CALL NUMBER: T0772:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-03-17 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Drinkwater recounts his parents' arrival in Langley Prairie, and later Surrey, in the 1890s. He describes schooling; early life; childhood experiences; incident with a bear; New Westminster fire of [1898]; potlatches at Semiahmoo; Indian encampments; family life; farm chores; fishing. TRACK 2: Mr. Drinkwater continues with a discussion about fishing; winter; logging in Surrey; sawmills; Ross McLaren Mill; Yale Road; traveling store, Kidds and Isaac; sounds common at the turn of the century; a cougar incident; railways.

CALL NUMBER: T0772:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-03-17 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Drinkwater continues with his discussion about logging; logging methods; equipment; working horses; teamsters; oxen teams; selection of timber; loggers; the scaler; skid roads; transportation of logs. TRACK 2: Mr. Drinkwater continues with his discussion about logging; life in the logging camps; skid roads and donkey engines. He talks about Surrey Centre; early residents; Reverend; Bell.

CALL NUMBER: T0772:0003 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-03-17 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Drinkwater continues with his recollections of early residents of Tynehead; the Bell family; Halls Prairie settlers; the MacKenzie family; the Robertson family; incidents; the Brown family; Johnny Wise and the Clarendon Hotel; riverboats. TRACK 2: Mr. Drinkwater talks about the Yale Road; dredging and dyking, methods, procedures and equipment; Sumas Prairie dyking; constructing the; route for BC Electric; logging.

CALL NUMBER: T0712:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-04-01 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Hawkins recounts the arrival of his father [Albert Hawkins] in BC with the Royal Engineers in 1859; settlement in Matsqui with a crown and military grant; stories about Judge Begbie; the family farm; other incidents; wild animals; early settlers C.B. Sword, Maclure, Lehman, McCullum, Cruickshank, Nicholson and Merryfield; his father's adventures; the 1894 flood; the Maclure family.; TRACK 2: Mr. Hawkins continues with his recollections of the Maclure family; other settlers; Matsqui dykes and dams; floods; settlement of Matsqui; the BC Electric Railway; descriptions and stories; about the sternwheelers on the river; anecdotes about the post office.

CALL NUMBER: T0712:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-04-01 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Hawkins continues with stories about local characters, socials, life on the farm, picnics, amateur theatricals; and an anecdote about Vancouver Island. [TRACK 2: blank.]

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-02-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Parmiter recounts coming to Ladner in 1874; his father's involvement in coal mining in the Queen Charlotte Islands; early Ladner; the family farm; other residents; early roads; transportation; early farming; Vancouver; cattle; growing oats and hay; Pemberton's farm; sloughs; canneries; Deas Cannery; Canoe Pass; recreation; floods; dykes; flood boxes; his work at the Standard Cannery on the Skeena River; fishing and farming in Ladner; winters; ice skating; roads; dances. [TRACK 2: blank.]

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-02-18 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Stevenson talks about coming to Elgin in 1888 from the Orkney Islands; clearing the farm; dyking and draining the land; early Elgin; logging camps; early settlers; early crops; Brackman and Ker; shipping produce; the hotel in Elgin and Crescent Beach, known as Blackie's Spit. Mrs. Stevenson talks about her father, Isaac Johnston; early New Westminster; the New Westminster market; family life; farms; the family potato factory; early Elgin; W. Kaye Lamb; early residents; Peter Bain; Ladner; John Oliver. [TRACK 2: blank.]

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-02-21 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Probert recounts her family's arrival in the Langley area in 1900; the farm site; dairy produce; Fraser Valley Milk Producers Association; mosquitoes; farm life; schooling; Bill Miner; ;school teachers; community life; neighbours; fishing and hunting. TRACK 2: Mrs. Probert continues with the discussion about fishing; Crescent Island; Boyd Island; wildlife; churches; picnics; 24th o;f May celebrations; dances; box socials; entertainments; anecdotes about the area; Neil Cameron; Jason Allard; interesting characters; Christmas.

The item is a recorded interview with Mr. Cornelius "Corny" Kelleher. Tape 1: Kelleher recalls his father, Mortimer Kelleher, Mortimer's early days in British Columbia, and his settlement in Mission City in 1868. He speaks about the mills in Mission City; the Oblates of Mary Immaculate Mission [OMI] settlement of the mission in 1862; First Nations people at the mission; construction and location of the mission buildings; the Sisters of St. Ann convent; his father's work for the mission; the Kelleher family farm; Passmore family; other settlers in the Mission area; childhood at Mission school, surveying for the CPR in 1882; clearing and construction for the CPR; first passenger trains in 1886; steamboats.

