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Archie Brienen as a young boy
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions12148
- Date Range
- [1935-1938]
- Collection
- Bill Dungate collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Scope and Content
- Studio portrait of Archie Brienen wearing a sailor suit. He was born to John and Elizabeth Brienen in Holland and immigrated to Canada as a young boy in 1938. The Brienens eventually settled in Barrett, near Houston.
- Collection
- Bill Dungate collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Fonds No.
- C8
- Item No.
- P9563
- Accession No.
- 2021.23
- Physical Description
- 1 negative; b&w
- Scan Resolution
- 600 dpi
- Date Range
- [1935-1938]
- Custodial History
- Negative was taken by Bill Dungate of an old photograph lent to him for reproduction by Nancy Goold in February 1981. Donated to the Museum on August 12th 2021 by Dino Laramie.
- Scope and Content
- Studio portrait of Archie Brienen wearing a sailor suit. He was born to John and Elizabeth Brienen in Holland and immigrated to Canada as a young boy in 1938. The Brienens eventually settled in Barrett, near Houston.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
Brienen family in Canada
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions12201
- Date Range
- [1938]
- Collection
- Bill Dungate collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Elizabeth, Archie, and John Brienen on a farm in Canada.
- Collection
- Bill Dungate collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Fonds No.
- C8
- Item No.
- P9616
- Accession No.
- 2021.23
- Physical Description
- 1 negative; b&w
- Scan Resolution
- 600 dpi
- Date Range
- [1938]
- History / Biographical
- The Brienens, originally from Holland, moved to Canada in 1938 and settled in Barrett near Houston.
- Custodial History
- Negative was taken by Bill Dungate of an old photograph lent to him for reproduction circa May 1988. Donated to the Museum on August 12th 2021 by Dino Laramie.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Elizabeth, Archie, and John Brienen on a farm in Canada.
- Geographic Access
- Barrett, B.C.
- Notes
- Appears on page 84 of Marks of a Century.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
Brienen family portrait
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions7949
- Date Range
- ca 1960s
- Collection
- Richerson's Studio fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Collection
- Richerson's Studio fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Creator
- Richerson's Studio
- Fonds No.
- BF9
- Item No.
- P6663
- Accession No.
- 2019.18
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph; sepia; 25.2 x 20 cm
- Scan Resolution
- 300 dpi
- 600 dpi
- Date Range
- ca 1960s
- History / Biographical
- Lenora Brienen (nee Martin) and Henry Brienen with daughters Sandra and Dorothy.
- Subject Access
- Richerson's Studio
- Geographic Access
- Smithers, B.C.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
Claudia Brienen at graduation
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions12705
- Date Range
- [May-June] 1977
- Collection
- Bill Dungate collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Claudia Brienen at her graduation from Houston Secondary School.
- Collection
- Bill Dungate collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Creator
- Bill Dungate
- Fonds No.
- C8
- Item No.
- P9869
- Accession No.
- 2021.23
- Physical Description
- 1 negative; b&w
- Scan Resolution
- 600 dpi
- Date Range
- [May-June] 1977
- Custodial History
- Negative was taken by Bill Dungate in May-June 1977 and donated to the Museum on August 12th 2021 by Dino Laramie.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Claudia Brienen at her graduation from Houston Secondary School.
- Geographic Access
- Houston, B.C.
- Notes
- Identified from name on envelope + resemblance to wedding photo in Houston Today. More photos from same event in folder.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
J.C. Brienen
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions12858
- Collection
- Bill Dungate collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Scope and Content
- Headshot of J.C. Brienen of Houston.
- Collection
- Bill Dungate collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Fonds No.
- C8
- Item No.
- P10009
- Accession No.
- 2021.23
- Physical Description
- 1 b&w negative
- Scan Resolution
- 400 dpi
- History / Biographical
- John Cornelius Brienen immigrated from Holland to Canada with his wife and son in 1938. The family settled in Houston and ran a mixed farm. John was active in the Houston Farmer's Institute, Co-op Association, and Credit Union Board.
- Custodial History
- Photo either taken or reproduced by Bill Dungate, likely in the 1970s or 1980s. Donated to the Museum on April 12th 2022.
- Scope and Content
- Headshot of J.C. Brienen of Houston.
- Geographic Access
- Houston, B.C.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
John and Elizabeth Brienen in Holland
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions12147
- Date Range
- [1932]
- Collection
- Bill Dungate collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Scope and Content
- Studio portrait of John and Elizabeth Brienen in Holland. They were married in 1932 and came to Canada in 1938 with their young son Archie, eventually settling in Barrett near Houston.
