Interview with Marie Martin
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions11952
- Date Range
- June 15 2021
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- Interviews with Marie Martin recorded June 15 2021 at the Old Church in Smithers by Cassandra McKenney, BVM oral history intern. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, PDF bibliographic form, photo from day of interview, PDF and .docx copies of question prep, and .csv file of subject …
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- Creator
- Cassandra McKenney
- Fonds No.
- C5
- Item No.
- 2021.21.14
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 1.88 GB of digital records
- Date Range
- June 15 2021
- Scope and Content
- Interviews with Marie Martin recorded June 15 2021 at the Old Church in Smithers by Cassandra McKenney, BVM oral history intern. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, PDF bibliographic form, photo from day of interview, PDF and .docx copies of question prep, and .csv file of subject indexing.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Audio Tracks
Interview with Marie Martin - June 15, 2021
Interview with Marie Martin - June 15, 2021
https://search.bvmuseum.org/media/Digital%20Fonds%20and%20Collections/C5%20BVM%20Oral%20History%20collection/2021.21.14_Martin,%20Marie/Martin,%20Marie%202021_06_15.ACCESS.mp3
Marie Martin describes her early life in Prince Rupert and Fort Babine
fishing; parents; school
family; Fort Babine; traditions
Describing her experience as a single mother, her early work with the University and the Lake Babine Nation
cultural monitoring; environmental monitoring; Fort Babine; Granisle; UNBC
career; children; Lake Babine Nation
Describing her role with issue Fort Babine and the Lake Babine nation faced, including a logging road cut through the burial ground, as well as changes to the community over the years.
bridge; community; development; Fort Babine; security; spokesperson
burial ground; changes; drug use; logging
The story of Marie Martin's grandfather, Chief Antoine Williams.
canoe
Antoine Williams; Bear Lake people
Marie Martin shares stories, myths, and legends she was told by her grandmother and other elders, and the importance of sharing the stories of the community with members and visitors.
elders; grandmother; tourists
culture; stories
Marie Martin shares more stories about her grandfather.
Babine Lake; feasts; Potlach; Williams Hall
Chief Antoine Williams; history
Marie speaks about her mother and her battle with tuberculosis, as well her father and her siblings and their own struggles.
hospital; mother; siblings; struggles; surgery; trauma
family; father; mother; tuberculosis
Marie Martin's closing thoughts.
family legacy; Miss Indian Contest; traditions
heritage
Interview with Sheila Hagman
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions12229
- Date Range
- June 14 2021
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Sheila Hagman, recorded June 14 2021 at the Old Church by Geri Britton. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, and .pdf release form.
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- Creator
- Geri Britton
- Fonds No.
- C5
- Item No.
- 2021.21.23
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 1.60 GB of digital records
- Date Range
- June 14 2021
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Sheila Hagman, recorded June 14 2021 at the Old Church by Geri Britton. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, and .pdf release form.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Audio Tracks
Interview with Sheila Hagman - June 15, 2021
Interview with Sheila Hagman - June 15, 2021
https://search.bvmuseum.org/media/Digital%20Fonds%20and%20Collections/C5%20BVM%20Oral%20History%20collection/2021.21.23_Hagman,%20Sheila/Hagman,%20Sheila%202021_06_14.ACCESS.mp3
Leaving the farm to move to Smithers, big changes in family dynamics.
adjustment; beef; chickens; crop farmer; Cutknife, Saskatchewan; family; farm; French; high school; Houston; pigs; train
family; farm
What high school was like in Smithers and later going to college to get a G.E.D.
auditorium; college; dances; French; GED; grade 11; grades; graduate; Mr. Ruiter; party; teachers
graduation; school
Hagman's family leaving Germany and coming to Canada as settlers and breaking the land.
Cutknife, Saskatchewan; German; house; power; Russian; Swift Current, Saskatchewan; wagon; water; winter
family; settlers
What it was like to live in Smithers and what Hagman would do to keep herself busy.
12th Avenue; 14th Avenue; apartment; bike; Bulkley Valley; electricity; garden; Goodacre's; house; ice skating; marriage; running water; Saturday matinee; snowball fights; tobogganing; town; trailer; TV; Vancouver
family; fun; house; Smithers
Why Sheila Hagman moved around so often and decided to stay in Smithers. As well as all the things Hagman loved about Smithers.
1967; bus stop; coffee shop; dances; disabilities; garage; handicap; highways; Hilltop; hotel; Houston; Mrs. Van Horn; Otto Hagman; pool hall; Shelly Hagman; Smithers; Smithers International Sales; strippers; Super Valu; truck driver; Vancouver
How running stores in Smithers was like and switching between four shops in one lifetime.
1982; 1996; Bank of Montreal; cigarettes; Edmonton; Fashion Plus; gift shop; hats; Heartstrings; hockey cards; land; lottery; Main Street; Mark's Work Wearhouse; photo finisher; post office; real estate; Rex Henry; shoe buying; Smithers; Smithers Video; stress; video store; water
business; Mark's Work Wearhouse; Smithers; Smithers Video
The time that a pipe broke in a new shop right after purchase and the Hagmans had to go to court.
1992; adjuster; broke; court battle; mall; pipe; staff; water; Zellers
court battle; flood; lawsuit
The struggle of getting diagnosed with cancer while running two businesses.
Bill Sullivan; bookkeeper; breast cancer; cancer; father; manager; Mark's Work Wearhouse; story; Terrace
cancer
What life was like taking care of a child with a disability, working, and losing a husband all in the same year.
care home; computer programmer; condo; Dana Gorban; dog; friendly; husband; partner; Smithers; stamping; Vancouver
care home; disability; Shelly Hagman
Interview with Jack Wertz
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions11956
- Date Range
- March 29 2021
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Jack Wertz recorded March 8 2021 at the Old Church in Smithers by Paulie Haines. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, photo from day of interview, and .csv file of subject indexing.
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- Creator
- Paulie Haines
- Fonds No.
- C5
- Item No.
- 2021.21.18
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 2.20 GB of digital records
- Date Range
- March 29 2021
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Jack Wertz recorded March 8 2021 at the Old Church in Smithers by Paulie Haines. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, photo from day of interview, and .csv file of subject indexing.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Audio Tracks
Interview with Jack Wertz - March 29, 2021
Interview with Jack Wertz - March 29, 2021
https://search.bvmuseum.org/media/Digital%20Fonds%20and%20Collections/C5%20BVM%20Oral%20History%20collection/2021.21.18_Wertz,%20Jack/Wertz,%20Jack%202021_03_29.ACCESS.mp3
How Wertz's life was like living in a state orphanage with his sister in Tuscon, Arizona.
1934; family; hugs; Mastoid infection; Mexican; nurses; orphanage; penicillin; Tuscon, Arizona
childhood; family; orphanage
Moved with his father and new step mother to a ranch house after the father had been stationed at an Italian war camp.
animals; army base; date; flag staff; Italian prisoner of war camp; ranch house; safety engineer; street kids
animals; marriage; military
Leaving home because his step-grandmother was cruel to him. Going to college with one of the first women allowed to go there.
dirty jokes; Dr. Tuller; Eagle Rock; girls; grandmother; Jewish; racism; runaway; uncle; white; zoology
family; leaving home
What life was like during the Korean War and how some of the Americans were brought up.
conscription; draft; filler troops; Kentucky; Korean War; murders; tank department
America; war
Wertz meeting his old friend and co-worker in the army and him becoming Wertz's commander.
commander; company; Edward Fender; friend; saddle; tank training
commander; friendship; war
The career paths that Wertz took in his youth to support his family and get through school once the war was over.
boxing; children; cook; golfing; grades; waitress
career; children; family; marriage; school
When Jack moved to Los Angeles he found a love of surfing and centered his life around it for around two years.
appraisals; assessment; Los Angeles Times; surfing; taxes
appraisals; family; recreation; sports; surfing
Trying to learn manners to impress that girl of his dreams and marry her.
dance; dinner; education; listener; love; manners; marriage; professor; relationships; women
love; manners; marriage
Going on vacation to Smithers and realizing that he wanted to move to Smithers and start a home.
alfalfa; board walk; cousin; fishing; post office; ranch; rent; Smithers; snow; vacation; veterans
fishing; moving; Smithers
Wertz was approached by another gentlemen about appraising land in Kitimat and that was the first step on building his North Country business in Smithers.
honesty; Kitimat; North Country; real estate; Remex; salesmen
business; real Estate
The time Wertz met Marge Calhoun, the women's surfing champion.
1950s; California; Dale Velzy; lessons; Marge Calhoun; sporting goods; surfboard; surfing; teaching
surfing
What life was like in Canada with an new life and wife, guiding, fishing, ranching.
bears; bookkeeper; camp; cattle ranch; divorce; First Nations; fishing guide; grizzly; guide; Hilltop; hunting; Lefty Gardiner; lightning blot; lodge; moose; O'Neill; rancher; remarriage
divorce; guiding tours; marriage
This part is about how Wertz bid on property in court and won the bit. Later Wertz goes on about how he ran the lodge. Rafting Business is also brought up as a brief hobby/job.
bankruptcy; Bear Scat; Bear Scat Water Adventures; doctor; Don Golder; fishing; fishing rights; health; law; music festival; raft; rafting company; ranch; Smithers; steelhead fishing; training film; worker
law; lodge; rafting; Sportsman Lodge
Interview with Geri Britton
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions11899
- Date Range
- March 18 2021
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Geri Britton recorded March 18 2021 at the Old Church in Smithers by Cassandra McKenney, BVM oral history intern. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, PDF bibliographic form, photo from day of interview, PDF and .docx copies of question prep, and .csv file of subject…
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- Creator
- Cassandra McKenney
- Fonds No.
- C5
- Item No.
- 2021.21.5
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 2.38 GB of digital records
- Date Range
- March 18 2021
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Geri Britton recorded March 18 2021 at the Old Church in Smithers by Cassandra McKenney, BVM oral history intern. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, PDF bibliographic form, photo from day of interview, PDF and .docx copies of question prep, and .csv file of subject indexing.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Audio Tracks
Interview with Geri Britton - March 18, 2021
Interview with Geri Britton - March 18, 2021
https://search.bvmuseum.org/media/Digital%20Fonds%20and%20Collections/C5%20BVM%20Oral%20History%20collection/2021.21.5_Britton,%20Geri/Britton%20Geri%202020_03_18.ACCESS.mp3
Britton discusses her family's background and shares the communities she lived in while growing up in Alberta.
