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SUMMARY: "The Bush and Salon" was a series that recreated early Canadian life from letters, diaries, and other sources. In this program, a journey in the summer of 1970 retraces the travels and experiences of Phyllis Bryant as a young mother, homesteading in the Cariboo-Chilcotin region with her husband and four children during the 1920s. Based on oral history interviews and other recordings from the 1970 journey, it presents the trials and joys of a pioneer family. The voices heard include: Phyllis Bryant Kellis, Peggy Keefe, Jim Keefe, Harry McGhee, Dean Holt, Bill Broughton, Elmer Purdue, and Dan Lee.

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. This episode is a documentary consisting of interviews and sounds about Quesnel Forks, B.C., a farming and mining town in the Cariboo ;which was active in the the 19th century. The town was re-established in the fall of 1959 as a gold mining town, but has since been abandoned.;

SUMMARY: "The Hornby Collection" is an anthology of plays, documentaries, interviews and selected fiction for radio -- all written, prepared and produced in British Columbia. A rodeo documentary, recorded at ;the Williams Lake Stampede.;

SUMMARY: This is presumably another copy or another version of Jurgen Hesse's radio documentary looking at the past and present of three B.C. "ghost towns" -- Bralorne, Quesnel Forks and Sandon.;

SUMMARY: Interview with trapper George Williams by John Barnes, about British Columbia, pioneer life; transportation, river freighting, British Columbia.;

SUMMARY: Interview with two trappers, Mr. McKinnon and Mr. Zlot [?], by John Barnes, about: British Columbia, pioneer life, trapping; natural resources, minerals, prospecting; including sounds of the cracking of horse whips.

SUMMARY: Interview with Mr. McKinnon, George Williams and Mr. Zlot, trappers, by John Barnes, about: British Columbia, pioneer life, prospecting, natural resources, animals, trapping, carousing.;

SUMMARY: Recollections by Louis LeBourdais, Member of Legislative Assembly for Cariboo of British Columbia, "Story of Andrew Olson", for radio program "Cariboo Adventure", about: British Columbia, pioneer life, Cariboo gold rush.

SUMMARY: Interview with Eric Johnson, Mill Superintendent of Island Mountain Mine, by John Barnes, about: industry, gold, description of refining process; natural resources, gold, including sounds from operation of mining process with crusher, noon whistle, "grizzly", scoop of ball mill, top of ball mill, swish of return to mill of oversize, general noise, clatter from under ball mill, water coming out of mill, overall sound from door.

SUMMARY: Interviews with Bob McElhaney, Mine Surveyor for Cariboo Gold Quartz Mine, and Bob Willen, drill sharpener for Cariboo Gold Quartz Mine, by John Barnes, about: industry, mining, gold; natural resources, gold, mining process; including sounds from mining process with ore trains, drilling, and sharpening of drills.

SUMMARY: Interview with Alex McKinnon, former Presbyterian Minister, by John Barnes, about: transportation, pioneer life, religion, Williams Lake, British Columbia.;

SUMMARY: Interview with publisher G.W. Renner, by John Barnes, about: agriculture, ranching, Cariboo region of British Columbia, pioneer life, animals, wild horses.;

SUMMARY: Interview with rancher Lord Martin Cecil, by John Barnes, about: agriculture, ranching, 100 Mile House.;

SUMMARY: Interviews with Judge George Wright, George Archie, Julian Fry and Percy Ogden, rodeo participants, and unidentified others, by John Barnes, about: recreation, rodeo, Stampede at Lac La Hache, hunting, fishing; including sounds from rodeo with horses whinnying, bucking horses, bareback riding, and a dance band.

SUMMARY: Interview with John G. Cowan by John Barnes, about: British Columbia, Cariboo region, gold mining and pioneer life.;

SUMMARY: Interviews with Fred Tregillus, Mary Tregillus (nee House), John Houser, Mrs. Roddick, and Mr. Bryant, by Louis LeBourdais (Member of Legislative Assembly for Cariboo), and John Barnes, about: British; Columbia, Cariboo region, pioneer life; industry, mining, gold, Barkerville, including playing of church organ at Barkerville Anglican Church.;

SUMMARY: Interview with Al D. Young, by John Barnes, about: British Columbia, Cariboo region, pioneer life and cold weather.;

SUMMARY: Interview with William Hime, Manager of Giscome Saw Mill, by John Barnes, about: natural resources, timber, lumbering, industry, saw mill processing; including sounds from saw mill and an interview with unidentified manager of hotel at Quesnel.

SUMMARY: Interview with Mr. Pike, Manager of Columbia Tungsten Company Limited Mine at Wells, British Columbia, by John Barnes, about: natural resources, tungsten, mining process, industry, mining. Including sounds from mine during the crushing process.

SUMMARY: Interview with Harry Moffat, by Louis LeBourdais (Member of Legislative Assembly for Cariboo), about: British Columbia, Cariboo region, pioneer life, transportation and pioneer conditions.;

SUMMARY: Interview with G.R. Baker, medical doctor, by John Barnes, about: British Columbia, Cariboo region, hunting and fishing potential.;

SUMMARY: Interview with E.C. Lunn, government agent at Quesnel, by John Barnes, about: British Columbia, Cariboo region, land settlements; agriculture and ranching.;

SUMMARY: Interview with D.H. Allison, Chairman of town commissioners of Quesnel, by John Barnes, about: British Columbia, Quesnel, its history.;

SUMMARY: Fifth in a series of six radio programs with Bob Harlow, announcer. Includes interviews with A.H. Bain (?), local dentist; Arthur Haddock (?), former stage coach driver; Rob McKenzie (?), local merchant; Hazel Eckshaw (?), pioneer; Jessie Foster (?), government agent; Bruce McGauphin (?), local pharmacist; Benny Abbott (?), resident. They discuss pioneer life in Williams Lake, British Columbia.

SUMMARY: Sixth in a series of six radio programs with Bob Harlow, announcer. Includes interviews with A.H. Drinkell, pioneer; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Place (?), ranchers; R.A. Moon (?), rancher; and Ken and Irene; McKenzie (?), dude ranchers, about: Williams Lake pioneer life, tourism and dude ranching.;

SUMMARY: "The Hornby Collection" is an anthology of plays, documentaries, interviews and selected fiction for radio -- all written, prepared and produced in British Columbia. A docudrama about the rise and fal;l of the town of Barkerville during the Cariboo Gold Rush.;

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. In this episode, "Ghost Towns", Jurgen Hesse explores three British Columbia ghost towns: Sandon, Quesnel Forks and Bralorne. Recolle;ctions and reminiscences are recounted by former residents of these mining towns.;

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. In this episode, "Ghost Towns", Jurgen Hesse explores three British Columbia ghost towns: Sandon, Quesnel Forks and Bralorne. Recolle;ctions and reminiscences are recounted by former residents of these mining towns.;

SUMMARY: "The Overlanders" by George Woodcock is a dramatic narrative about the Cariboo gold rush and the individuals who undertook the hazardous journey to the gold fields. The play runs short (41:45), and th;e program is filled out with Pierre Mercure's "Divertissement for String Quartet and String Orchestra".;