RECORDED: [location unknown], 1966-09-01 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. John Martin tells of her father, Carl Binns, coming to Ucluelet for the first time in 1895, with William Thompson. She recounts how her father rowed to Ucluelet; he found gold in 1899; worked at placer mining and eventually sold his claim returning to Ireland; he later ran boats along the Alberni Canal; and ran the Big Boy Mine at Herbert Arm. Mrs. Martin recalls her early life; growing up in New York and later moving to Ucluelet in 1914. She describes her impressions of Ucluelet; her family life; her mother; social life; politics; early settlers; pre-emptions; funerals; Frenchy's Cove or Spring Cove; the lifeboat station and the telephone system. TRACK 2: Mrs. Martin continues her recollections of early Ucluelet; Long Beach; roads; road work; settlers; beaches; tidal wave; "Carelmapu" wreck in 1915; Gibson family from Ahousat; transportation; CPR boats; HMCS "Givenchy"; dances; and rum-running.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-08-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Grant talks about Qualicum Tom; his father, Robert Grant, establishing the mill in Cumberland for Dunsmuir; mine explosions at Cumberland; his father, Robert Grant; the Cumberland mill. ; Mr. Grant moved to Clayoquot, Stubbs Island in 1927 and operated a store. He describes life in the area; the telegraph line; sea lions; transportation; W.T. Dawley's general stores; fur trading; Dawley's Hotel and George Nicholson. TRACK 2: Mr. Grant describes the changes in Clayoquot from 1930 to 1960; Betty Farmer; the Gibson family from Ahousat-Matilda Creek; local characters; Zeballos; prospectors; a local murder; 24th of May celebrations; Grant and pelt trading incidents.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-12-01 & 02 SUMMARY: Gillette Chipps, a hereditary chief of the Nitinat, discusses his early life and his experiences in fishing. He also recalls some traditional Nitinat stories, including some about the first encounter between the Nootka people and Captain Cook, as well as the Spanish explorers of that era. He recounts a creation myth and discusses his experiences in World War I.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Mac McLean RECORDED: White Rock (B.C.), 1976-03-08 SUMMARY: Mac McLean started to work for Canadian Fish Co. in 1928 for 2 years. Then went to work for California Packing Co. where Richie Nelson was superintendent. It was located on the West Coast of Vancouver Island. Went to the Albion Plant situated in Ucluelet at Barkley Sound. Spent several seasons there, then went to Canadian Packing Co. (a reduction plant) and stayed there for 5 years. Explains the process of reduction. Built a fish reduction plant for B.C. Packers at Namu in 1936. In 1937, built a reduction plant at the Imperial Cannery. The first reduction plants in B.C. were what you call the old hydraulic type of plant that reduced dog fish; there was one on Pender Island. The continuous reduction plant didn't come to B.C. until 1927. These reduction plants were seasonal. In 1929 there were 32 reduction plants on the west coast. By 1931 they were all gone. From 1930-1935 there was very little profit made from the reduction plants. It started to improve after 1935, and from then on there were good or reasonable profits made. Discusses a population of pilchards that got trapped at one of the northern inlets. So instead of processing herring that year they did pilchards which was much more profitable. Did up to 10-15 thousand tons of pilchards that year. Explains the technique of fishermen finding fish with piano wire. At the Namu reduction plant they had electricity but didn't use electrical driven motors. For power, the cannery used a steam engine to a line shaft and then wire belts off of a line shaft to each individual machine. Plants were rated based on the number of tons you could put through in an hour. Namu was a 5 ton an hour plant, which by today's standard is very small. The Imperial Plant used to have 50 tons an hour. They used to catch and reduce about one quarter of a million tons of herring a year. Discusses fish prices. Speaks on canning herring during the war years. Japanese herring saltery on the Gulf Islands. Describes and explains trolling.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Trygve Arnet RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979 SUMMARY: In an interview with Bob Bossin, Trygve Arnet discusses: his family's arrival in the Tofino area; the Clayoquot Sound cannery; Norwegian background; father rented boats when fishing; father was very good-natured, a skilled carpenter; World War II and the internment of the Japanese community; movement by certain residents of Tofino after the war to keep the Japanese from returning to the coast; father was first mayor in Tofino; musical events; cage around tree that was being trimmed; Fred Tibbs anecdotes; story of Tibbs' death; community picnics he attended as a child.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Rod Palm RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979 SUMMARY: In an interview with Bob Bossin, Rod Palm discusses: trolling boats (from a photograph of a harbour) -- which boats are good, which used to be good, what happened to other boats; anecdote about a boat that exploded; rebuilding of old boats; Native superstition about death on boats; alcohol often leads to boating accidents. Palm then gives a history of the "Norvan": oldest floating boat in B.C.; built in 1900 by Murray's, rebuilt in 1926 and named the "Norvan"; story of him and his friends buying the "Norvan" for $2000. Palm and Bossin on the boat: anecdotes about bad weather Palm has sailed in; near accident.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayquot : Joseph McLeod RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979 SUMMARY: In an interview with Bob Bossin, Joseph McLeod discusses: his grandfather, who came to Tofino and bought a boat, his relations with the Natives, his many government jobs in Tofino; Chief Joseph and Mr. Dolly story; Native people won many of the games played on Mr. Dolly's island; Japanese were main salmon fishermen when he was young; Japanese evacuation from Tofino; music when he was a youth; anecdote about Dr. Dixson; Tom Wayne memory; Castle Island [i.e., Arnet Island] is haunted; Native skeletons.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : John Madokora RECORDED: [location unknown], [1979?] SUMMARY: [No content summary is available for this interview.];