Alberta; Alberta College; Bellis; business administration; Hanna; language; Niton; social work; University of Alberta
education; Ukrainian
Britton discusses her first impressions of Smithers and shares some of her early experiences and memories as teenager and young adult.
alcohol; berry picking; Broadway Ave; drive-in theatre; Ministry of Transportation; movie theatre; mushroom picking; Oscar's Sporting Goods; Overwaitea; party; snowshoe; Town of Smithers
leisure; outdoor recreation; teenage; young adult
Britton discusses her first two jobs in Smithers.
alcohol; logging; Ministry of Fish and Wildlife; Ministry of Transportation; parenting; party; Town of Smithers; utilities
teenage; young adult
Britton discusses operating a steelhead fishing lodge on the Upper Morice River.
animals; bear; catch and release; conservation; outdoor recreation; Simms; tagging; wildlife
fishing; guide outfitting; tourism
Britton discusses her time as manager of the Smithers Chamber of Commerce. She tells the story of how the chamber led an initiative to make the local airport a designated international airport and details various events she organized or worked with.
business; climate; curling; customs; Economic Development Officer; golf; Hudson's Bay Mountain Resort; international customs; Minerals North; tourism information centre; TSN
airport; economic development; Northern BC Winter Games; Northwest Trade Expo; tourism
Britton discusses owning The Lavender Rose Bridal Boutique and some of the challenges that came with operating the business.
events; fashion; small business; Upper Morice Steelhead Lodge
business; wedding
Britton discusses various community groups she has been involved with.
economic development; education; tourism; Ukrainian
Bulkley Valley Enterprise Centre; Bulkley Valley Museum; North by Northwest; Parent Advisory Council; Tourism Advisory Council
Britton discusses raising children in Smithers and what her two sons have done for work in and out of the Bulkley Valley.
computer; COVID-19; diamond drilling; Drug and Alcohol Free Grad; Mexico; New to You; Walnut Park Elementary
parenting
Britton discusses some of her hobbies and talks about publishing some of her dad's writings from his trips to the Spatsizi Plateau.
book; children's book; cooking; hobbies; Hudon's Bay Mountain Resort; publishing; Spatsizi: One Man's Journey in Paradise; Stikine
leisure; recreation; skiing; Spatsizi Plateau
Britton provides some reflections about how Smithers has changed during her time here.
air travel; Babine Lake; hunting; moose; shopping
family; neighbour
Interview with Herb Green
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions11954
- Date Range
- March 15 2021
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Herb Green recorded March 15 2021 at the Old Church in Smithers by Sonja Lester. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, photo from day of interview, and .csv file of subject indexing.
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- Creator
- Sonja Lester
- Fonds No.
- C5
- Item No.
- 2021.21.16
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 2.19 GB of digital records
- Date Range
- March 15 2021
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Herb Green recorded March 15 2021 at the Old Church in Smithers by Sonja Lester. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, photo from day of interview, and .csv file of subject indexing.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Audio Tracks
Interview with Herb Green - March 15, 2021
Interview with Herb Green - March 15, 2021
https://search.bvmuseum.org/media/Digital%20Fonds%20and%20Collections/C5%20BVM%20Oral%20History%20collection/2021.21.16_Green,%20Herb/Green,%20Herb%202021_03_15.ACCESS.mp3
Why Green was transferred to Smithers as the Game Warden
Bella Coola; conservation officer; Etlin; Forest Act; game warden; Greenpeace; grizzly; Highway 37; Lake Elts; Manning Park; Prince George; Queen Charlotte; ranger; regional director; road access; Skeena; Stone Mountain; Tweedsmuir Park
jobs; parks; work areas
How Green would help in the preservation of animals on high risk zones like the train tracks
animals; Dave Hooper; deer tagging; Guide Outfitters; highways; Hungry Hill; radio callers; reflections; Rod and Gun Club; Ron Fleming; Tracy Hooper; trains; Wildlife for the Future; Works and Parks
conservation; wildlife conservation
How Green helped manage the deer population in and around Smithers.
caribou; habituation; helicopter; summer; tagging
tagging deer; tracing
Green discusses how Greenpeace protests against trophy hunting, as well as other efforts to protect the environment, have affected his livelihood as a guide-outfitter.
Anthony Island; environmental protection; Mount Edziza
anti-hunting protest; Greenpeace; guide-outfitters; guide-outfitting; protest; Spatsizi; trophy hunting
Green's band and its members.
Farmers' Market; John Koller; Joy Kryklywyj; music; Peter Kryklywyj; Ron Burger; Roy Chick
band; hobbies; music
Green in the field of tracking and working as a volunteer for the federal government.
community events; emergencies; federal; information; Master Corporal; military; mushroom pickers; retired; tracker; volunteer
federal volunteer; tracking
The story of when Green had to track down two German tourists who had gotten lost in the bush.
Bob Peters; bush; Clyde Nunn; German; missing; Queen Charlotte Islands; toilet paper; tracking; truck
missing persons; search and rescue
Finding a lost man with Alzheimers in Telkwa.
air search; Alzheimer's; elderly; Telkwa; tracking
missing persons; search and rescue
How the town should become a bigger enterprise for tourists and trail-users.
bush; campsite; education; enterprise; firearms; Fort St John; jobs; mill; park; private; railroad; Rod and Gun Club; The Core
clubs; environment; life; tourism
What the fur trade was like when he was growing up in Canada.
animals; First Nations; fur; fur industry; legal trappers; royalty; settlers; trapping; traps
fur trade
What life was like in the timber field and the challenges he faced.
bear; bibliography; borrow pit; chain saw; clearing trails; fire; Manning Park; mudslide; park representative; parks; prevention; snow; superintendant; trap box; vandalism
timber industry; trapping
Interview with Dr. Igor Steciw
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions11955
- Date Range
- March 8 2021
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Doctor Igor Steciw recorded March 8 2021 at the Old Church in Smithers by Sonja Lester. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, photo from day of interview, and .csv file of subject indexing.
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- Creator
- Sonja Lester
- Fonds No.
- C5
- Item No.
- 2021.21.17
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 619 MB of digital records
- Date Range
- March 8 2021
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Doctor Igor Steciw recorded March 8 2021 at the Old Church in Smithers by Sonja Lester. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, photo from day of interview, and .csv file of subject indexing.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Audio Tracks
Interview with Igor Steciw - March 8, 2021
Steciw was a refugee who had to escape Russian persecution during WWII, which later lead him to the shores of Canada.
Austria; doctor; fishing; Halifax; Hamilton; hunting; internment; Manitoba; Ontario; refugee camp; refugees; Russian persecutions; Ukraine; Vancouver; WWII
refugee; Ukraine
Steciw came to Smithers to practice medicine alongside Dr. Moore; however, after a few short years Steciw formed his own building for his patients.
doctor; Dr. Moore; Dr. Ryan; hospital; on-call; practice; retirement; Smithers
health care; medical field; medicine
Life serving as a wilderness guide in addition to his medical work. Igor would take months off to tour tourists and hunters around the area.
Bell brothers; camps; cook; Driftwood; employees; fall; fishing; fly-in camps; guiding area; hiking; hunting; Kitwanga; locum; mixed species hunt; pack train; pilot; roping; wilderness
Guide Outfitters; hunting
Why he needed 17 horses for his business. Packing, roping, and riding were some examples given.
horses; hunting; pack train
business; pack train; ranch
Igor Steciw's son works as a nuclear physicist while his daughter works as a biologist in the game branch at Williams Lake.
biologist; cancer; Cross Institute; game branch; nuclear physics; teacher
children; education; jobs
The story of when Steciw and another hunter had to fight off a bear.
grizzly bear; hunter; shot
hunting
The story of surviving an avalanche with another hunter.
avalanche; goat; guide; helicopter; hunter
avalanche; hunting
What Steciw did after Trail Guiding, he did more personal hunting and riding. Stayed doing what he loved.
depression; fishing; government; horses; hunting; international politics; lakes; observer; peace; politics; river; sea; team roping
hobbies; hunting; politics
Interview with Glen Ingram
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions11946
- Date Range
- January 27 2021
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Glen Ingram recorded January 27 2021 at the Old Church in Smithers by Cassandra McKenney, BVM oral history intern. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, PDF bibliographic form, photo from day of interview, PDF and .docx copies of question prep, and .csv file of subjec…
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- Creator
- Cassandra McKenney
- Fonds No.
- C5
- Item No.
- 2021.21.8
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 2.05 GB of digital records
- Date Range
- January 27 2021
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Glen Ingram recorded January 27 2021 at the Old Church in Smithers by Cassandra McKenney, BVM oral history intern. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, PDF bibliographic form, photo from day of interview, PDF and .docx copies of question prep, and .csv file of subject indexing.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Audio Tracks
Interview with Glen Ingram - January 27, 2021
Interview with Glen Ingram - January 27, 2021
https://search.bvmuseum.org/media/Digital%20Fonds%20and%20Collections/C5%20BVM%20Oral%20History%20collection/2021.21.8_Ingram,%20Glen/Ingram,%20Glen%202021_01_27.ACCESS.mp3
Where Glen and his parents were from.
Alcan; brothers; Burns Lake; Decker Lake; deckhand; Eurocan; farm; Francois Lake; German; haying; logging truck; Mennonite; milling; Okaninzskis; playground attendant; post office; ranch; United States; Wilson McNeil
birth; parentage
What the early days of computers looked like in Smithers
College of New Caledonia; computer science; computers; mainframes; Ministry Forest Building; Prince George; Regional Office of Smithers; Smithers; windows; work term
computer sciences; jobs
What life was like in Prince George
city; destiny; freedom
city life; Prince George; urban life
Backpacking around the world
Australia; backpacking
travel
Working back where his first job was and becoming a senior in his field
biking; connections; friends; geography; Ministry of Forests; ski patroller; technology field; trails
careers; jobs; Smithers
Living in Victoria and having a sailboat.
gold; gold rush; mainframes; ocean; panning; Regional Office; roads; sailboat; trails
Victoria
Ingram did not want to return home so instead he moved again.
golf; Minneapolis; Minnesota; resume; travel; U.S.A.
travel
Ingram's life in the United States.
city; cooperate farming; cosmopolitan; digital archives; farmers; immigrants; Institute of Agriculture and Trade Policy; Lake Superior; loud; mountains; non-profit; U.S.A.; volunteer radio
radio; volunteering; working
Ingram's married life in Smithers, including his involvement with disc golf.
baskets; content management; disc golf course; house; renovation; Smithers; Town Council; trial; urban; web design; website
disc golf; sports
How and why Ingram found a platform for the brewing company in Smithers
beer; brewery; community club; Community Radio Station; micro brew; music night; nano brew
Brewery Company
The success of the radio station in Smithers
applications; award; community partners; disability; disenfranchised; dub show; Grendel Building; immigrants; impersonal; Lions Club; mental health; music programs; non-profit; Porch Talk; small community; South Africa; subscriptions; The Racket; touring council; tourism info; train car
radio; Smithers
How the community of Smithers is envied for its artistic nature and how it can improve.
artists; Bulkley Valley Folk Music Society; Burns Lake; Covid-19; infrastructure; Mecca; music community
arts
What an average night in Smithers looked like.
