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SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Alf Jensen RECORDED: [location unknown], [1979?] SUMMARY: [No content summary is available for this interview.];

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Andrew Robertson RECORDED: [location unknown], [1979?] SUMMARY: [No content summary is available for this interview.];

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Herbert and Peter Hillier RECORDED: [location unknown], [1979?] SUMMARY: [No content summary is available for this interview.];

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : William and Nina Sharp RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979 SUMMARY: In an interview with Bob Bossin, Bill and Nina Sharp discuss early memories of the Tofino-Clayoquot area. Mr. Sharp: Mr. Dolly's property; Fred Tibbs; Tibbs' death; relationship with Tibbs; Tibbs' played his cornet in a tree; Tibbs' eccentricities. Mrs. Sharp also comments on various topics.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Bjarne and Bonnie Arnet RECORDED: [location unknown], [1979?] SUMMARY: [No content summary is available for this interview.];

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): The search for Fred Tibbs PERIOD COVERED: 1970-1972 RECORDED: Sidney (B.C.), 1978 SUMMARY: Chris Doman of Sidney, B.C. interviewed by Bob Bossin, 1978, about Fred Tibbs, the Tibbs family, and Doman's search for Fred Tibbs. Mr. Doman discusses Fred Tibbs: he left England because of a bone disease on face; had musical evenings on the island of Cultus [? now Arnet Island]; many people say Cultus makes its inhabitants crazy; always a bit eccentric, as was his family back in England.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Clara, Roland and Walter Arnet RECORDED: [location unknown], [1979?] SUMMARY: [No content summary is available for this interview.];

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Constance Tibbs RECORDED: [location unknown], [1979?] SUMMARY: [No content summary is available for this interview.];

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Daphne Gibson RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979 SUMMARY: In an interview with Bob Bossin, Daphne Gibson discusses: background -- born in England, to India in 1914, back to England after the war, move to Tofino after seeing Canadian government advertisements; father was a judge in India, very well-educated, a dreamer at heart; no land left for pre-emption when they arrived in Canada; Daphne did not like Canada at first; father's oldest brother named the Guppy fish; collecting the cows every night; father lived alone on the island; father eventually returned to Trinidad; Fred Tibbs; brother collecting human bones and bringing them to a picnic; the Leach murder; Japanese community before the war.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Life on Tibbs Island, 1944-1950 PERIOD COVERED: 1944-1950 RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1978 SUMMARY: Mr. & Mrs. Robby McKeand of Nanaimo, B.C., interviewed by Bob Bossin, 1978. Subject of the interview: life on Tibbs Island [now Arnet Island]; the local Natives; the Japanese-Canadians in the Tofino area. Also, discussion of: rumours about a Japanese sub shelling a lighthouse in World War II; Japanese ambitions of running the world; anecdote about a Japanese fisherman.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Research on Fred Tibbs PERIOD COVERED: 1970-1972 RECORDED: Courtenay (B.C.), 1978 SUMMARY: Doris Farmer Tonkin of Courtenay, B.C., interviewed by Bob Bossin, 1978. Subject: her research on Fred Tibbs.;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Reminiscence of Tofino and area PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1978 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978 SUMMARY: Dorothy and Ted Abraham interviewed by Bob Bossin, 1978. Subjects include Tofino, Fred Tibbs, settling on Vargas Island, the British-Israel Association, the Leach murder trial.;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Edith Symons RECORDED: [location unknown], [1979?] SUMMARY: [No content summary is available for this interview.];

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Elizabeth Farmer RECORDED: [location unknown], [1979?] SUMMARY: [No content summary is available for this interview.];

