Biography of Joseph Colebrook Harris
- MS-0819
- File
- 1978
Biography of Joseph Colebrook Harris, New Denver area rancher, dairy farmer and essayist, prepared by his son.
Biography of Joseph Colebrook Harris
Biography of Joseph Colebrook Harris, New Denver area rancher, dairy farmer and essayist, prepared by his son.
Harold Winch interview : [Shaw & Wilkerson, 1973]
RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-02-24 SUMMARY: [No content summary available for this tape.] Interviewers are R. Shaw (track 1) and G. Wickerson (track 2).;
Party and press portrayals of the British Columbia CCF-NDP: 1937-1979 / Bruce Alan Mackenzie
The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Bruce Alan Mackenzie titled "Party and press portrayals of the British Columbia CCF-NDP: 1937-1979." viii, 146 pages: figs. Thesis (M.A.), University of Victoria, 1981. Vita. Bibliography: pages 143-146.
Purchased from the National Library, 1987.
Provincial election speeches, 1945, by May Campbell and Fred Bevis, CCF candidates for Victoria
SUMMARY: SIDE 1: Campaign speech by Victoria City CCF candidate May Campbell (5:14). SIDE 2: Campaign speech by Victoria City CCF candidate Fred Bevis (5:15).;
CALL NUMBER: T3529:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Syd Thompson : recollections of years as a labour organizer : part 1 PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1939 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-06-12 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: In an interview with Colleen Bostwick, Syd Thompson discusses his personal background. Recollections of first working experiences. Life in a relief camp in Ontario during the Depression. Coming to Vancouver in the 1930s. Experiences with the relief camp workers' union. Comments on the relief system in Vancouver. TRACK 2: Comments on the differences between the CCF and the Communist Party of Canada. Attitudes and political ideas of single unemployed men in Vancouver during the Depression of the 1930s. Organized labour and political action. Anecdotes about life in various relief camps in western Canada. Comments on the effects of the relief camp system. (Cont'd on T3529:0002) CALL NUMBER: T3529:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Syd Thompson : recollections of years as a labour organizer : part 2 PERIOD COVERED: 1935-1935 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: (Continues interview of 1978-06-12) Syd Thompson comments on the effect of the Depression of the 1930s on the labour movement in Canada. The inadequacies of the capitalist system. Organizing in the relief camps in Alberta. Anecdotes and stories related to experiences in prison. TRACK 2: (Continuation of interview, 1978-08-21) Further comments on organizing in relief camps. Description of conditions in relief camps in B.C. Social life and conditions during the Depression. Leaving the Communist party. Other experiences during the Depression. CALL NUMBER: T3529:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Syd Thompson : recollections of years as a labour organizer : part 3 PERIOD COVERED: 1935-1940 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Syd Thompson describes his experiences in the army during the Second World War. Memories of movies he went to during the 1930s. General comments on class divisions in society and the lack of a proper division of wealth. The effect of the Depression of the 1930s on Thompson's later life. Recollection of the On-To-Ottawa Trek. TRACK 2: Recollections of experiences while organizing in a relief camp at Banff. Other memories of organizing on the prairies. Hobo jungles in B.C. during the Depression. Comments on his children and expectations for their lives. (End of interview)
The Rod Young affair in the British Columbia Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / Elaine Bernard
The item is a thesis by Elaine Bernard. It is titled "The Rod Young affair in the British Columbia Co-operative Commonwealth Federation". 94 leaves. Thesis (M.A.), University of British Columbia, 1979. Bibliography: leaves 89-94. Vita. Canadian theses, 46072.
University of British Columbia. Special Collections Division.
Inventories of the papers of Dorothy Steeves, Ernest Winch and Leonard Shepherd, all held in the Special Collections Division of the University of British Columbia Library.
Presented by Special Collections, UBC, 1978.
University of British Columbia. Library. Special Collections Division