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SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneering in the Nass River region, 1907-1930 PERIOD COVERED: 1905-1930 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1966-02-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Arthur Priestley immigrated to Canada from England in 1905. He speaks about his experiences as an immigrant in Alberta and on the Nass River near Aiyansh (ca.1907), the family homestead near Aiyansh, planning and building the family house and the house fire. Mr. Priestley recalls his family's coming out to Aiyansh encouraged by Rev. J.B. McCullagh, impressions along the Nass River, Aiyansh and other Nass River settlements, the Indian way of life and the work of Rev. McCullagh, the Anglican missionary at Aiyansh. TRACK 2: Arthur Priestley recalls his homesteading efforts in Aiyansh, homesteading and settlement in the area, soil and climate, transportation, incidents along the Nass River, the telegraph line to Anyox, Indian legends about the lava flow, more about Rev. J.B. McCullagh and his time in Aiyansh, settlement 1912/13, operating the post office and store, local incidents, the Nisga'a, schooling and Timothy Derrick.

RECORDED: [location unknown], [196-] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Arthur Fisk recalls his arrival in Portage La Prairie from England in 1908; working with the Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad in the kitchens; details on how the railroad was built; a description of laying tracks, and scows. TRACK 2: Mr. Fisk continues discussing scows, mule trains, the Canadian Northern [?] and Grand Trunk Pacific Railways, Fort George in 1914, the connecting of the G;rand Trunk Pacific in 1914 at Fort Fraser, and various characters and anecdotes.

CALL NUMBER: T1173:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Arthur Husband's impressions of the Queen Charlotte Islands and the west coast PERIOD COVERED: 1905-1969 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1969 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Arthur Husband speaks about his family; his father came to farm on the Queen Charlotte Islands in 1905 and his grandfather operated the dogfish refinery at Skidegate. He recalls his childhood; on the islands, early homesteaders, life on the islands, employment opportunities, settlers, island personality traits and the clergy. TRACK 2: Arthur Husband continues with recollections about island characters, wildlife of the islands, birds, ousels, ravens, personal reflections, the islander personality, skeletons and burial sites, education and schooling, early life, climate and employment.

CALL NUMBER: T1173:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Arthur Husband's impressions of the Queen Charlotte Islands and the west coast PERIOD COVERED: 1915-1969 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1969 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Husband speaks about his impressions of life in Vancouver during the depression, a description of the Queen Charlotte Islands, climate, vegetation, industries, logging, mining, fishing, the fishermans co-op and the whaling industry. TRACK 2: Mr. Husband continues with thoughts about the changes in the Queen Charlotte Islands, earthquakes and tidal waves and the future of the islands.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-02-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Parmiter recounts coming to Ladner in 1874; his father's involvement in coal mining in the Queen Charlotte Islands; early Ladner; the family farm; other residents; early roads; transportation; early farming; Vancouver; cattle; growing oats and hay; Pemberton's farm; sloughs; canneries; Deas Cannery; Canoe Pass; recreation; floods; dykes; flood boxes; his work at the Standard Cannery on the Skeena River; fishing and farming in Ladner; winters; ice skating; roads; dances. [TRACK 2: blank.]

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Arthur Morrow : boyhood memories of Port Essington PERIOD COVERED: 1900-1907 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Arthur Morrow recounts his father's (George W. Morrow) meat business and the start of his store in Port Essington, memories of George Frizzell and the establishment of "Morrow and Frizzell" meat store, his father's role as Indian agent and opening the first meat store in Rupert. Arthur Morrow recalls childhood memories of Port Essington, an excursion to the hot springs up the Ecstall River, the Essington community, "Frenchie", the police force, Wiggs O'Neill and his bakery, the Chinese residents, the bear incident, social activities, Robert Cunningham, tennis and outdoor garden parties and tugboats and the fishing curfew. TRACK 2: Arthur Morrow continues with recollections about the tugboats, fishing boats, the fishing curfew, the fishing regulations, "Wiggy Johnson", A. Ragstad ;and his jewelry store, Dr. Wilson and his wife, sports day, childhood memories and dangers of the river.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1966-08-27 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Arthur Salsbury relates the financing and early history of the CPR. Recalls journey of the first train to arrive at Port Moody. Prominent founders of the CPR. History of early Vancouver. Great Northern Railway and Seattle International Railway. TRACK 2: Recalls trip to Hong Kong on the "Empress of India", 1896.

