SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Chinese community RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-01-13 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Wong discusses background: born 1896; moving to Canada, 1911; what Vancouver was like in the early years of the twentieth century; living on Keefer Street; brother's laundry business; Chinatown; going back to China in 1919, but returning to Canada 1921. Mr. Wong and his brother built a new, bigger laundry business. Describes laundry business. Discusses what life was like for early Chinese in Vancouver. Few women in early Chinatown. Flu epidemic of 1918. TRACK 2: Discusses: medicines used by Chinese herbalists; the Depression -- hard times for many Chinese businesses; his opinion of urban renewal; Chinatown on Carrall St. in 1911; Chinese opera house. (End of interview);

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Reminiscences RECORDED: West Vancouver (B.C.), 1976-04-27 SUMMARY: Frank London: Born in London, England; came to Saskatchewan in 1908; worked as a farm labourer; when family came out later, they bought a farm; hailed and frozen out; moved to a CPR "ready-made" farm in Alberta; met his wife at Lougheed; farmed there for seven years, then sold out and came to Vancouver. Worked as a marine pipe fitter at Wilson Drydocks, building and repairing ships; recalls building the millionth ton of new ship (wartime); arming of transport ships. Working conditions in holds of ships; sulphur fumes from acetylene torches damaged his lungs. Only medical insurance was an employee sick benefits fund, paid entirely by employees; later, when he had a heart attack, the WCB had been established. Clara London: Born in Minnesota; came to Canada in 1905; father homesteaded 125 miles southeast of Edmonton; rented land for the summer; then father built a covered wagon, loaded the family of eight, plus beds and stove, and traveled 100 miles to Lougheed, staying at farmhouses overnight. She met and married Frank there in 1914; had six children, two born at home. Recollections of old remedies -- goose grease and turpentine spread on the chest for colds, peppermint tea and barley water for upset stomachs. Flu epidemic of 1918-19; Mr. London had a slight case; the new brick schoolhouse was turned into a hospital. Other home remedies. Food preservation. Life in a retirement lodge.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Ella Walker : career of a B.C. telephone operator, 1910-1930 PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1960 RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1977-02-08 SUMMARY: Ella R. Walker discusses the Seymour operating room 1910. The start-up of Collingwood office in 1911. Transferred to Highland in 1916. Oaks Point Camp. Benefit fund and Operators' fund. Spanish flu, 1918. Other jobs in the Fraser Valley from New Westminster to Kamloops. Employment office practices at Fairmont, 1922. Move to Vancouver Island, 1925, to be in charge of the Island District. Drive through forest fire in Campbell River. Effects of the Great Depression and World War II -- first aid training. Anecdotes about her work on the Island. Oyster River. Visits to the Kootenay District. Mrs. Castley at Duncan. Victoria automatic conversion, 1930.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-09-19 SUMMARY: Mrs. Ellen Trounsen came to Phoenix in 1909, and took up barbering in 1910 with her husband. She describes the hairstyles of the time. She describes several people who had all sorts of different occupations. She describes twenty-six hotels in Phoenix in 1900, half of them closed by 1911, the flu epidemic of 1918, prohibition, the fact that women never went into the saloons, many deaths in the mines, drinking, pranks and dancing. As well, she describes Greenwood and the three buildings she owned.

RECORDED: [location unknown], [1965?] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Goddard talks about her father's arrival in Vancouver in 1891; the family house and family history; her mother's family, the Tierneys, from Victoria; living and growing up in the West End; Joe Fortes; recollections about English Bay; Kitsilano; Belcarra Park; and Indian Arm. She recalls the flu epidemic of 1919; West Vancouver; the Hotel Vancouver; the family home and furnishings; her childhood; the roller rink at English Bay; Purdy's candy store; teaching in New Hazelton and Hazelton in 1922; and Gastown. [TRACK 2: blank.]

