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The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Diane Louise Matters titled "A chance to make good": juvenile males and the law in Vancouver, 1910-1915. 1978. v, 122 leaves: tables, appendix. Thesis (M.A.), University of British Columbia, 1978. Vita. Bibliography: leaves 123-126. Canadian theses on microfiche, 40713.

PERIOD COVERED: ;1920s;-;1940s RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1981-04-25 SUMMARY: Three women discuss abortion in Calgary and Vancouver, ca. 1920s - 1940s.;

The item is a sound recording of Victoria-born businessman A.J.T. Taylor. Taylor promoted the development of the British Pacific Properties in West Vancouver, and the construction of Lions Gate Bridge. These recordings, made by the BBC during a visit to England in 1936, have Taylor reminiscing about Victoria, Nanaimo and Vancouver (1890s-1910s), including his experiences in the boarding house business. The interview seems to be incomplet;e, suggesting that some additional discs are missing.

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Gillian Margaret Weiss titled "As Women and as Citizens: Clubwomen in Vancouver, 1910-1928." viii, 322 p: figs., tables. Thesis (Ph.D.) University of British Columbia, 1983. Vita. Bibliography: pages 295-312.

The item is a 38 page autobiography by Arthur G. Builder titled "Born 1902 - like Johnny Walker, still going strong". Mr. Builder emigrated from England to Canada in 1923, worked at various jobs in the Kootenays, Vancouver and Port Coquitlam and the Okanagan, and in Nova Scotia. He served in the Canadian army in England during World War II and spent much of his time in England until 1973 when he returned first to the Okanagan and then to Victoria.

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Robert Arthur John McDonald titled "Business leaders in early Vancouver, 1886-1914." 1977. viii, 502 leaves. Thesis (Ph.D.), University of British Columbia, 1977. Vita. Bibliography: leaves 449-502. Canadian theses on microfiche, 32519.

Promotional film. For Vantel's application to the Board of Broadcast Governors for a television broadcasting license, company president Art Jones introduces samples of proposed programming. These include "Van-O-Rama," a TV journal of local interest; a news program; a discussion of metropolitan planning in Vancouver with Warnett Kennedy; a football game; a children's show; a variety show featuring a female singer and a barbershop quartet; a West Indian dance performed by an ethnic dance troupe from UBC; a large grad choir, etc. Includes footage of simulated TV studio operations; an Artray film crew at a tree nursery, on the waterfront and in Fraser Valley; views of Port Moody waterfront and Vancouver skyline.

The item is a copy of a thesis on microfiche, by James Robert Conley titled "Class conflict and collective action in the working class of Vancouver, British Columbia, 1900-1919." xi, 775 p.: tables, figs. Thesis (Ph.D.), Carleton University, 1986. Bibliography: p 707-734.

The item is a thesis by Alison Isobel Boulter entitled "Constituting an ethnic difference: an ethnography of the Portuguese immigrant experience in Vancouver." 1978. v, 112 leaves: appendices. Thesis (M.A.), University of British Columbia, 1978. Vita. Bibliography: leaves 113-117. Canadian theses on microfiche, 40571.

The item consists of an illustrated typed transcript of a diary of a trip "out West' taken by Kit A. Sauvary from June 22 to July 30, 1933. Kit Sauvary and her party traveled across the Northern United States by automobile from Toronto, entering British Columbia South of Kootenay Lake. They took the Southern Trans-Provincial Highway to Princeton, North to Spences Bridge, and down the Fraser Canyon. They visited Vancouver and Vancouver Island before returning via the Banff Windermere Highway and the Rockies, through the United States and back to Toronto. The diary was written as a series of letters to Sauvary's parents in Guernsey, typed up in 1979 and contains photographs and marked route maps of the journey from 1933.

CALL NUMBER: T1660:[0006? - 0009?] SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Evening chats with Eric R. Thomson (cont'd) RECORDED: Hopkins Landing (B.C.), 1974 & 1975 SUMMARY: In a series of interviews recorded by his grandson, Eric R. Thomson of Hopkins Landing discusses his memories of the First World War; memories of Vancouver; and the history of Hopkins Landing. [NOTE: Not transcribed.]

CALL NUMBER: T1660:0001 - [0005?] SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Evening chats with Eric R. Thomson RECORDED: Hopkins Landing (B.C.), 1974-07-30 & -08-01, etc. SUMMARY: In a series of interviews recorded by his grandson, Eric R. Thomson of Hopkins Landing discusses: a 1902 trip up the Skeena with his father, James Thomson, of the Hudson's Bay Company; a 1911 trip up the Stikine; and his recollections of growing up in Victoria, 1896-1904.

