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Correspondence inward while attending boarding school in Victoria from family members, March - June, 1909; correspondence inward from a soldier in France, March, 1916. Exercise book for French lessons, no date. Photographs transferred to Visual Records accession 198401-8.

Purchased at auction, 1984.

Public access. News with Lynda Weber. Nicole Cadorette interviews Gislaine Templeman of the Education Committee of the Club Canadien-francais, who talks about French immersion programs in B.C. schools.

Public access. The development and growth of French immersion programs in British Columbia schools since 1978. More than 22 school districts offer such programs. Courses offered. There is a library open to all teachers. The program parallels those existing in Quebec's French schools, as well as those in British Columbia's English-language schools. High school programs are being prepared. Guest Monique Roy (of L'ecole Anne Hebert) also comments.

Minutes of annual, semi-annual, and executive meetings, 1927-1968. Includes statements of accounts and brief submitted to British Columbia Royal Commission on Education (1959).

Presented by Douglas Harker, Pender Island, 1980.

The series reflects the development and activities of the Vernon Preparatory School for boys and the lives of its proprietors, Augustine (1879-1965) and Hugh (1882-1971) Mackie.

The records include a list of pupils, a copy of the school register, sample pupil reports, an account book, clipping books, and miscellaneous notebooks. It also includes numerous notebooks filled with sermons and talks to the boys by Augustine Mackie. Some of the sermons were from his period as a priest in England prior to emigrating to Canada. School materials include complete runs of the Old Boys' News Letter (1951-1961) and the Chronicle of the Vernon Preparatory School (1918-1950). There is also considerable private material relating to Mackie family members, both those in Canada and in England. This includes correspondence, genealogical material, a marriage contract (1871), diaries, journals, scrapbooks and clipping books. Augustine was a devoted conservationist and fish and game enthusiast and there are copies of several articles written by him on the topic.

May Alison Kern (nee Gillman) was born in England in 1896 and at an early age moved with her family to Edmonton. In 1924 she settled in Vancouver where she became active in local Parent-Teacher Associations. She served as President of the British Columbia Parent-Teacher Federation [BCPTF] from 1947 to 1950. Mrs. Kern was actively involved in all aspects of the Parent-Teacher movement in Canada for over twenty-five years, and throughout that time maintained strong ties with the National Congress of Parents and Teachers in the United States. In addition to her work for the Canadian Parent-Teacher movement, she was a member of the Council of the Canadian Association for Adult Education, served on the Advisory Council on School Broadcasting (1943-1950), and participated in the conferences of the Canadian Education Association. In 1946, while serving as Corresponding Secretary for the Canadian Home and School and Parent-Teacher Federation, she was chosen by the Canadian Teachers' Federation and the Wartime Information Board to make a lecture tour of Parent-Teacher Associations across Canada. In 1951, after a term as Executive Secretary, she was awarded a Life Membership in the CHSPTF. She died in 1985. MS-2775 consists of records relating to the British Columbia Parent-Teacher Federation [est'd. 1922] and the National Canadian Home and School Federation [est'd. 1927]. The records include correspondence, minutes of executive meetings, conference proceedings, and convention programs. In addition, this collection comprises historical notes and publications, and subject files on topics such as family relations, citizenship, censorship, health and parent education. Some personal papers are also included.

Dirk Fraser was a student at Vernon Preparatory School, 1938-1941, and Magee High School in Vancouver, 1941-1943. This collection includes his 1941-1942 diary, his letters home to his mother and sister 1940-1941, letters to him from friends 1942-1943, his sketch books and school work books and a game he invented. Photographs transferred to Visual Records accession 199205-011.

Educational. Fifth and final broadcast of Occupational Training Council series on careers; panel discussion of a Statistics Canada report by Warren Clark and Zolten Zsigmond on employment opportunities for secondary graduates two years after graduation.