CALL NUMBER: T2814:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : roads, buildings and activities, 1905-20 PERIOD COVERED: 1905-1920 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-10-20 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Gordon Lewis discusses: street paving on Hastings; grading and levelling of Hastings, Pender, Keefer; details of building altitudes at the corner of Pender and Jackson; B.T. Rogers' noontime route home from sugar refinery along Keefer. Gully running length of Campbell Ave, viaduct or bridge along both Hastings and Prior. CRP station at Heatley Avenue, signal house there. Hastings Mill: site, quality of lumber and size of lumber in old days. Details of construction of sugar refinery using Hastings Mill lumber. Neighbours in 600 block Keefer Street 1907-14. Old Georgia viaduct and its poor construction. Packed streetcars from Main along Harris at 5:00pm. Cattle-herding along Pender. Vickers family store. Repairing (pneumatic) flat tire. TRACK 2: Discusses: mountain ash in neighbourhood; Westminster Bridge -- bascule bridge; filling-in of False Creek and the dredging of it; CN and GN stations; Salvation Army houses on Prior backing onto False Creek; sewage in False Creek. Discusses Chinatown: originally only around Abbott Street, tenements, near Brackman and Keefer stables; Chinese badly treated; Chinese cooked on refinery's sugar beet farms; bringing wife from China; gradual extension of Chinatown eastward. Talks about Strathcona School: recalls various teachers and principals Rines and Brown; school building; snowslide in schoolyard; how various nationalities got along together. 1918 flu epidemic. Mansion on Victoria Drive. Move to Cordova Street. First jobs: deliveryman for Drysdale Drygoods; messenger for sugar refinery. Depression times: boarders, working at sugar refinery. CALL NUMBER: T2814:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : anecdotes about incidents in 1912 and the 1930s PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1920 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-10-20 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Continuation of Depression story about a bicycle. I.W.W. assembly on Powell St. grounds in 1912 when L.D. Taylor read Riot Act. Salvation Army's violation of no-assembly rule. (End of interview)

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): An early specialist in internal medicine PERIOD COVERED: 1911-1950 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-02-10 SUMMARY: Early background; education; McGill College of BC from 1911 to 1912; McGill University, 1912; discussion of medical training differences, then and now; humorous anecdote regarding F.J. Shepard, anatomy professor, McGill University, 1912; enlistment in the army in 1914; war experiences; discussion of work as a medical officer from 1917 to 1919; influenza epidemic, 1917; interning at VGH in 1920; fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in 1920; anecdote regarding the early days of the clinic; starting practice in Vancouver in 1930; the Depression; war breaks out in 1939; Dr. DesBrisay relates army career; in charge of medicine, Shaughnessy Hospital after the war; discussion about effects of antibiotics such as penicillin; Dr. DesBrisay relates two anecdotes regarding penicillin; changes noticed over the years; closing comments regarding his rewarding career in medicine.

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, "Inf;luenza: 1918" by Tom Cone, looks at the killer epidemic of that year.;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Italian community PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1937 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-05-09 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Interviewees introduce themselves: both Mrs. Bianco and Mrs. Negrin born in Vancouver (1911 and 1917 respectively). Mrs. Trono born in Italy in 1895. (Mrs. Trono does not speak much on the tape). Mrs. Bianco's father, Piccolo, emigrated with pregnant wife in 1910-11: first two houses lived in on Prior St; dispute with neighbour McDonald over empty lot used as garden; boccia in back alley; poker-playing for days at a time; story of woman who put glass in sandwiches. Mrs. Negrin's father, Martini, a born traveller, emigrated to North America after trips to other countries: first home in stable on Union Street; later moved to Grove (Atlantic); six girls in family, mother took in boarders; father used empty lot to raise cows and chickens; dairying in 1925; court case over stolen chickens; minimal social welfare available; kids' chores. Mrs. Bianco's jobs helping mother with milk and cheese sales -- dairies stepped in (1935-36) to stop them from keeping cows. Mrs. Negrin was herdswoman on Flats. Mrs. Bianco recalls men loitering on Flats, chasing lost cows. Saturday night bootlegging and dancing with men. TRACK 2: Mrs. Negrin recalls Barnum and Bailey Circus on Flats, ca. 1926, when Italians made a lot of money selling their wine to circus crews, and Italian kids got into circus free. Mrs. Bianco recalls fight in their house in late '20s. Father started bootlegging as longshoremen take up wine drinking; friends wanted some, invited to house, wanted more, ended up buying drinks. Story of getting arrested for bootlegging when sister was 19, she was 25: she took rap for sister; wore new dress to trial; judge's quick retort. Trains coming in would sell booze off flats. 1918 flu epidemic: many neighbours died. Mrs. Negrin recalls bodies 4-5 feet high in Hogan's Alley. Mrs. Negrin recalls helping mother as midwife. Gathering stray cows before going to dance; herding route; pound man; barn on Atlantic Street. Depression: men coming up from flats for food and water.

RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1979-07-09 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. Transportation; father comes to Nanaimo; strike; scabs; contracting; living conditions; school; mules; Harwood mine; Lantzville mine; Chinese; wages; Protection; union; pension; fire boss; jack hammers; church; Northfield scare; mine conditions; theatres; 1918 flu; compensation; women; into mines; safety; class.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-01-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Lila M. Frost recalls her early years in British Columbia. Her family came to Victoria from New Brunswick in 1897. Her father, John Coburn, was a railway worker, businessman, first mayor of Ladysmith and mayor of Nanaimo. She attended the Normal School in Vancouver and trained for teaching. Her first job at the age of 17 was teaching in Silverton. She relates her experiences in Silverton, the social life, the town, the hotel, the miners, remittance men and the teaching conditions. She then taught in Duncan and Ladysmith, where she met her husband, a doctor. She recalls the Wellington miner's strike of 1912.

TRACK 2: Lila Frost continues her discussion about the strikers, strike breakers, and incidents. She discusses her husband's medical duties, his education and associates. She relates a story about a niece of the Dunsmuirs, who married Dr. Wassen and later moved to Victoria. She also discusses the influenza epidemic that occurred after WWI.

CALL NUMBER: T1802:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Lindsay Carter : Slocan Valley, 1918-1945 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Carter discusses his childhood: born in Kimberley, B.C. in 1906; moved to Silverton in 1918 with family; effects of influenza epidemic of 1918 on town of Silverton; father worked in mines; silicosis and other lung problems with mining; Mr. Carter's father affected by silicosis, 1943; poor attitude on the part of companies and Workmen's Compensation Board; anecdote about silicosis; family moved to Summit Lake logging camp, 1920. Details about camp life: housing; school; description of logging operations -- pole cutting, railroad, chutes; description of log chute, logging camp, bunkhouse, cookhouse. Forest fire of July, 1925; reports of major early fire, ca. 1870. Most loggers were Scandinavians. Location of other sawmills in Slocan Valley. TRACK 2: Moved to Sandon, 1922. Train and boat schedules, ca. 1925. Railroad accident near Sandon. CPR operated boats on Slocan Lake. Description of S.S. "Slocan", S.S. "Sandon", S.S. "Roseberry". Transportation into Sandon. Stores in Sandon. Trip down Slocan Lake in winter of 1929. Carter ended formal education after grade 8. Mining and mines near Sandon in 1920s and 1930s. Depression in Sandon: Carter on relief during Depression. Origin of miners: eastern Canada, Norway, Italy, Finland and others. Anti-Orientalism in Sandon. Japanese lived in Sandon during WW II. Bunkhouse conditions and anecdotes; cookhouse work and anecdotes.

CALL NUMBER: T1802:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Slocan Mines, 1920s and 1930s RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-01-10 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Carter's work history, 1920s: description of a concentrator and its operation especially the Noble Five concentrator, Cody, B.C; the jobs in a concentrator plant; shifts and hours of work; a major breakdown described, 1930; more on hours of work. TRACK 2: More on Carter's work history: attitudes towards work in a concentrator mill; unpleasant and unhealthy environment in concentrator mill and mines; more on work attitudes; long hours and lack of holidays; social life of miners -- drinking, prostitutes, pool halls, movies, fraternal orders, clubs; Carter a member of Orange Lodge in Sandon; operation of Orange Lodge; role of churches in Sandon; differences between miners and merchants; local government in Sandon; 1929 murder [of miner Sigvald Myklebost] described.

