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Lillian M. Emdall interview

The item consists of an audio interview with Lillian Emdall recorded in New Westminster, B.C. on July 31, 1984.

Tape summary:
Track 1: Lillian Emdall grew up in Queensborough near New Westminster. She had 2 sisters. Her father was from Wales and he worked as a carpenter. Her mother was from Ottawa and the only paid labour she ever did was before marriage, as a switchboard operator from 1906-1908. She describes her childhood home and the kitchen in detail. They had a wood stove but the house had electricity, hot water, and a telephone. A hot air furnace was installed later. Laundry is discussed. Food preparation and meals, canning, home deliveries, baking, garbage, and church teas. Starching and bluing are mentioned.

Track 2: Domestic science in grade 6 (1927) at the age of 11 is discussed. The classroom is described. The foods they made are listed and what she thought of the course. She worked for 2 years as a psychiatric nurse from 1936-1938. She married in 1938 and her husband was a deep sea captain. Their home is described, appliance acquired over the years are mentioned, and more details of the kitchen in her childhood home are given.

Emery Scott interview

RECORDED: Clearbrook (B.C.), 1982-05 SUMMARY: Emery was born in Idaho; his family moved first to Calgary and then to BC. There were nine children in his family; he took jobs in New Westminster and Vancouver to help out. At one time, he and his three younger brothers were put into an orphanage in Vancouver; later the family settled in the Cariboo at Mahood Lake.

William Ross interview

RECORDED: Abbotsford (B.C.), 1981-08 SUMMARY: Mr. Ross tells stories of early life in the Fraser Valley. Mr. Ross was born in 1896 in a home on Ross Road, which had been named after his father. In 1907, the Great Northern Railway came through the Fraser Valley; he was twelve years old before he saw New Westminster, only 30 miles from his home. When electricity came to the Fraser Valley in 1910, people had to install their own power poles if they lived too far from the main line.

Howard Hume interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], [1979?] SUMMARY: Emmanuel Ronse interviews Howard Hume, who discusses his father Fred Hume, the founder of New Westminster radio station CFXC (which later became CJOR).;

Dennis Cocke : [tribute to Rae Eddie]

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dennis Cocke: Tribute to Rae Eddie, former NDP MLA for New Westminster RECORDED: [location unknown], [1977-02-07?] SUMMARY: NDP MLA Dennis Cocke (New Westminster) pays tribute to former New Westminster MLA Rae Eddie on his death, 07-Feb-1977.;

Marien Starnes interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977 SUMMARY: An oral history interview with Mrs. Marien Starnes, who emigrated from Norway to Canada in 1905. She talks about the journey to Canada, Arrowhead B.C. (1905-1911), New Westminster in 1911, May day celebrations, Haley's comet, 1907 depression, her father as a fisherman, Girl Guides, teaching experience, work at Coqualeetza Indian school, journey to Peace River 1919-1920, Rolla B.C., the trapping camp, gold panning, birth of first child at Red Cross outpost hospital.

Esther Gruhs interview

CALL NUMBER: T2796:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): The Gruhs family of Horsefly, B.C. RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Gruhs family history. Homesteading. Stores and successive owners. Food. Social activities: community hall; gopher dance. Severe winters. Stove. TRACK 2: Religion. School teaching. Engagement; and marriage to Ben Gruhs. Esther's early childhood in New Westminster. Education. Preserving. Bridge in Horsefly. Road building. Fire in 1934 that almost destroyed home. Cars.;

CALL NUMBER: T2796:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977 SUMMARY: [No content summaries or documentation available for this tape.];

Marjorie Robertson interview

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): First white woman in the Central Canadian Arctic PERIOD COVERED: 1920-1930 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-06-17 SUMMARY: TRACKS 1 & 2: Marjorie Robertson was born in New Brunswick in 1903, and moved to New Westminster as a child. She married C. Hugh Clarke, a partner in the Canalaska Trading Company, and returned with him to the western Arctic in 1927, remaining there for three years. She associated with native people, and travelled to Herschel Island once a year for supplies. She describes trading in the Arctic, and competition with the Hudson's Bay Company. She also recalls New Westminster in the 1910s and 1920s.

