SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. This episode begins with a discussion of the art scene in B.C. during the 1960s. David Watmough interviews five working artists who di;scuss their background, and the inspiration for and influences on their art. The artists include: Gordon Smith, Takao Tanabe, John Corner, Peter Paul Oakes and Jack Darcus. The program continues with ;interviews with three Austrian women of the B.C. musical world: Miss Rita Guough [sp?], Mrs. Marie Scheilder [sp?], and Dr. Ida Halpern.;

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. This episode begins with a discussion of the art scene in B.C. during the 1960s. David Watmough interviews five working artists who di;scuss their background, and the inspiration for and influences on their art. The artists include: Gordon Smith, Takao Tanabe, John Corner, Peter Paul Oakes and Jack Darcus. The program continues with ;interviews with three Austrian women of the B.C. musical world: Miss Rita Guough [sp?], Mrs. Marie Scheilder [sp?], and Dr. Ida Halpern.;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dr. Ida Halpern : a cultural pioneer in British Columbia
PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1970
RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1973-03-09
SUMMARY: Dr. Ida Halpern was born in 1910 in Vienna and discusses her family background; education; being a child prodigy in music; attending the University of Vienna and receiving her PhD in 1938; marriage in 1936; the invasion of the Nazis; fleeing Hitler; teaching music at Shanghai; the Japanese invasion; immigration to Canada; Vancouver; the Friends of Chamber Music; U.B.C. involvement; gathering music of B.C. Indians; introduction of music courses at U.B.C. 1942; start of U.B.C. Department of Music; radio programs; uses of B.C. Indian music; ethnomusicology; Simon Fraser University; a folk music conference; performing; women; Metropolitan auditions; clubs and influences.

SUMMARY: 27 songs and interviews.;

Fonds consists of mulitmedia records documenting Ida Halpern's professional work and private affairs of her life in Canada. The records document predominantly Halpern's study of the art and culture of First Nation's communities on the West Coast of British Columbia. In particular, Halpern's studies focus on the musical traditions and cultures of First Nations communities. Halpern's recordings include music from the Kwakwaka'wakw peoples, Nuu-chah-nulth peoples, Haida peoples, and the Coast Salish peoples. There is also a considerable amount of textual material concerning Halpern's study of her recordings and publication of her conclusions on her work. Material from her writings as a music critic and supporter of local arts comprises a smaller portion of the fonds. There are also records of Halpern's private affairs in the form of correspondence, photographs and various ephemera.

The sub-series consists of an apparent three-part radio series about the Indian music of the Northwest Coast, hosted by ethnomusicologist Dr. Ida Halpern. The programs were broadcast on 1952-10-15, 1952-10-24, and 1952-11-15. [No content summaries are available.]

SUMMARY: Two long-playing records containing 27 songs, organized under four categories: Totems and crests; Potlatch; Ceremonial; Everyday life. Principally songs of the Kwakiutl, recorded between 1947 and 1953;.;

SUMMARY: 25 songs, selected from a group more than 500, collected between 1947 and 1981.;

The fonds consists of Mildred Valley Thornton's sound recordings documenting the Indigenous music, dance and folklore of the Northwest Coast, recorded between about 1950 and 1954. The fonds also includes some textual material that documents her music recording activities and other interests, from 1947 to 1967. In addition there is a newspaper article from 1971 and family notes on her artwork from 1976.

SUMMARY: "Saturday Evening" was a series of 1.5 hour programs broadcast from 8:30 to 10:00 PM on Saturday nights. The series ran from October 1962 to the spring of 1967. Usually in two parts, the programs feat;ured plays, classical concerts, documentaries and talks. This episode, "Music And Culture Of The Northwest Coast", features a discussion about Indian music of the Northwest Coast with Peter Crossley-H;olland. The broadcast is primarily focused on topics that emerged at a 1967 conference held at UBC, titled "Native Indian Music of the Canadian West Coast and Its Relationship to Indigenous Music of O;ther Cultures", which was chaired by Ida Halpern.;

SUMMARY: "CBC Monday Evening" was a multi-part series that included documentaries and interviews on the arts, along with drama and serious music. This episode, "Nass River", is a program devoted to the native Indian music of the Nass River area. Part 1 focuses on a concert of traditional Tsimshian songs arranged for flute and percussion. Recorded at the CBC Fall Festival of Music, this performance featured Harry Crozin [sp?] (flute) and William Goode [sp?] (percussion). Robert Clothier, the reader, recounts literal translations from Marius Barbeau's work on native music. Part 2 is a documentary on the discovery and preservation of the native music heritage, written and narrated by Peter Haworth. "Barbeau and MacMillan On The Nass" recounts the July-August 1927 visit of ethnologist Marius Barbeau and musician Ernest Macmillan, who came to research and document Indian music of the Nass area. In a more recent visit (1974), Don Mowatt and Peter Haworth attempt to recreate this first visit and seek out Indian elders who recalled these early songs. The area around Arrandale Cannery is visited. Recordings heard that include music, and also the voices of Barbeau and Macmillan. A chief, Frank Bolton, is recalled with his songs.;

SUMMARY: 32 songs, recorded 1947-1953 and 1965-1972 at Alert Bay, Cape Mudge, Port Alberni, Victoria, and Vancouver. Canoe paddle songs.--Entrance song no. 1.--Entrance songs no. 2.--Medicine man songs.--Whal;e song.--Farewell song.--Echo song.--Welcome song.--Warrior song.--Victory song.--Farewell song.--Wolf song.--Sisiuti song.--Robin song.--Grizzly bear song.--Wolf dance.--Victory song.--Hinikeets song;.--Himikitsem.--Ha ma mai.--Himikitsem.--Mountain song.--Invitation song.--Tama.--Sea serpent headdress song.--Hinikeets.--Quiquatia dance.--Hamatsa song.--Song from the Hopachisat tribe.--Comparison ;of two versions of the Welcome song.--Clan song.--For topahti.--Potlatch song.;

RECORDED: [location unknown], [1962-06?] SUMMARY: An unidentified speaker [Ronald Trickett?] talks about Indigenous people and their music, and the rewards gained by working with Indigenous peoples.

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Brian Martin Lillos titled "Selective studies in musical analysis of Beaver Indian dreamer songs: a structuralistic approach in ethnomusicology." 1977. v, 309 leaves: illus., music. Thesis (M.Mus.), University of British Columbia, 1976. Vita. Bibliography: leaves 293-308. Canadian theses on microfiche, 32510.