SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Alfred Sauve describes early days in Maillardville PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1915 RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1972-04-15 SUMMARY: Alfred Sauve was born in 1897, describes growing up in Quebec and coming to Maillardville, B.C. in 1910. Early days and description of Maillardville. Work and wages at Fraser Mills. Discussion of recreation and social life in the community. Description of houses in the early days.

CALL NUMBER: T0065:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Arthur Coutu RECORDED: New Westminster (B.C.), 1972-05-09 SUMMARY: Arthur Coutu was born in 1893 in Manitoba. He farmed in St. Laurent, Manitoba, and describes working conditions. He moved to Maillardville in 1910, and worked at Fraser Mills. Arthur gives a detailed description of jobs (especially as crane operator), of working conditions, wages, bosses, etc., and of early Maillardville, primarily buildings and streets.

CALL NUMBER: T0065:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Arthur Coutu RECORDED: New Westminster (B.C.), 1972-05-09 SUMMARY: Arthur Coutu discusses Fraser Mills, wages, union (the beginning of the I.W.A.), first strike at Fraser Mills in 1931, the attitudes of the millworkers toward the strike, and the condition of Oriental workers. Arthur gives his own personal attitudes towards work, the union, and Maillardville.

CALL NUMBER: T0030:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Arthur Laverdure PERIOD COVERED: 1909-1930 RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1972-04-20 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Arthur Laverdure was born in 1900 and came to B.C. in 1909, first contingent. Descriptions of train trip from the east to British Columbia and of early Maillardville. Millworker for Fraser Mills, problems, wages, etc. Description of housing provided by Fraser Mills for workers. Religious education and schooling. TRACK 2: Ethnic groups in Maillardville and working at Fraser Mills. Description of social life in Maillardville. The observance of religious holidays in the Roman Catholic Church. Language problems.

CALL NUMBER: T0030:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Arthur Laverdure RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1972-04-25 SUMMARY: Arthur Laverdure discusses Maillardville, WWI, work at mills and as a truck driver, the Depression, the head of unemployed association, relief, attitudes towards WWII, and child raising.

CALL NUMBER: T0030:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Arthur Laverdure RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1972-04-25 SUMMARY: Arthur Laverdure discusses Fraser Mills: wages, work, safety, compensation, unions, Chinese, blacklisting. Other jobs outside Fraser Mills including threshing on the prairies, work at a box factory (B.C. Manufacturing), and the Depression.

CALL NUMBER: T0030:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Arthur Laverdure RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1972-04-25 SUMMARY: Arthur Laverdure discusses different nationalities in Fraser Mills, employers and employees, differences made between the races, the strike of 1931, food supply, attitudes toward religion, unions, and his personal philosophy on life.

CALL NUMBER: T0030:0005 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Arthur Laverdure RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1972-07-21 SUMMARY: Interviewed in French, Arthur Laverdure discusses early days in Maillardville, the arrival of the "Columbiens", and the development of Maillardville. The train trip from Montreal to Fraser Mills. The mill at Fraser Mills in 1909. Problems encountered on arrival in B.C. Building a house in Maillardville.

CALL NUMBER: T0030:0006 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Arthur Laverdure RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1972-07-21 SUMMARY: Interviewed in French, Arthur Laverdure discusses early days in Maillardville and the development of Maillardville. The building of the house by his father. Stidies. The first church. Religious holidays. Recreation and amusements. Remedies and superstitions.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Beaudoin Proulx : French-Canadians in Maillardville, B.C. PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1944 RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1972-03-28 SUMMARY: Beaudoin Proulx came to Maillardville, B.C. in 1910. Worked as a logger. Early road building, construction, first post office. Depression years in Quebec. Farming in Laurentians. Comparison of Maillardville in 1926 and 1944.

Ethnicity and class conflict at Maillardville/Fraser Mills: the strike of 1931. xviii, 127 leaves: tables. Thesis (M.A.), Simon Fraser University, 1982. Bibliography: leaves 118-127. Canadian theses on microfiche 62357.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Francis Lacasse : Fraser Mills strike 1931 RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1973-04-26 SUMMARY: Francis Lacasse was born in 1906 and shares reflections on Maillardville and Fraser Mills; biographical information; job history; union experience; 1931 strike; French-Canadian identity.;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Francois Leroux (mill-worker and faller) describes life in Maillardville PERIOD COVERED: 1918-1972 RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1972-04-26 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Francois Leroux was born in 1898 and describes moving from Quebec to Alberta at age 9, where he later worked on a farm. His move to Maillardville in 1918. Early life in Maillardville. Working at Fraser Mills. TRACK 2: Union activity and strikes at Fraser Mills. Losing his job and going on welfare. Return to work at Fraser Mills. Description of houses and recreation in Maillardville.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Helena Pare : Maillardville housewife, 1909 to present RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1972-04-17 SUMMARY: Helena Pare came to BC in 1909 from Quebec. Helena attended school in both Quebec and Millside, later Coquitlam. She discusses Port Moody; early Maillardville description; personal attitudes toward the community and the people, life as a housewife, and views of Maillardville 1909 to present.

