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Desmond Vicars interview

CALL NUMBER: T0405:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-06-30 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Colonel Desmond O. Vicars offers details about his father, John Richard Vicars, who came from Dublin to Ontario and became a surveyor; 1878, went to Peace River country; 1890, went to Vancouver; 1896, went to Kamloops area; became warden of the Kamloops jail; married his wife in 1892; discusses old timers and old miners; J.A. Marrow; anecdotes about Indians who died of smallpox; Rose Shubert; transportation along the Fraser River; pack trains; the Fortune's ranch; overlanders; John Tate; mining around Kamloops; some characters in the area who liked to mine; the CPR and its effect on the area. TRACK 2: Colonel Vicars continues with a story about Andrew Onderdonk; an old timer named Antoine Allen; Colonel Vicars discusses Kamloops as it was when he was born; a private school that started in 1893; several stories about Bill Miner and about Miner's partner, Shorty Dunn.

CALL NUMBER: T0405:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-06-30 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Colonel Vicars continues to discuss characters associated with Bill Miner, including Jack Budd; more on his father and the Rocky Mountain Rangers; and militia units. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Dick Roddis interview : [Beck, 1973?]

RECORDED: [location unknown], [1973?] SUMMARY: Second of two oral history interviews with John James ("Dick") Roddis. He immigrated to Canada in 1912 and arrived in the Cariboo in 1914. He talks about his travels, ranches, ferries, prospectors, Fraser River tug boat and the BX stage coaches.

Dick Roddis interview : [Roberts, 1967]

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1967 SUMMARY: First of two oral history interviews with John James ("Dick") Roddis. He immigrated to from England to Canada in 1912 (aged 22). On 14-Feb-1914, he left Vancouver with two horse-drawn sleighs en route to the Cariboo, travelling through 141 Mile House, Soda Creek and Quesnel. He talks about his travels, local ranches and prospectors, ferries and boats on the Fraser River, and the BX stage.

Dominic Armanasco interview

RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1979-03 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. Why leave Italy; first impressions; get a job; large family; mine work against nature; battery lamp; Crescent Hotel; singing; music; smells; rats; summer and winter work; nuns; football; Tunnel Hotel; bocce; mules; flood; no wash house; old miner dies; race names; money back to Italy; house in Extension; fire; women's work; cooked; bosses; wet mines; good old days.;

Donald New interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-10-06 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Donald New describes how his family moved to BC from England in about 1913; worked on a Mayne Island farm; his sister taught at a school on Mayne; worked for the Heck family; description; of the hotel at Miners Bay; Point Comfort Hotel; adaptation to BC life; how he worked in Victoria and was in the military in Nanaimo; did not go overseas in WWI; labour programs in Nanaimo; worked for a short time at Stave Falls; family moved to Galiano in 1915; selection of property on Galiano; agricultural possibilities described and pioneer families. TRACK 2: Three humorous anecdotes; Galiano postmasters; Mr. New as a postmaster until 1960; Englishness and "false Englishness" of early settlers; life of women and the relative lack of isolation.

Dorothy Goldrick interview

CALL NUMBER: T0420:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1970-05 SUMMARY: TRACKS 1 & 2: Mrs. Dorothy Goldrick describes emigrating from Scotland to Ashcroft in 1910; the Colonist train; Winnipeg around 1910; Ashcroft in 1910, buildings, the Chinese people, cowboys, covered wagons, BX Express, the anti-English feeling; other English families; Hallowe'en pranks; and Kamloops.

CALL NUMBER: T0420:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1970-05 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Goldrick continues with a description of the stage coach journey to Ashcroft; local native people; more about the Colonist train; a description of Savona, BC; a Hudson's Bay post across Kamloops Lake; anecdotes about life at Savona; impressions of Canada before emigration; life in Golden from 1911 to 1917; snow; forest fires; and Vernon around 1917. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Dorothy Graham, Marie Conti, and John Marocchi : interview

RECORDED: Cumberland (B.C.), 1984-02-02 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. TRACK 1: Italian immigration; Scavarda family; Cumberland fire; Bono family; family s;ize; Graham family; widows; Italian community; Marocchi family; domestic coal; union camp; travel; bootleggers; brewery; bakery; doctors; roads; Union Bay; Tom Ripley; Union Coal Company; Robert Dunsm;uir. TRACK 2: Walker family; Robert Dunsmuir; Fort Rupert; Minto; Royston; 1912-14 strike; riot act; union camp; old miner; attempted suicide; Italian community; Chinatown; bakery; widows; Waverly Ho;tel; Union Bay; Graham family; Scots; McGarrigles; midwifery; dirty town; Pigeon Lake dump; subsidence; No. 6 explosion.;