CALL NUMBER: T1031:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1961-11-09 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Arthur Shelford recalls his early life in England and his feeling that city life in London was not for him, so he decided to come to Canada in 1908 on an urge. Mr. Shelford describes the conditions of economic depression upon arriving in Canada at Calgary. Mr. Shelford recalls his experience working on the railroad, including the food they ate and his interactions with the Walking Boss; the relationship between the railroad and the employment agency in Calgary; his decision to walk a few miles up the road to Field which was his first experience in British Columbia, there was no work available, his next job on the railroad which paid a dollar and a half a day which was excellent, his positive experiences with foreigners and how it changed his perceptions of others, the need for gloves to do the work, befriending an English soldier named Tommy Gibson who got him a job working on the road at Banff which paid very well and his experience there, an anecdote about some of his co-workers who got arrested for drinking and one who got out and let the others loose and his boss changed the man's name so he would not get arrested, the scenery around Banff, putting a fire out at Fernie, odd jobs and characters, and an anecdote about when he worked on shingling roofs in winter. TRACK 2: Mr. Shelford describes how he came to Vancouver in 1909 and how much he liked it, the game of real estate, working in a logging camp at Courtenay until a forest fire burned his camp down, getting a job as a fireman for nine months at Powell Lake and the foreman Jim Springer who was a great man, his job as an engineer at the Powell River Pulp Company and a description of the conditions as one of the best jobs he ever had, his brother Jack suggesting that they venture to Northern BC to; acquire land, a journey up the Skeena by river boat and the conditions there and the people whom he met on the trip. Mr. Shelford describes arriving at Hazelton, how Hazelton was a frontier village.

CALL NUMBER: T1031:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1961-11-09 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Shelford continues by discussing his horses, a trip to Bella Coola to get cattle in 1910 with his brother and what was involved in the trip including building a raft out of rope, characters around Francois Lake including Harry Morgan and other pioneers, more on their journey and a description of places visited and sites seen, leading the cows up the valley, expertise about horses, more on their travels including interactions with the horses and building more rafts. Mr. Shelford discusses the personality of pioneer Irishman Mike Touey, including several anecdotes including one about the three pounds of meat he ate per day and another about his poetry and another about an incident when he retired to Burns Lake and gave up eating meat. TRACK 2: Mr. Shelford continues with more on interesting characters who were in the area around the time Mr. Shelford came in around 1914. Firstly, he discusses the two Oknianski boys who were Polish and they made a living off whip sawing and they also were involved with Hansard in Ottawa which is something Mr. Shelford feels is quite commendable. Secondly, Mr. Shelford discusses and offers anecdotes about Bob, Jim and Kelly Nelson who were known for their hospitality. Thirdly, he discusses the Hinton family who came from London and had hardly spent any time in the country, Mrs. Hinton really missed eating meat, details on the family and people whom the daughters married. Fourthly, a Norwegian man named Jacob Lund and an anecdote about Lund's teeth and a dentist and another Norwegian man named Shorty Mathieson who was a good friend to everyone and had a knack to find an easy way to do things. Fifth , Mr. Shelford discusses the pioneer women whom he believes did not get nearly enough credit. Mr. Shelford offers anecdotes about the contributions of several of these women including Mrs. Bennett who came into Hazelton before the railway, Mrs. George Lawson who came from Scotland, Mrs. Morgan who came in over the Bella.

CALL NUMBER: T1031:0003 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1961-11-09 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Shelford recalls enlisting in WWI in 1916 and almost being turned down for entry in Hazelton because he had flat feet. He discusses what he did upon returning from the war including how lovely returning to Vancouver was and his travels back up to Houston and continuing work just as he had left off. He discusses the economic conditions of the country after the war, jobs they tried to get some money including shipping cream, the start of the railway tie industry and the profitability of timber to that end, trapping furs, cattle prices, conditions picking up just prior to WWII, the impact of the war in boosting the lumber industry, drawbacks of the lumber industry, the necessity of having to supplement farming with other work, the flood of 1948 by aluminum companies to provide power for the plant at Kitimat and the repercussions on good farming land and relocating settlers, the reaction from the community, details about the Kenny Dam, and compensation. TRACK 2: Mr. Shelford continues with more on the compensation from the aluminum company and how most felt it was quite fair, one man who did not spend the money he was given well and others who did, repercussions on the local economy, the growth of the Ootsa Lake community including the first church, the effect the flood had on the lake itself, the growing tourist industry, pioneering routes by river, general problems of pioneer life and farming, having to walk everywhere because there were no roads until 1915 and that road was very rough.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-05-15 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Swenson talks about his father [Paul Swenson] who came to Westham Island in 1881 from Sweden, and later managed the British American and Canoe Pass Canneries and bought a farm on Westham; Island in 1886. Mr. Swenson discuses the bridge to the island in 1909; early family history; local Indians; anecdotes about his father and family; Tamboline Slough on Westham Island; history of the Ladner/Delta area; the sturgeon banks; farming; development; Canoe Pass; early settlers of Westham Island and dyke construction. TRACK 2: Mr. Swenson continues discussing dyke construction on Westham Island; Chinese labour; farming; canneries; fishermen; ethnic groups in the area; Japanese; inducements for fishermen to join a cannery; Icelandic immigrants; Finnish immigrants; getting fish to the canneries; local characters; strikes; Count [Alvo von] Alvensleben; Tsawwassen Reserve; raising sugar beet seed.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-07-25 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Arthur T. Youngern describes how he came to Soda Creek in 1911; he describes Soda Creek, freighting for the government road crews, freighting between Ashcroft and Soda Creek in 1912, prospecting and the discovery of mica beds on Mount Brew; homesteading in Beaver Valley from 1912 to 1918, old timers remembered, John Likely and Frank Kirby, a description of Quesnel Forks and Keithley in 1911. [TRACK 2: blank.]