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Evelyn Sullivan RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979 SUMMARY: In an interview with Bob Bossin, Evelyn Sullivan discusses early days in the Tofino-Clayoquot area. Mrs. Sullivan talks about: her grandmother being the first white woman in Tofino, 1881; her family went to Tofino to trade furs with the Natives; memories of her grandfather; warring Native tribes in the 1880s in Tofino; Native cemetery -- her grandfather burned it to keep his children from playing in it; grandfather "rescued sailors from being eaten by the Natives"; her father was apprenticed as a millwright; her parents married in 1904; relations between Norwegians and English in Tofino in early 20th century; she liked the Norwegians but found the Scots to be perpetual drunks; anecdote about Joe Bryce; Fred Tibbs -- odd but harmless; bad luck at Dream Island (Tibbs' Island); anecdote about desecrating an Indian grave; Dr. Dixson, his daughter Winnie; Brinkman, an artist, teaching her and her girlfriends the art of flirtation; smuggling of rum and opium; Chinese immigration to Canada; Tom Stone and his boat; Ahousat became dangerous; only beer parlour was at Clayoquot; anecdote about a chambermaid being forced into prostitution; comments about George Nicholson; the Leach murder; she believes the Japanese families in area were most likely spies; Japanese internment was for the best; anecdote about a wise Native man; Natives did not mix with the whites; Mr. Guthrie's life.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Flora Leavitt RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979 SUMMARY: In an interview with Bob Bossin, Flora Leavitt discusses stories about her Native relatives: Lucy Hubbis, Ha Hubbis, Clay Oxer; Lucy married Frederick Christian Thornburg [Mrs. Leavitt's grandfather] ;in 1885; Lucy's mother was Kwiaksa (?) -- her punishment for living with someone other than her husband; anecdote about eating lard when her father died.;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Life on the West Coast of Vancouver Island RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1978 SUMMARY: Major George Nicholson of Victoria, interviewed by Bob Bossin, 1978. Subjects: Nicholson's arrival on the West Coast of Vancouver Island; rum-running; Fred Tibbs and his island.;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : George Salier Willis Nicholson SUMMARY: George Salier Willis Nicholson on Terry Moore's open line radio show, CKWX, Vancouver. Discusses the Tofino-Clayoquot region in the early 20th century.;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Harold and Mary Kimoto RECORDED: [location unknown], [1979?] SUMMARY: [No content summary is available for this interview.];

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Hazel Donahue RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979 SUMMARY: In an interview with Bob Bossin, Hazel Donahue discusses: how good missionaries went wherever they were told; father was a Methodist missionary; before he was ordained, he was out at Clo-oose; tried to bring Christianity to Natives as a missionary; her mother taught the Native girls to sew and cook; mother learned about edible foods from the Natives; many chores as a child; some music in the home; learned much about survival as a youth; she learned a bit of Chinook as a child; Natives friendly; Chief Joseph and Queen Mary; going to potlatches as a child; influx of people in Tofino after 1912 because government advertised abundant land; Fred Tibbs -- odd, played cornet, own island, tragic drowning incident.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Hugh Clark RECORDED: [location unknown], [1979?] SUMMARY: [No content summary is available for this interview.];

CALL NUMBER: T3878:0054a SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Ian McLeod RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: In an interview with Bob Bossin, Ian McLeod discusses his background: uncle was on police force in Glasgow, came to Canada and joined provincial police, stationed in Tofino; father came out to Tofino in 1912; father fought in WW I, but came back to Tofino after; married in Scotland, brought wife and family over to Tofino a few years later; climate was nicer in 1920s and '30s than now; father became captain of the life boat units; description of his uncle Ewing's character and life; uncle's relations with Native people. Describes why liquor started to become a problem for Native people. Uncle Ewing was much more jolly than his father. Uncle Murdo was a fishing inspector in the area. Differences between fishing then and now. Used to be many Japanese fishermen in the Tofino area. Learned trolling from Japanese fishers. Intricacies of trolling. Ian had good relationship with Japanese. More on fishing etiquette. Signs used by fishermen. TRACK 2: Weather signals when fishing in the; pre-WW II years. Differences in fishing in the '30s and now. Japanese evacuation after Pearl Harbour. Post-war attempts to stop Japanese from returning to Tofino. Bill McKay -- local character who drank a lot. Bill Spittle -- eccentric man. Lord Willingdon anecdote. CALL NUMBER: T3878:0054b SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Ian McLeod RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: In an interview with Bob Bossin, Ian McLeod discusses: his religious father; family worship on Sundays as a child; father only drank once a year (or so); Scottish women could not make cakes as well as the Norwegian women; his uncle won property on Clarket Island through a bet with Mr. Dolly; May 24th parties at Clarket Island -- sports, singing, Native and white people participated; the Leach murder. Describes his job in WW II with the navy where he had to go into the homes of Japanese families that had been evacuated and look for suspicious items. Anecdote about killing a cougar in the water in 1952. [TRACK 2: blank?]

