The item is a copy of an essay by David Frederick Holm titled "A comparative history of Armstrong, Ruth Morton, and Central as Regular Baptist Churches." iv, 230 leaves: tables. Essay (B.A.), University of Victoria, 1968. Bibliography: leaves 203-216.

CALL NUMBER: T2624:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood: Rev. Annie Girard and Fountain Chapel PERIOD COVERED: 1932-1970 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-01-27 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Rev. Annie Girard discusses: Fountain Chapel of African Methodist Episcopal Church; family background in Alberta and B.C.; religious beliefs; arrival in Vancouver, 1938; marriages; car accident and changes in herself and her beliefs. TRACK 2: Called to religious service. Visions. First experience preaching. Dealings with kids and Jesus People in 1970. Purchase of Fountain Chapel. Ordination. Decision about evangelizing.

CALL NUMBER: T2624:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood: Rev. Annie Girard and Fountain Chapel PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1975 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-01-27 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discusses: more on history of Fountain Chapel and her purchase of the Chapel in 1974; parishioners; experiences with kids and Jesus People. TRACK 2: Describes relations of blacks and whites. Views on "Roots", racism, and money. Closing the church. One of her sermons, "Denying yourself the right of being a human being.". (End of interview)

CALL NUMBER: T4397:0001 RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1992-03-06 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Brief description of Holmes' family background, including clerical career of father, the Reverend George Hedley Holmes (later Archdeacon), who served in Alberta and northern Saskatchewan. Steps by which Arthur became a clergyman and his decision to move to BC. Condition of the "West Coast Mission" on west coast of Vancouver Island: vicarage a 2 room shack, no utilities; no minister previous 7 years. Account of founding of Anglican Church on west coast in 1913. Comments about ship, "Princess Maquinna", which provided means for clergy to get around. Description of Tofino church, St. Columba. Churchyard rhododendrons a major attraction for visitors. TRACK 2: Condition of the mission in 1949 when Reverend Arthur Holmes arrived. Holmes revives a travelling motion picture business to raise money for mission. Services held in Port Renfrew, nearby logging camps, Bamfield, Ucluelet, Sarita River, Kildonan, Ucluelet, Tofino, Tahsis, Zeballos. Bamfield an attractive stop. Comparison of Shantymen, Roman Catholic church and United Church on west coast. Holmes establishes a presence in more distant communities. Story of unusual funeral service for deceased Sikh. Religious background of parishioners. Anglican services sometimes informal. Today, United and Anglican churches alternate serving "the charge of Tofino and Ucluelet" every two years. Early travel between Ucluelet and Tofino. A rector's duties. In 1949 many baptisms due to absence of clergyman for 7 years. Some unusual funerals. CALL NUMBER: T4397:0002 RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1992-03-06 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Holmes recounts experiences as member of hospital board, including inadvertently getting caught up in Tofino-Ucluelet rivalry over a temporary replacement for burnt down Tofino hospital. Account of building new church at Ucluelet with donations from suppliers, parishioners, boat and ship owners. Origins of church name, "St. Aidan's-on-the-Hill". Services in other communities held in halls, private homes. Holmes' personal relations with Tofino and Ucluelet very good today; Holmes to donate his family library to churches in both towns. TRACK 2: Description of corner-stone laying for new Ucluelet church and of later consecration. Uses of church basement. Names of some loyal parishioners in Ucluelet. Core of ex-Newfoundlanders strong supporters. Dedicated parishioner, "Ted" E.A. Welland, superintends construction of Ucluelet church. Diocese head office seem not very interested in west coast. New Tofino rectory building. Good relations with Ucluelet RC priest, Father Carney. Description of eccentric Tofino parishioner, George Maltby. Comments about loyal Tofino parishioners Mrs. Alma Sloman and Mrs. Benny Arnet. Schedule of "Princess Maquinna" determined date of visits to other communities. Travel on the Maquinna. Maquinna was seaworthy. Comments on evacuation of Japanese. Holmes left mission due to marital difficulties. Discussion of Holmes' achievements. Visits to west coast in recent years. Method of reporting to Victoria. Types of church records prepared by minister. Origin of films shot by Holmes and used in mission work. Telephone service at Ucluelet in early 1950s.

