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Industrial film. A comprehensive look at mining in B.C., made to attract employees to the industry. Shows prospecting, core sampling; mine interiors, including the Sullivan mine (with electric trains); train (with steam locomotives) taking ore to smelter; smelter operations (including lead and zinc refining and production of fertilizer from smelter by-products); Bralorne mine; open-pit coal mine at Corbin; discussion of safety and health care for miners; amenities provided for the comfort of miners in mining camps, and for their families at larger camps.

SUMMARY: Radio program with Ellen Harris, announcer, about: health, children, Queen Alexandra Solarium in Vancouver; youth, children's art classes.;

SUMMARY: Coalition candidate George S. Pearson talks about B.C. Hospital Insurance coverage.;

SUMMARY: Liberal MLA George Gregory addresses the annual dinner of the Victoria Medical Society, December 1958, on the subject of "the medical-legal partnership in personal injury negligence cases".

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1962-03-28 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Dr. Bryant talks about Dr. Helmcken, Dr. Davie, and other pioneer doctors; early training for medicine; recollections about area doctors and hospitals; first impressions of Victoria in 1911; downtown buildings; the real estate boom; effects of World War I; Victoria of the 1960s; tourism; passenger boats; Mr. Sayward; the Protestant orphanage; the Tolmie family; prominent early families; the Dunsmuirs and the Wilson family. TRACK 2: Dr. Bryant continues with his recollections about Victoria families; the Tolmie family; Bishop Cridge; Joe Norris; Chinese residents; and the East Indian population.

CALL NUMBER: T1467:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Jane Lehman talks about her early life and later experiences in the Tatla Lake/Anahim Lake area of the Chilcotin, from 1919 to 1964; her first memories of arriving in the Cariboo with her family, the Bryants; a description of the journey to Tatla Lake; life at Tatla Lake; further education and training as a nurse; more on her childhood; her brothers and sisters; and episodes at Anahim Lake. TRACK 2: Mrs. Lehman continues with more on life at Anahim Lake; experiences as a nurse in the area; comments on local Indians and how they have changed; and memories of particular Indians.

CALL NUMBER: T1467:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Lehman describes details and anecdotes about travel in the bush, her nursing experiences, delivering babies, health care in the area, and more on her experiences in the bush and with Indians. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Out-takes. The economic and other benefits enjoyed by BC residents as a result of political leadership and industrial development in the province. Includes sequences on primary and secondary industries; the damming of the Columbia and Peace Rivers for hydro-electric power and flood control; expansion of highways; BC Ferries; tourism; assistance to homeowners; medical services; educational facilities; etc. Premier W.A.C. Bennett makes some brief prepared remarks at the beginning and end of the film.

Promotional film. The economic and other benefits enjoyed by BC residents as a result of political leadership and industrial development in the province. Includes sequences on primary and secondary industries; the damming of the Columbia and Peace Rivers for hydro-electric power and flood control; expansion of highways; BC Ferries; tourism; assistance to homeowners; medical services; educational facilities; etc. Premier W.A.C. Bennett makes some brief prepared remarks at the film's beginning and end.

The item is a video copy of a promotional film. The first part contains "The Good Life" about the economic and other benefits enjoyed by BC residents as a result of political leadership and industrial development in the province. Includes sequences on primary and secondary industries; the damming of the Columbia and Peace Rivers for hydro-electric power and flood control; expansion of highways; BC Ferries; tourism; assistance to homeowners; medical services; educational facilities; etc. Premier W.A.C. Bennett makes some brief prepared remarks at the film's beginning and end.

The second item on the tape is "Twenty great years in British Columbia" which is a review of industrial development and economic growth in the province under the Social Credit government of W.A.C. Bennett, 1952-72, and an outline of the measures planned in its 1972 budget. Beginning with a review of BC's economic situation in 1951-52, the film shows how Social Credit policies encouraged development through improved highways, the BC Ferry system, the encouragement of tourism, the extension of the PGE Railway and the construction of power projects on the Peace and Columbia Rivers. The planned expenditures and priorities of the 1972 budget are illustrated.

