RECORDED: Kelowna (B.C.), 1983-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Bert Osborne was one of the first hunting outfitters in Wapiti District, late 1920s. Henry and Dave Joachim, Ed Stoney were some guides. Ed Moberly. Upper Canada College summer trips; Wembley to Mount Robson in 1936; 1937 trip detoured to Fraser River via Jarvis Creek and McGregor River. One of the largest summer outings - fifty people and eighty-six horses. Count Ignatieff was organizer. Canadian Geographical Jr. article, November 1936. Phillips Petroleum trip in 1940s: Mr. Knox, Angus Beaton. Carl Brooks started outfitting in 1936: summer trips to Kinuseo Falls, Porcupine; (Kakwa) Lake. Kakwa Falls. Route taken. Sherman Meadows. His death in plane crash at Kakwa Lake, 1945. Monkman Highway work, 1936 to 1939. Ted Chambers, Shorty McGuinness, Alex Monkman. Booklet on its history. Dud trips from Kinuseo Falls to Monkman Lake. Wife's work. Brooks outfit sold to Bert Dalgliesh in 1947. [TRACK 2: blank.]

CALL NUMBER: T4105:0001.1 RECORDED: Quesnel (B.C.), 1983-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Swift place in Jasper. Tonquin Valley, 1926. 1929 hunting trip. Climbing Mount Robson, 1924. The Flying Trestle (1931-31). Robson area. Climbing party to Mount Sir Alexander (Kitchi), 1929. Adam Joachim. Bert Wilkins. Curly Phillips; boats and operation, circa 1936; trapping; death in avalanche (1939); retrieving the body. Hargreaves family; Jack, Roy. Berg Lake trips. Brazeau Circle trip with Stan Kitchen 1934. Forty-day dude trips from Devona. TRACK 2: Country and wildlife north of Jasper Park. Wolf and game decline. Various trails. Trips for Jack Brewster. Some; guides/outfitters in Jasper. Big Grave Flats. George Hargreaves death/grave on Sheep Creek, 1936. Indian grave on Pauline Creek. Tuffer party to Jarvis Pass. Darryl Zanuck hunt (Willmore Wilderness), 1930. Zanuck bear hunt on Canoe/Columbia Rivers, 1932 or 1933. CALL NUMBER: T4105:0001.2 RECORDED: Quesnel (B.C.), 1983-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Zanuck hunt, continued. Ted Abrams. Death forced premature boat exit to Revelstoke. River guides mentioned. Eight Mile Canyon near Revelstoke. Four month collecting trip for Carnegie Museum, Pittsburg, 1945 and 1946. Dr. Toomey. Andrew Mellon. Cunningham trip, 1938. Cutter Laboratories, California, hunting trip. Chuck Chesser, outfitter. Topographic survey of Jasper Park north; boundary, summer of 1927 and 1928. Mr. H.F. Lambert, chief surveyor. Grant Hare, packer, left first trip. Prior problems. Frank Burstrom's supply hike. TRACK 2: Permits and licences. Guiding regulations. Sheep and goat north of Jasper. Abercrombie hunting party of Jack Hargreaves. Starting his outfit, 1946. Caribou, areas and decline. Working for Jasper warden service from 1959 to 1971, building cabins. Fording the Smoky River. Grizzly bear incidents. 1931 museum (King) party. Tent Fire. CALL NUMBER: T4105:0001.3 RECORDED: Quesnel (B.C.), 1983-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Tent fire continued. Harvey Crate. Buffalo horns found at Mowitch Creek and Glacier Pass. Old Indian campsites and smoke huts. Alex Nellis, warden. Cabins and chalet at Berg Lake. Charley and Dan Bolen. Tom Wilde. Charley McMurtry. Stu Anderson. Rufe Neighbor. Bert Wilkins. Beaver pranks. Hersch Neighbor. Harry Phillips and grizzly bear attack. 'Red" Creighton ran Black Cat Ranch at Brule. Fights recounted. Ranch at Hinton. Solo attempt on Mount Robson by Mr. Waffle in 1930. [TRACK 2: blank.]

RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1984-01 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Came to Canada from Norway in 1927. Trapped and guided out of Valemount from 1929 to 1936. Trap line with Ollie Lebeck, Wood River/Athabasca Pass. Historic Athabasca Trail. Oswald Svendsen. Fortress Lake, 1930. Darryl Zanuck hunting trip on Canoe and Columbia Rivers in 1932 or 1933. Ed Garrett, river guide. Hunters' death. Hunters' names. Guides Art Allen, Chuck Chesser, Oliver Travers, and Ted Abrams, cooks, Eric Swanson. Berg Lake dude rides. Hargreaves brothers. Stan Carr and Mount Robson area. TRACK 2: Topographic surveys, Kinbasket Lake/Canoe River 1936. Frank Swannell. Survey work on Vancouver Island and in the Rockies in 1939. Canadian Army. Relocation to Valemount. Hunting by boat in Canoe River area. Road along Canoe River. Trapping and guiding logistics. Al Huble. Curly Phillip's river boat. Canoe River hot springs.

