CALL NUMBER: T0196:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Arthur and Rosa Dicaire : French-Canadians in Fraser Mills, B.C. - memories, dreams and reflections PERIOD COVERED: 1905-1950 RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1973-04-28 SUMMARY: Arthur and Rosa Dicaire take part in a non-linear interview discussing the early days at Fraser Mills; union-management crisis; and town planning.;

CALL NUMBER: T0196:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Arthur and Rosa Dicaire : French-Canadians in Fraser Mills - architecture and 'oriental townsite' PERIOD COVERED: 1905-1950 RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1973-04-28 SUMMARY: Arthur and Rosa Dicaire discuss social life; French-Canadian identity; history of the Catholic Church in Maillardville and Fraser Mills.;

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.

The item is a reel of industrial film regarding Crown Zellerbach's operations in British Columbia. Sequences include: logging in the Nitinat area; transportation of logs by truck, railway, raft and boom; self-dumping log barge; production of lumber and plywood at Fraser Mills sawmill; newsprint production at Elk Falls; the pulp tanker "Duncan Bay"; Ocean Falls operation; Richmond Division plant (cardboard boxes etc.); marketing staff visits Okanagan Valley apple orchards.

CALL NUMBER: T0142:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Clarence Taber : forty-seven years at Fraser Mills PERIOD COVERED: 1908-1954 RECORDED: New Westminster (B.C.), 1973-02-26 SUMMARY: Clarence Taber was born in 1882 and discusses his employment at Fraser Mills. He was more or less in charge of the planer mill at Fraser Mills from 1908 until his retirement at the age of 72. He talks of how he came to work at the mill; the modifications and "modernization" he did in the planer mill; and of the early years at Fraser Mills. The coming of the French-Canadians; the townsite; and logging operations on the hill (Coquitlam).

CALL NUMBER: T0142:0002 - 0005 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Clarence Taber : forty-seven years at Fraser Mills PERIOD COVERED: 1908-1954 RECORDED: New Westminster (B.C.), 1973-03-01, 05 and 08 SUMMARY: Clarence Taber answers questions in a chronological framework divided into ethnic, technological, sociological, and labour sub-topics. He discusses his 47 years there as a whole.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Cyril Charlton : a former office manager remembers Fraser Mills and its townsite PERIOD COVERED: 1920-1940 RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1973-02-19 SUMMARY: Cyril Charlton was born in 1901 and concentrates on the years 1920-1940 in this interview. He talks of the "Oriental townsite"; racial attitudes of the time; and differences between the "whiteman" and "Orientals" in the mill.

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): Fred Schiefke : a mill worker talks of Fraser Mills - past, present and future PERIOD COVERED: 1920s-1973 RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1973-04-25 SUMMARY: Fred Schiefke was born in 1917 and lived for 32 years in the Fraser Mills Townsite and started work in the mill at the age of 15. At the time of the interview (1973) he was still working there. He covers the period from the 1920s until 1973.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Harold Pritchett : labour history of Fraser Mills, 1925-1940 PERIOD COVERED: 1925-1940 RECORDED: Port Coquitlam (B.C.), 1973-03-11 SUMMARY: Harold Pritchett was an early labour organizer at Fraser Mills, President of I.W.A., chief executive for the B.C. Federation of Labour, etc. He discusses the conditions of the working class; union history and structure; the role of the Communist Party and the Workers' Unity League in organizing the proletariat; religion as a device of suppression; and the rise of the I.W.A., etc.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-02-27 SUMMARY: [No content summary available for this interview.];

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.

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: T0207:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): John McRae "Rae" Eddie : the making of the union at Fraser Mills - the early days RECORDED: Burnaby (B.C.), 1973-05-04 SUMMARY: John McRae "Rae" Eddie was born in 1900 and worked at Fraser Mills from 1922 to 1947 after which he was on the International Workers of America (I.W.A.) payroll until 1965. He was also an MLA (N.D.P.) for New Westminster from 1952 until 1969. Rae discusses the early days at Fraser Mills, the early living and working conditions, the first attempts at union organization, and the workings of the early union. CALL NUMBER: T0207:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): John McRae "Rae" Eddie : the making of the union at Fraser Mills - support, acceptance and dissent PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1950 RECORDED: Burnaby (B.C.), 1973-05-09 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Rae Eddie discusses the formation of their own local in 1942; the election of delegations to Canadian and international labour conventions: the red bloc and white bloc. Reaction of the Japanese, Chinese, and East Indians to the union. Eddie's opinion on the Japanese evacuation in World War II. His job as a lumber trimmer. Why he became interested in the union movement. Union membership obligations and secret membership drives. Difficulties in organizing Fraser Mills. Wartime labour relations. Women's wages. TRACK 2: Women in the mill and the union. Effects of the war and the return of veterans. Establishment of a closed shop. Results of union certification. Communist -- non-Communist rivalry for leadership of the union. The 1946 strike. The October Revolution and formation of the W.I.U.C. The barring of Communist from the I.W.A. CALL NUMBER: T0207:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): John McRae "Rae" Eddie : the making of the union at Fraser Mills - union unity and progress PERIOD COVERED: 1947-1970 RECORDED: Burnaby (B.C.), 1973-05-14 SUMMARY: Rae Eddie discusses the October 3, 1948 "Revolution" of the I.W.A. and its aftermath. Eddie also briefly discusses his years as an MLA from 1952 to 1969. He makes comparisons and discusses the past, present and future of the union.