CALL NUMBER: T0512:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-07-20 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: A.L. Wright discusses: his personal and family background; early Vancouver; first involvement with Sun Life Insurance Company; re-joined Sun Life after going over seas to fight in WW I; dealings with VGH before he was on the Hospital Board; becoming a member of the Hospital Board; characterization of the Board when he joined; getting appointed the Executive of the Hospital Board; wife's role in Women's Auxiliary. TRACK 2: A.L. Wright discusses his role on the Executive of the Hospital Board: the Centennial Building; Mr. Hickernell; the University Hospital; tour of other hospitals across North America prior to the construction of the Centennial Building.

CALL NUMBER: T0512:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-07-20 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Wright discusses: the formation of a Public Relations Department for VGH; Children's Hospital; UBC Faculty of Medicine at VGH, 1946-49; changes on the Board throughout his time on it. TR;ACK 2: More on his period as Chairman of the Board. Contact with the Director of Nursing. His relationship with the union of hospital workers. Concluding thoughts on VGH and the Hospital Board. (End of interview)

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-10-17&18 SUMMARY: In an interview with W.J. Langlois, George Ruddick discusses his various roles at VGH, from working in the laundry room to assistant director of VGH under Hickernell to executive director of the hospital. He talks about individuals he worked with over the years including Dr. Haywood, Mr. Hickernell, Dr. Ranta, Miss Palliser, Miss Fairley, Dr. McCreary, Myron Weaver, G.F. Strong, Dick Fladgate. Also discusses: the Hamilton Report; the Board of Trustees; B.C.H.I.S.; beginning of the Medical School; Centennial Pavilion; his relations with the medical staff; growth of the hospital over the years; role of the Women's Auxiliary; controversy around Mr. Hickernell's departure; his role as executive director -- goals, accomplishments, disappointments; the Medical Board; expansion of VGH; public relations and VGH; bed allocation problem; hospital politics; University Health Science Centre; open heart surgery in the Willow Chest Centre; relations with government; issue of whether VGH should be an open or closed hospital; Agnew-Peckham Report; creation of the Greater Regional Hospital District; financial problems; development of Medicare -- impact on VGH; changes in nursing; role of doctors in running the hospital.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973 SUMMARY: [No content summaries available for these tapes.];

CALL NUMBER: T0522:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-09-23 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Dr. Bede Harrison discusses: his background in Australia, his medical practice in London; coming to Canada and starting at VGH in radiology; first impressions of VGH -- cramped buildings, old equipment; Dr. Haywood was administrator when he first arrived. TRACK 2: Dr. Harrison: goals he had when he started at VGH in radiology; Gordon Shrum; the Hamilton Report; effect of war years on his department; experience working with Dr. Haywood; Mr. Hickernell; Mr. Weaver; medical politics at VGH; medical school; Centennial Pavilion.

CALL NUMBER: T0522:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-09-23 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Dr. Harrison discusses: characterization of Dr. G.F. Strong; problems with space at VGH; involvement with the superannuation scheme; Hickernell unpopular with doctors; why he left VGH; assessment of quality of doctors at VGH. (End of interview)

CALL NUMBER: T0517:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-08-14 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Walter McNaughton (of the VGH Board of Trustees) discusses: background -- raised in Scotland, came to Canada with his wife in 1932, trained as a chartered accountant; his work history -- working in accounting firms and photographic businesses; retired in 1972; became involved with VGH in early '50s after election of Social Credit government; getting on to the Board of Trustees; first impression of Mr. Hickernell; committees he was on as Board member; disagreements on the Board; VGH's lack of funds. TRACK 2: Mr. McNaughton discusses: his relationship with Eric Martin, the Socred Health Minister; the Hamilton Report; make-up of the Board; civic politics and VGH; few changes in hospital administration while he was on the Board.