The Educational Research Institute of British Columbia (ERIBC) was founded in 1967. The institute was a successor agency, to the British Columbia Educational Research Council, an independent association established in 1956 to promote educational research and provide a repository for educational research studies. Based at the University of British Columbia, the council originally consisted of representatives from UBC's Faculty of Education, the British Columbia Parent Teachers Federation, the British Columbia School Trustees' Association (BCSTA) and the British Columbia Teachers' Federation (BCTF). The activities of the council gradually increased as representatives of various schools and school districts were brought in as "supporting members." However, the council was not able to provide services, facilities or funding for educational research to any great extent. Accordingly in 1964 the BCSTA members moved that a new centralized organization to be known as the Educational Research Institute of British Columbia be formed to succeed the council. The resolution was supported by the BCTF and the ERIBC was duly created and incorporated as a nonprofit society in 1967. The main objectives of the institute were to: survey the educational research needs of the province; promote research in education; carry out research on educational issues of broad social implications liase and make available the findings of the educational research studies to all interested educational organizations; act as a 'clearinghouse' of educational research studies being undertaken in British Columbia by issuing suitable publications. During its early years, the ERIBC was principally concerned with raising and providing funds to individuals 1) most of whom were teachers or school administrators. But the mandate of the institute soon widened. In the 1970s it began receiving nonstatutory grants from the provincial government to conduct workshops in small school districts; it was asked to provide reports and assessments of school curricula; it provided contractual reports on special education programmes and advised on a variety of other educational matters. In the 1980s the ERIBC also acted as a technical agency for the Ministry of Education in devising and implementing provincewide Grade 12 examinations. In 1982 the institute amended its constitution to reflect its increased activities. Membership on the ERIBC's Board of Directors was correspondingly broadened to include representatives from the three provincial universities, the B.C. Home and School Federation, the B.C. Association of Colleges, the Association of British Columbia School Superintendents, and the Federation of Independent School Associations, as well as the BCTF and the BCSTA. The economic recession of the 1980s, however, and the provincial government's "fiscal restraint" policies seriously curtailed the ERIBC's activities. The main blow came in Dec 1985 when the government decided to withdraw the grants and the contracts which it had provided to the institute. When other sources of funding and support did not develop, the Board of Directors reluctantly decided to wind up their operations. The ERIBC was dissolved effective 31 Mar 1986. Just before the institute closed, Mrs. Audrey Sojonky, Executive Director of the ERIBC, offered to donate the institute's administrative records to the Provincial Archives. Mrs. Sojonky and the Board of Directors also agreed to turn over the institute's operational records, including its impressive collection of research reports. In so doing, the ERIBC directors wished to continue to facilitate educational research in the province. MS-2209 consists of the complete records of the ERIBC. Included are the institute's minutes (along with minutes of the B.C. Educational Research Council), policy manuals, grant application guidelines, institute research reports (written by ERIBC staff), and contractual research reports. The educational research reports which form the bulk of MS-2209 deal with schools in all parts of the province and cover a remarkably wide and diverse range of topics. Together they constitute one of the most important sources for the study of educational policies and programmes in British Columbia.

The fonds consists of a statement and school files of Angela College.

Notes and correspondence from provincial electors to Leader of the Opposition (Barrett) re: such matters as education, health care, highways, and automobile insurance.

Correspondence, minutes (1950-1969), yearbooks and other publications of the parent body; minutes, accounts and correspondence of local chapters.

The British Columbia Home and School Federation was established in 1922 and was based in New Westminster, B.C.

Documents in this collection pertain to both schools and include: Collegiate School (CS) students' register (1892-1929); CS students' roll book (1910-1929); CS Cadet corps orders book (1910-1919); CS scrapbook (1898-1929); and samples of CS hat ribbons and blazer crests. Muskett's personal account book and Qualicum College students' register (1935-1936) also included.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975 SUMMARY: John Young tells about his experience as an educator and his efforts to innovate and humanize education at Campbell River Senior Secondary School. Current and future needs for change in education.;

Public affairs. Jack Webster’s popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Webster comments on the November 9th announcement of Chief Justice John Farris’s impending resignation and Webster's exclusive interview with alleged prostitute Wendy King and her lawyer Robert Gardner about the scandal. Interviews Pat McGeer, Minister of Education; ICBC and higher rates for bad drivers; rate removal of penalties for men under 25 years old; bonuses for women drivers; strike notice from ICBC employees. Associate producer Linda Dutka talks about next day’s guests.

