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RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-11-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. May A. Fenwick-Wilson came to Canada in 1910 from Devonshire to join her brother in the Kettle Valley. She and her brother made a living by supplying fruit to British settlers. She describes leisure activities including skating, tobogganing and her brother's polo club, which had its own rules. She tells about the war experiences of British men she knew (e.g., Captain Hessinger), most of whom returned to England to fight in World War 1. She tells stories of people who were in the area in the post-war era, including one about a man whose family was murdered by Indians, and details about a man named Strong. She tells many stories about miners, people in Rock Creek, and a family named Lynch, whom Lynch Creek was named after. She discusses her life back in Devonshire and Ireland. She comments on how much she enjoyed the country in Canada and her experiences with cattle and horses.

TRACK 2: Mrs. Wilson continues about cattle ranching and compliments the marksmanship of various people. She discusses early settlement and how much harder it was for the women than for the men to settle in a new country. She talks about the appeal of the country to the British people, most of whom were retired Army and Navy officers, and how they adapted to rural life. She mentions the Bill Miner train robbery and log drives up the river. She tells about the tragic romance of a; man named Sidley and his wife, about whom she is writing for the BC Historical Society. Mrs. Wilson talks about several places that served as social halls. She tells a story of a man named Larson who was a bartender.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1966-02-01 SUMMARY: Mr. Frank Mellor remembers the Kootenay region in the 1890s. He came to Victoria from Manchester in 1893. He discusses his brother J.W. Mellor. He offers his impressions of Victoria in 1893; California in 1895; arriving in the Kootenays in 1896 as a painter; one job at Rossland; Rossland in the 1890s; the people; "Spud" Murphy; Mrs. Allen and the Allen house; the Bob Fitzsimmons versus Jim Albert fight in 1897; Father Pat; more people; George and Frank Mellor's store; more about Father Pat and Rossland from 1896 to 1901. TRACK 2: He continues with more on Jack Kirkup; magistrates; the International Hotel; the red light district; "Nigger Thompson's"; the street layout; winter sports; Trail; the spirit and atmosphere of the 1890s; Nelson; prospecting on the Columbia; Spokane; miscellaneous ramblings; travel and Father Pat.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneering in the Nass River region, 1907-1930 PERIOD COVERED: 1905-1930 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1966-02-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Arthur Priestley immigrated to Canada from England in 1905. He speaks about his experiences as an immigrant in Alberta and on the Nass River near Aiyansh (ca.1907), the family homestead near Aiyansh, planning and building the family house and the house fire. Mr. Priestley recalls his family's coming out to Aiyansh encouraged by Rev. J.B. McCullagh, impressions along the Nass River, Aiyansh and other Nass River settlements, the Indian way of life and the work of Rev. McCullagh, the Anglican missionary at Aiyansh. TRACK 2: Arthur Priestley recalls his homesteading efforts in Aiyansh, homesteading and settlement in the area, soil and climate, transportation, incidents along the Nass River, the telegraph line to Anyox, Indian legends about the lava flow, more about Rev. J.B. McCullagh and his time in Aiyansh, settlement 1912/13, operating the post office and store, local incidents, the Nisga'a, schooling and Timothy Derrick.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1966-02-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Percy Gorse relates how he came from London to British Columbia after working for the foreign service to finalize the accounts of the British Colonies; a failed land deal with a man name;d Freeman; how he came to Fort Qu'apelle, and his first impressions of the area; then how he came to British Columbia, and landed at Revelstoke in 1904. He describes Revelstoke when he arrived and hi;s first job. He describes his first winter in BC living with his brother, Frank, on a bank of the Columbia River. He tells various anecdotes about his life, as well as jobs working for a butcher, picking and selling strawberries, including a discussion of salaries; and detailed accounts of fighting bush fires for a man named Charlie Lindmark. TRACK 2: Mr. Gorse continues with more on firefighting; work tracking out to Salmon Arm, and life on the land he and his brother bought near Salmon Arm. He gives his impressions of Salmon Arm and the surrounding area. He recalls characters in the are;a including Bob Fortune and Pat Owens; fruit growing; the lumber industry and dairying around Salmon Arm; building a house for his parents; and describes some characters who came from India.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1966-01-31 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Frank Kappel describes how he came from Wales with a friend, Loland Salt, after seven years in Germany, because English was the language of Canada, and because the family of the woman he; was engaged to had land out by Shuswap Lake. He describes his first impressions upon coming into the area; remittance men; the process of building a house; selling wood; settling at Notch Hill; hostility aimed at the British; the first settlers at Chase; the first sawmill in the area, and the family who started it; the development of more sawmills; his property at Celista and the first settlers there; the timber industry at that time; having to clear land in order to get a patent to farm it in Magna Bay; his time in WWI; his job as a fire warden; other jobs he has worked at; how much he loved; his outdoor work; his work decoding German messages during the war; and his impressions of Indigenous peoples. TRACK 2: Mr. Kappel continues by discussing sawmill activity in the area; how in 1926 the company; he worked with built a sawmill in Canoe, then later sold it; a man who was rumoured to be a direct descendant of Robert the Bruce; an anecdote about a murder; the discovery of gold at the big bend of; the Columbia at Seymour Arm [?]; details about Sicamous; Notch Hill; growing apples at Salmon Arm; families in the area; game in the Shuswap area; how his wife liked the country; various odd characters; salmon runs before the slide at Hell's Gate; stories about various old timers and characters.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1966-02-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. F.V. Cornwall discusses her father, Robert Garnett Tatlow, who came to Canada from Ireland when he was seventeen; his work for a land syndicate in Vancouver in 1886; the Vancouver fire; real estate interests; her father as an M.L.A.; Joe Martin, Richard McBride, Dave Fulton; her father's political views; early Vancouver and high society; Lord and Lady Aberdeen. TRACK 2: Cornwall discusses her father's Cariboo property; more descriptions of people and places in early Vancouver; the Cornwalls; a train robbery story; more about the Cornwalls; dances at Kamloops; trips to Vancouver; brief comments on hunting, Indians, and clergymen in the Ashcroft area.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1967 SUMMARY: First of two oral history interviews with John James ("Dick") Roddis. He immigrated to from England to Canada in 1912 (aged 22). On 14-Feb-1914, he left Vancouver with two horse-drawn sleighs en route to the Cariboo, travelling through 141 Mile House, Soda Creek and Quesnel. He talks about his travels, local ranches and prospectors, ferries and boats on the Fraser River, and the BX stage.

