CALL NUMBER: T3842:0026 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1982-05-27 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: In an interview by Emmanuel Ronse, Jack Gillmore discusses his involvement with the production of early radio drama and variety programs in Vancouver. Gillmore's start in amateur theatre; trained with Arthur Foxhall of Foxhall's National Opera Company; plays produced. First radio drama work. Foxhall's departure; theatre in Victoria. The CNR radio service, and Vancouver station CNRV. George Wright invites Gillmore to produce a play on CNRV. Script pages; "gunshot" sound effect. CNRV offices and studio in Vancouver CNR station. Adapting stage plays. Sound effects for "Behind the Lines;". Presenting Shakespeare. TRACK 2: Radio presentation of Shakespeare plays, and other plays done. Parts played; preparation of scripts; "teamwork"; actors involved. Media coverage of plays and distant reception. Takeover on CNR radio service by CRBC; Walter Powell. Discussion of capek's play "R.U.R." regarding royalties. More on Walter Powell; decline of radio drama at CNRV. Other programs of this type? All complete shows; where players went; stations broadcast from. Vancouver stations.

CALL NUMBER: T3842:0027 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1982-05-27 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Story of "The Radio Artist's Review" program on CKWX, sponsored by Excelsior Lumber, and incident with CRCV. Other programs. The Kitsilano Boys' band. [TRACK 2: blank.]

SUMMARY: "The Hornby Collection" is an anthology of plays, documentaries, interviews and selected fiction for radio -- all written, prepared and produced in British Columbia. A play by George Ryga, set in the; pioneer days of British Columbia's interior and based on an imaginary friendship between two well-known historical figures -- the propsector "Volcanic" Brown and the newspaper editor R.T. Lowery.

SUMMARY: "The Bush and the Salon" was a CBC radio series that recreated early Canadian life from letters, diaries and other sources. This episode, "Hope, Colours Of Time", written by Michael Mercer, depicts th;e town of Hope, BC, in June of 1911. The town suffers the fate of prosperity after an alleged gold strike on Steamboat Mountain.;

SUMMARY: "The Overlanders" by George Woodcock is a dramatic narrative about the Cariboo gold rush and the individuals who undertook the hazardous journey to the gold fields. The play runs short (41:45), and th;e program is filled out with Pierre Mercure's "Divertissement for String Quartet and String Orchestra".;

SUMMARY: "The Hornby Collection" is an anthology of plays, documentaries, interviews and selected fiction for radio -- all written, prepared and produced in British Columbia. A docudrama about the rise and fal;l of the town of Barkerville during the Cariboo Gold Rush.;

SUMMARY: "The Hornby Collection" is an anthology of plays, documentaries, interviews and selected fiction for radio -- all written, prepared and produced in British Columbia. "Barkerville" is a poem for voice;s by Florence McNeil, set in BC's most famous ghost town.;

SUMMARY: A docudrama about the rise and fall of the town of Barkerville during the Cariboo Gold Rush.;

SUMMARY: "The Bush and the Salon" was a CBC radio series that recreated early Canadian life from letters, diaries and other sources. This episode, "A Minor Incident", by Edward Stidder, is an account of the ea;rly years of James Douglas (later the Governor of the Colony of British Columbia). Peter Haworth plays Sir James Douglas and Ted Stidder plays Chief Kwah. Other actors include Sam Payne, Walter Marsh,; Peg Dixon, Graham Crowl, Joe Austin, Jack Anthony, Terence Kelly, Jack Hammond, Merv Campone, Wayne Robson, and Hagan Beggs.;

SUMMARY: "The Hornby Collection" is an anthology of plays, documentaries, interviews and selected fiction for radio -- all written, prepared and produced in British Columbia. Part 1: "Idylls of the Church" fea;tures Sam Roddans's stories about his father, the Rev. Andrew Roddan of Vancouver. [T4303:0046] Part 2: "Region of Icebergs" is a play by Christopher Dafoe, in which a man on a ship entertains himsel;f with masks and false credentials. [T4303:0088];

SUMMARY: "Heritage Theatre" was a series of short historical plays set in the Vancouver environs. These vignettes illustrate some of the significant events and interesting episodes from Vancouver's earliest ti;mes. First broadcast in 1977, the plays were made in co-operation with the Social Planning Department of the City of Vancouver. This series was broadcast during the summer of 1981. This episode, "The ;Janet Smith Case" by Joe Wiesenfeld, recalls the famous murder case dating back to 1924.;

