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SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): United Church minister and C.C.F. activist : Reverend Harold Tuttle Allen PERIOD COVERED: 1909-1977 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Reverend Harold Tuttle Allen discusses his family background and birth in Montreal in 1902. Family came to Naramata in 1909. Schooling. Decision to become a United Church minister. Theological training. First position at Coalmont, B.C. Marriage and children. Pastorates at McBride, Terrace and Cumberland. Special services. Summer camps. TRACK 2: Founds first C.C.F. group in Terrace. C.C.F.; work at Cumberland. Running for office at Cumberland. Secretary of Victoria Presbytery. Move to Sardis in 1939. Wartime activities. Fernie: anti-education attitude. Haney, 1949-1953. Vancouver returned soldiers' area, 1953-1956. Field secretary in Lord's Day Alliance. Retired to Victoria and work at churches there. C.C.F. candidate in Victoria in 1966. Alcoholism as a problem in the community. Theological and social ideas.;