CALL NUMBER: T1345:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1967-09 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Isabel Sweeny (nee Bell-Irving) talks about her family's life in Vancouver after arriving in 1885, including: her father, who was an engineer for the CPR; his sketches of CPR construction; her parents' initial stay at Black's Hotel; life in Vancouver; their first house on Alexander Street, and their house on Seaton Street, later Hastings Street. She continues with descriptions of the family holly tree and tennis court; the West End; English Bay; Jericho Beach in the 1890s; the North Vancouver Indians; False Creek; Point Grey; Marpole House; Granville Street; and the family home at Harwood and Bute Streets. TRACK 2: Mrs. Sweeny continues with her recollections about early Vancouver, including moving the last Indian village in the Kitsilano area to Squamish; real estate development; Vancouver in the 1890s and 1900s; parties; social life; the Royal Navy; more family history; Victoria; early schools in Vancouver; childhood; family pets; development of the city; a fund-raising carnival for the hospital; Indians in Stanley Park; and local characters "Crazy George" and "Pacific Slope".

CALL NUMBER: T1345:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1967-09 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Sweeny talks about trips along the BC coast on the family boat, the "Beatrice"; Indian fishing on the northern rivers; the Johnson family; Princess Louisa Inlet and Thetis Island. She discusses the Gulf Islands; personalities; families; Campbell River; fishing stories; Cape Mudge and Alert Bay. [TRACK 2: blank.]

