- T3155:0001
- Item
- 30 Jul. 1977
Part of British Columbia Provincial Museum films, videotapes and audio recordings
The item is an audio recording of an interview with Lou Cumming. Louis W. Cumming is the editor of the "Ashcroft Journal", and his family have been connected with the Ashcroft paper for three generations. While the family did not establish the "Journal", Cumming's grandfather and partner bought out the operation in 1912. The family has also been instrumental in starting other newspapers in the Fraser Valley area. Cumming touches upon the early history of Ashcroft, its reason for being, in both wagon and early train days. Special mention is made of the 1916 fire. Speaking strictly of the "Journal", Cumming mentions equipment used, conversion to modern print set and type, and range of subscribers.