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : John L. Gibson RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979-10-04 SUMMARY: In an interview with Bob Bossin, John L. Gibson discusses: his family background -- father came out of the Yukon in 1906 to cruise timber, father born in 1872 in Ontario, participated in gold rush, mother also from Ontario, married father in 1901-2 (?); John born in 1905; first memory is of the Clayoquot Hotel in 1910; marijuana discovery anecdote; Walter Dolly; father lived in Ahousat Village, mother and kids lived in Vancouver; father bought an old sawmill after WW I; no money until after his father's brother died; got into the fishing business; relations with the Japanese community; opinions on Japanese military strategy in World War II; difficulty with Japanese returning to the west coast after the war; wishes he had become more tolerant sooner, but does not regret his attitude.

CALL NUMBER: T3878:0054a SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Ian McLeod RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: In an interview with Bob Bossin, Ian McLeod discusses his background: uncle was on police force in Glasgow, came to Canada and joined provincial police, stationed in Tofino; father came out to Tofino in 1912; father fought in WW I, but came back to Tofino after; married in Scotland, brought wife and family over to Tofino a few years later; climate was nicer in 1920s and '30s than now; father became captain of the life boat units; description of his uncle Ewing's character and life; uncle's relations with Native people. Describes why liquor started to become a problem for Native people. Uncle Ewing was much more jolly than his father. Uncle Murdo was a fishing inspector in the area. Differences between fishing then and now. Used to be many Japanese fishermen in the Tofino area. Learned trolling from Japanese fishers. Intricacies of trolling. Ian had good relationship with Japanese. More on fishing etiquette. Signs used by fishermen. TRACK 2: Weather signals when fishing in the; pre-WW II years. Differences in fishing in the '30s and now. Japanese evacuation after Pearl Harbour. Post-war attempts to stop Japanese from returning to Tofino. Bill McKay -- local character who drank a lot. Bill Spittle -- eccentric man. Lord Willingdon anecdote. CALL NUMBER: T3878:0054b SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Ian McLeod RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: In an interview with Bob Bossin, Ian McLeod discusses: his religious father; family worship on Sundays as a child; father only drank once a year (or so); Scottish women could not make cakes as well as the Norwegian women; his uncle won property on Clarket Island through a bet with Mr. Dolly; May 24th parties at Clarket Island -- sports, singing, Native and white people participated; the Leach murder. Describes his job in WW II with the navy where he had to go into the homes of Japanese families that had been evacuated and look for suspicious items. Anecdote about killing a cougar in the water in 1952. [TRACK 2: blank?]

