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SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dial-A-Dietitian RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1976-04-07 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: University of Saskatchewan; interned at VGH; born in Wellesley; graduated from VGH in 1939; worked at the YWCA for two years; house mother and dietician; joined RCAF and was in it for 25 years as a dietician for tri-services as wing commander; quit or retired and came to Vancouver and worked at Department of National Health and Welfare counseling native Indians in nutrition; started this in January 1972; this was done under LIP grant; description of planning the project and setting up the publicity; early in the project, they were very swamped, what the goals were of this project; June 1972, they were operational; funding discussed; LIP grant fan from January 1972 to December 1973; donations given and a provincial government grant; one full time person on staff; Miss Campbell worked three days a week and two other dieticians worked one each in their office; diets; nutrition and food additives etc.; what their library contains; increase in work; received 11,395 calls to date; breakdown of types of calls; used a recorder phone after funding ran out in December 1973; donations lasted until December 1974 when city hall provided them with an office, phone and salary for three months; government will provide funds for a year; usefulness of this service; people's interest; state of nutrition in Vancouver; list of objectives now; covers BC Telephone non-long distance area; would like a toll free line for the province.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Albert Laithwaite : Reserve University Squadron, 1949-1968 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1974-04-20 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Albert Laithwaite (born 1915) discusses his family background. Royal Air Force and British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. Physical fitness for air force personnel. Joins squadron 1949. Squadron leader Roy Haines. Beginnings of UBC squadron. Duties as adjutant. TRACK 2: Importance of tradition. Lectures. Resident staff officer. University and Service College training compared. Leadership training. Value of training units to community. Social aspects of units. Loss due to disbandment. Contribution of university units. Human element of services.

The fonds consists of diaries, letters and manuscripts, documenting Alexander Jardine's career, including with the Empress of Canada, Donaldson Lines, the Royal Air Force, the Royal Canadian Air Force, and the Royal Military College (Kingston).

Alexander Myles Jardine was born in Vancouver in 1914 and moved to Victoria with his family at an early age. He attended South Park School, working in the summer of 1928 at the Natural Bridge Tea House near Field, B.C., and in September of 1929 with a forest survey crew in the vicinity of Powell River. He worked for a short period in the office of the B.C. Electric Co. in Victoria in the fall of 1929, before joining Canadian Pacific Steamship as an ordinary seaman on the Empress of Canada. In 1932 he joined Donaldson Lines as a cadet and in 1935 received his Second Mate certificate after study in Glasgow. In 1935 he joined the Royal Air Force and served in Britain until 1937 when he was posted to Singapore. He was taken prisoner of war in 1942. In 1946, he transferred to the Royal Canadian Air Force. His RCAF career is outlined in the curriculum vita in box 1, folder 1. He was Head of the Department of Military Studies, Royal Military College, Commanding Officer, RCAF stations Rockcliffe, St. Hubert, and Penhold, Alberta and from 1960-1963, Canadian Air and Military Attache at the Canadian Embassy Prague, Czechoslovakia. He retired from the air force in 1965. The collection consists of diaries, letters to his family (these are mainly letters to his mother), certificates, correspondence inward, mainly on the occasion of his promotions and retirement, and clippings. The diaries and letters particularly present detailed account of his work at Natural Bridge, near Field, B.C.; his brief stint as an office worker in Victoria, his years with the Merchant Marine, and with the RAF and the RCAF.

SUMMARY: TRACK 1: At RCAF Station Trenton in Ontario, Dick Batey interviews Air Commodore R.J. Lane, Air Officer Commanding of the RCAF's Air Transport Command, about the modern air force and the role of Air Transport Command. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Stock shots. 1. Public Service Alliance meeting - unidentified speaker. 2. Air Canada plane arrives. 3. Airport interior with Oriental family. 4. Unidentified (First Nations?) couple in apartment. 5. John Wayne - on his boat in Inner Harbour. 6. David Suzuki - interview. 7. Rolf Harris - at a school, Monday, February 9, 1981. 8. [Unidentified.] 9. [Unidentified.] 10. Peter C. Newman. 11. Pierre Berton. 12. School exterior. 13. Large tree fallen on power lines. 14. Storm damage. 15. Damaged vehicles. 16. Truck being pulled out of the Inner Harbour. 17. Overturned fuel truck in ditch. 18. Garbage on roadside - garbage truck in ditch. 19. The Snowbirds - planes flying in formation. 20. MLAs in the legislature. 21. The ferry "Queen of Prince Rupert". 22. Free bus. 23. Front-end loader. 24. Steam engine #4012.