- Collection
- Bill Dungate collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Fonds No.
- C8
- Item No.
- P9562
- Accession No.
- 2021.23
- Physical Description
- 1 negative; b&w
- Scan Resolution
- 600 dpi
- Date Range
- [1932]
- Custodial History
- Negative was taken by Bill Dungate of an old photograph lent to him for reproduction by Nancy Goold in February 1981. Donated to the Museum on August 12th 2021 by Dino Laramie.
- Scope and Content
- Studio portrait of John and Elizabeth Brienen in Holland. They were married in 1932 and came to Canada in 1938 with their young son Archie, eventually settling in Barrett near Houston.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
Archie McInnes driving his first car
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions12340
- Date Range
- [1910s]
- Collection
- Bill Dungate collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of farmer Archie McInnes at the wheel of his first car, with George Findley in the passenger seat and daughter Ivy McInnes in the back wearing a large hat.
- Collection
- Bill Dungate collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Fonds No.
- C8
- Item No.
- P9670
- Accession No.
- 2021.23
- Physical Description
- 1 negative; b&w
- 1 b&w print; 10.5 x 6.5 cm
- Scan Resolution
- 600 dpi
- Date Range
- [1910s]
- History / Biographical
- Archie McInnes and family owned Pioneer Ranch at North Bulkley from the early 1900s until 1942.
- Custodial History
- Negative taken by Bill Dungate of a photograph lent to him for reproduction by Ivy Strimbold in 1986. Donated to the Museum on August 12th 2021 by Dino Laramie.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of farmer Archie McInnes at the wheel of his first car, with George Findley in the passenger seat and daughter Ivy McInnes in the back wearing a large hat.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
"Archie McInnes hauling in hay"
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions12344
- Date Range
- [1903-1942]
- Collection
- Bill Dungate collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Archie McInnes and a team of three horses hauling a load of hay.
- Collection
- Bill Dungate collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Fonds No.
- C8
- Item No.
- P9674
- Accession No.
- 2021.23
- Physical Description
- 1 negative; b&w
- Scan Resolution
- 600 dpi
- Date Range
- [1903-1942]
- History / Biographical
- The McInnes family owned Pioneer Ranch at North Bulkley from 1903 to 1942.
- Custodial History
- Negative taken by Bill Dungate of a photograph lent to him for reproduction. Donated to the Museum on August 12th 2021 by Dino Laramie.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Archie McInnes and a team of three horses hauling a load of hay.
- Geographic Access
- North Bulkley, B.C.
- Notes
- Envelope labelled (among other things) "From Old Photos - Greta Hamblin - Irene Newgard and Ivy Strimbold. Archie McInnes Hauling in Hay." Appears in Marks of a Century, pg. 97. Printed copy also available.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
"Archie McInnes looking over oats"
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions12335
- Date Range
- [1903-1942]
- Collection
- Bill Dungate collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of farmer Archibald 'Archie' McInnes looking out over his oat field at Pioneer Ranch, North Bulkley.
- Collection
- Bill Dungate collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Fonds No.
- C8
- Item No.
- P9665
- Accession No.
- 2021.23
- Physical Description
- 1 negative; b&w
- 1 b&w print; 14.5 x 9 cm
- Scan Resolution
- 600 dpi
- Date Range
- [1903-1942]
- Custodial History
- Negative and print made by Bill Dungate from a photograph lent to him for reproduction by Ivy Strimbold in 1986. Donated to the Museum on August 12th 2021 by Dino Laramie.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of farmer Archibald 'Archie' McInnes looking out over his oat field at Pioneer Ranch, North Bulkley.
- Geographic Access
- North Bulkley, B.C.
- Notes
- Date range based on McInnes family's ownership of Pioneer Ranch.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
Archie McInnes with daughters
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions12163
- Date Range
- [1916-1918]
- Collection
- Bill Dungate collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Archibald McInnes of Pioneer Ranch with his three daughters: Ivy, Neva, and Vera.
- Collection
- Bill Dungate collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Fonds No.
- C8
- Item No.
- P9578
- Accession No.
- 2021.23
- Physical Description
- 1 negative; b&w
- Scan Resolution
- 600 dpi
- Date Range
- [1916-1918]
- Custodial History
- Negative was taken by Bill Dungate of an old photograph lent to him for reproduction by Nancy Goold in October or November 1989. Donated to the Museum on August 12th 2021 by Dino Laramie.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Archibald McInnes of Pioneer Ranch with his three daughters: Ivy, Neva, and Vera.