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Winnifred Scott Dixson RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979 SUMMARY: In an interview with Bob Bossin, Winifred Scott Dixson discusses: father (Douglas Scott Dixson), who had practiced medicine in an old monastery in Edinburgh; ghosts in monastery; family decided to go to Canada; first came to Winnipeg; nice trip over from England to Canada (dances, concerts); arriving at the P.K. Ranch; meeting 'real' cowboys; anecdote about a Mexican who "liked to shoot people"; trip with her brother to the badlands; moved to Victoria because Calgary had too high an altitude; mother had bad asthma, so doctor advised family to move to Tofino; going up to Tofino on the 'Teas'; mother died in an accident in Tofino; father became paralyzed in a bear trap accident; things have changed now in Tofino; describes her father's accident; after her mother's death, she had to look after 300 chickens. Her father did not want her to marry because she had a weak heart. Fred Tibbs courted her (and many others). Went to college before she came to Tofino. Describes Japanese community in Tofino. Relations with the Natives in the area. Father was a partner in a mining operation with Bill Spittle. Ogopogo story. Stories about Natives. The Grant family. Old cannery falling down with an earthquake.

CALL NUMBER: T2711:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Winnifred David on potlatches RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-08-24 SUMMARY: Winnifred David discusses the ceremonies and customs connected with potlatches.

CALL NUMBER: T2711:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Winnifred David interview RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-08-24 SUMMARY: Winnifred David tells the story of the first encounter between Captain James Cook and the Nootka Indians. (End of interview);

SUMMARY: "The Hornby Collection" is an anthology of plays, documentaries, interviews and selected fiction for radio -- all written, prepared and produced in British Columbia. "The Broken Group" is a sound documentary by Ann Pollock. Remote and uninhabited, the Broken Islands in Barkley Sound, off the West Coast of Vancouver Island, evoke memories of other times.

SUMMARY: "The Hornby Collection" is an anthology of plays, documentaries, interviews and selected fiction for radio -- all written, prepared and produced in British Columbia. "The Broken Group" is a sound documentary by Ann Pollock. Remote and uninhabited, the Broken Islands in Barkley Sound, off the West Coast of Vancouver Island, evoke memories of other times. Those involved in this program included Jo Thomas, Brian Whyte, David Hancock, Margaret Reynolds, Bob and Florrie Peel, Rob Tape, Peter Webster, Imbert Orchard, the [staff of the] Bamfield Marine Station, and CBC technicians Jose da Silva, Lars Eastholm, Bob Spence and Michael Nuss.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1962-03-26 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Pattie Alexander Haslam, nee Cox, recalls her first impressions of the Cape Beale Lighthouse; her schooling in Victoria; and a trip back to the lighthouse by Indian canoe. She describes her; life at the lighthouse; her mother and father; Indians; potlatches; costumes; Indian whaling techniques; Captain Spring; and sealing schooners. TRACK 2: She recalls local shipwrecks. She talks abo;ut her life in Victoria while she was at school; Sir James Douglas; Lady Douglas; Bishop Cridge, and the Cridge family. She recalls her life in Alberni; her work in the telegraph office; and her reports for the CPR from Cape Beale. She talks about cougars, and hunting at Cape Beale.

CALL NUMBER: T3148:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-12 SUMMARY: Interview with archaeologist John Dewhirst about the history of the Nootka people. TRACK 1: Mr. Dewhirst discusses: his archeological findings on the village of Yuquot; the Nootkan as a maritime culture; Nootkan whaling; and the two-part seasonal cycles of West Coast peoples. TRACK 2: Mr. Dewhirst describes: more on the two-part cycle of the Nootka; relevance of seasonal relocation of Nootka to any modern day archeological findings; how the moving from one location to another was carried out; more on Yuquot, and how it has changed since it was an early Nootka village; hunting at Yuquot.;

CALL NUMBER: T3148:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-12 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Dewhirst discusses: harpoons of the early Nootka (cont'd); difficulty in knowing whether Nootka population changed during the three periods; rumour of cannibalism by the Nootka; warfare during the three periods. TRACK 2: Mr. Dewhirst talks about trade between the Nootka and other peoples in the area, as well as trade with the early Europeans. Discussion of lack of art pieces found in archeological digs of this area. More on Nootkan culture: how archeologists piece information about diet, food gathering and handicraft together; what information archeologists have found so far related to culture.;

