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RECORDED: Vernon (B.C.), 1979-05-24 SUMMARY: Mrs. Fulton (nee Marjorie Kenney), a teacher all her life, tells of teaching in the small community of Sheridan Lake (1936-37). Then a difficult teaching situation in Fraser Lake (1937-39): 34 children, 8 in grade 1, 8 in grade 8. Children were easier to teach then. Fraser Lake was a mill town; everybody worked on the cutting of millwork. She has an interview published in primary teacher's magazine.

RECORDED: Hornby Island (B.C.), 1979-11-03 SUMMARY: Mrs. Smith recalls arriving at Hornby Island on the CPR boat "Charmer" in 1921 as an 18-year-old teacher. Describes quiet island life at that time. Most of islanders were sheep farmers. Tells of meeting her husband when she was teaching on Denman and he on Hornby, he courted her using a secret code they flashed between the islands. Communication between Hornby and Vancouver Island -- rowboat travel, supplies, mail, etc.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Katie Monks RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979 SUMMARY: In an interview with Bob Bossin, Catherine Monks discusses: Dr. Dixson tongue depressor anecdote; her arrival in Tofino as a school teacher in 1929; plays she 'directed' at the school; Mr. Brinkman, an Englishman, gifted at drawing, who worked as the night-watchman, also wrote plays for the school, badly scarred in war, well-educated; Japanese evacuation; relations pre-war between the Japanese and whites were good. Describes life in Tofino after the war. Keeping food before refrigerators. Women were liberated with the discovery of electricity. Story about George Maltby arguing to himself. Feelings about Cultus/Castle Island -- rumoured to be haunted, story of Fred Tibbs. May 24th parties over on the island when Dolly owned it. George Nicholson.

Public affairs. Jack Webster’s popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Update on Judge John Farris, former Chief Justice of BC now living in England after his departure, has applied for re-admission to the bar. A clip from Premier Bill Bennett’s press conference announcing BC Resources Investment Corporation (BCRIC) and the gifting of five shares to eligible British Columbians. Webster has a one-on-one interview after the press conference with Bennett and then goes through the proposal on his show. Interview with Dr. Nathan Divinsky, Chairman of the Vancouver School Board on the new budget and attrition; removal of sabbaticals; pay for summer school; ratio of students to teachers; Vice Principals teaching; supervisor aid program; English language curriculum; renting IBM computers; reduction of field trips; historic ESL courses; and enrichment programs for the gifted. Woman calls in and calls Webster a "pea-brain". Update on SFU strike, new offer of 6% over two years not accepted.

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Jack interviews Dave O'Connor, president of the Truck Loggers Association, and Jack Munro, president of IWA for Western Canada, about logging companies doing a large-scale undercut of their lumber quota over the last six years without being penalized. Other issues are loss of jobs and revenue, mills being underused, allocating unused cuts to smaller timber companies, and the new Forest Act. Al Crawford, president of the Vancouver Elementary School Association and Tom Hanson, president of the Vancouver Secondary School Association, talk about the effects of cuts in the education system imposed by the Social Credit government. Issues covered are teacher/student ratios, teacher sabbaticals, school boards, and student needs. Show concludes with a tour of Mountain Prison and in-studio interview with reporter.

