Interview with Jean Kilpatrick
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- Date Range
- February 12 1990
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Jean Kilpatrick (nee Grant), recorded on February 12th 1990 at her home in Smithers by Lori Hudson. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, an .MP3 access file, and a .jpg release form.
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- Creator
- Lori Hudson
- Fonds No.
- C5
- Item No.
- 2021.21.50
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 1.13 GB of digital records
- Date Range
- February 12 1990
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Jean Kilpatrick (nee Grant), recorded on February 12th 1990 at her home in Smithers by Lori Hudson. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, an .MP3 access file, and a .jpg release form.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
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Interview with Jean Kilpatrick - February 12 1990
Interview with Jean Kilpatrick - February 12 1990
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Interview opens with an excerpt from Jean Grant Kilpatrick's
cable cage; Foley, Welch and Stewart; Grand Trunk Pacific Railway; Grant family; Hazelton; hockey game; Kitselas; New Hazelton hockey team; Port Essington; Sealy Landing; SS Distributor; SS Operator; William Grant
arrival; Grant family; river boats; riverboats; Skeena River; Smithers; sternwheelers; transportation; voyage
Kilpatrick discusses her many years of service with the Women's Hospital Auxiliary and the means by which they raised money for the hospital. She also talks more generally about health care in Smithers' early years, including the first hospital, the Spanish influenza pandemic, and the Sisters of Saint Anne.
Anglican Hall; bazaar; chapel; children's masquerade; Church services; dances; disinfectant; Dr. Cecil Hankinson; Dr. Horace Wrinch; harvest festival; hope chest; Hospital Day; Mother Superior; Mrs. Boyer; New to You; Norman Kilpatrick Jr.; purchasing supplies; raffle; Sealy and Doodson's; Smithers Public School; Spanish flu; tag days; Town Hall; Valentine's Sale
Bulkley Valley District Hospital; doctors; fundraising; health care; hospital; Hospital Auxiliary; Sisters of Saint Anne; Smithers Hospital; Women's Auxiliary
Kilpatrick discusses other contributions she and her family have made to the community, including her husband's role as Smithers' postmaster (15:18), and their involvement with the Smithers Golf Course (18:07).
bank teller; Church organizations; Community Association; drugstore; golf tournament; Hospital Auxiliary; J. Mason Adams; Kilpatrick Trophy; life memberships; mailing letters; Mr. Reid; Norman Kilpatrick Sr.; opening of new post office; Red Cross; stamps; treasurer; Viola Kelly; Women's Association
community associations; community involvement; community organizations; community service; golf; golfing; post office; postal service; postmaster; Smithers Golf Course
Kilpatrick gives her memories of Smithers' first hospital, particularly its appearance and layout.
babies; birth; Dr. Cecil Hankinson; Dr. George Paine; Dr. Wallace; hockey team; private house; rooms; Telkwa nursing home; wards
hospital; layout; Smithers Hospital; Todd Building
Kilpatrick talks about her first house, which she bought from Dr. Hankinson, and mentions the difficulties of building in a swampy townsite.
architect; carpenter; carpentry; contractor; Dr. Cecil Hankinson; draining of townsite; flooding; Mr. Sangster; muskeg
construction; house; swamp
Kilpatrick briefly discusses a photograph of a plane which made a historic flight from Nome to New York and stopped at Hazelton along the way. She explains why she was not present for its visit.
Francois Lake; Hazelton; Lakes District; Mrs. Boyer; New York; Nome, Alaska; photograph; Wiggs O'Neill
airplane; excursion; historic flight; plane; travel; visiting
Kilpatrick talks about working at the bank in Smithers, including anecdotes about customers, a mistake she made while giving out money, and how James Cronin wanted to hire her as a stenographer.
adding machine; airplane spruce; bank accounts; catalogues; Chinese workers; duties; employees; Hazelton; James Cronin; Joe MacDonald; ledgers; mail; mail orders; mining reports; railroad; railway; railway workers; responsibilities; roundhouse; Royal Bank; Smithers; staff; stenography; Union Bank; Vanderhoof bank; workers
bank; banking; customers; employment; work
Kilpatrick discusses the drainage ditches which once ran down Main Street, sharing a story of when she fell into one. (Note that the child she mentions as having died is likely Elsie Wilkinson, who drowned in a creek near her Railway Avenue home in 1931).
drowning; fishing; playing; Reverend James Evans
Main Street ditches
Kilpatrick discusses her volunteer work with the Hazelton Red Cross during World War I, followed by her later involvement with the Women's Hospital Auxiliary in Smithers. She mentions the effects of the Spanish flu on the area and describes ways in which funds were raised for the hospital.
acting president; bands; campaign chairman; community support; dances; deaths; dentists; doctors; donation; Dr. Horace Wrinch; Dr. Maclean; fundraisers; fundraising; Gray's Orchestra; Hazelton; nurse; nurses' home; patriotic fund; prizes; raffle; Red Cross charter; soldiers' aid; Valentine sale; World War I
fundraising; hospital; Hospital Auxiliary; Red Cross; Spanish flu; volunteer work; Women's Auxiliary
Kilpatrick concludes the interview with her memories of Smithers' old town hall and the events held there, including Klondike Nights. (Note: interview ends abruptly without proper conclusion).
dances; Elks; music
Klondike Nights; social events; Town Hall