Alpenhorn; clown show; dancing; Hilltop; Legion; The Twin
Friday night; Smithers
Interview with Angelika and Peter Langen
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions11947
- Date Range
- January 25 2021
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Angelika and Peter Langen, founders of the Northern Lights Wildlife Shelter. Recorded January 25 2021 at the Old Church in Smithers by Cassandra McKenney, BVM oral history intern. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, PDF bibliographic form, photo from day of interview…
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- Creator
- Cassandra McKenney
- Fonds No.
- C5
- Item No.
- 2021.21.9
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 2.63 GB of digital records
- Date Range
- January 25 2021
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Angelika and Peter Langen, founders of the Northern Lights Wildlife Shelter. Recorded January 25 2021 at the Old Church in Smithers by Cassandra McKenney, BVM oral history intern. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, PDF bibliographic form, photo from day of interview, PDF and .docx copies of question prep, and .csv file of subject indexing.
- Type of Record
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Audio Tracks
Interview with Angelika and Peter Langen - January 25, 2021
Interview with Angelika and Peter Langen - January 25, 2021
https://search.bvmuseum.org/media/Digital%20Fonds%20and%20Collections/C5%20BVM%20Oral%20History%20collection/2021.21.9_Langen,%20Angelika%20and%20Peter/Langen,%20Angelika%20and%20Peter%202021_01_25.ACCESS.mp3
The life of Peter that lead to a love of animals and working in the zoo, had to pick a profession after leaving a German refugee camp around 1959.
animals; apprenticeship; exam; Germany; refugee camp; zoo
German refugee; zoo
Wanted to be a horse trainer but failed to meet the requirements so went in to become a zoo keeper instead.
birds; hobby; horse trainer; owl
profession; zoo
Wanted to immigrate in the 70's to build a guest ranch but failed due to recession.
guest ranch; immigration; recession; Smithers
immigration; land
First thoughts of Smithers and what it was like.
beautiful; British Columbia; connections; kind; land; pregnant; Smithers
Smithers
Learning a third language quickly in Smithers.
English; German; reading; Russian; writing
English; language
Jobs were hard to find; they worked odd jobs at local shops.
Aspen; chimney; contracting; cook; houses; jobs; mother; Smitthers; town sign; waitress
employment; jobs; occupations
Horses were very important so they joined the Saddle Club and then gave guided tours
business; Fall Fair; guides; horses; license; president; rescue; Saddle Club; trail rides
business start-up; horseback riding; Saddle Club
Why they thought that Smithers was in need of a shelter.
animal shelter; isolation; knowledge; local; moose; permits; PETA; pets; provincial; rescue; wildlife
animal rescue; wildlife shelter
Conference in the States where they could learn how to take care of wild animals including their special needs.
bear; deer; experts; links; manuals; moose; National Wildlife Rehabilitation Association; shelter; U.S.A.; worldwide
animal rescue; conference; rehabilitation
Experts would come to them for help, like how to avoid so many car crashes in the summer.
car accidents; car crash; CN; Greece; ICBC; kids' camp; moose; research; Romania; summer camp; sun bear; Teflon; vehicle accidents; Vietnam
animal rescue; research
Offering training programs for students and those doing research.
bears; defense; handlers; release programs; science; students; teaching; thesis; training; volunteer; wildlife
rehabilitation; training
How the animal-rescuing process takes place at the shelter.
Bandstra; BCAA; bear; Bella Coola; Chain of Love; conservation officer; grizzly; Highway Angels; volunteers
animals; transport
How the shelter receives its funding.
charity status; donations; ethics; Facebook; hospital; Purolator; riding tour; trail guide; waitress
funding; promotion; self-funding
The start up of the shelter and how its been changing over the years, as well as how they gained respect from others.
animals; buildings; celebration; Covid-19; help; machinery; Northern Lights; wildlife
change over time
Raising a family and upkeeping the shelter.
children; doctors; family; immigration; pregnancy; shelter; vacation
family; shelter
Saving animals that would have otherwise been put down.
cougar; funding
animal rescue
Cementing public interest in the shelter, once a year.
community; education; funding; lynx; open house
public interest; schools
Favorite story of healing a moose.
bear; healing; knowledge; Mexico; moose; SPCA
healing; story
Starting up a documentary that lasted three years with 36 episodes.
animals; CTV; documentary; Fall Fair; Greenpeace; habituated; provisions; reality show; soil; television; TV show
documentary
Smithers businesses that help out the animal shelter.
Bakery; Bandstra; birthday; Bulkley Valley Wholesale; conservation; cupcakes; Feed Store; First Nations; fundraiser; Mills; Paul's Bakery; Pet Hospital; Safeway; Smithers Lumber Yard; vegetables
businesses
The plans for retirement and for the future and a thanks to those who helped them
donor; proposals; stories; trail rides; weddings; writing
future; past; retirement
What the couple did in their off time
convinces; New Orleans; photography; reading; showing; traveling; Virginia
hobbies
How Smithers has changed in a popular way for tourism.
change; commercial; family; home; positive; proud; special; tourism
Smithers; tourism
Interview with Jay Joseph
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions12227
- Date Range
- January 20 2021
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- Scope and Content
- Interview with high school student Jay Joseph, recorded January 20 2021 at Smithers Secondary School. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, and .pdf release form.
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- Fonds No.
- C5
- Item No.
- 2021.21.21
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 409 MB of digital records
- Date Range
- January 20 2021
- Scope and Content
- Interview with high school student Jay Joseph, recorded January 20 2021 at Smithers Secondary School. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, and .pdf release form.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Audio Tracks
Interview with Jay Joseph - January 20, 2021
Interview with Jay Joseph - January 20, 2021
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What family members do working in Smithers and where Joseph used to live.
birch; college; doctor; farm; favorite parts of the day; fireworks; Hazelton; heirlooms; Highway 16; law office; lowland; skiing; Smithers; swamp
family life; homes; Smithers; traditions
Story of the years of elementary good and bad experiences.
art; math; social difficulties; story; writing
education; elementary school; Muheim Elementary School; school; teachers
What life was like in SSS in terms of gender and popularity
belonging; Fight Club; Gender Sexual Alliance
high school; Smithers Secondary School
Joseph discusses the impacts of Autism and Covid-19 on his high-school life.
China; Covid-19; inequality; lunch; minorities; normality; presentations; protests; right-wing; social justice
Autism; Covid-19; high school; politics; school
The pros and cons of living in Smithers
animation; friendly; lack of resources; LGBTQ; school
Smithers
Joseph discusses his plans for post-secondary education in animation and Indigenous art.
animation; artist; First Nations; Indigenous art; social justice; university
careers; education; post-secondary education; university
Interview with Richard Overstall
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions11953
- Date Range
- January 20 2021
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- Interviews with geologist and environmentalist Richard Overstall, recorded January 20 2021 at the Old Church in Smithers by Cassandra McKenney, BVM oral history intern. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, PDF bibliographic form, photo from day of interview, PDF and .docx copies of …
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- Creator
- Cassandra McKenney
- Fonds No.
- C5
- Item No.
- 2021.21.15
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 1.92 GB of digital records
- Date Range
- January 20 2021
- Scope and Content
- Interviews with geologist and environmentalist Richard Overstall, recorded January 20 2021 at the Old Church in Smithers by Cassandra McKenney, BVM oral history intern. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, PDF bibliographic form, photo from day of interview, PDF and .docx copies of question prep, and .csv file of subject indexing.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Audio Tracks
Interview with Richard Overstall - January 20, 2021
Interview with Richard Overstall - January 20, 2021
https://search.bvmuseum.org/media/Digital%20Fonds%20and%20Collections/C5%20BVM%20Oral%20History%20collection/2021.21.15_Overstall,%20Richard/Overstall%20Richard,%202021_01_20.ACCESS.mp3
Richard Overstall goes over his early life, education at the University of London, and his subsequent travels
Brighton; England; parents; University of London
geology; travel; university
Richard Overstall talks about his early career as a mine Geologist in the Yukon, the UK and Northern BC.
Canadian Superior Exploration; Dublin; Farrow; Smithers
geology; mining
Richard Overstall goes over his work in the environmental fields with the Telkwa Foundation.
Alcan; Harry Krusselbrink; Joe L'Orsa; Ootsa Reservoir; SPEC Smithers
environmental organizations; Telkwa Foundation
Richard Overstall discusses his role in the Delgamuukw case and other aboriginal rights cases.
academic witnesses; Crown Land; Gitxsan; Tribal Council; Wet'suwet'en
Delgamuukw; Gitxsan Wet'suwet'en Education Society; Unlocking Aboriginal Justice
Overstall goes over how he got started in the field of Law in schooling, and then into general practice with a firm in the Bulkley Valley.
Bulkley Valley; general practice; greenhouse gas emissions; law firms; Penticton; Smithers
environmental law; law practice
Overstall tells about his role working with the early days of the Smithers Community Services Society
NDP; Norm Levi; Social Services
SCSA; stovepiping
Overstall describes the events leading to the creation of the Bulkley Valley Research Centre and his role with the organization.
Alex Woods; Dave Coates; research grants; Wilf Mackenzie
Bulkley Valley Research Centre; research funding
Overstall discusses his favourite aspects of the Bulkley Valley, and how the area changed over his time living there.
skiing; Smithers; Telkwa
Bulkley Valley
Interview with Luke Knight
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions12228
- Date Range
- January 18 2021
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- Scope and Content
- Interview with high school student Luke Knight, recorded January 18 2021 at Smithers Secondary School. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, and .pdf release form.
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- Fonds No.
- C5
- Item No.
- 2021.21.22
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 127 MB of digital records
- Date Range
- January 18 2021
- Scope and Content
- Interview with high school student Luke Knight, recorded January 18 2021 at Smithers Secondary School. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, and .pdf release form.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Audio Tracks
Interview with Luke Knight - January 18, 2021
Interview with Luke Knight - January 18, 2021
https://search.bvmuseum.org/media/Digital%20Fonds%20and%20Collections/C5%20BVM%20Oral%20History%20collection/2021.21.22_Knight,%20Luke/Knight,%20Luke%202021_01_18.ACCESS.mp3
Family life in Smithers.
business; doctor; Edmonton; Fort Nelson; friends; hippy; mechanic; mountains; Muheim Elementary School; silent reading; skiing; Smithers
childhood; family
What sports are like in Smithers and how it can be a very closed community when it comes to outsiders.
biking; Burns Lake; ski; Smithers VIP; snow
community; Smithers; sports
Knight discusses life as a high school student during Covid-19.
CERB; distance learning; online work; school
Covid-19; education; high school
Life in Smithers with sports, jobs, schools, and community.
airport; biking; boating; climbing; lake; nurse; pool; school; skiers; skiing; sports; teacher
future; jobs; Smithers; sports
Interview with Brittany Groen
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions12226
- Date Range
- January 14 2021
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- Scope and Content
- Interview with high school student Brittany Groen, recorded January 14 2021 at Smithers Secondary School. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, and .pdf release form.