RECORDED: Argenta (B.C.), 1979 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: In an interview with Peter Chapman, Ruth Boyd discusses her family came to British Columbia in with some other Quaker families to look for a place to settle. They were concerned about militarism in the United States. The Boyds had famed in Tracey, California, in the 1930s and 1940s. They arrived in the Lardeau Valley in August 1952. Details of travelling with their household goods in trailers. Roads and bridges in the area. Other families that settled there, including Congregationalists and Unitarians. TRACK 2: Building a house. The Delta Co-Op: farming and logging. Hardships: cramped living quarters and dirt. Isolation. Schooling. The fire that destroyed the Pollard home.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Helen and John Stevenson : Lardeau Valley, 1952-1964 PERIOD COVERED: 1952-1964 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979 SUMMARY: Helen and John Stevenson discuss moving to Argenta from California in 1952. Reasons why they moved. Helen was a teacher and they set up the school at Argenta. Discusses others that moved to the area at the same time. Community members. The Delta Farmers Co-op. Living in California. Number of families grew in the mid-1950s. Organization of Delta Co-op. Contracted to build rural centre. Planned to centre settlement on the flats. Bridge built across the Duncan River at Cooper Creek. Before bridge was built, people would signal for a ride from Lardeau using headlights or a fire. Boarding school develops out of visiting young people.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): John Stevenson : Lardeau Valley, 1952-1960 PERIOD COVERED: 1952-1960 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: John Stevenson gives reasons for leaving the United States. Pollards join friends from Tracey. Once decision made to leave, search for a place to settle narrows to the Kootenays. Other co-operative groups in California also looking toward Canada. Stayed temporarily at Walker's Landing on Kootenay Lake and located property at Argenta after examining a number of possibilities. Rented Shutty property and the hotel. 1952 is spent getting established. Describes Argenta as they found it. Remains of early Argenta. TRACK 2: Delta Co-op formed to pool resources and to aid in getting employment. Pollards tried raising chickens. First major project was construction of Argenta Elementary School. Income pooling. Logged on flats for "hardwood" poles. More people move to Argenta. Building of Duncan Dam has little effect on Argenta. Original families fail to locate together on flats property, and families begin to go their own way economically. Incidents while travelling between Tracey and Walker's Landing.

The item consists of 2 reels of unedited film footage from 1978. The footage shows the demolition of King George School in downtown Vancouver which took place January 1978.

The series consists of photographic negatives produced by PEMC, and predecessor agencies including the Division of School of Radio Broadcasts, Division of Visual Education, Division of Audio-Visual Services and Audio-Visual Services Branch. These agencies were responsible for providing media services to public education institutions. The records document school sites and educational programs for elementary, secondary, college and university students in British Columbia.

Subjects often relate to specific classes and schools, and include: projects and performances; facilities; ceremonies; teachers, staff and government officials; students; and displays and exhibits for promotional purposes. Included are some copy photos depicting schools and classes from the 1880s to 1920s. Records' arrangement based on original PEMC numbers. These numbers appear to reflect a general arrangement by date and subject matter. Records include PEMC numbers: PEMC45001-PEMC52881, PEMC74/1/1-PEMC75/86/4, and PEMC7591-PEMC7780. The series also includes two item lists, arranged by photo number; the first created by the PEMC and the second by either the PEMC or the GIS and amended by the BC Archives. These lists are incomplete and are stored in container 000352-0014.

CALL NUMBER: T2798:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Boyhood of a young trapper ; trapping around Hobson Lake and Horsefly, B.C. RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-08-22 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Arrival of the DeWees family on foot from Washington when Dick was 10; the family camped for a while, then settled in an old cabin at Antoine Lake, northwest of Horsefly, where they lived for two years in the 1920s; life when Dick was a young boy; story of fishing on Horsefly Lake; trapping at Antoine Lake; schooling at Horsefly at the first and second schools there; how he earned $60.00 a month as a janitor while going to school; school at Black Creek. TRACK 2: Trapping as a young boy at Hobson Lake; his family winters on Quesnel Lake at Killdog Creek; story of trapper Bill Miner and trapping with Lloyd Walters. CALL NUMBER: T2798:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Stories of old-timers and of the local dances, Horsefly, B.C. RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Dick DeWees talks about the old Miocene Mine in 1918; mining at Jawbone Pool; mining near Joe Williams' house, east of the river, in 1923. Dick tells the story of cooking for a suppression crew when he was 13; trapping with Fred and B. Hooker and Lloyd Walters; stories about Tom Hooker and the Hooker family; blacksmith; sawmill; hunting lodge. TRACK 2: Stories of old timers in Horsefly; Spencer Hope Patenaude and the telegraph office; John Wawn, a central figure in the community; Justice of the Peace; school trustee; his shoe repair shop; Alec and Matilda Meiss of the Meiss Hotel; the Bull Moose Club as bachelor's headquarters; dances at the community hall. CALL NUMBER: T2798:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Transportation and hunting in the Cariboo RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: The trip from the United States to Horsefly in 1918; early roads; Horsefly in 1918. TRACK 2: Trapping around Horsefly Lake and Quesnel Lake. CALL NUMBER: T2798:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Big game hunting in the Cariboo RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978 SUMMARY: Big game hunting around Horsefly, B.C. CALL NUMBER: T2798:0005 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978 SUMMARY: [No content summary available for this tape.] CALL NUMBER: T2798:0006 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Prospecting and mining in the Horsefly area; both placer and hard-rock. TRACK 2: Mining around Horsefly; dances in the community hall.

