Interview with Phyllis Davidson
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- Date Range
- June 17 1997
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Phyllis Davidson (nee Cummins), recorded on June 17th 1997 at her home in Smithers by Misty Jorgen. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, an MP3 access file, and a .pdf release form.
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- Creator
- Misty Jorgen
- Fonds No.
- C5
- Item No.
- 2021.21.34
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 1.09 GB of digital records
- Date Range
- June 17 1997
- History / Biographical
- Phyllis Cummins Davidson (1905-2003) was born in Cedar Point, Kansas and moved to British Columbia as an infant. She taught briefly at the Evelyn School in 1926 before marrying her husband Percy Davidson and having three children (Phyllis, Jim, Margaret), then returned to teaching from 1957 to 1972 at Muheim and Walnut Park Elementaries. She was also involved with community organizations including the BV District Hospital Auxiliary, the Red Cross, the Fall Fair Board, and the Senior Citizens’ Society.
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Phyllis Davidson (nee Cummins), recorded on June 17th 1997 at her home in Smithers by Misty Jorgen. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, an MP3 access file, and a .pdf release form.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Audio Tracks
Interview with Phyllis Davidson - July 17 1997
Interview with Phyllis Davidson - July 17 1997
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1905; 1918; B.C.; England; farmer; government; pheasant farm; train; U.S.A
What life was like going to school in Victoria and then later teaching at the age of 18 in 1923.
1923; 1927; arrowhead; cooking; cottage; education; Evelyn; Margaret Swift; marriage; nursing; sewing; students; summer school; teaching; UBC; Victoria; women
jobs; school; teaching; women
How The Smithers education system changed over time and how that change was needed to accommodate the new influx of students.
1926; 1957; 1966; accommodations; Bulkley Valley Christian School; Chandler Park School; Evelyn; fire; government; marriage; Muheim Elementary School; Quick; Smithers; Smithers Public School; St. Joseph's School; Telkwa; wages; Walnut Park; wing
college; elementary; schooling
Family after the war.
fireman; hospital; Ontario; railroad; roundhouse; war; work station
children; war
Helping out at the hospital and creating a donor clinic in town.
Blood; Catholic; donor clinic; Dr. Cecil Hankinson; fire; Goodacre's; heating; Lake Kathlyn; Red Cross; Sisters of Saint Anne; swimming lessons; transitions house
Bulkley Valley District Hospital; donor clinic; Sisters of Saint Anne
barns; Fall Fair; Housing Society; land; lodge; money; pay; property