CALL NUMBER: T3148:0003 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-12 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Dewhirst discusses how maritime prowess helped the Nootka stay strong politically and economically. Reasons for sporadic contact with the Europeans between 1804 and the 1860s. Discussion of Hyua, the last Maquinna at that time. Impact of Spanish vs. English. [End of interview. TRACK 2: blank.];

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Arlene Craig, Marguerite Robertson and Vera Wingen RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979 SUMMARY: In an interview with Bob Bossin, Arlene Craig, Marguerite Robertson, and Vera Wingen discuss their memories of the Tofino-Clayoquot area in the early twentieth century. Among other things, Vera Wingen describes: Dr. Dixson's medical techniques, his willingness to help. Marguerite Robertson recounts: first experiences in medical procedures -- ruptured appendix of Norman Allen, gangrenous appendix of Felix Tom; anecdote about Premier Pattullo's visit prior to an election; Brinkman, local watchman; Japanese community, Native community; flying trapeze anecdote.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Hazel Donahue RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979 SUMMARY: In an interview with Bob Bossin, Hazel Donahue discusses: how good missionaries went wherever they were told; father was a Methodist missionary; before he was ordained, he was out at Clo-oose; tried to bring Christianity to Natives as a missionary; her mother taught the Native girls to sew and cook; mother learned about edible foods from the Natives; many chores as a child; some music in the home; learned much about survival as a youth; she learned a bit of Chinook as a child; Natives friendly; Chief Joseph and Queen Mary; going to potlatches as a child; influx of people in Tofino after 1912 because government advertised abundant land; Fred Tibbs -- odd, played cornet, own island, tragic drowning incident.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1966-01-31 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Bennett talks about her family (the Stones) coming to the Nass River in 1891; her father was a Methodist teacher; in 1893 they went to Victoria and then Clo-oose. She describes their life at Clo-oose; Indians; "Aunt Jennie"; the Logan family; and transportation. The family later moved to Tofino; she recalls the Indian potlatches; wolf dances; the Thunderbird legend; long houses; her ;parent's work with the Indians; Chief Joe and Queen Mary; the Catholic school and mission in the area; Mission Island; Stubbs Island; remittance men; whaling. [TRACK 2: blank.]

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Flora Leavitt RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979 SUMMARY: In an interview with Bob Bossin, Flora Leavitt discusses stories about her Native relatives: Lucy Hubbis, Ha Hubbis, Clay Oxer; Lucy married Frederick Christian Thornburg [Mrs. Leavitt's grandfather] ;in 1885; Lucy's mother was Kwiaksa (?) -- her punishment for living with someone other than her husband; anecdote about eating lard when her father died.;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Evelyn Sullivan RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979 SUMMARY: In an interview with Bob Bossin, Evelyn Sullivan discusses early days in the Tofino-Clayoquot area. Mrs. Sullivan talks about: her grandmother being the first white woman in Tofino, 1881; her family went to Tofino to trade furs with the Natives; memories of her grandfather; warring Native tribes in the 1880s in Tofino; Native cemetery -- her grandfather burned it to keep his children from playing in it; grandfather "rescued sailors from being eaten by the Natives"; her father was apprenticed as a millwright; her parents married in 1904; relations between Norwegians and English in Tofino in early 20th century; she liked the Norwegians but found the Scots to be perpetual drunks; anecdote about Joe Bryce; Fred Tibbs -- odd but harmless; bad luck at Dream Island (Tibbs' Island); anecdote about desecrating an Indian grave; Dr. Dixson, his daughter Winnie; Brinkman, an artist, teaching her and her girlfriends the art of flirtation; smuggling of rum and opium; Chinese immigration to Canada; Tom Stone and his boat; Ahousat became dangerous; only beer parlour was at Clayoquot; anecdote about a chambermaid being forced into prostitution; comments about George Nicholson; the Leach murder; she believes the Japanese families in area were most likely spies; Japanese internment was for the best; anecdote about a wise Native man; Natives did not mix with the whites; Mr. Guthrie's life.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-08-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Cox recounts his family coming to Alberni; his grandfather worked at the Cape Beale Lighthouse in 1879; his father was the first Provincial Policeman in Alberni; his mother's father [Kirkpatrick] was the first blacksmith and came to Alberni in 1886. He describes Indian ceremonial dances he witnessed performed at Alberni in the longhouses; he discusses Indian culture and language. He recalls Alberni mills and logging the town; and schooling. TRACK 2: Mr. Cox continues his recollections about Alberni; transportation; the stage; railway; water transportation; doctors; miners; policing; automobiles; roads; Port Alberni; early settlers; and farming. He recalls his work on the CPR ships that went from Alberni to Victoria, stopping at Port Renfrew and Clo-oose. He talks about the telegraph trail and station at Bamfield; the wreck of the "Carelmapu"; stopping at Ucluelet and Clayoquot; the whaling stations.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Life on Tibbs Island, 1944-1950 PERIOD COVERED: 1944-1950 RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1978 SUMMARY: Mr. & Mrs. Robby McKeand of Nanaimo, B.C., interviewed by Bob Bossin, 1978. Subject of the interview: life on Tibbs Island [now Arnet Island]; the local Natives; the Japanese-Canadians in the Tofino area. Also, discussion of: rumours about a Japanese sub shelling a lighthouse in World War II; Japanese ambitions of running the world; anecdote about a Japanese fisherman.

