Interview with Eugene Barger
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- Date Range
- January 23 1995
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Eugene Barger, recorded January 23 1995 at his home in Telkwa by Carly Blair. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, and .pdf release form.
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- Creator
- Carly Blair
- Fonds No.
- C5
- Item No.
- 2021.21.24
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 417 MB of digital records
- Date Range
- January 23 1995
- History / Biographical
- Eugene ‘Gene’ Barger (1920-2005) was one of eight children of Emery and Lillian Barger, early settlers in the Telkwa area. As an adult he started his own logging company, ran a sawmill, and later worked for Pacific Inland Resources. He was married twice and had four children: Robert, Keith, Brenda, and Judy.
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Eugene Barger, recorded January 23 1995 at his home in Telkwa by Carly Blair. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, and .pdf release form.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Audio Tracks
Interview with Eugene Barger - January 23, 1995
Interview with Eugene Barger - January 23, 1995
https://search.bvmuseum.org/media/Digital%20Fonds%20and%20Collections/C5%20BVM%20Oral%20History%20collection/2021.21.24_Barger,%20Eugene/Barger,%20Eugene%201995_01_23.ACCESS.mp3
Barger speaks about his family and how they passed on, as well as his siblings and other family members.
Aldermere; brothers; children; dance; family; farm; sisters; Smithers; Vancouver
death; family; Smithers
This part of the tape Barger speaks about his grandparents and what they did for a living and how they came to Smithers.
canoe; education; marriage; mining; passage; wife
grandparents; Smithers
What life in Smithers and Telkwa was like during Barger's youth and how it has changed today.
bridge; close; farm; gravel; lake; large; movies; Smithers; Telkwa; winter
town life
How long Barger was married for and what married life was like in Smithers.
grandchildren
marriage