CALL NUMBER: T0773:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-03-17 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Dick Whiteside recalls his parents, Helen and Guy Whiteside, and their arrival in BC in 1888; they homesteaded in Surrey, [at?] Pike and Yale Roads. He talks about the school at Tynehead in; 1900; subdivision of the homestead, today known as Fleetwood; his father's work as a fisherman in the Sunbury district; Port Mann; the land boom of 1913; Surrey Centre; the family homestead; clearing; land; logging; McNair and King Shingle Mill; other mills in Surrey; Jimmy Robson; South Westminster; Murphy's Dairy; Kennedy; Indian reserve; Johnny Wise. TRACK 2: Mr. Whiteside continues with recollections of Johnny Wise and his hotel, the Clarendon; Brownsville Hill; the Green Timbers area; the New Westminster Market; Murrayville; peddlers, Kidd & Israel; stoves; roads; Surrey Centre; John Churchland; settlers in Surrey Centre; Reverend Bell.;

CALL NUMBER: T0773:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-03-17 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Whiteside talks about Cloverdale; the Boothroyd family; Alec Matheson, a constable and blacksmith; Joe Drinkwater; Harry Bose; Tynehead; Port Kells; recreation; Crescent Beach, known as Blackie's Spit; farming; roads and trails; D.M. Robertson; Tynehead Nurseries; the Boothwell family. [TRACK 2: blank.]

The item is an Industrial film on colour print made in 1947. It is a film about the growth of B.C. Electric from 1906 to 1946, built around the story of stenographer Flossie Creeden, the first female office employee of the company. Footage includes: Goldstream power plant, Vancouver natural gas facilities, BC Electric Railway lines in Fraser Valley, Stave Falls generator plant, Alouette Lake and Ruskin plants, 1939 royal visit, BCE employee's newsletter, A.E. Grauer family at home, office scenes, plans & construction at Bridge River project, BCE employee's service in World Wars I & II and BCE streetcar and trolley bus services.

The item consists of colour out-takes from the film "Dinner for Miss Creedon" made in 1947

Amateur film. Travel footage showing places and scenery in British Columbia's southern interior, including the Okanagan, Boundary, Arrow Lakes, Slocan, Shuswap, Nicola and Big Bend regions. Also includes footage showing activities in Zeballos and vicinity during the gold rush there: mining, community celebrations and sports, a flood, and various transport aircraft serving the area. There is also footage showing logging operations, presumably on Vancouver Island.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dr. Hugh M. Rae : A United Church minister in BC PERIOD COVERED: 1900-1970 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1975-11-06 SUMMARY: END OF BUNT INTERVIEW (continued from T1991:0005): visits to Indian missions. REV. DR. HUGH M. RAE: Childhood in Scotland. Recruitment to fields in Canada, near Kamloops. Further education: McGill, B.C., Westminster Hall. First United Church B.D. Rosedale charge in 1917. Knox Church, New Westminster, and church union. Dunbar Heights, First Church in Ottawa. Retired supply in Vancouver. Anecdotes about experiences as a minister, including the coal miners' strike at Extension; Depression conditions; Japanese relocation; work on Evangelism And Social Service Committee, and others. Church music.

RECORDED: [location unknown], [196-] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Dr. John Bandy discusses his interest in preserving waterfowl resources; his research at UBC and the BC Waterfowl Society. In this interview he tours a refuge centre, possibly the Reifel Bir;d Sanctuary, and he talks about current display areas and future plans. Waterfowl areas discussed include Ewen Slough; Reifel Refuge; foreshore areas of Vancouver; the mouth of the Nanaimo River; southerly inlets; and Tofino/Ucluelet. He considers the areas around Vancouver the most important. He concludes the interview with a discussion of future plans for the society. [TRACK 2: blank.]

