Item T0218:0001 - Harold Armes interview

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Harold Armes interview

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T0218:0001

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  • 5 Oct. 1976 (Creation)

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1 audio reel : 9.5 cm/sec, 2 track, mono ; 13 cm

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The item is an audio recording of an interview with Harold Armes re ranching and mining in the Cariboo Region, 1919-1950.
Track 1: Born in England in 1898. Immigrated to Canada with his family in 1905. First came to the Cariboo in 1919 to look for gold. Family ranched at Little Dog Creek during the 1920s. Hydraulic mine; in the Cariboo during the 1930s. Description of hydraulic mining operations and other placer mining in the Horsefly area. Worked on Little Dog Creek Ranch during WWII for Colonel Victor Spencer. The Place family of Dog Creek. Dog Creek Hotel described.
Track 2: Settlement of Dog Creek described. Cariboo rodeos described. Visits to Williams Lake. Early economic connections of the Cariboo Region. Gang Ranch briefly described. Armes managed Pavilion Ranch for five years after WWII. Colonel Victor Spencer described.

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A digital copy is available. Please contact staff for further information.
Reference cassette copy available.

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Copying Restriction: None.
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Copyright Status: Copyright British Columbia Archives.

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Accession number(s): T0218

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Previously described as AAAB0253.

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speaker: Harold Armes, interviewer: Derek Lawrence Reimer, interviewer: John Allan Roberts

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