The fonds consists of records kept by the trustees of Mission School District as required by the Public Schools Act. The fonds also includes records created by several schools in the district prior to 1946. The records includes a school trustees' minute book (1898-1906), an account book for Mission City School (1885-1905) and student attendance registers created by schools in Cardinell (1926-1929), Cedar Valley (1940-1944), Hatzic (1911-1920), Silverdale (1910-1931), Silverhill (1928-1939), and Stave Falls (1916-1926).

CALL NUMBER: T3175:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Japanese community RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-02-13 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Tadao "Tad" Wakabayashi recalls his father's arrival from Japan in 1892. Mother was a "picture bride". House on Powell Street; father's bean cake shop. Parents stressed education; attended both public school and Japanese school. Father worked at Hasting Sawmill. As a boy, Tad nearly drowned on log boom. Fishing in Burrard Inlet. Strathcona School. Rivalry with Chinese and Italian boys. Dances at Fuji Chop Suey. Asahi Baseball Team. Activities at local gymnasium. Judo club. TRACK 2: More on Japanese School. Tad graduated in 1931. Stories about, and comparison of, Japanese and Strathcona schools. High school. Strathcona: teachers, celebrations, playground, games. Buddhist and other churches in the area. Health care for Japanese. CALL NUMBER: T3175:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Japanese community RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-02-13 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Allowance spent on streetcar fare and afternoon snacks. Commercial training at Grandview High School. Worked for father's friend's fruit and vegetable wholesale business; long hours. Other jobs: hotel bellhop, fish market. Details of his work for vegetable wholesaler. The Depression: hobo jungle on the flats; Ballantyne Pier riot described. Post Office riot. Food for transients. Minister; begging for bread. Two-room workers' cabins on Powell Street. Visited Japan in 1936 with parents. TRACK 2: Impressions of pre-war Japan. Impact of the Japanese-Canadian internment, including positive aspects. Loss of house in Vancouver and subsequent court case. Japanese reaction to the war and restrictions. Friend who joined Japanese Army. Discrimination against the Japanese. Tad's anger. Camp conditions at Hastings Park. Worked on project to build and operate sawmill at Blind Bay, but it failed. His family's living condition at Lemon Creek camp in the Slocan Valley. Sold sawdust as fuel in Kamloops. Worked cutting logs for a portable tie mill. Stories about discrimination in the interior.

