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SUMMARY: "The Indian as an Artist" was a six-week series about the art, literature and dance of the North Pacific coast peoples. The series considered the traditional arts of carving, painting, song, dance and; story telling. The series featured artists Doug Cranmer (Kwakiutl), Ramona Morris (Lummi), Bill Reid (Haida), Don Smith (Cherokee), and Henry Speck (Kwakiutl), and noted anthropologist Wilson Duff. ";Indian Theatre", the fifth program in the series, examines both the ceremonial dances with their strong dramatic elements, and the theatrical presentations which use ingenious illusions (boxes with tr;ick bottoms, kelp speaking tubes for disembodied voices, etc.) and puppets.;

RECORDED: Portland (Or.), [1977?] SUMMARY: "The Hornby Collection" is an anthology of plays, documentaries, interviews and selected fiction for radio -- all written, prepared and produced in British Columbia. These tapes are presumably unedite;d recordings made during a "walk round" the exhibition "Voyages of Enlightenment: Malaspina on the Northwest Coast, 1791-1792", presented in Portland by the Oregon Historical Society. Thomas Vaughan a;nd Elizabeth Crownhart-Vaughan talk with Peter Haworth.;

SUMMARY: A program about the effect of the coming of Christianity to the Indian people of B.C., and how it reacted with their own culture and religion. Also: Anthony Walsh tells how, as a teacher of Indian children on the Inkameep reserve in the 1930s, he attempted to find ways of keeping the native traditions alive through the education of the children. An Okanagan Indian Christmas carol is also heard. Voices heard include: Annie Hayes, Lizette Hall, Mrs. Edward Joyce, Grace Stephens, Sheila DeHart, Mrs. Albert Cooper, Mrs. Tracy Williams, Paul Stanley, Elliot Weisgarber, Anthony Walsh, Solomon Wilson;, George Clutesi, Clarence Joe, Danny Milo, Joe Klameen, Joe Louie, and William Scow.;

SUMMARY: Sixth in a series of six radio programs with Bob Harlow, announcer. Includes interviews with A.H. Drinkell, pioneer; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Place (?), ranchers; R.A. Moon (?), rancher; and Ken and Irene; McKenzie (?), dude ranchers, about: Williams Lake pioneer life, tourism and dude ranching.;

SUMMARY: TRACK 1: (1) CRCV String Quartet performs "The Mill". [1 x 78 rpm] (2) CRCV String Quartet performs "Old Black Joe". [1 x 78 rpm] (3) Female vocalist (from recording) sings "Blue Danube Waltz". [1 x 7;8 rpm] (4) "Works of the Masters" program: Philadelphia Orchestra plays first movement of Brahms' First Symphony (from recording). CKWX, 1934-08-12. [1 x 78 rpm] (5) Ramona ? sings "Down in the Forest". CRCV, n.d. [1 x78 rpm] (6) "The Venetians" program: orchestra conducted by Sydney Kelland plays "Wedding Day"; program closing with announcer -- "Stay tuned for the Province News". CRCV, n.d. [;1 x 33-1/3 rpm] (7) "Songs of Gaiety and Romance" program: recorded selections with announcer Stanley M____; sponsored by Western Canada Radio News. 1933-07-10. [2 x 78 rpm] (8) Choir: fragments, including "Love's Old Sweet Song". Recorded at Reeder home. [2 x 78 rpm] TRACK 2: (1) Choir: fragments (continued from track 1). (2) Orchestra plays "On Wings of Song" and "Whispering"; Robert Waldrop, announcer. US radio station, n.d. [1 x 78 rpm] (3) Freda Setter plays the cello. CRCV, ca. 1934. [1 x 78 rpm] (4) "Twilight Reveries" program: The Victrola Shop program. Will Reeder, announcer. CKMO, 19;33-01-29. [2 x 78 rpm] (5) CRCV Orchestra: Catherine McEwen sings "Less Than the Dust"; orchestra plays the overture from Mozart's "The Magic Flute"; McEwen sings "Cry of Rachel". CRCV, 1934-01-02. [4; x 78 rpm] (6) Miscellaneous recording tests at 33-1/3 and 78 rpm; n.d.