SUMMARY: "The Bush and the Salon" was a CBC radio series that recreated early Canadian life from letters, diaries and other sources. This episode, "She'll Be Comin' Around the Mountain - Or Will She?", recount;s two stories of yesteryear -- true tales of miners, gentlemen and other hard cases of the pioneer days in BC, as told by the distinguished poet and playwright George Ryga, with Ed McNamara as The Chronicler. Part 1, "I, Robert Tecumseh Lowery", takes place around 1892 in the Slocan region of BC, and features R.T. Lowery, the well-known pioneer newspaperman of the Kootenays. Part 2, "The Noble Five", tells the true tale of five prospectors in Ainsworth -- Jack Seton, Bill Hennessey, John Hennessey, Frank Flint, and Jack McQuiglin -- who find a lode of silver, thus creating the notion of the ;"Silvery Slocan". Other actors include Jack Anthony, Lillian Carlson, Michael Collins, Joseph Golland, Douglas Masters, Allen Lyselles, Robert Clothier, Ted Stidder, Blair Shackels, Joe Austin, Bill ;Reiter, and Roger Dressler. This is the first of three programs featuring the work of George Ryga.;

SUMMARY: "The Bush and the Salon" was a CBC radio series that recreated early Canadian life from letters, diaries and other sources. This episode, "The House-Warming and the Claim Bake", recounts two stories o;f yesteryear -- true tales of miners, gentlemen and other hard cases of the pioneer days in BC, as told by the distinguished poet and playwright George Ryga, with Ed McNamara as the chronicler (pionee;r newspaperman R.T. Lowery). Part 1, "The Legend of John Kirkup", takes place in the Rossland area of British Columbia and recounts tales of the lives and problems of prospectors, oand of Chief Const;able John Kirkup. Part 2, "Murder at the Bluebell", tells the tale of an ill-fated miner at the Bluebell Mine on Kootenay Lake in 1885. Other actors include Eric Schneider, Neil Dainard, Roy Brinson;, Jim Johnston, Robert Clothier, Lee Taylor, Michael Collins, Joseph Golland, Jack Anthony, Douglas Masters, Ted Stidder, Roger Dressler, Carolyn Fitzpatrick, Allen Pierce, Jack Leif, Joe Austin and ;Lloyd Barry. This is the third of three programs featuring the work of George Ryga.;

Five annotated radio scripts from "Cowboy" Kean's 1938-1939 radio series, "Sails and Saddles".

The item consists of copies of audio recordings from a panel discussion on radio drama in western Canada, from the 1979 conference of the Association for the Study of Canadian Radio and Television, held at the University of Saskatchewan. The panel members are: playwright Gwen Pharis Ringwood, who discusses writing radio drama in the 1930s and 1940s; critic and radio documentary producer Alan Yates, who discusses the series "Jake and the Kid", written by W.O. Mitchell for CBC Radio; and former CBC radio producer and Supervisor of Radio Arts Gerald Newman, now a drama professor at SFU, who discusses the theory and practice of radio drama production on tape.

The item consists of copies of an interview by Michael Meiklejohn with Sydney Risk. In them, Risk talks about: theatre; theatre in Vancouver; Andrew Allan and drama and radio drama; Sam Payne; Phoebe Smith; Dorothy Somerset.

SUMMARY: "CBC Tuesday Night" was a multi-part series that featured performances of classical music, opera and drama, as well as readings, documentaries and talks. The series ran from Oct 26, 1965 into the 1970;s in the 7:30 to 11:00 p.m. time slot. Its predecessor of the same format was "CBC Sunday Night". This episode, "Men Of The Harvest", dramatizes the story of the English missionary William Duncan and his work among the Tsimshian Indians of northern B.C. The script was by George Woodcock. Featured in the cast are Robert Clothier, Roland Hunter, Walter Marsh, Bill Buckingham, Jack Ammon, Gavin Payne;, David Hughes, Eric Schneider, James Johnston, Alan Dobby, Ted Greenhalgh, Robert Howay, Ted Stidder, Peter Haworth, Derek Ralston and Dorothy Davies. The narrator is Rev. Arthur Hives. "Men Of The Harvest" was produced and directed by John Must.;

CALL NUMBER: T4303:0711 - 0712 SUMMARY: "The Bush and the Salon" was a CBC radio series that recreated early Canadian life from letters, diaries and other sources. This episode, "Waiilatpu, 1847", adapted by Peter Haworth, is an account of the Whitman massacre near Fort Walla Walla, Washington, based on the journals of the Canadian painter Paul Kane.;

SUMMARY: "Morning at Metlakatla", the first part of "CBC Monday Evening", is a docudrama by Imbert Orchard about the Anglican missionary William Duncan, who founded the controversial Indian mission of Metlakatla on the northern coast of B.C. in the 1850s.

Correspondence, newspaper cuttings, typescripts, and production memoranda relating to the life and career of A.D. "Cowboy" Kean. Many of the documents in this collection pertain to the making of "Policing the Plains" (1924-27), a dramatic silent film about the exploits of the North West Mounted Police. The collection also includes newsprint copies of Kean's popular yarns on cowboy and ranch life which appeared in the Toronto STAR WEEKLY (1929-1936), and scripts of some of Kean's radio plays about his experiences in western Canada.

