The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
"Lumby Dairy, Feb. '71": farm views; water for irrigation and livestock; pump house and sprinklers. Cows. Milking machines. Harvesting; filling bunker and upright silos. Family scenes.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-11-12 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Anicet LeBlanc discusses early days in Lumby from 1885 to 1900. He describes how his father came from St. Anicet, Quebec, in 1885. He discusses early settlement in Lumby by French Canadian families including the first families; his childhood; school days; the church; a story about his father's accident; other early families; the sawmill; his father's various jobs; commerce; land clearing; range country; Louis Morand; the French language in the area; Judge Spinks and his car; general comments; parties; Christmas celebrations; general comments on development in the area. [TRACK 2: blank.]

The item is a reel of documentary film from 1930 titled Ayrshire cattle sales at Armstrong and Kamloops. "Excellent pan of Kamloops from height, looking down eventually into a street lined with cars. Indians in full regalia on appaloosa ponies. Bronco riding in a ring. Celery field and harvesting near Armstrong, B.C. Field of cabbage. Pan of fertile bottomlands. Salmon Arm farmers visit illustration station where Exhibition corn is grown. A combine in action drawn by a tractor. A two-horse team hauls the cart to collect the wheat. Stocks of grain in a field being loaded onto a horse-drawn wagon. Scenes of Ayrshire auction at Armstrong: Mat Hassen presents Percy French with winner's trophy. Ayrshire prizes awarded. Dunwaters, Davidson, Forest & Wells, outstanding at auction. Auction: $305.00 average for 30 two-year heifers. New owners parade their purchases. The Laird of Fintry. Pan of cattle. Fall fair at Lumby, crowded grounds & buildings. Veteran MLA J. H. Schofield of Trail. Donald Graham, a 'veteran of the first Riel Rebellion, 1870, poses. He came to the Okanagan Valley in 1874." (Colin Browne)

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-11-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. B.F. Young describes his family background; his mother and uncle at Lumby; his father's background; how his father came to Canada; the town of Lansdowne; the Chinese people there; farming; in the area; a story about a fire in the town; people in the Armstrong area; cowboys and other characters; Captain Shorts' canal; general comments about farming and development in the area. [TRACK 2: blank.]

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-11-15 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Couture discusses the early days of Lumby; 1884 to 1900. She was born in Vernon; her father was Louie Morand who was a contractor from St. Martine, Quebec. Her mother was from St. Anicet, and her mother's sister and brother-in-law ran the Victoria Hotel. She discusses her mother's other sisters; how her father was one of the first settlers in Lumby; her family and relatives in the Lumby area; how they spoke French; other people in the area; her first memories of Lumby; Christmas celebrations; general comments about the area; mining; musicians; parties; step dancing; and a May; 24 picnic. [TRACK 2: blank.]

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-05-16 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. J.W. Inglis, born 1897, talks about life in the Lumby area, 1892 to 1914. He describes his father's background; coming to the Okanagan Valley, including the trail they took and their first impressions; Creighton Valley; impressions of the Lumby area after 1897; the people in Lumby; the French Canadian settlers; other people in the area; logging; the Richland Land Boom from 1910 to 1912; Cherry Creek gold rush and the development of Lumby. TRACK 2: Mr. Inglis continues with more on mining; the Monashee Pass area around 1900; people; school days; growing up in Lumby; his father's dairy farm; social life; the effects of World War I; Indians; encounters with various animals; the Lumby Hotel; a bank robbery in 1913; blacksmiths; hockey in Lumby, including the "Flying Frenchmen"; and French songs.

The sub-series consists of oral history interviews recorded in the Okanagan and Similkameen regions, mainly dealing with the history of those regions in the years 1880-1914.

Provincial Police Court record books from Naramata (1913-1914), Lumby (1920), and Vernon district (1948-1953) showing name of prosecutor, name of defendant, nature of the charge, costs, name of arresting officer, name of gaol or lockup, order or conviction, amount of fine, name of presiding magistrate or justice and "remarks". The volume also includes a calendar for Vernon Spring and Fall Assizes, 1949.