CALL NUMBER: T3330:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Background, education and military service of Les Peterson PERIOD COVERED: 1923-1946 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-09-25 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Leslie Peterson discusses his personal and family background: growing up in rural Alberta; religious influences and early political interests. Recollections of political figures prominent in Alberta in the 1930s. Peterson's education: Alice Hill School, Viking, Alberta -- the proverbial single-room schoolhouse; high school in Viking; Camrose Lutheran College, Camrose Alberta. Extracurricular activities and first working experience. TRACK 2: Leslie Peterson recounts his experience working for the CN Express in Edmonton as a young man. Working for the railroad in Terrace, B.C., and enlisting in the army at Prince Rupert. Recollections of service in the army: training and service in the Coast Artillery at Prince Rupert; attendance at McGill University in the Army Service course and memories of Montreal and friendships made there; service overseas in England and travels on the continent. Peterson was in Europe on Armistice Day. Before returning to Canada in 1946 he attended the University of London for a year. Return to Canada, discharge from army and decision to enroll in law school at the University of British Columbia. CALL NUMBER: T3330:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Legal and political training PERIOD COVERED: 1946-1956 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-09-25 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Leslie Peterson discusses his first impressions of Vancouver and the University of British Columbia. Comments on the experience of a war veteran attending university after World War Two. Recollections of three years at U.B.C. law school. Peterson was called to the bar in 1949 and begun his own practice in Vancouver. Discussion of the nature of his law practice. Marriage to Agnes Rose Hine in 1950 and comments on Peterson's family. Comments on politics in B.C. during the Coalition era. TRACK 2: Peterson explains how he became interested in and involved with the Social Credit movement. Reaction to the 1952 provincial election. During the 1953 provincial election, Peterson served as campaign manager for North Vancouver Socred candidate George Tomlinson. Peterson was the unsuccessful; Social Credit candidate in the 1953 federal election in the Vancouver-Centre constituency. Impressions and recollections of W.A.C. Bennett. Peterson became involved in politics more by accident than by design. Discussion of how he came to be elected in the 1956 by-election in Vancouver-Centre. First impressions as a Social Credit MLA. CALL NUMBER: T3330:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): From MLA to Minister of Education PERIOD COVERED: 1956-1960 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-10-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Leslie Peterson discusses his first impressions as an MLA and his recollections of the Social Credit caucus. Comments on the leadership style of W.A.C. Bennett. The problems of representing an urban constituency in B.C. and Peterson's theory of democratic representation. Comments on the 1956 provincial election campaign. The problems of co-ordinating an election campaign in a dual-member constituency. The efficacy of the Socred campaign slogan: "Progress not Politics". Free enterprise versus socialism as a recurring fundamental issue in B.C. elections. TRACK 2: Leslie Peterson remarks upon the possibility of supporting the Conservatives or Liberals as free enterprise alternatives. The polarization of politics in B.C. The results of the 1956 provincial election and Peterson's success in Vancouver-Centre. Reaction to appointment as Minister of Education, 1956. Description of duties and functions of Minister of Education. Peterson served as Minister of Education during a period of great growth. Comments on the administration of the Education portfolio, 1956-68. The Department of Education was administered by a small group of able men in a very personal style. The problem of delegation of authority. CALL NUMBER: T3330:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Aspects of the administration of the Department of Education, 1956-68 PERIOD COVERED: 1956-1968 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-10-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Leslie Peterson discusses further aspects of the administration of the Education portfolio. The relationship between the formulation and execution of government policy in the Department of Education. The problem of teacher shortages in British Columbia in the '50s and '60s. Relations with the B.C. Teachers Federation. Discussion of the increasing cost of education in British Columbia, 195;6-68. The financial policies of the Social Credit government and the goal of debt reduction. Financing of school construction under the Social Credit government. Comments on the issues of centralization and decentralization of British Columbia's educational system. TRACK 2: Further comments on the policy of debt-reduction. Recollections of coming before the Treasury Board as Minister of Education. The process of producing a departmental budget. Peterson describes the experience of coming before Treasury Board as a fairly informal affair. Discussion of the operation of cabinet under the leadership of W.A.C. Bennett. The Premier was intolerant on questions of morality, otherwise he was quite flexible on matters of policy. Attitude toward cabinet committees. Important consultation on policy matters often took place outside of cabinet. The Social Credit government was operated by a relatively small group of elected and non-elected officials. Changing impressions of W.A.C. Bennett. CALL NUMBER: T3330:0005 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Further aspects of education in British Columbia PERIOD COVERED: 1958-1968 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-11-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Leslie Peterson discusses the Chant Report of 1958 which called for less frills in education. The Doukhobor problem in British Columbia and the Department of Education. Discussion of trip to Europe in 1959 to examine various European school systems. Medical problems during Peterson's career. Assumption of the responsibilities for the education of the mentally retarded in British Columbia, 1960. The issue of federal assistance for education in British Columbia. Education and federal-provincial relations. Problems serving in a dual cabinet portfolio, Education and Labour. TRACK 2: Coordination of Labour and Education