SUMMARY: This episode was recorded at Vancouver's Orpheum Theatre on Monday, October 17, 1983. The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Kazuyoshi Akiyama) and the Vancouver Bach Choir (directed by Bruce ;Pullen) perform Stravinsky's "Symphony of Songs", Brahms' "Song of Destiny", Canadian composer S.C. Eckhardt-Gramatte's "Molto Sostenuto", and Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5".;

SUMMARY: This episode features a performance by the Vancouver Chamber Choir with John Washburn conducting. The musical selections include pieces by Fernando Franco, Fructos del Castillo, and "Don" Fernando Fra;nco. This item comprises the beginning of part 2 of program 1 in the "Arts National" sub-series "Music Of The Americas". It is a part of a recorded concert that also includes T4365:0196 - 0197.;

SUMMARY: "Identities" was a CBC radio series that used interviews to examine various ethnic communities and their attitudes towards Canadian life. This episode consists of Doukhobor songs.;

SUMMARY: "Identities" was a CBC radio series that used interviews to examine various ethnic communities and their attitudes towards Canadian life. This episode features a concert performance by a Doukhobor cho;ir.;

SUMMARY: "The Hornby Collection" is an anthology of plays, documentaries, interviews and selected fiction for radio -- all written, prepared and produced in British Columbia. "Borderlands", a poem for voices a;nd sounds by Don Gutteridge. An account from both sides of the events and emotions surrounding the massacre of the crew of the ship "Boston" by Chief Maquinna and his Nootka band. Featured actors include Peter Haworth as John Jewitt, Don Francks as Maquinna, and the late Powys Thomas as John Meares.

SUMMARY: Talk by unidentified speaker [George Clutesi] about native people in Canada; their rights, history and culture; and their relation with white people.;

SUMMARY: The history of the Haida people in the Queen Charlotte Islands. Includes: stories and legends from their ancestors; visits to Masset, and to Moresby and Anthony Islands; and descriptions of the old viillage sites with their remaining artifacts. Voices heard include Knut Fladmark, Dr. Peter Kelly, Betty Carey, Neil Carey, Gray Stephens and John Williams.

SUMMARY: In this program, Haida people talk about their lives today (in the 1960s) and the ways in which the coming of white settlement has changed Haida culture. The voices heard are: Lavina Lightbown, Oliver Adams, Solomon Wilson, and John Williams.

SUMMARY: "The Hornby Collection" is an anthology of plays, documentaries, interviews and selected fiction for radio -- all written, prepared and produced in British Columbia. A documentary by Peter Haworth wh;ich includes interviews, stories, recollections, and songs by native people from the Nass River area.;

SUMMARY: "CBC Monday Evening" was a multi-part series that included documentaries and interviews on the arts, along with drama and serious music. "Nass River Revisited", a documentary by Peter Haworth that fir;st aired on "The Hornby Collection", includes interviews, stories, recollections, and songs by native people from the Nass River area. See T4303:0253 for the "Hornby Collection" version.;

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating from different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. This episode is a documentary about teacher Vera Chastenay, who spent a year at Aiyansh with the people of the Nass around 1912, and about the way they celebrated Christmas. This is an earlier version of the People in Landscape program "School on the Nass" (T2431:0001) which aired as a regional feature as part 1 of an episode of "Between Ourselves".

SUMMARY: "Saturday Evening" was a series of 1.5-hour programs that were broadcast from 8:30 to 10:00 PM. Usually in two parts, the programs featured plays, classical music concerts, documentaries, and talks. The series ran from October 1962 to the spring of 1967. This episode, "The Fort and the City", is about Victoria the city in the days of Victoria the Queen. The first section, "The Fort", is based on letters and written memoirs from the era of Fort Victoria. The second part, "The City", is compiled from the spoken memoirs of people who lived there during the latter part of the 19th century. The latter material is drawn from oral history interviews recorded by Imbert Orchard for the earlier series, "Living Memory".

SUMMARY: "Canadian School Broadcasts" was a series of educational radio programs designed to supplement existing school curriculum. The majority of broadcasts were organized and administered at the provincial ;level by the Departments of Education and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. However, many programs were produced by national organizations. The series went on the air in March 1938 as a twice-w;eekly broadcast; then it was expanded to daily broadcasts. "Other Times, Other Places" was a six-part series featuring Canadian families in different provinces throughout time. This episode is a play; about a Chinese-Canadian family in Vancouver. A grandmother explains to her granddaughter how her great-grandmother came to Canada. With Rae Brown and Shannon Shepherd.;

SUMMARY: "Heritage Theatre" was a series of short historical plays set in the Vancouver environs. These vignettes illustrate some of the significant events and interesting episodes from Vancouver's earliest ti;mes. First broadcast in 1977, the plays were made in co-operation with the Social Planning Department of the City of Vancouver. This series was broadcast during the summer of 1981. This episode, "Chin;ese Riot" by Tom Cone, depicts the time of labour conflicts in 1887 and the large Chinese population that was willing to work for less.;

