Interviews with Elizabeth Abbott 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 Elizabeth Abbott on July 12th, 2000 on Mitlenatch Island, B.C. and David Stirling on August 1st, 2000 in Victoria, B.C. Side A: Elizabeth Abbott followed by David Stirling Side B: David Stirling

In Collection:

• Elders Council for Parks in British Columbia

Creator

• Elders Council for Parks in British Columbia

Contributor

• Merilees, Bill

Subject

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

Language

• eng

Identifier

• Tape #40

Date created

• July 2000 to August 2000

Resource type

• Sound

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Geographic coverage

• British Columbia--Victoria
• British Columbia--Mitlenatch Island

Coordinates

• 48.4359, -123.35155
• 49.94964, -125.00287

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: 75-76

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/10.58066/6861-p368

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	Tape40_SideB		Public