Interviews with Bob Ahrens and Murray Matheson

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 Bob Ahrens on June 22nd, 2005 and Murray Matheson in June 2005 in Victoria, B.C. Side A: First 10% (+/-) Bob Ahrens remaining 90% (+/-) Murray Matheson Side B: Murray Matheson

In Collection:

• Elders Council for Parks in British Columbia

Creator

• Elders Council for Parks in British Columbia

Contributor

• Merrilees, Bill

Subject

• Wilderness areas
• National parks and reserves--Management
• Natural areas
• National parks and reserves
• Parks--Employees--Attitudes
• Oral histories
• Nature conservation--Societies, etc.
• Parks
• Ahrens, Bob
• Conservation of natural resources
• Parks--Employees
• Wildlife conservation
• Biodiversity conservation
• Parks--Management
• Nature conservation
• Parks--Conservation and restoration
• BC Parks
• Matheson, Murray
• Conservation of natural resources--Societies, etc.

Language

• eng

Identifier

• Tape #14

Date created

• June 2005

Resource type

• Sound

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 00:46:21 (Side A)
• 00:46:24 (Side B)

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

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

Archival item identifier

• Accession Number: 2024-010; Item: 27

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/10.58066/3pjp-j638

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