Interview with Helen Miller
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- Date Range
- November 22, 1988
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Helen Miller (nee Carr), recorded by BVM Curator Ruth Murdoch on November 22nd 1988 as part of the "Growing Up in the Bulkley Valley" series. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, .MP3 access file, and .jpg release form.
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- Creator
- Ruth Murdoch
- Fonds No.
- C5
- Item No.
- 2021.21.60
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 304 MB of digital records
- Date Range
- November 22, 1988
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Helen Miller (nee Carr), recorded by BVM Curator Ruth Murdoch on November 22nd 1988 as part of the "Growing Up in the Bulkley Valley" series. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, .MP3 access file, and .jpg release form.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Audio Tracks
Interview with Helen Miller - November 22, 1988
Interview with Helen Miller - November 22, 1988
https://search.bvmuseum.org/media/Digital%20Fonds%20and%20Collections/C5%20BVM%20Oral%20History%20collection/2021.21.60_Miller,%20Helen/Miller,%20Helen%201988_11_22.ACCESS.mp3
Miller introduces herself and describes her childhood home on Alfred Avenue.
Alfred Avenue; home; hospital; house; taxi; trucking business
childhood
Miller discusses taking piano lessons as a young girl and later becoming the first pianist to play with the Harmonettes.
Catholic Church; Harmonettes; Miss MacDonald; organ; piano; piano teacher; Sister Mary Andrew; St. Joseph's Church
childhood; music; piano lessons
After briefly discussing pets, Miller describes what it was like to grow up in Smithers in the 1920s and 30s.
cats; dogs; Lake Kathlyn; trains; transportation; walking; weather
childhood; community; growing up; pets; playing; recreation
Miller discusses the cold weather of her childhood days and the clothing that was worn to keep warm, including moccasins purchased from local Indigenous people. (Warning: section contains outdated and offensive terminology to refer to Indigenous people).
Indigenous people; moccasins; Smithers Public School
clothing; school; weather
Miller describes games, toys, and other forms of entertainment from her childhood.
ante-i-over; dolls; Fowler's Lumber Yard; hide and seek; run sheep run
games; recreation; toys
Miller gives her memories of Christmas, including community gatherings at her house after midnight mass. She also briefly talks about skiing as a child.
Catholicism; Christmas trees; church; food; midnight mass; Mr. Downey; presents; Santa Claus; skiing
Christmas
Miller talks about excursions into the countryside, such as visits to Telkwa to play basketball.
hayrides; taxi; truck
basketball; Telkwa; travel; trips
Miller talks briefly about attending school in Smithers as a child. (Note: interview ends abruptly without a conclusion).
lunch hour
education; school