Doug Abrahamson interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-01-29 SUMMARY: TRACKS 1 & 2: Doug Abrahamson recalls Revelstoke at the turn of the century. His family came from Sweden, settled in Revelstoke and built and ran the Central Hotel. He describes the social life and customs in Upper Town and Lower Town, characters from the Revelstoke area and Big Bend region, the steamboat "Revelstoke", and trails in the area. Incidents around town. The local red light district; the various "houses" and their inhabitants. He also discusses the Rogers Pass slide of 1910, Illecillewaet, and the transfer of the CPR divisional point from Donald to Revelstoke.

Douglas Hunter interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1962-03-29 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Dr. Douglas Hunter talks about his family coming to Victoria in 1884, and his grandfather, John Robson, who was editor of the "British Columbian", "Colonist", and "Victoria Colonist", and later Premier. Dr. Hunter discusses his grandfather's life and character; his conflict with Judge Begbie; the island-versus-mainland rivalry; Richard McBride as premier; W.J. Bowser; Colonel Prior; Joe; Martin; and Thomas McInnes. TRACK 2: Dr. Hunter discusses elections in Victoria; early Victoria; the Legislative buildings; the Empress Hotel; ferries; changes in Victoria; confederation debates; s;ports; Lester Patrick; the James Bay Athletic Association, and the future of Victoria.

Doukhobor folklore

CALL NUMBER: T2521:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Dora Moojelsky and Nastya Popoff, Glade, BC. TRACK 2: Moojelsky and Popoff, continued. Gloria Koorbatoff, Shoreacres, BC. People in Grand Forks, BC. Laura Moroso, Castlegar, BC. Jean Kan;igan, Castlegar, BC.; CALL NUMBER: T2521:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976 SUMMARY: TRACK 2: Jean Kanigan, continued. William and Polly Strellaeff, Winlaw, BC. Lucy Hoollieff, Pass Creek, BC. Catherine Popoff, Winlaw, BC. Mike Davidoff, Ootischenia, BC. TRACK 2: Mike Davidoff, co;ntinued. Peter and Patsy Makortoff, Ootischenia, BC.; CALL NUMBER: T2521:0003 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Peter and Patsy Makortoff, continued. Fred Makortoff, Crescent Valley, BC. TRACK 2: Fred Makortoff, continued. Ann Demoskoff, Glade, BC. Mary Kazakoff, Ootischenia, BC. Ann Wasilenkoff, ;Glade, BC. Martha Rilkoff, Raspberry, BC.; CALL NUMBER: T2521:0004 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976 SUMMARY: Martha Rilkoff, continued. Nellie Verigin, Raspberry, BC. Vera Soukorukoff, Taghum, BC. Mike Gleboff, Ootischenia, BC. Annuta Makaeff, Ootischenia, BC. Fenya Rezansoff, Ootischenia, BC. Maria Ev;dokimoff, Castlegar, BC. TRACK 2: Maria Evdokimoff, continued. Helen Chernenkoff, Castlegar, BC. Ann Postnikoff, Shoreacres, BC. Mable Evdokimoff, Robson, BC.; CALL NUMBER: T2521:0005 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976 CALL NUMBER: T2521:0006 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976 CALL NUMBER: T2521:0007 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976

Dr. So Won Leung interview

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Chinese community -- health care PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1950 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-11-05 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Dr. Leung discusses background: born 1916 in Canton; arrived 1922 with father (Methodist missionary); trained as doctor at University of Toronto (Chinese not allowed to enter law and pharmacy; but could enter medicine). Discusses: health problems in mid 1940s had to do with community being composed largely of elderly males, few families; some sanitation problems but communal living quarters were very clean; World War II in Toronto; then joined army as officer, served in Terrace, then at Shaughnessy Hospital; records fear of Japanese attack, details of war effort at Terrace. Getting franchise: Foon Sien's efforts; post-war Chinese population composed of families, many more people. Use of herbs in Chinese medicine, mainly to prevent illness; herbalists in stores well-trained but he is skeptical of benefits of herbs. (End of interview);