- Geographic Access
- North Bulkley, B.C.
- Notes
- Date range estimated from apparent age of girls.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
"Joe and Archie. Lake Kathlyn."
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions3720
- Date Range
- ca 1938
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Parallel Title
- Title based on caption written on back of photograph.
- Creator
- [Val Tomlinson]
- Fonds No.
- C2
- Item No.
- P3489
- Accession No.
- 1996.146.1
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: b&w; 12.5 x 9 cm
- Scan Resolution
- 600 dpi
- Date Range
- ca 1938
- Geographic Access
- Smithers, B.C.
- Notes
- Val Tomlinson is W.V. Tomlinson, drugstore owner.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
"Mrs. Downey and Archie at Duthie Mine"
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions3740
- Date Range
- July 1938
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Other Title Info
- Title based on information written on back of photograph.
- Creator
- [Val Tomlinson]
- Fonds No.
- C2
- Item No.
- P3509
- Accession No.
- 1996.146.1
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: b&w; 8.1 x 11.3 cm
- Scan Resolution
- 600 dpi
- Date Range
- July 1938
- Subject Access
- Duthie Mine
- Geographic Access
- Smithers, B.C.
- Notes
- Val Tomlinson is W.V. Tomlinson, drugstore owner.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
"The Todds and Archie, Lake Kathlyn"
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions3698
- Date Range
- ca 1938
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Other Title Info
- Title based on caption written on back of photograph.
- Creator
- [Val Tomlinson]
- Fonds No.
- C2
- Item No.
- P3467
- Accession No.
- 1996.146.1
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: b&w; 12.5 x 9 cm
- Scan Resolution
- 600 dpi
- Date Range
- ca 1938
- Geographic Access
- Smithers, B.C.
- Lake Kathlyn, B.C.
- Notes
- Archie is the woman on the far right.
- Val Tomlinson is W.V. Tomlinson, drugstore owner.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
Edward "Ed" Maskiewich and Jean Kilpatrick on their wedding day
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions8166
- Date Range
- 1959
- Collection
- Richerson's Studio fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Collection
- Richerson's Studio fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Creator
- Richerson's Studio
- Fonds No.
- BF9
- Item No.
- P6824
- Accession No.
- 2019.18
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: b&w; 20.3 x 25.3 cm
- Scan Resolution
- 600 dpi
- 300 dpi
- Date Range
- 1959
- Subject Access
- Richerson's Studio
- Geographic Access
- Smithers, B.C.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
Gordon Handford, Dian Herman, Laura Carpenter, Ward Fletcher and Laura-Jean Handford
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions6696
- Date Range
- 1950s
- Collection
- Della Herman fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Collection
- Della Herman fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Other Title Info
- Title based on information in original scrapbook.
- Fonds No.
- PF29
- Item No.
- P6304
- Accession No.
- 2018.61
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: b&w; 15 x 12.5 cm (TIF)
- Scan Resolution
- 300 dpi
- 600 dpi
- Date Range
- 1950s
- History / Biographical
- Laura Caprenter is the mother of Della Herman, and the grandmother of Dian Cromer (nee Herman)
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Images
Interviews with Jean and Reg Heal
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions12250
- Date Range
- November 19 1988
- August 14 1997
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- Scope and Content
- Two interviews with Reg and Jean Heal (nee Gregerson). One was recorded on November 19th 1988 by Ruth Murdoch as part of the "Growing Up in the Bulkley Valley" series. The other was recorded on August 14th 1997 by Misty Jorgen at the Heals' home in Smithers. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, .MP3…
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- Creator
- Ruth Murdoch;
- Misty Jorgen
- Fonds No.
- C5
- Item No.
- 2021.21.43
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 4.93 GB of digital records
- Date Range
- November 19 1988
- August 14 1997
- History / Biographical
- Reg Heal (1917-2004) was born to Ernest and Mary Heal on the family farm near Telkwa; Jean (1920-2014) was born in Smithers to Gilbert and Mary Gregerson of Evelyn. Reg helped out on his family’s farm, cut ice on Lake Kathlyn, and worked in the Telkwa Coal Mine. Jean worked on the Low farm and Dr. Green’s office in Smithers. They married in 1943 and had two children, Lawrence and Barbara. In 1956 the Heals moved to Smithers, where Reg worked for the school district.
- Scope and Content
- Two interviews with Reg and Jean Heal (nee Gregerson). One was recorded on November 19th 1988 by Ruth Murdoch as part of the "Growing Up in the Bulkley Valley" series. The other was recorded on August 14th 1997 by Misty Jorgen at the Heals' home in Smithers. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, .MP3 access files, and .jpg release forms.
