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RECORDED: Williams Lake (B.C.), 1976 SUMMARY: The Williams Lake library reopens in new premises, the old 1960 Bank of Montreal building, on the same day that the Maple Leaf hotel burned down (in 1976). Those present for the opening include: Carboo-Nicola-Thompson Library system chairman Roger Bain; Cariboo MLA Alex Fraser; Williams Lake mayor Jim Fraser; Ray Woods and Jim Testemale of the Regional District; librarians Hugh Molson and May Broughton; and CKWL manager Bob Leckie.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973 SUMMARY: Phil Coxon left England in 1911. Early adventures in United States and Canada. He homesteaded near 100 Mile House in 1918 and moved to Williams Lake in 1919. He talks about making ties for the railway, other jobs, the Maple Leaf Hotel, Fox mountain, a soldier settlement homestead, Hargraves ranch, the Log Cabin Hotel, the local clergy, schools, stores, wood leases, and other settlers.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): 100 Mile House and Williams Lake, 1919-1940 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1967 SUMMARY: Phil Coxon left England in 1911. Early adventures in United States and Canada. Returned to 100 Mile House in 1918, after World War One, and homesteaded there. Cutting railroad ties. Moved to Williams Lake in 1919. Early Williams Lake and its settlers. First institutions: schools, churches, police, doctors, stores, courthouse. Wood cutting, 1940s.

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.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Hance Ranch, Chilcotin : 1879 - early 20th century RECORDED: [location unknown], 1967 SUMMARY: An oral history interview with Rene Hance, whose father, Tom [Orlando Thomas] Hance, was the first white settler in the Chilcotin area in 1879. Chinese buildings near Hanceville. Visiting the Chinese. The ranch at Hanceville. Origins of Riske Creek. Life of the ranch. Other ranchers: Lee, Tretheway. Crime and punishment in the region. Mail service. Indian-white relations.

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): Ranching near Tatla Lake since the 1920s RECORDED: [location unknown], 1967 SUMMARY: An oral history interview with Leonard Butler, who migrated from Spokane to Tatla Lake in the 1920s. Surveying with Frank Swannell. Ranching on the Homathko River. Clearing land and trapping.;

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".

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.

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.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1967 SUMMARY: An oral history interview with Jess Higdon. He talks about ranching near Quesnel, the Fraser River ferries, and the big changes in the Cariboo region.;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Steamships on the Fraser, ca. 1914 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1967 SUMMARY: An oral history interview with Jim Williams, who came to Quesnel to help build the steamship "BX". Earlier career in shipbuilding. Building the "BX". Ship's carpenter. "Bushed" passengers. The "BX" was dismantled and rebuilt elsewhere.;

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1967 SUMMARY: An oral history interview with Kathleen Telford about her life and family history in the Chilcotin. Her father, Alex Graham, left Ireland in 1886, and settled in B.C. at Alexis Creek (the CI ranch). Other settlers. Ranching in the Chilcotin. Childhood memories: riding; schools; changes in the Chilcotin.

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.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1967 SUMMARY: A speech by C.D. Stevenson about the life and achievements of Alfred Waddington.;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Horsefly, B.C., in the early 20th century RECORDED: [location unknown], 1967 SUMMARY: Lance Thygessen talks about his arrival in B.C. with his father in 1913, meeting Louis Riel on the prairies, ranch life at Horsefly, trapping near Quesnel Lake. Description of Horsefly, ca. 1914. The biggest changes since 1913.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Horsefly, B.C., before World War One RECORDED: [location unknown], 1967 SUMMARY: Description of Horsefly, B.C., before World War One. Childhood recollections.;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): A Cariboo pioneer, 1895-1974 RECORDED: Williams Lake (B.C.), [1968?] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Came to Cariboo 1895 (age 8), from eastern Canada. Train travel, 1895. Education in Pavilion, 150 Mile House and Victoria. Joined telegraph service, 1902. Worked as a telegrapher in Horsefly ;and Quesnel. Quesnel described. Riverboats on the Fraser River. Transportation in the Cariboo. Returned to 150 Mile House in 1913. Then to Blackwater River. Early days at Williams Lake, ca. 1900. Anecdotes. [TRACK 2: blank; end of interview]

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.