CALL NUMBER: T1802:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): The Great Depression of the 1930s RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-01-30 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Sandon continues the story about the 1929 [Myklebost] murder. Describes Johnny Harris: businessman, character of Sandon. Anecdotes about Johnny Harris. White family described. Silversmith Mine. Sandon prospectors described. Grub stake arrangements. Prospecting. Permanence of Sandon. TRACK 2: Demise of the Sandon Hospital in the 1930s. Questionable practices of the B.C. Security Commission during WW II. The Depression in Sandon and Carter's experiences on relief. "On the tramp" in southeastern B.C.

CALL NUMBER: T1802:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Mining in the West Kootenays and the Great Depression of the 1930s RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-02-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: The Great Depression of the 1930s and its effect on Sandon, B.C. The sluggish economic recovery of Sandon during and after WW II. Description of poor working conditions underground. Sandon's hotels. Prostitutes in Sandon. Anecdote about "Big Al" Holmquist. Problems with alcohol among miners. Economic problems of living in Sandon. [TRACK 2: blank; end of interview.]

CALL NUMBER: T4356:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979-02-16 SUMMARY: Squamish Chiefs. Chief Joe Capilano. Other Squamish Chiefs. CALL NUMBER: T4356:0001 - 0014 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979 SUMMARY: Interviews with Louis Miranda covering a variety of topics, including Squamish chiefs, Indian dancing, Indian agents, fishing, bootlegging, canneries, logging, and Christianity.

CALL NUMBER: T4356:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979-03-02 SUMMARY: The Durieu System. Indian agents. Indian dancing. Kitsilano sale.

CALL NUMBER: T4356:0003 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979-03-07 and/or 10 SUMMARY: Kitsilano sale. Squamish River fishing. Fishing rights activity. Kitsilano sale, 1913. Fishing meetings, ca. 1920.

CALL NUMBER: T4356:0004 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979-03-16 SUMMARY: Longshoring, North Vancouver; unions; meeting with John Oliver. Enlistments -- World War One & Two; conscription. Ditchburn hops.

CALL NUMBER: T4356:0005 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979-03-30 SUMMARY: Hop camps. Berry-picking in Washington.

CALL NUMBER: T4356:0006 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979-04-06 SUMMARY: Canneries: Great Northern, St. Mungo, Terra Nova. Dr. D. Bell-Irving. Bootlegging; "Siwash". Vancouver underworld. Squamish hop ranch? Moodyville biography [or] directory.

CALL NUMBER: T4356:0007 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979-04-12 SUMMARY: Squamish amalgamation. Logging. Squamish Valley. One Big Union.

CALL NUMBER: T4356:0008 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979-04-27 SUMMARY: Squamish personal names. Royal Commission. Kitsilano history. Canneries. Hand logging. Half breeds [sic] at Moodyville [School?]. 1876 census.

CALL NUMBER: T4356:0009 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979-05-04 SUMMARY: Commercial fishing. Dock workers and unions. Moodyville half breeds [sic]. Drinking: then and now. Up Squamish whites. Indian houses. Oblate priests. Hyass Joe, Andy Paull, Simon Pierre.

CALL NUMBER: T4356:0010 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979-05-07 SUMMARY: Confirmations and bishops' visits. Funeral practices. Signs and warning of death. Medical services. Political protests. Fishing right -- Charlie case, 1925. Relief payments.

CALL NUMBER: T4356:0011 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979-06-01 SUMMARY: Living conditions, 1914-1945: World War One, Depression, World War Two. Squamish Bands funds and welfare. Work and welfare/relief. Work of early Chiefs. Squamish Jim. Big Flu epidemic, 1918-1919. Smallpox. Medical services.