SUMMARY: Reports by Bill Herbert about the manufacturing of coconut oil in Vancouver, and the air sea rescue service of the Royal Canadian Air Force.;

Correspondence, mainly to his parents, relating the circumstances of his death. Scrapbook of early years, Pilot's Flying Log Book, 1940-1944, miscellaneous papers.

CALL NUMBER: T4210:0013 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Daniel McIvor RECORDED: Richmond (B.C.), 1985-04-10 SUMMARY: Daniel McIvor was an aircraft pilot and airline executive. RCAF 1940-45. L & M Air Services, Vernon, 1946-49. Pilot for Queen Charlotte Airlines, Pacific Western Airlines, MacMillan Bloedel. Executive positions with PWA. TRACK 1: Dan's first flying experience at Fort William. Names of early fliers he associated with. Memorized eye chart to pass aviation medical. Commences building a home-built aircraft, but war intervenes. Joins RCAF. Describes readiness of RCAF for war, early confusion and activities as aircraft mechanic. TRACK 2: Obtains pilot's license in order to remuster as pilot. Flight training at Regina, 1940. Witnesses a mid-air collision. Completes training and sails to England via Iceland. Describes life on the troopship. Posted to Wellington bomber OTU in England but develops ulcers. Works as instrument fitter for a while then is returned to Canada. CALL NUMBER: T4210:0014 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Daniel McIvor RECORDED: Richmond (B.C.), 1985-04-10 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Upon return to Canada, manages to return to flying. Serves with #8 Bombing and Gunnery School, transfers to ferry flying. Describes the various aircraft flown. Demobilized in 1945 and tries various jobs in the Okanagan Valley. Becomes a commercial pilot and works for L & M Airways in Vernon. Describes charter flying work and effect of the 1948 Fraser River flood. Moves to Queen Charlotte Airlines when L & M goes broke. Resigns following incident at Zeballos when a Stinson is damaged in a windstorm. Joins Pacific Western Airlines. Experiments in waterbombing and fire control. Description of PWA activities of the 1950s. CALL NUMBER: T4210:0015 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Daniel McIvor RECORDED: Richmond (B.C.), 1985-04-10 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Transfers to MacMillan Bloedel as a pilot. Undertakes rescue operations near Vancouver. Early impressions of fighting forest fires. Extinguishing fires with paper bags of water. Start of waterbombing in B.C. Flying Sir Edmund Hillary around B.C. Works on firebombing in the Martin Mars for 7 years then returns to PWA as manager of small aircraft. Becomes manager of Hercules operation of small aircraft. Becomes manager of Hercules operation and finally organizes Boeing 707 cattle charters to Europe. TRACK 2: Blank.

CALL NUMBER: T0507:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1974-05-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Dr. Norman A.M. MacKenzie discusses his family background. Education. Pictou County, N.S. Schools -- Nova Scotia. Joins O.T.C. Dalhousie 1914. Enlists. Training period. Overseas in France -- "Plug Street", Ypes. TRACK 2: Somme. Arras. Catches flu and convalescence England. Passchendaele. 1918 -- Arras front. Amieus. Actions as a scout. Military medals. Cambrai-Bourlon. CALL NUMBER: T0507:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1974-05-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Dr. Norman MacKenzie discusses his discharge. Education plans. Post-war attitude to war. International affairs 1920s. Versailles Treaty. Visit to Russian OTC. University of Toronto. Anti-military training on campus. TRACK 2: University of Toronto and UBC compared re: military. Military in Canada inter-war years. Opinion of value of OTC. Sections of society supporting military. Effect of Depression on international stability. Becomes president U.N.B.C.S.A. incident, 1940. CALL NUMBER: T0507:0003 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1974-05-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Dr. Norman MacKenzie describes the Canadian Officers' Training Corps, UBC. Dr. Shrum. Armoury. President's house. Opinion on value of OTC. Discussion of commanding officers at UBC. Pipe Band. TRACK 2: UBC commanding officers of COTC, Reserve University Squadron, University Naval Training Division. Reasons commanding officers served in units. Opinion of quotas and phasing out of units. Political parties and their attitudes. Integration [of the Armed Forces]. Efforts to resist disbandment.

