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CALL NUMBER: T1365:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Public career : part 1 RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1974-10-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Narration of childhood experiences in London and family background. Immigration to Canada. Farm boy in Ontario. TRACK 2: Brick-laying and real estate speculations in Vancouver. Store business. Marriage and decision to move to Victoria. Attractions of Victoria. CALL NUMBER: T1365:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Public career : part 2 RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1974-10-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Getting established in Victoria. Activities in 2nd Depot Battalion during World War I. Setting up gramophone manufacturing. Starting music store. Raising a large family. Business adjustments, radio, gramophone repair. Terminating business in 1947. TRACK 2: Involvement in Quadra PTA. Educational concerns. Running for Victoria School Board 1926-1930. Difficulties getting elected and reasons for success. School board concerns during Depression. CALL NUMBER: T1365:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Public career : part 3 RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1974-10-15 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discusses electoral success in 1930s. Involvement and activities with Victoria Junior Chamber of Commerce. Involvement in Reconstruction Party and Major Douglas's Social Credit. Political activities. Decision to run for alderman in 1940. Issues in 1940s. TRACK 2: Fiscal policy 1940s. Municipal politics 1940s. Policies as mayor. Post-war needs of Victoria. Changes due to war. Opinion of best qualities of a mayor. CALL NUMBER: T1365:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Public career : part 4 RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1974-12-17 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discussion of the role and duties of the Mayor of Victoria. Becomes president of Canadian Federation of Mayors. Runs as Coalition candidate in Esquimalt by-election 1951, discussion of results. Becomes chairman of Public Utilities Commission, description of responsibilities. Water supply issue. B.C. Electric. Bus fare issue. TRACK 2: Becomes commissioner on P.U.C. Government attitude to P.U.C. PNR issue of 1960. The public, and need for better communication of P.U.C. role. Career in retrospect. Philosophy. (End of interview)

CALL NUMBER: T1366:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Civil Service Commissioner 1945-1969 (part 1) RECORDED: [location unknown], 1974-11-14 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Family background and education. Career as teacher and school inspector. Appointment as Chief Personnel Officer. Early history of Civil Service. Reorganization Report 1945. Installing system. TRACK 2: Post-war employment situation. Cost of living bonus. Streamlining. Changing role of Commission. Coalition government and CSC. B.C. Government Employees Association and CSC. Salary settlements. CALL NUMBER: T1366:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Civil Service Commissioner 1945-1969 (part 2) RECORDED: [location unknown], 1974-11-14 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Coalition government and collective bargaining. Advent of Social Credit and CSC. Social Credit and staffing. Grievance procedures. In-service training. Employees Safety Program. TRACK 2: Dismissal of Dave Barrett. New Provincial Secretary Wesley Black. New Government and CSC. Carrothers Report. Government opposition to collective bargaining. Ferry workers "strike". CALL NUMBER: T1366:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Civil Service Commissioner 1945-1969 (part 3) RECORDED: [location unknown], 1974-11-14 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Collective bargaining issue. Salary discussions. 1972 Civil Service Report. Collective bargaining and paternalistic system. NDP government and British versus American civil service system. Retrospect. (End of interview)

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Bennett, B.C., during the Klondike Gold Rush, 1898-1900 RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1974-12-04 SUMMARY: Mr. Wilson discusses his background: born in Victoria; worked in Merchants Bank of Halifax in Vancouver prior to 1898. Sent to Bennett, B.C,. to open a bank branch. Description of Bennett: type of people (inexperienced); cold of winter; opening of the bank in one room of the hotel; "waitresses" (i.e., dance hall girls) and their role in Bennett; RCMP kept order well; dance halls; arrival of White Pass and Yukon Route railroad in Bennett, 1899; prospecting unsuccessfully; trip to Whitehorse; went to Atlin after 3 years (?). (End of interview)

CALL NUMBER: T1376:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): In the service of the British Columbia Provincial Police RECORDED: Castlegar (B.C.), 1975-01-10 SUMMARY: Mr. MacAndrew discusses early life and family background: arrives in Canada, 1926; experiences on the coastal steamer "Maquinna". Joined B.C. Provincial Police, 1928: training period; highway patrol, 1929-50; postings in Victoria, Chilliwack and Princeton.

CALL NUMBER: T1376:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): In the service of the British Columbia Provincial Police RECORDED: Castlegar (B.C.), 1975-01-10 SUMMARY: Mr. MacAndrew discusses: role in miners' strikes; escort duty in 1930s; opium, liquor and prostitution problems; policing the Doukhobors; postings to Princeton [strike], Castlegar, Richmond, Abbottsford.

CALL NUMBER: T1376:0003 - 0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): In the service of the British Columbia Provincial Police RECORDED: Castlegar (B.C.), 1975-01-10 SUMMARY: [No content summaries available for these two tapes.]