departments. Political oratory and attitudes towards parliamentary institutions. Relations with the University of British Columbia and explanation of the system of grants to universities. Comments on charges of anti-intellectualism which were levelled against the Social Credit government. The Macdonald plan for the growth of higher education in B.C. and the subsequent development of universities and regional colleges in the province. The building of Simon Fraser University. The role of W.A.C. Bennett in the expansion of educational opportunities in B.C. All-night sittings and the issue of "legislation by exhaustion". CALL NUMBER: T3330:0006 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Aspects of government in B.C. and appointment as Minister of Labour, 1960 PERIOD COVERED: 1960-1960 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-11-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Leslie Peterson discusses the issue of all-night sittings in the B.C. legislature. The absence of question period and Hansard in the House during the years of the first Social Credit government. Recollections of the Sommers affair and its effect on the government. The timing of the 1960 provincial election. Recollections of the 1960 election campaign. The take-over of B.C. Electric Co. and reaction in government circles. TRACK 2: The background to Peterson's appointment as Minister of Labour, 1960. Reasons for serving in a dual portfolio. Administration of the Department of Labour. Duties and functions of the Minister of Labour. Comments on the distinctiveness of the labour movement in B.C. Views on labour-management relations. The effect of being branded an "anti-labour government". The relationship between organized labour and the NDP in B.C. and its effects on Peterson as Minister of Labour. The role and function of labour unions. Speculation as to why British Columbians have been reluctant to admit voting for Social Credit. CALL NUMBER: T3330:0007 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Labour law disputes and labour relations in B.C., 1960-1971 PERIOD COVERED: 1960-1971 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-11-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Leslie Peterson discusses the effects of labour legislation which he passed through the B.C. Legislature as Minister of Labour. Bill 42, 1961, and the relationship between organized labour and the NDP. The issue of union payroll deductions being used for political purposes. The Mediation Commission Act, 1968 (Bill 33) and the issue of compulsory arbitration. Use of the power of binding arbitration. Relationship with leaders of organized labour in British Columbia. Comments on the growth and development of the labour movement in B.C. during the years Peterson served as Minister of Labour. Premier W.A.C. Bennett's role in labour matters. TRACK 2: The Premier's attitude towards labour-management relations may have been harsher and more direct than Peterson's. The importance of timing in government interventions in labour-management relations. The occasion when Peterson and Bennett visited the home of J.V. Clyne in an effort to assist in the settling of a labour dispute which was crippling the coast forest industry. The 1971 BCFL-sponsored demonstration at the opening of the legislative session. The amount of labour legislation increased significantly in B.C. during Peterson's tenure as Minister of Labour. Peterson's legacy to labour-management relations in B.C. CALL NUMBER: T3330:0008 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Conventions, elections and Social Credit policies PERIOD COVERED: 1952-1972 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-11-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Leslie Peterson discusses his role and involvement within the Social Credit party. The relationship between the party executive and the government. Comments on the differences between using the phrases "movement", "league" or "party" in describing Social Credit in B.C. The roles of the Women's Auxiliary and the Young Socreds. The relationship between the B.C. and Alberta Social Credit parties. The relationship between the B.C. Social Credit Party and the national party. The 1962 national Social Credit leadership convention at which Robert Thompson was made leader. Reasons for supporting Real Caouette over Robert Thompson. TRACK 2: W.A.C. Bennett and national Social Credit politics. The question of possible irregularities at the 1962 national Socred convention. Reasons for the lack of success of the national Social Credit Party in Canada. Recollections of the 1963 election campaign. Evaluation of the challenge by the Conservatives under the leadership of Davie Fulton. Reasons for the failure of third party challenges in British Columbia. The 1966 provincial election and Peterson's switch to the riding of Vancouver-Little Mountain. Comments on dual-member riding. Election funding and the B.C. Free Enterprise Educational Fund. Peterson's interest and involvement in promoting the Bank of British Columbia. Relations with Vancouver municipal politicians. CALL NUMBER: T3330:0009 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Life as Attorney-General and the defeat of the Socreds, 1972 PERIOD COVERED: 1968-1975 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-11-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Leslie Peterson discusses the effect of the resignation of Robert Bonner in 1968. The following cabinet shuffle and Peterson's assumption of the portfolio of Attorney-General. The duties and functions of the Attorney-General. Administration of the department of the Attorney-General. Relationship with Deputy Attorney-General. Federal-provincial relations, the process of constitutional review and the failure of the Victoria Charter, 1971. The development and advocacy of the five-regions idea. The 1969 constitutional conference in Ottawa. The 1969 provincial election. Evaluation of the leadership of the NDP under Strachan and Berger. The liquor ad ban, 1971, and its effect on the demise of the government. Moral issues in politics. TRACK 2: Peterson's defence of W.A.C. Bennett after he was referred to as a bigot by Prime Minister Trudeau. Contributing factors to the defeat of the Social Credit government in 1972. Anecdote about meeting the Premier at the PNE during the election campaign and warning him that things were not going well. The effect of losing in his own riding, Vancouver-Little Mountain. Comments on the question of succeeding W.A.C. Bennett as leader of the Soci;al Credit Party. Comments on Bill Bennett and his entry into B.C. politics. The threat of the Majority Movement to the revival of the Social Credit Party in B.C.. (End of interview)