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- Fonds No.
- C5
- Item No.
- 2021.21.20
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 79.7 MB of digital records
- Date Range
- January 14 2021
- Scope and Content
- Interview with high school student Brittany Groen, recorded January 14 2021 at Smithers Secondary School. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, and .pdf release form.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Audio Tracks
Interview with Brittany Groen - January 14, 2021
Interview with Brittany Groen - January 14, 2021
https://search.bvmuseum.org/media/Digital%20Fonds%20and%20Collections/C5%20BVM%20Oral%20History%20collection/2021.21.20_Groen,%20Brittany/Groen,%20Brittany%202021_01_14.ACCESS.mp3
An introduction to the interview, with Groen providing her year and place of birth.
Groen describes her family and the traditions, celebrations, and activities they partake in together.
antiques; birthdays; Christmas; Coast Mountain GM; heirlooms; Mill
celebrations; childhood; family; neighbourhoods; occupations; recreation; traditions
Groen recalls childhood activities and her elementary school years.
elementary school; games; school subjects; Walnut Park school
childhood; education; recreation
Groen discusses high school, her job, life as a teenager during the 2020-21 Covid-19 pandemic, and the best and worst parts of living in Smithers.
friends; mental health; quarantine; Smithers Secondary School; Sport Chek
COVID-19; education; occupations; youth
Groen discusses her plans for life after high school.
gap year; post-secondary education
education
Groen discusses a typical activity that she and her friends take part in.
cars; Snap Chat; Snap Maps; vehicles
entertainment; recreation; youth
Groen discusses her family's heritage and how they came to the Bulkley Valley.
Dutch; Holland; Swiss; Switzerland
family history; heritage; immigration
Interview with Pat Moss
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions11948
- Date Range
- January 2021
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- Interviews with Pat Moss recorded January 18 and 25 2021 at the Old Church in Smithers by Cassandra McKenney, BVM oral history intern. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, PDF bibliographic form, photo from day of interview, PDF and .docx copies of question prep, and .csv file of su…
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- Creator
- Cassandra McKenney
- Fonds No.
- C5
- Item No.
- 2021.21.10
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 3.35 GB of digital records
- Date Range
- January 2021
- Scope and Content
- Interviews with Pat Moss recorded January 18 and 25 2021 at the Old Church in Smithers by Cassandra McKenney, BVM oral history intern. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, PDF bibliographic form, photo from day of interview, PDF and .docx copies of question prep, and .csv file of subject indexing.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Audio Tracks
Interview with Pat Moss, part 1 - January 18, 2021
Interview with Pat Moss, part 1 - January 18, 2021
https://search.bvmuseum.org/media/Digital%20Fonds%20and%20Collections/C5%20BVM%20Oral%20History%20collection/2021.21.10_Moss,%20Pat/Moss,%20Pat%202021_01_18.ACCESS.mp3
Pat Moss describes her life after high school traveling in Australia and New Zealand
Australia; backpacking; Edmonton; New Zealand; schooling
travel
Pat Moss describes her environmental work upon returning to Canada.
Blue Peace; Kitimat Oil Coalition; Telkwa Foundation; Tony Pierce; Victoria
Canada; environmental work; oil
Moving to the Bulkley Valley to work with the Telkwa Foundation.
funding; newsletter; Smithers; Telkwa; Tony Pierce
Bulkley Valley; Telkwa Foundation
The Telkwa Foundation's work on the Save The Bulkley project, and the involvement of people from fields and backgrounds outside of environmentalism.
activism; Bulkley River; dam; environmentalists; Telkwa Foundation
Kemano Project; Save The Bulkley
Pat Moss explains how her role as the community's librarian intersected with her activity with the Telkwa Foundation and environmental projects.
Pat Moss describes the end of the Kemano project, the results of the Save The Bulkley Project, and other groups that were working to similar goals.
cancellation; coalition; injunction; Nechako River; public inquiry
Alcan; Kemano Project; Rivers Defense Coalition
Interview with Pat Moss, part 2 - January 22, 2021
Interview with Pat Moss, part 2 - January 22, 2021
https://search.bvmuseum.org/media/Digital%20Fonds%20and%20Collections/C5%20BVM%20Oral%20History%20collection/2021.21.10_Moss,%20Pat/Moss,%20Pat%202021_01_22.ACCESS.mp3
Pat Moss describes her work with the library, and the library's role in the community.
Library Staff; Smithers; Volunteers
Library
Pat Moss describes her involvement with founding the Northwest Institute and other projects following the success of Save The Bulkley
Charity; Enbridge; Fellowship; Haisla; Kitimaat; Kitimaat Village; Mines; Outreach; Rainforest; Sacred Headwaters
EcoTrust; Northwest Institute
Pat Moss discusses the activities of boards in the Northwest and their various perspectives and goals.
Kitimaat Oil Coalition; Telkwa Coal Mine; West Coast Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund
Pat Moss describes changes she has experienced in the environmental community, including how initiatives are handled and funded, as well as various groups she has worked with.
Paid Staff; Rosemary Fox; Volunteer
Driftwood Foundation; Environmental Networking; Sierra Club
Delgamuukw
Pat Moss goes over her involvement with environmental assessment groups on the federal and provincial levels.
BC; Canada; Environmental Network
Steering Comittee
Pat Moss discusses awards she has received for her environmental work, and how her research and activism has influenced her life and outlook.
BC Minister of Environment Individual Award; Experience; Growth; Successes
Awards; Perspectives
Pat Moss shares her closing thoughts around her personal life in Smithers and her impressions of the community.
Cabin; Greece; Home; photography
Driftwood; Santa Claus Collection; Smithers; Travel
Pat Moss describes her work with the library, and the library's role in the community.
library staff; Smithers; volunteers
Smithers Public Library
Pat Moss describes her involvement with founding the Northwest Institute and other projects following the success of Save The Bulkley
charity; Enbridge; fellowship; Haisla; Kitimat; Kitimat Village; mines; outreach; rainforest; sacred headwaters
EcoTrust; Northwest Institute
Pat Moss discusses the activities of boards in the Northwest and their various perspectives and goals.
Kitimaat Oil Coalition; Telkwa Coal Mine; West Coast Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund
Pat Moss describes changes she has experienced in the environmental community, including how initiatives are handled and funded, as well as various groups she has worked with.
paid staff; Rosemary Fox; volunteer
Driftwood Foundation; environmental networking; Sierra Club
Delgamuukw
Pat Moss goes over her involvement with environmental assessment groups on the federal and provincial levels.
BC; Canada; Environmental Network
Steering Committee
Pat Moss discusses awards she has received for her environmental work, and how her research and activism has influenced her life and outlook.
BC Minister of Environment Individual Award; experience; growth; successes
awards; perspectives
Pat Moss shares her closing thoughts around her personal life in Smithers and her impressions of the community.
cabin; Greece; home; photography
Driftwood; Santa Claus collection; Smithers; travel
Interview with Patricia Scott
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions11951
- Date Range
- December 17 2020
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- Interviews with Patricia (Pat) Scott recorded December 17 2020 at the Old Church in Smithers by Cassandra McKenney, BVM oral history intern. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, PDF bibliographic form, photo from day of interview, PDF and .docx copies of question prep, and .csv file…
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- Creator
- Cassandra McKenney
- Fonds No.
- C5
- Item No.
- 2021.21.13
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 2.70 GB of digital records
- Date Range
- December 17 2020
- Scope and Content
- Interviews with Patricia (Pat) Scott recorded December 17 2020 at the Old Church in Smithers by Cassandra McKenney, BVM oral history intern. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, PDF bibliographic form, photo from day of interview, PDF and .docx copies of question prep, and .csv file of subject indexing.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Audio Tracks
Interview with Pat Scott - December 17, 2020
Interview with Pat Scott - December 17, 2020
https://search.bvmuseum.org/media/Digital%20Fonds%20and%20Collections/C5%20BVM%20Oral%20History%20collection/2021.21.13_Scott,%20Patricia/Scott,%20Pat%202020_12_17.ACCESS.mp3
Where Ms. Scott's family is from and where her parents met.
baby; Belfast; brother; Cloverdale; dance; Eaton's Hotel; engineer; Great Depression; Imperial Oil; Ireland; London; story; Vancouver; widow
family
The transition from youth to adulthood, getting married, having kids, and working.
BC Tel; cooking; dressmaker; Florence Nightingale; hairdressing; husband; Mount Pleasant; plumbing; step-father; Theatre in the Park; University; Vancouver
marriage; youth
Owning three businesses (two restaurants and one hotel) in Smithers and working with the public for many years.
Beer Rooms; Bulkley Hotel; deli; Edward Jones; Farm Fresh; Herb Leech; Louise's Kitchen; mall; Ms. Brient; restaurant; Safeway; Tea Room
story
Life after retirement and how they kept themselves busy without work.
farm; miners; old timers; public; ranch; sheep
retirement
Having an Indigenous friend who was not allowed to work or got to the bar.
Andy George; beer parlour; dance; First Nations; Joe Watson; LeJac Residential School
First Nations; hotel
Why they chose their house where they did and why the Scotts chose to stay in Smithers for as long as they did.
1967; rent; valley; Zanberg
house; Smithers
All the groups that Ms. Scott was part of in Smithers while trying to deal with her family life and daughter getting cancer.
ACW; baseball; Bulkley Valley Museum; Camp Caledonia; cancer; Catholic; church; genealogy; hockey; hunter; moose; RCMP; skating; Spring Tea; St. James Anglican Church; Totems; volunteer
clubs; group; Smithers; society
Trip to Europe to see historical sites that pertained to the Scott Family.
1929; 30 children; Belfast; Boer War; Bulkley Valley Genealogical Club; Canada; Gold Medals; graveyard; King Henry; Leeds
Europe; family; genealogy
Pat Scott's time volunteering with the Cancer Society.
cancer; child; Provincial Building; shirts; Terry Fox
cancer; Cancer Society
donations; fundraiser; Golden Triangle; plant sale; raffle; Valentine basket
Bulkley Valley Museum
Making friends through the local hockey team.
Granisle; Indian; keeping house; Scoot In; supermarket; Uganda
family; friends
Living with the cook and finding out he had a drinking problem and trying to track him down.
cook; dances; Development Bank; Dirk Mendel; Driftwood Hall; eating out; Elks; Evelyn; family night; Friday night opening; gambling; Hilltop; Hudson Bay; North West Band; Northern Star; party; shopping; Twin Valley; Virginia Hoover
Bulkley Hotel; Smithers
Scott talks about the difference in socialization and how Smithers lost it closeness.
arena; bakers; Ball Park; burning; Chandler Park; CIBC; Club House; Fire Hall; group work; Legion; Liquor Store; Main Street; Municipal Building; old timers; Paul's Bakery; Photo Studio; police; Provincial Building; Red Apple; school; Skeena Building; social
dances; socializing
Joining a Girls club that includes all the old timers and would travel all over B.C enjoying their retirement.