CALL NUMBER: T4356:0012 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979-10-10 SUMMARY: Squamish Chiefs. Brass bands. Early elections. Councillors. Timber sales.

CALL NUMBER: T4356:0013 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979-10-24 SUMMARY: Fishing, Squamish River. Squamish funeral ceremonies, 20th century. Potlatches amd namings. Spuds. Various Chiefs.;

CALL NUMBER: T4356:0014 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979-11-22 SUMMARY: Important events. Settlement at Mission Indian Reserve. Church and Christianity. Amalgamation. Drugs and alcohol. Land question. Andy Paull.

CALL NUMBER: T2699:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Yugoslavian families in the Strathcona neighbourhood PERIOD COVERED: 1912-1935 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-05-26 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mary Veljacic discusses background: born in 1913 on Keefer St. of Yugoslavian (Croatian) parents; father's background; reason parents emigrated; their first impressions of Canada; work done by her father and other immigrants; father's role as interpreter for other immigrants. Describes: stores, banks, libraries in neighbourhood. Her husband, a 1929 immigrant, and his work as a fisherman. ;Problems of Yugoslavian immigrants in World War I. Good relations in neighbourhood. Strathcona School. The synagogue. TRACK 2: Discusses: Jewish neighbours; a Jewish funeral; funerals at Buddhist Church; games and children's' activities; Prior St. neighbours; more about games, youthful activities and holiday festivities; music and traditional stories; family life. CALL NUMBER: T2699:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Yugoslavian families in the Strathcona neighbourhood PERIOD COVERED: 1920-1940 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-05-26 & 06-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Veljacic discusses: childhood activities; anecdotes about neighbours and parents; status of parents as early immigrants in neighbourhood; Woodward's and Spencer's stores; family talks and motherly advice. TRACK 2: Visits to Deadman's Island. The Croatian Fraternal Union. Croatian Hall. Political differences among immigrants. Assimilation of second generation. Preserving Croatian language and culture in her home. Slovenes and Croatians group and family gatherings. Role of Catholic Croatian Church in preserving language and music. Hardships in Yugoslavia. CN station and yards: collecting lumber and watermelons. Omae brothers and the Japanese evacuation. Neighbourhood sharing and mutual help. Dr. Tomsett. CALL NUMBER: T2699:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Yugoslavian families in the Strathcona neighbourhood PERIOD COVERED: 1918-1950 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-06-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Recollections of Dr. Tomsett. The flu epidemic of 1918 and other health problems. Mutual protection among young people. Helpfulness of an East Indian neighbour. Italian neighbours. Movies. Celebrations and festivals. A local madam and comments on prostitution. Owl Drug Store and ice cream sodas. Father and children's injuries. Embroidering and sewing. Gypsies. Fishing boat picnics. (End of interview)

CALL NUMBER: T2717:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Black-Canadians in the Strathcona neighbourhood PERIOD COVERED: 1911-1940 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-07-14 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Nora Hendrix discusses background: born in Tennessee in 1883; brief record of where she lived including places in Vancouver from 1911 to 1977. Life in Strathcona: Strathcona area restaurants; work for Mrs. Pryor's chicken house and at Soldier Williams; Jackson Street Church begun by black community in 1918; church activities -- bazaars and suppers, services, early families, entertainments, choir. TRACK 2: More about her life in the Strathcona area: big church dinners on American Thanksgiving; chitlin suppers; other black families; attitudes to life, hard times and the Depression; work as a washerwoman and cleaning lady; taking her children to the silent movies; Vaudeville and other entertainment; Mrs. Pryor's minstrel club and shows in the 1930s; husband's work; hardship for family in the Depression. CALL NUMBER: T2717:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Black-Canadians in the Strathcona neighbourhood PERIOD COVERED: 1911-1940 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-07-14 & 28 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discusses: Grey Sisters' lunches for men in the 1930s; a big wedding in the black community; 1911, social club for coloured people on Homer St.; other black newcomers; Jackson St. church; black businesses in 1911; Buddy White's place and other clubs; Ernie King family of Prior St. TRACK 2: Conversation about the Tosi family. Talks about: Fountain Chapel; cherry trees; carnival on Powell St.; Mayor McGeer's ideas for Stanley Park; celebrations in Chinatown; Mayor Taylor and prostitution; Chinese lottery. CALL NUMBER: T2717:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Black-Canadians in the Strathcona neighbourhood PERIOD COVERED: 1914-1940 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-07-28 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discusses: Chinese lottery; lack of crime; description of Chinatown; prostitution in the area; Hogan's Alley clubs; Tamale sellers; stories about life during the great flu epidemic of 1918; dances in the Orange Hall in the '20s; public washrooms at Hastings and Main. TRACK 2: More about public washrooms. Story about a shooting and comments on coloured people and crime. Steambath on Hastings St. Difficulties of black men getting jobs. How Italians got rich. Visit to a bootlegger. Georgia Viaduct, 1914. Music in the family. Benefits of poverty. (End of interview)

