Interview with Gladys Atrill
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- Date Range
- December 16 2020
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Smithers Mayor, Councillor, and tourism director Gladys Atrill, recorded December 16 2020 at the Old Church in Smithers by Cassandra McKenney, BVM oral history intern. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, PDF bibliographic form, photo from day of interview, PDF and .d…
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- Creator
- Cassandra McKenney
- Fonds No.
- C5
- Item No.
- 2021.21.3
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 1.88 GB of digital records
- Date Range
- December 16 2020
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Smithers Mayor, Councillor, and tourism director Gladys Atrill, recorded December 16 2020 at the Old Church in Smithers by Cassandra McKenney, BVM oral history intern. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, PDF bibliographic form, photo from day of interview, PDF and .docx copies of question prep, and .csv file of subject indexing.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
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Interview with Gladys Atrill - December 16, 2020
Interview with Gladys Atrill - December 16, 2020
https://search.bvmuseum.org/media/Digital%20Fonds%20and%20Collections/C5%20BVM%20Oral%20History%20collection/2021.21.3_Atrill,%20Gladys/Atrill,%20Gladys%202020_12_16.ACCESS.mp3
Atrill talks about her father, who was born in Hazelton, and her mother, who immigrated from Poland. She talks about they ended up in Smithers and provides a brief history of their employment.
adoption; Atrill Corner; Bavaria; Catholic; Catholicism; citizenship; Dachau; Germany; Grand Trunk Pacific Railway; GTP; Hamburg; Hazelton; James Thomas Atrill; Munich; Passage House; Poland; Polish; Prince George; Quebec; railway; refugee; Sisters of St. Anne; World War I; World War II; Wrinch Memorial Hospital
family; hospital; immigration; railroad
Atrill discusses her childhood neighbourhood, attending school in Smithers, and how she spent her time as a teenger.
8th Avenue; BC Forest Service; camping; elementary school; Goodacre's; high school; hiking; Hospital Street; Silver King subdivision; St. Joseph's School; Super Valu; swamp
education; employment; leisure; outdoor recreation; youth
Allison Candela; city; SAIT; urban
Calgary; radio; university
Gladys discusses Polish traditions passed on from her mother and the other Polish families in the valley.
Christmas; Christmas Eve; Depka Family; Easter; food; midnight mass; Poland
Catholicism; holidays; immigration
Atrill discusses having a sense of
hiking; Hudson's Bay Mountain; leisure
technology; youth
Atrill discusses various organizations she has been employed by in the Bulkley Valley.
backcountry; BC Parks; BVLD radio; CJFW; Gitxsan Wet'suwet'en Tribal Council; Goodacre's; news; roads; Uniglobe; Witsuwitʼen
Delgamuukw; employment; forestry; media; travel
Atrill discusses her passion for outdoor recreation and her role both teaching wilderness skills and running a wilderness tours company.
Bob Henderson; Bruce Hill; continuing education; instructor; Northern Sun Tours; outdoors; Ray Wick; salmon; Skeena Air Guides; steelhead; Steelhead Society of BC; Wild Steelhead Campaign; Wilderness Guiding Skills Program
canoe; conservation; education; employment; guiding; leisure; Northwest Community College; recreation; skiing
Atrill discusses her involvement with tourism in Smithers and shares the beliefs that guided her work.
2010 Olympics; accomodation; Bulkley Valley Nordic Centre; canoe; COVID-19; downtown; fishing; hotel; hunting; Main Street; Northern BC Tourism Association; rafting; salmon; SARS; Smithers Ski Corporation; steelhead; tax
economy; guiding; hotel tax; tourism; Tourism Smithers; winter tourism
Atrill discusses her time in local politics in Smithers, both as a councilor, and as mayor.
Alpine theme; Art Gallery; Bulkley Valley Museum; Central Park; Central Park Building; councillor; COVID-19; election; library; mayor; Nathan Cullen; sign bylaw; Taylor Bachrach; Visitor's Centre
bylaw; centennial; politics; Town of Smithers
Atrill discusses her time in local politics in Smithers, both as a councilor, and as mayor.
Bulkley-Nechako Regional District; Houston; Telkwa; Witset
female politicians; municipal govenment; Town of Smithers
Atrill discusses how Smithers has changed over time and the strengths of the community. She also provides some thoughts on what life is like in Smithers today.
COVID-19; diversity; education; hosptial; industry
arts; economy; services