CALL NUMBER: T0635:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Hannah Clarissa (Mickey) Dorsey talks about life in the Anahim Lake area of the Chilcotin, 1932 to 1965. Mrs. Dorsey describes her family background; Bella Coola; Indians in the Port Simpson area around 1928; the Anahim Lake area; her husband and ranches they have owned; cabins; supplies; trucks coming in from the east; the story of how they came to Anahim Lake in 1932; people in the area then; the Stuie Stampede; the Bryant family and Jane Bryant Lehman as a nurse in the area. TRACK 2: Mrs. Dorsey discusses life on an isolated ranch; the countryside; sounds; wolves; evenings; Paul St. Pierre and his books on the Chilcotin; Lord Tweedsmuir's visit; bears; general comments on ranch life; how her husband came to the Chilcotin; settlers in the area; Paul Christanoff, a fur trader; and a story about a man with pneumonia.

CALL NUMBER: T0635:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Dorsey tells a story of a trip with Rich Hobson through the Chilcotin and Central Interior. Then she discusses Hobson, Pan Phillips and the Home Ranch; Kluskus village; lakes and rivers around Ulkatcho; Alexander MacKenzie's route; reasons for lack of development in the area; hay meadows; and a trip on horseback from Anahim Lake to Vanderhoof. [TRACK 2: blank.]

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Molly Walker : life in Bella Coola Valley - hunting lodge (Talchako lodge) PERIOD COVERED: 1929-1938 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1969-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Molly Walker, proprietor of the hunting lodge which is now called Talchako Lodge, describes her arrival in Stuie in 1931, her brother's (T.A. Walker) arrival from England in 1929, a description of the journey from Kent to the Bella Coola Valley, the beginning of the operation of a hunting lodge (1931-1937), the annual stampede during this period, intricate details about Lord Tweedsmuir's visit in 1937, a story from Bella Coola about Swedish Baron Gillenspitz, Precipice Trail, and the story of Maxi Hickman of Atnarko. [TRACK 2: blank.]

CALL NUMBER: T0301:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Ted Levelton : life in the Bella Coola Valley SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Ted Levelton describes his father Erasmus Levelton from Norway, Rev. Christian Saugstad, Mr. Clayton who was the HBC Factor in Bella Coola (1895), the Indians that were taken to Germany in 1890, Philip Jacobsen, the journey from Minnesota to Bella Coola, by-laws of the colony, the division of lots and the clearing of the land, a flood, involvement with Indians and whisky, more on the colonists, the Saugstad family, and the family's arrival in Bella Coola in 1895. TRACK 2: Ted Levelton continues with more on the arrival of the family, Captain Meyers, Philip Jacobsen and his father-in-law Capt. Thorsen, the first colonist was born at Bella Coola in 1898, farming, clearing land and wages, John Clayton and his family, Leach's Bridge, Walter Williscroft and bridges, Levelton's home as; a stopover for travelers, schools at Hagensborg, and Christmas activities.;

CALL NUMBER: T0301:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Ted Levelton : life in the Bella Coola Valley SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Ted Levelton discusses the strength of Ole Saugstad, Rev. Saugstad's death, the church at Hagensborg, Hans Sogang, Karls Kristoffsen, Tolgar Olsen, and bear stories. TRACK 2: Ted Levelton discusses the Bella Coola town site, flooding dangers, an investigation by Premier T.D. Pattullo, proposed construction being interrupted by WWI, the moving of the town site in 1925, how the Indians had to move after a flood in 1936, how the town site expanded in 1937, John Clayton and the HBC post, fur traders and settlers, Anahim Indians, Charlie West, and stories of strong women.;

CALL NUMBER: T0301:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Ted Levelton : life in the Bella Coola Valley - the Indians SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Ted Levelton discusses the Indians who were employed to take freight to Hagensborg, spoon canoes and their excellent maneuverability, Indian villages (including those at Hagensborg, Burnt Bridge, Noo Secule [?], and Stuie), White Water a.k.a. Talchako, more descriptions of Indian villages, Chief Klukamut's death in 1889, Rev. William Henry Pierce (the first missionary who came from Port Essington in 1882) and Indian raids, Indian houses, building a fire including techniques, more on houses, cooking, eulachon grease, and wooden axes. TRACK 2: More on eulachon grease and wooden boxes, the clothing of Indians and HBC blankets, Indian dances at longhouses, the "Hao-Hao bird", sports at the May 24th celebration, the Clemnaman boys and feats of strength, the area covered by the Indian ;Agency (Rivers Inlet to Prince Rupert), and education including the story of a school teacher.

CALL NUMBER: T0301:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Ted Levelton : life in the Bella Coola Valley SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Ted Levelton offers a story of a school superintendent who was visiting a local school, an example of a "silent streak", teachers in the Bella Coola Valley, the Indian reserve at Bella Bella ;and the boundary disputes, the arrival of George Darby in 1914, nurse Ida Morgan, a story of Dr. Darby and Morgan falling asleep in church, no education available for Indians, the Ootsa Lake rush from 1906-1910, more on land disputes including those at Ootsa Lake and Anahim Lake, and the 53rd parallel. [TRACK 2: Blank.]