- AAAA0896
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- 1958
Newsreel footage. Depicts hydraulic mining operation at "Lowhee Pit" site near Wells, BC. A shorter version of this film forms part of the NFB film JOBS THAT ARE DIFFERENT.
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Newsreel footage. Depicts hydraulic mining operation at "Lowhee Pit" site near Wells, BC. A shorter version of this film forms part of the NFB film JOBS THAT ARE DIFFERENT.
Robert Bonner : speech to Williams Lake Historical Society
RECORDED: Williams Lake (B.C.), [197-?] SUMMARY: [No documentation is available for this tape.];
A view from the inside : [3 parts]
SUMMARY: Three parts of a radio program entitled "A View from the Inside", by Robert Cummings of Prince George radio station CJCI. The three parts focus on the history of Prince George and Barkerville.;
Christian Alexander Helgesen interview
CALL NUMBER: T2602:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Metchosin memories : the Helgesen family PERIOD COVERED: 1861-1910 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1967 SUMMARY: Christian Helgesen tells the story of his father, Hans Helgesen, who settled in Metchosin, B.C., in 1861.;
CALL NUMBER: T2602:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Miracle of the sea : a sealing tale PERIOD COVERED: 1890-1900 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1967 SUMMARY: Christian Helgesen tells the story of Hans Helgesen's adventures on a sealing schooner that overturned in a storm.;
Wages, March to May, 1865; store account book [1874?]-1879
Stanley, B.C.; Store
Barlow's Fast Freight Stage Line
Unused way bill.
Barlow's Fast Freight Stage Line
Daybook of unidentified blacksmith at Quesnel, 1871-1882; papers relating to E.T. Dodge, including power of attorney, 1867 and a number of promissory notes; papers re post office at Hanceville, 1902-1904; cartoon of a politician courting Chinese and Indian voters.
Quesnel, B.C.; Blacksmith
The item is a testimonial presented to James Wattie of Camerontown, a miner and woolen mill owner, on his leaving the Cariboo to return to Canada.
The item is an assessment notice for income tax, for George Cowan, Barkerville M.L.A. and Registrar of the County Court.
The item is a Free Miner certificate from 1876, made out to William Lyons, a Barkerville miner.
The item consists of a photocopy of an account book, kept by William Lyne, a blacksmith at Williams Lake, between 1886 and 1896.
Lyne, William
Reminiscences / Ernest Hubert Allcock, Ernest Hubert
The item is a photocopy of the reminiscences of Ernest Hubert Allcock. Allcock emigrated from England to Alberta in 1909 and worked on farms and on the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. In 1914 he homesteaded near White's Landing, north of Quesnel. He was highway foreman in Quesnel, and from 1941 to 1952 in Lillooet.
Reminiscences of Martha Washington (O'Neill) Boss
The file consists of reminiscences entitled "A Tale of Northern B.C. from Cariboo to Cassiar" by Martha Boss, a telegrapher at Trail
Letter from Thomas Robert Mitchell to his parents
The consists of a letter written by Thomas Robert Mitchell to his parents in 1862, outlining journey to and from the Cariboo gold fields. File includes a typescript copy which was made in 1993 by R.C. Harris. Also a map has been added.
Recollections of life in the Cariboo district / John R. Tait
The file contains copies of John Tait's recollections of life in the Cariboo district in chapter form, some of them published as newspaper articles.
The file contains a copy of reminiscences by Annie Elizabeth Greenfield, of a motor trip made in the summer of 1927 from Vancouver to Hazelton via the Fraser Canyon and Cariboo Highway, and of the return journey made via Kamloops, the Okanagan, and Washington state.
The item consists of a typescript copy of an essay by Angus Gordon Ryder titled "Recollections of Four Years at the Fifty Nine Mile House, Cariboo Road, 1910 to 1914".
Cariboo Amateur Dramatic Association. Barkerville.
Acting side for the part of Captain Oakley in the play "The Vermont Wool Dealer" performed by the Cariboo Amateur Dramatic Association in the Theatre Royal, Barkerville, March 27, 1869 and March 12, 1870.
Transferred from Barkerville Historic Park, 1976.
