Interview with Carman and Joan Graf
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- Date Range
- December 15 2020
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Smithers residents (and former mayor) Carman and Joan Graf recorded December 15 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 c…
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- Creator
- Cassandra McKenney
- Fonds No.
- C5
- Item No.
- 2021.21.7
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 1.81 GB of digital records
- Date Range
- December 15 2020
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Smithers residents (and former mayor) Carman and Joan Graf recorded December 15 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 Carman and Joan Graf - December 15, 2020
Interview with Carman and Joan Graf - December 15, 2020
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Where Carman and Joan were born and where their parents immigrated from.
birth; immigration; Scotland; Springhill, Nova Scotia; Switzerland
ancestry; background; birthplace
4H Club; Christmas concert; coal mine; Dray farm; Fall Fair; farm; Ontario; square dance
On moving to Smithers and feeling unwelcome and like an outsider.
beer parlour; Harley Shop; lumber; mill; mirage; old-timers; outsiders; pavement; Quesnel; service station; Smithers; Swift brothers; trucking; unwelcome; Wayside Store
businesses; Smithers
Hockey teams would stay with the Grafs.
exchange students; hockey; kids; programs; tournaments
community; hockey
Enlarging the business by adding four more.
bookkeeping; college; Hazelton; Houston; industrial supply company; tire shop
businesses; tire shops
Founding member for the sorority in Smithers
Christmas; funding; party; pool; sorority; Valentine's Day
sorority; town
What Carman Graf did while he was on the town council.
election; Fall Fair; Heritage Park; Main Street; reservoir; sewage plant; sewers; Spicer; Works Department
municipal politics; politics; Smithers; town council
How Main Street was rebuilt and where the funding came from.
BC Hydro; contractors; ditches; drainage; excavation; Main Street; Main Street ditch; Mayor; moss; Royal Bank; sand; ski hill; unstable
Main Street; Smithers
1979- 1981-1985 Graf ran for Mayor
8 million dollars; change; council; criticism; equipment; falling apart; foreman; library; Mayor; money; platform; plow; provincial politics; Regional District; roads; sewer line; sidewalks; ski hill; Smithers; Social Credit Party; swimming pool; volunteer; water supply; Works Department
Mayor; municipal politics; politics
One of the many Societies he Graf was in and helped run
administrator; aviation council; construction; hospital board; liaison; Mayor of Telkwa; municipal council; NDP; nuns; Prestige Hotel; primer; workers
clubs; councils; Social Credit Party; societies
When the Grafs moved to Telkwa they saw how much needed to be done so Carman ran for mayor.
equipment; fixing; graders; improvements; Mayor
Mayor; municipal politics; politics; Telkwa
Thanks for all the work he and his wife did in the community.
Queen's Jubilee Award; recognition
awards
What a life in politics looked like in Smithers.
community; fire mediation; friends; taxpayers; Telkwa
politics; Smithers
What life was like in Smithers outside of politics.
Air Force; airplanes; Cal Tire; England; fishing; Flying Club; hunting; Italy; Japan; Piper 140; Scotland; snowmobiling; square dancing; Switzerland; travel
hobbies; recreation; sports
Joan over the years as a mother, golfer, and curler.
community; competition; curling; golfing
activities; curling; golf; recreation; sports