CALL NUMBER: T0944:0005 track 2
RECORDED: [location unknown], 1969-01
SUMMARY: TRACK 2: [Original tape #1, Box 30.]
Canon Alan Green discusses his personal background, including his birth in Orillia; Ontario; his father, who was the vicar at the parish there; and his siblings. He describes coming to BC in 1911 at the request of Christ Church Cathedral to work with John Antle as a student missionary on a steamship up to Van Anda. He gives his first impressions of BC; how he eased into boating; and details about the Van Anda Hospital. He then tells anecdotes about "gettin' in" with people at the logging camps and settlers on the coast. He outlines what he offered as a representative of the Anglican church, and how he would adapt his approach based on what worked in a specific community. Finally; he discusses John Antle's character.

CALL NUMBER: T0944:0006
RECORDED: [location unknown], 1969-01
SUMMARY: TRACK 1: [Original tape #2, Box 30.]
Reverend Greene continues by describing his career with the Columbia Coast Mission, and how he came to know John Antle through a man named Cecil Owen. He discusses Antle's belief that "the Church was not there to hold services, but to render service", and anecdotes that reveal Antle's character. Then he discusses hospitals; his hospital rescue ship the "Rendezvous"; and he compares loggers and fishermen. TRACK 2: [Original tape #3, Box 30.] Reverend Greene discusses lighthouses in Bute Inlet and their keepers, including a man named Smith; anecdotes about navigation in Bute Inlet; Skookumchuck Rapids; more on adventures on Bute Inlet; and stories about settlers, including some from the Orkney Islands.

CALL NUMBER: T0944:0007
RECORDED: [location unknown], 1969-01
SUMMARY: TRACK 1: [Original tape #4, Box 30.]
Reverend Green continues with his story about the settlers from the Orkney Islands before discussing floating logging camps in detail. The story of a rescue involving the "Columbia" hospital ship; how the "Columbia" had the first radiotelephone in the area; and more on Bute Inlet, including logging and settling attempts and various old timers. TRACK 2: [Original; tape #5, Box 30.] Reverend Greene tells about various adventures around Read Island and Surge Narrows; the burial of Father Lambert of the Seventh Day Adventists; weddings aboard the "Rendezvous"; a large women that he had carry on his back to get ashore for Christmas parties; details about old-fashioned Christmas parties; various ministers on the islands; earthquakes; various characters, including Bill Frost and John Jones.

CALL NUMBER: T0944:0008
RECORDED: [location unknown], 1969-01
SUMMARY: TRACK 1: [Original tape #6, Box 30.]
Reverend Greene continues with more on the characters of Read Island; Bob Tipton, a justice of the peace, who threatened a man with a shotgun for trespassing; and others, including George Stafford. Reverend Greene also discusses the community at Quathiaski Cove on Quadra Island; the Columbia Coast Mission; and the role of the church at Bute Inlet today. TRACK 2: [Original tape #7, Box 30.] Reverend Greene comments on the role of the church in 1969; details on the history of Quathiaski Cove, circa 1905; Reverend R.J. Walker and Chief Billy Assu. [end of interview]

Footage. Various aspects of an area in the Cariboo Region, showing farmsteads, log houses, residents, a native settlement, a church, Indian handicrafts, abandoned buildings (a roadhouse?), a river ferry (at Marguerite?), and an auto court.

SUMMARY: The story of the first pipe organ in British Columbia -- an ancient Seeley organ, whose original parts were brought around the Horn to the colony of Vancouver Island in 1861. The program also includes; a young English organ-builder's impressions of early Victoria. From 1912 to 1953, the instrument was housed at St. Mark's Anglican Church in Saanich. The organ's story is dramatized by actors, and Win Renworth performs appropriate music on the organ, which was built by her great-grandfather, William Seeley. The program was first broadcast in September 1953.