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Arlene Craig, Marguerite Robertson and Vera Wingen RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979 SUMMARY: In an interview with Bob Bossin, Arlene Craig, Marguerite Robertson, and Vera Wingen discuss their memories of the Tofino-Clayoquot area in the early twentieth century. Among other things, Vera Wingen describes: Dr. Dixson's medical techniques, his willingness to help. Marguerite Robertson recounts: first experiences in medical procedures -- ruptured appendix of Norman Allen, gangrenous appendix of Felix Tom; anecdote about Premier Pattullo's visit prior to an election; Brinkman, local watchman; Japanese community, Native community; flying trapeze anecdote.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Jack Dale RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979 SUMMARY: In an interview with Bob Bossin, Jack Dale discusses: why people came out from England to Vancouver Island in the early twentieth century (because the CPR was promoting land speculation); Vargas Island was advertised, and 14 families went there; CPR was owned by men who used to be involved in railroading in Great Britain; in Canada, people got land from the government, but CPR was very involved in the process; the steamship "Maquinna"; CPR a very capitalist organization; government repossession of settlers' land if taxes were not paid; story about Fred Tibbs; working class nature of many settlers on Vancouver Island's west coast.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : John L. Gibson RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979-10-04 SUMMARY: In an interview with Bob Bossin, John L. Gibson discusses: his family background -- father came out of the Yukon in 1906 to cruise timber, father born in 1872 in Ontario, participated in gold rush, mother also from Ontario, married father in 1901-2 (?); John born in 1905; first memory is of the Clayoquot Hotel in 1910; marijuana discovery anecdote; Walter Dolly; father lived in Ahousat Village, mother and kids lived in Vancouver; father bought an old sawmill after WW I; no money until after his father's brother died; got into the fishing business; relations with the Japanese community; opinions on Japanese military strategy in World War II; difficulty with Japanese returning to the west coast after the war; wishes he had become more tolerant sooner, but does not regret his attitude.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : John Madokora RECORDED: [location unknown], [1979?] SUMMARY: [No content summary is available for this interview.];

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayquot : Joseph McLeod RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979 SUMMARY: In an interview with Bob Bossin, Joseph McLeod discusses: his grandfather, who came to Tofino and bought a boat, his relations with the Natives, his many government jobs in Tofino; Chief Joseph and Mr. Dolly story; Native people won many of the games played on Mr. Dolly's island; Japanese were main salmon fishermen when he was young; Japanese evacuation from Tofino; music when he was a youth; anecdote about Dr. Dixson; Tom Wayne memory; Castle Island [i.e., Arnet Island] is haunted; Native skeletons.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Karl Peter Arnet RECORDED: [location unknown], [1979?] SUMMARY: [No content summary is available for this interview.];

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino, B.C., 1900-1925 PERIOD COVERED: 1900-1925 RECORDED: Tofino (B.C.), 1978-08-23 SUMMARY: Karl Arnet interviewed in Tofino by Bob Bossin, 1978. Subjects include: Tofino, 1900-1925; Fred Tibbs. Mr. Arnet also discusses: seeing a Japanese sealing schooner at government dock when he was 7 years old; Scandinavian father spoke Chinook, worked salting salmon; father-in-law had a chicken farm; Japanese new year; Scots and Norwegians did not really mix in the early days; describes a framework built by Tibbs outside a ladder up a huge spruce tree; Tibbs was a hermit of sorts; Tibbs was great swimmer, but he died swimming. (Also comments by Mrs. Mabel Arnet)