CALL NUMBER: T0360:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-07-26 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Art H. Phair discusses his background; in that he was born in 1880, details of his father's work, his experience at private school in Victoria, the story of the Golden Cache Mine swindle of 1886-98. He describes the early history of Lillooet from 1856, the gold rush of 1858, Chinese miners around Lillooet in the 1880s, pre-war land boom and economic cycles in Lillooet.

TRACK 2: Phair discusses Indian life prior to European contact, strained White-Indian relations, bad relations between Indians, the Poole murder at Pemberton Meadows, murders and hangings, more on Lillooet Indians, Lillooet as a "melting pot" of many races, and the Chinese in Lillooet after 1884.

CALL NUMBER: T0360:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-07-26 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Phair offers anecdotes about Indians and Chinese people, more about his own childhood experiences at school in Victoria, adventures and "close calls", hunting and prospecting, tobacco growing near Lillooet, the meaning of the word "Lillooet", early farmers between Lillooet and Pavilion, gold panning as a young boy, his family background, the red light district in Lillooet and the flourishing of Lillooet between 1858 and 1864.

TRACK 2: Phair comments more on the Chinese in the area, he describes how his store was a social center, how it was robbed, Indians in the store, and the start of big game hunting in Lillooet after 1884. Phair describes the Pemberton to Lillooet road, his family's relations with Indians, the John Bull murder, old settlements near Lillooet, crossing the Fraser River at Lillooet, how his mother was a musician, uncle was a poet, an incident about a priest who alleged to have beaten an Indian woman, and finally his father's background.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Cherry : experimental interview #4 - perceptions of the natural landscape, Pemberton Valley RECORDED: Pemberton (B.C.), 1972-04-06 SUMMARY: Bernard (Ben) and Sara Cherry discuss life in the Pemberton Valley 1919-1972, its natural beauties, and the changes caused by progress.;

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-07-11
SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Henry Beaubien recalls traveling along the Cariboo Road in 1914; mining at Pioneer and Bralorne along with various characters; stump ranching and homesteading with family in 1920; more on mining; more on characters of the Pemberton Valley. TRACK 2: Mrs. Rolande Beaubien recalls her arrival at Bridge River and her reasons for coming; her struggle as a pioneer raising children; various characters and living in Minto. [end of interview]

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): John Ronayne : experimental interview #2 - perceptions of the natural landscape, Pemberton Valley RECORDED: Pemberton (B.C.), 1972-03-06 SUMMARY: John Ronayne discusses the Pemberton Valley, 1920-1940; farming and clearing of land; various changes in the Valley after the advent of the train and the highway removed the valley's isolation.;

RECORDED: Lillooet (B.C.), 1986 SUMMARY: Lindsay Stonehouse: Lindsay and her family, the Roys, came to D'Arcy from Scotland in the mid-1920s. The family operated the D'Arcy lodge for five or six years, feeding PGE passengers and getting to k;now the railroaders. Lindsay now lives in retirement in Lillooet.;

Shows area from Vancouver north to Whistler. Main map shows relief; overlay shows watercourses, place names and NTS grid

The sub-series consists of an oral history interview about the history of the Bridge River region.

Promotional film. The route of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway from its southern terminus at Squamish to the Central Interior, and aspects of the area served by the railway. Includes footage of a voyage from Vancouver to Squamish on Union Steamship's "Lady Alexandra", with a stop at Bowen Island; sports and recreation at Alta Lake; cattle drive; wheat fields; placer mining; logging; PGE crews at work.

Includes footage of: Anderson Lake, Barkerville, Bowen Island, Bridge River, Clinton, D'Arcy, Lillooet, Quesnel, Seton Lake, Squamish, Wells, Williams Lake, Alta Lake, Birkenhead River, Lac La Hache, Rainbow, Vancouver, Cariboo Region, Cheakamus River

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Robert Priest : experimental interview #3 - perceptions of the natural landscape, Pemberton Valley RECORDED: Pemberton (B.C.), 1972-04-06 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Robert Priest discusses the natural beauty and way of life in the isolated Pemberton Valley, as experienced by a recent arrival. [TRACK 2: blank?];

The item is a VHS promotional video from 1987. It shows BC Rail's passenger service, serving North Vancouver, Squamish, Whistler, Pemberton, Tyax, 100 Mile House, Quesnel, and Prince George. Emphasis on winter sports, particularly cross-country skiing.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Fougberg : experimental interview [#1] - perceptions of the natural landscape, Pemberton Valley RECORDED: [location unknown], 1972-03-06 SUMMARY: Thord Bure Maria Fougberg and Margaret Fougberg discuss the history and natural landscape of the Pemberton Valley. The Fougbergs both arrived in the valley in 1929. [No content documentation available; for these tapes.];

Travelogue. Official video of the Greater Vancouver Visitors and Convention Bureau. Includes some scenes of attractions outside Greater Vancouver, such as the Abbotsford Air Show, the Pemberton Rodeo and Squamish Logger's Day. Includes a sequence on Expo '86.