CALL NUMBER: T0517:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-08-14 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. McNaughton discusses: the issue of hospital insurance; the change from VGH being a city hospital to a provincial hospital; out-patient department; problems with Mr. Hickernell; salary negotiations; VGH had poor public relations in the 1950s and '60s; Centennial Pavilion; Dr. McCreary story. TRACK 2: Mr. McNaughton: Mr. Weaver becomes Executive Director; Dr. Ranta's role; opinion of Loffmark, the minister of health after Martin; always wanted VGH to be a teaching hospital; nursing was often ignored; minutes at Board meetings. (End of interview)

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973 SUMMARY: [No content summaries available for these tapes.];

CALL NUMBER: T0511:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): History of Vancouver General Hospital since 1904 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Early life in Vancouver. Parents' interest in community activities, ca. 1904. Description of VGH, ca. 1910. Hospital Board meetings. The Veteran's Hospital, 1918. Construction problems at VGH;. Activities of the Women's Auxiliary. Education of O.W. Banfield. Description of the UBC facilities, ca. 1908. McGill University association with UBC. TRACK 2: Extra-curricular activities at UBC, 19;19-22. Description of the Hospital Campus. Banfield appointment to the VGH Hospital Board. Hospital problems during 1940s. Role of various aldermen on the Hospital Board. Influence of the Medical Board on hospital policy, 1940-55. CALL NUMBER: T0511:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Administration of the Hospital Board and VGH Medical Facilities RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: The Blue Cross Hospital Insurance program. Effects of the Blue Cross system on the VGH, 1942-48. Mr. L. Hickernell as VGH Chief Administrator. The VGH Board during 1940s. Bequests and donations to the VGH, 1940-55. VGH association with the UBC Medical facility, ca. 1948. VGH medical staff involvement with UBC Medical School. Creation of the Children's Hospital. TRACK 2: The problem of location for the Children's Hospital, ca. 1945-50. Vancouver city contributions to the VGH, 1940-60. Relations between VGH and St. Paul's Hospital. Construction programs at the VGH. Construction of the Nurse's Residence. Function of the Building Committee. CALL NUMBER: T0511:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Planning and function of the VGH, 1948-1960 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: The work of Mr. Leon Hickernell as Executive Director of the VGH. VGH development of facilities. VGH organization of departments. The problem of growth at VGH. The continuing problem of hospital finances. Race relations at VGH. The Medical Board and the VGH Board of Trustees, 1955. Dr. Ranta joins the VGH, 1955. Planning the Centennial Pavilion. TRACK 2: The official meetings of the Building Committee. Designing VGH as a provincial health centre. Problem of provincial government recognition for VGH as an acute care facility. The work of the Executive Committee during the tenure of Mr. Leon Hickernell. Partisan politics at the Board level. CALL NUMBER: T0511:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): The job of Hospital Administrator at the VGH RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Choosing the Hospital Board Chairman, 1957. Duties of the Board Chairman. Duties of the Medical Board and the Board of Trustees. Changes in the role of the Executive Chairman. Provincial government obstruction of the VGH development plans. Banfield's relationship with Eric Martin. Board relations with the Medical staff. Board handling of Public Relations. Board relations with the mass media. TRACK 2: Development of the University Hospital. Development of the Centennial Pavilion. The powers of the Hospital Board Chairman. Conducting Annual Board meetings. Politics at the Hospital Board level. The retirement of Mr. L. Hickernell of the VGH. Dr. L.E. Ranta's position in the VGH administration. Early departmentalization of the VGH. Duties of the Director of Nursing. CALL NUMBER: T0511:0005 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Past Chairmen of the VGH Board of Trustees RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: George Miller, chairman of the VGH Board. Characterizations of Mr. Des Brisay and Mr. Dal Grauer. Description of Mr. Sandy Wright. Chairman Larry B. Jack. Chairman William Street. Characterization of Treasurer Tom Dickson. Various Chairmen of the VGH Medical Board. Dr. Gilles, Dr. G.F. Strong, Dr. Hodgins, the Hamilton Report. TRACK 2: Meetings between the VGH Medical Board and the Board of Trustees. Final impressions on the work with the VGH Board. (End of interview)

