Item T0694:0001 - Louis Lobsinger interview

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Louis Lobsinger interview

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T0694:0001

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  • [196-] (Creation)

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1 audio reel (00:30:00) : 19 cm/sec, mono ; 18 cm

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RECORDED: [location unknown], [196-] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Louis Lobsinger came from Bruce County, Ontario, where his family had two farms. He describes the story of how he came to BC to visit his sister in the Nicola Valley, and was hired as a printer who eventually bought out his boss. The paper was the Nicola Herald, and he changed the name to the Merritt Herald. He describes a coal miners' strike in 1909; Mrs. Priest, who was the first school teacher in 1905; dances; in 1914 railroads changed from coal to oil and there was a depression in Merritt, until the saw mill opened in 1924; then in the 1930s the depression hit; various jobs he held; how he paid off debts; ranchers; the Cootley family; the 1934 stampede; his move to Williams Lake in 1952, and all the changes he saw there; the coal mines at Merritt; the cowboy/miner relationship; people passing through on their way to Fort George in 1909; finally he discusses the end of coal mining in Merritt. [TRACK 2: blank.]

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Imbert Orchard, 1974-1975

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A digital copy is available. Please contact staff for further information.
Preservation compact disc made from original audio reel, 2002-06-10.

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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): T0694

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Previously described as AAAB0783

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speaker: Louis Stephen Lobsinger, interviewer: Imbert Orchard, sound recording: Ian Stephen

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