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): 100 Mile House and Williams Lake, 1919-1940 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1967 SUMMARY: Phil Coxon left England in 1911. Early adventures in United States and Canada. Returned to 100 Mile House in 1918, after World War One, and homesteaded there. Cutting railroad ties. Moved to Williams Lake in 1919. Early Williams Lake and its settlers. First institutions: schools, churches, police, doctors, stores, courthouse. Wood cutting, 1940s.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1968 [summer] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Henry Hess discusses his home in Switzerland, and his subsequent arrival in Saskatchewan to farm in 1923. He then discusses his arrival in BC in 1941; his impressions of Read Island and; social life; his hobby of hiking; and comments on Read Islanders. TRACK 2: Mr. Hess discusses the local history of Read Island concerning the first settler, John Jones, in 1893; miscellaneous stories; and his pig farm.

SUMMARY: "Vancouver Theatre" was a series that featured new plays by Canadian writers, together with adaptations of works from other media and from other countries. This episode, "The Dark Invaders", is a play by Captain Thomas Gilchrist, based on a true story that took place on the Vancouver waterfront in the summer of 1914. It recounts the events surrounding the arrival of a chartered Japanese ship, the S.S. "Komagata Maru", carrying 400 East Indian immigrants. The play speculates about possible German involvement in this story.;

CALL NUMBER: T2467:0001 track 1
SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Journey to Ootsa
SUMMARY: In this first of two programs, Arthur Shelford recalls how he came to Canada from England in 1908, some of his early working experiences in Alberta and British Columbia, and how he and his brother Jack located their homestead in the Ootsa Lake District.

CALL NUMBER: T2467:0001 track 2
SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Journeys of a homesteader
SUMMARY: In this second of two programs, Arthur Shelford recalls homesteading with his brother Jack in the Ootsa Lake district around 1910. He discusses their experiences clearing the land, building a sod-roof cabin, trapping, and living in a tent in winter, as well as a journey to Bella Coola to buy cattle for their farm. The local character Mike Touhy ("The Bard of the Lakes Country") is also remembered, and Touhy's poem "The Hazelton Trail" is recited by the narrator. The voices heard are Arthur Shelford, Cliff Harrison, and Frank Chettleburgh.

SUMMARY: In this program, Ernie Lang recounts his experiences as a German immigrant in British Columbia, including the anti-German sentiments he encountered during World War One.

SUMMARY: Sarah Bourgon recalls her adventures as a young English immigrant: arriving in Canada in 1912, working in Vancouver and Prince Rupert, and travelling to Aldermere in the Bulkley Valley in 1914.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1969-05-16 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Captain Gregory describes how he came to BC from Bristol with his parents; he discusses his father's life; a three-hour trip to Victoria by buggy; his impressions of Victoria, including stories about what the city was like; a railway trip to Montreal before getting on a cattle boat to get back to Bristol in 1889; and his impressions of England as behind the times in terms of technology compared to Canada. [TRACK 2: blank.]

RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), [197-?] SUMMARY: Violet Raymond was born in Hartford, England, 12-Jun-1880. Family background; father's father a judge. Father was Frederick Burchell; mother was Eliza Augusta Sophia James. Ms. Raymond arrived in Canada 1904-05-10. First lived in Edmonton, Alberta. Emigrated because the man she married had Bright's disease and a French doctor thought it could be cured or remitted by living in a colder climate. Husband worked for photo store in Edmonton. Married in Edmonton in 1904 to Arthur Percy Raymond. [No further documentation available.]

RECORDED: [location unknown], [1970?] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Bert Nelson interviews Mr. Roy Mah, a director of the Vancouver Chinese Publicity Bureau, which publishes the "Chinatown News" (where Mr. Mah is the editor). Mr. Mah talks about publishing; the format and background of the "Chinatown News"; other Chinese newspapers in Vancouver and their audience and circulation. He discusses the local Chinese community; the Chinese school; education; Chinese-White relations; "Brotherhood Week"; segregation in schools; race relations; the Chinatown riot of 1907; early Chinese immigration; Asian wisdom; and the future of Vancouver's Chinese community. [TRACK 2: blank.]

