CALL NUMBER: T1271:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Edna Darby recalls life as doctor's wife in Rivers Inlet and Bella Bella, 1914-1955 PERIOD COVERED: 1914-1955 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-01-30 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Edna Darby recalls life as a doctor's wife (married to George Darby, 1889-1962) in Rivers Inlet and Bella Bella, 1914-1955: Edna describes her arrival in Rivers Inlet in 1914, the four childr;en she raised, the hospital at Rivers Inlet, more on her children including details about George Jr. at age 3 in a near drowning experience, fishing canneries at Rivers Inlet, other doctors, and the move to Bella Bella in 1914 including the reasons why. TRACK 2: Edna Darby continues with a description of the Bella Bella region, the hospital there, William Henry Pierce, relationships with Indians,; the granting of the Indian name 'Woyala' to Dr. Darby, more on Indians, how Dr. Darby happened to arrive at Rivers Inlet, other duties Dr. Darby performed, and a book written by Dr. George Darby.
CALL NUMBER: T1271:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Edna Darby : doctor's wife PERIOD COVERED: 1914-1950 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-01-30 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Edna Darby recalls a story of the first 'skin graft', witch doctors, a story of a patient with tuberculosis, the Indians' attitudes toward Edna, more on Dr. Darby and the children she raised,; and more again on Dr. Darby. [TRACK 2: blank.]
