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SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : William and Nina Sharp RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979 SUMMARY: In an interview with Bob Bossin, Bill and Nina Sharp discuss early memories of the Tofino-Clayoquot area. Mr. Sharp: Mr. Dolly's property; Fred Tibbs; Tibbs' death; relationship with Tibbs; Tibbs' played his cornet in a tree; Tibbs' eccentricities. Mrs. Sharp also comments on various topics.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): The search for Fred Tibbs PERIOD COVERED: 1970-1972 RECORDED: Sidney (B.C.), 1978 SUMMARY: Chris Doman of Sidney, B.C. interviewed by Bob Bossin, 1978, about Fred Tibbs, the Tibbs family, and Doman's search for Fred Tibbs. Mr. Doman discusses Fred Tibbs: he left England because of a bone disease on face; had musical evenings on the island of Cultus [? now Arnet Island]; many people say Cultus makes its inhabitants crazy; always a bit eccentric, as was his family back in England.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Constance Tibbs RECORDED: [location unknown], [1979?] SUMMARY: [No content summary is available for this interview.];

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Life on Tibbs Island, 1944-1950 PERIOD COVERED: 1944-1950 RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1978 SUMMARY: Mr. & Mrs. Robby McKeand of Nanaimo, B.C., interviewed by Bob Bossin, 1978. Subject of the interview: life on Tibbs Island [now Arnet Island]; the local Natives; the Japanese-Canadians in the Tofino area. Also, discussion of: rumours about a Japanese sub shelling a lighthouse in World War II; Japanese ambitions of running the world; anecdote about a Japanese fisherman.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Research on Fred Tibbs PERIOD COVERED: 1970-1972 RECORDED: Courtenay (B.C.), 1978 SUMMARY: Doris Farmer Tonkin of Courtenay, B.C., interviewed by Bob Bossin, 1978. Subject: her research on Fred Tibbs.;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Reminiscence of Tofino and area PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1978 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978 SUMMARY: Dorothy and Ted Abraham interviewed by Bob Bossin, 1978. Subjects include Tofino, Fred Tibbs, settling on Vargas Island, the British-Israel Association, the Leach murder trial.;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Life on the West Coast of Vancouver Island RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1978 SUMMARY: Major George Nicholson of Victoria, interviewed by Bob Bossin, 1978. Subjects: Nicholson's arrival on the West Coast of Vancouver Island; rum-running; Fred Tibbs and his island.;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Hazel Donahue RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979 SUMMARY: In an interview with Bob Bossin, Hazel Donahue discusses: how good missionaries went wherever they were told; father was a Methodist missionary; before he was ordained, he was out at Clo-oose; tried to bring Christianity to Natives as a missionary; her mother taught the Native girls to sew and cook; mother learned about edible foods from the Natives; many chores as a child; some music in the home; learned much about survival as a youth; she learned a bit of Chinook as a child; Natives friendly; Chief Joseph and Queen Mary; going to potlatches as a child; influx of people in Tofino after 1912 because government advertised abundant land; Fred Tibbs -- odd, played cornet, own island, tragic drowning incident.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayquot : Joseph McLeod RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979 SUMMARY: In an interview with Bob Bossin, Joseph McLeod discusses: his grandfather, who came to Tofino and bought a boat, his relations with the Natives, his many government jobs in Tofino; Chief Joseph and Mr. Dolly story; Native people won many of the games played on Mr. Dolly's island; Japanese were main salmon fishermen when he was young; Japanese evacuation from Tofino; music when he was a youth; anecdote about Dr. Dixson; Tom Wayne memory; Castle Island [i.e., Arnet Island] is haunted; Native skeletons.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino, B.C., 1900-1925 PERIOD COVERED: 1900-1925 RECORDED: Tofino (B.C.), 1978-08-23 SUMMARY: Karl Arnet interviewed in Tofino by Bob Bossin, 1978. Subjects include: Tofino, 1900-1925; Fred Tibbs. Mr. Arnet also discusses: seeing a Japanese sealing schooner at government dock when he was 7 years old; Scandinavian father spoke Chinook, worked salting salmon; father-in-law had a chicken farm; Japanese new year; Scots and Norwegians did not really mix in the early days; describes a framework built by Tibbs outside a ladder up a huge spruce tree; Tibbs was a hermit of sorts; Tibbs was great swimmer, but he died swimming. (Also comments by Mrs. Mabel Arnet)

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Katie Monks RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979 SUMMARY: In an interview with Bob Bossin, Catherine Monks discusses: Dr. Dixson tongue depressor anecdote; her arrival in Tofino as a school teacher in 1929; plays she 'directed' at the school; Mr. Brinkman, an Englishman, gifted at drawing, who worked as the night-watchman, also wrote plays for the school, badly scarred in war, well-educated; Japanese evacuation; relations pre-war between the Japanese and whites were good. Describes life in Tofino after the war. Keeping food before refrigerators. Women were liberated with the discovery of electricity. Story about George Maltby arguing to himself. Feelings about Cultus/Castle Island -- rumoured to be haunted, story of Fred Tibbs. May 24th parties over on the island when Dolly owned it. George Nicholson.

CALL NUMBER: T3085:0001 - 0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino reminiscence : part 1 - 3 PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1978 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978 SUMMARY: Ken Gibson interviewed by Bob Bossin, 1978. Subjects include Fred Tibbs, Tofino, World War II, the evacuation of the Japanese-Canadians, whales, salvage operations.;

CALL NUMBER: T3085:0004 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978 SUMMARY: [No content information available.];

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino in the 1920s PERIOD COVERED: 1919-1929 RECORDED: Tofino (B.C.), 1978 SUMMARY: Robert Duncan of Tofino, interviewed by Bob Bossin, 1978. Subjects include: Fred Tibbs, religion, and Tofino in the 1920s.;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino in the 1920s PERIOD COVERED: 1920-1929 RECORDED: Tofino (B.C.), 1978 SUMMARY: Stella Bond interviewed by Bob Bossin in Tofino, 1978. Topics include: Tofino in the 1920s, her shipwreck, Fred Tibbs.;

SUMMARY: "The Hornby Collection" is an anthology of plays, documentaries, interviews and selected fiction for radio -- all written, prepared and produced in British Columbia. Part 1: A documentary based on o;ral history reminiscences about Fred Tibbs (1886-1921), an eccentric early settler on the west coast of Vancouver Island [T4303:0026]. Part 2: Traditional and modern Kwakiutl Indian music, introduce;d by Jimmy Sewid, a hereditary Kwakiutl chief; recorded at the Festival of Music from the New Wilderness and prepared by Ian Alexander [T4303:0054].;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Fred Tibbs and the Tibbs family RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1978 SUMMARY: Vera Marshall of Victoria interviewed by Bob Bossin, 1978. Memories of Fred Tibbs and the Tibbs family. First person reminiscences of life in Clayoquot-Tofino area. Mrs. Marshall discusses: story of Fred Tibbs' two wills; Fred Tibbs' scar; Tibbs was a reserved man; more about Fred Tibbs' will; gossip about Tibbs being crazy; Tibbs loved playing coronet; he was an educated man; his dislike of publicity.