CALL NUMBER: T0213:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Senta Erasmus RECORDED: [location unknown], [197-?] SUMMARY: Senta Erasmus was born in 1910 and discusses early life in Russia, the Russian revolution, moving to Latvia. Working as a pharmacist; marriage; the youth movement; return to land. Farming. World War II and move to Poland. Moving west to Germany as the Russians approached Poland.

CALL NUMBER: T0213:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Senta Erasmus RECORDED: [location unknown], [197-?] SUMMARY: Senta Erasmus discusses the attitude during WWII. Germany after the war. Immigration to Canada. Working in the Kootenays in cannery and packing. Job in Catholic hospital. UBC and teachers aide.

RECORDED: [location unknown], [197-] SUMMARY: A series of four [?] oral history interviews with John Gerald Prentice, who has served Canadian Forest Products Limited since 1944 as vice-president, president, and chairman of the board. From 1938 to; 1944, Prentice was president of Pacific Veneer Limited in New Westminster. [No content summary is available for these interviews.]

SUMMARY: The program includes the history and description of Cache Creek; the origins of Ashcroft; and brief description of early Ashcroft. The story of the journey of the Clippendale family from England to Ashcroft. Impressions of Ashcroft in 1910; attitudes toward English immigrants; growing up on a ranch near Ashcroft. The voices heard includes: Dorothy Goldrick, Nellie Baker, Mary Baker, and Vince Gresty.

CALL NUMBER: T0420:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1970-05 SUMMARY: TRACKS 1 & 2: Mrs. Dorothy Goldrick describes emigrating from Scotland to Ashcroft in 1910; the Colonist train; Winnipeg around 1910; Ashcroft in 1910, buildings, the Chinese people, cowboys, covered wagons, BX Express, the anti-English feeling; other English families; Hallowe'en pranks; and Kamloops.

CALL NUMBER: T0420:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1970-05 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Goldrick continues with a description of the stage coach journey to Ashcroft; local native people; more about the Colonist train; a description of Savona, BC; a Hudson's Bay post across Kamloops Lake; anecdotes about life at Savona; impressions of Canada before emigration; life in Golden from 1911 to 1917; snow; forest fires; and Vernon around 1917. [TRACK 2: blank.]

CALL NUMBER: T3882:0013/1 - 0013/6 RECORDED: Rosedale (B.C.), [197-] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Michael Kournossof discusses aspects of his life. Born a white Russian, he fought in the Russian Revolution in 1917, emigrated to China and then Canada in 1926. Kournossof's voice, though accented, is clear and distinctive. The speaker's unnamed male friend questions the speaker on occasion. TRACK 2: Begins with Gary Marcuse questioning the speaker about his parent's and his own spiritual beliefs. Jurgen Hesse, also present, is a freelance broadcaster/producer of CBC Radio's "Identities" program. Interview was recorded for use as a current affairs news item on the "Save the Farmland" issue and on "Identities".

CALL NUMBER: T3882:0013/2 - 0013/6 RECORDED: Rosedale (B.C.), [197-] SUMMARY: Continuation of the above interview. [No content summaries available.]

CALL NUMBER: T3882:0013/7 - 0013/8 RECORDED: Rosedale (B.C.), [197-] SUMMARY: Continuation of the above interview. [No content summaries available.]

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, "Oak Street", recounts the settlement of the Jewish people in British Columbia. Accounts of early Jewish settlers of Victoria, Vancouver, and Barkerville are featured, and the origins of synagogues in Victoria and Vancouver are described. Present-day activities of the Jewish community, and the role of women, are also discussed.

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SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Audrey Brown on the travels and life of her grandfather, James Miller Brown RECORDED: [location unknown], 1971 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Miss Brown relates the life and travels of her grandfather, Mr. James Miller Brown; born 1830 in England; travelled to Evansville, Indiana, in the 1850s; wagon journey from Evansville to California in the late 1850s; arrived in Nanaimo in 1863. TRACK 2: Opened tailors store in Nanaimo in the 1860s; tells of early life in Nanaimo, its people and its growth.