CALL NUMBER: T2616:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathconca neighbourhood : the Italian community PERIOD COVERED: 1912-1950 RECORDED: Surrey (B.C.), 1977-01-25 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Peter Battistoni discusses his background. He was born in 1912 in Vancouver; parents' emigration from Italy. Talks about music in Strathcona neighbourhood. Discusses: conscription in WW I; his father's bakery- location, building, Peter's work there, design for new bakery, Peter's work delivering for the bakery, delivery route. TRACK 2: Describes: deliveries by horse and wagon; Sunday social gatherings; more about delivering for the bakery; ups and downs at the bakery; making pizza; mother's cooking; activities at False Creek; Hogan's Alley. CALL NUMBER: T2616:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathconca neighbourhood : the Italian community PERIOD COVERED: 1918-1950 RECORDED: Surrey (B.C.), 1977-01-25 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Stories about Lungo of Hogan's Alley. Comments on family photos. Hogan's Alley. Bootlegging. Italian stores. Italian funerals. Use of Italian language. Mother's and brother's hospital stays and other stories about family health problems. Bakery fuel, equipment. Bakery sites. Jews on Princess. TRACK 2: Schara Tzedeck Synagogue. Immigrants moving out of and into the neighbourhood. Strathcona School. Sports and youthful activities. 1918 flu epidemic. Insularity of the district. A few memories of the Depression. Longshoremen's demonstration. Horse stories. More about Lungo. Bootlegging. Kids' games. CALL NUMBER: T2616:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathconca neighbourhood : the Italian community PERIOD COVERED: 1929-1950 RECORDED: Surrey (B.C.), 1977-01-25 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discusses Strathcona neighbourhood: prostitution in the 1930s; lack of crime among youth; boarding houses; loggers' sprees; WW I veterans; Hobo jungle in the 1930s; effects of World War II, especially on the Japanese; Chinese tong wars; opium dens and the police; Jewish junkmen. TRACK 2: Discusses: p.m. curfews; street vendors; Depression -- foraging in boxcars; winemaking grapes; food; home remedies and tonics; Coughlan Shipyard fire; fire in bakery (late 1940s); fire in box factory next door. CALL NUMBER: T2616:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathconca neighbourhood : the Italian community PERIOD COVERED: 1920-1940 RECORDED: Surrey (B.C.), 1977-02-10 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discusses: Old MacDonald (contractor) who built homes along Atlantic Crescent; Branca's car; first car ride to Coquitlam; streetcar routes; burials, funeral processions; Easter celebrations -- eggs, dress, mood; his uncle, a tailor; dances at Orange Hall and Parish Hall; Angelo Calori forms the Sons of Italy. TRACK 2: Discusses: Giulletti boys; musicians; music in home; Strathcona School; -- Bessie Johnston, Cairn sisters, discipline; curfew; McLean Park; boarders in home; mother's knowledge of medicine; speechmaking.; CALL NUMBER: T2616:0005 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathconca neighbourhood : the Italian community PERIOD COVERED: 1920-1940 RECORDED: Surrey (B.C.), 1977-02-10 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Comments on old photographs of neighbourhood: theatres; Pini's café; Woodward's; Avenue Theatre; Imperial Theatre; London Hotel; Shaw's drugstore; recollections as a child of listening to music from Fountain Chapel; selling peanuts and chocolate bars at Italian society dances. TRACK 2: Discusses: radio; washing floors -- layout of houses and how space was used; games; words in dictionary; -- health, herbs, gardens; Tosi family -- Joe Tosi and his racing cars. (End of interview)

