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SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Mary and Tom Kimoto RECORDED: [location unknown], [1979?] SUMMARY: [No content summary is available for this interview.];

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): United Church missionary to Japan and Soowahlie Indian Band in Chilliwack PERIOD COVERED: 1917-1960 RECORDED: Chilliwack (B.C.), 1976 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Miss May McLachan was born in Manitoba in 1895. Training as a teacher and missionary. Missionary work in Japan, 1923-1942. Taught Japanese-Canadian children in the internment camp at Tashme, B.C., 1943-1945. Returned to Japan as missionary after World War II, 1947-1963. TRACK 2: Missionary work in Japan continued. Missionary work with Soowahlie Indian Band near Chilliwack, 1964 on.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Cecil and Frances Nicholson RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979 SUMMARY: In an interview with Bob Bossin, Cecil ("Mickey") Nicholson and Frances Nicholson discuss life in the Tofino-Clayoquot area. Mr. Nicholson: Clayoquot used to be inhabited by men only; the Japanese community; fish poisoning; after the war, few Japanese returned to area; comments on government decision to intern Japanese; watching the Japanese leave Tofino -- many sad faces; ill feelings toward Japanese after war; role of alcohol in early Clayoquot-Tofino communities; anecdote about a Native coffin in a cave; abundant washouts made traveling on roads difficult. Frances Nicholson also offers a few comments.

CALL NUMBER: T2395:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Mr. Ichikawa relates experience of coming to Canada and early jobs PERIOD COVERED: 1918-1935 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1974 SUMMARY: Mr. Ichikawa's experiences on the trip from Japan. Working in a sawmill in Richmond, B.C. Commentary on several jobs which he held in Vancouver: milk factory, railroad, grocery store. CALL NUMBER: T2395:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Japanese-Canadian labour unions and personal job experience PERIOD COVERED: 1925-1937 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1974 SUMMARY: Mr. Ichikawa's experiences working in a logging camp. Discusses working at a sawmill on Vancouver Island. Gossip about Japanese Labour Unions and Japanese 'semi' mafia. Visiting Japan. CALL NUMBER: T2395:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): A Japanese-Canadian visit to Japan : some impressions PERIOD COVERED: 1935-1937 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1974 SUMMARY: Visiting Japan. [Most of this tape is blank.] CALL NUMBER: T2395:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): World War II and changes in the Japanese community PERIOD COVERED: 1937-1976 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1974 SUMMARY: Mr. Ichikawa's experiences working in a Nitric Acid Factory in Ontario. World War II and evacuation. Timber mill. Influence of World War II and changes in Japanese community. (End of interview)

SUMMARY: Proceedings of official opening of naval training centre, HMCS Discovery, with Dick Halhed, announcer, describing the proceedings, and parts of speeches by K.D. McRae, Commanding Officer, Admiral G.C. Jones, Jack W. Cornett, mayor of Vancouver, and others, about: defence, navy, HMCS Discovery; World War II, Canadian effort, preparedness.

CALL NUMBER: T2350:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Impressions of Vancouver and region PERIOD COVERED: 1892-1900 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-07-27 SUMMARY: Born on a farm in Ladner in 1892; growing up and attending school on Lulu Island; Chinese residents; move to Eburne; discovery of Indian relics; moved to Granville Street and 60th; father's background; father's work building the BC Electric Railway; Granville Street and trips to downtown Vancouver.

CALL NUMBER: T2350:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Vancouver in the 1920s and 1930s PERIOD COVERED: 1895-1900 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-07-27 SUMMARY: Comments about Anderson Island and fishing on the Fraser River; English Bay; Old Black Joe [i.e., Joe Fortes?]; ships and shipping; summers at Bowen Island; anecdotes about life around Vancouver; marriage in the 1920s; work in hotels and the hotel strike in the 1930s; modelling; the Cordova Street shopping area.

CALL NUMBER: T2350:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Impressions of early Vancouver PERIOD COVERED: 1895-1940 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-07-27 SUMMARY: More about Marpole excavation; West Vancouver; end of the Second World War; early strikes; visiting circus; safe streets; tea parties; calling children; wild life; family worries; Harrison Hot Springs; comments on First Narrows Bridge; Mayor McGeer; Grouse Mountain. [Note: BC Archives does not hold a copy of T2350:0003 and the contents of this recording are not available]