- Notes
- Sound quality of both interviews is very poor due to high background noise and low interviewee volume.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Audio Tracks
Interview with Jean and Reg Heal - November 19, 1988
Interview with Jean and Reg Heal - November 19, 1988
https://search.bvmuseum.org/media/Digital%20Fonds%20and%20Collections/C5%20BVM%20Oral%20History%20collection/2021.21.43_Heal,%20Jean%20and%20Reg/1988%20interview/Heal,%20Jean%20and%20Reg%201988_11_19.ACCESS.mp3
Introduction of Reg and Jean Heal, giving their years and places of birth and some info about their parents.
Ernest Heal; Evelyn; Heal farm; horse and wagon; Mary Fryer Heal; Mary Gregerson; road conditions; Smithers Town Hall; Telkwa; Tyhee Lake
birth info; Jean Gregerson; Reg Heal
Jean and Reg share childhood memories of playing outdoors on their families' farms.
barbecues; calf roping; cat; creek; dog; Evelyn School; frogs; grouse; homemade skis; lassoing; Margaret Gregerson; Mary Gregerson; pollywogs; pond; rabbits; skiing; sleigh rides; spring; summer; Ted Gregerson; Telkwa Barbecue; winter
childhood; family; outdoors; play; recreation; siblings
Jean Heal recounts the chores that she did as a child and where her mother sold the goods produced by the family farm.
butter; carrying water; chickens; chicks; eggs; firewood; Mary Gregerson; milking cows; school; Telkwa Creamery; Valentine Dairy; Watson's Store
chores; farm; responsibilities
Jean recalls how special her family's horses were to her, telling stories of sleigh rides, the death of a favourite horse, and a time when the new horses attempted to run away.
colic; death; horse driving; horse team; Mary Gregerson; runaway horses; sickness; sleigh; sleighing
animals; horses
Jean discusses a special tree in her family's barnyard which served as a stopping point for travelers and a place of trade between the Gregerson family and local Indigenous peoples. She also describes tending to her family's gardens and harvesting some of the weeds to eat.
chores; church; Evelyn School; fish; Indigenous people; Mary Gregerson; nettles; pigweed; stopping place; trading; washing
favourite place; gardens; tree; weeding
Jean Heal shares a story of how her mother and several neighbours rescued a calf which had fallen through the ice into a river.
Fred Rosberg; ice; Lee Johnson; Mr. Owens?; Mrs. Johnson; Selma Rosberg; winter
calf; Mary Gregerson; rescue; river
Jean recounts games that she used to play as a child, both and hole and at school.
Ante-Ante-I-Over; hide and seek; Prisoner's Base; school; scrub baseball; snow forts; snow tunnel; snowball fights; tag; teacher
entertainment; games; play; recreation
Jean recounts her memories of Christmas as a child, particularly the scarcity of money and presents. Note that the latter section about traplines is almost inaudible.
Auntie Meg; Christmas concerts; Christmas trees; cup and saucer; furs; Japanese oranges; no presents; parcel; trapline; trapping
Christmas; holidays
Jean talks about how the family rarely went in to Smithers all together, as someone always had to be left behind to do chores on the farm. She also mentions how horses and wagons would cut across Lake Kathlyn when it was frozen, which sometimes ended in disaster.
Beaton's Barn; Belgian horse team; clearing snow; horses; ice; ice houses; Lake Kathlyn; sleigh; wagon; winter
Smithers; transportation; travel
Jean recalls entertaining school events such as noon hour dances and end-of-the-year picnics, as well as which hours of the day the different grades started and left school.
Henry Johnson; ice cream; May 24th; musical instruments; Orville Elliott; school hours; school picnics; school times; Trout Creek; Victoria Day
dancing; Evelyn School; events; picnic; school
Jean explains the essential roles that women, such as her mother Mary Gregerson, played in rural society.
canning; cars; driving; food preservation; meet curing
chores; jobs; responsibilities; women; women's labour
Reg Heal recalls his childhood on the family farm near Tyhee Lake, with a focus on chores such as hauling hay and milking cows.
chickens; clover seed; cows; crops; dairy; hauling hay; hay rake; horses; milking cows; tie cutting; timothy seed
childhood; chores; farms; responsibilities
Reg recalls toys, games, and other forms of entertainment from his childhood, particularly winter sports such as skating and skiing.
Barger Ranch; hide and seek; homemade skis; pop guns; skating; skiing; sleigh riding; softball; toy train; Tyhee Lake
entertainment; games; sports; toys
Reg gives his memories of Christmas at his paternal grandparents' (Fred and Ann Heal) house.