Tape 2: Mr. Kelleher discusses steamboat service; construction and maintenance of the dikes at Matsqui Prairie; Matsqui Land Company; the Maclure family; early settlers in Matsqui; the Purver family, discusses farming incidents; naming Abbotsford; CPR link to the U.S.; Huntington; Mission City; roads, railways; [period of silence on tape]; remittance men; Bellevue Hotel, Matsqui Hotel; railway bridge; shipping fish; sturgeon fishing; First Nations methods of fishing.

Tape 3: Mr. Kelleher continues with his recollections of fishing on the Fraser River; salmon fishing; Indigenous place names; other place names; Joe DeRoche; childhood adventures; First Nations stories about ;Hatzic Island; First Nations hunting methods and doctors; Sam McDonald and Frank Wade, Maclure, "Supple Jack" from the Matsqui reserve; Mount Baker; Jim Trethewey and family; ;saw and grist mills; description of the O.M.I. Mission; early settlers; subdivision of lots in Mission City; Riverside; C.B. Sword.;

Tape 4: Mr. Kelleher talks about Mr. Barnes, Mr. Sword, the Matsqui dike and other incidents.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-02-05 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Chatwin recalls her father, William Hampton, and his farm at Maple Ridge; the homestead; schooling; Hammond; Haney; churches; transportation; winters and childhood. Her sister; Mrs. Ward, talks about their father and his early life in Cornwall, England. In 1873 he went to Colorado; where he met his future wife; they moved to Maple Ridge in 1879; with the Laittie family. Mrs. Ward; describes early impressions of Maple Ridge; the location of the community; clearing land; working with oxen. TRACK 2: Mrs. Ward continues speaking about oxen; the family farm; interesting character;s; clothing; social events; the Hicks family; education and teaching; farm tools and house construction. Mrs. Chatwin continues with a discussion about the family's early impressions of Maple Ridge; food; diphtheria; local characters; Haney; Hammond; washing clothes; dairy products; clothing; Langley.

SUMMARY: "Patterns of the Valley", number 7 in the series, examines the development of the Fraser Valley from pre-contact to early homesteading; the introduction of the CPR; clearing a farm out of the bush; high-water time; and growing up in the valley. Voices heard include: Nellie Patriquin, Beulah Probert, Constance Cruikshank, Joy Starr, Bert Williams, Joe Louie, Oliver Wells, Ray Wells, Alf Hawkins, Martin Starret and Albert Drinkwater.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-02-20 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: George Medd talks about his father's coming from Yorkshire to settle in Langley in 1876; clearing land; growing up on the farm; selling produce; the local cheese factory; BC Electric; farm ;life; a cougar incident. Mrs. Medd talks about coming with her parents from New Brunswick; she taught at Milner School in 1912 and describes school conditions, the original school building, and the new school building; the community of Milner; social events; Murrayville; local incidents; May Day celebrations; a court case.

CALL NUMBER: T1657:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-05-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Weaver recounts his parents' arrival in Vancouver from Cheshire; England in 1887; his grandfather [Woodward] was already living in BC; his family later moved to Delta in 1894. He discuss;es early life on the family farm; schooling; game; draining and preparation of the land; mud shoes for the horses; ploughing; soil conditions; drinking water; crops; Brackman and Ker; transportation; ;roads; schooling; other settlers; the McKee family; farm produce; West Delta settlement; flooding and dyking. TRACK 2 Mr. Weaver continues his discussion about the dredging operation; the Oliver Slough; the Great Northern Railway; Old Man Morgan; recollections of John Oliver; fish trapping; picnics at Blackie's Spit; Frank Burns; early settlers; Old Man Morgan; John Woodward; logging in the area.

CALL NUMBER: T1657:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-05-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Weaver talks about the roads in the area; weather conditions; mosquitoes; Butler's Corner; Tom Ladner's property; threshing work; [pause]; local incidents. [TRACK 2: blank.]

RECORDED: Matsqui (B.C.), 1981-08 SUMMARY: Mr. Walters was a cross cut saw logger and original Fraser Valley farmer. All work was done by hand.;

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-02-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Hall recounts her family history; her early life in Britain and the family's immigration to BC. She recalls the family settling at Terra Nova; Lulu Island in 1888; the journey to the family farm; family life; the family farm; other residents; farm produce; her father's [Gordon Robert] work as a carpenter; a description of the area in 1900; dyking; drinking water; bridges; a description of Sea Island; river traffic; supplies; the stage route; Mr. Steves; Mr. Mellis; roads. TRACK 2: Mrs. Hall continues with her discussion about road conditions; early Vancouver; William Gray; clearing flood boxes; Bridgeport; the Mellis family; Mr. Yewdall; canneries; the Terra Nova Cannery; Indian and Chinese labour; the flood of 1894; entertainment.;

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-02-22 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Boston recounts her parents arrival in Milner; they later homesteaded in Aldergrove in 1887; early settlers; pioneer life; the farm; mail service; mills; the Home Improvement Company; churches; Reverend Dunn; the first school; Aldergrove; logging; the Great Northern Railway; the BC Electric Railway; dairy farming; schooling; family life; bus service to New Westminster; Goodman Hamray; peddlers; Richmond A. Payne. [TRACK 2: blank.]

