Recording is an oral history interview of Duncan Robertson by Oonagh O'Connor at his home in Whaletown (Part 1 of 2). Topics covered include some family history; people and customs of the early days on the island; logging; fishing; hunting; cougars; Cortes in the 1950s and 1960s. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Recording is an oral history interview of Duncan Robertson by Oonagh O'Connor at his home in Whaletown (Part 1 of 2). Topics covered include some family history; people and customs of the early days on the island; logging; fishing; hunting; cougars; Cortes in the 1950s and 1960s. There is a short summary of the interview, written by May Ellingsen, in the cassette case.
Photograph of a First Nations coastal village, with houses and outbuildings along the shore. There are fish boats and canoes in the water and pulled up on shore. A long house is in the middle, and a school building is back of the village on a hill, (ID)
Photograph of a First Nations coastal village, with houses and outbuildings along the shore. There are fish boats and canoes in the water and pulled up on shore. A long house is in the middle, and a school building is back of the village on a hill, (ID)
Photograph of a First Nations coastal village, taken from behind a house, looking out towards the water and some close-by small islands. To the right of the house are lines of laundry hanging on lines; to the left some large corner posts of a long house. (Looks like possibly the same village as #1999.001.969, with the siding and roof removed from the long house).
Photograph of a First Nations coastal village, taken from behind a house, looking out towards the water and some close-by small islands. To the right of the house are lines of laundry hanging on lines; to the left some large corner posts of a long house. (Looks like possibly the same village as #1999.001.969, with the siding and roof removed from the long house).
Photograph of a plank-sided, cedar shake roofed long house, seen from the back. There are houses on each side; the view is towards the water, with several small islands close to shore.
Photograph of a plank-sided, cedar shake roofed long house, seen from the back. There are houses on each side; the view is towards the water, with several small islands close to shore.
Photograph of four girls, with the houses and buildogs of a First Nations village in the background. The caption reads "Indian, Japanese and white children of all nationalites and creeds worked and played happily together."
Photograph of four girls, with the houses and buildogs of a First Nations village in the background. The caption reads "Indian, Japanese and white children of all nationalites and creeds worked and played happily together."