2007; Alpenhorn; Audrey Hall; Cartiers; costume contest; Daddios; Fall Fair; friends; Kitchen Works; Prince Rupert; Steakhouse
Girls Club; Red Hatters
Interview with Gladys Atrill
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions11897
- Date Range
- December 16 2020
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Smithers Mayor Gladys Atrill, recorded December 16 2020 at the Old Church in Smithers by Cassandra McKenney, BVM oral history intern. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, PDF bibliographic form, photo from day of interview, PDF and .docx copies of question prep, and .…
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- Creator
- Cassandra McKenney
- Fonds No.
- C5
- Item No.
- 2021.21.3
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 1.88 GB of digital records
- Date Range
- December 16 2020
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Smithers Mayor Gladys Atrill, recorded December 16 2020 at the Old Church in Smithers by Cassandra McKenney, BVM oral history intern. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, PDF bibliographic form, photo from day of interview, PDF and .docx copies of question prep, and .csv file of subject indexing.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Audio Tracks
Interview with Gladys Atrill - December 16, 2020
Interview with Gladys Atrill - December 16, 2020
https://search.bvmuseum.org/media/Digital%20Fonds%20and%20Collections/C5%20BVM%20Oral%20History%20collection/2021.21.3_Atrill,%20Gladys/Atrill,%20Gladys%202020_12_16.ACCESS.mp3
Atrill talks about her father, who was born in Hazelton, and her mother, who immigrated from Poland. She talks about they ended up in Smithers and provides a brief history of their employment.
adoption; Atrill Corner; Bavaria; Catholic; Catholicism; citizenship; Dachau; Germany; Grand Trunk Pacific Railway; GTP; Hamburg; Hazelton; James Thomas Atrill; Munich; Passage House; Poland; Polish; Prince George; Quebec; railway; refugee; Sisters of St. Anne; World War I; World War II; Wrinch Memorial Hospital
family; hospital; immigration; railroad
Atrill discusses her childhood neighbourhood, attending school in Smithers, and how she spent her time as a teenger.
8th Avenue; BC Forest Service; camping; elementary school; Goodacre's; high school; hiking; Hospital Street; Silver King subdivision; St. Joseph's School; Super Valu; swamp
education; employment; leisure; outdoor recreation; youth
Allison Candela; city; SAIT; urban
Calgary; radio; university
Gladys discusses Polish traditions passed on from her mother and the other Polish families in the valley.
Christmas; Christmas Eve; Depka Family; Easter; food; midnight mass; Poland
Catholicism; holidays; immigration
Atrill discusses having a sense of
hiking; Hudson's Bay Mountain; leisure
technology; youth
Atrill discusses various organizations she has been employed by in the Bulkley Valley.
backcountry; BC Parks; BVLD radio; CJFW; Gitxsan Wet'suwet'en Tribal Council; Goodacre's; news; roads; Uniglobe; Witsuwitʼen
Delgamuukw; employment; forestry; media; travel
Atrill discusses her passion for outdoor recreation and her role both teaching wilderness skills and running a wilderness tours company.
Bob Henderson; Bruce Hill; continuing education; instructor; Northern Sun Tours; outdoors; Ray Wick; salmon; Skeena Air Guides; steelhead; Steelhead Society of BC; Wild Steelhead Campaign; Wilderness Guiding Skills Program
canoe; conservation; education; employment; guiding; leisure; Northwest Community College; recreation; skiing
Atrill discusses her involvement with tourism in Smithers and shares the beliefs that guided her work.
2010 Olympics; accomodation; Bulkley Valley Nordic Centre; canoe; COVID-19; downtown; fishing; hotel; hunting; Main Street; Northern BC Tourism Association; rafting; salmon; SARS; Smithers Ski Corporation; steelhead; tax
economy; guiding; hotel tax; tourism; Tourism Smithers; winter tourism
Atrill discusses her time in local politics in Smithers, both as a councilor, and as mayor.
Alpine theme; Art Gallery; Bulkley Valley Museum; Central Park; Central Park Building; councillor; COVID-19; election; library; mayor; Nathan Cullen; sign bylaw; Taylor Bachrach; Visitor's Centre
bylaw; centennial; politics; Town of Smithers
Atrill discusses her time in local politics in Smithers, both as a councilor, and as mayor.
Bulkley-Nechako Regional District; Houston; Telkwa; Witset
female politicians; municipal govenment; Town of Smithers
Atrill discusses how Smithers has changed over time and the strengths of the community. She also provides some thoughts on what life is like in Smithers today.
COVID-19; diversity; education; hosptial; industry
arts; economy; services
Interview with Carman and Joan Graf
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions11945
- Date Range
- December 15 2020
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Carman and Joan Graf recorded December 15 2020 at the Old Church in Smithers by Cassandra McKenney, BVM oral history intern. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, PDF bibliographic form, photo from day of interview, PDF and .docx copies of question prep, and .csv file …
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- Creator
- Cassandra McKenney
- Fonds No.
- C5
- Item No.
- 2021.21.7
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 1.81 GB of digital records
- Date Range
- December 15 2020
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Carman and Joan Graf recorded December 15 2020 at the Old Church in Smithers by Cassandra McKenney, BVM oral history intern. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, PDF bibliographic form, photo from day of interview, PDF and .docx copies of question prep, and .csv file of subject indexing.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Audio Tracks
Interview with Carman and Joan Graf - December 15, 2020
Interview with Carman and Joan Graf - December 15, 2020
https://search.bvmuseum.org/media/Digital%20Fonds%20and%20Collections/C5%20BVM%20Oral%20History%20collection/2021.21.7_Graf,%20Carman%20and%20Joan/Graf,%20Carman%20and%20Joan%202020_12_15.ACCESS.mp3
Where Carman and Joan were born and where their parents immigrated from.
birth; immigration; Scotland; Springhill, Nova Scotia; Switzerland
ancestry; background; birthplace
4H Club; Christmas concert; coal mine; Dray farm; Fall Fair; farm; Ontario; square dance
On moving to Smithers and feeling unwelcome and like an outsider.
beer parlour; Harley Shop; lumber; mill; mirage; old-timers; outsiders; pavement; Quesnel; service station; Smithers; Swift brothers; trucking; unwelcome; Wayside Store
businesses; Smithers
Hockey teams would stay with the Grafs.
exchange students; hockey; kids; programs; tournaments
community; hockey
Enlarging the business by adding four more.
bookkeeping; college; Hazelton; Houston; industrial supply company; tire shop
businesses; tire shops
Founding member for the sorority in Smithers
Christmas; funding; party; pool; sorority; Valentine's Day
sorority; town
What Carman Graf did while he was on the town council.
election; Fall Fair; Heritage Park; Main Street; reservoir; sewage plant; sewers; Spicer; Works Department
municipal politics; politics; Smithers; town council
How Main Street was rebuilt and where the funding came from.
BC Hydro; contractors; ditches; drainage; excavation; Main Street; Main Street ditch; Mayor; moss; Royal Bank; sand; ski hill; unstable
Main Street; Smithers
1979- 1981-1985 Graf ran for Mayor
8 million dollars; change; council; criticism; equipment; falling apart; foreman; library; Mayor; money; platform; plow; provincial politics; Regional District; roads; sewer line; sidewalks; ski hill; Smithers; Social Credit Party; swimming pool; volunteer; water supply; Works Department
Mayor; municipal politics; politics
One of the many Societies he Graf was in and helped run
administrator; aviation council; construction; hospital board; liaison; Mayor of Telkwa; municipal council; NDP; nuns; Prestige Hotel; primer; workers
clubs; councils; Social Credit Party; societies
When the Grafs moved to Telkwa they saw how much needed to be done so Carman ran for mayor.
equipment; fixing; graders; improvements; Mayor
Mayor; municipal politics; politics; Telkwa
Thanks for all the work he and his wife did in the community.
Queen's Jubilee Award; recognition
awards
What a life in politics looked like in Smithers.
community; fire mediation; friends; taxpayers; Telkwa
politics; Smithers
What life was like in Smithers outside of politics.
Air Force; airplanes; Cal Tire; England; fishing; Flying Club; hunting; Italy; Japan; Piper 140; Scotland; snowmobiling; square dancing; Switzerland; travel
hobbies; recreation; sports
Joan over the years as a mother, golfer, and curler.
community; competition; curling; golfing
activities; curling; golf; recreation; sports
Interview with Facundo Gastiazoro
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions11896
- Date Range
- December 1 2020
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- Interview with artist Facundo Gastiazoro, recorded December 1 2020 at the Old Church in Smithers by Cassandra McKenney, BVM oral history intern. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, PDF bibliographic form, photo from day of interview, PDF and .docx copies of question prep, and .csv …
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- Creator
- Cassandra McKenney
- Fonds No.
- C5
- Item No.
- 2021.21.2
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 2.44 GB of digital records
- Date Range
- December 1 2020
- Scope and Content
- Interview with artist Facundo Gastiazoro, recorded December 1 2020 at the Old Church in Smithers by Cassandra McKenney, BVM oral history intern. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, PDF bibliographic form, photo from day of interview, PDF and .docx copies of question prep, and .csv file of subject indexing.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Audio Tracks
Interview with Facundo Gastiazoro - December 1, 2020
Interview with Facundo Gastiazoro - December 1, 2020
https://search.bvmuseum.org/media/Digital%20Fonds%20and%20Collections/C5%20BVM%20Oral%20History%20collection/2021.21.2_Gastiazoro,%20Facundo/Gastiazoro,%20Facundo%202020_12_01.ACCESS.mp3
Gastiazoro briefly discusses his early life in Argentina and how he met his partner.
activism; Buenos Aires; Mataderos; Nikki Skuce; One Sky; permanent residency; Rio de Janeiro
Argentina; environmentalism; immigration
English; Hudson's Bay Mountain; Smithers Community Services Association; Spanish; spring
architecture; immigration; language
graphic design; log house; mining exploration; youth empowerment program; youth program
Argentina; art; carpentry; economy; mining; Smithers Community Services Association
Gastiazoro discusses some of his early graphic design, videography, and animation work.
animation; Argentina; graphic design; magazine; marketing; mural; Spain; videography
art
Gastiazoro talks more about his life in Argentina, specifically his family's political beliefs and his varied education.
communism; education; employment; NDP
Argentina; immigration
Gastizoro discusses the mural projects he has worked on both independently and with the Raven-Tacquara artist collective. He also shares his parents' reactions from when they visited Smithers.