Dr. Hugh M. Rae interview

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.

Royal Visit 1971

Item consists of one film entitled "Royal Visit 1971" and appears to be raw footage, shot for the Fraser River Harbour Commission. The film depicts a flotilla of boats, tugs, and the royal yacht Britannia on the Fraser River. The film footage also depicts the harbour, a motorcade, footage of crowds at the New Westminster City Hall, and the emabarkation of the Queen onto Britannia.

Stan Meadows interview : [Orchard, 1967]

CALL NUMBER: T1347:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1967-09-30 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Meadows talks about his recollections of early Vancouver in the 1890s, including: streams, roads and a physical description of the city; his work as a messenger for the CPR telegraph, delivering to the saloons; the Westminster Road; New Westminster Exhibition, ca. 1900; the real estate boom 1911 to 1912; life in the city; Dominion Day Parade; the red-light district; development of the city; the West End; Stanley Park; False Creek; shipping and sports. TRACK 2: Mr. Meadows continues with recollections about sports in Vancouver; residential neighbourhoods and social classes; silk; imports and the silk trains to Montreal; neighbourhoods in the city; ethnic communities; mills; impressions of the city; childhood activities from 1895 to 1905; sports; youth organizations, like the ;YMCA; and juvenile problems, ca. 1910.;

CALL NUMBER: T1347:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1967-09-30 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Meadows continues with comments about education; thoughts about Vancouver; Victoria; Chinese; ships; shipping and travel; race riots; the McGeer family; Gerry McGeer; the land boom; vaudeville theatre in Vancouver; sports in the city; and False Creek. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Centennial birthday : the visit of the Right Honorable Lord Mayor of London, Sir Robert Bellinger, to celebrate the Union of the Colonies of Vancouver Island and the Mainland as British Columbia

The item is a print of a documentary film. The Lord Mayor of London, Sir Robert Bellinger, visits British Columbia to celebrate the centenary of the union of the colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia. Film shows ceremonial events at New Westminster, Fort Langley, Government House in Victoria, and elsewhere. People shown include Centennial officials, Premier W.A.C. Bennett, actor Raymond Burr, etc.

H. Norman Lidster interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1966-07 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Lidster came to BC with his family from England in 1902; Lister, his father, was an early technical teacher in Vancouver. Mr. Lidster recalls New Westminster; various streets; Columbia ;Street; social life; schools; the Chinese cemetery; and the New Westminster Exhibition. He discusses his law practice in New Westminster and his position as first permanent Solicitor for the City of ;New Westminster. He compares Vancouver and New Westminster. He describes his employment at the Royal Bank of Canada; New Westminster lumber mills; canneries and fishing. TRACK 2: Mr. Lidster continues with a discussion of New Westminster industries; the harbour; ships and shipping; bridges and railways. He discusses the importance of New Westminster for the Fraser Valley; the New Westminster; Market circa 1913; Burnaby circa 1900; Sir Richard McBride, and Frank Degrey. He tells anecdotes about politicians. He talks about the Gifford family, and the New Westminster lacrosse team.

Samuel Dawe interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-06-17 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Captain Samuel Dawe relates his seafaring career; his birth in Newfoundland; his arrival in New Westminster with his family in 1892; his time living in Vancouver; his father Captain Albert Dawe; halibut fishing; school in Vancouver and New Westminster; his work on tugs; more on his father; his work on tugs and other ships, including the ships "Capilano" and "New England". [TRACK 2: blank;.]

Mary Teskey interview

CALL NUMBER: T0779:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-03-12 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Mary Teskey recounts her family's history; her grandfather; her father's early life and work in Yale as a brick maker for the CPR in 1879; her mother's trip to BC with the family in 188;1; family life in Yale; the town of Yale; their trip and settlement in Clover Valley, as Cloverdale was known; Surrey; other settlers in the area. TRACK 2: Mrs. Teskey talks about establishing the first school in Cloverdale; her father's appointment as Reeve; the family move to Hazelmere; the family farm; school; Indian graves; Joe Semiahmoo; schools in the area; her father's work for the Yorkshire Guarantee Company in England as a settlement agent; sawmills; the Great Northern Railway; mail; stage coach routes; Halls Prairie.;