Ann Anderson Heal; beefsteak pudding; English; Fred Heal; gramophone; music; plum pudding
Christmas; grandparents; holidays
Reg gives his memories of attending school in Telkwa, including a story about a time the horse he was riding turned around and brought him back home.
chores; grandparents' house; horse riding; horses; Hubert; school; Telkwa School; tie contract; wood packing
Reg recounts Christmas and New Year's gatherings with the tie camp workers at Hubert, including one man who would buy presents and play Santa Claus for the children. He and Jean also discuss dances held at Evelyn and how young men would have to ask permission from a woman's parents to dance with her.
accordion; chaperones; dancing; fiddling; Hubert; Hubert townsite; Mary Heal Jr; music; New Year's Dance; Oscar Englund; presents; raft; Santa Claus; tie camp; tie cutters; toy train; Victor Lundstrom; workers
Christmas; dances; gatherings; holidays; New Year's; social events
While discussing the general self-sufficiency of the era (1920s & 30s), Jean describes how she would raise chicks in an incubator and later sell the fryers at Lake Kathlyn. Reg talks about how his father would deliver eggs and chickens to hotels and restaurants in town. Also some discussion of the low prices of the time.
bicycling; biking; carrying water; chicks; costs; eggs; Ernie Heal; fryers; incubator; Lake Kathlyn; Mary Gregerson; Model T Ford; no money; prices; restaurants; school; summer homes; transportation; walking
chores; deliveries; errands; prices; raising chickens; self-sufficiency; selling goods
In a continuation of the previous topic, Jean and Reg discuss the end of the Depression and the start of WWII, including the arrival of extra workers to build the Smithers Airport, Jean's role making items for the Red Cross, and why Reg was unsuccessful in joining the army.
airport construction; bandages; broken eardrum; ear infection; essential worker; extra workers; farming; knitting; mining; sewing; Telkwa Colleries; war effort
army; Great Depression; military service; Red Cross; Smithers Airport; World War II
Interview concludes with various additional reminiscences of Reg's and Jean's, including: clearing land, knitting and sewing, a 1929 Oldsmobile bought and repaired by Reg as a teenager, teacher Phyllis Davidson, the friendliness of Indigenous neighbours, and forms of financial relief during the Great Depression. Note: interview ends suddenly without a proper conclusion.
1929 Oldsmobile; cars; clean-up plant; clearing land; driver's license; Eaton's; Great Depression; Moricetown; Mr. Joe Nass; Mrs. Joe Nass; Phyllis Davidson; relief camps; relief funds; repairing machinery; Singer sewing machine; teacher; welfare; Witset
cars; financial aid; financial assistance; Indigenous people; knitting; memories; sewing
Interview with Jean and Reg Heal - August 14 1997
Jean Gregerson Heal recounts the histories of her parents, their occupations, how they met and came to Canada after the First World War, and their arrival and marriage in Smithers. She also tells of her birth in Smithers' town hall during a thunderstorm.
Alaska; Alfred Avenue; appendix; Beaton's Barn; birth; Boer War; Bulkley Hotel; Copper River Slim; coyote carpet; delivering babies; diagnoses; Donald Lake; Duluth, Minnesota; Elliotts; England; Evelyn; furs; gardening; homesteading; Hudson Bay Company; immigration; Ingrid Palmer; Johnny Johnson; Johnsons; livery stable; logging; marriage; McDonell Lake; military hospital; Mr. and Mrs. Beaton; Norway; nurse; Petersons; practical nursing; railroad; Scotland; Smithers; South Africa; South African War; St. James Anglican Church; town hall; trapping; Vancouver; Vimy Ridge; war bride; wartime experiences; Wiggs O'Neill; World War I; wounded in action
family history; Gilbert Gregerson; Gregerson family; Mary Gregerson
Jean describes how her parents moved to the Evelyn area shortly after their marriage and made a living as farmers. She discusses the typical work that was done on the farm, her mother's career as a midwife, and the hazards of travelling over the frozen Lake Kathlyn to get to Smithers or cut ice.
bread; canning; credit; curing meat; delivering babies; driving; first car; food preservation; groceries; horses; ice cutting; ice houses; Jim Waddington; knitting; Lake Kathlyn; lamps; lighting; livestock; medal; midwife; Mr. and Mrs. Miller; nursing; produce; Railway Avenue; reading; Red Cross campaign; sewing; Smithers; socializing; Soldier Settlement Board; Thornes; transportation; Watson's Store; winter
Evelyn; farming; Gilbert Gregerson; Mary Gregerson
Jean talks about growing up in Evelyn with her twin sister Margaret and brother Ted. She describes the chores that the children did around the farm, as well as school and recreation.