Alpine Theme; Dze L K'Ant Friendship Centre Society; pool; Road House; skate park; Terrace
art; immigration; Raven-Taquara
Gastiazoro discusses his two music groups: Los Gringos Salvajes and 1000cuts.
Old Church
1000cuts; Los Gringos Salvajes
Gastiazoro discusses his involvement with several community organizations in the Bulkley Valley, including sitting on the founding board of directors for CICK 93.9.
CICK; El Matadero; Glenn Ingram; Miriam Colvin; Northern Society For Domestic Peace; Radio Imigrante
community radio; non-profit; volunteer
Gastiazoro discusses the current creative projects he has underway.
Friendship Centre; mural; Northern Society For Domestic Peace; salmon
art; Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition
Gastiazoro shares some of his thoughts about the arts community in the Bulkley Valley and why the community had developed the way it has.
Burns Lake; Glenn Ingram
art; arts community
Gastiazoro shares some of the business in the Bulkley Valley that he likes to frequent. He also discusses one business that he avoids, citing an instance of racism.
bakery; Bugwood Bean; Bulkley Valley Home Centre; Castle; downtown; Fall Fair; Farmers Market; First Nations; Indigenous; Louise's Kitchen; Mountain Eagle Books; Paul's Bakery; Roadhouse; Telkwa; Telkwa Rangers; The Sausage Factory; Two Sisters Cafe
economy; Main Street; racism; violence
Gastiazoro discusses raising his two children in Smithers.
COVID-19; family; soccer; Valley Youth Fiddlers
family; parenting
Gastiazoro discusses how Smithers has changed over time.
biking; church; Evelyn; hiking; Old Church; skiing; St. James Anglican Church; Taylor Bachrach
ammenities; architecture
Interview with Doug Boersema
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions11944
- Date Range
- November 30 2020
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Telkwa Museum curator Doug Boersema, recorded November 30 2020 at the Old Church in Smithers by Cassandra McKenney, BVM oral history intern. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, PDF bibliographic form, photo from day of interview, PDF and .docx copies of question prep…
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- Creator
- Cassandra McKenney
- Fonds No.
- C5
- Item No.
- 2021.21.6
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 1.83 GB of digital records
- Date Range
- November 30 2020
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Telkwa Museum curator Doug Boersema, recorded November 30 2020 at the Old Church in Smithers by Cassandra McKenney, BVM oral history intern. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, PDF bibliographic form, photo from day of interview, PDF and .docx copies of question prep, and .csv file of subject indexing.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Audio Tracks
Interview with Doug Boersema - November 30, 2020
Interview with Doug Boersema - November 30, 2020
https://search.bvmuseum.org/media/Digital%20Fonds%20and%20Collections/C5%20BVM%20Oral%20History%20collection/2021.21.6_Boersema,%20Doug/Boersema,%20Doug%202020_11_30.ACCESS.mp3
Why Doug moved to Canada and became a teacher
architect; caregiver; carpentry; Ebenezer School; Elementary School; Forestry; immigration; Music; Netherlands; Ontario; teaching
Canada; Teacher
Doug Boersema discusses his forestry career.
brushing and weeding; contractor; fall and burn; helicopter; mapping; marine claves; pine beetles; ribbiting
forestry; soil stability
Teaching all over Canada
Alberta; band; Bible camp; Christian School; Ebenezer School; minister; Ontario; principal; Tricon
Christian School; teaching
Teaching in Smithers along with practicing religion.
band; cadet; Canadian Reform Church; children; Dutch; Reform Church; Saddle Club
education; religion
The hobbies that Doug held in Smithers
Fall Fair; horses; Midsummer Festival; racetrack; rodeo grounds; Telkwa Museum
equestrian sports; Fall Fair; Northern Saddle Club
How Tyhee Lake got its name and how the land had changed over time
Chief Tyhee; farm; First Nations; John Baptiste; namesake; Robert Whitington; settlers
First Nations; origin
The history of Telkwa as researched by Boersema.
Aldermere; C.P. Mustanger; Charleston; historian; Hoops; Information Center; logging; museum walk; pioneers; post office; railway; research; restaurant; Shared Histories; summer student; Telkwa Barbeque; TFML Saw Mill; volunteer
history; research; Telkwa
What life in Telkwa is like and how it used to be.
bridge; carpentry; heritage; John Darcy; water supply; water tower
change; Telkwa Museum
What Telkwa's history has told us and how it is interpreted.
assimilation; culture; dancing; feminism; First Nations; freedom; integration; LGBTQ; money; pioneers; white man
history; society; Telkwa Museum
Business gravitated to Smithers and left Telkwa
business; cooperation; drugstore; jobs; Telkwa Barbeque; train
business
Interview with Larry Miller
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions11949
- Date Range
- November 30 2020
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- Interview with firefighter Larry Miller, recorded November 30 2021 at the Old Church in Smithers by Cassandra McKenney, BVM oral history intern. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, PDF bibliographic form, photo from day of interview, PDF and .docx copies of question prep, and .csv …
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- Creator
- Cassandra McKenney
- Fonds No.
- C5
- Item No.
- 2021.21.11
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 2.22 GB of digital records
- Date Range
- November 30 2020
- Scope and Content
- Interview with firefighter Larry Miller, recorded November 30 2021 at the Old Church in Smithers by Cassandra McKenney, BVM oral history intern. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, PDF bibliographic form, photo from day of interview, PDF and .docx copies of question prep, and .csv file of subject indexing.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Audio Tracks
Interview with Larry Miller - November 30, 2020
Interview with Larry Miller - November 30, 2020
https://search.bvmuseum.org/media/Digital%20Fonds%20and%20Collections/C5%20BVM%20Oral%20History%20collection/2021.21.11_Miller,%20Larry/Miller,%20Larry%202020_11_30.ACCESS.mp3
Learning about Larry's family, who were early pioneers of Smithers.
apartment; bailer; Bulkley Hotel; Carr; Carr brothers; Carr Ranch; foster; Grand Forks; horses; lumber yard; mines; pioneers; police; Smithers; St. Paul's; Vancouver; WWI; WWII
family; parentage; pioneers
The different businesses that the Carr family owned.
Bill Carr; garage; Hetherington & Hooper; Jack Carr
business; family; lineage
Changing schools, working, finishing high school, and then starting a life.
altar boy; BC Tel; Catholic school; cooking; Fall Fair; girls; hardware store; Harmonettes; high school; public school; Sister Mary Andrew; TELUS
education
Working for BC Tel and seeing how it evolved through the years.
cable; district; line man; management; mill; party line; plant councillor; plowing; splicer; switch board; traveling; trouble shooter; union
TELUS
Miller's life as a fire fighter/paramedic.
assistant; bank; cabins; Fire Chief; fire hall; firefighting; first aid; Heimlich maneuver; industrial first aid; Junior Fire Department; PCP; volunteer
firefighting
What the life of a fire fighter really looks like, the good and the bad.
annual firemen's ball; BC Tel; drinking and driving laws; fire department; hockey; Prince Rupert; safety
car accidents; fire balls
This topic is on the work that Miller did to help develop the Child Wellness Centre, like finding the property, building the building, and finding the staff to run the show.
banker; Child Wellness Centre; Childhood Development Centre; Farmers' Market; farms; young offenders
Child Wellness Centre
After Miller retired he had a lot more time on his hands and he devoted that time to helping those in the community.
children and families; Children's Hospital; community; dances; Doctor Hook; Kinsmen Club; Lions Club; money; pool; rehab representative; Rehabilitation Centre; rodeo; Rotary Club; wheelchair
charity; community; hobbies; rehabilitation
Where Miller got his start in Smithers, first being at his mother's house, then being on his own in a basement suite, to later moving in with his wife.
Bulkley Valley Credit Union; fires; Hilltop; history of fire department; Interior News; rent
housing; photography; youth
How the town of Smithers has changed over the years and how farmers are being over run by the rail way and industrialization.
Bovill Motors; coal; courthouse; First Nations; ice; industry; jail; Kitimat; Lake Kathlyn; policeman; population growth; Post Office; rail yard; railroad; rural people
farmers; industrialization
Interview with Dian Cromer
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions11892
- Date Range
- November 26 2020
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Dian Cromer (nee Herman), a Smithers teacher and the daughter of Della Herman. Recorded November 26th 2020 at the Old Church in Smithers by Cassandra McKenney, BVM oral history intern. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, PDF bibliographic form, photo from day of inte…
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- Creator
- Cassandra McKenney
- Fonds No.
- C5
- Item No.
- 2021.21.1
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 1.95 GB of digital records
- Date Range
- November 26 2020
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Dian Cromer (nee Herman), a Smithers teacher and the daughter of Della Herman. Recorded November 26th 2020 at the Old Church in Smithers by Cassandra McKenney, BVM oral history intern. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, PDF bibliographic form, photo from day of interview, PDF and .docx copies of question prep, and .csv file of subject indexing.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Audio Tracks
Interview with Dian Cromer - November 26, 2020
Interview with Dian Cromer - November 26, 2020
https://search.bvmuseum.org/media/Digital%20Fonds%20and%20Collections/C5%20BVM%20Oral%20History%20collection/2021.21.1_Cromer,%20Dian/Cromer,%20Dian%202020_11_26.ACCESS.mp3
Cromer gives her date and place of birth, then talks about how her family came to the Bulkley Valley. She also briefly discusses some of her parents professional and personal activities.
Duthie Mine; Fall Fair; horseback riding; trail riding; United Church
childhood
Cromer details the house she grew up in and the house her mother grew up in.
log home; log house
heritage properties
Japan; Japanese; pit house; Poland; Polish; telegraph line
childhood; games; immigrants; immigration
Cromer tells a story about her mother's terrible driving.
roads
police; vehicle
Cromer discusses her experiences in both elementary school and high school in Smithers. She also talks about what she did for fun and leisure as a teenager.
basketball; Bill Cromer; boy scouts; Canadian Girls in Training; CGIT; dance; elementary school; high school; Muheim Elementary School; seizure; skating; students; teacher; teen town; United Church
education; recreation; youth
Cromer discusses her experiences pursuing a teaching degree at UBC in Vancouver.