CALL NUMBER: T0170:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Joseph Dougal : transition at Fraser Mills - early years at Fraser Mills, 1913-1920 PERIOD COVERED: 1913-1920 RECORDED: New Westminster (B.C.), 1973-03-16 SUMMARY: Joseph Dougal was born in 1902 and discusses coming to Canada as a boy straight to Fraser Mills. He describes his early recollections and impressions of the Mill, the townsite and his first years at work at Fraser Mills.

CALL NUMBER: T0170:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Joseph Dougal : transition at Fraser Mills - the formation of the I.W.A. at Fraser Mills, 1927-1966 PERIOD COVERED: 1927-1966 RECORDED: New Westminster (B.C.), 1973-03-21 SUMMARY: Joseph Dougal discusses about the early years of the union at Fraser Mills; the strike of 1931; the "purge" of the "Communists" from the union circa WWII; and his own involvement in the union.

CALL NUMBER: T0170:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Joseph Dougal : transition at Fraser Mills - summary of points highlighted from previous interviews RECORDED: New Westminster (B.C.), 1973-03-21 SUMMARY: This interview follows roughly an ethnic, technological, and sociological format of questioning, picking up additional information missing from the first two tapes and summarizing the interview series.

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.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Marjorie Storm : women's rights and the IWA RECORDED: Surrey (B.C.), 1979-07 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Storm was and is a member of the IWA, and has been involved in organizing for women's rights in both the IWA and the BCFL. In this interview, she compares work in organized and unorganized wood plants; sexual harassment on the job; women in union positions; seniority; weight limits; the BC Human Rights Code; child care; women's caucuses; and racism in the wood industry. Mrs. Storm left her first job at Fraser Mills because of sexual harassment. She moved to Pacific Veneer when women were represented both in the workforce, as stewards, and on plant committees. Mrs. Storm was asked to be a steward and represent the 350 women in the plant in 1953. She was elected to the plant committee and served as recording secretary, because of her work representing all workers as a steward. There was a long-term fight for equality for women; the plants kept separate seniority lists for women and men, and women were only allowed entrance into a limited number of jobs, within the sub-department where they worked. TRACK 2: In 1966, the IWA established equal pay for equal work in convention. As well, a struggle occurred against a thirty-pound weight limit for women. During the 1946 strike, women were very active, taking on graveyard picket duty. Women were very militant, often jumping the gun on strike deadlines and starting wildcats. One equal work struggle occurred when women were refused the right to relieve workers on the spreader, which was a higher paying job, and the foreman had refused the senior woman worker. Women stood around the spreader and closed it down to establish the right to relieve on breaks. Women played important roles on safety and plant committees.

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;.;

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: T0048:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): William Hargreaves RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-04-27 SUMMARY: William Hargreaves was born in 1885 and gives a description of his childhood in England were at 13 he began apprenticeships in shipbuilding, streetcar making, cotton mill. Came to Canada in 1900 and farmed in Ontario, in B.C. He worked at Fraser Mills for B.C. Electric. Discusses experiences in World War One; he was wounded early in the war and spent the remaining war years in Britain. CALL NUMBER: T0048:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): William Hargreaves RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-04-27 & 1972-05-03 SUMMARY: William Hargreaves gives an account of his war experiences and also the year after World War One, where in England, he was involved in the demobbing riots. His discussion of the riots between troops and police at various camps is very informative. On his return to Canada he worked as a lecturer in the construction of farm buildings (silos etc.) at Gifford, a 600 acre farm under the control of the Soldier's Settlement Board. CALL NUMBER: T0048:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): William Hargreaves RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-04-30 SUMMARY: William Hargreaves gives a detailed description of the farm at Gifford: the number of veterans, the organization of work, the farm manager, the learn-work arrangement. He also discusses the construction projects on which he worked in Vancouver -- the Hotel Vancouver, the Court House, the development of Shaughnessy Heights. There are accounts of the riots during the Depression, his return to England for four years and finally his return to Canada. CALL NUMBER: T0048:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): William Hargreaves RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-05-16 SUMMARY: William Hargreaves, World War One and World War Two veteran, discusses history, the Veteran's Guard, and legion work. CALL NUMBER: T0048:0005 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): William Hargreaves RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-05-16 SUMMARY: William Hargreaves talks about his activities after retirement, his career as an artist, his sickness and hospitalization. He discusses his views on politics, current affairs (1972), on construction in 1972 as opposed to former years, as well as his attitude towards people and his expectations of people.