CALL NUMBER: T0523:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-09-23 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Dr. Williams discusses: joining VGH in the dermatology field in 1938; first impressions of VGH; dermatology not well-established at VGH when he arrived; characterization of Dr. Ranta; his work as an administrator; VD problem during World War II; returning to VGH after the war; Mr. Hickernell; advent of the medical school; problems between UBC and VGH over the medical centre; his association with the University began in 1940 when he was appointed as an honourary lecturer; associate professor in 1951; Myron Weaver. TRACK 2: Dr. Williams: problems with the medical school; relationship between medical school and hospital; students at the medical school; Weaver leaves school; opinion of Dr. Patterson; becoming Head of Dermatology in 1951; growth of VGH and how this affected dermatology unit; constant controversy around Dr. Strong; Board of Trustees problems. CALL NUMBER: T0523:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-10-05 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Dr. Williams: the Hamilton Report; limiting of staff size in the 1950s; controversy over bed allocation; Hickernell's departure; UBC-VGH relations: role of Dr. McCreary in establishing a university hospital; Dr. Williams did not leave his consulting practice until 1960; assessment of his years at VGH; advent of medicare; development of the nursing program at VGH; his interest in the Continuing Medical Education initiative; Kellogg Foundation support; election of Medical Board chairman. TRACK 2: Dr. Williams: image of VGH in the community; influence of VGH on other hospitals in the province; role of the dean of the medical school; specific achievements of the medical school over the years; Dr. Ranta; personal reflection on his career; Health Science Centre. (End of interview)

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-08-11 SUMMARY: [No content summaries available for these tapes.];

CALL NUMBER: T0513:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): The hospital pharmacist at VGH RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-08-07 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Percy Cunningham discusses: Mr. Ruddick before he became Executive Director at VGH; impression of Mr. Ruddick; impression of Mr. Weaver; the role of Mr. Ranta at VGH; social contacts at VGH; impressions of the old out-patient facilities at VGH. [TRACK 2: blank.]

CALL NUMBER: T0513:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): The hospital pharmacist at VGH RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-08-09 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Percy Cunningham discusses: the changing role of the hospital pharmacist; effects of increased reliance on drug use in hospitals since 1935; the cost and effectiveness of drugs; the role of the Pharmacy Committee at VGH; compilation of the VGH Formulary; VGH testing of drugs; expansion of VGH pharmacy, 1948-73. TRACK 2: Mr. Cunningham: planning of the Centennial Pavilion; changes in VGH because of the Centennial Pavilion addition; impression of Mr. Hickernell; personal view of work at VGH.

CALL NUMBER: T0513:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): The hospital pharmacist at VGH RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-08-09 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Cunningham discusses: his opinions of Mr. Ruddick, Mr. Weaver, Mr. Ranta; old out-patient department. Concluding thoughts. (End of interview)

CALL NUMBER: T0521:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dr. F.P. Patterson, Head of Orthopedics, UBC Faculty of Medicine at VGH PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1963 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-09-12 SUMMARY: Dr. F.P. Patterson: orthopedic surgeon, Vancouver General Hospital, 1945 to date of interview. VGH after WW II. The field of orthopedics at VGH after WWII. The establishment of the University of British Columbia Medical School and the various changes brought about by its establishment. The administration of VGH in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Head of Orthopedics, 1950 and building a new university department in medicine. The relationship of UBC and VGH over the Faculty of Medicine. Changes at VGH caused by the Medical School. The medical board and Board of Trustees in the 1950s.;