CALL NUMBER: T0050:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Hercules Lamoureux describes early Maillardville PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1930 RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1972-04-26 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Hercules Lamoureux was born in 1908 and describes the early days in Maillardville as a boy. Description of community life and recreation in detail. Beginning work at Fraser Mills. TRACK 2: Description of Fraser Mills. Description of Oriental community. More details on Maillardville.

CALL NUMBER: T0050:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Hercules Lamoureux describes life at Maillardville and work at Fraser Mills PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1945 RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1972-04-26 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Hercules Lamoureux describes entertainment and customs in Maillardville. He provides details on union activity and the 1931 strike at Fraser Mills. Life during the Great Depression. TRACK 2: Discussion of World War II and working at Fraser Mills. Education and the use of the French language in Maillardville. Description of the Maillardville community including the convent.

CALL NUMBER: T0013:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Ida Proulx discuses her role as housewife and growth of Maillardville PERIOD COVERED: 1909-1972 RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1972-03-29 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Ida Proulx (nee Couture) discusses her arrival in Maillardville (Millside) and early living conditions. Schooling and language problems. Working in sawmills. Description of homes and celebrations. Religious training. Construction of homes. WWI. TRACK 2: Clothing styles. Household work and handywork. Depression of the 1930s. WWII. Working as a cook in a logging camp near Kamloops, B.C. Religious activities. Social activities.;

CALL NUMBER: T0013:0002 - 0003 RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1972-03-29 SUMMARY: [No detailed content documentation available for these tapes?];

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Jean Baptiste Dicaire discusses Maillardville and Fraser Mills PERIOD COVERED: 1909-1972 RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1972-04-10 SUMMARY: Jean Baptiste Dicaire discusses recruitment of French-Canadians to work in Maillardville. Early living and working conditions in Fraser Mills and Maillardville. Strikes to organize unions. Social activities and recreation in early part of century. Union organizer and blacklistings.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Jean Baptiste Goulet discusses Maillardville 1944-1972 ; credit union ; education PERIOD COVERED: 1944-1972 RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1972-03-18 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Jean Baptiste Goulet discusses his childhood in Quebec, education and becoming a teacher. Teaching on the Prairies and in Saskatchewan. He mentions Louis Riel. Life of a French-Canadian on the Prairies. Move to Vancouver and finally to Fraser Mills and Maillardville. TRACK 2: Cultural events in Maillardville. Work with parochial schools as a trustee. Attempts to get support for parochial schools and to permit tax exempt status. School strike in 1951 to protest the need for support. Pressure to get the Provincial Government to remove taxes on schools. Description of parochial schools in Maillardville. Role in the Caisse Populaire Credit Union.

CALL NUMBER: T0054:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Leonard and Leona Hammond : early Maillardville and Fraser Mills PERIOD COVERED: 1911-1922 RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1972-05-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Leonard and Leona Hammond discuss early life in Maillardville, including their biographies, courtship, and furniture. Leo Hammond's work at Fraser Mills. Role of women in early part of twentieth century. Transportation in Maillardville. Leona Hammond working at a job. Religious ceremonies. TRACK 2: Christmas celebrations. Description of Maillardville. Union activity at Fraser Mills and reaction to the strikes by Leo Hammond.

CALL NUMBER: T0054:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Leonard and Leona Hammond discuss early Maillardville and school strike PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1960 RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1972-05-02 SUMMARY: Leonard and Leona Hammond discuss life during the Depression of the 1930s in Maillardville. Union activity at Fraser Mills. The problem of educating French-Canadians in private schools. The school strike and social conditions. Role of women in Maillardville.

SUMMARY: In this program, edited from RRAS interviews, interviewees Bouleau and Proulx discuss the settlement of Maillardville, B.C., and interviewees Townsend and Hargreaves recall incidents during the Depression.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Marie Lizee RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1972-04-18 SUMMARY: Marie Lizee was born in Maine, U.S.A. in 1906 and she worked on farms in Montana and Saskatchewan. She raised seven children. Discusses Depression conditions (relief, part-time work) and a cannery in Coquitlam.

CALL NUMBER: T0056:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Marie-Rosa Dicaire RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1972-05-04 SUMMARY: Marie-Rosa Dicaire was born in 1902, and discusses growing up. Work at cannery, lumber mill during WWI, working in homes as a maid. Maillardville, the strike of 1931, customs, attitudes, recreation. The war years and the development of the community.

CALL NUMBER: T0056:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Marie-Rosa Dicaire RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1972-05-04 SUMMARY: Rosa Dicaire discusses fashion styles, making own clothes, emotional account of 1931 strike, attitude toward union, family life, French language and religion.