Public affairs. Jack Webster’s popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Brian Coxford visits William Head Medium Security Prison on Vancouver Island, or the William Head Country Club, as inmates refer to it. Interview with Arlie Bender, Director of William Head Prison. Inmate Bob Chamberland plays guitar and sings. Interview with the Birdman of William Head, inmate Frank Schlosse, as well as inmate Ted Walker. Camosun College programmes; training and education at the prison. Pierre Berton, discusses his 25th book “The Wild Frontier”. Other topics include; importance of archives; research on BC history; Cariboo Cameron from Barkerville; the Nootka and Captain Cook’s 200th anniversary. Webster takes calls about the previous day's show regarding the West Kootenay school dispute and interview with Pat McGeer, Minister of Education. Associate producer Linda Dutka talks about next day’s guests.

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Webster talks on the phone with Education Minister Dr. Pat McGeer about a five-week school strike in West Kootenay and then questions Fred Pike, Chief Negotiator for Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Phil Brooks, Citizen Association for Educational Rights, and Laura Lehman, a student and member of a Student Action Committee on the strike. NDP MP for New Westminster, Stu Leggatt, gives his opinion on the allegations of misconduct facing Chief Justice John Farris.

Public affairs. Jack Webster’s popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Note: Start and end of programme missing. Brian Coxford with a live report from Nelson regarding a strike and lockout action at West Kootenay schools. Brian speaks with Tara Melnechuk, President, Students' Council, L.V. Rogers Secondary School, Nelson, and Gwyneth De Vries, President, Students' Council, Trafalgar Junior Secondary School, Nelson. Footage of a news conference held November 30, 1978 by Marc Lalonde, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, regarding Judge John Lauchlan Farris and allegations after a police investigation, including wire taps and photographs, indicated he consorted with prostitutes. Vic Stephens, lawyer and BC Tory leader discusses the Judge Farris and the Judge Benrod cases.

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.

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Issues facing BC in the upcoming election are discussed by Jack Davis, Social Credit incumbent in North Vancouver-Seymour, and then David Schreck, New Democratic Party candidate. Panel of four education experts including Elsie McMurphy, president of British Columbia Teachers’ Federation; John Waters, president of College Institute Educators’ Association; Marg Fartaczek, chairman of Canadian Federation of Students (Pacific Region); and Sidney Mindess, president of the Confederation of University Faculty Associations.

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Jack talks with David Strangway, President of UBC, and Dr. William Saywell, President of Simon Fraser University. They discuss funding cuts; student aid; falling enrollment from students outside Victoria and Vancouver; changes in curriculum. Jack speaks with Jim Mercier, a local small employer, about a Human Rights challenge made by a woman who was not hired because she was pregnant. Jack speaks with Michael Hunter, President of the Fisheries Council of BC, about a boycott of Canadian fish in retaliation for the seal kill. Reporter Brian Rutledge on the disposition of the giant Expo ’86 hockey stick.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976 SUMMARY: An oral history interview with Marion Groger and Marjorie Neudorf, sisters who moved from Alberta to Cecil Lake, ca. 1930. They talk about growing up in the Peace River country during the 1930s. School, food, homestead, and the hardships and pleasures of homesteading are the subjects of the interview.

