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Interview of Austin Dagg. Side One: Interview of Augstin Dagg. Side Two: interview continues.

Side One: McKain, Payne with Carl, Michael, Lloyd. Side Two: Jennings.

Interview of Lennox Gavan renowned throughout the Ottawa Valley for his Irish music and popular owner of Gavan's Hotel in Quyan, Que. Gavan talks about the history of his Irish ancestors and his youth growing up on the family farm in Chicester, Que. Side One: Interview of Lennox Gavan. Side Two: Interview continues.

Interview of Mrs. Owen Toller, descendant of James Bryson, founder of a lumber dynasty in the Ottawa Valley in 1835. She describes the vast timber holdings of the Bryson families in Pontiac County, Que. Including the historic homes built by her grandfather in Fort Coulonge, Que. Side One: Interview of Mrs. Owen Toller. Side Two: interview continues.

Interview of Alex McDermid of Burnstown, Ont., former lumberman in the Ottawa Valley. He talks about his ancestors who had "signed that terrible contract" which indentured the early settlers to Laird Archibald McNab, Scottish feudal lord of MacNab Twsp. from 1823-1843. Additional comments from his wife are heard during the interview. Side One: Interview of Alex McDermid. Side Two: Interview continues.

Interview of Rick Durocher of Fort Coulonge, Que. who talks about his ancestors who worked in the lumber trade in the Ottawa Valley. He recalls the 'stopping place' his parents owned to service the isolated lumber camps and the 'nicest part' of his life spent in the camps beginning in 1904 and his later work with the Geological Survey. Side One: Interview of Rick Durocher. Side Two: interview continued.

Interview of leo Souci of Fort Coulonge, Que. who talks about his work as a lumberman in the Ottawa Valley begun at age fourteen in 1916 and later as a gold prospector in Labrador. Souci discusses the history of the Souci family originally from France. Additional discussion by his wife of their family of fourteen children. Side One: Interview of Leo Souci. Side Two: interview continues.

Interview of Bob Judd of Shawville, Que. who talks about the lumbering industry in the Ottawa Valley and the history of Shawville. He recalls people, places and events as he was growing up in Shawville in the 1920's. In particular, he recalls the first typewriter and the first Model T Ford in Shawville. Side One: Interview of Bob Judd. Side Two: interview continues.

Interview of Leslie Hanson of Burnstown, Ont. who talks about certain aspects of the Ottawa Valley, in particular, Laird Archibald McNab. Side B - Interview of Jim McMaster of Renfrew, Ont. a writer, politician and veteran of World War II. He talks about his war experiences from his enlistment in 1916, his training in England and his service in France with the "Princess Pats". Side One: Interview of Leslie Hanson. Side Two: Interview of Jim McMaster.