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Northern News Office c1910

The Athabasca Archives houses a number of audio taped interviews with locals who lived at Athabasca Landing at the turn of the century. Some of these recordings are available on reel to reel or audio cassette. The sound clips on the "Historical Athabasca Landing: 1880 - 1914" web site were taken from interviews recorded in the 1960s and 1970s. They have been recorded in Real Audio format, therefore you must have Real Audio installed on your computer to listen to them.

The interview clips are listed below. They are also placed throughout the site under the appropriate historical theme. You may listen to them here, or as you encounter them on the main web site.

Interview with C.J. Raynor Whitely, conversation with Lloyd Chamberlain, April 1961. Athabasca Archives, audio tape #8. Accession #85.285.

Clip #1 -	Opening a stopping place on the Landing Trail, 1900.
Clip #2 -	Effects of the flood of 1904 on freight at the Landing.
Clip #3 -	Riding to Edmonton to report the flood to Hudson's Bay Company.
Clip #4 -	Billy Smith's threshing machine.
Clip #5 -	Land speculation and commercial boom, 1911.
Clip #6 -	Experiences as a freight handler.

Interview with J.D. Edwards, conversation with Lloyd Chamberlain, April 1961. Athabasca Archives, audio tape #7. Accession #85.284.

Clip #1 -	Explains why Black American settlers came from Oklahoma to Athabasca in 1910.
Clip #2 -	First colored settlements in Northern Alberta.
Clip #3 -	Describes the seeding of the first crop.

Conversation with Hugo Carlson, interviewed by Prem Sequeira and Tracy Telford. Interview conducted in 1977. Athabasca Archives, audio tape #153.

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Describes how much freight went through Athabasca.

Conversation with Jettie "Day" Willey, interviewed by Prem Sequeira and Tracy Telford. Interview conducted in 1977. Athabasca Archives, audio tape #153.

Clip #1 -	Tells why her family, and others, left the United States to come to Canada.
Clip #2 -	Describes early farm life in Athabasca.