Edith Chatwin and Alma Ward interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-02-05 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Chatwin recalls her father, William Hampton, and his farm at Maple Ridge; the homestead; schooling; Hammond; Haney; churches; transportation; winters and childhood. Her sister; Mrs. Ward, talks about their father and his early life in Cornwall, England. In 1873 he went to Colorado; where he met his future wife; they moved to Maple Ridge in 1879; with the Laittie family. Mrs. Ward; describes early impressions of Maple Ridge; the location of the community; clearing land; working with oxen. TRACK 2: Mrs. Ward continues speaking about oxen; the family farm; interesting character;s; clothing; social events; the Hicks family; education and teaching; farm tools and house construction. Mrs. Chatwin continues with a discussion about the family's early impressions of Maple Ridge; food; diphtheria; local characters; Haney; Hammond; washing clothes; dairy products; clothing; Langley.

Edward Poole Coles interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-10-30 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. E.P. Coles describes how he came to the northwest in 1905 when he was seventeen, after being prompted to do so by some people he met on the boat from England; his first impressions of the; area; the area which used to be called Grand Prairie, including anecdotes about people and events there; stories about a remittance man; stories about cowboys; and stories about taking cattle to load; on the trains. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Effie Turnor interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-11-07 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Miss Effie L. Turnor describes early settlement at Wilmer: how she came from England with her family in 1911; her father was lured out by R.R. Bruce's pamphlet; her father bought ten acres just above Wilmer; grew strawberries and apples; in 1916 she moved to Invermere; there were few farms near Wilmer in the early days; it was mainly a mining town; Bruce's charming personality is described; she mentions several characters around Wilmer. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Eileen [pseudonym] interview

RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1985-08-21 SUMMARY: Came from Taiwan to Vancouver in 1983; came to Canada because her children are here; what surprises she found here; working; marriage; differences here and in Taiwan; living conditions Taiwan, better here; husband was a teacher, but is now retired; she is happy here; easy to immigrate here; what she does here; languages problems; diet changes; wants to learn about Canadian culture; Chinese and English speaking agencies working together, using body language, games and activities; citizenship; women and work in Taiwan; day care; childrearing in Canada and Taiwan; shopping; swimming; encouraging senior Chinese to get out and about; misconception of Chinese isolation; desire to integrate.

Elda Battistoni Venturato interview

CALL NUMBER: T2617:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : Italian-Canadians PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1920 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-01-20 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discusses: arrival from Italy, 1910; family members; Strathcona School -- teachers, Bessie Johnston; social life -- evenings on porch; kids games; school concert; skating on False Creek; Miss Greggs buying her shoes; chores; Dr. McKay; brother's accident; successful members of the community. TRACK 2: More on Dr. McKay. Discusses: World War I; house on Union St.; washing floors; Smith and Salter woodyard; bakery oven; tram trip in 1910; hole in Peter's stocking. CALL NUMBER: T2617:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : Italian-Canadians PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1945 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-04-14 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discusses: first home at 565 Union St. (1910); chores; how father started bakery; mother's accident 1929; mother's background and character; father's family; father's death, 1931. Italian stores on Union: Miniciello's, Tosi's, Benny's, Juriatto's. Uncle's stores. Mr. Tosi. Joe Tosi. Branca store. Places to play. Animals in yard. Old houses torn down. TRACK 2: More on old houses. No ethnic friction at school. Mrs. Johnston. Gypsies. Black families. Fountain Chapel. Japanese and Omai. Italian reaction to Japanese evacuation. Italians interned. Sacred Heart Church. Italian funerals. Christmas. Depression shantytown. Panhandling. Purse snatching. Italian reaction to city redevelopment. CALL NUMBER: T2617:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : Italian-Canadians PERIOD COVERED: 1920-1977 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-04-14 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discusses Italians moving out of neighbourhood and Chinese buying in. In early days, the streets were livelier. Continuation of purse-snatching story. Chinese stay at home. Country customs in her youth. Parents speaking Italian. Secretary for Vancouver Italian-Canadian society. Function of Vancouver Italian-Canadian society. (End of interview)

Elmer Blackstaff interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979-03-26 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. Father leaves England, travels by ship and train; freighter Miami; 1887 explosion; boat service on island; WeeToo; machine shop; conditions in mine; first home; water in Protection; Nicol and Haliburton Streets; barometer and explosions; swimming in baptizing tank; hole in Nicol Street; flood through the fire hall; Lantzville mine; South Wellington mine; rail gauges; locomotives; Nicol Street; Terminal Avenue fill and drainage; stream through the fire hall; Extension dump and other rock dumps; boilers; air pressure; Oscar; coal cars; Chinese man in boiler; hoist engine; air compressors; WeeToo and the Rainbow; scow; Protection.

