Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1976-2019 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
50 cm textual records.
230 data files (sound recordings and video recordings).
Photographs.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Saanich Archives was established in 1978 through the efforts of Deputy Municipal Clerk Jo-Anne Morrison.
Repository
Archival history
The majority of the oral history interviews in this collection were conducted by Saanich Archives employees and volunteers. Beginning in 2013, the Royal Oak Historical Society (ROHA) began to make oral history recordings and deposit them with Saanich Archives. As of 2018, 59 interviews have been supplied by ROHA.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Collection consists of 351 oral history interviews with Saanich officials, employees and residents from 1976-2019. Interviews include: 121 text format (transcripts and summaries) and 230 data files consisting of sound recordings and some video recordings, and photographs. Jo-Anne Morrison, the first archivist at Saanich, began conducting oral history interviews with former elected officials, long-serving Saanich employees, and members of pioneer families in the 1970s. Between June 1976 and April 1977, twenty-nine interviews were recorded. Production of interviews continued through the 1980s, with all interviews being recorded onto audio cassette until 1989 when video cassettes were briefly used. More than 100 interviews were captured between 1976 and 1997. The early analogue cassettes were cleaned, restored, and digitized in 2008. The oral history project was re-initiated in 2006, Saanich’s centennial year, with new interviews being recorded in digital audio and digital video. Digital audio has been used exclusively since 2010. The project is ongoing.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
Further accruals are expected.
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Some restrictions.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Finding aid available.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Accession number: 2007-056, 2007-057, 2007-061, 2007-096, 2007-098, 2007-186, 2007-187, 2007-188, 2007-189, 2007-190, 2008-023, 2008-027, 2008-032, 2009-005, 2009-007, 2009-009, 2009-023, 2009-040, 2009-046, 2009-060, 2010-002, 2010-022, 2010-034, 2010-036, 2010-039, 2010-040, 2010-042, 2010-044, 2011-020, 2011-022, 2012-035, 2013-013, 2013-039, 2013-040, 2014-004, 2014-006, 2014-009, 2014-026, 2014-029, 2015-008, 2016-033, 2016-034, 2017-029, 2018-007, 2018-018, 2019-010, 2019-011.