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William Oliver interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-02-05 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Oliver recounts the pre-emption by his father [the Honourable John Oliver] in 1884 in Delta; his family history; the family farm; dyking projects on the farm; family houses; flooding; his father's early appointments; his father's provincial politics from 1900 to 1927; early life in Delta; farming in the area; railways; farm produce; mixed farming; weather; flooding; oyster farming; hi;s father's character; the family's sawmill in 1899. [TRACK 2: blank.]