CALL NUMBER: T4265:0082 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Earl L. MacLeod RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-07-17 SUMMARY: Earl L. MacLeod was born ca. 1894. World War I flier. Stayed in RAF after war then came back to Canada and joined Canadian Air Board and later RCAF. TRACK 1: Discusses early flying in B.C. before and ;after World War I. TRACK 2: Discusses early pilots. [Duplicates T4265:0083 after first few minutes.];

CALL NUMBER: T4265:0083 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Earl L. McLeod RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-07-17 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discusses trying to become a pilot in World War I and early training. TRACK 2: Discusses formation of Canadian Air Board.;

CALL NUMBER: T4265:0084 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Earl L. McLeod RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-07-17 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Early Canadian Air Board activity. TRACK 2: Early B.C. activity and fishery patrols.;

CALL NUMBER: T4265:0085 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Earl L. McLeod RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-07-17 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Fishery patrols and smugglers. Chilliwack Airport. TRACK 2: Blank.;

The file consists of a photocopy of a memoir titled "Early flying in British Columbia - in retrospect - as recorded by Earl MacLeod." It contains the memoirs of early aviation in British Columbia and northern Canada for the Dominion Air Board and the Royal Canadian Air Force, 1919-1933, together with general information on Air Commodore MacLeod's career.

The fonds consists of a Pilot's Flying Log, correspondence, photographs of family outings and war scenes, and miscellaneous papers. [Also available on microfilm.]

CALL NUMBER: T4265:0050 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : George F. Howsam RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-07-11 SUMMARY: George F. Howsam was born in Fort Perry, Ontario in January, 1895. Joined Canadian Army in World War I, transferred to Royal Flying Corps in 1916. Became WWI fighter ace flying Sopwith Camel. TRACK 1:; Describes his early life, joining the Royal Flying Corps and becoming a WWI fighter pilot. Moving to Germany at end of war. TRACK 2: Discusses post WWI occupation of Germany. Return to Canada and se;rving with the Canadian Air Board and RCAF until 1930.;

CALL NUMBER: T4265:0051 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : George F. Howsam RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-07-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Describes the RCAF during the 1930s and his wartime commands, notably training command and the Northwest Staging Route. TRACK 2: Comments on his favourite aircraft and fighter tactics. Medic;al care in World War I.;

CALL NUMBER: T4259:0015 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : George Williamson RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-07-10 SUMMARY: George Williamson was born in Victoria, B.C. in 1921. Joined RCAF in World War II and learned to fly. Spent most of war on B.C. coast. Joined B.C. Airlines post war then went to Malibu Sea Aero as pil;ot for B.C. Electric's aircraft. Flew for BNP Airways when it was formed to take over the aviation activities from Malibu Sea Aero and then for B.C. Hydro when BNP split into its component companies. ;TRACK 1: Describes the faults of the Blackburn Shark torpedo bomber. His early life and first contact with aviation. Joining the Air Force and wartime flying. TRACK 2: Flying for B.C. Electric compan;y under "umbrella" of the Malibu Club, 1948-50 [?]. The story of Malibu Sea Aero. Flying for B.C. Airlines, 1945-48.; CALL NUMBER: T4259:0016 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : George Williamson RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-07-10 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Incidents while flying for B.C. Airlines. Collecting and crashing the Republic Seabee. TRACK 2: Rivalry between B.C. Airlines and Vancouver U-Fly. The 1942 survey flight of B.C. airport site;s and aerial survey activities.; CALL NUMBER: T4259:0017 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : George Williamson RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-07-10 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Introduction of Instrument Flight Rules in RCAF. "Booze flights" to Seattle. Flying for B.C. Electric and BNP Airways (post 1949) and the BNP story. TRACK 2: Talks about flying the Grumman G;oose and also comments on the Lysander.;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Gordon Truscott RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-07-11 SUMMARY: Gordon Truscott was born on March 29, 1910 in Moosomin, Saskatchewan. Joined RCAF in 1928. TRACK 1: Early life and joining RCAF. The RCAF through 1930s and wartime flying. TRACK 2: Post war activity ;in RCAF and the Avro Arrow.;

CALL NUMBER: T4265:0008 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Harry Bray RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-07-04 SUMMARY: Harry Bray was born June 17, 1921 in Exeter, Ontario and moved to B.C. as a child. Learned to fly with RCAF in World War II. Served on east and west coasts of Canada and in India. Started Kamloops Air; Services (1946-50) then sold out to B.C. Central Airlines which became Pacific Western Airways for whom he worked. TRACK 1: Discusses activities of Kamloops Air Services (1946-50) and other local com;panies. TRACK 2: Continues about Kamloops Air Services. Getting into aviation with RCAF and war on the west coast.;

CALL NUMBER: T4265:0009 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Harry Bray RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-07-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Serving in RCAF and flying on west coast and Alaska during WWII. TRACK 2: Going overseas to India. Flying for B.C. Central Airways (1950-53) and PWA (1953-).;

CALL NUMBER: T4265:0010 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Harry Bray RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-07-04 SUMMARY: Talks about wartime flying.;

