Browsing Nanaimo History Project: 1976-2011 by Title
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History at Malaspina University-College
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 1997-11-13)Audio recording of Dr. Patrick Dunae's November 1997 presentation to the Nanaimo Historical Society about the history department at Malaspina University-College. Dunae gives an overview of the department including: the ... -
Honouring air crash sites
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2004-11-04)Audio recording of Paul Rankin's November 2004 presentation to the Nanaimo Historical Society about military air crashes on Vancouver Island during the Second World War. Rankin describes a project he has been working on ... -
Letters from the war
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2002-02-14)Audio recording of Dr. Stephen Davies' February 2002 presentation to the Nanaimo Historical Society about the Canadian Letters and Images Project. Davies, a history professor and director of the project at Malaspina ... -
Making of a coal town: Nanaimo, 1852-1858
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2005-05-19)Audio recording of Dr. Richard Mackie's May 2005 presentation to the Nanaimo Historical Society about the early history of Nanaimo. Mackie's talk focuses on the period of 1852 to 1858, during which the Hudson's Bay Company ... -
Malaspina University-College: Past, present, and future
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2007-10-11)Audio recording of Dr. Patrick Ross' October 2007 presentation to the Nanaimo Historical Society about Malaspina University-College. Ross, Malaspina University-College's Vice-President, Student Services, outlines a history ... -
Nanaimo 1875
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 1992-01-09)Audio recording of Anne Royle's presentation in 1992 to the Nanaimo Historical Society in which she reads excerpts from the city's newspaper, The Nanaimo Free Press, from the year 1875. Royle highlights several frequently ... -
Nanaimo 1900: The Boer War captures our citizens' imagination
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 1993-03-11)Audio recording of Anne Royle's presentation in 1993 to the Nanaimo Historical Society in which she reads excerpts from the city's newspaper, The Nanaimo Free Press, from the year 1900. The Boer War in South Africa is ... -
Nanaimo heritage
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2008-09-11)Audio recording of Chris Sholberg's presentation in 2008 to the Nanaimo Historical Society in which he talks about the City of Nanaimo's Heritage Conservation Program and about the Nanaimo Neighbourhood Network. Sholberg, ... -
Nanaimo mining history
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2001-10-11)Audio recording of T.W. Paterson's presentation in 2001 to the Nanaimo Historical Society in which he talks about the current state of coal mines in the Nanaimo area. Having explored former mining sites all over Vancouver ... -
Nanaimo school board spending, 1880-1890
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2002-11-14)Audio recording of Dr. Helen Brown's November 2002 presentation to the Nanaimo Historical Society about school board consumption in Nanaimo at the end of the 19th century. Brown, a history professor at Malaspina ... -
Nanaimo school records
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2000-04-13)Audio recording of Dr. Helen Brown's April 2000 presentation to the Nanaimo Historical Society about the importance and value of Nanaimo's early school records. Between 1890 and 1900, Nanaimo experienced rapid population ... -
Nanaimo's Italian community
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2006-09-14)Audio recording of Lynne Bowen's presentation in 2006 to the Nanaimo Historical Society about Italian immigration to Nanaimo and other parts of British Columbia. Bowen, an author and historian, outlines how after Italy's ... -
Old time miner
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 1991-09-12)Audio recording of Harry Mills' presentation about coal mining to the Nanaimo Historical Society in 1991. Mills, a longtime South End resident and the son of a miner, speaks about his experiences working in Nanaimo's mines ... -
Pacific home children
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2002-05-09)Audio recording of Syd Baker's presentation in 2002 to the Nanaimo Historical Society in which he talks about British Home Children. Baker outlines his own experience as a child growing up in Dr. Barnardo's Homes, where ... -
Social history, personal history: Vancouver's Chinatown project
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 1999-11-04)Audio recording of Dr. Imogene Lim's November 1999 presentation to the Nanaimo Historical Society about a Vancouver Chinatown excavation project, which was the first urban historical archaeology ever conducted in the city. ... -
The story of Protection Island
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 1996-10-10)Audio recording of Parker Williams' presentation about the history of Protection Island to the Nanaimo Historical Society in 1996. Williams, a longtime Protection Island resident, begins his talk with an explanation of how ... -
Treasures in Nanaimo's attics and basements
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2000-09-14)Audio recording of Lynne Bowen's presentation in 2000 to the Nanaimo Historical Society in which she talks about the value of historical documents, letters, and other papers that have a tendency to be overlooked or even ... -
Veronica Milner and her garden
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2003-09-11)Audio recording of Margaret Cadwaladr's September 2003 presentation to the Nanaimo Historical Society about Veronica Milner and her 70 acre estate in Qualicum Beach, B.C. Cadwaladr, who authored a book about Veronica Milner ... -
A walk around downtown Nanaimo
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 1996-09-12)Audio recording of Jerry Berry's presentation in 1996 to the Nanaimo Historical Society in which he describes a walk through Nanaimo's downtown as he remembers it from earlier days. Born in 1929, many of Berry's memories ...