CALL NUMBER: T1377:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): A woman forester in the United States and Canada PERIOD COVERED: 1899-1940 RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1975-01-17 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Estella Mills discusses her background: born June 23, 1899, in Binghampton, N.Y. (nee Dodge); family background in eastern USA; immigration to western USA in 1910; description of CPR immigrant train; moved to Portland, Oregon; early interest in botany. Enrolled in forestry at University of Washington, 1917. Experiences as the first woman enrolled in forestry at U. of W. Second woman in US;A to obtain post-secondary degree in forestry. Attained Master's degree in 1924. Married soon after graduation and never practiced forestry professionally. Discusses meeting her future husband, Russell Mills. TRACK 2: Went with husband to Saulk River Logging Company, Derrington, Washington. Logging camp life from a woman's point of view. Various forestry jobs during the Depression. Moved to Port Renfrew, B.C. (Malahat Logging Co.), 1935. Designing of logging railroads in San Juan River valley. Story of the Bear Creek logging bridge. Travelling between Victoria and Port Renfrew on the "Maquinna". Ordering groceries from Victoria. CALL NUMBER: T1377:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Logging camp life in the Nimpkish Valley, 1942-60 PERIOD COVERED: 1935-1960 RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1975-01-17 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Travelling on the "Maquinna" between Victoria and Port Renfrew. Mrs. Mills and husband Russell move to Canadian Forest Products Ltd. in Nimpkish Valley, 1942. Adventures on early airplane flights into the Nimpkish Valley. Logging problems faced in the Nimpkish Valley. Logging camp life described. Problems of educating children in a logging camp. TRACK 2: The Women's Institute in the Nimpkish Valley. Medical services and problems. Logging accidents. Travelling to Alert Bay for supplies. Summary remarks. (End of interview)

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): B.C. Queen's Printer PERIOD COVERED: 1962-1975 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975 SUMMARY: An interview about the operation of the Queen's Printer and its role in government.;

RECORDED: Moyie (B.C.), 1975-05-05 SUMMARY: [No content summaries available for this interview.];

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Ida Clarkson : Victoria High School project RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1975-07-03 SUMMARY: Ida Clarkson was born on April 23, 1927. She graduated from Victoria High School in 1943. She discusses: Harry Smith; teachers; commercial program; army, navy, airforce careers for young adults; sergeant of airforce cadets; air cadet training, drills, uniforms, 1943; member of the stenographic corps; evacuation of Japanese students into the interior, 1942; irregular occurrences in school life directly related to the War; Glee Club; drum majorettes; school dances and high school graduation; dominant individuals.;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Victoria High School project RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975-06-20 SUMMARY: Jo-Ann Williams: 1962 graduate of Victoria High School. Accounts of school life -- academics, sports, social life. Courses offered at this time. Possible differentiations between male and female students at Vic High. Trends and patterns of high school life.

CALL NUMBER: T1482:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): George Vancouver Copley : pioneer, surveyor, explorer and civil servant PERIOD COVERED: 1880-1920 RECORDED: Williams Lake (B.C.), 1975-06-17 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: George Copley tells story of his father who emigrated from Germany, and settled at Cobble Hill about 1876. Copley born 1880. Early life in Cobble Hill. Injured in a sawmill in Nanaimo. Lengthy series of operations to save his arm. A variety of jobs in Victoria. Meets Frank Swannell, famous surveyor. TRACK 2: Description of Frank Swannell. Surveying in British Columbia before 1920: Finlay; River, Liard River, Parsnip River, Cariboo, Pemberton Valley. Worked for B.C. Forest Service starting about 1914. Transportation in the central interior: stage coach and steamship. Steamship ride up the Nechako River. Horse and gas stages on the Cariboo Road. Arrival of stage at Soda Creek.

CALL NUMBER: T1482:0002 - 0006 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): George Vancouver Copley : pioneer, surveyor, explorer and civil servant RECORDED: Williams Lake (B.C.), 1975-06 & 07 SUMMARY: [No content documentation is available for these five tapes, which were recorded on June 17, 18 & 20 and July 2, 1975.]

CALL NUMBER: T1483:0001 - 0002 RECORDED: Williams Lake (B.C.), 1975-06-26 & 29 SUMMARY: An oral history interview with Mrs. Laura Annie Moxon, the daughter of John Edward Moore of Alkali Lake, B.C. Moore came to Alkalai Lake in 1875. In 1909 he sold his ranch and bought the Onward Ranch at the south end of Williams Lake. Mrs. Moxon was educated in Victoria (1897) and in the east. She and her husband owned the Maple Leaf Hotel in Williams Lake in the 1930s. She recalls her father, the Onward Ranch and life there, local schools, and irrigation, as well as the packer Cataline (Jean Caux) and James Pinchbeck. Alkali Lake was originally called Paradise Valley.

CALL NUMBER: T1483:0002 RECORDED: Williams Lake (B.C.), 1975-06-29

RECORDED: Williams Lake (B.C.), 1975-07-03 SUMMARY: An oral history interview with Canadian playwright Gwen Pharis Ringwood, who discusses her writing and drama career, as well as her life in Williams Lake (where she moved with her family in 1953).;

RECORDED: Williams Lake (B.C.), 1975-07-03 SUMMARY: An oral history interview with Dr. J.B. "Barney" Ringwood of Williams Lake, B.C. [No further documentation available.];

RECORDED: Williams Lake (B.C.), 1975-07-01 SUMMARY: An oral history interview with Reginald J. Rankin of Williams Lake. He discusses local history of the area, including Fraser River boats and their captains.;

RECORDED: Williams Lake (B.C.), 1975-06-25 SUMMARY: An oral history interview with Ted and Patricia Cornwall of Williams Lake. [No content summary available.];