George Cobb tapes

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
82-006/001(01) Choate, Hal: Grandson of founder of Warsaw, Ont. Story of medicine man's business from log cabin to factory to bankruptcy. A medicine show with a tapeworm; village store drugs Item 30 December 1965
82-006/001(04) Fleming, David: Accountant with the Dickson Lumber Co. Company history, conditions in lumber camps. Age 96 at time of interview Item 20 August 1966
82-006/001(10) McMahon, Matthew: Age 91 at time of interview - died 20 November 1969. Worked with horses for a dealer, lumbering and cadging; information re R.B. Rogers and the Peterborough Lift Lock. Item 20 Maya 1965
82-006/002(13) Noyes, George. Tape destroyed - vinegar syndrome. See tape 15 which is a duplicate Item
82-006/002(16) Mrs. Albert Reid, daughter of Robert McCauley: owner of 'Stopping Place' Temperance Hotel, near Haultain; loggers and [illegible] used to stay there Item August 15 1966
82-006/002(21) Telford, William: Born in 1878, son of Smith Township poet. Stage coaches, lime kilns, Chemong Lake floating bridge, weaving in Bridgenorth and hotels. Item 23 March 1968 View
82-006/003(25) Earle Tighe: Irish in Central Ontario, 'booby hatch' logging, lumber camps, language - views on Irish, English, Jews, and several very earthy stories Item August 1966
82-006/003(29) Neil Whitmore (age 89) in his home at Apsley. Family history, early settlement and land clearing Item 26 August 1966
82-006/004(40) Sounds of the country, extracts from Choate, Medicine men Item 2 January 1966
82-006/004(60) Recordings from elsewhere: 4 CBC programs on Mexico Item [196-]
82-006/004(73) Recordings from elsewhere: John Glen: postponed by weather, take off, flight, orbits and landing Item February 20 1962
82-006/004(74) Recordings from elsewhere: Algae workshop - Otonabee Region Conservation Authority, Adam Scott School Item November 24 1962
82-006/005(79) Recordings from elsewhere: CBC The Long hundred: Canada's centennial Item 1967
82-006/004(84) Recordings from elsewhere: Diefenbaker speech at conservative conference; "I am a Canadian" from Diefenbaker RCA record Item September - October 1967
82-006/004(85) Recordings from elsewhere: Mexican music Item [196-?]
82-006/004(87) Recordings from elsewhere: The blues, strolling 20s Negro show Item February 1966
82-006/001(02) Clements, Hilliard, 15 February 1964: Also includes interviews of Allan Uriah Payne, 7 March 1964 (track 4), and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hawthorne, 18 April 1964 Item 1964
82-006/001(03) Copperthwaite, Doug: One of the last river-boat engineers, who also worked on lake tankers. Boat building on Rice Lake. Description of photos in father's album Item 6 May 1966
82-006/001(05) Fowler, Daisy: Daughter of John Duncan, last operator of oatmeal mill at Lang (Allendale). Description of the mill, out-buildings, store dressing, family history and the log house. Born in Peterborough on 16 April 1876, she lived at Lang from age 9 to 18. Item 30 September 1965
82-006/001(07) Garvey, John: Born 29 November 1877 and died in 1966 at age 88. Lumbering, logging, shanty life. Dug foundation for Quaker Oats with scraper and team. One verse of logging song Item 23 September 1965
82-006/001(08) Geale, Leah, June 1964: Daughter of R.B. Rogers, designer and engineer of Peterborough Liftlocks (track 1, 30 minutes). Hurtubise, Gene, 14 July 1964: He was in charge of the cement hoist for over 2 years during the construction of the liftlocks (track 1, 20 minutes). Holmes, Fred, 30 October, 1964: Regarding Senator George A. Cox. Dangers of work at the cordage company; sweated labour and old Peterborough (track 1 side 2, 45 minutes) Item 1964
82-006/001(12) Mowry, Chester: 24 June 1964 (track 1, 60 minutes): Grandfather ran foundry in Peterborough. Talks of George Street stores. Hall's Glen cheese factory and cheese-making process. Cobbs voice inaudible on Mowry portion. Tivy, Captain: 24 June 1964 (track 4, 45 minutes). Vivid description of rounding Cape Horn in a fully-rigged ship. Hurricanes, roaring forties, ship life, dangerous fog and nature of fear. (Taped at Anson House, Peterborough.) Item 1964
82-006/002(17) Selkirks mill etc: Being worked on. ?? Item May 22 1964
82-006/003(27) Earle Tighe, Warsaw, woodsman, biologist, musician, Irish wake flute music, cures, logging, river driver, working logs, Irish settlement in Central Ontario, views on language, Jews, etc, several early stories (tracks 1 and 4) Item 16 August 1966
82-006/004(39) Medical, dental, remedies: Backwoods dentistry, Halchoate, Earle Tighe, Neil Whitmore Item