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SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): CBC Vancouver in the 1940s PERIOD COVERED: 1938-ca. 1965 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1983-03-23 SUMMARY: Kenneth Caple joined the School Broadcasting Committee in 1940. Head of CBC School Broadcasts for four years, 1940-1944. Comments on Ira Dilworth, Regional Director of the CBC. Caple becomes Regional Program Director, 1944, and Regional Director, 1947. The training of CBC announcers. The CBC as a contributor to Canadian life.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-11-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Max Stern's first contact with Emily Carr, 1944. Description of Carr's workshop. Arrangements for the Montreal exhibition of Carr's paintings at the Dominion Gallery, Montreal, 1944. The choice of paintings for the exhibition. Stern's own background in art history. Description of the Carr exhibition. Sales from the show. Stern's description of Carr. Their friendship. Stern acted as sales agent for the Carr estate after Carr's death in 1945. The role of Ira Dilworth. Value of Carr's paintings in 1944. Stern's assessment of Carr's place in Canadian and world art history. Comments on the Carr Arts Centre, Victoria. Carr's character. Carr compared to other artists. TRACK 2: Discussion of Carr's painting of Juan de Fuca Strait. Carr's education and training. Influences on Carr, especially in the period 1911-1914. (End of interview)