berry picking; birth; carrying water; chickens; chopping wood; cream separating; doctors; Dr. Cecil Hankinson; Dr. L.M. (Lawrence) Greene; eggs; feeding animals; games; gardening; homework; making butter; Margaret Gregerson; milking cows; Mrs. Gray; nurse; Prince Rupert; school; skiing; Smithers Hospital; Ted Gregerson; Telkwa Creamery; town hall; twins; Valentine's Dairy; Vanderhoof
childhood; chores; Evelyn; farm; siblings
Jean describes her education at Evelyn School, including special events such as parties, concerts, picnics, dancing, and examinations.
activities; blackboards; busing; Christmas concerts; classmates; correspondence courses; dancing; doctor; Dr. F. Vere Agnew; Driftwood; Ella Currie; embroidery; entrance exam; examinations; fishing; flower garden; Halloween parties; Henry Johnson; ice cream; ink; inkwells; inspection; Kitseguecla; local dances; Marjorie Jacquot; May 24th picnic; medical exam; Mr. Muir; Mr. Plumber; music; musical instruments; nib pens; oral tests; Orville Elliott; Phyllis Davidson; picnics; school house; sewing; singing; students; swimming; teachers; Toboggan Creek; Toboggan Lake; Trout Creek; Verna Marett; Victor Lundstrom
education; Evelyn School; school; special events
Jean discusses her life after graduation: working for various local families, meeting Reg Heal at a dance at Driftwood, and eventually marrying him.
Barbara Heal Hurstfield; children; correspondence courses; Credit Union; dance; Dr. L.M. (Lawrence) Greene; Driftwood School; Evelyn; gas rations; Glentanna; Hazelton; honeymoon; Jean Gair; Lawrence Heal; music; musicians; Prince Rupert; Smithers; Sorrento, BC; United Church; Walcott
employment; marriage; Reg Heal; work
Jean discusses the location and history of the Evelyn community, and describes what life was like there in the 1920s and 30s.
Adam's Igloo; agriculture; Andrew Johnson; Auntie Meg; bicycle; burning; canning; carpenter; cattle; chickens; Christmas; clearing land; cream; Doughty; driving horses; Ed Johnson; eggs; Evelyn School; farmers; hand-me-downs; haying; health; ice loading; incubator; Jack Johnson; livelihoods; MacMillans; Mary Gregerson; moose; Mr. and Mrs. Nichols; Mr. Fagerlid; odd jobs; Owens family; parcel; picking rocks; population; post office; raising chickens; Rosbergs; Scandinavians; section foreman; sickness; Storey family; subdivisions; Trout Creek; women's labour
Evelyn; history; rural life
Jean continues her discussion of Evelyn, with a focus on the various buildings, businesses, and community events there.
badminton; bunkhouse; church; concerts; doctor's office; Elks Hall; Evelyn Community Hall; Evelyn post office; Evelyn Station; flagging; halibut; hay shed; house; Jim Storey; L.B. Storey; Masons; minister; Mr. Fagerlid; Mr. Rosberg; New Year's dance; social events; station houses; stationmaster; Storeys; Toboggan Lake; train station; transportation of goods; United Church; waiting room; weddings; Women's Institute
buildings; businesses; community events; community organizations; Evelyn; Evelyn Hall; railway; special events
Interview cuts to a different conversation regarding a map of Evelyn. Jean identifies where different families lived and who later took over their properties.
Evelyn School; highway; Toboggan Creek
Evelyn; farms; properties
Jean discusses the many families who resided in Evelyn and what they did for a living. (Note: the spelling of these names has been verified with the Interior News whenever possible, but may not be 100% accurate in all instances).
Andrew Johnson; Castells; Charlie McGuire; Dave Bird; dugout; Ed Johnson; Elliotts; Fagerlids; farming; Fred Castell; George Ballard; George Storey; Gus Olsen; Hanson's farm; Helge Karlsen; highways; ice cream store; Jim Capling; John Johnson; John Tyne; Leipes; loading ties; MacMillans; McDonalds; mining; Mr. McMaster; Murrays; Oscar Engman; Owens family; Palmesons; Pedersens; Petersons; post office; Rosbergs; section man; Smalls; station agent; Trigvie; W. Siler; Yeliches
Evelyn; families; farmers; livelihoods; occupations
Interview cuts suddenly to a discussion about log driving along the Skeena.
