Mary’s Stories

Recordings from Mary

The early recordings were collected by Holli Margell (Mary's Grand Niece) and were later edited with additions by Dominic Black (oral historian, writer and broadcaster).  

1 "My mother is unconditional love, that's who my mother is..."
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1. 1 "My mother is unconditional love, that's who my mother is..."
5:24
2. 2 Port Moody in the 1920s
10:17
3. 3 Mother and Father, Sigurd Hage and Mary Adeline Evans
11:19
4. 4 The Pioneering Jacksons and the Pioneering Hages
13:00
5. 5 The Evans and the Hages
9:04
6. 6 Madrona Elementary School 1929
5:37
7. 7 High School Years and the Great Depression
4:15
8. 8 From High School to the University of Washington in 1937
6:27
9. 9 Vancouver BC by Bicycle, 1937
7:08
10. 10 Stopping School, Puget Sound Power and Light, 1939
7:29
11. 11 Dental Assistant and Childcare Expert, 1943
4:51
12. 12 Bruce, 1944
20:02
13. 13 Wartime's End, A Cross Country Car Trip and the Marine Corps Ball, 1945
14:18
14. 14 Port Deposit MD, Jamie, Bob and Evans and a cameo from Winston
11:44
15. 15 Mary's Brothers Dan, Bob, George and Siver
5:03
16. 16 Family Life in the 1950s
10:11
17. 17 "That was the only Christmas we were separated" - Seattle 1959
1:32
18. 18 Colonel Bruce Hammond and a Move to Seattle, 1959 - Mid 1960s
9:59
19. 19 A Photograph of Mary's Mother
1:42
20. 20 Camp Pendelton, Bruce's Mother and the 1960s
6:45
21. 21 Harbor City, Almost Settling Down, Three Years On The Road With Bruce
16:22
22. 22 Losing Bruce. Mary and Jamie
8:05
23. 23 A Trip to Norway, 1992
5:07
24. 24 "I drove alone in my van with only my little dog for company"
6:52
25. 25 Plum Pudding
1:57
26. 26 Two Photographs. Mae Emma Jackson and Mary Adeline Evans Hage
1:02
27. 27 A Photograph of Bruce and a re-telling of how he and Mary met and were married
2:35
28. 28 A Photograph of Mary, Less Than a Year Old
0:45
29. 29 Advice on Raising Children
5:18