PERIOD COVERED: ;1910;-;1968 RECORDED: [location unknown], [196-?] SUMMARY: Dan Lee talks to Hilda Mortimer about the difficulties due to the lack of schools in the Chilcotin, and the relevance of education to the rancher.;

CALL NUMBER: T1675:0030 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): The 'Five-Regions' idea and Canada's future RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-11-06 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: W.A.C. Bennett discusses the origin and background of the five-regions concept. Recollection of the federal-provincial conference on the constitution, 1969, when Bennett first publicly advocated the idea. Reaction to the five-regions idea. Comments on how each region of Canada would benefit if Canada was restructured according to Bennett's plan. The Canadian north and the five-regions plan. The five-regions idea and the decentralization of the Canadian federal system. TRACK 2: Comments on Brian Brown's book, "The New Confederation". Bennett's views on British Columbia's place within Canadian confederation and the trend towards North American continentalism. Political alliances versus economic common markets. Bennett values Canadian independence and British political institutions. Anecdote about Rene Levesque asking Bennett to lead British Columbia out of Canadian confederation. CALL NUMBER: T1675:0031 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): British Columbia politics and the BCR (part 1) RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-11-14 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: W.A.C. Bennett discusses his involvement with service clubs. His fierce patriotism for British Columbia. Cooperation with the federal government on several projects. Medicare. Construction of; the Trans-Canada Highway in B.C. The genesis of Roberts Bank. Cost-sharing with the federal government. Bennett's submission to the Royal Commission investigating the British Columbia Railway (BCR). Criticism of the post-1972 administration of BCR. TRACK 2: The BCR as a political railway. Reasons for changing its name from PGE to BCR. The intention to sell the PGE by some early B.C. Socreds. The railway should be operated as a public enterprise for the benefit of private businesses in the province. The railway should be run like a business. The role of Joe Broadbent, the manager of the BCR. The role of the president and board of directors of the railway. The issue of under-estimating construction costs on the Dease Lake extension of the BCR. Reasons for the extension of the BCR into the Canadian north and through to Alaska. Bennett's attitude towards environmentalism. CALL NUMBER: T1675:0032 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): British Columbia politics and the BCR (part 2) RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-11-14 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: W.A.C. Bennett discusses the future of the BCR. The current plight of the railway is due to mismanagement by the NDP during the years it formed the provincial government. Bennett describes how, in his view, it would be possible to rejuvenate the BCR and prepare it for great future development. [TRACK 2: blank.] CALL NUMBER: T1675:0033 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Government pension funds and labour policies, 1952-1972 PERIOD COVERED: 1952-1972 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-11-15 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: W.A.C. Bennett discusses his government's use of public service pension funds. The issue of pension fund shortfalls. Bennett's method of securing the future value of pension funds. The indexing of pensions. The problem of inflation and its effect on pension funds. The issue of pension fund socialism. TRACK 2: W.A.C. Bennett discusses the labour policies of his government, 1952-1972. The role of organized labour in the B.C. economy. Theory of labour-management relations. The character of the labour movement in B.C. The effect of government policies in labour-management relations. The NDP and organized labour. The issue of strikes in essential services. Evaluation of Bennett's Ministers of Labour: Lyle Wicks, Leslie Peterson, James Chabot. The government as referee in labour-manage;ment relations. CALL NUMBER: T1675:0034 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Personal nicknames and Saltspring Island hideaway RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-11-25 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: W.A.C. Bennett discusses his relationship with close personal friends. Commencement of the use of the initials W.A.C. after moving to Kelowna, 1930. Origin of the nickname "Wacky". Bennett's hideaway on Saltspring Island. Spending weekends on Saltspring Island while Premier. Description of Saltspring cottage. [TRACK 2: blank.] CALL NUMBER: T1675:0035 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): The budgetary process, treasury board and cabinet PERIOD COVERED: 1952-1972 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-02-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: W.A.C. Bennett discusses playing cards with friends and the importance of relaxation. Anecdote about a story told at a Christmas family occasion by Bennett's son R.J. Description of the budgetary processes of Bennett's government. TRACK 2: The role and function of little treasury board. The process of treasury board. Bennett's role as Chairman of the treasury board. The effect of Bennett's style of budgeting on his government's policies. The budget as an instrument of government policy. Serving simultaneously as Premier and Minister of Finance. The operation of Bennett's cabinet. The; virtual absence of cabinet committees. Travelling cabinet meetings. Plebiscites. CALL NUMBER: T1675:0036 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Wenner-Gren and plans for the development of British Columbia PERIOD COVERED: 1952-1978 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-02-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: W.A.C. Bennett discusses maintenance of the legislative precinct during the period he was Premier. British Columbia's development and the growing world economy during the years of his government. The background to the Wenner-Gren plan to develop the interior of the province. Bennett's meeting in London, England, with Sir Andrew McTaggart and Dal Grauer which presaged the takeover of the B.C. Electric Company. TRACK 2: The genesis of the two rivers policy. The development of hydro-electric power on the Peace River and its effect on negotiations for the Columbia River Treaty. The effect of the Wenner-Gren plan. The memorandum of intent which was signed between the government and the Wenner-Gren B.C. Development Corporation. The aborted plans for the Pacific Northern Railway. The role of Einar Gunderson in the Wenner-Gren plan. Bennett responds to charges that BCR losses were hidden during the years of his government. CALL NUMBER: T1675:0037 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Education policies of the Social Credit government, 1952-1972 PERIOD COVERED: 1952-1972 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-02-14 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: W.A.C. Bennett discusses his attitudes towards higher education. Anecdote about persuading his son, Bill, to consider going to university. Construction of Simon Fraser University and the University of Victoria. Relations with UBC. Relations with the academic community in general. Government funding for education. TRACK 2: Bennett recalls addressing a large student audience at UBC at which the university president, Norman McKenzie, was heckled. Evaluation of Bennett's successive Ministers of Education: Tilly Rolston, Robert Bonner, Ray Williston, Leslie Peterson, Donald Brothers. Dual cabinet portfolios. The role of the teachers in the defeat of the Social Credit government, 1972. Anecdote about Bert Price voting against the Socred minority government, 1953. CALL NUMBER: T1675:0038 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Relationship with John Diefenbaker and the federal Conservative Party PERIOD COVERED: 1948-1963 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-03-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: W.A.C. Bennett recalls the days when he was a Conservative in British Columbia and memories of John Diefenbaker. The 1948 Yale by-election. Reasons for lack of success in the by-election. Efforts by the federal Conservatives to have Social Credit join their party. Relationship with the Diefenbaker government. The Columbia River Treaty. Meeting President Kennedy at a banquet in Seattle. The 1963 provincial election campaign and Davie Fulton's challenge in British Columbia. TRACK 2: Reasons for Fulton's challenge to Social Credit in British Columbia. Factors contributing to Fulton's failure in the 1963 election. Diefenbaker and the opening of the Trans-Canada highway in British Columbia. W.A.C. Bennett as a British Columbia nationalist.

