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Robert Tarr interview
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1980 [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): Robert Tarr : Lardeau Valley, 1936-1950 PERIOD COVERED: 1936-1950 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1980 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Robert Tarr was born in Missouri. Worked in Nelson for Williams Transfer. Moved to Argenta in 1936. Ran sawmill near Argenta wharf. Cut railway ties. Worked on roads for taxes. Father ranched in Missouri. Then moved to Alberta. Worked in mill at Howser. Steamer used to connect Creston and Nelson. Logged with a pair of horses. TRACK 2: Wild game was always available on the flats. Had quarter section in Alberta before he came to Nelson. Politicians visited Argenta. Did two days road work with his horses each year. Butchering cattle with Steve Sawczuk.
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Peter Chapman, [1979-1980?]
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- Transcript on file.
- Reference cassette copy available in container 000443-221.
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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): T3695
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speaker: Robert Tarr, interviewer: Peter Chapman