Mrs. McCurdy, nee Jane Parker, and her son in law, Mr. Klinger, who married Louise Bailey.
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- [ca. 1890]
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Mrs. McCurdy, nee Jane Parker, and her son in law, Mr. Klinger, who married Louise Bailey.
Part of Ruth M. Chambers fonds
RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976 SUMMARY: In an interview by Wendy Chambers, Magnus Colvin -- who lives near Cowichan Station -- discusses aspects of the area's history, possibly including his mother's role in teaching local Indian women how to knit sweaters by the Fair Isle method.
Cowichan Knitting Interview Project collection
The collection consists of interviews pertaining to Cowichan Indian knitting.
Cowichan Indian Band, collector
BC Telephone Co.; members of the war effort programme, knitters and their products.
Part of Duncan Macphail fonds
Back to back : A Vancouver Island home industry
Part of Department of Lands, Forests and Water Resources films
The item is a reel of documentary film about knitting the wool sweaters known as Cowichan sweatres. "How the famous Vancouver Island sweaters are made by Indian women on the [Koksilah Reserve, Duncan, B.C.], from the selecting of the sheep to the ready-knit sweaters." Knitter Mary Ann Modeste is featured.