RECORDED: Mount Robson Ranch (B.C.), 1983-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Hargreaves family came to Jasper in 1913. Homestead and guest ranch at Mount Robson. 1923 built and operation CNR cabins at Berg Lake. Ray Hargreaves built the chalet later. All five brothers guided and outfitted. Some guides and packers: Art and Ken Allen, Harvey Crate, Dean Swift, Ted Shive, Stan Carr, Chuck Chesser, Don and Dave McMurtry. Trap lines. Ray Hargreaves and Chuck Chesser partnership, 1931. Other workers; Bud Traver, Les Templeman, Bill Blackman, George Korsvik. George Hargreaves death in 1936. Work record stone sheep (Chadwick Ram). Graves in the wilderness. Big name hunters mentioned. Isaac Plante, Deome Findlay. Joachim family. Eddie Moberly. TRACK 2: Eddie Moberly (continued). Murray Cochrane's involvement from 1934. Describing Roy Hargreaves. Boating down Upper Smoky River. Hargreaves' daughter's involvement. Old geographic names in region. Horse fords on Smokey River. Geological Surveys.

RECORDED: Kelowna (B.C.), 1984-10 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Worked for Curly Phillips in 1924; market garden and tourist boating. Seventy-day climbing expedition to Columbia Icefields in 1927; first ascent record, Swiss guides. Mount Robson. Description of Donald "Curly" Phillips; death in avalanche, tourist boat operations in early 1930s. Packing and guiding. Indian guides. Jack Hargreaves. Red Creighton. Head guide psychology. Grande Cache. Ken and wife worked for Ray Hargreaves at Mount Robson. First ascent expedition to Mount Sir Alexander in 1929. broken ankle tended by Dr. Gilmour. Mr. Waffle. Finished guiding in 1939. Jasper warden service in early 1940s, then CNR work. Train accident in 1951 at Canoe River killed 22 people. Harry Phillips attacked by grizzly. TRACK 2: Grizzly attack continued. Medicine Lake and Maligne Lake tourist boat concession circa 1931 to 1933. Phillip's dude trap line, 1927. Many wives did the cooking on trips. Chuck Chesser. Slim Fry. George Korsvik. Oswald Svensen. Otto Brothers. Joe Saladana. Boundary survey work, 1938. General guiding duties. Fred Brewster. Building laundry for Jasper Park Lodge. Other names; Max Hoover, Larry McGuire, Frank Burstrom, Adam Joachim, Dave, Frank and Ed Moberly. Summer dude trips. River fords. Memories of American hunters.

RECORDED: Vernon (B.C.), 1983-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Worked for Fred Brewster and Medicine Lake, 1932. Description of Harry and Curly Phillips' operation. Brewster had 380 horses. List of outfitters operating from Jasper town site, late 1920s. Family moved there in 1924. Adam Joachim. Jasper Rodeo and Turf Club. Jack Hargreaves packed for the Alpine Club. Aspects of the Maligne Lake Area. Worked for Stan Kitchen from 1936 to 1938. Other guides. American hunters. Mr. A.C. Willoby (Palisades). First outfit with Red Creighton 1945. Black Cat Ranch. North Boundary dude trip. Dennison and Britton outfitted at Mount Robson. TRACK 2: Louie Delorme. Variations on North Boundary trip. George Foley, warden at Devona. Overnighting horses. Advantages of pyramid and baker tents. Eddie Moberly. Larry McGuire worked for national park warden service from 1949 until his retirement.

RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1984-10 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Guided in Jasper/Robson region between 1925 and 1931. First wrangled for Stan Kitchen. Guides' regulations and responsibilities. Preparation of capes, horse tending. Various hunting trips and durations. Guides paid $10.00 per day. Wounded game. Excellent female hunter remembered. A typical four-hunter party, arrangement and logistics. Murray Cochrane. TRACK 2: Newspaper articles and reminiscences. Hargreaves outfit. Guided with Art and Ken Allen. Hargreaves outfit. Guided with Art and Ken Allen. Hargreaves family, Dick, Ray, George and Frank. Oliver Travers. George Korsvik. Walter Cochrane. Country in Mount Robson region noted. Curly Phillips. Jasper/Lake Louise summer trips for Brewster. Chuck Chesser.

RECORDED: Dunster (B.C.), 1983-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Father guided hunters out of McBride area, circa 1919. Jack Renshaw was another outfitter. Change of guide regulations, late 1920s. Hunting with riverboats along upper Fraser River. Outdoor Life advertising. Original high trail east of McBride. Beaver (Holmes ) River. Boat hunting cheaper. Used Renshaw's horses. Accounts as a riverboat man on topographic surveys in Northern Rockies, circa 1929. Surveyors. Panned gold during Depression. Horse work for army training schemes during WWII. Some wrangling out of Mt. Robson. Dome Creek guides, Bob Wiley and Slim Fry. [TRACK 2: blank.]

RECORDED: McBride (B.C.), 1983-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Chronological overview of Mustard family outfitting circa 1914 to 1930 in Jasper and Mountain Park. Areas hunted out of Mountain Park. Hired help: Sid Erickson and Jack Jensen, cooks. Bill Berry, Abe Reimmer, Jamiesons, guides. Names of millionaire clients. Worked out of Jasper, 1927 to 1935, but always hunted east and south of the park. Jack Browning outfit. Packed for Alpine Club. Length of trips and organization. Names of popular Jasper outfitters of the 1930s. Description of Curly Phillips. Worked for Jack Brewster. Outfitting out of McBride, 1935, was short-lived. Access route to Divide noted. Mount Robson outfits. Area trappers, Bill Sweeney and Red Johnson, took some hunters. Noted American hunter. Business promotion. Jimmy Smith outfit. Attributes of Willmore Wilderness area noted. [TRACK 2: blank.]