SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Anna Lees : Clayton School, Hudson's Hope in the 1920s and 1930s PERIOD COVERED: 1928-1935 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975 SUMMARY: Anna Lees discusses immigration to Canada from Norway in 1928 at age 5. School days at Clayton School.;

RECORDED: [location unknown], [196-] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Del Miller recalls his arrival in BC in 1909 from Ontario; a wide variety of jobs he worked at upon arrival; South Fort George in 1911; Hudson's Hope; trapping; shipping freight on Peace; River; Finlay Rapids; more on trapping; living with his family in Deserters Canyon; trading posts; river transportation and freights; scows; more on Hudson's Hope; living in the region, including other pioneers and supplies and the Beaver Indians; trapping; medical care; and a story about his son who was accidentally shot. TRACK 2: Mr. Miller continues with his story about his son; how airplane;s brought in supplies and mail; how he was a mail carrier for a year; how he got supplies from the Fraser River with barges; an account of river accidents; climate; trails; and family history.

Notebook of George Henderson, Slocan, BC, containing diary of trip from Vancouver to Hudson Hope, 1912; notes re land locations, mineral findings, vicinity Hudson Hope, Nation River, 1912, 1913.

Loaned for copying by Mrs. T. Cooper, Slocan, 1975.

The collection consists of oral history interviews pertaining to the Hudson's Hope area, including interviews about local Catholic missions.

The item is a composite print of a travelogue from 1977. It shows the Peace River region in British Columbia, including footage of Dawson Creek, Fort St. John, Hudson's Hope, Prince George, W.A.C. Bennett Dam, government campsites, local celebrations, heritage sites, farming, recreation, etc.

The file consists of correspondence inward to James Walker Beattie, guide and outfitter, 1912-1916. Contains correspondence and monthly game reports of the Hudson Hope detachment of B.C. Provincial Police.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-11-06 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. John Lamont describes how he came to Canada from Scotland via the United States; the trip from Edmonton to the Peace River country; homesteading; building farm houses; and the developmen;t and growth of the Peace River country. He describes starting a cattle breeding establishment with a prize calf; crops; social events; old characters; the town of Peace River; Hudson's Hope and Dawson Creek. TRACK 2: Mr. Lamont describes Herman Trelle, a German farmer who won awards for his wheat, and talks about the "D.A. Thomas", a riverboat that ran from Hudson's Hope and Vermillion.

Microfilmed copy of journal kept at Fort St. John and Hudson's Hope containing records of trading supplies, company servants, outside traders and casual employees. Data includes quantities and qualities of furs traded together with the values of both the furs and the trade goods. Lists of supplies from Lesser Slave Lake plus costs and logistics of transporting them to the Peace River and the furs out are shown. Later, probably ca. 1927, blank and little used pages have been used for recipes.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Kari Espe : Norwegian settlers in the Peace River district, 1930-1940 PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1940 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975 SUMMARY: Kari Espe discusses her emigration from Norway in 1930. Farming and homesteading at Peace River from 1931-1940. Providence Hospital. Social life. Clayton School. Relations with English settlers.;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Mrs. Jim Beattie : first white woman to settle at Hudson's Hope, B.C. PERIOD COVERED: 1914-1920 RECORDED: [location unknown], [1975?] SUMMARY: Mrs. Jim Beattie discusses the journey from South Fort George to Peace River in 1914. Farming 35 miles from Hudson's Hope. Indians and treaty money. Ranching. Daughter was the first white child. Husband's work at Portage on the telegraph, at the Post Office, and as a notary public. Children's schooling at Hudson's Hope.

The item consists of five reels of original reversal footage/outs from ca. 1964 to 1969. The footage shows aspects of the Peace River project other than dam or powerhouse construction. Footage includes: exploring the Peace River canyon by boat; settlements and farms along the river; fossils and geology; burning of abandoned buildings; flooded areas and debris; land clearing, construction and community scenes in and around Hudson's Hope from ca. 1964-1965.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Vesta Gething : pioneering at Hudson's Hope, 1920s PERIOD COVERED: 1920-1925 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975 SUMMARY: Vesta Gething, daughter of Neil Gething, who discovered and developed the coal mine near Hudson's Hope, discusses the journey into the Peace River district and settling at Hudson's Hope in 1922. She was the postmistress there.