CALL NUMBER: T0521:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Development of health care, Vancouver General Hospital PERIOD COVERED: 1950-1973 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-09-19 SUMMARY: Dr. F.P. Patterson: Discussion of the operation of Vancouver General Hospital services and the privileges of doctors in the 1950s and 1960s. Problems with bed allocation. Dr. John F. McCreery, Dean of Medicine. The operation of the medical school. UBC Health Science Centre and its concept. Competition between UBC and VGH. Discussion of hospital administration. Problems during this period with the physical plant and hospital facilities. Discussion of the achievements of VGH -- cardiac facility, renal failure unit, physical medicine and occupation therapy, Canadian Arthritic Centre. Discussion of the G.F. Strong Rehabilitation Centre.;

CALL NUMBER: T0521:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Vancouver General Hospital in the 1960s PERIOD COVERED: 1945-1973 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-09-24 SUMMARY: Dr. F.P. Patterson: His role as Chairman of the Medical Board of VGH. Concept of the Medical Board. Description of Leon Hickernell and George Ruddick, Executive Directors. Impact of the Agnew-Peckam Report on VGH. Morale at VGH. Size of VGH and the variety of services offered. Care of patients and training at VGH. Development of orthopedics in British Columbia. Importance of field after WW II. (End of interview);

CALL NUMBER: T0518:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-09-05 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Ralph Baker (of the VGH Board of Trustees) discusses: his background -- born in Louisiana, worked for the Standard Oil Company of California in Seattle, then Vancouver in 1938; retired in 1963; while in Vancouver, he took an active interest in community affairs; becoming a member of the Board of Trustees with VGH; first impression of hospital and Board; nursing profession overlooked by many; out-patient fiasco; Mr. Loffmark, the minister of health. TRACK 2: Mr. Baker: advent of a medical hospital -- fear that the building of a Health Science Centre would take funding from VGH; opinion of socialized medicine; psychiatric facilities built in mid-'60s.

CALL NUMBER: T0518:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-09-05 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Baker discusses: opinion of Mr. Ruddick; relationship between government and hospital administration; effect of Regional Hospital District on VGH; his time as Chairman of the Board of Trustees; public relations at VGH. TRACK 2: Mr. Baker discusses: the creation of the 200 bed extended care facility; the Accreditation Committee; Lawrence Ranta; abortion issue; changes in the Board since he first started on it. (End of interview)

The item is an audio recording of an interview with Alexander Douglas Turnbull, recorded in Victoria in 1974.

T0270:0001: Background, education and work for Cominco at Trail, B.C. Discussion of work for Cominco. Political discussion group, Liberal Party. Development of Coalition Government. Running for election in 1948, defeat. Election of 1949 and becoming an MLA. Work to improve conditions in riding. Throne speech, Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, 1949. Discussion of British Columbia Hospital Insurance Service, problems of initiating it and administration. Role of George Pearson, Minister of Labour and Minister of Health and Welfare. Discussion of legislation.

T0270:0002: Discussion of the problem of financing hospital insurance. Reaction of the voters in Trail, B.C. to the Coalition. Affect of road construction in political campaigning. Relationship with C.C.F. Appointment as Minister of Health and Welfare, 1950 and initial approach to the problem of hospital insurance. Role of Herbert Anscomb as Minister of Finance. Problems with: payment of premiums for hospital insurance, setting up program, housing of program's operations, and overall criticisms of program. Expansion of Vancouver General Hospital and the establishment of the Faculty of Medicine at U.B.C. Attempt to put hospital insurance on sound financial basis. Hospital insurance as a political issue.

T0270:0003: The British Columbia Hospital Insurance Service, and the reaction of the medical profession to its establishment. Budgetary control of hospitals under BCHIS. Payment of premiums to BCHIS. Involvement of Byron Johnson and Herbert Anscomb with hospital insurance. Budget Speech, Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Byron Johnson and his automobile accident. W.A.C. Bennett crossing the floor and leaving the Conservative Party. Operation of government in the Coalition period. Description of Health and Welfare Department. Increasing costs of BCHIS.

