Archives code(s): T3577-T3582.
Accession number(s): T3577 - T3582
Rich Mole was a researcher.
Published
Title based on the subject of the collection.
Sound recording originals may be in cool or cold storage. Contact staff for specific details.
The collection consists of oral history interviews about Christmas celebrations in B.C.
* DDUFFY 2013-01-23
Recorded as research for "Seasons Greetings from British Columbia's Past", Sound Heritage Series no. 29.
Accession number(s): T3552
Published
RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979-09-09 SUMMARY: Adelaide Treasure was born in 1896 in McGregor, Manitoba, the youngest of 10 children. She discusses the family's move to Kelowna when she was about 2 years old. Her eldest sister Gertrude had moved to Kelowna to work for the wealthy Stirling family there, and married a foreman named Henry Birch. Her father found work as a carpenter building homes in Kelowna. At about age 6 her family moved to Calgary in expectation of a economic boom. After a year of no gains and a cold winter the family returned to Peachland. She discusses the first Christmas tree the family had when she was about 8 or 9 years old, and hanging stocking over the fireplace. Wrapping a bone for a present for their terrier and putting it on the tree. Spending Christmas with other little girls on the Miller's ranch way up in the mountains. An appearance by Santa Claus with horses wearing antlers and a sleigh with bells. Her father's injuries and move near Penticton. Being married in Vancouver at age 18 in 1915. Her brother Frank leaving for the First World War, being wounded and living a long life. Her brother Arthur dying in WWI from a sniper shot to the spine. Spanish influenza infecting the family, her husband Peter almost succumbing to it, her son Dick having it at age three and neighbours who helped them survive. Separating from her husband about 1930, and moving to a big house and renting rooms so she could take care of her three children. Christmas during the Depression; always had a tree; Dick bringing home a puppy. Never going on relief. Finding ways to ensure her children never went without.
Rich Mole, 1979-12
[No temporary receipt on file.]
* DDUFFY 2012-05-01. SRDB fonds listing: Rich Mole (Christmas in British Columbia) collection
* Transcript on file.
* Reference cassette copy available in container 000443-210.
No access restrictions apply.
* Copying Restriction: None.
* Use Restriction: For private and educational use only. Not for broadcast or commercial use without permission of the B.C. Archives.
* Copyright Status: Copyright British Columbia Archives.
Accession number(s): T3552
Published
* DDUFFY 2014-03-05
Recorded as research for "Seasons Greetings from British Columbia's Past", Sound Heritage Series no. 29.
Accession number(s): T3579
Published
RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979-12-18 SUMMARY: Louise M. Iverson was born in 1905 on Niagara Street, James Bay, Victoria. Her parents came from England and she describes her father's work in Victoria. She discusses Christmases; Sunday school affairs; oyster barrels on Government Street. Christmas days -- the food and preparations. The toys of the time, ca.1910. She describes her mother's role in the church and choir with the Spencers. Downtown at Christmas-time: butchers, the food displays in grocery stores. Her mother's attitude towards England. Christmas at school, decorations and singing. Church and the part that music played in her life.
Rich Mole, 1979-12
[No temporary receipt on file.]
* DDUFFY 2012-05-01. SRDB fonds listing: Rich Mole (Christmas in British Columbia) collection
* Outline in documentation file.
* Reference cassette copy available in container 000443-211.
No access restrictions apply.
* Copying Restriction: None.
* Use Restriction: For private and educational use only. Not for broadcast or commercial use without permission of the B.C. Archives.
* Copyright Status: Copyright British Columbia Archives.
Accession number(s): T3579
Published
* DDUFFY 2014-03-05
Recorded as research for "Seasons Greetings from British Columbia's Past", Sound Heritage Series no. 29.
Accession number(s): T3582
Published
SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Duke Ackerman : Christmases in Victoria, Manila, and Guam, and during the Depression RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979-12-12 SUMMARY: Duke Ackerman was born in 1900 on Michigan St., James Bay, Victoria. Family background; father a sealer and city employee. Christmases in Victoria were a grand family affair with five children and guests. Grandmother did the baking. Special Christmas affairs at Church. Toys. Older brother away at war. Other Christmases in Manila and one in Guam. ITT cable ship. Curried turkey in Guam. Laying the cable, preparing the cable. WWII years, before Pearl Harbour. Christmas during the Depression: hampers, people helping each other. Christmas trees, pre 1930s. Life on board the cable ship.