CALL NUMBER: T1861:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Charles O. Marston : the early B.C. forest branch, 1913-1916 PERIOD COVERED: 1891-1919 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1958-12-23 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Family background in New England from 1638. Marston born 1891. The Biltmore School of Forestry, North Carolina. Details about the Biltmore school. Dr. Carl A. Schenck as the head of the school. Marston moves to Oregon, 1912. Began work for CPR Lands Department in East Kootenays. Joined B.C. Forest Branch in 1913. Timber cruising. TRACK 2: Traveling by B.C. Forest Service boat on the coast. Victoria office of the Forest Branch. Field work for the Forest Branch, 1914. Clo-oose land speculation. Forest Branch work, 1913-16. Anti-American sentiment causes Marston to leave Forest Branch. Worked for CPR in East Kootenays, 1916-17. Worked for H.R. MacMillan. Worked on aeronautical spruce supply in later years of World War I. CALL NUMBER: T1861:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Charles O. Marston : a forester in B.C., 1913-1925 PERIOD COVERED: 1913-1925 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1958-12-23 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Aeroplane spruce supply during World War I. Worked for Canadian Puget Sound Lumber and Timber Co. after World War I, 1919-25. Was an officer of the One Big Union, 1919. Was a logger at Alice Arm. Logging accidents and deaths. OBU organization on northern Vancouver Island. Improvements in working conditions. Traveling the coast on the Union Steamship Co. Mrs. Marston: Worked as an assistant to her husband during WW I; description of native peoples' way of life on west coast of Vancouver Island. TRACK 2: Potlatches briefly described. Crabs and what meat consumed. (End of interview)

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1966-09-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Norah Thompson recounts her father, William Karn, arrival in Ucluelet in 1910; his pre-emption; the homestead; trails; other settlers; failure of the pre-emptions and life in Ucluelet. ;Mrs. Kathleen Baird [Mrs. Thompson's sister] discusses their father's arrival in Ucluelet; family life; disillusionment with the pre-emptions; George Fraser; and shipwrecks. Arthur Baird talks about h;is early life in Port Renfrew; his father's work as government lineman and customs officer, circa 1912; pre-emptions in the area; building of trails; a "bridge" over Jordan River; the patrolmen who searched for shipwrecks along the west coast; settlement; community at Port Renfrew; logging; transportation; canoes; Indians and transportation of cow by canoe. [TRACK 2: blank.]

SUMMARY: "The Hornby Collection" is an anthology of plays, documentaries, interviews and selected fiction for radio -- all written, prepared and produced in British Columbia. Part 1: A documentary based on o;ral history reminiscences about Fred Tibbs (1886-1921), an eccentric early settler on the west coast of Vancouver Island [T4303:0026]. Part 2: Traditional and modern Kwakiutl Indian music, introduce;d by Jimmy Sewid, a hereditary Kwakiutl chief; recorded at the Festival of Music from the New Wilderness and prepared by Ian Alexander [T4303:0054].;

CALL NUMBER: T0859:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1966-09-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Paul Hayes discusses Indian praying spiritual songs and singing; ritual purification; religious ritual before whaling trips; a family story about the thunderbird and the whale; the Indian mythology about the Creation; the role of white education on Indian traditions; songs of the Flood; and the whale hunt song. TRACK 2: Mrs. Hayes describes her childhood experiences at Alberni; raising her brother; schooling in Alberni; life on the Alberni reservation; winter storms; wolves; residential schools; training as a nurse and midwife; and her nursing experiences.

