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Interview with Doug Boersema

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Date Range
November 30 2020
Collection
BVM Oral History collection
Description Level
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GMD
sound recording
electronic record
textual record
Scope and Content
Interview with Telkwa Museum curator Doug Boersema, recorded November 30 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…
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1 audio
Collection
BVM Oral History collection
Description Level
File
GMD
sound recording
electronic record
textual record
Creator
Cassandra McKenney
Fonds No.
C5
Item No.
2021.21.6
Accession No.
2021.21
Physical Description
1.83 GB of digital records
Date Range
November 30 2020
Scope and Content
Interview with Telkwa Museum curator Doug Boersema, recorded November 30 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.
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Interview with Doug Boersema - November 30, 2020

Interview with Doug Boersema - November 30, 2020

https://search.bvmuseum.org/media/Digital%20Fonds%20and%20Collections/C5%20BVM%20Oral%20History%20collection/2021.21.6_Boersema,%20Doug/Boersema,%20Doug%202020_11_30.ACCESS.mp3

Why Doug moved to Canada and became a teacher

keywords

architect; caregiver; carpentry; Ebenezer School; Elementary School; Forestry; immigration; Music; Netherlands; Ontario; teaching

subjects

Canada; Teacher

Doug Boersema discusses his forestry career.

keywords

brushing and weeding; contractor; fall and burn; helicopter; mapping; marine claves; pine beetles; ribbiting

subjects

forestry; soil stability

Teaching all over Canada

keywords

Alberta; band; Bible camp; Christian School; Ebenezer School; minister; Ontario; principal; Tricon

subjects

Christian School; teaching

Teaching in Smithers along with practicing religion.

keywords

band; cadet; Canadian Reform Church; children; Dutch; Reform Church; Saddle Club

subjects

education; religion

The hobbies that Doug held in Smithers

keywords

Fall Fair; horses; Midsummer Festival; racetrack; rodeo grounds; Telkwa Museum

subjects

equestrian sports; Fall Fair; Northern Saddle Club

How Tyhee Lake got its name and how the land had changed over time

keywords

Chief Tyhee; farm; First Nations; John Baptiste; namesake; Robert Whitington; settlers

subjects

First Nations; origin

The history of Telkwa as researched by Boersema.

keywords

Aldermere; C.P. Mustanger; Charleston; historian; Hoops; Information Center; logging; museum walk; pioneers; post office; railway; research; restaurant; Shared Histories; summer student; Telkwa Barbeque; TFML Saw Mill; volunteer

subjects

history; research; Telkwa

What life in Telkwa is like and how it used to be.

keywords

bridge; carpentry; heritage; John Darcy; water supply; water tower

subjects

change; Telkwa Museum

What Telkwa's history has told us and how it is interpreted.

keywords

assimilation; culture; dancing; feminism; First Nations; freedom; integration; LGBTQ; money; pioneers; white man

subjects

history; society; Telkwa Museum

Business gravitated to Smithers and left Telkwa

keywords

business; cooperation; drugstore; jobs; Telkwa Barbeque; train

subjects

business

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