Cariboo Amateur Dramatic Association
Prentice, James Douglas, 1861-1911. Gang Ranch; Manager, Western Canadian Ranching Company
Letter from Theodore Davie, May 24, 1894, replying to a letter from Prentice stating that Davie had threatened to withhold money set aside in the estimates to reimburse the Western Canadian Ranching Company for road building if Prentice ran as an opposition candidate. Davie denies the accusation but expresses surprise that Prentice should ally himself with a group tending towards "Socialism and communism", and points out that the money had been granted because the government thought of Prentice as a deserving friend.
Presented by Alison Prentice, Toronto, per the editors, BC Historical News, 1980.
Prentice, James Douglas, 1861-1911
Bapty, Walter, 1884-1973. Victoria; Soldier and Physician.
"Memoirs." Recollections of author's boyhood in London, Ontario, studies at Ontario Agricultural College, and medical training at the University of Western Ontario, reminiscences of his career as medical practitioner in Alberta (1906) and Victoria (1907-1940). MS includes detailed account of author's military career - notably his service in South Africa (1899-1900) with Canadian Artillery and the Canadian Scouts; in Victoria (1907-1914) with 88th Fusiliers and Victoria Independent Squadron of Horse; and in Europe (1915-1918) with 2nd Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles, and 102nd Battalion (North British Columbians). Additional reminiscences of author's inter-war service with 16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish Regiment), and of his postings with 2nd Battalion (Canadian Scottish) [1940-1942] and Canadian Army Medical Corps. [Folders 1-3]. Bapty's first-hand account of battles of Vimy Ridge and Passchendaele, regimental diary of 2nd Battalion, Canadian Scottish (1936-1942), pamphlet on regimental colours of 30th Regiment (BC Horse), correspondence dealing with soldiers' morale, and memoranda (1942) pertaining to British Columbia coastal defence included in collection [microfilm]. Unit also contains accounts of holiday expeditions to Barkerville (1927) and Forbidden Plateau (1936), plus eulogies and newspaper clippings concerning Bapty's career [Folders 4-7]. For photograph of author in South African War see Visual Records (Accession No. 95251).
"Memoirs" presented by Mrs. David Williams (daughter), M.D., Duncan, 1981.
Bapty, Walter
Skylark Placer Mining Co. Barkerville.
Memorandum of association and minutes of meeting of 5 September 1897.
Copied from original borrowed from Barkerville Historic Park, 1981.
Skylark Placer Mining Co (Barkerville, B.C.)
The item consists of a microfilm copy of a day book, kept by John Lyne, a blacksmith at 150 Mile House, Clinton, and Quesnel, between 1906 and 1914.
The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Margaret Mary Whitehead titled "Missionaries and Indians in Cariboo: a history of St. Joseph's Mission, Williams Lake, British Columbia." viii, leaves: illus., map. Thesis (M.A.), University of Victoria, 1979. Bibliography: leaves 184-189. Vita. Canadian theses, 44541.
Gold mining and its effects on landscapes of the Cariboo / Robert Michael Galois
The item is a copy of a thesis by Robert Galois titled "Gold mining and its effects on landscapes of the Cariboo." vii, 188 leaves, illus., figs., maps, tables. Thesis (M.A.), University of Calgary, 1970. Bibliography: leaves 170-178.
Some Aspects of Society in Cariboo from its discovery until 1871. viii, 182 leaves: maps, tables. Essay, University of British Columbia, 1932. Bibliography: leaves 174-182.
Bescoby, Isabel M., d. 1969
Account book (unidentified) kept at Williams Creek 17 April - 11 August 1865. Initials W.A.M. on cover (possibly William Andrew Meacham, who was a lumber merchant of Williams Creek at the time).
Contractor's ledger for the building of the Yale-Cariboo wagon road ,1862 [possibly Thomas Spence or J.W. Trutch]. Details of men and wages, cargo for the Cariboo, tools and cooking utensils.
Cariboo District
Barkerville, unidentified saloon
Bar account book, July - August 1863 listing patrons names and costs of drinks purchased by date.
Adventures of a farm girl in Canada in 1925 / Joan Nina Simpson
The file contains "Adventures of a farm girl in Canada in 1925", by Joan Simpson, with a forward by her god-daughter, June Knowles. It consists of four reminiscences about life on a cattle ranch and in a fruit growing area of British Columbia by a young English woman who spent a year or two in British Columbia in the early 1930s. Although both personal and geographical names have been changed, the ranch on which Miss Simpson worked was undoubtedly the Church Ranch at Big Creek in the Chilcotin district.