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SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Phil Thomas RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-03-15 SUMMARY: Phil Thomas worked for B.C. Packers as a machinist. His father, Stan Thomas, was a cannery man as an "Iron Chink" master and a carpenter in the Fraser River and up the north coast with the B.C. Packing Co. before it became B.C. Packers. Mr. Philips and Mr. Gillespie were managers. In 1935, when he was still 15, he went to work for B.C. Packers in the summer, it was a big year, and he worked on a packer, pumping out the water. He also pumped gas for boats. He was born in Marpole and moved to Sea Island. He went to Bridgeport School and then Richmond High School on Cambie Road. Describes the lacquer machine used to preserve the cans. In 1938 he went to the Queen Charlotte Islands to work as a machinist and part engineer -- repairing boats and machinery for four years. Then he worked filling cans with fish at the rate of 60 cans a minute. He went to Kildonan on the west coast of Vancouver Island for B.C. Packers. Describes canning and the salting and smoking of fish. Discusses the changes to the fishing industry that have resulted by equipment improvements and fish stock depletion. Discusses unionization. He knew a few Japanese people before the War and was sorry to see them go. He was at the Queen Charlotte Islands during the War where there was an air base. When you travelled by water you had to use no lights, just blackout curtains. There were reports of submarine sightings, but none were confirmed. There was a net used to protect Prince Rupert harbour that was probably not very effective. People on the Queen Charlottes felt that they were vulnerable to invasion or attack because it was so isolated and remote. The radiotelephones were poor and communication was infrequent. The companies helped the Japanese fishermen back into the industry with boats and gear.

Painted house front in background.

SUMMARY: Speech by Ray Atherton, United States Ambassador to Canada, at meeting of the Vancouver Board of Trade, about: World War II, recent events and the prospects of end of war; Pacific Coast, its future; international relations between Canada and United States; Vancouver, its future. Includes introduction and closing by unidentified speakers.

CALL NUMBER: T2643:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): A United Church minister on the Prairies and in B.C., ca. 1904-1960 PERIOD COVERED: 1900-1940 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Reverend D.H. Telfer was born in 1886 and recalls his earliest memories of London, England. His father's work in the Wesleyan Methodist Church in London. Family decision to settle in Canada, 1904. Settling on a section of land at Belvedere, Alberta. Father's role as a local Methodist preacher. His own early jobs. More about his father's life as a preacher, and his death in 1908. TRACK 2: ;Other local denominations. His own studies for the ministry. Effects of World War I. University studies and ordination, 1915. Marriage and a sales job. Effects of the Great Depression. How the churches helped in the 1930s. Church Union, 1925. Move to West Point Grey United Church, 1940.

CALL NUMBER: T2643:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): A United Church minister and World War II in B.C. PERIOD COVERED: 1940-1960 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: The Church in the community during World War II. Conscientious objectors. Changes in congregations and church participation. Church extension, 1951-58. Outstanding individuals: Chown. The World Won for Christ. Japanese re-location.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1966-01-30 & 31 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Robert Bruce Scott recalls coming to Bamfield in 1930, and his impressions of the coast. Mr. Scott worked at the Bamfield cable station for over thirty years. He describes the station; the residents; the social life; the operation of the station; the history of Bamfield; the history of the cable company; the "All Red Route"; and his work at the cable station. TRACK 2: Mr. Scott continues; with his description of the work at the cable station; World War II; the end of the cable service; life at the station; the West Coast Trail; the Cape Beale lighthouse; maintenance of the trail; early lighthouse families and residents of Bamfield; Indian reservations; his job as a magistrate; the BC Packers Cannery at Kildonan.

CALL NUMBER: T0091:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Sheldon Rogers : life of an independent man PERIOD COVERED: 1900-1920 RECORDED: Burnaby (B.C.), 1972-07-08 SUMMARY: Sheldon L. Rogers was born in 1900 and talks about his personal background, entering the workforce, and the various jobs he held, which include: railroad repair, farm work in Saskatchewan, and shipbuilding. During shipbuilding phase he became involved in union activity. Also mentions effects of WWI. CALL NUMBER: T0091:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Sheldon Rogers : life of an independent man PERIOD COVERED: 1920-1940 RECORDED: Burnaby (B.C.), 1972-07-29 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Sheldon Rogers discusses bootlegging in Vancouver in the 1920s; growing fruit in the Okanagan; pay-offs and protection while bootlegging; more about fruit growing, other jobs in Vancouver, bootlegging trial, and a set of stolen tires. TRACK 2: He discusses jail experience; work in the Okanagan during the Depression and the relief workers' organization; the C.C.F. in the 1930s; work as a mechanic in Vancouver and the Automotive Maintenance Workers' Union; the end of the Depression. CALL NUMBER: T0091:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Sheldon Rogers : life of an independent man PERIOD COVERED: 1940-1950 RECORDED: Burnaby (B.C.), 1972-08-01 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Sheldon Rogers describes job in Vancouver shipyard during WWII; talks about relations between the Communist Party (C.P.) and unions. Lost job due to pressure from Machinists Union. Talks about C.P. and the war effort. TRACK 2: Gets job as a mechanic in a logging camp until asked by C.P. to go work at Mission and do organizing work. Describes reasons for the Communist Party changing name to the Labour Progressive Party (L.P.P.). Gets expelled from C.P. Talks about failure of Canadian I.W.A. to break away from I.W.A. Gets job at logging camp at Pitt Lake and longshoring. CALL NUMBER: T0091:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Sheldon Rogers : life of an independent man PERIOD COVERED: 1940-1967 RECORDED: Burnaby (B.C.), 1972-08-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Sheldon Rogers discusses union conventions and opposing groups within. Explains reasons for changing name from C.P. to L.P.P. Discusses situation surrounding his expulsion from C.P. Discusses failure of Canadian I.W.A. to break away from I.W.A. Describes work in logging camp in Seymour Inlet. TRACK 2: Describes work longshoring. Personal attitudes toward overtime and retirement.

