An interview with Mat Hassen about the history of the first banks and their operations in Armstrong, B.C. Also details his early life growing up in Armstrong and family history. The Bank of Montreal was the first bank to be established in Armstrong, B.C. An interview with Jean Gill about the history of the first banks and their operations in Armstrong, B.C. She was the first woman employed in the bank in the early days of banking. Her father had encouraged her to apply after there was a shortage of employees at the bank due to WWII. To learn more read Okanagan History Sixty-sixth report of the Okanagan Historical Society pg. 93-94 available here: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/ohs/items/1.0132242
