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The collection consists of oral history interviews pertaining to the Tofino-Clayoquot areas of Vancouver Island's west coast.

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.

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): 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): 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): 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): 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 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.;

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): 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): Tofino-Clayoquot : Karl Peter Arnet RECORDED: [location unknown], [1979?] SUMMARY: [No content summary is available for this interview.];

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Trygve Arnet RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979 SUMMARY: In an interview with Bob Bossin, Trygve Arnet discusses: his family's arrival in the Tofino area; the Clayoquot Sound cannery; Norwegian background; father rented boats when fishing; father was very good-natured, a skilled carpenter; World War II and the internment of the Japanese community; movement by certain residents of Tofino after the war to keep the Japanese from returning to the coast; father was first mayor in Tofino; musical events; cage around tree that was being trimmed; Fred Tibbs anecdotes; story of Tibbs' death; community picnics he attended as a child.

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

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