The file consists of newsletters, course information and forms from Central Junior Secondary School, Victoria, 1977-1978.

CALL NUMBER: T2796:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): The Gruhs family of Horsefly, B.C. RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Gruhs family history. Homesteading. Stores and successive owners. Food. Social activities: community hall; gopher dance. Severe winters. Stove. TRACK 2: Religion. School teaching. Engagement; and marriage to Ben Gruhs. Esther's early childhood in New Westminster. Education. Preserving. Bridge in Horsefly. Road building. Fire in 1934 that almost destroyed home. Cars.;

CALL NUMBER: T2796:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977 SUMMARY: [No content summaries or documentation available for this tape.];

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Life at Big Eddy, 1908-1940 RECORDED: Revelstoke (B.C.), 1977-02-17 SUMMARY: Father was an early farmer at Big Eddy -- his farm was, for several years, a government sponsored experimental farm; field day; roads and bridges; neighbours; country schools; Christmas concerts; teachers; how a young couple dealt with hard times in the Depression; event when Nels Nelson became world champion ski jumper.

CALL NUMBER: T2622:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Jewish community PERIOD COVERED: 1925-1950 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-02-22 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Harry Halpern discusses: arrival in Vancouver and Strathcona neighbourhood; first job and working conditions; staying with his sister; how he got into the peddling business; learning the peddling business. TRACK 2: Mr. Halpern discusses: the peddling business (cont'd); marriage to a Polish woman; life in the Strathcona neighbourhood; move near Jewish Community Centre, 1940s; unemployed destruction and economic conditions; synagogue and rabbi.

CALL NUMBER: T2622:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Jewish community PERIOD COVERED: 1929-1945 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-02-22 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Harry Halpern discusses: how rabbi helped the immigrants; stores on Georgia Street; stories about life in Strathcona neighbourhood and life as a peddler & store keeper. TRACK 2: Dolly Kopelow (daughter of Harry Halpern): memories of evacuation of Japanese friends; Strathcona school; language at home and school; growing up in Strathcona neighbourhood; poultry scales, junk dealers' vending; stalls on Pender; and anecdotes about the neighbourhood. (End of interview)