Bill Cromer; city; Della Herman; dormitories; Stanley Park; teacher's college; UBC
education; teacher
Cromer discusses her time teaching at the elementary school in Telkwa. She specifically tells a story about the principal trying to scare off a pack of dogs with a shotgun.
children; dogs; gun; party; principal; snowball; student discipline
Champ Royal Comission; education; elementary
Cromer discusses teaching in Rutland, just outside of Kelowna, BC.
cow; marriage; Rutland
education; elementary
Cromer discusses teaching Kitimat and tells stories about a student named
Alcan; Indigenous; snow; Southern European; winter
education; elementary
Cromer discusses the multiple teaching positions she held in Smithers. She also talks about how she adjusted to new teaching protocols.
alternate school; alternative education; bullying; homeschooling; Indigenous children; Lake Kathlyn; Lake Kathlyn Elementary; parenting; students
education; School District 54; Sullivan Royal Commission
Cromer discusses her two children Jamie and Michael, including how Michael passed away. She also talks about how being a parent changed her approach to teaching.
computer science; Della Herman; engineering; Jamie Cromer; Michael Cromer; physics; Tulsa, Oklahoma; UBC
parenting; teaching
Cromer talks about how schools, teachers, and students have changed since she started teaching.
education
Cromer discusses ethics violations she was charged with in 1983 by the BC Teacher's Federation, how she handled the case, and the results.
court; Della Herman; lawyer; parenting; principal; questionnaire; teaching certification; teaching ethics; union; Vancouver
BCTF; law; legal; sex education
Cromer discusses an Interior News article written about her son, Michael, shortly after his death.
death; Michael Cromer
obituary
Cromer discusses her mother, Della Herman, and the legacy she left behind in Smithers and School District 54.
Bulkley Valley School Stories; car; Della Herman Theatre; dogs; Driftwood; driving; Muheim Elementary; normal school; School District 54; teacher training; Telkwa; wig
teaching
Cromer talks about living in the Driftwood Area and what it has been like to live in Bulkley Valley.
bakery; business; children; Clarence Goodacre; farm; farmers; Fushimi family; Goodacre's; Leach Brothers; lesiure; Mary Berg; parenting; rural
Driftwood
Cromer describes her short experiences with the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority.
community organizations; sports; women's group
Beta Sigma Phi
Cromer discusses both how Smithers has changed and how it hasn't during her life.
change
Main Street
Interview with Annie Bruce
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions12232
- Date Range
- October 22 2002
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Annie Bruce (nee Murray), recorded on October 22 2002 by Jane Young (?). Includes raw and edited .WAV files and an MP3 access file.
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- Creator
- [Jane Young]
- Fonds No.
- C5
- Item No.
- 2021.21.26
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 991 MB of digital records
- Date Range
- October 22 2002
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Annie Bruce (nee Murray), recorded on October 22 2002 by Jane Young (?). Includes raw and edited .WAV files and an MP3 access file.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Audio Tracks
Interview with Annie Bruce - October 22, 2002
What Smithers used to look like and how Bruce used to get around.
1910s; cancer; Chinese cafe; dance hall; farm; Hetherington and Hooper; road foreman; school; sleigh; Smithers; stable; World War I
childhood; family; Smithers
The story of how Bruce and family would go out once a year for food and store it for the rest of the year. Mode of transportation was a wagon.
Flints; flour; Hazelton; horses; Hoskins; Murray; Scottish; sleigh; twins; wagon
family; provisions; Smithers; transportation
Life in Smithers and how it was run and how close the community was.
Bulkley Hotel; Bulkley Valley Stories; dairy; Hetherington; Hilltop; Jimmy Buckman; mayor; mother; ranch; Rubber Boots for Dancing; station; train
Smithers
The story of Jack Hetherington who went missing.
house; missing; Union Shop
Jack Hetherington; missing persons; story
Life on the farm, with Bruce's family. Bruce recalls dancing, horse riding, sewing dresses out of flour sacks.
bed and breakfast; dance; flour; Murray girls; Prince Rupert; red hair; Shoe House; Smithers; sugar sack; ties; Twin Falls
family; hobbies; memories
Annie's life in Prince Rupert during the Spanish Flu pandemic.
bodies; Catholic Church; doctor; liquor; prohibition; smuggler; soup; Spanish Flu; train; war
death; flu
The story of how Annie Bruce's mother moved to Smithers.
Canada; Helen Murray; Nan Bourgon; Prince Rupert; railroad; Scotland; shotgun; snow; Telkwa; trunk
boat; mothers; Smithers
Stories of the Telkwa Bridge and of flying to visit relatives.
barber; Bulkley River; Drug Store; Eddie Walton; gun; Hilltop; houses; Jack McNeil; Mr. Flint; shacks; suicide; tough
Telkwa
Dancing in the early days of Smithers and building community.
Alan Fletcher; Christmas concert; Della Herman; hall; Highland Schottische; June; kilt; shack; square dancing; teachers
dancing; Della Herman
Annie Bruce speaks about the family that has passed and is still alive in Smithers.
bush; children; dancer; family; Huxtables; polio; siblings
family; friends
Interview with John Gyger
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions12249
- Date Range
- August 8 1997
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- Scope and Content
- Interview with John Gyger, recorded at his home on August 8th 1997 by Misty Jorgen. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, an MP3 access file, and a .jpg release form.
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- Creator
- Misty Jorgen
- Fonds No.
- C5
- Item No.
- 2021.21.42
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 1.35 GB of digital records
- Date Range
- August 8 1997
- Scope and Content
- Interview with John Gyger, recorded at his home on August 8th 1997 by Misty Jorgen. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, an MP3 access file, and a .jpg release form.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Audio Tracks
Interview with John Gyger - August 8 1997
John Gyger discusses his early childhood in Adelboden, Switzerland, the jobs that his father took to support the family, and how the financial difficulties of the Depression eventually caused them to immigrate to Canada.
Adelboden, Switzerland; Fritz Gyger Sr.; gravel pit; Gyger family; hobby farm; house; immigration to Canada; labourer; money; parents; population; rail car; rock crusher; Rosa Gyger; siblings; snow shovelling
childhood; economic difficulties; family; immigration; jobs; Switzerland
John tells a story about a sleigh that his family used to pull hay and firewood in Switzerland. It was left behind when the family immigrated in 1937, but he had it shipped to Canada as a keepsake almost 60 years later.
farm; firewood; Harold Gyger; hay; hay bales; Switzerland
family heirlooms; sled; sleigh
John recounts his family's immigration to Canada, detailing the economic difficulties that drove them to leave Switzerland, the application process and requirements to come to Canada, how the journey from Adelboden to Smithers was made, and who was waiting to greet them upon their arrival.
Basel, Switzerland; buses; Canadian National Railways; children; Czechoslovakian immigrants; economy; employment; fighting; Fritz Gyger Jr.; Fritz Gyger Sr.; Great Depression; groceries; Halifax, Nova Scotia; houses; immigration advertisements; immigration application; jobs; language barrier; Le Havre, France; money; Paris, France; payment; Polish immigrants; Smithers Railway Station; Swiss immigrants; teamster; train; transportation; travel; wages; work; World War II
Canada; immigration; Switzerland
Gyger recounts events during his family's first few years in Smithers, including losing their first home to fire, sleeping in the train car for a week after arriving in Smithers, being shown around town by two local men, and fishing in the nearby river. He also recounts the first farm his parents bought and what sort of work they did to support themselves.
army; Ben Miller; burned down; burning; C.P. Bussinger; cash; chair; cows; cream; cutting wood; dairy; donations; E.T. Kenney; employment; farm; farming; firewood; fishing; generosity; granary; Jack Chapman; labour; Mah Yoke Tong; odd jobs; passenger car; river; road conditions; Smithers Bakery; Telkwa; train car; transfer business; woodshed; World War II
farm; fire; Gyger family; Smithers; work
Gyger spent a year and a half at school in Smithers before dropping out to work on the family farm. He recounts the building he attended school in (misidentified as Chandler Park School, which did not open until 1963; likely Smithers Elementary/Public School instead), the teachers who taught him, the differences between Swiss and Canadian schools, and the lack of Indigenous students in the classrooms. From around 34:50 to 37:10 he briefly discusses several local Indigenous people and the Lejac Residential School. (Warning that this section may be triggering to some and contains inappropriate and offensive attitudes towards Residential Schools).
Agnes Schibli; classrooms; Della Herman; Grace Ball; gymnasium; Indigenous people; Indigenous students; Jack Joseph; Jean Baptiste; language barriers; learning English; Lejac Residential School; Ralph Smith; reading; recess; school supplies; swings; teachers; Telkwa; Vera Doodson; washrooms; writing
education; school; Smithers Elementary School; Smithers Public School
Gyger discusses the jobs he held after dropping out of school, primarily his time in the logging industry, but with some mentions of farming and railway work as well. He goes into detail about the various methods, tools, and equipment used in logging, as well as the hours the men worked and the pay they received.
army; cab driver; Canadian National; Carmen Gibson; Carr Ranch; Caterpillar machine; Charlie Morris; Chris Dahlie; Claude Dohler; coal; crosscut saws; dairy farm; Dohler Flats; equipment; farm; farming; forestry; Fritz Gyger Jr.; horse logging; Indigenous workers; logging; logging camps; lumber; marriage; milking cows; money; payment; power saws; Prince George; Riverside Dairy; switch ties; timber; tools; trains; Wilma Gorley; Wilma Gyger; Woodmere Ranch; work hours
employment; jobs; logging; sawmills
Gyger describes the army training he received during World War II. The war ended before he could go overseas, but his brother Bill Gyger served in Europe and oversaw prisoners of war.
advanced training; basic training; Bill Gyger; Germans; Ontario; prisoners of war; Vancouver; Wetaskiwin, Alberta
army; army training; military; World War II
Brief discussion of Gyger's marriage to Wilma Gorley and the family they raised. Note: interview ends abruptly with no real conclusion.
children; farming; grandchildren; Hardisty, Alberta
family; marriage; Wilma Gorley; Wilma Gyger
Interview with Gwen Ellis
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions12244
- Date Range
- August 1 1997
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Gwen Ellis (nee Young), recorded on August 1st 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.
- 2021.21.37
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 1.16 GB of digital records
- Date Range
- August 1 1997
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Gwen Ellis (nee Young), recorded on August 1st 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 Gwen Ellis - August 1, 1997
Interview with Gwen Ellis - August 1, 1997
https://search.bvmuseum.org/media/Digital%20Fonds%20and%20Collections/C5%20BVM%20Oral%20History%20collection/2021.21.37_Ellis,%20Gwen/Ellis,%20Gwen%201997_08_01.ACCESS.mp3
Why Ellis wanted to move to Canada and the process it took to get here.
Canada; CNR Settlement Plan; deportation; England; farm; food; land; Oxfordshire; World War II
Canada; immigration
What life was like living on a farm after England and how they made due.
British Columbia; Bulkley Valley; cabin; cattle; chickens; children; clearing land; cold; farm; house; meat; New York; picket farm; Poland; Polish; pregnant; ship; Smithers; war rations; winter
children; farm; food
Old and new ways of doing things.
bathroom; code; electricity; Hungry Hill; party line; warmth; water
modernization
Working a dairy farm and then switching over to beef for more money.
beef; can; cream; money; pigs; potatoes; river; Telkwa
animals; dairy; farm
Selling and grading potatoes on the farm for many years.
