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Cumberland Museum oral history collection
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- sound recording
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1974-1985 (Creation)
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- Cumberland Museum
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Physical description
23 audio reels and 3 cassette tapes
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Administrative history
The Cumberland Museum opened in its present location in 1981. Its purpose is to acquire and preserve artifacts, archives and reference material pertaining to Cumberland and surrounding areas.
Custodial history
Scope and content
The collection consists of oral history interviews with Cumberland residents pertaining to coal mining and community life in Cumberland and area.
The collection contains two sets of audio recordings. The first set, T4260:0001-0023, are audio reel recordings entitled "Cumberland History Project" and are a collection of oral history interviews recorded by students of Cumberland Intermediate School in 1974 and 1975. The focus of the interviews is early Cumberland and the local coal mining industry. The second set, T4260:0024-0026 are three cassette tapes recorded from 1979 to 1985 by Cumberland Museum curator, Dale Reeves, and researchers Sandra Clarke and Dale Lovick. These tapes are also oral history interviews about the Cumberland area and the coal mining industry.
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Original recordings donated to the Provincial Archives in 1986, from the Cumberland Museum.
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Availability of other formats
Reference cassette copies available.
Restrictions on access
Original recordings are in cold storage and are inaccessible.
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Copyright held by Cumberland Museum, BC Archives cannot make copies.
Users must credit Cumberland Museum when citing or quoting interviews.
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Associated materials
For related records see
PR-1789: Coal Tyee history project collection
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General note
Accession number(s): T4260