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Howard Carson RECORDED: [location unknown], [1977?] SUMMARY: Howard Carson discusses homesteading in the Peace River region in 1928. Ms. MacDougall: teacher, friends, and boarder with family. School days. Local colour. A posse goes after a wolverine; a forty-pound weasel. Clay Martin or "his place" mentioned several times. Second half of tape has a great deal of interesting information concerning freighting with horses in the winter.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Yugoslavian community RECORDED: Sechelt (B.C.), 1977-08-28 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Lucas discusses: Strathcona School system and teachers at Strathcona, especially Miss Fanny Grant; learning English and Yugoslavian languages; Nurse McLellan; diets of students at Strathcona; selling peanuts with his brother; Japanese baseball team; cutting logs for firewood; Japanese on Powell St.; memories of the Depression -- shantytown, breadlines, soup kitchen; his paper route for the 'Sun'; racial/ethnic relations in Strathcona neighbourhood; sports in the neighbourhood- track, basketball, soccer; Japanese evacuation during WW II. TRACK 2: Mr. Lucas discusses: ethnicity of neighbours; crime in neighbourhood; good influence of Strathcona School. (End of interview)

CALL NUMBER: T2628:0001 RECORDED: Revelstoke (B.C.), 1977-01-25 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Family background; oriental population; characters up the Big Bend, ca. 1920; pack trains and prospecting up the Bend; early Revelstoke history; CPR; churches; business; red light district. TRACK 2: Prospectors in the 1920s; school in Revelstoke, A.E. Miller; entertainment; making of the film "Silent Barriers" [i.e., "The Great Barrier"]; first marriage and personal experiences up the Bend; work and interests outside the home; father's jobs; CPR strike 1902; ice cutting on the Columbia; south country communities.

CALL NUMBER: T2628:0002 RECORDED: Revelstoke (B.C.), [date unknown] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: More on A.E. Miller; natural disasters; more on father's jobs -- surveying, cattle ranching, dairying, forest ranger; Indians; hobo jungle around 1915; family history; building of Connaught tunnel; snake rooms in old hotels; formation of the Revelstoke Art Club. [TRACK 2: blank?]

CALL NUMBER: T2636:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Beaton, B.C., and area, 1921-1965 (part 1) RECORDED: Revelstoke (B.C.), 1977-03-04 SUMMARY: Calder Soules describes transportation, mining, taxi business, schooling in Beaton, and the Upper Arrow Lake region, 1921 to 1965.;

CALL NUMBER: T2636:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Beaton, B.C., and area, 1921-1965 (part 2) RECORDED: Revelstoke (B.C.), 1977-03-04 SUMMARY: Calder Soules discusses the history of Beaton and Revelstoke, 1921 to 1965.;

RECORDED: Revelstoke (B.C.), 1977-03-21 SUMMARY: Family arrives in Farwell, 1895; early Revelstoke hotels and businesses, 1900s; early churches and their attitudes toward each other; activities; ministers; attitudes toward prostitutes, alcohol; father's business; school days; job as a telephone operator; fire brigade; white slavery; Chinese population; Chinese funeral.

