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SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Memories of Revelstoke churches, 1905-1945 PERIOD COVERED: 1905-1945 RECORDED: Revelstoke (B.C.), 1975-06 SUMMARY: Arvid Lundell: Memories of Revelstoke and the Methodist and United Churches there, 1905-1945. [Recorded 1975-06-12.] Muriel Campbell: Memories of Revelstoke and the Presbyterian, Methodist and United Churches there, 1910-1945. [Recorded 1975-06-17.]

RECORDED: Comox (B.C.), 1976-08-11 SUMMARY: Mrs. Beatrice A. Radford discusses her life in Comox since 1926, and recalls the Comox Presbyterian Church, which is now Comox United Church.;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): A history of First United Church, Vancouver PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1975 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976 SUMMARY: A history of First United Church in Vancouver. First Presbyterian Church and its community centre. Union with Turner Institute. Ethnic changes in the neighbourhood. Camp Fircom. More about people at First United Church.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): A history of Chown United Church PERIOD COVERED: 1889-1975 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976 SUMMARY: Charles Burritt was born in 1918. He recounts the history of Mount Pleasant (now Chown) United Church. Reverend Ebenezer Robson. The Burritt family at Mount Pleasant Methodist Church. Origins and changes in Chown United Church. Young People's. O.M. and A.M. Sanford. Camping at Ocean Park. Later activities at Chown: AOTS groups. Union. Childhood activities at the church.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Port Simpson Mission 100th anniversary PERIOD COVERED: 1914-1948 RECORDED: Port Simpson (B.C.), 1974 SUMMARY: Dora Flewin: Father was the Reverend J.C. Spencer, minister at Port Simpson from 1914-21. She describes training for nursing. Discusses doctors, nurses and the Girls' Home in Port Simpson. Conditions at the Methodist Mission and the hospital. [Interview date: 1974-11-10] Reverend Robert Faris: Discusses history of the 'Ksan project at Hazelton, and the arts and crafts of the Northwest Coast native peoples.; [The tape may also include a brief interview with Reverend John Williams of Kitamaat Village, who is of Haida ancestry.];

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dr. Hugh M. Rae : A United Church minister in BC PERIOD COVERED: 1900-1970 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1975-11-06 SUMMARY: END OF BUNT INTERVIEW (continued from T1991:0005): visits to Indian missions. REV. DR. HUGH M. RAE: Childhood in Scotland. Recruitment to fields in Canada, near Kamloops. Further education: McGill, B.C., Westminster Hall. First United Church B.D. Rosedale charge in 1917. Knox Church, New Westminster, and church union. Dunbar Heights, First Church in Ottawa. Retired supply in Vancouver. Anecdotes about experiences as a minister, including the coal miners' strike at Extension; Depression conditions; Japanese relocation; work on Evangelism And Social Service Committee, and others. Church music.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): United Church minister and missionary PERIOD COVERED: 1900-1950 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1975-10-16 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Childhood in Ontario. Move to the West. Decision to enter the ministry, 1912. Student fields. Further education and service in World War I. Graduation and marriage. Kaslo and church union. TRACK 2: Other experiences at Kaslo. Mission, BC, 1928-1931. The effects of the Great Depression. Missions to the Indians and Orientals, and his work as Superintendent of Home Missions. Relocation of Japanese Canadians. Visit to the Yukon. Policy in the Cariboo. [NOTE: The conclusion of this interview is on tape T1991:0006.]

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): United Church activities in B.C. PERIOD COVERED: 1905-1975 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975 SUMMARY: Elsie Olive Bedlow: Her father, Reverend John Charles Alder, came from England with his family to be a Presbyterian minister in Abbotsford, 1907. Church Union, 1925. Her father's other posts. Church choirs. [Recorded in Abbotsford, B.C.] Iris Hardwick: Church activities in Vancouver. Work as Vancouver Presbyterial President and B.C. President of W.M.S. [Recorded in Vancouver, B.C., 1975-04-16.];

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Cultus Lake Camp of the United Church PERIOD COVERED: 1920-1975 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975 SUMMARY: Fred Leary, Supervisor of Boys'' Work for the United Church talks about Cultus Lake Camp: acquaintance with the Manuel family, beginning of Cultus Lake Camp, location and buildings, and administrative changes.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Longtime member of First United Church, Victoria PERIOD COVERED: 1894-1930 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976 SUMMARY: Fred McGregor was born in 1888, and joined the First Presbyterian Church in 1894. Buildings, attendance, church activities, Young People's. Church Union.;