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.

CALL NUMBER: T1707:0127 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Bill Bennett: On Canadian national unity RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-04-19 SUMMARY: TRACK 1 & 2: In an interview with Henry Gininger of the New York Times, Premier Bill Bennett discusses various aspects of BC's place within Canadian confederation, Quebec and the prospects of separation, and problems of national unity in Canada.

CALL NUMBER: T1707:0128 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Bill Bennett: On BC's place in Canadian confederation RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-04-27 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: In an interview with Mary Ann McNellis, Premier Bill Bennett discusses various aspects of BC's position within Canadian confederation, his proposed five-regions concept, and the place of Quebec within confederation. 27 April 1978. [TRACK 2: blank.]

CALL NUMBER: T1707:0129 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Bill Bennett: Interviewed on CKNW RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-05-26 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: In an interview with Barrie Clark of CKNW Vancouver, Premier Bill Bennett discusses his personal background and several issues related to his tenure as head of the Social Credit government. Topics mentioned are: the Fort Nelson extension of the BCR, Social Credit party politics, the Jack Davis affair, the political climate in Victoria, and the controversy over establishing a fund in aid of Vietnamese children. Also: Roy Jacques of CKNW Vancouver airs portions of interviews with Premier Bill Bennett and Opposition Leader Dave Barrett on the issue of free trade and tariffs and their effect on BC. TRACK 2: Continuation of Roy Jacques' program on Bennett and Barrett. Bennett discusses his government's dealings with the federal government in Ottawa; Dave Barrett offers criticisms of the Bennett administration. Aired 26 May 1978.

CALL NUMBER: T1707:0130 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Bill Bennett: News conferences on transportation RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1978-05-31 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: In a press conference in Victoria, 31 May 1978, Premier Bill Bennett discusses his recent meetings in Alaska regarding rail links between BC, the Yukon, and Alaska. He also discusses various aspects of transportation in BC. TRACK 2: At a joint press conference with federal Transport Minister Otto Lang in Victoria, 31 May 1978, Premier Bill Bennett comments on proposed fishing boundaries off BC's coast.

CALL NUMBER: T1707:0131 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Bill Bennett: Controversy over BC fishing negotiations RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-06-01 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: In a statement to the news media on 1 June 1978, Premier Bill Bennett comments on information leaks concerning BC's position on international fishing negotiations. [TRACK 2: blank.]

The fonds consists of minutes of the executive and annual meetings, constitution and bylaws, newsletters, correspondence and handbooks, photographs and other ephemera of the British Columbia Association of Health-Care Auxiliaries from between 1945 and 1999.

The series consists of two accessions that were donated in 1989 and 1999. The first accession was donated when the association was known as the British Columbia Association of Hospital Auxiliaries; the second accession was donated after they had changed their name in 1993 to the British Columbia Association of Health-Care Auxiliaries