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Italian community PERIOD COVERED: 1905-1940 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-05-16 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Phyllis Culos discusses: family (Minichiello) background and emigration from Italy; first experiences in Canada; starting a grocery store in 1912; death of baby sister, 1915; detailed description of store; house and store; mother's heavy responsibilities; learning English; school, and Jewish and Chinese friends; Sunday picnics in Stanley Park; father's first car; 1918 flu epidemic; Union St. people; description of store and locality; Italian families on 500 block of Union St.; Jewish families at 700 block Union St.; childhood games and other recreations. TRACK 2: Discusses: lack of prejudice; social life and family life; parents' trip to Italy, 1926; traditions -- Christmas and Easter food and festivities; Sons of Italy and its' Ladies' Auxiliary; activities of Ladies' Auxiliary; Depression memories; never felt deprived; store run by father, then by Marino and Phyllis Culos; family owned Dobson Hotel. (End of interview)

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona's Chicken Inn PERIOD COVERED: 1917-1959 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-04-15 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Rosa Pryor discusses: arriving in Vancouver in 1917; 1918 flu epidemic; opening of Chicken Inn July 18, 1919; Keefer Street in 1917; description of exterior and interior of Chicken Inn; fights in the café; effects of the Depression on business; Fountain Chapel; music and musicians at Chicken Inn. TRACK 2: Police in the neighbourhood. Gambling. District not as wide then as now. Hogan's Alley. Lack of fear. Vi's restaurant. Black community located on Union, Prior, Gore. Mrs. Pryor's childhood. Story of the opening of Chicken Inn. (end of interview) [The voice of Doris Lawson is also heard.]

CALL NUMBER: T2679:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Italian community PERIOD COVERED: 1912-1930 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-04-01 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Violet Benedetti discusses: family history; parents' grocery store and her father's death; social life; Stanley Park outings; ladies fashions; Imperial Theatre; opera; automobiles. Strathcona; School memories. Other residents of the neighbourhood. Anglo-Saxons in the neighbourhood. Orange Hall. Dominion canneries. Boating on False Creek. Buffalo Park excursions. Detailed description of 1918 flu epidemic. Marriage at 15 to Alphonso Benedetti. First son. TRACK 2: Working at store and raising children. A Stanley Park picnic. Description of store. Social life. The store as a social centre. Children's chores. Early movies, Italian picnics, banquets. CALL NUMBER: T2679:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Italian community PERIOD COVERED: 1920-1950 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-04-28 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Violet Benedetti discusses life in Strathcona: streets and stores; Georgia Viaduct; living on Atlantic Street; bush in the area; house moving fires; boarding houses; children's hair cuts under apple trees; dandelion picking; eating rabbits; wine; story of sick daughter; herbal remedies and poultice making; sausage making; picking fruits and vegetables; dandelion wine. TRACK 2: Further discussion on life in Strathcona: pasta making and other recipes; effects of WW II on the neighbourhood; Slavs and Christmas celebrations; "turkey lurkey" story; street life and street dances; Boccia. Discusses family life: ignorance of women about marriage and childbirth; a premature baby; midwives; sickness in the neighbourhood; herbal remedies. Local fires. CALL NUMBER: T2679:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Italian community PERIOD COVERED: 1920-1950 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-04-28 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discusses: chimney fires; murders, robberies and events in the neighbourhood; more on family life, the role of women and discipline of children; comparison of east and west end of Vancouver; coloured people's church. Celebrations: weddings, Easter, Sunday dinners, more on weddings. Internment of some Italians during World War II. (End of interview)