CALL NUMBER: T0859:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1966-09-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Paul Hayes discusses Indian praying spiritual songs and singing; ritual purification; religious ritual before whaling trips; a family story about the thunderbird and the whale; the Indian mythology about the Creation; the role of white education on Indian traditions; songs of the Flood; and the whale hunt song. TRACK 2: Mrs. Hayes describes her childhood experiences at Alberni; raising her brother; schooling in Alberni; life on the Alberni reservation; winter storms; wolves; residential schools; training as a nurse and midwife; and her nursing experiences.

CALL NUMBER: T0859:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1966-09-02 & 03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Hayes continues with recollections about her nursing experiences and midwifery; she discusses native social and marriage customs; feasts and potlatches for births; naming and first birthdays; prenuptial rituals; marriage customs; polygamy; and preserving Indian marriage customs. She describes the different dialects among the Nootka people. TRACK 2: Mrs. Hayes discusses Indian son;gs; the inheritance of chieftainship; women chiefs; the form of songs; and examples of various types. She talks about territorial rights; disapproval of theft; Chief Wickaninnish from Clayoquot and other chiefs; love songs; early dances; songs and rituals at Tofino; rhythm in the songs; and rights to songs.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1962-03-26 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Pattie Alexander Haslam, nee Cox, recalls her first impressions of the Cape Beale Lighthouse; her schooling in Victoria; and a trip back to the lighthouse by Indian canoe. She describes her; life at the lighthouse; her mother and father; Indians; potlatches; costumes; Indian whaling techniques; Captain Spring; and sealing schooners. TRACK 2: She recalls local shipwrecks. She talks abo;ut her life in Victoria while she was at school; Sir James Douglas; Lady Douglas; Bishop Cridge, and the Cridge family. She recalls her life in Alberni; her work in the telegraph office; and her reports for the CPR from Cape Beale. She talks about cougars, and hunting at Cape Beale.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-08-10 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Prescott recalls his coming to Alberni by automobile in 1907 to take the position of Royal Bank manager; his first impressions of the community, and the reasons he decided to stay. He discusses the boom years in Alberni from 1907 to 1913; the start of the railway in 1911; logging; mills; subdivision; World War I; Port Alberni; first settlement in Alberni; Alberni Land Company; Captain Stamp; mills; Gilbert Sproat; and Anderson's Mill from 1860 to 1864. Mr. Prescott recounts his career in banking; his transfer to Vancouver at the age of nineteen; his impressions of Alberni; farming in the area; dairy farming; and pre-World War I. TRACK 2: Mr. Prescott continues his discussion about Alberni; residents; land clearing; vegetation; logging; Indian reserve; Bob Roberts; potlatches; working for the bank; first bank in Alberni and Port Alberni; his employment in timber transactions; early settlers and the community centre.