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SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Mrs. Omera Pare : French-Canadians in Maillardville, B.C. PERIOD COVERED: 1913-1972 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1972-04-12 SUMMARY: Mrs. Omera Pare was born in France in 1907 and came to Canada in 1913 at age 6, and to B.C. in 1918. School at Maillardville. Housewife in Maillardville 1925-1972.;

CALL NUMBER: T0079:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Yvonne Coutu RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-05-25 SUMMARY: Yvonne Coutu was born in 1900 in France and lived there until 1907. She describes dressmaking and homesteading in Vermillion, Alberta. Her mother was a dressmaker, and her father a homesteader. She discusses people and teaching on Indian reservations.

CALL NUMBER: T0079:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Yvonne Coutu RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-05-25 SUMMARY: Yvonne Coutu discusses teaching at Two Hills, Alberta; working at Eaton's; and Maillardville from 1938 to 1972. She discusses woman's role, personal philosophy, and attitudes.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Yvonne Cocke : women and politics PERIOD COVERED: 1924-1973 RECORDED: New Westminster (B.C.), 1973-03-14 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Yvonne Cocke was born in Saskatchewan in 1924 and she discusses her education; business school; early jobs during World War II; and her marriage to Dennis Cocke. She reflects on her early attitudes as a woman, wife and mother. She discusses how she became involved in politics; joining the NDP; women in politics; and the role of a politician's wife. TRACK 2: The politician's wife. Work as a campaign manager. Problems of women in politics and in society.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Chinese community RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-09-05,11, &18 SUMMARY: Yun Ho Chang discusses: peddling vegetables by horse and buggy; care of horses, type of buggy; growing vegetables on Knight St.; Sun Yat-sen -- donating money to cause, silver medal for the cause, attitude of Chinese here to Sun Yat-sen; CBA soup kitchen during the Depression; Chinatown in 1930s; learning English. (End of interview)

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Gordon Hugh Bennett. It is titled "Yukon transportation: a history". 1974. v, 377 leaves: illus., maps. Thesis (M.A.), University of New Brunswick, 1974. Vita. Bibliography: leaves 360-377. Canadian theses on microfiche, 30368.