Interview with Edna Mould
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions12286
- Date Range
- December 8, 1988
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Edna Mould (nee Rowland/Ailport) recorded by BVM Curator Ruth Murdoch on December 8, 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.
- 2021.21.61
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 563 MB of digital records
- Date Range
- December 8, 1988
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Edna Mould (nee Rowland/Ailport) recorded by BVM Curator Ruth Murdoch on December 8, 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 Edna Mould - December 8, 1988
Interview with Edna Mould - December 8, 1988
https://search.bvmuseum.org/media/Digital%20Fonds%20and%20Collections/C5%20BVM%20Oral%20History%20collection/2021.21.61_Mould,%20Edna/Mould,%20Edna%201988_12_8.ACCESS.mp3
Edna Mould recounts how she, her mother and brother came to Rose Lake from Victoria to work for a man named Len Ailport, who became her stepfather.
Elizabeth Rowland; Len Ailport; Rose Lake; Spencer Rowland; Victoria
arrival; parents
Mould describes growing up in the woods and attending school at Rose Lake.
house; Marian Cowan; portable sawmill; sawmill; school; school supplies
childhood; Rose Lake
Mould discusses what livestock her family kept, and tells how her brother would defend their chickens from hawks.
chickens; cows; hawks; horses
animals; livestock
Mould describes what she and other children would do for fun, such as playing in the hayloft of her barn.
barn; hayloft
playing; recreation
Mould speaks about the difficulties of keeping a small country school open when there were so few children in the area.
Rose Lake School; school
Mould recalls the presents she would get for Christmas, including a disappointing gift from the school Christmas tree.
dolls; presents; school Christmas party
Christmas
Mould recalls going to the post office in 'downtown' Rose Lake, as well as ordering groceries by mail at the store in Forestdale.
downtown; Forestdale; grocery store; Rose Lake; self-sufficiency; shopping; shopping by mail
downtown; shopping
Mould discusses methods of health care, such as home remedies, when she was growing up in Rose Lake.
babies; Burns Lake; coal oil; giving birth; injuries; pregnancy; remedies
health care
Mould discusses community events in Rose Lake, such as First of July picnics, Christmas concerts, dances, and basket socials.
basket socials; Canada Day; Christmas concerts; dances; First of July; fundraising; musicians; picnics; Rose Lake flats
community events; community gatherings; music; social events
Mould discusses moving to 'downtown' Rose Lake and entering her teenage years.
grocery store; marriage; post office
moving; Rose Lake
Mould recalls her schoolteachers and the education she received from them.
Clementine Crookshank; death; England; Kitty MacDonald; literature; Sidney Robinson; spelling bees
education; school; teachers
Mould recounts the story of when she and some other children attempted to derail a train so they could get the fruit it was carrying. (Note: interview ends abruptly without any conclusion).
childhood; mischief; pranks; train