Stock shots. 1. Synagogue; church steeple; church exteriors. 2. Beaconville Apartments. 3. Congregation Emanuel Temple (Canada's oldest synagogue) being restored. 4. Unidentified interview [Rabbi or architect?]. 5. Metropolitan Store; street scenes. 6. Oak Bay Village. 7. Johnson Street Bridge. 8. Chinese hospital. 9. Coastal scenes. 10. E&N Railway 90th anniversary (1888-1978); train, station, engineer, conductor, etc. 11. Airport -- Air Canada counter. 12. Old Carnegie Library building. 13. Church interior -- Stations of the Cross. 14. St. Anne's Academy -- development plans. 15. Chinatown scenes. 16. Artist's drawing of gate; chart on wall, ending at June 28, 1981. 17. Undeveloped city land [ at St. Anne's?]. 18. Construction site. 19. Sewage outfall; protest banner; Clover Point. 20. Wrecking ball on the waterfront. 21. Office building and mall nearing completion. 22. Refinishing plaster work and gilt finish. Crystal Garden renovation. 23. Construction site. 24. Old building being renovated -- construction scenes.

SUMMARY: Report on a special community meeting regarding the expansion of the Glad Tidings Temple, Vancouver. The speakers are: Pastor Maureen Gaglardi; Bunny McDermid, Riley Park NIP Committee representative; Don Johnson, Kensington NIP committee representative; and Oscar Banfield, chairman of the community meeting.;

This series consists of transcripts of correspondence with the Hudson's Bay Company relating to the conveyance, settlement, and reconveyance of Vancouver Island. Correspondence is arranged chronologically.

Volumes:
Volume 1: 1822-1851
Volume 2: 1852-1856.
Volume 3: 1856-1858
Volume 4: 1858-1860
Volume 5: 1860-1863
Volume 6: 1863-1880

The item is a typescript copy of a B.A. essay by Susan Dickinson titled "Edward Cridge and George Hills: doctrinal conflict, 1872-1874, and the founding of Church of Our Lord in Victoria, British Columbia, 1875". iii, 146 leaves. Essay (B.A.). Bibliography: Leaves 129-139.

Television stock shots

CALL NUMBER: T0308:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-04-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Kipp recounts that his father, Henry Kipp, settled in Chilliwack in 1862; he talks about the land and streams of the area; the Indians and the naming of Centreville by Henry Kipp and Jon;athan Reece; the first settlers. He recounts his father's journey to BC from Ontario via Panama; settlement in the Chilliwack area; early homesteaders. TRACK 2: Mr. Kipp continues by describing ear;ly settlement and formation of a land company; the Kipp family; an incident with the Indians; Indian labourers; schooling; churches; winters; changes in the geography.

CALL NUMBER: T0308:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-04-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Kipp continues by discussing the steamboat landing in Chilliwack; Ashwell's store; Five Corners; hotels; Bummers Roost; the route to Cariboo; Women's Christian Temperance Union; the Commercial Hotel; barn raising/quilting bees; social life; Cultus Lake; "Sheepy MacDonald"; mail carriers; entertainment; the Harrison Hotel; churches. TRACK 2: Mr. Kipp continues with his discussion a;bout churches in the community; the first white burial; the cemetery; Chinatown; Sunday observance; childhood adventures and experiences; doctors; dentists; fires; subdivision; drainage.

RECORDED: Revelstoke (B.C.), 1977-03-21 SUMMARY: Family arrives in Farwell, 1895; early Revelstoke hotels and businesses, 1900s; early churches and their attitudes toward each other; activities; ministers; attitudes toward prostitutes, alcohol; father's business; school days; job as a telephone operator; fire brigade; white slavery; Chinese population; Chinese funeral.

List of villages, showing names of chiefs and captains, watchmen, and population. Register of baptisms, marriages, burials, and other statistics concerning the spiritual life of the parish.

CALL NUMBER: T0800:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-10-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: In this interview, three sisters -- Mrs. Mabel Davis, Miss Bea Hamilton and Miss Ina Hamilton -- recall growing up on Saltspring Island. Mrs. Davis begins by describing the family's move to; Fulford Harbour; Saltspring Island in 1897; the trip and the new landscape. Her memories include the Indians fishing and bird hunting; the forest; rumrunners in the 1920s; the arrival of the CP navigation boat at Fulford Harbour; dockside politics; boats. Her father, William J.L. Hamilton, introduced broom to the island. She tells of his Irish background; his twelve children; his arrival in British Columbia. The Hamilton family settled in Oak Bay, Vancouver Island, during the 1890s. She discusses this community, as well as: incidents concerning the Bowker's bull; the island social life; Fulford Harbour; and an incident with a cougar. TRACK 2: This portion of the interview begins with reminiscences by Miss Ina Hamilton and anecdotes about Fulford Harbour. Miss Bea Hamilton continue;s the interview with recollections of her deaf siblings; growing up and politeness; Kanakas (Hawaiians) including William Norkin; social life and domestic details; cordial relations with the Indians; ;hotels in Fulford Harbour; collecting the mail on Billy, a horse; her childhood; more information on the Kanakas who settled in the area; the Catholic Church in Fulford, built about 1880; St. Mary's Anglican Church; Reverend Austin Wilson.;

