Interview with Elsie Dahlie
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions12240
- Date Range
- November 2 1994
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Else Dahlie (nee Widing), recorded on November 2nd 1994 at the Bulkley Lodge by Randy Jacobs. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, an MP3 access file, and a .pdf release form.
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- Creator
- Randy Jacobs
- Fonds No.
- C5
- Item No.
- 2021.21.33
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 745 MB of digital records
- Date Range
- November 2 1994
- History / Biographical
- Elsie 'Else' Widing Dahlie (1901-2001) immigrated from Norway to Canada with her three children in 1929, joining her husband Chris in Alberta. The family moved to Smithers in 1933 and became well-known for their expertise in skiing and their promotion of this sport in the Valley.
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Else Dahlie (nee Widing), recorded on November 2nd 1994 at the Bulkley Lodge by Randy Jacobs. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, an MP3 access file, and a .pdf release form.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Audio Tracks
Interview with Elsie Dahlie - November 2, 1994
Interview with Elsie Dahlie - November 2, 1994
https://search.bvmuseum.org/media/Digital%20Fonds%20and%20Collections/C5%20BVM%20Oral%20History%20collection/2021.21.33_Dahlie,%20Elsie/Dahlie,%20Elsie%201994_11_02.ACCESS.MP3
Where Ms. Dahlie was born and why she married so young.
office jobs; Oslo, Norway; Smithers
birth; marriage
What it was like leaving Norway and coming to Canada after the War and practically being homeless for a few years before applying to the Homestead Act.
1930; boat; Great Depression; Halifax; Homestead Act; immigration; jobs; logs; Norway; tent; World War I
Bulkley Valley; children; home; immigration; travel
What it was like surviving war times with three children and and unfinished house that needed building.
1940; Alberta; farming; gardening; house; housewife; land; money; school; skiing; Smithers; walking; war
house; money; school; World War II
Mr. Dahlie's days as a ski jumper in Smithers as well as being a great advocate for the ski hill.
children; ice cutting; ski cabin; ski hill; ski jumping; skis; trailblazer
ice cutting; ski hill; skiing
What there was to do for fun in Smithers along with skiing.
cross-country skiing; gardening; homework; kids; playdates; school; working
fun; hobbies; kids; skiing
animals; car; cattle; chickens; cows; driving; station
car; story; train station