CALL NUMBER: T0103:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tatsuro Suzuki discusses his family background and role of Japanese-Canadians PERIOD COVERED: 1905-1950 RECORDED: Delta (B.C.), 1972-11-09 SUMMARY: Tatsuro "Buck" Suzuki was born in 1916, after his father had come from Japan in 1905. Worked for a Japanese man in a salted-salmon plant on Dorn Island. 47 families lived in the area. Description of Japanese rituals and festivals. Member of the Japanese Fisherman's Union. Organized the Japanese-Canadian Citizen's Association. CALL NUMBER: T0103:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tatsuro Suzuki tells of the social conditions of Japanese-Canadians 1920-1945 PERIOD COVERED: 1905-1950 RECORDED: Delta (B.C.), 1972-11-09 SUMMARY: Buck Suzuki discusses the problems Japanese-Canadian's faced upon arrival in Canada. He continues to describe race relations during the period 1920-1945. He mentions how the Japanese-Canadians handled discrimination in this period. He tells of the impact of the Depression upon the Japanese. The reactions of British Columbians to World War II. The struggle to get enfranchisement for Japanese-Canadians. CALL NUMBER: T0103:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tatsuro Suzuki describes internment and military service during WWII. PERIOD COVERED: 1940-1945 RECORDED: Delta (B.C.), 1972-11-09 SUMMARY: Buck Suzuki relates the reaction of the Japanese-Canadians to internment camps. He joined the Canadian armed forces and was eventually sent overseas on loan to military intelligence in the British Army during World War II.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Buck Suzuki interview RECORDED: Delta (B.C.), 1976-01-15 SUMMARY: Tatsuro "Buck" Suzuki started fishing in 1925 at 9 years old. He describes fishing: including fish, equipment, engines, and changes. He describes and criticizes the buy-back program, and highlights the centralization of the industry. He discusses how early unions were divided on ethnic lines which was good for companies, but not very co-operative. Japanese fishermen were deprived of certain rights -- limits on area, catch and number of boats. Describes anti-Japanese sentiment before WWII. He discusses two union groups: left-wing Pacific Coast Fishermen's Union and the right-wing B.C. Fishermen's Protective Association. The latter being all-white and limited, while the former was made up of a bunch of radical dreamers. Buck was a liaison between the two. Buck discusses the night of Pearl Harbor, the orders given to the Japanese people to tie up their boats. Surprise at the Canadian government's treatment of Japanese people. He advised negotiation and caution rather than fighting to the Japanese community. He tells of his experiences being the first Japanese to return to the coast to Steveston after the war. Discrimination and trouble fishing for Japanese. A committee established to protect the Japanese. Buck became Welfare Director of the Union. He discusses current (1976) and future state of fishing, and makes suggestions.

RECORDED: Pitt Meadows (B.C.), [19--] SUMMARY: Tape recorded reminiscences of Terry Finney, who immigrated to Canada in 1929 and moved to B.C. in 1933. Finney prepared aviation correspondence courses for the B.C. Department of Education and was active in the Aero Club of B.C. He trained military pilots during the Second World War, and civilian pilots in the post-war years.

CALL NUMBER: T2399:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Early life in Canada and discrimination during the war PERIOD COVERED: 1906-1946 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976 SUMMARY: Mr. & Mrs. Nimi talk about their marriage; sawmills; their drugstore business on Powell St.; and the internment camps.;

CALL NUMBER: T2399:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Japanese and Canadian culture PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1976 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976 SUMMARY: Mr. & Mrs. Nimi discuss Japanese and Canadian culture. Japanese "mafia". Changes in discrimination. (End of interview);

SUMMARY: SIDE 1: Premier Pattullo appeals to British Columbians to subscribe to war loans. [SIDE 2: blank.];