CALL NUMBER: T0859:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1966-09-02 & 03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Hayes continues with recollections about her nursing experiences and midwifery; she discusses native social and marriage customs; feasts and potlatches for births; naming and first birthdays; prenuptial rituals; marriage customs; polygamy; and preserving Indian marriage customs. She describes the different dialects among the Nootka people. TRACK 2: Mrs. Hayes discusses Indian son;gs; the inheritance of chieftainship; women chiefs; the form of songs; and examples of various types. She talks about territorial rights; disapproval of theft; Chief Wickaninnish from Clayoquot and other chiefs; love songs; early dances; songs and rituals at Tofino; rhythm in the songs; and rights to songs.

The series consists of correspondence, letterbooks, diaries, commissions, notes and memoranda relating to his work with the Hudson's Bay Company and the Puget Sound Agricultural Company at Fort Nisqually, and later, Victoria. Some published materials from the library of the Tolmie family not related to the history of the northwest have been included in the collection.

Alexander Caulfield Anderson was born near Calcutta, India in 1814 and died at Saanich in 1884. He was educated in England and joined the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) in 1831 as an apprentice clerk. After a year of service at Lachine, he was assigned to various HBC posts throughout the northwest, including Fort Vancouver, Fort McLoughlin, Fraser Lake, Fort George, Fort Nisqually, Fort Alexandria and Fort Colvile. He was promoted to chief trader in 1846, and would have been made chief factor had he been willing to accept a post in New Caledonia. Between 1846 and 1847, in response to the Oregon boundary issue, Anderson led three exploring expeditions in an attempt to find a route, from the HBC post at Kamloops to the HBC post Fort Langley, which would fall entirely within British territory. Two of the routes that he identified were used at various times by the HBC brigades between the interior posts and the ocean. He retired from the Company in 1854, and settled with his wife Eliza Birnie, whom he married in 1837, in Cathlamet, Washington. They eventually had 13 children. In 1858 Anderson was persuaded by James Douglas to accept the position of postmaster of Victoria; he later served briefly as collector of customs, and also had various business interests in Victoria. In 1876 he was appointed as both Dominion inspector of fisheries and the federal representative on the Dominion-Provincial Joint Commission on Indian Land in British Columbia. His appointment to this commission ended in 1878. Anderson was considered scholarly, and wrote several reports, articles and manuscripts about the history of the northwest coast.

Records include: A.C. Anderson's correspondence in and out (box 1), including letters from Peter Skene Ogden, 1837-1839, Sir George Simpson, 1836-1839, and letters to Alexander Grant Dallas, 1852, and William Fraser Tolmie, 1854; journals, certificates, notes and diaries and a manuscript "History of the Northwest Coast". Some of these records were previously catalogued in the Old Manuscript Collection of the BC Archives; a conversion list of old call numbers and a subject index are in the hard copy finding aid in the reference room. Box 1, file 1-4 consists of correspondence inward; Box 1, file 5 consists of correspondence outward; Box 1, file 6-7 consists of miscellaneous fur trade papers and appointments; Box 1, file 8-9 consists of certificates and will; Box 2, file 1-9 consists of notes, diaries and histories; Box 2, file 10 consists of the draft of Notes on North-Western America; Box 3 and 4 consist of miscellaneous records

SUMMARY: "The Hornby Collection" is an anthology of plays, documentaries, interviews and selected fiction for radio -- all written, prepared and produced in British Columbia. "Captain Cook at Nootka, Part 2, The Salmon People From Under the Sea" is the second of two program on Captain Cook's visit to Nootka Sound. An examination of the effects of the contact between Europeans and the inhabitants of the Northwest Coast from 1778 onwards. Includes material gathered on location at Nootka Sound.