Interviews with C.P. Lyons, David Stirling, Don Shaw, and Bob Broadland

Part of a collection of interviews about the development of BC Parks from members of the Elders Council for Parks in British Columbia. The Elders Council for Parks in British Columbia is an independent society, whose members are retired parks system employees and conservation advocates who have dedicated a significant portion of their lives to parks and protected areas in B.C. Bill Merilees interviews C.P. (Chess) Lyons and David Stirling in August 1998, Don Shaw on October 20th, 1998 and Bob Broadland on May 18th, 1999. All interviews took place in Victoria, B.C. Side A: Chess Lyons - first 40% (+/-); followed by Don Shaw, final 60% (+/-) Side B: Bob Broadland

In Collection:

• Elders Council for Parks in British Columbia

Creator

• Elders Council for Parks in British Columbia

Contributor

• Merilees, Bill

Subject

• Biodiversity conservation
• Parks--Conservation and restoration
• Parks--Management
• Nature conservation--Societies, etc.
• Natural areas
• Parks--Employees
• Nature conservation
• Broadland, Bob
• Parks
• Conservation of natural resources--Societies, etc.
• Parks--Employees--Attitudes
• National parks and reserves--Management
• Wildlife conservation
• Wilderness areas
• Oral histories
• Lyons, C. P. (Chester Peter), 1915-
• Shaw, Don
• Stirling, David
• Conservation of natural resources
• BC Parks
• National parks and reserves

Language

• eng

Identifier

• Tape #6

Date created

• August 1998 to May 1999

Resource type

• Sound

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 00:45:46 (Side B)
• 00:45:52 (Side A)

Geographic coverage

• British Columbia--Victoria

Coordinates

• 48.4359, -123.35155

Physical repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Elders Council for Parks in British Columbia

Provenance

• Gift of Bill Merilees/Elders Council for Parks in BC, March 2017.

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• oral histories (literary genre)
• reminiscences
• sound recordings

Archival item identifier

• Accession Number: 2024-010; Item: 11-12

Fonds title

• Elders Council for Parks in British Columbia fonds

Fonds identifier

• AR446

Is referenced by

• Archival Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/elders-council-for-parks-in-british-columbia-fonds

Date digitized

• 2017

Technical note

• Metadata by KD.

Rights

• This item is under copyright and made available on this site for research and private study only. Commercial use is prohibited. For all other uses please contact UVic Libraries' Special Collections and University Archives.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/wfwp-vn42

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