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SUMMARY: "CBC Stage" was a contemporary drama series that introduced and encouraged a great many promising writers and actors, and drew attention to other literary resources in the country through adaptations.; "CBC Stage" celebrated its quarter-century of high-calibre programming in 1969. This episode is a play by Leonard Angel, a Canadian author who is a member of the Philosophy Faculty at the University ;Of Victoria. The play takes place during the American Civil War, in open country around the Maryland/Virginia border, on September 18, 1862. The protagonist is a Confederate soldier.;

SUMMARY: "Anthology" ran for over 30 years on CBC radio. It was planned as a literary magazine for radio, featuring short stories, poetry, literary talks, discussions and reports on the arts from various world; centres. This episode marks the 30th anniversary of the series. Robert Chesterman hosts the program, which includes a mosaic of some of the personalities, writers, contributors, producers who worked ;on the program in its 30 year history.;

SUMMARY: "Follies of the Fourth Estate", a variety show performed at the Hotel Vancouver Ballroom during the convention of the Canadian Western Newspaper Association. With the Twenties Roar Orchestra conducte;d by Lance Harrison, the Bud Henderson Trio, and several singers.;

SUMMARY: The script of this half hour program was prepared by Eric Nicol and John Emerson, who is also the host. Lance Harrison's dixieland band is featured, with vocalists Thora Anders, Betty Hilker and Elean;or Collins. Also featured is the Bud Henderson trio.;

SUMMARY: A Sunday morning broadcast, "Conversations with Sir Adrian Boult" featured interviews recorded in London in 1966 with the British conductor. The programs covered Boult's life and career from his first; concerts in 1914, through his association with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the London Philharmonic, and many other engagements in the recording studio and on the concert platform. The programs inc;lude music as well as the interviews.;

SUMMARY: "Emerson and Friends" was a half-hour program with the aim of "entertainment", combining music and comedy sketches. John Emerson hosts and plays music with the Chris Gage Trio (which consisted of musi;cians Chris Gage and Bud Henderson and vocalist Betty Phillips). This episode, the first in the series, features Ian Thorne and Pat Walker as guests.;

SUMMARY: "Emerson's Noon" was a weekly program providing light-hearted commentary about topical and not-so-topical events. Emerson's aim was to offer "needless advice to the housewife, infuriate the businessma;n, glorify the teenager, and generally explore sin." This is the first of thirteen programs.;

SUMMARY: "Emerson's Noon" was a weekly program providing light-hearted commentary about topical and not-so-topical events. Emerson's aim was to offer "needless advice to the housewife, infuriate the businessma;n, glorify the teenager, and generally explore sin." This is the second of thirteen programs.;

SUMMARY: "Emerson's Noon" was a weekly program providing light-hearted commentary about topical and not-so-topical events. Emerson's aim was to offer "needless advice to the housewife, infuriate the businessma;n, glorify the teenager, and generally explore sin." This is the third of thirteen programs, and includes commentary on the Vancouver International Festival and the B.C. Lions.;

SUMMARY: "Festival Theatre" was a CBC stereo monthly production devoted to "the best in radio drama". This episode, from Vancouver, was written by the British Columbia playwright Betty Lambert. "Grasshopper Hi;ll" is a memory drama, a play of past and present. It is about the aftermath of the Jewish disaster in the Second World War, and about surviving.;

SUMMARY: "Festival Theatre" was a CBC stereo monthly production devoted to "the best in radio drama". This episode, from Vancouver, was written by the British Columbia playwright Betty Lambert. "Grasshopper Hi;ll" is a memory drama, a play of past and present. It is about the aftermath of the Jewish disaster in the Second World War, and about surviving.;

SUMMARY: "Festival Theatre" was a CBC stereo monthly production devoted to "the best in radio drama". This episode, from Vancouver, was written by the British Columbia playwright Betty Lambert. "Grasshopper Hi;ll" is a memory drama, a play of past and present. It is about the aftermath of the Jewish disaster in the Second World War, and about surviving.;

SUMMARY: "Saturday Evening" was a series that aired from 8:30 to 10:00 PM. Usually in two parts, it consisted of plays, classical concerts, documentaries and talks. This episode is a concert for brass instruments from the CBC Music Festival in Vancouver in September 1976, featuring music by American composer Alan Hovhaness and German composer Hans Werner Henze. Dave Robbins conducts the CBC Brass Orchestra;. This performance was the North American premiere of Henze's "Ragtimes and Habaneras". The program also includes interviews with both composers.

SUMMARY: "CBC Monday Evening" was a multi-part series that included documentaries and interviews on the arts, along with drama and serious music. Part one of this episode is a 1965 interview with the German-Am;erican soprano, recorded in her home in California by Robert Chesterman. There is also a postscript interview by Kay Alsop, recorded in Switzerland in 1973. Part two is an interview with novelist Jan;e Rule, who now lives in British Columbia. The interviewer is Elizabeth Komisar. Part three, "Cecile Chaminade", is a 1972 recreation of a turn-of-the-century concert by the French pianist and compose;r. Don Mowatt introduces tthe concert.;

The fonds consists of 524 audio tape reels, the majority of which (484 reels) contain radio programs produced by Robert Chesterman at CBC Vancouver. The remaining 40 recordings were produced by various CBC producers during the mid-to-late-1960s, and were retained by Chesterman for "historical" purposes.

SUMMARY: This broadcast consist of an interview with Sidney Risk, a Vancouver-born actor, who speaks of his life and experiences with acting and the Vancouver Theatre. Note: The broadcast date is unknown.;

SUMMARY: A documentary about King's College, Cambridge.;

SUMMARY: This episode features one of the most famous contemporary ensembles performing the "music of our time" -- The Fires Of London, directed by the British composer Peter Maxwell Davies. As composer, cond;uctor and teacher, Davies is preeminent in British and International circles. This broadcast is a studio recital which The Fires Of London gave for the Vancouver New Music Society in November 1976, in;cludes the new work "Ave Maria Stella". The program also includes an interview with Davies by Robert Chesterman.;

SUMMARY: The radio mini-series "The Globetrotter" was a satirical comedy relating the life and times of Captain Gerrard Tharpe. This episode, the first in the series, is entitled "The Missing Expedition".;

SUMMARY: The radio mini-series "The Globetrotter" was a satirical comedy relating the life and times of Captain Gerrard Tharpe. This episode, the second in the series, is entitled "Fugacious Foghorns". Tharpe ;is in his home relaxing when he learns that a foghorn has vanished.;

SUMMARY: The radio mini-series "The Globetrotter" was a satirical comedy relating the life and times of Captain Gerrard Tharpe. This episode, the third in the series, is entitled "The Great Buried Treasure Hun;t". Tharpe is in his home in Regina entertaining a woman. A man breaks into his apartment and goes through his desk, finding a treasure map. This leads to an expedition to the South Pole, and then to ;Cairo.;

SUMMARY: The radio mini-series "The Globetrotter" was a satirical comedy relating the life and times of Captain Gerrard Tharpe. This episode, number four in the series, is part 1 of 2 of "The Orient Express My;stery". Tharpe decides he wants to take a vacation, and rides from France to Istanbul aboard the Orient Express.;

SUMMARY: The radio mini-series "The Globetrotter" was a satirical comedy relating the life and times of Captain Gerrard Tharpe. This episode, number five in the series, is part 2 of 2 of "The Orient Express My;stery". Tharpe decides he wants to take a vacation, and rides from France to Istanbul aboard the Orient Express.;