Boychuck; breaking land; cellar; Feed Store; grading; monopoly; Prince George; September; sizing; winter
farm; potatoes
What life was like working in a coal mine and having explosives at home.
accident; Bulkley Valley District Hospital; explosion; fire boss; home; mine; Shell Oil; undergrown
accident; fire; mining
Helping make Smithers' roads and highways.
bush camp; Hungry Hill; laborer; trail
roads; Smithers
What it was like to have to compete for jobs with the inflow of immigrants in the 50's.
cheap labor; Dutch; German; Holland; mill; night shift; Sundays
competition; jobs
What it was like getting a job as a postal worker and working for several years and the only female in that field.
box; Interior News; mail; Quick; station wagon; Telkwa; traveling post office
postal work
What the old Telkwa school used to look like and what it was like when her children went to school there.
teacher; Telkwa School
education
Interview with Barb Jeffery
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions12255
- Date Range
- July 3 1997
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Barb Jeffery (nee Cairns), recorded at her home in Quick on July 3rd 1997 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.
- 2021.21.48
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 1.36 GB of digital records
- Date Range
- July 3 1997
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Barb Jeffery (nee Cairns), recorded at her home in Quick on July 3rd 1997 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 Barb Jeffery - July 3 1997
Barb Jeffery recounts her childhood and early adulthood, spent moving between Germany, England, and India. After the Second World War, she and her family returned to England, where she worked at a government-run British Restaurant, married Robert Jeffrey, and started a family in Gweek, Cornwall.
army of occupation; birth; British Restaurant; coal boat; Cologne, Germany; governess; Gweek, Cornwall; husband; Indian Army Service Corps; marriage; mechanization; Plymouth; post-war era; rationing; Royal Scots; sepoys; siblings; soldier; travel; voyage
childhood; England; family; Germany; India; upbringing; work; World War II; youth
Barb discusses why she and her family decided to emigrate, and what became of her relatives back home in England.
brothers; Cornwall; farming; lack of job opportunities; Michael Jeffery; Simon Jeffery; sons; visiting relatives
Canada; death of father; emigration; England; family; relatives
Jeffery tells of how she and her family travelled across Canada in an immigrant train, arriving in Prince George only to find out that her husband's promised job had been given to someone else. She explains how he was able to find employment on short notice and how the family arrived at Quick during the middle of a hectic work day.
army blankets; Canadian National Railways; church; Ella Paddon; employment; fumigation; immigrant train; immigration plan; inspector; mail day; prayer; Prince George; river readings; shipping cattle; theft; Wadham Paddon
arrival; immigration; jobs; Paddon family; Quick; train travel; work
Jeffery talks about her family's early days in Quick, particularly the lack of electricity and her husband Robert's work at the Dominion Experimental Farm. She mentions the murder-suicide of Leslie Egerton and his sons, which occurred at the Experimental Farm in 1960.
agricultural research; carrying water; Colin Egerton; farm; Greens; Gweek, Cornwall; James Egerton; Leslie Egerton; manhunt; nodules; Paddon family; police; post office; road conditions; store; washing clothes; washing machines
agricultural work; chores; crime; electricity; employment; Experimental Farm; murder-suicide; Quick; Robert Jeffery; work
Jeffery discusses the many accidents and injuries suffered by her husband during his career, as well as the kindness and generosity of neighbours during difficult times. Includes anecdotes about winning a raffle at Goodacre's Store and packing Cornish pasties for Robert's lunch.
blasting; carpooling; CN work; coal mining; Cornish pasties; doctors; Frigidaire; Goodacre's Store; groceries; hernia; hospital bills; Houston; knee injury; lung damage; neighbourliness; Northwood Pulp Mill; operations; payments; raffle prizes; railway; security guard; strike; Telkwa Mill (TF&M); toy tank; Wiggs O'Neill
accidents; community; employment; generosity; injuries; neighbours; Robert Jeffery; work; workplace injuries
Jeffery discusses her 40 years spent living in Quick, with emphasis on the friendliness and generosity of the community. She and her sons frequently looked after neighbours' children. Some people took advantage of others' kindness.
4H clubs; accidents; activities; babysitting; building house; carpooling; close-knit; Douglas Jeffery; good neighbours; injuries; Ivy Middleton; Michael Jeffery; Middletons; Robin Jeffery; Round Lake; Simon Jeffery; square dancing; Walcott; Woodmere
babysitting; community; generosity; neighbourliness; Quick
Jeffery discusses the history and usage of the Round Lake Hall, and describes the annual Sports Day events at Quick.
activities; badminton; baseball; cafeteria; community lunch; dance; galas; Hubert; Hubert Hotel; Nan Bourgon; opening speech; salmon; scorekeeping; sewer system; stage; synchronized swimmers
community events; Quick; Round Lake Hall; Sports Day
Jeffery discusses her involvement with the Quick Women's Institute, including attending a conference in Germany and hosting a radio program. She describes the work that Women's Institutes have done on a local, provincial, and international basis.
Amelia Watson; boycott; Canadian delegates; Carol Kerr; Children's Hospital; developing countries; editor; Francois Lake Women's Institute; Hamburg, Germany; newsletter; Queen Alexandra Hospital; radio program; Recreation Commission; road lines; Round Lake Hall; sugar prices; travelling; women's clubs; Women's Institute conference
community organizations; Quick Women's Institute; women; Women's Institutes
Interview with Phyllis Davidson
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions12241
- 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
- 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
https://search.bvmuseum.org/media/Digital%20Fonds%20and%20Collections/C5%20BVM%20Oral%20History%20collection/2021.21.34_Davidson,%20Phyllis/Davidson,%20Phyllis%201997_06_17.ACCESS.MP3
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
Interview with Della Herman
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions12252
- Date Range
- April 1996
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Della Herman (nee Carpenter), recorded by Carol Morgenthaler in April 1996 as part of a BVLD radio show. Includes raw and edited .WAV files and an .MP3 access file.
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- Creator
- Carol Morgenthaler
- Fonds No.
- C5
- Item No.
- 2021.21.45
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 144 MB of digital records
- Date Range
- April 1996
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Della Herman (nee Carpenter), recorded by Carol Morgenthaler in April 1996 as part of a BVLD radio show. Includes raw and edited .WAV files and an .MP3 access file.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Audio Tracks
Interview with Della Herman - April 1996
Introduction of Della Herman, who began teaching at Decker Lake school in 1935 after having received teacher's training in Normal School.
Decker Lake; grades; Normal School
school; teaching
Brief discussion on the methods of teaching used at the time and how basic they were in comparison to modern practices; as well as how the role of a teacher included playground supervision and community involvement.
community involvement; extracurricular activities; MacLeod Method; penmanship; recess; subjects; supervision
responsibilities; teaching; teaching methods
After Decker Lake, Herman taught at the one-room schoolhouse in Glentanna before moving on to Smithers, where she eventually became principal of Muheim Memorial Elementary School until her retirement.
George Tugnum; Glentanna; Glentanna School; grades; Hans Tugnum; Johnny Lapadat; Lundstrom girls; Muheim Elementary School; principal; retirement; Smithers; teaching
teaching
Della Herman praises modern improvements in teaching, comparing them favourably to the
changes in teaching; computers; education process; improvements; programs; progress
education; teaching; teaching methods
Interview with Reg Heal
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions12251
- Date Range
- March 15 1995
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Reg Heal, recorded on March 15th 1995 at the Bulkley Valley Museum by Carly Blair. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, an .MP3 access file, and a .jpg release form.
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- Creator
- Carly Blair
- Fonds No.
- C5
- Item No.
- 2021.21.44
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 928 MB of digital records
- Date Range
- March 15 1995
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Reg Heal, recorded on March 15th 1995 at the Bulkley Valley Museum by Carly Blair. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, an .MP3 access file, and a .jpg release form.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Audio Tracks
Interview with Reg Heal - March 15 1995
Reg Heal states his birthplace and discusses the work he did as a child on his family's farm.
harrowing; horses; logging; ploughing; tractor; Tyhee Lake
chores; farm work; farming; work
Heal discusses special events from his childhood, such as family gatherings and holidays.
beefsteak pudding; Christmas; Easter; family gatherings; games; grandparents; music; New Year's; picnics; playing cards; plum pudding
entertainment; family; holidays; recreation; special events
Heal answers the question of whether or not he is religious.
Anglican Church; baptism; Lutheran Church; Pentecostal Church; United Church
Christianity; church; religion; religious affiliation
Heal discusses the jobs he held after quitting school, such as working for his father on the farm, tie cutting/logging, and coal mining during the Second World War. Includes various tangents on seasickness, his cousin Herb Heal, and the war years.
coal mines; cousin; crosscut saw; enlisting; Ernest Heal; fishing trip; Herb Heal; money; payment; Prince Rupert; seasickness; Telkwa School; war; working
employment; family; logging; school; tie cutting; work; World War II
Heal discusses his married life and his first house.
child raising; first house; Jean Heal; moving
children; family; home life; homes; marriage
Heal discusses working as a mechanic and bus driver for School District 54.
bus driving; buses; costs; mechanic; retirement; school buses; supervisor
bus driver; employment; school district; work
Heal talks about attending school in Telkwa.
classrooms; cold winters; grades; horseback riding; Houston; Hubert; logging camp; missing school; students; temperature; walking to school; weather
school; Telkwa School
Heal says that his parents' original house is no longer standing, though a new one that they built later on still is.
houses
Heal discusses what appliances were used for washing clothes in the old days.
washboard; washing machine; wringer washer
laundry; washing clothes
Heal discusses his life in retirement and why he decided to stay in Smithers instead of moving elsewhere.
climate; fixing things; friends; Gordon Hetherington; houses; moving; neighbours; temperature; weather
retired life; retirement
Heal discusses what he did for fun as a child and how he first met his wife, Jean, at a dance.
children; Christmas dance; cowboy; dances; Driftwood; Jean Heal; lariat; lasso; Mary Heal Martin; rodeo; steer riding
fun; games; Jean Heal; playing; recreation; Telkwa barbecue
Reg talks about his father, Ernest Heal, and the relationship that they shared. He briefly mentions his mother, Mary, towards the end of the section.
ball games; Catholicism; church; death; discipline; father-son relationship; fishing; Fred Heal; hobbies; hunting; religion; travelling; Victoria
Ernest Heal; family; Mary Fryer Heal; parents
Various additional reminiscences, primarily of recreational activities as a child.
Barger farm; bluegrass; country music; dances; kickball; neighbours; school; Tyhee Lake
baseball; friends; ice hockey; music; recreation; skating; sports
Brief section with Reg Heal discussing his parents and grandparents.
farm; Hubert; marriage; policeman
Ernest Heal; family; grandparents; Mary Fryer Heal; parents
Interview with Eugene Barger
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions12230
- Date Range
- January 23 1995
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Eugene Barger, recorded January 23 1995 at his home in Telkwa by Carly Blair. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, and .pdf release form.
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- Creator
- Carly Blair
- Fonds No.
- C5
- Item No.
- 20