SUMMARY: "The Hornby Collection" is an anthology of plays, documentaries, interviews and selected fiction for radio -- all written, prepared and produced in British Columbia. "Borderlands", a poem for voices a;nd sounds by Don Gutteridge. An account from both sides of the events and emotions surrounding the massacre of the crew of the ship "Boston" by Chief Maquinna and his Nootka band. Featured actors include Peter Haworth as John Jewitt, Don Francks as Maquinna, and the late Powys Thomas as John Meares.

SUMMARY: "Canadian School Broadcasts" was a series of educational radio programs designed to supplement existing school curriculum. The majority of broadcasts were organized and administered at the provincial ;level by the Departments of Education and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. However, many programs were produced by national organizations. The series went on the air in March 1938 as a twice-w;eekly broadcast; then it was expanded to daily broadcasts. "Other Times, Other Places" was a six-part series featuring Canadian families in different provinces throughout time. This episode is a play; about a Chinese-Canadian family in Vancouver. A grandmother explains to her granddaughter how her great-grandmother came to Canada. With Rae Brown and Shannon Shepherd.;

SUMMARY: "Heritage Theatre" was a series of short historical plays set in the Vancouver environs. These vignettes illustrate some of the significant events and interesting episodes from Vancouver's earliest ti;mes. First broadcast in 1977, the plays were made in co-operation with the Social Planning Department of the City of Vancouver. This series was broadcast during the summer of 1981. This episode, "Chin;ese Riot" by Tom Cone, depicts the time of labour conflicts in 1887 and the large Chinese population that was willing to work for less.;

SUMMARY: "Audience" was an arts program presented from Vancouver. (1) This episode, "The Last Portage And The Height Of Land", is adapted from the journals of poet and civil servant Duncan Campbell Scott (1862;-1947). Scott, a poet and short story writer, became the Deputy Superintendent of the Department of Indian Affairs in 1923. This program, adapted by Peter Haworth, features Scott's Northern journey as a member of the James Bay Treaty Commission in the summer of 1905. "There are distinct differences of style and point of view among Duncan Campbell's Scott's personalities as Poet, Diarist and Official. Therefore these roles will be played by three actors, each representing an aspect of the poet." (2) "The Story Of A National Crime," a docu-drama by Peter Haworth, explores long-suppressed documents from 1922 in which Duncan Campbell Scott's Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Peter Bryce, accused him of genocide. With Roy Brinson as Dr. Peter Bryce and Sam Payne as Duncan Campbell Scott.;

SUMMARY: "The Story Of A National Crime," a docu-drama by Peter Haworth, explores long-suppressed documents from 1922 in which Duncan Campbell Scott's Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Peter Bryce, accused him of gen;ocide. With Roy Brinson as Dr. Peter Bryce and Sam Payne as Duncan Campbell Scott.;

SUMMARY: "The Hornby Collection" is an anthology of plays, documentaries, interviews and selected fiction for radio -- all written, prepared and produced in British Columbia. A poem for voices by Morgan Nyberg, dealing with the life and times of Little Big Man, Chief Crazy Horse and General Custer. Adapted for radio.

SUMMARY: Monitor was a series devoted to the arts in BC. This episode is a play offering many individual's perspectives on the Second Narrows Bridge disaster of 1958.;

SUMMARY: "Heritage Theatre" was a series of short historical plays set in the Vancouver environs. These vignettes illustrate some of the significant events and interesting episodes from Vancouver's earliest ti;mes. First broadcast in 1977, the plays were made in co-operation with the Social Planning Department of the City of Vancouver. This series was broadcast during the summer of 1981. This episode, "The; Battle Of The Bridge - 1933" by Cherie Thiessen, re-creates a heated city council meeting discussing the proposal for the Lions Gate Bridge.;

SUMMARY: "Heritage Theatre" was a series of short historical plays set in the Vancouver environs. These vignettes illustrate some of the significant events and interesting episodes from Vancouver's earliest ti;mes. First broadcast in 1977, the plays were made in co-operation with the Social Planning Department of the City of Vancouver. This series was broadcast during the summer of 1981. This episode, "In M;emoriam" by Brenda White, concerns a disaster that occurred during the construction of the Second Narrows Bridge on June 17, 1958.;

SUMMARY: "Heritage Theatre" was a series of short historical plays set in the Vancouver environs. These vignettes illustrate some of the significant events and interesting episodes from Vancouver's earliest ti;mes. First broadcast in 1977, the plays were made in co-operation with the Social Planning Department of the City of Vancouver. This series was broadcast during the summer of 1981. This episode, "The ;Floating Crap Game" by John Wiesenfeld, takes a look at gambling on BC ferries.;

The item is an audio recording. It is an historical drama enacted by residents of the Kootenays. The story is narrated by the character of William Baillie-Groman, a freelance engineer, who relates the background to the Bluebell incident that occurred in the Kootenay District in the 1880s. Four miners, including Robert Sproule, staked claims to mines but abandoned them, and claim stakers from the Ainsworth Company took over. The dispute resulted in two court cases and a favourable decision for Sproule, but complications continued, including a murder and another court case.