Rich Mole, 1981
[No temporary receipt on file.]
* DDUFFY 2012-05-01. SRDB fonds listing: Rich Mole (Christmas in British Columbia) collection
* Transcript on file.
* Reference cassette copy available in container 000443-211.
No access restrictions apply.
* Copying Restriction: None.
* Use Restriction: For private and educational use only. Not for broadcast or commercial use without permission of the B.C. Archives.
* Copyright Status: Copyright British Columbia Archives.
Accession number(s): T3582
Published
* DDUFFY 2014-03-05
Recorded as research for "Seasons Greetings from British Columbia's Past", Sound Heritage Series no. 29.
Accession number(s): T3577
Published
RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979 SUMMARY: Henry Copeland discusses the WWI years spent in the 5th Battalion "The Fifth Western Cavalry", of Paton, Saskatchewan. Training in England. How he found out about the War. Conditions at the front (armament). To France in 1915 at Ypres. Routines at the front. A special raid. Winter on the Somme. A close call. Vimy -- the barrage and the attack. Return to Canada, to Manitoba and move to B.C. The farm at Notch Hill near Salmon Arm. Incident with soldier's settlement board. First Christmas. Hard times. The coffee shop and store. The Depression years. Christmas just before the Depression, a funny story. Depression conditions. Christmas for the poor (dinners). Family matters. Christmas dinner, presents. Notch Hill background. A story of a Christmas in the Depression.
Rich Mole, 1979-12
[No temporary receipt on file.]
* DDUFFY 2012-05-01. SRDB fonds listing: Rich Mole (Christmas in British Columbia) collection
* Outline in documentation file.
* Reference cassette copy available in container 000443-211.
No access restrictions apply.
* Copying Restriction: None.
* Use Restriction: For private and educational use only. Not for broadcast or commercial use without permission of the B.C. Archives.
* Copyright Status: Copyright British Columbia Archives.
Accession number(s): T3577
Published
* DDUFFY 2014-03-05
Recorded as research for "Seasons Greetings from British Columbia's Past", Sound Heritage Series no. 29.
Accession number(s): T3570
Published
SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Archie Wills : Canadian Field Artillery : memories of World War One RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1979-11-26 SUMMARY: Leaving Victoria and training at Camp Petawawa. Details of the guns, men and equipment. Life at Whitley, army camp in England, 1916. Christmas party at Whitley; how the men reacted; mail. Details of the menu for Christmas dinner. Went to France, summer 1917. Christmas dinner, 1917: the search for food. Christmas Eve on the front. Christmas Day. Details of the front lines: wagon lines, artillery lines, front lines. Weather conditions. Demonstrating Canadian strength to the Germans, at the time of Mons. Spanish flu, hospitals, convalescence, 1918. Christmas in France after the Armistice: riots, unrest and frustration. General comments about the horror of war, how he reacted, experiences under fire, friend's death, philosophical approach. The Depression years in Victoria as chairman of the Gyro Christmas hamper fund; feelings about the needy; Victoria's "Sunshine Inn". Humorous incidents as newspaperman covering the Imperial Economic Conference in Ottawa.
Rich Mole, 1979-12
[No temporary receipt on file.]
* DDUFFY 2012-05-01. SRDB fonds listing: Rich Mole (Christmas in British Columbia) collection
* Outline in documentation file.
* Reference cassette copy available in container 000443-210.
No access restrictions apply.
* Copying Restriction: None.
* Use Restriction: For private and educational use only. Not for broadcast or commercial use without permission of the B.C. Archives.
* Copyright Status: Copyright British Columbia Archives.
Accession number(s): T3570
Published
* DDUFFY 2014-03-05
Recorded as research for "Seasons Greetings from British Columbia's Past", Sound Heritage Series no. 29.
Accession number(s): T3580
Published
SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Percy Gilson : Christmas in Liverpool and France during the First World War RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979-12-10 SUMMARY: Percy Gilson was a gunner in the 62 Battery that left Victoria in 1916. He landed at Liverpool; camp at Whitley in Surrey and Salisbury Plains, and then in France. Christmas at Whitley, 1916. Family background. Christmas in France, 1917. Injury and return to England. Christmas at the hospital in 1918. Rioting during Christmas, 1918, in England and Wales.
Rich Mole, 1979-12
[No temporary receipt on file.]
