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Cornelius Kelleher interview
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- sound recording
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Mar. 1963 (Creation)
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7 audio reels (03:30:00) : 19 cm/sec, mono ; 18 cm
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The item is a recorded interview with Mr. Cornelius "Corny" Kelleher. Tape 1: Kelleher recalls his father, Mortimer Kelleher, Mortimer's early days in British Columbia, and his settlement in Mission City in 1868. He speaks about the mills in Mission City; the Oblates of Mary Immaculate Mission [OMI] settlement of the mission in 1862; First Nations people at the mission; construction and location of the mission buildings; the Sisters of St. Ann convent; his father's work for the mission; the Kelleher family farm; Passmore family; other settlers in the Mission area; childhood at Mission school, surveying for the CPR in 1882; clearing and construction for the CPR; first passenger trains in 1886; steamboats.
Tape 2: Mr. Kelleher discusses steamboat service; construction and maintenance of the dikes at Matsqui Prairie; Matsqui Land Company; the Maclure family; early settlers in Matsqui; the Purver family, discusses farming incidents; naming Abbotsford; CPR link to the U.S.; Huntington; Mission City; roads, railways; [period of silence on tape]; remittance men; Bellevue Hotel, Matsqui Hotel; railway bridge; shipping fish; sturgeon fishing; First Nations methods of fishing.
Tape 3: Mr. Kelleher continues with his recollections of fishing on the Fraser River; salmon fishing; Indigenous place names; other place names; Joe DeRoche; childhood adventures; First Nations stories about ;Hatzic Island; First Nations hunting methods and doctors; Sam McDonald and Frank Wade, Maclure, "Supple Jack" from the Matsqui reserve; Mount Baker; Jim Trethewey and family; ;saw and grist mills; description of the O.M.I. Mission; early settlers; subdivision of lots in Mission City; Riverside; C.B. Sword.;
Tape 4: Mr. Kelleher talks about Mr. Barnes, Mr. Sword, the Matsqui dike and other incidents.
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Physical condition
The original tapes have some silent sections, as well as sound and speed problems.
Immediate source of acquisition
Imbert Orchard, 1974-1975
Arrangement
Four photocopy sketches also available in T0705 accession file: "(Cornelius) Kornie Kelleher's drawings from memory of the first mission buildings at Mission". Originals maps transferred to Map Division, map accession number 9234 and catalogued as 18286A.
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A digital copy is available. Please contact staff for further information.
Unedited transcript on file.
4 preservation compact discs made from original audio reels, 2002-05-07.
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No access restrictions apply.
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Copying Restriction: Clients requesting research/private copies must fill out CBC form.
Use Restriction: Not for broadcast or commercial use without written permission of the CBC.
Copyright Status: Copyright Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
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Accession number(s): T0705
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Previously described as AAAB0795
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Orchard ; FVA-01/1-7
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speaker: Cornelius Kelleher, interviewer: Imbert Orchard, sound recording: Ian Stephen
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- Farm life--British Columbia
- Frontier and pioneer life--British Columbia
- Railroads--British Columbia--Lower Mainland Region
- Remittance men--British Columbia
- Surveying--British Columbia
- Dikes (Engineering)--British Columbia
- Schools--British Columbia
- Indigenous peoples--British Columbia--Lower Mainland region
- Roads--British Columbia
- Indigenous peoples--Fishing--British Columbia
- Paddle steamers--British Columbia
- Fisheries--British Columbia
- Floods--British Columbia
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- The Sisters of Saint Ann (Subject)
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company (Subject)
- Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (Subject)