This section contains materials from the manuscript digitization project, Life Histories. Historical Manuscripts of the District of Lake Country. This project makes forty-eight Museum manuscripts available, and searchable, on-line. It also allows these manuscripts to be downloaded in PDF format.
Author: “as related by Sigh Kobayashi.” 17 pages. Location: MS 18, Binder #1, Tab 20. Sigh Kobayashi’s Modernaires. An Era 1940-1975 is part of Life Histories. Historical Manuscripts of the District of Lake Country. Funding and assistance for this project... [Continue Reading]
Author: Michelle Fiwchuk. Artist: Cyril L. Smith. Illustration below: Bert Patterson. 60 pages. Location: MS 23, Binder #1, Tab 21. The Faces of 1938 – 1939, a collection of sketches of the following, “Bill” Craig Don Reynolds Ivan Hunter P.... [Continue Reading]
Author: Margaret Smith. 36 pages. Location: MS 6, Binder 3, Tab 6. Oyama School 1933-1936 is part of Life Histories. Historical Manuscripts of the District of Lake Country. Funding and assistance for this project were provided by... [Continue Reading]
Author: Osam Kobayashi. 6 pages. Location: MS 36. Okanagan Centre School Days is part of Life Histories. Historical Manuscripts of the District of Lake Country. Funding and assistance for this project were provided by the Irving K.... [Continue Reading]
Author: Arnold and Gladys Trewhitt. 6 pages. Location: MS 5, Binder #3, Tab #2. Memories of Our School Days in Oyama, 1930-1942 is part of Life Histories. Historical Manuscripts of the District of Lake Country. Funding and assistance... [Continue Reading]
Author: Compiled by Allan Osam Kobayashi. 57 pages. Location: MS 38, Binder #1, Tab #19. Dedication: In memory of Japanese-Canadian Men and Women of Okanagan Centre and Winfield Who Blazed the Trail. Winfield-OK Centre Japanese-Canadian Reunion... [Continue Reading]
8 pages. Location: MS 7, Binder #2, Tab #12. Northern Okanagan Commonage is part of Life Histories. Historical Manuscripts of the District of Lake Country. Funding and assistance for this project were provided by the Irving K. Barber... [Continue Reading]
6 pages. Location: MS 9, Binder 2, Tab 11. Okanagan Centre Gold Mine is part of Life Histories. Historical Manuscripts of the District of Lake Country. Funding and assistance for this project were provided by the Irving K. Barber Learning... [Continue Reading]
Author: Pat Richards. 3 pages. Location: MS 37, Binder 3, Tab 4. School Days — Long Ago at Okanagan Centre, 1933-1940 is part of Life Histories. Historical Manuscripts of the District of Lake Country. Funding and assistance for this... [Continue Reading]
Author: Winnie Uttke. 7 pages. Location: MS 4, Binder #1, Tab #13. Lingerwood Ranch is part of Life Histories. Historical Manuscripts of the District of Lake Country. Funding and assistance for this project were provided by the Irving K.... [Continue Reading]