SUMMARY: Reports by Jim Nesbitt about: health, education and liquor consumption.;

SUMMARY: Radio program with Marce Munro, announcer and talk by David Brock, writer, about: education and private schools.;

The collection consists of audio and videotaped oral history interviews with former students and teachers pertaining to the history of Central Junior Secondary School in Victoria, B.C.

Public access. A history of Central School in Victoria, where British Columbia's first public elementary school began in 1853.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Mrs. Charles Pepper : rural Manitoba community life, 1910-1930 PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1930 RECORDED: Parson (B.C.), 1972-11 SUMMARY: Mrs. Charles Pepper was born in 1909 and discusses growing up near Elkhorn, Manitoba; teaching in the interior of British Columbia; teaching at Alert Bay Indian School; and attending potlatches at Alert Bay.

CALL NUMBER: T0133:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Kathleen Sally Creighton : U.B.C. - a viewpoint RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1973-01-24 SUMMARY: Kathleen Sally Creighton answers questions on Fairview Campus; the Great Trek; and early social activities at U.B.C.;

CALL NUMBER: T0133:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Kathleen Sally Creighton : U.B.C. - a viewpoint RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1973-01-24 SUMMARY: Kathleen Sally Creighton answers questions on early social activities at U.B.C. and faculty. Concluding remarks.;