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Nanaimo Historical Society Transcripts

The Nanaimo Historical Society started recording interviews and presentations in 1958.  Transcripts, some with audio recording, of selected recordings are available here.  To listen to untranscribed original recordings, click here.

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Interviewee / Speaker	Topic	Audio Available
Amory, Lord	Hudson’s Bay Company
Barraclough, William	Wharf and Bastion Streets
Barraclough, William	Electricity in Nanaimo
Barraclough, William	Nanaimo Gas Works
Barraclough, William	Boundary Commission
Barraclough, William	Adam Grant Horne
Barraclough, William	S.S. Beaver
Barraclough, William	Joseph E.L. Muir
Bate, Darryl	Childhood Reminiscences
Buckham, A. Fraser	Coal Deposits on Vancouver Island
Dean, Nelson & Alex	Mining & Family History
Dixon, Lillian	The Finnish Community
Dunn, Albert	Fire Department History
Gallagher, Dan	Coal Mining
Gusola, Alex	Nanaimo’s Italian Community
Hall, Gertrude	Civic Government
Hardcastle: Jack	Marine Artist
Harrison, Victor	Brother 12 (XII)
Harrison, Victor	Nanaimo Bastion
Johnson, Patricia	K. Grant, Early Doctor
Karr, Clarence	Hudson’s Bay Company
Kneen, Joseph	Family History
Lewis, John	Nanaimo Concert Band
Lewis, William	Family History
Maffeo, Peter	Interview, Address & Eulogy
Manson, William	Manson Family
Ney, Frank	Interview & Address
Sale, Don	Brierly Hill & the Princess Royal
Sandland, Arthur “Bud”	History of Soccer
Schon, Don	Hand Logging on the BC Coast
Sedola, Gino	Italians in Nanaimo
Swanson, Robert	Coal Mines, Railways, etc.
Thatcher, Lew	Coal Mining
Thorneycroft, Harold	Jewelry Store
Tully, John P.	History of Oceanography of the Pacific Coast
Wardill, Judge Stanley	Wardill family since 1887
Yates, Captain Arthur	Family History