CALL NUMBER: T4265:0048 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Hugh Alexander Hennessey RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-05-26 SUMMARY: Hugh Alexander Hennessey was born in Westmead, Ontario in 1907. Learned to fly in Toronto. Worked as a contractor then commenced air service in Rouen, Quebec. Established base at Hudson, Ontario as He;nnessey Airways. TRACK 1: Discusses early life and seeing first aeroplane. Learning to fly in Toronto. Buying his first plane. TRACK 2: Starting his own air service in Rouen, Quebec. Establishing bas;e in Sioux Lookout.;

CALL NUMBER: T4265:0049 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Hugh Alexander Hennessey RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-05-26 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Selling company at start of World War II. Joining RCAF and ferrying aircraft during war. TRACK 2: Discussion of post war career. Selling aircraft in Vancouver.;

CALL NUMBER: T4265:0108 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Hugh Cannon Semple (Pat) RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-06-17 SUMMARY: Hugh Cannon Semple (Pat) was born in Belfast, Ireland in June 1899. Joining the Royal Air Force in 1918. Migrated to Canada in 1921 and joined RCAF. TRACK 1: Early life and starting with RCAF. TRACK ;2: RCAF flying from Jericho Beach, B.C. late 1920s.;

CALL NUMBER: T4265:0109 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Hugh Cannon Semple (Pat) RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-06-17 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discusses RCAF station Victoria Beach, Manitoba, 1925. TRACK 2: Further description of early RCAF flying.;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : John Lawrence Plant RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-07-10 SUMMARY: John Lawrence Plant was born on August 20, 1910. Studied at UBC, 1928 and joined as provisional pilot officer for summer employment in RCAF. Went to Camp Borden with degree in 1931. Retired as Air Vic;e Marshall. Became general manager of Avro Canada and was there when Avro Arrow was "killed". [No further documentation for these tapes.];

CALL NUMBER: T3653:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], [196-] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Hole talks about how people from Coal Harbour went to Port Hardy to vote. He speaks about his family's arrival at Coal Harbour where his father ran a hotel, and delivered the mail. He de;scribes the settlement at Coal Harbour; the proposed Winter Harbour British naval base; coal mining in the area; the Port Alice pulp mill; Nahwitti; Quatsino; early settlers in the area; Maquinna; Hol;berg; Shushartie; Winter Harbour; local work that included logging, fishing, mining, and the canneries. TRACK 2: Mr. Hole discusses his family's coming to Canada; they arrived in Vancouver in 1909, ;and later pre-empted on Nahwitti; and then moved to Quatsino Sound. He discusses early settlers in 1910, in the Nahwitti area; clearing land; fishing; hunting; and the telephone line. The Nahwitti settlement with ten to twelve pre-emptions only lasted four years; Cape Scott with thirty-five to forty pre-emptions, lasted ten to fifteen years. He talks about gold panning in the area; road work for ;the government; schooling; Shushartie; the post office; family life; the Hope Island Indian reserve; Nahwitti Bar; World War I, and trapping.;

CALL NUMBER: T3653:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], [196-] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Hole continues with his discussion about Quatsino and Coal Harbour; Ben Leeson the customs officer and justice of the peace; early settlers; his family; loggers; trouble-makers; dances; ;medical care; transportation of patients; storage and importation of food and supplies; the seaplane base at Coal Harbour, 1929 to 1940; coal mining at Coal Harbour; and settlers in Quatsino Sound. T;RACK 2: Mr. Hole describes the locations of communities in Quatsino Sound; Holberg; floating logging camps; the forest fire of 1889; early settlers; the Bland family; Williams the policeman and game ;warden; Leeson the coroner and justice of the peace; schooling; Hallowe'en pranks; and fellow students.; CALL NUMBER: T3653:0003 RECORDED: [location unknown], [196-] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Hole recalls his teachers and schooling in Quatsino; his work at a logging camp; Coal Harbour air force base; the processing of whales at the Coal Harbour whaling station circa 1949. He ;describes early Port Hardy and Hardy Bay circa 1913; copper mining; logging and fishing in the area. [TRACK 2: blank.];

CALL NUMBER: T4265:0034 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Larry C.R. Dunlap RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-07-11 SUMMARY: Larry C.R. Dunlap was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia on January 1, 1908. Joined the RCAF in 1928 after university education. Flew photo survey in B.C. in the 1930s. TRACK 1: Describes early childhood and; joining RCAF. Posted to Jericho Beach for training. TRACK 2: Description of Jericho Beach training and equipment. Personnel at Jericho Beach.;

CALL NUMBER: T4265:0035 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Larry C.R. Dunlap RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-07-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Describes working on photographic survey, 1930, covering Salmon Arm and Okanagan. TRACK 2: More on flying in B.C. in 1930. The search for Pat Renahan, 1930.;