The item is a typescript copy of a thesis of Dennis Michael Churchill entitled "False Creek Development: a study of the actions and interactions of the three levels of government as they affected public and private development of the waterway and its land basin." ix, 234 leaves: maps. Thesis (M.A.), University of British Columbia, 1953. Bibliography: Leaves 231-234.

RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), [ca. 1975-1976] SUMMARY: Kate McQueen is interviewed by Olga Ruskin about early Vancouver. Her family came out to B.C. on the CPR in the 1890s to settle her uncle's estate. She discusses early real estate development in Vancouver. She graduated from McGill and taught languages at King Edward for 33 years.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Recollections of life in British Columbia, 1888-1910 PERIOD COVERED: 1888-1910 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: In an interview with her son, Duncan Mackenzie, Lizzie Houston Armstrong recounts incidents related to her early years in British Columbia. The story of "The Fingal". Surviving a fall into the hold of the S.S. "Henriette". Recollection of Emily Carr. Trips to Ucluelet, 1897-1898, and teaching native children. Treasure-hunting on Cocos Island, off Costa Rica, 1901. Pig story. Recollections of details of family history. TRACK 2: Further details of family history. Arrived in Haney, B.C., 1888. Recollections of family life in Haney. Life in Vancouver from 1898 on. Recitation of two poems. (End of interview).

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Margaret Andrews titled "Medical services in Vancouver, 1886-1920." v, 285 leaves: fig., tables. Thesis (Ph.D.), University of British Columbia, 1979. Bibliography: leaves 259-285. Vita. Canadian theses, 46062.

The item consists of an account by Walter Sage titled "Memories of old University Hill," which details Sage's life while living in the University Hill area of Vancouver where he attended Queen Mary School, Kitsilano Junior High School, University Hill High School and the University of British Columbia.

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Donna McCririck titled "Opportunity and the workingman: a study of land accessibility and the growth of blue collar suburbs in early Vancouver." xi, 137 leaves: figs., maps, tables. Thesis (M.A.), University of British Columbia, 1981. Bibliography: leaves 130-137. Canadian theses on microfiche, 56673.

The item is a typescript copy of a thesis by Bessie Lamb titled "Origin and development of newspapers in Vancouver." v, 111 p, tables. Thesis (M.A.), University of British Columbia, 1942. Bibliography: p 96-111.

Industrial film. A survey of the Pacific coast fishing industry. Follows a commercial fishing vessel on a typical trip along the BC coast, and shows the various fishing methods used. Also includes footage of cannery operations, fish ladders at Hells Gate, spawning grounds, the cleaning of fish on a processing ship, fishery by-products (such as fish meal used for stock feed), the manufacture of nets and other equipment, fishing boat maintenance, etc. Features fishing boats Pacific Raider and Western Provider.

The item is a Pioneer's Certificate presented to James N. Menzies, a Vancouver contractor, by the Vancouver Daily Province.

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Elizabeth Anne Lees titled "Problems of pacification: veterans' groups in Vancouver, 1919-1922." viii, 142 p. Thesis (M.A.), Simon Fraser University, 1985. Bibliography: p 136-142. Purchased from National Library, 1988.

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Patricia E. Roy titled "Railways, politicians and the development of the city of Vancouver as a metropolitan centre, 1886-1929." 1963. ii, 266, viii, x leaves. Thesis (M.A.), University of Toronto, 1963. Bibliography: leaves i-x. Canadian theses on microfiche, 22775.

Documentary. Recreates the revival of change-ringing of the bells at Vancouver's Holy Rosary Cathedral, after a five-year hiatus. Shows the training of bell-ringers and the ringing-in of the New Year. The bells of Westminster Abbey in Mission City are also heard. Members of the Vancouver Society of Change Ringers are featured. Winner of a Canadian Film Award in the amateur category (1961).

SUMMARY: Four episodes from a series. Reading and dramatization of events in early Vancouver history, based on Alan Morley's newspaper series "The Romance of Vancouver". Episode 5 tells the story of the 1886 V;ancouver fire. Features a "cast of Vancouver artists". Presented by the Vancouver Sun newspaper.;

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Baljeet Dhaliwal titled "Sikh in the Vancouver region: a descriptive study of certain Sikhs' views of education since 1904." vii, 78 p: figs. Thesis (M.A.), Simon Fraser University, 1985. Bibliography: p 73-78.