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CALL NUMBER: T2392:0005 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Peter Webster on sports days and his work as a fisherman PERIOD COVERED: 1907-1977 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Webster discusses the importance of sports days on the West Coast of Vancouver Island. Special mention is made of Makah Days in the state of Washington. He describes the range of activities at these sports days. TRACK 2: More on sports days. Discussion of his childhood and his becoming a fisherman. He relates his beginnings as a seal hunter and the traditional ritual involved in seal hunting. CALL NUMBER: T2392:0006 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Stories of the contact period and discussion of Native Indian music PERIOD COVERED: 1700-1977 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Webster continues his discussion of the ritual of seal hunting and his career as a fisherman. He talks of the different types of canoes. Mr. Webster discusses the Native tradition relating to the origin of the word Nootka and a story about the enslavement of Jewitt and Thompson by Chief Maquinna. Also a story on the Spanish contact with the Natives. TRACK 2: Discussion of contact period and another story about it. Mr. Webster describes his involvement in Indian music, types of songs, and their importance in Native culture. CALL NUMBER: T2392:0007 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Mr. Webster discusses Native Indian music PERIOD COVERED: 1907-1977 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Webster discusses the importance of music in the past and today. He discusses composing Native Indian songs. The use of dancing and music in Indian culture. Costumes used. [TRACK 2: blank; end of interview.]

SUMMARY: "Saturday Evening" was a series of 1.5 hour programs broadcast from 8:30 to 10:00 PM on Saturday nights. The series ran from October 1962 to the spring of 1967. Usually in two parts, the programs feat;ured plays, classical concerts, documentaries and talks. This episode, "Music Of The Nootka", is an "illustrated talk" on the music of the Indians of the British Columbia coast, with special reference; to the Nootka. The performers are singers of the Gitksan, Tsimshian and Cowichan peoples, and a Nootkan group from Ahousat, B.C., led by Peter Webster.;

Fonds consists of mulitmedia records documenting Ida Halpern's professional work and private affairs of her life in Canada. The records document predominantly Halpern's study of the art and culture of First Nation's communities on the West Coast of British Columbia. In particular, Halpern's studies focus on the musical traditions and cultures of First Nations communities. Halpern's recordings include music from the Kwakwaka'wakw peoples, Nuu-chah-nulth peoples, Haida peoples, and the Coast Salish peoples. There is also a considerable amount of textual material concerning Halpern's study of her recordings and publication of her conclusions on her work. Material from her writings as a music critic and supporter of local arts comprises a smaller portion of the fonds. There are also records of Halpern's private affairs in the form of correspondence, photographs and various ephemera.

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. This episode is a documentary about the British Columbia whaling industry, which came to an end in September 1967, and about "the 'poe;try' of whaling" (in the words of producer Norman Newton). It includes Nootkan whaling songs and stories by Peter Webster; the description of a whale hunt aboard the "Westwhale 8"; and interviews with; the vessel's crew members, including skipper and harpooner Captain Arne Borgen.;