CALL NUMBER: T0360:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-07-26 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Art H. Phair discusses his background; in that he was born in 1880, details of his father's work, his experience at private school in Victoria, the story of the Golden Cache Mine swindle of 1886-98. He describes the early history of Lillooet from 1856, the gold rush of 1858, Chinese miners around Lillooet in the 1880s, pre-war land boom and economic cycles in Lillooet.

TRACK 2: Phair discusses Indian life prior to European contact, strained White-Indian relations, bad relations between Indians, the Poole murder at Pemberton Meadows, murders and hangings, more on Lillooet Indians, Lillooet as a "melting pot" of many races, and the Chinese in Lillooet after 1884.

CALL NUMBER: T0360:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-07-26 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Phair offers anecdotes about Indians and Chinese people, more about his own childhood experiences at school in Victoria, adventures and "close calls", hunting and prospecting, tobacco growing near Lillooet, the meaning of the word "Lillooet", early farmers between Lillooet and Pavilion, gold panning as a young boy, his family background, the red light district in Lillooet and the flourishing of Lillooet between 1858 and 1864.

TRACK 2: Phair comments more on the Chinese in the area, he describes how his store was a social center, how it was robbed, Indians in the store, and the start of big game hunting in Lillooet after 1884. Phair describes the Pemberton to Lillooet road, his family's relations with Indians, the John Bull murder, old settlements near Lillooet, crossing the Fraser River at Lillooet, how his mother was a musician, uncle was a poet, an incident about a priest who alleged to have beaten an Indian woman, and finally his father's background.

CALL NUMBER: T1016:0005 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): The Finnish community at Sointula, B.C. RECORDED: [location unknown], 1967-06-22 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Arvo Tynjala was born in 1897 and discusses the origins of Sointula. The arrival of the Tynjala family at Sointula in 1902. Early activities and settlers at Sointula. The meaning of the name.; Early buildings and living arrangements. The fire of 1903. TRACK 2: The fire of 1903 and its consequences. Plants and animals around Sointula. Fishing, lumbering. The end of the Kalevan Kansa Colonization Co. Ltd. Early settlers. Leaders of the community.

CALL NUMBER: T1016:0006 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): The Finnish community at Sointula, B.C. PERIOD COVERED: 1902-1940 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1967-06-22 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Arvo Tynjala discusses printing "Aika". The Finnish library. Opposition to religion. Temperance. Education. Athletics. Finnish organization and co-op store. Saunas. Fishing and working in the; canneries. TRACK 2: Fishing work in canneries. Chinese people. Native people. Farming. Finnish Sointula songs. Meaning of Kalevan Kansa.

SUMMARY: Dub of NHK transciptions of 20 Japanese folk songs, mainly performed by female vocalists with orchestral accompaniment.

SUMMARY: Martin Starret recalls stories about the Astace, a mythological figure of Indian legend. This material was possibly compiled for use in the CBC programs "The Land of Astace" (T2451:0001) and/or "Illah;ee Shanties" (T4222:0035 - 0037).;

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RECORDED: [location unknown], [196-] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: This tape records the sounds at a cattle auction with auctioneer Bud Stewart. [TRACK 2: blank.];

RECORDED: [location unknown], [196-] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: This tape captures the sounds of an auction at Valemount. A discussion of the auction and traveling auctioneers, both present and past, is included. [TRACK 2: blank.]

