Daily Life

1. Standards of accommodation
   • en route
   • in Wells (cabins, boarding houses, hotels, motels)
   • heating
   • food preparation and storage
   • water
2. Household chores
   • chopping wood
   • laundry
   • food preparation and dishes
   • cleaning
   • how did the single miner deal with these
   • how did families
3. Leisure time
   • more or less than today
   • how spent
4. Clothing
   • what did men's and ladies' clothing look like in the 1930's? Children's?
   • styles
5. Other services supplied by community
   1. Government, law and order
      • representatives of government of Wells
      • crime (how was law and order maintained, Judges, Magistrates)
   2. Communication
      • methods (mail, word of mouth, newspaper)
   3. Transportation
      • effect of road conditions and transportation on community life (shortages of goods, high prices)
   4. Education
      • first school
      • conditions in early school house
      • number of students
   5. Health and social services
      • doctors
      • Hospital
      • conditions in mines
      • did they have welfare, U.I.C., or Worker's Compensation
      • subscriptions (collections to help an ailing citizen or provide money for burial)
   6. Recreation and culture
      • hotels
      • horse races
      • gambling
      • library
      • drama
      • sports
      • special events
   7. Religion
      • Catholic Church
      • Anglican Church
      • other churches
      • Sunday School
6. Demography
   1. main racial groups
      • white
      • chinese
      • Irish
      • Swedish, etc.
   2. ethnic community
      • reasons for coming to Canada
      • occupations
      • merchants
      • associations
      • religions and burial
      • celebrations
      • physical features
   3. Blacks
      • very few in Wells
   4. Indians
      • very few in Wells
      • reasons

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