Claybelt Chronicles Vol. 1
In 2006, we started interviewing our Temiskaming seniors to capture their stories and help keep the history of the area alive with as many first-hand accounts as possible. We've worked hard to help our area's history come alive through the voices of those who were there. These books contain interviews with our seniors who have connections with the pioneer families who first came to the area between 1880s and 1940s. Each volume contains interviews and a photo taken at the time of the interview or from some other source. These books are very popular and widely-sought after.
Volume ONE was very successfully launched Nov 26th, 2009.
If you would like to order one, download this PDF form and mail it in with payment, or call the Museum to get your copy. They are available at the Museum's Gift Shop, open in the summer while the Museum is open, other times by appointment. They are also available year round at the book store in Cobalt and online at White Mountain Publications.
Go here for the INDEX to this volume.
ISBN-978-0-986478-50-5 | 8½" x 11"
188 pages; trade paperback | $30.00
Volume One includes the interviews from the following seniors:
Armstrong, Allen
Bisson, Ruby Madeline (née Simmons)
Caldwell, Alvin Manley
Calvert, John
Carson, Russell Garnett
Chamberlin, Frances Lillian (née Melitzer)
Desjardins, Raymonde Donalda (née Paiement)
Field, Dora (née Foley)
Fielder, Elsie (née Barker)
Foley, Gwendolyn Mary (née Walker)
Gilboe, Margaret Sylvia (née Sumbler)
Giles, Melville David
Hobbs, Walter Thornloe
Houston, John Hartley
Jarvis, William Hager
Jarvis, Mary Elizabeth (née Wright)
Jenkinson, Henry John
Josefowich, Tom Phillip
Kemp, Frank Edward
Kenty, Harold Arthur
Leslie, Bogart Norman
Maddock, Elsie Ashmore (née Arnold)
Malick, Florence (née Pirie)
Mason, Mabel Edith (née Overton)
McLaren, Peter Bertrum Dalton
McLaren, William David Ivan
Messenger, Donald Morgan
Peters, Roy Albert
Pipe, Robert Findlater
Pollard, Douglas Charles
Pringle, Edra Beatrice
Reid, Charles Douglas
Scully, Maurice Joseph (Father)
Seymour, Annie Farish Caruthers Shankland
Shortt, Ann May (née McKee)
Smith, Gwendolyn (née Bonney)
Spangler, Hazel (née Pringle)
Taylor, Wadie Bernadetta Theresa (née Kulakoski)
Wadge, Bessie Gertrude (née Jibb)
Walton, Harley Gillette