Eric Freifeld interview

CALL NUMBER: T3796:0001 RECORDED: Toronto (Ont.), 1979-08 SUMMARY: Born in Russia in 1919, of Jewish decent; persecution resulting from the revolution; emigrated to Edmonton, Alberta in 1924 with sponsorship from uncle; beginning interests in art through encouragemen;t by early teachers; Jewish upbringing in Edmonton and failure at high school art education class; influenced by works of Wilson Steer, David Coy and other English watercolour painters; winning of Car;negie scholarship to Banff School of Fine Arts in 1936/37. Lack of success due to individualist tendencies; first individual showing in Edmonton; travels to England in 1938 via cattle trains, hitchhi;king and finally a cattle boat. Short stay beforehand in Montreal with a madam of a local whorehouse; landing in Glasgow, then travels and stay in London.; CALL NUMBER: T3796:0002 RECORDED: Toronto (Ont.), 1979-08 SUMMARY: Life in London; painting and sketching around the city; underground painting and socializing in Soho; showing with the prestigious New English Art Club; quick rise to prominence within the art world; ;sponsorship by a major gallery for a trip to southern France; painted cityscapes in France's main centres; returned to England, then back to Canada; obtained and developed a great knowledge of art and; artists of the time. 1940 show at the Vancouver Art Gallery and a short stay in Vancouver; return to Edmonton; lecture circuits; pranks and practical jokes while lecturing to keep listeners attentio;n; Work as a shoe salesman in Edmonton, enlistment in the army; army tales and anecdotes; trip to New York for courses in anatomy and figure sketching for a two year stay; teaching and instruction at; the Ontario College of Art.; CALL NUMBER: T3796:0003 RECORDED: Toronto (Ont.), 1979-08 SUMMARY: See file for a list of paintings commented upon by the artist.; CALL NUMBER: T3796:0004 RECORDED: Toronto (Ont.), 1979-08 SUMMARY: See file for a list of paintings commented upon by the artist.;

Erik Viksten interview

CALL NUMBER: T2797:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): An immigrant's life in the Depression : homesteading at Horsefly Lake RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Erik Viksten's family in Sweden; their dairy farm; immigration to Canada in 1928; special difficulties of life during the Depression for an immigrant; various jobs on the prairies and BC in carpentry, mining and ranching. TRACK 2: Arrival in Horsefly; first visit to [his] brothers' in Horsefly in 1937; fishing on Horsefly Lake; lodge on Horsefly Lake; the south shore of Horsefly Lake, 1948; first resident on the south shore of Horsefly Lake; salmon hatcheries at Horsefly; those who worked there; the operation; winter on the lake; travel.

CALL NUMBER: T2797:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Life at Horsefly Lake in the 1950s and 1960s RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Boat building on Horsefly Lake; how Erik became involved in boat building; technicalities of boat building with the facilities Erik had on the lake. Life on Horsefly Lake during the 1950s; trappers in the winter time; Erik trapped one winter. TRACK 2: People living one the lake cutting ice in winter to preserve food. Travel in the winter. Erik made skis on which he travelled into Horsefly. What Erik remembers of Horsefly in 1948: the general store; the old-timers who gathered at the store to tell stories. Erik tells a trapping story that involved John Larson, Jack Grahame, and himself.

Ernest Lang interview

CALL NUMBER: T0305:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-03-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Ernest "Ernie" Fredrick Lang talks about the Keithley Creek area, and recalls his experiences as a German immigrant before World War I. An unidentified woman speaks for about three minutes. Then, Lang describes how he came to Canada in 1912, homesteaded and worked in mines. He mined in the area until 1940. He tells a story about going down Fraser River on a scow and finding a dead man in the mountains. He describes the countryside of the Quesnel Highlands and talks about Bob Borland, Jim Adams and the Mile Tunnel. Then he discusses Mrs. Lee who grazed sheep in the hills before an unidentified man and woman speak again for about three more minutes.

