Lazarus Archive · LZ-32632

Oakcrest Harbour oral history project

Oakcrest Harbour Historical Society, 1985–1994. Sound recording for studio equipment.

Description

Interviews with 87 older residents of Oakcrest Harbour about their working lives.

Provenance

Donated with the machine it was used on. The tape had stretched near its start; the first blocks were repaired by hand from the sampled signal. All of the work survives. The repairs are listed in the record’s damage map.

Preservation

Fixity (SHA-256)
7039148a33a4b5e66c2fa8080f6fc2de55e2d32dadd90cf1fb001b4588a92dd5
Last verified
Oct 5, 2026, by Vigil
Migrated to
FLAC, 24-bit
Copies
Three, on two kinds of storage, in two cities
Original carriers
Kept in cold storage in Vancouver

Access

Free, in the Lazarus reading room in Vancouver and in partner reading rooms.

Reading-room copies are migrated to FLAC, 24-bit. The recovered files are kept exactly as they were found.

Cite as: Oakcrest Harbour Historical Society, Oakcrest Harbour oral history project (1985–1994). Lazarus Archive, LZ-32632.

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