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Winnie Carson and Helen Peachey interview
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1980-02-13 [date recorded] (Creation)
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Interviews recorded as research for Sound Heritage Series no. 32, "Where the Lardeau River Flows."
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SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Winnie Carson and Helen Peachey : Lardeau Valley, 1898-1952 PERIOD COVERED: 1898-1952 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1980-02-13 SUMMARY: TRACK 2: Winnie Carson reads a letter recounting the turn of the century in Argenta. Winnie and Helen Peachey discuss the Lardeau region in detail. Mr. Coleman worked on survey crews with H.D. Dawson. Early Argenta settlers. Describes Coleman homestead. Steamboats. Recounts Coleman family's immigration to Argenta. Opening of school in 1919. Road work performed for taxes. Jack Folkard was first school teacher. Teacher always boarded with the Colemans. Dances held regularly amongst valley communities. Bought provisions once of twice a year. Carsons moved to Meadow Creek in the 1920s. Hannas helped Winnie through school in Nelson. TRACK 2: Children in Argenta spoke several languages. First car in Argenta. Carsons ran the sawmill in Meadow Creek. Removal of railway improved transportation. Mrs. Coleman was Postmistress. Community would meet steamer once a week at the wharf. Cut off thumb in accident and had difficulty getting to the doctor. Ralph and Archie Greenlaw pulled a sleigh with a bulldozer to Gerrard to transport a sick man. Coleman children would visit Beguins. Ore rawhided out of Argenta mine. Logging in Argenta.
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Peter Chapman, [1979-1980?]
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- Transcript on file.
- Reference cassette copy available in container 000443-215.
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No access restrictions apply. [WAS: Closed until publication of Sound Heritage Series no. 32, ca. 1981.]
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- Copying Restriction: None.
- Use Restriction: For private and educational use only. Not for broadcast or commercial use without permission of the B.C. Archives.
- Copyright Status: Copyright B.C. Archives.
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Excerpts from this interview appeared in Chapman's "Where the Lardeau River Flows," Sound Heritage Series no. 32.
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Accession number(s): T3646
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speaker: Winnie (Coleman) Carson, speaker: Helen Peachey, interviewer: Peter Chapman