SUMMARY: "Audience" was an arts program presented from Vancouver. (1) This episode, "The Last Portage And The Height Of Land", is adapted from the journals of poet and civil servant Duncan Campbell Scott (1862;-1947). Scott, a poet and short story writer, became the Deputy Superintendent of the Department of Indian Affairs in 1923. This program, adapted by Peter Haworth, features Scott's Northern journey as a member of the James Bay Treaty Commission in the summer of 1905. "There are distinct differences of style and point of view among Duncan Campbell's Scott's personalities as Poet, Diarist and Official. Therefore these roles will be played by three actors, each representing an aspect of the poet." (2) "The Story Of A National Crime," a docu-drama by Peter Haworth, explores long-suppressed documents from 1922 in which Duncan Campbell Scott's Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Peter Bryce, accused him of genocide. With Roy Brinson as Dr. Peter Bryce and Sam Payne as Duncan Campbell Scott.;

SUMMARY: "The Story Of A National Crime," a docu-drama by Peter Haworth, explores long-suppressed documents from 1922 in which Duncan Campbell Scott's Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Peter Bryce, accused him of gen;ocide. With Roy Brinson as Dr. Peter Bryce and Sam Payne as Duncan Campbell Scott.;

SUMMARY: "The Indian as an Artist" was a six-week series about the art, literature and dance of the North Pacific coast peoples. The series considered the traditional arts of carving, painting, song, dance and; story telling. The series featured artists Doug Cranmer (Kwakiutl), Ramona Morris (Lummi), Bill Reid (Haida), Don Smith (Cherokee), and Henry Speck (Kwakiutl), and noted anthropologist Wilson Duff. ";The Artist and The Market", the third program in the series, discusses the role of the Indian Arts and Crafts Society as a means of approaching the market place on behalf of the artist, and the proble;ms of meeting competition in the form of mass-produced copies imported from other countries.;

SUMMARY: "The Indian as an Artist" was a six-week series about the art, literature and dance of the North Pacific coast peoples. The series considered the traditional arts of carving, painting, song, dance and; story telling. The series featured artists Doug Cranmer (Kwakiutl), Ramona Morris (Lummi), Bill Reid (Haida), Don Smith (Cherokee), and Henry Speck (Kwakiutl), and noted anthropologist Wilson Duff. ";Problems of Style", the second program in the series, explores the problems confronting the Coastal Indian artist of today who is working in traditional styles but "wanting to do meaningful work, rath;er than imitate or unintentionally vulgarize what has gone before".;

SUMMARY: "The Indian as an Artist" was a six-week series about the art, literature and dance of the North Pacific coast peoples. The series considered the traditional arts of carving, painting, song, dance and; story telling. The series featured artists Doug Cranmer (Kwakiutl), Ramona Morris (Lummi), Bill Reid (Haida), Don Smith (Cherokee), and Henry Speck (Kwakiutl), and noted anthropologist Wilson Duff. ";Origin and Development of Indian Art Styles", the first program in the series, has Wilson Duff discussing the anthropology of objects found on the North Pacific coast, including their type, style and ;origins.;

SUMMARY: Talk by Earle Birney, author, about: reading habits of Canadians; literature, poetry; Canadian writing; Canadian Authors Association.;

SUMMARY: Monitor was a series devoted to the arts in BC. This episode is a play offering many individual's perspectives on the Second Narrows Bridge disaster of 1958.;

SUMMARY: "Heritage Theatre" was a series of short historical plays set in the Vancouver environs. These vignettes illustrate some of the significant events and interesting episodes from Vancouver's earliest ti;mes. First broadcast in 1977, the plays were made in co-operation with the Social Planning Department of the City of Vancouver. This series was broadcast during the summer of 1981. This episode, "The; Battle Of The Bridge - 1933" by Cherie Thiessen, re-creates a heated city council meeting discussing the proposal for the Lions Gate Bridge.;

SUMMARY: "Heritage Theatre" was a series of short historical plays set in the Vancouver environs. These vignettes illustrate some of the significant events and interesting episodes from Vancouver's earliest ti;mes. First broadcast in 1977, the plays were made in co-operation with the Social Planning Department of the City of Vancouver. This series was broadcast during the summer of 1981. This episode, "In M;emoriam" by Brenda White, concerns a disaster that occurred during the construction of the Second Narrows Bridge on June 17, 1958.;

SUMMARY: "Best of Emerson" is a twice-a-week series (Monday and Friday) that ran from July 2 to September 28, 1962. In this series Vancouver's provocative conversationalist, John Emerson, discusses unusual asp;ects of Vancouver history and gives his recollections and impressions of well-known people. This episode, number 6 in the series, is about Vancouver's bridges.;

SUMMARY: "Best of Emerson" is a twice-a-week series (Monday and Friday) that ran from July 2 to September 28, 1962. In this series Vancouver's provocative conversationalist, John Emerson, discusses unusual asp;ects of Vancouver history and gives his recollections and impressions of well-known people. This episode, fourth in the series, marks the fifth anniversary of the Second Narrows bridge disaster.;