T0270:0004: Creation of Hospital Insurance Inquiry Board to investigate British Columbia Hospital Insurance Service by Legislative Assembly. Attempt to use it as a political issue. Minister's relationship with inquiry board. Directing of inquiry by Sidney Smith, MLA. Problem of morale at BCHIS during inquiry. Mannix Report, Hamilton Report. Preliminary recommendations of inquiry board. Favourable response of hospital administrators to BCHIS. Criticism of inquiry board. Political pressures against Coalition and problems between Herbert Anscomb and Byron Johnson.

T0270:0005 track 1: Mr. Turnbull discusses in detail the last year of the Coalition government of Boss Johnson in 1951-52. He focuses on the details of the British Columbia Hospital Insurance Service, which he was responsible for. He discusses the impact of the BCHIS on the electorate. He mentions why Premier Johnson called the election.
T0270:0005 track 2: In the last half of the tape Mr. Turnbull provides even greater detail on the concept and funding of the BCHIS at the time of the 1952 provincial election.

The item is an audio recording of an address given by Bill Bennett in 1974.
In an address at the annual dinner of the Victoria Medical Society, December 6, 1974, BC, Social Credit Opposition Leader Bill Bennett discusses: health care in British Columbia, criticisms of the NDP government, and the program of the Social Credit Party. Bennett is introduced by Dr. Howard McDiarmid and thanked by Dr. Charles Ireland.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dr. John H. Moore : medicine in B.C. in the early 20th century PERIOD COVERED: 1907-1950 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1974 SUMMARY: [No content summary is available for this interview.]

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Lieutenant Governor Walter S. Owen addresses the Victoria Medical Society RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975-12-05 SUMMARY: Lieutenant Governor Walter S. Owen addresses the annual dinner of the Victoria Medical Society, December 5, 1975. Introduction by Dr. Scott Wallace.

The item is an audio recording of an interview with Wesley Black.
T1410:0001: Wesley Drewett Black describes: his early career in the teaching profession; his service in B.C. at Newlands, Giscome, Britannia Beach and Creston. Joined Social Credit party in 1951 and attended early Socred organization meetings in this year. He was a winning candidate for the Socreds in the 1952 provincial election in the Nelson-Creston constituency. Appointed Provincial Secretary in July 1952. Mr. Black reflects upon the first Social Credit cabinet in B.C.

T1410:0002: W.D. Black continues to discuss the first Social Credit administration in B.C. in 1952. He reflects upon the defeat of this minority government and their subsequent re-election in 1953. Black recalls in detail the underlying political climate during this era in B.C. history. He discusses in detail the problems he encountered in improving mental health policy in B.C. during the early period of the second W.A.C. Bennett government.

T1410:0003: W.D. Black continues his explanation of the reforms that he implemented in the civil service after 1953 when he was Provincial Secretary. Discussion of life as a cabinet minister. Reference to changes in legislative procedures and the electoral process. Discussion of the implementation of Social Credit policies during 1953-54.

T1410:0004 track 1: W.D. Black discusses the civil service 1952-72. The problem of coming to grips with the civil service upon taking office. The work of the Stevenson Kellogg Co. in studying the civil service. The development of programs and pension plans for the civil service.
Track 2: Also discusses the growth of the B.C. Government Employees Association. The one day strike of the association is discussed. The implications of the Carruthers Report, and relations between the government and the association.

T1410:0005 track 1: W.D. Black discusses: relations with the press; workload as a cabinet minister and travel demands; the Columbia River Basin development on his constituency; road building programs.
Track 2: Black describes the development of a provincial medicare plan, the problems of devising a comprehensive medicare scheme, and relation with the medical profession.

T1410:0006 track 1: W.D. Black discusses the final stages in the development of the Medical Services Plan of B.C., and the legislation that brought the plan into being. W.D. Black appointed as Minister of Health to implement plan. Negotiations with Ottawa to bring the plan under the national scheme's framework.
Track 2: The Sommers scandal and the charges made by Gordon Gibson Sr. regarding payoffs in the granting of forest management licenses.