* DDUFFY 2012-05-01. SRDB fonds listing: Rich Mole (Christmas in British Columbia) collection
* Outline in documentation file.
* Reference cassette copy available in container 000443-211.
No access restrictions apply.
* Copying Restriction: None.
* Use Restriction: For private and educational use only. Not for broadcast or commercial use without permission of the B.C. Archives.
* Copyright Status: Copyright British Columbia Archives.
Accession number(s): T3580
Published
* DDUFFY 2014-03-05
Recorded as research for "Seasons Greetings from British Columbia's Past", Sound Heritage Series no. 29.
Accession number(s): T3581
Published
RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979-12-18 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Stanley G. Hawkins was born in 1898 in London. Came to Victoria in October, 1909. His father was transferred out by D. Spencer to be manager of furnishings department. He discusses first home, boyhood impressions of Victoria. School location. World War I memories as a member of the 72 Seaforth Highlanders. Wounded. In hospital in England, and reserve camp at Seaford. Two Christmases in England, 1917 and 1918. Armistice. Christmas trees. The old iron church. Spencer's store. Incident in St. John's Church. TRACK 2: The Chinese in Victoria (1910), general appearance, Chinatown. Indian reserve. Indian peddlers. The bridge to Esquimalt. Chinese at Christmas. Chinese servants.
Rich Mole, 1979-12
[No temporary receipt on file.]
* DDUFFY 2012-05-01. SRDB fonds listing: Rich Mole (Christmas in British Columbia) collection
* Outline in documentation file.
* Reference cassette copy available in container 000443-211.
No access restrictions apply.
* Copying Restriction: None.
* Use Restriction: For private and educational use only. Not for broadcast or commercial use without permission of the B.C. Archives.
* Copyright Status: Copyright British Columbia Archives.
Accession number(s): T3581
Published
* DDUFFY 2014-03-05
Recorded as research for "Seasons Greetings from British Columbia's Past", Sound Heritage Series no. 29.
Accession number(s): T3578
Published
RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1979 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Clare McAllister was born in Nelson in 1906. She discusses her family background, her mother and father (McQuarrie). Father the mayor of Nelson, also in real estate, and with a physical handicap. Brother 12 years older. She discusses the winters in Nelson, deliveries and transportation by sleigh. "Our Chinaman", old Charlie and his duties. Her family's position in society in Nelson, the "Merchant" class of the town. Travel in the area (steamboat, railroad, Seattle). Christmas of 1917: the smell of Christmas; the tree -- candles, safety factor, when it was put up; stockings; Christmas morning; gifts and candies; nightgown; boudoir cap; dancing slipper bag. Comparison between Christmases then and now (1979). Brother overseas for WWI. Christmas dinner with family friends. "Emily" their servant-girl and her background. Details of the house. Dinner details. Brother's absence, army background, parcels to and from England, his wounds. "Game suppers" in Nelson just before Christmas. Moving to Vancouver after father and brother's deaths. Shopping trips from New Westminster to Vancouver. Transportation on interurban and trams in the 1920s. Persistence of family traditions. Stockings; for aged aunts. TRACK 2: The Depression years in Victoria. Beggars following the wood trucks. Stocking fodder -- toothbrushes. Christmases during the 1930s. Christmas morning routine. Finding the tree. Christmas decorations. The Victoria consumers' co-operative, measures of saving and conserving during the 1930s. "The vegetable Chinaman", lychee nuts just before Christmas, with lily and ginger. Chinese coconut lady. More on the vegetable man. Mrs. McAllister's education. Stores in Vancouver at Christmas in the 1920s. Ladies and kids' gloves, fur coats. Plays and theatres. Spencer's store. The "Tart man" in the window. Decorations on street and in Birks. Gifts for police and elevator girls. Toys for Depression-era children and other gifts.
Rich Mole, 1979-12
[No temporary receipt on file.]
* DDUFFY 2012-05-01. SRDB fonds listing: Rich Mole (Christmas in British Columbia) collection
* Outline in documentation file.
* Reference cassette copy available in container 000443-211.
No access restrictions apply.
* Copying Restriction: None.
* Use Restriction: For private and educational use only. Not for broadcast or commercial use without permission of the B.C. Archives.
* Copyright Status: Copyright British Columbia Archives.
Accession number(s): T3578
Published
* DDUFFY 2014-03-05