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CALL NUMBER: T1483:0001 - 0002 RECORDED: Williams Lake (B.C.), 1975-06-26 & 29 SUMMARY: An oral history interview with Mrs. Laura Annie Moxon, the daughter of John Edward Moore of Alkali Lake, B.C. Moore came to Alkalai Lake in 1875. In 1909 he sold his ranch and bought the Onward Ranch at the south end of Williams Lake. Mrs. Moxon was educated in Victoria (1897) and in the east. She and her husband owned the Maple Leaf Hotel in Williams Lake in the 1930s. She recalls her father, the Onward Ranch and life there, local schools, and irrigation, as well as the packer Cataline (Jean Caux) and James Pinchbeck. Alkali Lake was originally called Paradise Valley.

CALL NUMBER: T1483:0002 RECORDED: Williams Lake (B.C.), 1975-06-29

RECORDED: Williams Lake (B.C.), 1975-07-03 SUMMARY: An oral history interview with Dr. J.B. "Barney" Ringwood of Williams Lake, B.C. [No further documentation available.];

RECORDED: Williams Lake (B.C.), 1975-07-01 SUMMARY: An oral history interview with Reginald J. Rankin of Williams Lake. He discusses local history of the area, including Fraser River boats and their captains.;

RECORDED: Williams Lake (B.C.), 1975-06-28 SUMMARY: An oral history interview with Ben Clarke of Williams Lake, who came to the Cariboo in 1921. He discusses the Cedar Creek gold rush and the Williams Lake Stampede, among other topics.;

RECORDED: Williams Lake (B.C.), 1975-07-03 SUMMARY: An oral history interview with Canadian playwright Gwen Pharis Ringwood, who discusses her writing and drama career, as well as her life in Williams Lake (where she moved with her family in 1953).;

RECORDED: Williams Lake (B.C.), 1975-06-30 SUMMARY: An oral history interview with A. Cecil Henry, who describes Williams Lake in 1930, the Williams Lake Stampede, cowboying at the Gang Ranch and Chilko Ranch, his own ranch on Big Creek, and his work as a game guide.

The item is an audio recording of an interview with Barney Boe in 1976.
T0319:0001 track 1: Barney Boe tells the story of his Trans-Canada flight in a Fleet II aircraft in 1930. Anecdotes about learning to fly, 1930.
T0319:0001 track 2: More on learning to fly. Early flying in the Lower Mainland of B.C. More on the 1930 Trans-Canada flight. Boe's personal philosophy on personal knowledge and experience. More on the Fleet II aircraft. Anecdotes about emergency landings on Stave Lake and Alkali Lake.

T0319:0002 track 1: Techniques of bush flying described. Boe's crashes in McLeese and Williams Lake. Quit flying, ca. 1960. General comments about flying.
T0319:0002 track 2: Flight from Seattle to Chicago with W.E. Boeing, 1930. Description of Chicago Air Show, 1930. Comments about W.E. Boeing. Anecdotes about flying in B.C. (end of interview).

RECORDED: Williams Lake (B.C.), 1975-06-25 SUMMARY: An oral history interview with Ted and Patricia Cornwall of Williams Lake. [No content summary available.];

RECORDED: Williams Lake (B.C.), 1975-06-25 SUMMARY: An oral history interview with Mr. F. Nassau Sutton and Mrs. Tissie Sutton of Williams Lake, who discuss their background and the history of the area. Mr. Sutton came out from England in 1906; Mrs. Sutton was one of the Paxtons of the Onward Ranch.