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RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-01-29 SUMMARY: TRACKS 1 & 2: Doug Abrahamson recalls Revelstoke at the turn of the century. His family came from Sweden, settled in Revelstoke and built and ran the Central Hotel. He describes the social life and customs in Upper Town and Lower Town, characters from the Revelstoke area and Big Bend region, the steamboat "Revelstoke", and trails in the area. Incidents around town. The local red light district; the various "houses" and their inhabitants. He also discusses the Rogers Pass slide of 1910, Illecillewaet, and the transfer of the CPR divisional point from Donald to Revelstoke.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1966-02-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Percy Gorse relates how he came from London to British Columbia after working for the foreign service to finalize the accounts of the British Colonies; a failed land deal with a man name;d Freeman; how he came to Fort Qu'apelle, and his first impressions of the area; then how he came to British Columbia, and landed at Revelstoke in 1904. He describes Revelstoke when he arrived and hi;s first job. He describes his first winter in BC living with his brother, Frank, on a bank of the Columbia River. He tells various anecdotes about his life, as well as jobs working for a butcher, picking and selling strawberries, including a discussion of salaries; and detailed accounts of fighting bush fires for a man named Charlie Lindmark. TRACK 2: Mr. Gorse continues with more on firefighting; work tracking out to Salmon Arm, and life on the land he and his brother bought near Salmon Arm. He gives his impressions of Salmon Arm and the surrounding area. He recalls characters in the are;a including Bob Fortune and Pat Owens; fruit growing; the lumber industry and dairying around Salmon Arm; building a house for his parents; and describes some characters who came from India.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-07 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Violet Anderson discusses her father, R.W. Northey, who came to Revelstoke from England in the early 1890s to manage the Kootenay Herald newspaper. She describes how her mother and the; family came in 1894 via Quebec and the CPR. She offers her first impression of Revelstoke and how her father moved to Rossland in 1895; the family followed in 1897. She describes the journey from Revelstoke to Rossland and her memories of Revelstoke, such as the 'uptown' and 'downtown' sections. She mentions characters named Orange Hamilton and Billy Pool who were prospectors who struck it ri;ch. She then offers her first impressions of Rossland; mentioning Trail and the Rossland mines and the post-depression leasing system. She describes Rossland as it was in 1897; the Sourdough Alley; ;strikes and strike-breakers and fires. She describes how her father worked for the Rossland Times and then became a prospector. She discusses Father Pat; remittance men; and more about fires. TRACK; 2: Anderson compares Nelson to Rossland and discusses the Hunter brothers; hotels; law and order; and school. She describes "Oregon John Bismarck", John Altman and the Cornish miners. She offers m;ore on remittance men, prostitution, and discusses writing stories for miners. More about recreation; railroads; an anecdote about Salt Lake City; and more about Father Pat.

CALL NUMBER: T0935:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-03-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. W.J. Fraser describes his childhood in the Revelstoke area. He discusses his father, Fred Fraser, who was born in Scotland but moved to Canada as a child. He discusses the story of his; father coming to Canada, and details about his mother and family. Mr. Fraser was the first white boy born in Revelstoke. He also discusses schools, including the teacher, A.E. Miller; Rogers Pass; ranches; steamboats; fish in Tum Tum Stream; descriptions of Revelstoke; hotels; saloons and the red light district. TRACK 2: Mr. Fraser continues with his descriptions of Revelstoke; law and order; the red light district; Catholic/Protestant relations; his father; snow slides near Rogers Pass; railroad accidents; and characters in the area.

CALL NUMBER: T0935:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-03-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Fraser describes Revelstoke during the pre World War I years; religion; an eccentric range man named William Mackie; respect of elders; an Englishman named Red Fern; the Italian quarter; other nationalities; the McAlpines; discipline and children; social events around Christmas; and Jack Kirkup. [TRACK 2: blank.]

RECORDED: Revelstoke (B.C.), 1982-06-12 SUMMARY: James was born in Glasgow and came to Vancouver in 1909. He worked at various jobs and served in both world wars. He lived in Haney, but finally settled in Revelstoke in 1946.;