunner continues with more anecdotes about life aboard sealing ships, when Alex McLean died and more details on him, pay for skins, his last adventures aboard sealing ships, what life was like in Victoria at that time, where he was born and how he came to move to Victoria including details about his family, and the history of the yacht "Vera" which was used as an opium smuggling ship before being used as a sealing ship up until 1911.

CALL NUMBER: T1650:0004 track 1 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Reminiscences of B.C. sealing industry RECORDED: [location unknown], [1962?] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Lohbrunner offers anecdotes about interactions and competition with Japanese schooners in the Bering Sea around 1907, more anecdotes about sealing around the Alaskan coast, different islands and area where he trapped, what happened when the sealing industry closed in Victoria, more on competition with the Japanese, and the market for seal skins today. [End of the Imbert Orchard interview.]

CALL NUMBER: T1650:0004 track 2 RECORDED: [location unknown], [196-?] SUMMARY: TRACK 2: [NOTE: This is NOT part of the Imbert Orchard interview with Max Lohbrunner. It is a separate recording, made on another occasion, by two unidentified interviewers -- a man and a woman. It may be the soundtrack from a film interview, possibly shot for CBC television.] Max Lohbrunner describes how he came to Victoria from New York in 1887 with his father who was a carpenter; the 122 sealing schooners that used to be docked in Victoria; an experience sailing to Cape Horn in 1903 to go sealing; the specific wharfs in Victoria that were built by sealers and anecdotes about what life was like when the industry was thriving; why he is allowed to live at the wharf when no one else is what happened to his life after the sealing industry closed; the otter he has as a pet; and various anecdotes about his life and sealing.

Autobiographical note, letters inward from T.C. Elliott, 1938, 1941, two to Provincial Librarian, 1911 and 1912; memorandum and text of speech on La Perouse; journal of trip from Winnipeg to McDame Post, 1890; back of volume contains information re H.B.C. deed poll, including calculation of value of shares up to year 1872; MS. on winter travel with pen and ink sketch; "Not Forgotten (non oblitus)" [reminiscences of H.B.C.]; correspondence with Buckingham Palace, 1940; letter to A.S. Morton re "Not Forgotten".