CALL NUMBER: T0056:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Marie-Rosa Dicaire : Our first years in Maillardville RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1972-07-24 SUMMARY: [Rosa Dicaire is interviewed in French.] Religious holidays or festivals. Medicines. Amusements. Maillardville in 1910. The first house of Mrs. Dicaire's father.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Maurice Thomas : a Crown Zellerbach sawmill history RECORDED: New Westminster (B.C.), 1973-03-05 SUMMARY: Maurice Thomas was born in 1920 and discusses autobiographical notes; sawmill superintendent; New Westminster; sawmill methods; and company promotion of personnel.;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Ralph Duplin describes in general terms his life in Maillardville RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1972-04-20 SUMMARY: Ralph Duplin describes growing up in Maillardville, and working at Fraser Mills. Mill conditions, logging conditions, wages, early Maillardville.;

CALL NUMBER: T0055:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Rene Marcellin discusses Maillardville and Fraser Mills, 1910-1945 PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1945 RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1972-05-01 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Rene Marcellin was born in 1900 in Rockland, Ontario, and discusses his arrival in Maillardville in 1910. Company houses for workers. The construction of private dwellings by millworkers. Working at Fraser Mills in 1918. The various ethnic communities located around Fraser Mills. The growth and development of Fraser Mills. TRACK 2: Description of homes in Maillardville. Problems between Roman Catholics and Protestants in school. Description of ceremonies in the Roman Catholic Church. Working at Fraser Mills. Social and economic conditions in the area 1910-1945.;

CALL NUMBER: T0055:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Rene Marcellin discusses strikes and union work at Fraser Mills, 1930s PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1972 RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1972-05-01 SUMMARY: Mr. Rene Marcellin discusses working at Fraser Mills in the shingle mill. Description of the 1931 strike at Fraser Mills, union activity. Support for strike by various groups. Details on work at Fraser Mills. Effect of the Depression on Maillardville. Being blacklisted. Personal philosophy on religion.;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Rodolphe Boileau : retired French-Canadian millworker PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1972 RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1972-03-19 SUMMARY: Rodolphe Boileau discusses his arrival in Maillardville, recruitment of French-Canadians to work there. Work in the Fraser Mills. Role of Roman Catholic Church in community. Union activity and strikes;.;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Sister Marie Paul : Maillardville, 1919 to present; school and development of community PERIOD COVERED: 1919-1972 RECORDED: North Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-05-05 SUMMARY: Sister Marie Paul was born in 1898 and discusses the Catholic School at Maillardville. She also discusses religion, and French language and culture. The development of Maillardville as a community.;

CALL NUMBER: T0004:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): William Elio Canuel discusses his role as a harbour union organizer PERIOD COVERED: 1917-1950 RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1972-03-28 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: William Elio Canuel discusses coming to Maillardville in 1917. Working for Fraser Mills until 1931. Organizing workers into a union for better working conditions and wages. Relations with Oriental community. Impact of the Depression in 1930s. Union organizer Harold Pritchet. Fraser Mill's strike in 1931. Violence during strike. Being blacklisted and losing job. Organizing people on relief during the Depression and the forming of a co-operative for people in Maillardville. TRACK 2: Problems people faced during the Depression. Organizing the unemployed during 1935. Description of the Battle of Ballantyne Pier, 1935; longshoremens' demonstration. Post Office Riot. Joining the Communist Party in 1933. Communist Party Organization in Coquitlam. Organizing Fraser Mills for the IWA. Work during WWII. Participation in the Roman Catholic Church. CALL NUMBER: T0004:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): William Elio Canuel discusses Maillardville, ethnic groups and attitudes of 1917 PERIOD COVERED: 1917-1972 RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1972-05-24 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: William Canuel discusses early life in Maillardville about 1917. Racial relations between different ethnic groups including: Japanese-Canadians, French-Canadians, Chinese-Canadians, East Indian-Canadians. Quality of life in Maillardville. TRACK 2: Description of Fraser Mills as a place to work, ethnic groups working there and racial relations in the early days. Description of various ethnic communities. Work in logging camps. CALL NUMBER: T0004:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): William Elio Canuel discusses work as a carpenter and his personal philosophy PERIOD COVERED: 1920-1972 RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1972-05-24 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: William Canuel discusses working in the construction industry during the 1930s. Working in the Cariboo region in the 1920s. TRACK 2: More details on the Communist Party of Canada. General discussion of his personal philosophy.

CALL NUMBER: T0079:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Yvonne Coutu RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-05-25 SUMMARY: Yvonne Coutu was born in 1900 in France and lived there until 1907. She describes dressmaking and homesteading in Vermillion, Alberta. Her mother was a dressmaker, and her father a homesteader. She discusses people and teaching on Indian reservations.

CALL NUMBER: T0079:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Yvonne Coutu RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-05-25 SUMMARY: Yvonne Coutu discusses teaching at Two Hills, Alberta; working at Eaton's; and Maillardville from 1938 to 1972. She discusses woman's role, personal philosophy, and attitudes.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Mrs. Omera Pare : French-Canadians in Maillardville, B.C. PERIOD COVERED: 1913-1972 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1972-04-12 SUMMARY: Mrs. Omera Pare was born in France in 1907 and came to Canada in 1913 at age 6, and to B.C. in 1918. School at Maillardville. Housewife in Maillardville 1925-1972.;