SUMMARY: "Early Vancouver Reminiscences" includes recollections of the following: the origins of the Salishan people, the coming of the "white people", the smallpox epidemic, and Indigenous villages in Stanley Park and the Vancouver area (described by Chief August Jack Khahtsahlano and Mrs.George); descriptions of Vancouver after the 1886 fire, the arrival of the first trains, road building, eviction of native people from Stanley Park, and the dedication of the park (by Sam Walker, Captain Canessa, Chief Khahtsahlano, and Carl Timms); dredging and construction work on False Creek, Granville Island, and various bridges over False Creek (by Captain Canessa and Reuben Hamilton); 1912 politics, IWW competing with Salvation Army for streetcorner audience, Mayor Findlay, labour meetings, descriptions of bars and ;saloons (by [Reuben Hamilton? and Captain Canessa); local characters "Lazy George","Pacific Slope", and Tommy Roberts (by Sam Walker); the Kitsilano district and the Greer land dispute (by Chief Khahtsahlano); the "Komagata Maru" incident, World War One, conscription, post-war strikes, and construction of the old Second Narrows Bridge (by Captain Canessa and Carl Timms); Gerry McGeer as a youth and as a politician, and his opponent Lyle Telford (by Reuben Hamilton).

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-03-16 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Smith discusses his work for railroad companies starting in the U.S. and later for the BC Electric for thirty-six years on the Chilliwack line. He talks about the rolling stock; the freight business; lumber products; farm produce; milk-train operation; train incidents; the rail route; descriptions of areas along the route; day and night operation; hours and pay; and company officials. TRACK 2: Mr. Smith continues with his discussion about the railway; the reduction of the passenger service; duties of the conductor; company officials; passenger train crew; skills of the motorman; cattle on the line; incidents; trainmen's jargon; collisions; coaches; incidents along the line; signals; weather conditions.

CALL NUMBER: T0736:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], [ca. 1960] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Bell recounts the early history of the Ladner area: William H. Ladner; Thomas Ellis Ladner; first settlement in 1868; early residents; subdivision; the Sutherby family; C.F. Green, her ;grandfather; A.R. Green; a journey on the "Tynemouth" from England; the Green family in 1871 in the Ladner area; family history; family stories; floods; building of dykes circa 1895; other residents; ;the McNeely family; steamships; Chinatown in Ladner. TRACK 2: Mrs. Bell continues with her recollections about the Chinese community in the Ladner area; canneries; other ethnic groups; ship building; fishing; fish plants; mills; navigation in the area; farming; family history; Canoe Pass Cannery; Wellington Cannery; the Ladner family; social life; her parents; the Reverend Bell; the McNeely estate; establishment of the monastery; memorial park; community hall; transportation to Vancouver; the land boom of 1911 and 1912.

CALL NUMBER: T0736:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], [ca. 1960] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Bell continues with her discussion about transportation to Vancouver; the Delta district; BC Packers; the Japanese community; social amusements; camping at Boundary Bay; history of Point; Roberts; the Icelandic settlers. [TRACK 2: blank.]

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.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-02-21 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Taylor, nee Peardon, recounts her family history; her mother's arrival at Mount Lehman; Fairhaven Park; settling at Peardonville in 1887; schooling; her grandparents; the post office; socials; farm life; Indians; neighbours; the boundary with the U.S.; trails; dances; other incidents; farming. [TRACK 2: blank.]

RECORDED: Sechelt (B.C.), 1982-03-16 SUMMARY: Elizabeth was married in 1927, and came to Halfmoon Bay in 1929. She was, and continues to be, very active in her community.;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): United Church activities in B.C. PERIOD COVERED: 1905-1975 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975 SUMMARY: Elsie Olive Bedlow: Her father, Reverend John Charles Alder, came from England with his family to be a Presbyterian minister in Abbotsford, 1907. Church Union, 1925. Her father's other posts. Church choirs. [Recorded in Abbotsford, B.C.] Iris Hardwick: Church activities in Vancouver. Work as Vancouver Presbyterial President and B.C. President of W.M.S. [Recorded in Vancouver, B.C., 1975-04-16.];

CALL NUMBER: T0445:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Iverson recalls his work on the Sumas Lake dredging project and the King Edward Dredge. He talks about his family; his Norwegian father; his early life; his father's work as a fisherman; arriving at Sunbury in 1901; riverboats; living in scow houses; Collingwood; Tronjeim (Little Norway); Norwegian fishermen. TRACK 2: Mr. Iverson continues discussing the community of Norwegian fishermen; Mr. George Mackie; other ethnic groups in the area; Chinese workers in the canneries; canneries along the lower Fraser River; methods of fishing; Easthope brothers engines; setting nets.

CALL NUMBER: T0445:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Iverson discusses gillnetting and seining methods; Steveston; canneries; Annieville; selling fish; contracts with canneries; fish runs of 1913; salmon prices; nets. [TRACK 2: blank.]

