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Topographic map with recreation information added.

The item is a copy of a graduating essay by David R.B. Dendy titled "One huge orchard: Okanagan land and development companies before the Great War." University of Victoria, Department of History.

The item is a typescript copy of an address by John Lindsay Webster, titled "Local Conditions of Fruit Growing in Okanagan." It was given before a meeting of the Farmers' Institute in 1901. For printed version see Third Annual Report of the Farmers' Institutes, 1900-1901, "Sessional Papers", pp. 1466-68.

SUMMARY: Radio program with Bill Herbert and John Sherman (?), announcers, with Syd Hubble ?), chief dispatcher for British Columbia Tree Fruits Organization; part of farm radio broadcast from CKOV by Harry Mitchell (?), announcer; A.K. Lloyd (?), President and General Manager of British Columbia Tree Fruits Organization, including sounds from machines producing apple juice; Paul Wallbruchk (?), General Manager of British Columbia Food Processors Plant; George D. Fitzgerald (?), fruit farmer, about: British Columbia, Okanagan Valley, fruit farming, cooperatives, marketing, fruit products, irrigation.

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by David R.B. Dendy titled "A cent a pound or on the ground: Okanagan fruit growers and marketing, 1920-1935." v, 119 leaves. Thesis (M.A.), University of British Columbia, 1981. Vita. Bibliography: leaves 112-117. Canadian theses on microfiche, 56798.

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Duane Thomson titled "A history of the Okanagan Indians and whites in the settlement era, 1860-1920." vi, 413 p: ill., maps, tables. Thesis (Ph.D.), University of British Columbia, 1985. Vita. Bibliography: pages 398-413.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-05-16 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. J.W. Inglis, born 1897, talks about life in the Lumby area, 1892 to 1914. He describes his father's background; coming to the Okanagan Valley, including the trail they took and their first impressions; Creighton Valley; impressions of the Lumby area after 1897; the people in Lumby; the French Canadian settlers; other people in the area; logging; the Richland Land Boom from 1910 to 1912; Cherry Creek gold rush and the development of Lumby. TRACK 2: Mr. Inglis continues with more on mining; the Monashee Pass area around 1900; people; school days; growing up in Lumby; his father's dairy farm; social life; the effects of World War I; Indians; encounters with various animals; the Lumby Hotel; a bank robbery in 1913; blacksmiths; hockey in Lumby, including the "Flying Frenchmen"; and French songs.

The item is a typescript copy of a thesis by Margaret Ormsby titled "A study of the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia." iii, 190 p: maps, tables. Thesis (M.A.), University of British Columbia, 1931. Bibliography: p 180-190.

[Map exhibits of the Royal Commission on Electoral Reform]. An exhibit of the Vernon hearing of the Commission.

Shows land near Ellison Lake, B.C.

Shows roads and district lot boundaries at Fintry and along Shorts Creek.

Plan shows property on east side of Wood Lake.

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Joy Annamma titled "Accommodation and cultural persistence: the case of Sikhs and the Portuguese in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia." xv, 373 p: figs., maps, tables. Thesis (Ph.D.), University of British Columbia, 1982. Vita. Bibliography: p 345-359. Canadian theses on microfiche, 62965.

The item is a copy of a thesis by Katsumi Imayoshi titled "The History of Okanagan Baptist College, 1907-1915." 1953. v, 62 p. Thesis (B.D.), McMaster University, 1953. Bibliography: p 60-62.

The item is a copy of a thesis on microfiche by Michael John Fumalle titled "Public policy and the preservation of agricultural land in the southern Okanagan valley, British Columbia." 1975. xvi, 284 leaves: figs., illus., maps, tables. Thesis (M.A.), University of Victoria, 1975. Vita. Bibliography: leaves 226-245. Canadian theses on microfiche, 29005.

The item is a 38 page autobiography by Arthur G. Builder titled "Born 1902 - like Johnny Walker, still going strong". Mr. Builder emigrated from England to Canada in 1923, worked at various jobs in the Kootenays, Vancouver and Port Coquitlam and the Okanagan, and in Nova Scotia. He served in the Canadian army in England during World War II and spent much of his time in England until 1973 when he returned first to the Okanagan and then to Victoria.