Item AAAB3940 - Tom and Elsie Galley interview

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Tom and Elsie Galley interview

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AAAB3940

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  • 1971-03-03 & 17 [date recorded] (Creation)

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RECORDED: Oyster River (B.C.), 1971-03-03 & 17 SUMMARY: In an interview with Helen Mitchell and Rose McKay, Cecil Eric (Tom) Galley recalls how his parents and family settled at Knight Inlet and later on Harbledown Island on the BC Coast in the 1890s. Logging in the area. The McCrimmon family. The pre-emption on Harbledown Island. Dick Pattison. Schooling on Harbledown and at Metlakahtla and New Westminster. Tom's military service in World War One. Wounded in Europe; met future wife while convalescing overseas. Mrs. Galley's military service. Return to Vancouver and Harbledown. Clam fishing and canning. Their children. Moved to Alert Bay, 1926. Chinese at cannery. The coastal steamship "Boscowitz". Postal service to Harbledown Island and Kingcome Inlet. More on Alert Bay move. Tom became a lineman for the government telegraph and telephone service, 1931 or 1932. Anglican missionaries on Village Island -- two women. People and businesses at Alert Bay. The death and burial of "Shovel-Nose" Murphy. Building the Alert Bay community hall. Indian agents. Schools at Alert Bay.

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Campbell River Museum, [197-?]

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  • Rough transcript/outline on file.
  • Reference cassette copy available in container 000443-209.

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Accession number(s): T3547

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CRM ; A93-1

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speaker: Cecil Eric (Tom) Galley, speaker: Elsie May Galley, interviewer: Rose McKay, interviewer: Helen Mitchell

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