Interviews with David Thomson (Seasonal Park Interpreter) and Bob Ahrens

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 David Thomson (a Seasonal Park Interpreter) and Bob Ahrens on September 16, 2013. Side A: David Thomson Side B: Bob Ahrens, first 60% (+/-) - remainder blank

In Collection:

• Elders Council for Parks in British Columbia

Creator

• Elders Council for Parks in British Columbia

Contributor

• Merilees, Bill

Subject

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

Language

• eng

Identifier

• Tape #18

Date created

• September 16, 2013

Resource type

• Sound

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 00:26:43 (Side B)
• 00:45:59 (Side A)

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
• reminiscences
• oral histories (literary genre)

Archival item identifier

• Accession Number: 2024-010; Item: 34-35

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/c0z7-dj87

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