Interview with Patricia Scott
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions11951
- Date Range
- December 17 2020
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- Interviews with Smithers business owner and community member Patricia (Pat) Scott. Recorded December 17 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 an…
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- Creator
- Cassandra McKenney
- Fonds No.
- C5
- Item No.
- 2021.21.13
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 2.70 GB of digital records
- Date Range
- December 17 2020
- Scope and Content
- Interviews with Smithers business owner and community member Patricia (Pat) Scott. Recorded December 17 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
Audio Tracks
Interview with Pat Scott - December 17, 2020
Interview with Pat Scott - December 17, 2020
https://search.bvmuseum.org/media/Digital%20Fonds%20and%20Collections/C5%20BVM%20Oral%20History%20collection/2021.21.13_Scott,%20Patricia/Scott,%20Pat%202020_12_17.ACCESS.mp3
Where Ms. Scott's family is from and where her parents met.
baby; Belfast; brother; Cloverdale; dance; Eaton's Hotel; engineer; Great Depression; Imperial Oil; Ireland; London; story; Vancouver; widow
family
The transition from youth to adulthood, getting married, having kids, and working.
BC Tel; cooking; dressmaker; Florence Nightingale; hairdressing; husband; Mount Pleasant; plumbing; step-father; Theatre in the Park; University; Vancouver
marriage; youth
Owning three businesses (two restaurants and one hotel) in Smithers and working with the public for many years.
Beer Rooms; Bulkley Hotel; deli; Edward Jones; Farm Fresh; Herb Leech; Louise's Kitchen; mall; Ms. Brient; restaurant; Safeway; Tea Room
story
Life after retirement and how they kept themselves busy without work.
farm; miners; old timers; public; ranch; sheep
retirement
Having an Indigenous friend who was not allowed to work or got to the bar.
Andy George; beer parlour; dance; First Nations; Joe Watson; LeJac Residential School
First Nations; hotel
Why they chose their house where they did and why the Scotts chose to stay in Smithers for as long as they did.
1967; rent; valley; Zanberg
house; Smithers
All the groups that Ms. Scott was part of in Smithers while trying to deal with her family life and daughter getting cancer.
ACW; baseball; Bulkley Valley Museum; Camp Caledonia; cancer; Catholic; church; genealogy; hockey; hunter; moose; RCMP; skating; Spring Tea; St. James Anglican Church; Totems; volunteer
clubs; group; Smithers; society
Trip to Europe to see historical sites that pertained to the Scott Family.
1929; 30 children; Belfast; Boer War; Bulkley Valley Genealogical Club; Canada; Gold Medals; graveyard; King Henry; Leeds
Europe; family; genealogy
Pat Scott's time volunteering with the Cancer Society.
cancer; child; Provincial Building; shirts; Terry Fox
cancer; Cancer Society
donations; fundraiser; Golden Triangle; plant sale; raffle; Valentine basket
Bulkley Valley Museum
Making friends through the local hockey team.
Granisle; Indian; keeping house; Scoot In; supermarket; Uganda
family; friends
Living with the cook and finding out he had a drinking problem and trying to track him down.
cook; dances; Development Bank; Dirk Mendel; Driftwood Hall; eating out; Elks; Evelyn; family night; Friday night opening; gambling; Hilltop; Hudson Bay; North West Band; Northern Star; party; shopping; Twin Valley; Virginia Hoover
Bulkley Hotel; Smithers
Scott talks about the difference in socialization and how Smithers lost it closeness.
arena; bakers; Ball Park; burning; Chandler Park; CIBC; Club House; Fire Hall; group work; Legion; Liquor Store; Main Street; Municipal Building; old timers; Paul's Bakery; Photo Studio; police; Provincial Building; Red Apple; school; Skeena Building; social
dances; socializing
Joining a Girls club that includes all the old timers and would travel all over B.C enjoying their retirement.
2007; Alpenhorn; Audrey Hall; Cartiers; costume contest; Daddios; Fall Fair; friends; Kitchen Works; Prince Rupert; Steakhouse
Girls Club; Red Hatters