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SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Jean Garman RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Jean Garman discusses her family background and childhood in New Brunswick. Her father's homestead in Saskatchewan. Childhood memories of Mildon and Saskatoon. Other members of her family. First job teaching. Travel east. Work in Minneapolis. Move to Victoria. Return to Saskatchewan to be librarian at the University of Saskatchewan. Work with B.C. government in occupational training and education. More about teaching experience in Saskatchewan. TRACK 2: More on experiences in Saskatchewan. Her parents' retirement in Victoria. Marriage to Eric Garman. Travel. Community activities. Her ;aunt's 100th birthday and some stories about her life. More about her grandparents.;

CALL NUMBER: T4084:0001 RECORDED: Williams Lake (B.C.), 1981-09-22 SUMMARY: An oral history interview with Hannah "Mickey" Dorsey and Eve Chignall, pioneers in the Chilcotin region. TRACK 1: Mickey Dorsey (born 1910 [1911]) recalls her childhood in Vancouver and Bella Coola; early adulthood; marriage; teaching at Anahim Lake; childbirth. TRACK 2: Eve Chignall recalls giving birth in Tatla Lake, where she moved in 1935; ranch work; marriage. Mickey Dorsey talks about pack; trains; relationship with native women on the reserve; isolation; medical emergencies with children.; CALL NUMBER: T4084:0002 RECORDED: Williams Lake (B.C.), 1981-09-22 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mickey Dorsey: family life, living conditions; getting water, provisions, clothing; teaching at Rose Lake. TRACK 2: More on school teaching: started Indian school at Anahim Lake (first in ar;ea); moved to Williams Lake to put two youngest children through high school; taught in Williams Lake for 13 years (taught coninuously, 1930-1976); changes in teaching methods.; CALL NUMBER: T4084:0003 RECORDED: Williams Lake (B.C.), 1981-09-22 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mickey Dorsey describes the routine of a typical spring day with four children, five years old or younger; setting trap lines in early morning; carrying water on yokes; fording a stream. TRA;CK 2: Family history (current); cattle drive and cattle train to Vancouver; sounds of the Anahim area -- birds, coyotes, snow, spring break-up; changes in life style, attitudes, new equipment, etc.;

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