CALL NUMBER: T0675:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Angela McDairmid was born in Princeton before it was known as Princeton; she discusses her earliest memories; where the house was; several anecdotes about her mother and her youth; her father; floods; her family history; her father's arrival in Victoria in 1858; the gold rush on the Fraser River; the pack trains; the area around Princeton as she remembers it; more stories. Susan Louise Moir was her mother, and she discusses her life; her parents' early married life; the first settlers in Princeton; gold mining in Granite Creek; John Chance and other prospectors; how Princeton got its name. TRACK 2: Mrs. McDairmid continues by describing the first mines in the area; the Hope Trail; some characters; Chinese workers who worked for her father; stories; some characters whom she remembers.

CALL NUMBER: T0675:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. McDairmid continues with stories about the land around Princeton, some bodies that were found, building a bridge, a shooting among Indians, the Allison town site, Judge Haynes, Indian boat races at the river, potlatches, a shooting, the killing of a Nicola Indian, Merritt as a coal mining town, Dr. Tuttle's hanging, superstition among the Indians. Finally, she discusses her father giving the copyright to his stories to her sister. [TRACK 2: blank.]

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-02-07 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Thomas describes coming to Canada from Gloucester, England, when he was 16, in 1891. He headed for Edmonton, then Spences Bridge when his money ran out, and got a lift to the Nicola in a buggy. He describes the railway trip to Edmonton but was detoured to Nicola Lake. He describes old timers at the Douglas Lake Ranch, a man named Graves, his experiences at Douglas Lake and its life style, and several anecdotes. He describes the town of Nicola Lake and his life there. Next he describes Princeton, prospectors coming from Rossland to the area including Jack Budd, Bill Miner, and a miner at Granite Creek named Robert Stevenson. More on Princeton. [TRACK 2: blank.]