CALL NUMBER: T0048:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): William Hargreaves RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-04-27 SUMMARY: William Hargreaves was born in 1885 and gives a description of his childhood in England were at 13 he began apprenticeships in shipbuilding, streetcar making, cotton mill. Came to Canada in 1900 and farmed in Ontario, in B.C. He worked at Fraser Mills for B.C. Electric. Discusses experiences in World War One; he was wounded early in the war and spent the remaining war years in Britain. CALL NUMBER: T0048:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): William Hargreaves RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-04-27 & 1972-05-03 SUMMARY: William Hargreaves gives an account of his war experiences and also the year after World War One, where in England, he was involved in the demobbing riots. His discussion of the riots between troops and police at various camps is very informative. On his return to Canada he worked as a lecturer in the construction of farm buildings (silos etc.) at Gifford, a 600 acre farm under the control of the Soldier's Settlement Board. CALL NUMBER: T0048:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): William Hargreaves RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-04-30 SUMMARY: William Hargreaves gives a detailed description of the farm at Gifford: the number of veterans, the organization of work, the farm manager, the learn-work arrangement. He also discusses the construction projects on which he worked in Vancouver -- the Hotel Vancouver, the Court House, the development of Shaughnessy Heights. There are accounts of the riots during the Depression, his return to England for four years and finally his return to Canada. CALL NUMBER: T0048:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): William Hargreaves RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-05-16 SUMMARY: William Hargreaves, World War One and World War Two veteran, discusses history, the Veteran's Guard, and legion work. CALL NUMBER: T0048:0005 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): William Hargreaves RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-05-16 SUMMARY: William Hargreaves talks about his activities after retirement, his career as an artist, his sickness and hospitalization. He discusses his views on politics, current affairs (1972), on construction in 1972 as opposed to former years, as well as his attitude towards people and his expectations of people.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Agnes Jane Power RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-07-07 SUMMARY: Agnes Jean Power was born in 1890 and discusses her early life in India; age 17-22, spent in England; and her move to Canada including Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver. Attitudes, the Depression. Comparison between India, England and Canada.