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-03-14 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. August Castle came to Yale in 1882. Born in Victoria, he liked fishing, hunting and prospecting. He discusses mining and prospecting in the area, the Western Nickel Mine, and the development of Yale. He describes the gold mining days, offering several anecdotes. TRACK 2: Mr. Castle continues with more anecdotes.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-08-05 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. August Schnaar recalls how he arrived in British Columbia from Washington in 1909, and began hunting and trapping near Port Hardy, including a description of the terrain. Then he discusses his marriage in 1923 and the beginning of his family life at Bute Inlet; life at Owen Bay; hand logging and fishing; more on hunting and trapping in the interior; and building canoes. TRACK 2: Mr. Schnaar continues with his discussion about canoe building and paddling down rivers; a description of Knight Inlet; Shoal Bay; his dealings with animals including cougars; how his children raised cougars as pets; and more on animals including wolves and grizzly bears.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-09-10 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. A.W. Lymbery remembers his first years at Gray Creek. He came to BC in 1911 from Nottingham; England and he discusses the reasons why. He discusses his view that Canadian games and sports are disappointing. He discusses Government relations; the decision to settle at Gray Creek; building a house and making a living; Sir John Wilmot's, a local landowner's, place; the naming of Gray Creek; early settlement and the Gray Creek regatta. Then Mrs. K. Lymbery talks about early English settlers. She came from England in 1919 and she describes the journey in; the monetary system; roads; early fruit farming and early days. [TRACK 2: blank.]

SUMMARY: Speech by A.Y. Jackson, artist and member of the Group of Seven, introduced by Mollie Lamb, artist, about: the Group of Seven; Canadian identification with European art; A.Y. Jackson, studying art in Paris; Lawren Harris, viewing art as a mission, his optimism, as guiding spirit of the Group of Seven; lack of human identification in the art of the Group of Seven; Tom Thomson, as heroic figure, his; knowledge of the North; A.Y. Jackson, painting in the Georgian Bay area, exploring, naming lakes after critics of his art, his trip to the Arctic with Dr. Banting and Lawren Harris, painting in Quebec; Franklin Carmichael, his emphasis on art design, his lyrical painting; the National Gallery's support for the Group of Seven; American and British praise for their art, Canadian criticism of their ;art; freedom of expression in art; Group of Seven, their influence upon Canadian art. <1h 13mn> [Summary from Library and Archives Canada's on-line description]

Amateur film. Martin Starret, Ian Stephen and Imbert Orchard tour Hazelton, then travel by boat along Babine Lake, visiting Old Fort Babine and Babine Village [Fort Babine]. Martin Starret meets former Indian acquaintances, and demonstrates skinning and boating skills. Many views of buildings.

The sub-series consists of background audio material, including field recordings of natural and man-made sounds, as well as indigenous and folk music. The material was recorded by or for Imbert Orchard, and accumulated from other (mainly CBC) sources, for potential use in his historical radio documentaries.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Barbara Raynolds' describes her life on the Islands ; Mike Raynolds recites some poetry PERIOD COVERED: 1964-1969 RECORDED: [location unknown], [196-] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Barbara Raynolds speaks about coming to the Queen Charlotte Islands from Berlin, Germany and her first impressions of the area. She talks about her interests and activities, the pros and cons; of living on the islands, shopping, her family and the advantages and problems of day-to-day living. Mike Raynolds reads some of his writings, fiction and poetry, inspired by the Queen Charlotte Islands and the Masset graveyard. [TRACK 2: blank.]

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Marriott recounts the arrival of her family in the Comox area, beginning with her great uncle, William Duncan, in 1862. Other members of the Duncan family followed, established a store, ;farmed, and named the community Sandwick. Mrs. Marriott discusses her memories of the Duncan family; churches; the Willemar family; and other Comox Valley residents. [TRACK 2: blank.]

RECORDED: [location unknown], [196-] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: At a surveying camp for the PGE near Takla Lake, various men -- including Neil O'Neal, Frank Archibald, and Mark Norris -- talk with Imbert Orchard about rail lines, including life on a rail line, and the locations of several of Gun-an-noot's cabins. Then the sounds of traveling by barge are heard; Orchard narrates what he sees upon arriving at a camp near Takla Lake; and more sounds are heard. TRACK 2: The track starts with the sounds of a barge on Takla Lake and a description of events while traveling by barge to Stuart Lake. Orchard then comments about the scenery; the atmosphere and the voyage.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-05-22 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: The Honourable Basil Aylmer describes the Aylmer family history. Then he discusses coming to Queens Bay; building a house; World War I; starting a farm; and his family and neighbours. TRACK 2: The Honourable Basil Aylmer continues with more on social life at Queens Bay before discussing Proctor; more about the farm; marriage; characters; and the CPR.