TRACK 2: Lang discusses his background and experiences in Germany, coming to North America, hard times and experiences in New York, coming to Canada as an immigrant labourer, working on a farm near Brantford, Ontario, and coming to BC to work on the Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad. Then he tells a story of a journey through the woods in winter and an elaboration of the story about traveling the Fraser River on a scow.

CALL NUMBER: T0305:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-03-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Lang describes working on a farm near 153 Mile House, incidents evolving out of the language barrier, working for Louis Corsina at 153 Mile House, stories about being a German in Canada during World War I, activities in the area of South Fort George circa 1915, mining at 20 Mile House, mining at Keithley Creek, gold in the old river channels and more on mining up to 1925.

TRACK 2: Mr. Lang describes early gold mining in the area between 1860 and 1880, Jim Adams and the Mile Tunnel at Snowshoe Creek, Keithley Creek, staking claims in the snow, the Barkerville Road, the effect WWII had on mining and economics, gold fever, encounters with bears, settlement at Likely and Quesnel Forks, an encounter with a cougar and his wife's death.

Ethel B. Byers interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-11-01 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. E.B. Byers discusses how her father, George Coburn, from New Brunswick, was coming west and eventually met her mother in Shuswap and decided to stop his voyage and marry her. Mrs. Byers tells the story of how he decided to come west and other anecdotes about her father and a character named Pat Burns in Winnipeg; how her father worked as a brakeman for the CPR; the story of her mother, who was Susan Jenny MacBryne, and stories about how that side of her family came to Canada; how her grandfather started a cattle ranch near Chase Creek; the story of her grandparents marriage in Kelowna and stories about her grandparents' family growing up near Shuswap. Mrs. Byers then offers her earliest memories about growing up in the area, including names of families; stories of studying; piano and organ in Kamloops; her first ever dance when she was eleven years old; old timers, including people traveling to the gold mines by camel, and an old Indian woman who could not walk, until she became to frightened by the sight of a camel, that she was able to run a trip to Kamloops as a child; her father's homestead in Turtle Valley and anecdotes about when she was a baby there and ate a caterpillar; how her father started a sawmill to supply the Kamloops Power Company with fuel for their boilers; how her grandfather supplied the CPR with milk for years; and more anecdotes about mills in the area. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Ethnic communities in Vancouver, [1976-08-02?}

SUMMARY: "Identities" was a CBC radio series that used interviews to examine various ethnic communities and their attitudes towards Canadian life. This episode consists of interviews and sounds on a variety of; topics, including: a Chilean family that was deported to Spain; an interview with Peter C. Newman; and a discussion of Japanese Canadians.;

Ethnic communities in Vancouver, [1976-08-09?]

SUMMARY: "Identities" was a CBC radio series that used interviews to examine various ethnic communities and their attitudes towards Canadian life. This episode consists of interviews and sounds about a variety; of subjects, including: a man who quit his job in the Immigration Department; the views of Canadian Jews on the actions of the Isreali state; and the reemergance in Canada of ancient Japanese art. NO;TE: The last half-hour of this 1.5-hour broadcast is missing.;

Ethnic communities in Vancouver, [1976-08-16?]

SUMMARY: "Identities" was a CBC radio series that used interviews to examine various ethnic communities and their attitudes towards Canadian life. This episode consists of interviews and sounds about a variety; of subjects, including: an interview with a man who helped Russian athletes defect during the Montreal Olympics; members of the Vancouver Sikh community discussing their religious symbols; the issue ;of Greek manliness; the Canadian Citizenship Act; and a feature on the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.;

Ethnic communities in Vancouver, [1976-08-23?]

SUMMARY: "Identities" was a CBC radio series that used interviews to examine various ethnic communities and their attitudes towards Canadian life. This episode consists of interviews and sounds about a variety; of subjects, including: an interview with a cabinet minister from BC about his immigrant origins; a Chinese group that hosts a community radio program in Vancouver; an interview about ethnic art with; a Lithuanian artist; and a talk about Sikh's issues with wearing hardhats and other safety gear, which conflict with their religious beliefs. NOTE: The last half-hour of this 1.5-hour program is miss;ing.;

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