CALL NUMBER: T0800:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-10-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Miss Bea Hamilton continues this tape with an anecdote about Reverend Austin Wilson. Early Saltspring settlers are discussed, including the Shaw family; Henry Wright Bullock; the Fullers; the Wilsons; the Akerman family; and the Maxwell family. Mrs. Davis recalls more on the early settlers; Kanakas; roads on Salt Spring and the dangers of early trave; the Ruckle family; Mr. Bullock; manners; social life and customs; dances and other social events. Miss Bea Hamilton discusses the Kanakas; the naming of the Hamilton house "Dromore"; and a journey to Victoria or Sidney. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Postcard, broadsheet, and conference programme pertaining to Methodist Church in British Columbia. Includes penciled notes and signed ballots from church members in Victoria on question of union of Methodist, Presbyterian, and Congregational churches, 1925.

RECORDED: Lac la Hache (B.C.), 1975-07-25 SUMMARY: Mrs. Molly Forbes reads excerpts from her history of the United Church in the Cariboo Region, 1925-1975.;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Albert Jones recalls his life leading to the Tasu mines and Mrs. Jones recalls her mother and father RECORDED: [location unknown], 1969 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Jones recounts the discovery of Tasu iron ore by his great-great grandmother, the development of the iron ore claim and the claim restaked (1951) by the Jones family. He talks about his ;early life, fishing, boat building and the first gas engine on the island. Mrs. Jones recalls her father, the first Christian on the island, who built the early churches, her father's canoe trips to Victoria, her mother was the chief's granddaughter, the destruction of the totem poles for firewood, church ministers and the Salvation Army. [TRACK 2: blank.]

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): United Church women's groups, 1925-70 PERIOD COVERED: 1925-1975 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975 SUMMARY: Mrs. Alex Jamieson: The beginning of Dunbar Heights United Church. The Women's Auxiliary. Organization of the W.A. Presbytery. Role as President of the Conference, 1949-51. Ordination of the United Church women from the W.M.S. and W.A. [Recorded in Vancouver, B.C.] Edna Fotheringham: The United Church at Sardis, B.C. Work in the W.A. and W.M.S. President of the Westminster Presbytery. Formation of the United Church Women. Changes in missionary work. Coqualeetza Indian School. Changes in women's church work. [Recorded in Sardis, B.C., 1975-05-14.]

CALL NUMBER: T0438:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-04-05 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Nell Patriquin recounts her father coming to Chilliwack to join his brother, John Ryder. She describes her aunt, Mrs. Harrison, who owned the Harrison House Hotel; the hotel accommodation; notable guests; grounds; meals. She talks about local settlers in the area, "Sheep MacDonald" and Bob Menton; Minto; Mrs. Harrison's relations with the Indians; Volkert Vedder; Adam Vedder; Five Corners; Henderson's Store; bartering; Centreville; and St. Thomas Anglican Church. TRACK 2: Mrs. Patriquin recounts the story of her uncle, John Ryder, coming to the area with the Hudson's Bay Company and his initial settlement in Cheam, ca. 1862; the Ryder Lake District. She describes her uncle John Ryder; her father, Corry Spencer Ryder, settlng in the Cheam District in 1873; the family log cabin; cougars; the 1894 flood; childhood memories; schooling; Mrs. Jean Templar.

CALL NUMBER: T0438:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-04-05 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Patriquin talks about the move of St. Thomas Anglican Church from Port Douglas to the Chilliwack location in the 1870s; Dr. J.C. Henderson, his life and practice; the Indians' performance of passion plays; the seven stations of the Cross; the community of Popkum; fire in the family home; politics. TRACK 2: On this short tape (ca. 3 min), Mrs. Patriquin relates a childhood experience riding to school on "Old Nellie".