Hazelton; Scandinavians
log driving; river drives; Skeena River; transport
Reg Heal's section of the interview begins with a discussion of his family's history. He explains how the Heals came to the Bulkley Valley in the early 1900s and what jobs they took up once there.
Ann Anderson Heal; birth; clearing land; doctor; Ernest Heal; family farm; Fred Heal; government work; Hagwilget Bridge; Hazelton; land pre-emption; Mary Fryer Heal; midwife; Olof Hanson; policeman; Saanich; sternwheeler; tie contracts; tie cutting; Tyhee Lake; Victoria; work
family history; farming; Heal family; occupations
Short discussion of local politician and businessman Olof Hanson.
airport; Hubert; office; politics; Smithers
Olof Hanson
Reg explains how a demand for timothy seed saved many farmers' livelihoods during the Great Depression.
agriculture; crops; harvesting; seeding; threshing
farmers; farming; Great Depression; timothy seed
Reg briefly discusses his father Ernest's contract to help clear a section of the Smithers townsite in 1913.
contract; Jack Oakes; Main Street; swamp
clearing land; employment; Ernest Heal; Smithers townsite; work
Reg briefly discusses his school days in Telkwa.
grades; student population; teachers
education; school; Telkwa School
Reg discusses the work he did after leaving school as a teenager, first on the family farm and later at a sawmill. He describes in detail how the ties were cut at the mill.
bush camp; clearing land; cutting wood; ploughing
cutting ties; employment; farm work; labour; sawmill; work
Reg discusses his later work as an ice cutter on Lake Kathlyn, detailing how the ice was cut, loaded, transported by train, and unloaded at its destination. (Note: section from about 2:10:25 to 2:11:30 is particularly difficult to understand).
box car; bunkhouse; Charlie Wilson; contract; ice houses; Larry Warner; loading ice; Olof Hanson; Orville Rosberg; payment; Prince George; train; train car; unloading ice; wages
employment; ice cutting; Lake Kathlyn; work
Reg talks about working at the Telkwa Coal Mine during the Second World War, as he was unable to join the military due to an ear problem.
Bulkley Valley Collieries; bunkhouse; Dockrills; employees; miners; mining papers; powder; types of coal; unloading coal; World War II
coal mining; employment; Telkwa Coal Mine; work
Reg discusses the former town of Hubert, where his father used to rent land while hewing ties.
bridge; buildings; divisional point; farms; government building; location; population; railway stations; stores; townsite
Hubert
Reg discusses his 25 years spent working for the school district as a bus driver and maintenance worker. (Note: interview ends suddenly without a proper conclusion).
bus drivers; bus driving; buses; employees; maintenance work; repair work; repairs
employment; School District 54; work
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
Audio Tracks
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
Interview with Jean Maskiewich
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions12270
- Date Range
- November 29, 1988
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Jean Maskiewich (nee Kilpatrick), recorded on December 6th 1988 by BVM Curator Ruth Murdoch 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.
- 2021.21.56
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 440 MB of digital records
- Date Range
- November 29, 1988
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Jean Maskiewich (nee Kilpatrick), recorded on December 6th 1988 by BVM Curator Ruth Murdoch 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 Jean Maskiewich - November 29, 1988
Interview with Jean Maskiewich - November 29, 1988
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Maskiewich discusses how her parents first came to the Bulkley Valley and describes her childhood home in Smithers.
brothers; chores; Department of Lands; dusting; grandfather; Jean Grant Kilpatrick; neighbourhood; newspaper comics; Norman Kilpatrick; postmaster; responsibilities; steamship; Union Bank; washing dishes
childhood home; memories; parents
Maskiewich describes what she and the neighbourhood kids would do for fun in Smithers.
Alfred Park; bandstand; bonfires; dolls; games; old houses; roasting potatoes; toys; visiting friends
entertainment; playing; recreation
Maskiewich discusses special community events such as picnics at Lake Kathlyn.
cabins; Canada Day; church picnics; Flag Day; Hazelton; May Day; United Church
community events; Lake Kathlyn; recreation; special events
Maskiewich discusses her childhood memories of Christmas.
Christmas dinner; Christmas tree; company; delivering mail; doll; foods; fruit cocktail; ginger ale; presents; stockings; sun porch; turkey; visiting
Christmas; holidays
Maskiewich talks about her school days in Smithers, and how all the schools she attended have since been demolished.
Christmas concerts; Della Herman; Smithers High School; Smithers Public School; town hall
education; school
Maskiewich discusses going out to the countryside to visit her friends' farms and partake in outdoor recreation. She also discusses fun things to do in town, such as skating on the Main Street ditches and the outdoor rink.
