SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Stage drivng in the Cariboo RECORDED: [location unknown], 1967 SUMMARY: An oral history interview with Albert Power, who was "born and raised" a cowboy, and drove a stage in the Cariboo. He talks about a trip from Ashcroft to Quesnel ca. 1913, and cattle drives from the Gang Ranch to Fort Fraser.
Andy Christensen interview : [n.d.]
SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Homesteading near Quesnel RECORDED: [location unknown], 1967 SUMMARY: An oral history interview with Bertha Tingley, who homesteaded with her husband on the present site of Quesnel. She talks about clearing land, building a shack, and the hardships involved.;
SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Life as a Cariboo cowboy and stage driver RECORDED: [location unknown], 1967 SUMMARY: Bob French arrived in the Cariboo in 1892 at the age of 13. Driving a stage coach; robbers on the road from Barkerville. Life as a cowboy. Head cowboy on the Gang ranch. Cattle drives to Ashcroft. Crossing rivers. The first automobiles in the area.
C.D. Stevenson : speech on Alfred Waddington
RECORDED: [location unknown], 1967 SUMMARY: A speech by C.D. Stevenson about the life and achievements of Alfred Waddington.;
RECORDED: [location unknown], [197-?] SUMMARY: An oral history interview with Charlie Midnight, who worked for 52 years on the PGE as an engine driver. He talks about having Princess Margaret as a passenger in 1958 (including RCMP security), steam engines, snowslides, derailments, Prince George arrival, parties and whisky.
CKCQ/Dr. John Roberts oral history collection
The collection mainly consists of oral history interviews with Cariboo district residents, mainly recorded by Dr. John Roberts and Reg Beck. It also includes some radio coverage of special events in the area. Some of this material was recorded for (or broadcast by) CKCQ Quesnel or its sister station, CKWL Williams Lake.
CKCQ (Radio station : Quesnel, B.C.)
RECORDED: [location unknown], [197-?] SUMMARY: An oral history interview with Cliff Eagle of 150 Mile House, grandson of Eagle of Onward Ranch. He has lived at Timothy Lake and Lac la Hache.;
Dick Church, Bill Bliss, and Tommy Lee : interviews
RECORDED: [location unknown], 1967 SUMMARY: Oral history interviews with Dick Church, who came to ranch at Big Creek in 1901 with his father and family; Bill Bliss, who describes his father's ranch at Redstone; and Tommy Lee, who was a storekeeper at Alexis Creek.
Dick Roddis interview : [Beck, 1973?]
RECORDED: [location unknown], [1973?] SUMMARY: Second of two oral history interviews with John James ("Dick") Roddis. He immigrated to Canada in 1912 and arrived in the Cariboo in 1914. He talks about his travels, ranches, ferries, prospectors, Fraser River tug boat and the BX stage coaches.
Dick Roddis interview : [Roberts, 1967]
RECORDED: [location unknown], 1967 SUMMARY: First of two oral history interviews with John James ("Dick") Roddis. He immigrated to from England to Canada in 1912 (aged 22). On 14-Feb-1914, he left Vancouver with two horse-drawn sleighs en route to the Cariboo, travelling through 141 Mile House, Soda Creek and Quesnel. He talks about his travels, local ranches and prospectors, ferries and boats on the Fraser River, and the BX stage.
RECORDED: [location unknown], [197-?] SUMMARY: An autobiography of Donald McAllister. He and his family arrived in the Cariboo in 1911. He talks about their journey from Ashcroft to their homestea with the household effects and livestock; other settlers; living conditions; freight wagons; the BX stage; and being the postmaster for the McAllister (?) district.
SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Chilcotin ranching in the 1930s RECORDED: [location unknown], 1967 SUMMARY: An oral history interview with Dude Lavington. He talks about starting a cattle ranch 60 miles west of Quesnel in 1931; cutting roads; hunting; and the origin of his name "Dude".
George Vancouver Copley interview : [Roberts, 1975]
SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Experiences of a B.C. land surveyor PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1940 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Anecdotes about surveying parties with Frank Swannell in the northern interior of British Columbia. Wilderness living and survival techniques. [TRACK 2: blank.];