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Allan Robertson interview
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1965 & 1968 (Creation)
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6 audio reels : 19 cm/sec, mono ; 18 cm
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CALL NUMBER: T0963:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-08-05 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Allan Robertson describes his family history leading up to their arrival on Cortes Island between 1889 and 1905. He describes his education with John Manson's family; how eggs were the ;main industry; the first settlers of Cortes from 1870 to 1890; Whaletown; Mansons Landing; the growth of Cortes, including the fluctuations and flow of settlers from 1908 to 1920; the climate on the island; more on the development of Cortes; a description of John and Mike Manson; and Allan describes his early life, supporting his family and beginning to log. TRACK 2: Mr. Robertson describes his ;mother as a midwife; and the hospitals of Powell River and Vancouver and Campbell River. He then describes the conditions; clothes; steamship travel; and drinking in logging camps. He then discusses; the Columbia Coast Mission and ministers Alan Greene and John Antle.
CALL NUMBER: T0963:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1968 [summer] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Robertson talks about logging: horse logging; skid roads; steam donkey logging between 1905 and 1910; judging and preparing logs for riding skid roads; getting logs into the water; Gilchrist Jack; hand logging; the employment of oxen and horses; more on steam donkeys; log booms; the use of tow boats; the type of person a logger back then was; cork boots and typical logging clothes. ;TRACK 2: Mr. Robertson continues with more on logging: food in the logging camps; the Union Steamships; logging jargon; origin of "haywire"; different axes; more logging terms; his first job at a log;ging camp in 1911; his early years on Cortes Island and his introduction to logging; the authority of a camp foreman; wages; risks taken and compared to present; and an anecdote about drinking.
CALL NUMBER: T0963:0003 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1968 [summer] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Robertson discusses growing up on Cortes Island; beginning his career as a logger at the age of thirteen; his experience enlisting in WWI; and his various occupations between the World Wars, including his work for the Crown Zellerbach Company. Mr. Robertson then recalls the history of the pulp and paper industry through the history of the Crown Zellerbach, including the reason for t;he odor produced by pulp mills; and he describes the process of paper making. TRACK 2: Mr. Robertson continues with more on the paper making process: the effects of waste on the environment; and reforestation. Then Mr. Robertson discusses commercial and sport salmon fishing; the origins of the name Cortes Island; more on growing up there including a description of the area; canneries on Blind Channel; his own education; and a comparison between kids yesterday and today.
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Imbert Orchard, 1974-1975
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- Partial transcript on file; T0963:0002 & 0003 only.
- T0963:0001: Preservation compact disc made from original audio reels, 2002-08-25.
- T0963:0002 - 0003: 2 preservation compact discs made from original [or master?] audio reels, 2002-07-03?.
- T0963:0002 - 0003: Full-track preservation masters, ca. 1978, on 4 audio reels
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- Copying Restriction: Clients requesting research/private copies must fill out CBC form.
- Use Restriction: Not for broadcast or commercial use without written permission of the CBC.
- Copyright Status: Copyright Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
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Accession number(s): T0963
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Previously described as AAAB1059
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Originals of T0963:0002 - 0003 are indicated as missing.
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Orchard ; LC-22/1-2 [& 3-6]
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speaker: Allan D. Robertson, interviewer: Imbert Orchard, sound recording: Ian Stephen
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T0963:0001: 2 audio reels (01:00:00) : 19 cm/sec, mono ; 18 cm
T0963:0002 - 0003: 4 audio reels : 19 cm/sec, mono ; 18 cm
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- Canneries--British Columbia
- Coastwise shipping--British Columbia
- Forest products industry--British Columbia
- Frontier and pioneer life--British Columbia
- Hospitals--British Columbia
- Loggers
- Logging--British Columbia--Pacific Coast
- Paper mills--British Columbia
- Towboats--British Columbia
- Animals in logging
- Lumber camps--British Columbia
- Logging--Machinery
- Agriculture--British Columbia
- Salmon fisheries--British Columbia
- Fisheries--British Columbia
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- Columbia Coast Mission (Subject)
- Crown Zellerbach Canada Limited (Subject)
- Union Steamship Company of British Columbia (Subject)