Interviews with Yorke Edwards, Art Vanidour, and David Stirling

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 R. Yorke Edwards on August 25th, 1999 in Victoria, B.C. and Art Vanidour on September 23rd, 1999 in Nanaimo, B.C. followed by David Stirling in Victoria, B.C. Side A: R. Yorke Edwards (7 minutes) followed to end by Arty Vanidour Side B: Art Vanidour (70%), David Stirling (30%)

In Collection:

• Elders Council for Parks in British Columbia

Creator

• Elders Council for Parks in British Columbia

Contributor

• Merilees, Bill

Subject

• Conservation of natural resources
• Nature conservation--Societies, etc.
• Edwards, Yorke
• Stirling, David
• National parks and reserves--Management
• National parks and reserves
• Wilderness areas
• BC Parks
• Parks--Employees--Attitudes
• Parks
• Nature conservation
• Parks--Conservation and restoration
• Biodiversity conservation
• Conservation of natural resources--Societies, etc.
• Natural areas
• Wildlife conservation
• Oral histories
• Parks--Employees
• Vanidour, Art
• Parks--Management

Language

• eng

Identifier

• Tape #39

Date created

• August 1999 to September 1999

Resource type

• Sound

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 00:46:19 (Side A)
• 00:46:21 (Side B)

Geographic coverage

• British Columbia--Nanaimo
• British Columbia--Victoria

Coordinates

• 48.4359, -123.35155
• 49.16638, -123.94003

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

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

Archival item identifier

• Accession Number: 2024-010; Item: 73-74

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/ps0v-t864

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