CALL NUMBER: T1227:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Mrs. Robert Tomlinson, Jr. : Christian missionary work in the Skeena Region : part 1 PERIOD COVERED: 1868-1938 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-10-25 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Robert Tomlinson Jr. (nee Lydia Roxy Irene Drysdale) begins this interview speaking about recording her husband's stories during the 1950s; he was 89 when he died in 1959. She recalls her missionary work with the Salvation Army in Glen Vowell (1919). Her husband (Robert Tomlinson Jr.) was the Methodist minister at Kispiox. Other denominations along the Skeena. Stories about father-in;-law Robert Tomlinson Sr. and mother-in-law Alice Tomlinson (nee Woods), the mission at Kincolith, the move to the mission at Kispiox, family diaries and written accounts, church disputes and the family's break with the church, coming to Metlakatla, B.C., the in-laws' wedding (1868) and the origin of Garbally Road, Victoria. TRACK 2: Mrs. Tomlinson continues with the story of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tomlinson Sr.'s wedding trip to the Metlakatla mission, Bishop Cridge, an incident regarding the burial of a white boy, alterations to canoes, living at Kincolith, grandmother's background and family, stories about Robert Tomlinson Sr., acceptance into Indian clans, Rev. Pierce, missionaries and medical staff, medical incidents and the local Indians, relations between Kispiox and Glen Vowell, the scarlet fever epidemic and the origin of "Kispiox Day".

CALL NUMBER: T1227:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Mrs. Robert Tomlinson : Christian missionary work in the Skeena Region : part 2 PERIOD COVERED: 1868-1938 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-10-25 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Tomlinson continues speaking about "Kispiox Day" celebrations, Christmas celebrations and more on the scarlet fever epidemic. She recalls Richard Tomlinson and events at Minskinisht, Robert Sr. and Robert Jr. going to Metlakatla, Alaska (1908), Robert Jr.'s return trip to Metlakatla, Alaska (1932), the move of the Metlakatla mission to Alaska, the stories of Connie (Constance) Cox, Father Morice, the Minskinisht mission, a story about a donation to the mission, the Tomlinson family's mission history, Kitwanga and the measles (1887), Kitwancool Jim, the origins of the community of; Minskinisht, Indian legends about the flood and origin of the clans, native languages, missionaries and the use of language in instruction, and Rev. MacCullough.