Item AAAB0399 - Maitland Harrison interview : [Chapman, 1979]

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Maitland Harrison interview : [Chapman, 1979]

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AAAB0399

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  • 1979-01 [date recorded] (Creation)

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Interviews recorded as research for Sound Heritage Series no. 32, "Where the Lardeau River Flows."

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SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Maitland Harrison RECORDED: Nelson (B.C.), 1979-01 SUMMARY: Maitland Harrison was born in India in 1890, and returned to England as a child when his parents died. Arranged to come to West Kootenay in 1908 and had a guardian appointed. Worked at a dairy for two years at Pilot Bay. Bought land at Shutty Bench, north of Kaslo, in 1909. Cleared property for orchard, but left for the First World War before the trees were planted. Served in France and India, returning to Shutty Bench in 1922. Things changed dramatically, so he headed for the Lardeau and joined T.J. Ainsworth in a logging venture. Detailed explanation of logging for cedar poles and pine and spruce for the mill in Nelson. Trapping up Glacier Creek. Hunting on the Upper Duncan. Haley's Landing. Prospecting on the Upper Duncan. Life in the lower Lardeau Valley-Lardeau-Argenta area. Lived at Howser.

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Peter Chapman, [1979-1980?]

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  • Partial transcript on file.
  • Reference cassette copy available in container 000443-026.

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No access restrictions apply. [WAS: Closed until publication of Sound Heritage Series no. 32, ca. 1981.]

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  • Copying Restriction: None.
  • Use Restriction: For private and educational use only. Not for broadcast or commercial use without permission of the B.C. Archives.
  • Copyright Status: Copyright B.C. Archives.

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Excerpts from this interview appeared in Chapman's "Where the Lardeau River Flows," Sound Heritage Series no. 32.

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Accession number(s): T0346

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speaker: Maitland Knowles Harrison, interviewer: Peter Chapman

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