CALL NUMBER: T0099:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Humanity vs. authority : the life of Perry Hilton - king and country RECORDED: [location unknown], 1972-08-25 SUMMARY: Perry Hilton discusses his early childhood in England; educational opportunities; family life; influence of father; loss of religion; stupidity of WWI; bakery apprenticeship; farm work; preparing for emigration; reasons for choosing Canada; first impressions; farm work in Saskatchewan. CALL NUMBER: T0099:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Humanity vs. authority : the life of Perry Hilton - the real Canadians RECORDED: [location unknown], 1972-08-25 and 28 SUMMARY: Perry Hilton discusses farming in Saskatchewan; Prince Albert; travelling across the prairies working for different farmers; harvesting; tending horses; homesteading with brothers; north to Edmonton; to Vancouver in the spring of 1924; lumber camps; fall of 1924; back to the prairies; first of two bakeries; trips to England; comparison of Prince Albert and Cutknife, Saskatchewan; people and conditions. CALL NUMBER: T0099:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Humanity vs. authority : the life of Perry Hilton - co-operation and confrontation RECORDED: [location unknown], 1972-08-28 and 29 SUMMARY: Perry Hilton discusses bakery operation in Cutknife, Saskatchewan to 1928; idea for a co-op; trips to England; move to Australia; strikes in Australia; differences between Australian and other workers; successes in organizations; tactics in Australia; 1928-1930; getting "leaded" and leaving Australia. CALL NUMBER: T0099:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Humanity vs. authority : the life of Perry Hilton - paternalism rebuked RECORDED: [location unknown], 1972-08-31 SUMMARY: Perry Hilton discusses the Depression in Canada's west; the effects of the Depression on the people of the prairies; the beginnings of camp organization (unemployed camps) in B.C.; leaders; conditions; tactics; incidents; responses; camp to camp around B.C.; 1930-1935; blacklist from camps; work attempts; riding the rails; unemployed strikes for better conditions; confrontation in Vancouver; McGeer vs. unemployed; police against the unemployed; the continuing organization; etc. CALL NUMBER: T0099:0005 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Humanity vs. authority : the life of Perry Hilton - unemployed on the loose RECORDED: [location unknown], 1972-09-01 SUMMARY: Perry Hilton discusses organizing B.C. camps; changing names for camps; incidents; conditions; action co-ordination between camp organizers; the role of the Communist party and the C.C.F.; preparing for the On-to-Ottawa Trek; organization and plans; move to Vancouver; the story of the Vancouver strikes, incidents, leaders, attitudes of police, unemployed and citizens. CALL NUMBER: T0099:0006 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Humanity vs. authority : the life of Perry Hilton - On-To-Ottawa RECORDED: [location unknown], 1972-09-07 SUMMARY: Perry Hilton discusses the On-to-Ottawa Trek from Vancouver to Regina; organization; events; activities of the food detail; problems; successes; Regina riot; attitude of the people and the police day by day; Regina; events of the riot; government response; return to B.C. CALL NUMBER: T0099:0007 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Humanity vs. authority : the life of Perry Hilton - Prince Rupert organization RECORDED: [location unknown], 1972-09-08 SUMMARY: Perry Hilton discusses the return from the Ottawa Trek; organizing tasks assigned by the Communist Party; the interior, Prince George to Prince Rupert; organizing methods, problems, results; setting up a framework for self-perpetuating leadership; anecdotes; resistance; success; departure from Prince Rupert against orders; return to Vancouver. CALL NUMBER: T0099:0008 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Humanity vs. authority : the life of Perry Hilton - feeding the internationals RECORDED: [location unknown], 1972-09-11 SUMMARY: Perry Hilton discusses life in Vancouver; forced holiday; out to camp at Tree Valley; conditions, etc; blacklist relief; disastrous farm work attempts; organizing Fraser Mills; the call for Spanish War; volunteers off to Spain; trip and arrival; story of the war in Spain. CALL NUMBER: T0099:0009 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Humanity vs. authority : the life of Perry Hilton - the war years in Spain RECORDED: [location unknown], 1972-09-13 SUMMARY: Perry Hilton continues his description of the Spanish Civil War; financing training; morale; role of the Communist Party; capture by the Fascists; conditions in prison camps; activities etc; release and repatriation; specific battles; personalities; horrors of capture and imprisonment. CALL NUMBER: T0099:0010 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Humanity vs. authority : the life of Perry Hilton - old struggles, new patterns RECORDED: [location unknown], 1972-09-15 SUMMARY: Perry Hilton discusses the period from the end of the Spanish Civil War to his retirement in the 1960s. Feelings after Spain; the coming of the Second World War; logging in the interval; joining up; difficulties due to the Spanish War background; service in England; struggle for housing on return to Vancouver in 1945; hand logging from the mid-1940s to retirement -- methods, places, problems, etc.

CALL NUMBER: T0139:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Phillip W. Bird : loyalty, duty and public services RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1973-02-24 SUMMARY: Phillip W. Bird was born in 1896 and discusses aspects of his childhood in England, homesteading in Saskatchewan, Doukhobors, farming, joining army in Europe.;

CALL NUMBER: T0139:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Phillip W. Bird : loyalty, duty and public services RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1973-02-26 SUMMARY: Phillip W. Bird describes briefly the 1920s and 1930s, his career in the Canadian Immigration Service from 1936, and the beginning of the European D.P. operation.;

CALL NUMBER: T0139:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Phillip W. Bird : loyalty, duty and public services - selecting new Canadians RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1973-03-01 SUMMARY: Phillip W. Bird describes activities of Canadian immigration mission in Europe during post-war D.P. immigration drive.;

RECORDED: Sidney (B.C.), 1973-03-31 SUMMARY: Over afternoon tea, Elizabeth Gould interviews her mother, Mrs. Grace Bosher, and her aunts Mrs. Patty Mitchell and Mrs. Ruth Anstey. These three sisters (nee Simister) recall how their family -- Mr. and Mrs. J.F. Simister, with five daughters and one son -- emigrated from England to Vancouver Island in 1911-1912. They also discuss their early impressions of Victoria and Sidney, and their early years there.