CALL NUMBER: T3121:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): French Canadians in Terrace, B.C. : The Desjardins PERIOD COVERED: 1921-1950 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-08-09 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Anna Marie Normandeau and Theresa Marie LeRoss are sisters who shared the family name Desjardins before they were married. Anna was born in 1912, and Theresa in 1917, in Aubigny, Manitoba. Th;e sisters describe reason for coming to Terrace and preparing for the trip out west. Father worked for George Little. French-speaking community. Mr. LaPlante; Mr. Grenier; Mrs. Halliwell and others. Impressions of Terrace on arrival, 1921. Mother meets Mrs. Braun. Mother known as Flower Lady. Incident with the chickens. Mr. Young's cart. First home. Moved to Thornhill. Description of home in Thornhill. Fruit grown there. Food storage. Power and sewage facilities. Animals. Chores. Building of house on corner of Kalum and Loen by Mr. Cote. TRACK 2: Description of house and yard. Planting vegetables and fruits. Water facilities. Bathing and washing. Catholic Church. Crossing the Skeena River. School life. Games. Rhymes. School fairs. Other social activities. CALL NUMBER: T3121:0001 Track 2 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): French Canadians in Terrace, B.C. : The Desjardins PERIOD COVERED: 1921-1950 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-08-09 SUMMARY: Description of house and yard. Planting vegetables and fruits. Water facilities. Bathing and washing. Catholic Church. Crossing the Skeena River. School life. Games. Rhymes. School fares. Other social activities. CALL NUMBER: T3121:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): French Canadians in Terrace, B.C. : The Desjardins PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1950 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-08-09 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: School life. Depression. Flood in 1936. Getting relief. Teenage social life. Other social gatherings. Hiking. Hot springs. TRACK 2: Hot springs. Coming of the military. Location of tent city. Impact of the military. Social life. Clothing in the early 1940s. Hairstyles. Effects of military on school life. Skeena Mutiny. Rationing. Threat of Japanese Invasion. Medical facilities during and before war. Medical treatments. Feelings towards the military, and amongst the military. Casualties in the military. Precautions taken against Japanese air attack. Feelings toward departure of military.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Revelstoke, 1930-1959 RECORDED: Revelstoke (B.C.), [date unknown] SUMMARY: Toby Belinski discusses business, schooling, movies and life in Revelstoke, 1930 to 1959. Discusses the 1930s film "The Great Barrier."

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-07 SUMMARY: Mrs. Charlotte Freeman discusses her experiences as a pioneer school teacher, including life in the schools and the hardships borne by schoolchildren.;

The series consists of circulars and brochures pertaining to patriotic activities and special events, created by the Dept. of Education, dating mainly from the 1930s. It includes "Instructions to Teachers Regarding the Use of the Flag on School Premises" (1930), "Suggestions for celebrating Good Will Day [18 May 1932] in B.C. schools," commemorative booklet and "Suggestions for Coronation Programmes for the Schools of B.C." (1937). This unit also includes brochures re: the Overseas Education, 1976.

CALL NUMBER: T2349:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Growing up in Vancouver from ca. 1908 PERIOD COVERED: 1908-1920 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-07-26 SUMMARY: TRACKS 1 & 2: Parents came from England to Vancouver in 1908 aboard the "Mauretania". (Family name was Howe.) Hornby Street and 55th Street areas circa 1910. Excursions to the Fraser River, beaches, and Bowen Island. Job experiences. Schools. Leisure activities; theatre, picnics, concerts.

CALL NUMBER: T2349:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Recollections of South Vancouver PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1950 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-07-26 SUMMARY: TRACKS 1 & 2: The False Creek area and Laura Secord School; sounds of early Vancouver; flowers and berries around Vancouver; backyard animals; records and vaudeville; politics and ward system; streetcars and settlers' tickets; South Vancouver a neglected area until the Second World War; Gordon Wismer as provincial attorney general; corruption in Vancouver; brief childhood recollections; Chinese community on the Fraser River; attitudes of people to each other.

The item is an audio recording of an interview with Molly Forbes in 1976.
T0390:0001 track 1: Lurlene Mary "Molly" Forbes discusses her family background. Father, Thomas Barton, came to the Cariboo in 1872; mother, Margaret Cunningham, lived at the 74 Mile Ranch; parents married about 1894; father had many jobs; family background; born 1900 in Clinton. Description of elementary school, cattle drives in Clinton. Description of the stage coaches on the Cariboo Road. Teamsters on the Cariboo Road. Riding on the stage coaches. Clinton described. Description of spring and fall assizes. Various court cases described.
T0390:0001 track 2: More on the Clinton school. Early automobiles. Clinton hotels described. Ostlers and blacksmiths. Businesses in Clinton, ca. 1910, described. Chinese in Clinton. Ministers. Attitudes towards First Nations in Clinton. More on the Chinese in Clinton.