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-02-05 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Oliver recounts the arrival of his father [the Honourable John Oliver] in Vancouver from Ontario in 1877; the family farm at Delta; Morgan's farm; dyking the family property; his father's political career as an M.L.A. and Premier. Mr. Oliver discusses his own schooling and farming. TRACK 2: Mr. Oliver continues with his discussion about farming methods in Delta; "tooley shoes" for; horses; haying; fresh water supply; early draining methods; other incidents.;

CALL NUMBER: T0176:0005 - 0006 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Ladner discusses the Nugent Report on Sir James Douglas to American President Buchanan in 1858; his personal; political and educational philosophy; history of the Ladner family in Cornwall; Leon Ladner's political career, circa 1926; history of the Ladner family settlement in Ladner and the family's canneries. TRACK 2: Mr. Ladner continues with his discussion about the family's cannery business; anecdotes about his uncle William Ladner; All Saints Church in 1881; his mother, and his education.;

CALL NUMBER: T0176:0005 - 0006 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Ladner begins with readings from William Ladner's diary. He talks about his father's adventures after leaving Cornwall; his father and uncle arrived in Victoria and Delta in 1858; their; business ventures in the Cariboo and New Westminster; the family land purchase in 1868 in the Delta area; drainage problems in Delta; his father's cannery business; the naming of Ladner; the Victoria; Cannery Company; the mosquito problem; anecdotes about Sir James Douglas, John Oliver, Sir Richard McBride, the Guichon family, William McBride, and the first school in 1882. TRACK 2: Mr. Ladner talks about his father's adventures in California; his uncle William Ladner's appointments; early Ladner; wooden horse shoes; drinking water; roads; floods; the family farm; beekeeping; Delta Manor; sub;division of his father's farm; anecdote about Lord Byng's visit; old Ladner homes and his father's experiences.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Dorko recounts his family's coming to the Columbia Valley in 1896; logging; railways; the cement and lime plant; roads and trails; Maple Falls; schooling; clearing land; hunting; jobs; life in the area; social events; other settlers in the area. TRACK 2: Mr. Dorko speaks about marketing dairy products; the border; childhood memories; bootleggers; school teachers; students; land ownership; border problems.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-04-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Shingler recounts the arrival of her father [Mike Dorko] in the Columbia Valley in 1897; the family home; her mother's life on the family farm; the community; early settlers; schooling; social events; the US/Canada border; Columbia Station; trails and roads; homesteading; clearing land; farming; the Campbell River Logging Co.; logging; hardships of the pioneers. TRACK 2: Mrs. Shingler talks about incidents at the border; bootlegging; ethnic groups in the area; churches; schooling; picnics; her mother's hardships on the farm; fellow students; sewing a new dress for the school picnic.

CALL NUMBER: T0734:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-06-03 & 05 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Ray Wells recounts the arrival of his grandfather, Isaac Kipp, and other family members in the Sardis area; early settlers; his grandfather, Allen Casey Wells; early mills; the Belrose family; the Wells farm; weather changes; changes in crop production; Chief Billy Supass; missionaries; the Reverend Thomas Crosby. TRACK 2: Mr. Wells continues with his recollections of the Reverend Thomas Crosby; camp meetings; church and social events; Indian relations with settlers; Indian warfare; Chief Supass; the Chilliwack River; prospectors at Chilliwack Lake; Red Mountain; Charlie Lindeman and Jack Post.

CALL NUMBER: T0734:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-06-03 & 05 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Wells recalls incidents and outings at Ryder and Cultus Lakes; the Vedder River course; packer Ed Allison. [TRACK 2: blank.]

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-02-20 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Lehman talks about her grandparents at Aldergrove; her grandfather, Philip Jackman, came out with the Royal Engineers in 1859; he settled and had a store at Aldergrove after various jobs. Mrs. Lehman recalls early Aldergrove; customs; horses; the beginnings of Aldergrove; the railway; development; naming the town; the hotel; sawmills; the town site; the Cottle family; churches; the blacksmith shop; incidents with horses; her father's farm. [TRACK 2: blank.]

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-02-21 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Cornock recounts his father's background in Ontario; he purchased a pre-emption in Glen Valley and the family settled in 1900. He discusses dyke schemes for Glen Valley; early settlers; the family's journey from Ontario; homesteading; building the house; building the barn; school; farm life; river boats; fishing. TRACK 2: Mr. Cornock continues with his discussion about early life ;in Glen Valley; winter supplies; development; financing and construction of the dyke; May 24 celebrations; anecdotes of pioneer life; fisherman's life; and the floods of 1894 and 1948.