CALL NUMBER: T0779:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-03-12 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Teskey continues with stories about other settlers in Surrey; anecdotes; the naming of Hazelmere and Glenwood; childhood recollections; her work at age eleven in New Westminster and Gastown; English Bay in 1893; the family's hop farm; strawberries. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Port Mann Bridge

The item is a composite print of an industrial film, made ca. 1964 showing the engineering and construction of the Port Mann Bridge -- the last link in BC's portion of the Trans-Canada Highway -- and its official opening on 12 June 1964 by Premier W.A.C. Bennett. Also includes historical footage of 1930s traffic and the opening of Pattullo Bridge in 1937 by Premier T.D. Pattullo.

Olivia Cade interview

CALL NUMBER: T0761:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-06-01 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Cade, nee Yeomans, recounts her family's coming to Deroche in 1890; their arrival in New Westminster; construction of the family home; the murder of Mr. O'Shea in 1891; floods; church; ;Reverend Lovering; Nicomen Island; Sam MacDonald; Joe Deroche. TRACK 2: Mrs. Cade continues with recollections of Deroche; entertainment; settlement; incidents from her childhood; other settlers; Felix Parent; the Deroche family; childhood at Nicomen; Indians; Sam MacDonald.

CALL NUMBER: T0761:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-06-01 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Cade continues with recollections of Sam MacDonald; Joe Deroche; Indians; Mission circa 1900; Italians; Silverdale; the Cade family; the first telephone at Mission; Japanese farmers. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Dick Whiteside interview

CALL NUMBER: T0773:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-03-17 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Dick Whiteside recalls his parents, Helen and Guy Whiteside, and their arrival in BC in 1888; they homesteaded in Surrey, [at?] Pike and Yale Roads. He talks about the school at Tynehead in; 1900; subdivision of the homestead, today known as Fleetwood; his father's work as a fisherman in the Sunbury district; Port Mann; the land boom of 1913; Surrey Centre; the family homestead; clearing; land; logging; McNair and King Shingle Mill; other mills in Surrey; Jimmy Robson; South Westminster; Murphy's Dairy; Kennedy; Indian reserve; Johnny Wise. TRACK 2: Mr. Whiteside continues with recollections of Johnny Wise and his hotel, the Clarendon; Brownsville Hill; the Green Timbers area; the New Westminster Market; Murrayville; peddlers, Kidd & Israel; stoves; roads; Surrey Centre; John Churchland; settlers in Surrey Centre; Reverend Bell.;

CALL NUMBER: T0773:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-03-17 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Whiteside talks about Cloverdale; the Boothroyd family; Alec Matheson, a constable and blacksmith; Joe Drinkwater; Harry Bose; Tynehead; Port Kells; recreation; Crescent Beach, known as Blackie's Spit; farming; roads and trails; D.M. Robertson; Tynehead Nurseries; the Boothwell family. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Warren Gillis interview

CALL NUMBER: T0777:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Gillis talks about his parents, John Murdoch Gillis and Sammie Ann Gillis, who came from P.E.I. in 1888; they homesteaded in Tynehead. He talks about the family farm; family members; William and Donald Gillis; early life in the area; settlers in the area; travel on the Fraser River; roads in the area; Hjorth Road; his father's work as a logger; his mother's work on the farm; the New; Westminster Market; winter incidents and anecdotes. TRACK 2: Mr. Gillis talks about his father's work on the Great Northern Railway; Liverpool Station; Bonnacord Station; Port Kells; Johnny Wise's ;hotel; Brownsville; bridges over the Fraser; Great Northern Railway; incidents; school; derailment of a circus train; childhood; school activities; Annadale School; childhood; recreation; church.;

CALL NUMBER: T0777:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Gillis talks about fishing and hunting; chores and work for children; Barnston Island settlers and description; Port Kells; Port Mann; land boom; Surrey; incidents during road work; caterpillar plague in 1909; mosquitoes; D.M. Robertson. TRACK 2: Mr. Gillis continues with reminiscences about the Tynehead Church; D.M. Robertson; William Bothwell; lost in the woods in 1902; Green Timbers area; incidents involving the local policeman; Alec Mathieson.

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