RECORDED: [location unknown], [197-] SUMMARY: [No content summaries or documentation available for this interview.];

The series consists of videotapes, film and audio tapes that form part of the records of the Expo 86 Corporation. Most of this material was either commissioned or acquired by the divisions of Expo 86 Corporation responsible for marketing and communications. It consists of promotional material packaged in several different forms for mass media outlets, and informational material directed to specialized audiences such as corporations and governments. The series also includes media monitoring tapes of news coverage and footage documenting the planning, progress and construction of the exposition. Most of the material dates from March 1983 to the opening days of Expo in early May 1986.

The series contains _ videotapes, _ films (4 titles) and audio tapes.

Stock shots. Shot for the Expo 86 Corporation. Includes aerial shots (night and day) of Vancouver and surroundings, and various leisure activities around Vancouver. Grounds shots include Premier W.R. Bennett giving a speech.

Stock shots. Shot for the Expo 86 Corporation. Includes aerial shots (night and day) of Vancouver and surroundings, and various leisure activities around Vancouver. Grounds shots include Premier W.R. Bennett giving a speech.

Stock shots. Shot for the Expo 86 Corporation. Includes aerial shots (night and day) of Vancouver and surroundings, and various leisure activities around Vancouver. Grounds shots include Premier W.R. Bennett giving a speech.

Stock shots. Shot for the Expo 86 Corporation. Includes aerial shots (night and day) of Vancouver and surroundings, and various leisure activities around Vancouver. Grounds shots include Premier W.R. Bennett giving a speech.

Stock shots. Shot for the Expo 86 Corporation. Includes aerial shots (night and day) of Vancouver and surroundings, and various leisure activities around Vancouver. Grounds shots include Premier W.R. Bennett giving a speech.

Stock shots. Shot for the Expo 86 Corporation. Includes aerial shots (night and day) of Vancouver and surroundings, and various leisure activities around Vancouver. Grounds shots include Premier W.R. Bennett giving a speech.

Stock shots. Shot for the Expo 86 Corporation. Includes aerial shots (night and day) of Vancouver and surroundings, and various leisure activities around Vancouver. Grounds shots include Premier W.R. Bennett giving a speech.

This unit consists of two unrelated parts. Part 1: records of expenditures for the construction of the Westminster-Ladner Waggon (sic) Road, and correspondence regarding the right-of-way for the road and funding arrangements. June 16, 1903 - November 21, 1903. Part 2: list of timber lease holders, showing acreages and effective dates of the leases, ca. 1903.

SUMMARY: This program about Fort Langley is referred to in the accompanying documentation as a "holiday item". It is based on oral history interviews recorded by Imbert Orchard. The program is about the genesi;s of Fort Langley -- its significance as a fur trading post, and its restoration as a historic site. The main speaker, Mr. Alex Hope, relates how the fort's restoration came about.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-02-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Charnley recounts his family's arrival at Barnston Island in 1900; travel along the Fraser; sternwheelers; winter weather; life on the island; skid roads; logging; river traffic; World War I; cattle; description of the island circa 1900; settlement; fishing; early settlers. TRACK 2: Mr. Charnley continues with recollections of his life on Barnston Island; schooling; entertainment; churches; sternwheelers; the family farm; Port Hammond.

RECORDED: Chilliwack (B.C.), 1983-09 SUMMARY: Frank Edwards, who flew as a pilot in World War I, discusses post-World War One aviation in the Chilliwack area.;

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-03-16 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Sweatman talks about his arrival in Hammersley Prairie in 1903; he describes the area; the history of the area; Captain Agassiz and his wife, circa 1870; the Agassiz family; growing hops; vegetation in the valley; the village of Douglas; the trail to the Cariboo; Harrison Hot Springs; transportation from Vancouver; the Harrison River; Harrison Lake; the Harrison Hotel; logging on Harrison Lake and the Pemberton area. TRACK 2: Mr. Sweatman continues with a discussion about Captain Agassiz; a history of the Agassiz area; flooding in the area; recollections about his work in Mesopotamia from 1921 to 1925; his personal history in the surveying profession; the Fraser River flooding and drainage; community life; interesting characters and families; Madame Melba; humorous anecdote;s of the area.;