T1410:0007 track 1: Plans for the 1958 Centennial under the direction of L.J. Wallace and W.D. Black. Discussion of W.A.C. Bennett's concept of Northern Development.
Track 2: Mr. Black's attention to constituency matters during his period in office. The development of regional districts in B.C.

T1410:0008: track 1: W.D. Black discusses Woodlands School and problems with the press regarding it. Development of a legislative Hansard for B.C. The 1958 ferry strike and the development of the idea for a B.C. ferry system. The origination of the official B.C. flag.
Track 2: Discussion of civil defense, the building of fall-out shelters and the problems of getting people involved in civil defense. Discussion of the 1960 provincial election and elections in general.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Revelstoke Hospital (Queen Victoria Hospital) and Revelstoke ca. 1913 RECORDED: Revelstoke (B.C.), 1975-03-10 SUMMARY: Personal information; nurse's training in Alberta; description of Queen Victoria Hospital in 1913; duties as a nurse; injuries handled; hospital fees; hospital insurance plan; doctors; duties of the matron; trip on a paddleboat; incidents; hospital in Arrowhead; Workmen's Compensation; Revelstoke's nurses training school; medical equipment and techniques; post office robbery; Chase Hospital; Revelstoke in 1913; more on the hospital.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): "The Willing Horse" RECORDED: Sicamous (B.C.), 1975-04-14 SUMMARY: Reasons for coming to Revelstoke; personal information; Queen Victoria Hospital; founding of the Revelstoke and District Historical Association; history of the snowmobile donated to the museum; forming of the Revelstoke Development Association; more on the Revelstoke and District Historical Association.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Mental Hygiene Division : early years, 1948-1954 RECORDED: West Vancouver (B.C.), 1976-03-18 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Personal background; education; psychology graduate from UBC in 1948; joined Mental Hygiene Division in 1948; description of staff; Dr. Gundry; interest in mental health; clinical set up; educational functions; work in well-baby clinics; relationship with Public Health Nurse; counselling; publications and flimsies; training at Toronto Sick Children's Hospital in play therapy and speech therapy; descriptions; various testing guides; work in schools; referrals; PTA; concern for 7-12 year olds; relationship with provincial organisations and other community groups. TRACK 2: Community services; special facilities for the emotionally handicapped; community work in PTA and at UBC, Clinical role of the psychologist: the set-up, tests, counselling, conferences, and public health follow-up. Ideas about mental health in the early years; Vancouver the provincial leader. Growth of Mental Hygiene Division, staff, information, acceptance and awareness of problem. Summary: results of work; publications for reference.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): A social psychiatric overview of Vancouver RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1976-02-10 SUMMARY: The first in a series of eight seminars at UBC on the social and human problems in Vancouver, BC, Canada and the world. Chaired by Lila Quastel, a professor at the UBC School of Rehabilitative Medicine. TRACK 1: Introduction by Professor Quastel, giving Dr. John Cumming's background. Overview of child abuse, chronic mental illness, suicide, addiction. Outline of what he wishes to cover in talk. Pathology: what it is, what causes it, where it exists. Sets press release about charge cards into perspective. Definition of pathology comes from the symptoms caused by syphilis, epilepsy, pellagra. Senility or brain changes not included, as they do not fit the facts. Psychoses: diseases based on genetics and bio-chemistry. Evidence of inherited predisposition, though may not manifest in itself. Studies referred to that back up this statement. Small numbers of people involved. Equates his arthritis with psychoses. State of Vancouver services; suicide numbers and facts. TRACK 2: Definition of addiction and why Dr. Cumming believes our society is vulnerable to it. Definition of "neurotic paradox". The advantage taken by power-hungry and money-hungry to place temptation in the way of others, preying on the human condition. Lila Quastel takes over for group discussion.