Bigelow Lake; curling rink; dairy farm; Davidson family; Driftwood; fishing; Flint family; horseback riding; Lake Kathlyn; Main Street ditch; Malkow Lookout; skating; skating rink; skiing; sports; Telkwa; winter
countryside; farms; recreation; travel; visiting
Maskiewich discusses the frequent dances and parties held in Smithers and surrounding communities, as well as the music available to townspeople at that time.
Driftwood Hall; Elvis; Glenwood Hall; Halloween parties; house parties; Lake Kathlyn Hall; music; radios; record players; town hall
community events; dances; dancing; social events
Maskiewich recalls two local 'characters,' Joe Suey and Little Pete, who grew vegetables in their gardens. (Note: interview ends without a proper conclusion).
compost; farm; gardening; trash collecting; vegetables
Joe Suey; Little Pete
Interview with Jean Saffarek
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- Date Range
- January 14, 1995
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Jean Saffarek (nee Anderson), recorded on January 14th 1995 by Carly Blair. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, .MP3 access file, and a .jpg release form.
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- Creator
- Carly Blair
- Fonds No.
- C5
- Item No.
- 2021.21.71
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 730 MB of digital records
- Date Range
- January 14, 1995
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Jean Saffarek (nee Anderson), recorded on January 14th 1995 by Carly Blair. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, .MP3 access file, and a .jpg release form.
- Notes
- First several minutes of interview are very quiet.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Audio Tracks
Interview with Jean Saffarek - January 14, 1995
Interview with Jean Saffarek - January 14, 1995
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Jean Saffarek (nee Anderson) discusses her family and her early days in Smithers. Her parents came from Sweden to Alberta, where they lost two daughters to diphtheria, before moving to Smithers. (Note: section is very quiet).
Alberta; bathing; carrying water; chores; deaths; diphtheria; house; poplar trees; running water; Smithers; washing
childhood; childhood home; family
Saffarek discusses skiing for fun and to get to school during her childhood in Smithers. (Note: section is very quiet; volume increases around 3:20).
school; Simpson's Gulch; skiing; skis
childhood; entertainment; recreation
Saffarek discusses the deaths of her parents, Axel and Lydia Anderson, when she was a young mother.
Axel Anderson; deaths; illness; Lydia Anderson; parents
Saffarek discusses community events (Christmas concerts, Elks show, Halloween) held in Smithers when she was young.
boy scout hall; Christmas concerts; Elks show; Halloween; movies; outhouses; pranks; theatre; trick-or-treating
community events; Smithers
Saffarek discusses visiting neighbours in Evelyn and bringing laundry up to her father up at Silvern Lake.
Axel Anderson; building roads; chores; Evelyn; Glacier Gulch; hikes; Scandinavians; Silvern Lake; walking
community; laundry; neighbours; outings; socializing
Saffarek discusses attending school in Smithers.
classrooms; Della Carpenter; Della Herman; exercise; Grace Ball; lunch; skiing; Smithers Elementary School
education; school; teachers
Saffarek discusses her working career after graduation, including working at the post office and for the forestry industry.
Central Park Building; forestry industry; Forestry Office; Kilpatrick family; payment; post office; Royal Bank; wages
career; employment; jobs
Saffarek sums up her feelings towards Smithers.
change; community; family; scenery; Smithers
Saffarek describes the education she received as a child, what subjects were taught, and how students were disciplined. She also states that she and her brother may have been the first set of twins born in the first Smithers hospital.
discipline; hospital; left handedness; nurses' house; punishments; school subjects; twins
education; school
Saffarek shares a story about how a milk cow once followed her mother to town. She then describes the chores that were done on a typical day during her childhood.
breakfast; clearing rocks; cow; food preservation; milking cows; picking berries; refrigeration
Axel Anderson; chores; Lydia Anderson; normal day; parents
Saffarek briefly discusses her parents' lives and personalities.
adopted out; church; dancing; religion; women's organization
Axel Anderson; Lydia Anderson; parents
Jean Anderson with nephew Joey Aida
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions8056
- Date Range
- 1943
- Collection
- Aida Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Collection
- Aida Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Fonds No.
- PF5
- Item No.
- P6756
- Accession No.
- 2015.13.1
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: b&w
- Date Range
- 1943
- History / Biographical
- Jean is the daughter of Axel and Lydia Anderson; Joey was the son of Tatsuo Aida and Jean's sister Elsie.
- Geographic Access
- Smithers, B.C.
- Notes
- P6715-P6803 come from a disk and are only available in digital format.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
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