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SUMMARY: Talk by Harold Winch, Leader of Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (C.C.F.) party of British Columbia, about: British Columbia election June 15, 1949; C.C.F. party election promises; social security; and health insurance.

SUMMARY: Comments by Harold Winch, Leader of Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (C.C.F.) party in British Columbia, about: British Columbia election results of June 15, 1949.;

SUMMARY: Talks by Grant McNeil, Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (C.C.F.) candidate for Vancouver-Burrard, and Harold Winch, Leader of the C.C.F. party in British Columbia, about: British Columbia election June 15, 1949; C.C.F. election platform; economy, British Columbia, Coalition Government, public ownership.;

SUMMARY: Talk by Dorothy Steeves, Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (C.C.F.) candidate in British Columbia, about: the upcoming provincial election of June 15, 1949; power development; C.C.F. accomplishments.

SUMMARY: Talk by Grace MacInnis, Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (C.C.F.) candidate for Fort George in the upcoming British Columbia election of June 15, 1949, about: the election; C.C.F. party election promises; women's role in politics.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Aural History at the Provincial Archives, 1976 PERIOD COVERED: 1950-1976 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Derek Reimer, Assistant Director of the Aural History Programme at the Provincial Archives of British Columbia, is interviewed by Pat Munroe of the CBC Radio program "Three's Company". He discusses the Aural History Programme and techniques of aural history. [TRACK 2: blank.]

SUMMARY: [No documentation is available for this interview.];

SUMMARY: Radio program with Hal Denton including an interview with Hugh Keenleyside, Deputy Minister of Mines and Resources, about waterfowl hunting regulations and duck hunting in British Columbia.;

SUMMARY: A talk by author Roderick Haig-Brown about art, imagination and man's capacity for wonder. [from Library and Archives Canada description]

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

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): What's the matter with Canadian literature? SUMMARY: Radio program with Arthur Sager, announcer and Earle Birney, poet, about: the state of Canadian literature and the need for a national heritage; Canadian writers leaving for the United States; the state of Canadian poetry; obscurity of modern poetry.

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

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dominion-provincial relations, 1935 SUMMARY: In a radio speech broadcast on June 17, 1935, Premier T.D. Pattullo talks about British Columbia in Canada, and the necessity of amending the British North America Act of 1867.;

SUMMARY: Radio program with talk by Herbert Anscomb, Minister of Finance for British Columbia, about the Fraser River flood disaster and the Coalition government's response to this emergency.;

SUMMARY: Prepared comments by Herbert Anscomb, Minister of Finance for British Columbia and leader of the Conservative Party, about the British Columbia election of June 15, 1949.;

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: Radio program with unidentified announcer, including interview of painter Jack Shadbolt by Rita Greer about: abstract painting; influence of World War II; painting techniques.;

SUMMARY: Interview with trapper George Williams by John Barnes, about British Columbia, pioneer life; transportation, river freighting, British Columbia.;

SUMMARY: Interview with two trappers, Mr. McKinnon and Mr. Zlot [?], by John Barnes, about: British Columbia, pioneer life, trapping; natural resources, minerals, prospecting; including sounds of the cracking of horse whips.

SUMMARY: Interview with Mr. McKinnon, George Williams and Mr. Zlot, trappers, by John Barnes, about: British Columbia, pioneer life, prospecting, natural resources, animals, trapping, carousing.;

SUMMARY: Recollections by Louis LeBourdais, Member of Legislative Assembly for Cariboo of British Columbia, "Story of Andrew Olson", for radio program "Cariboo Adventure", about: British Columbia, pioneer life, Cariboo gold rush.

SUMMARY: Interview with Eric Johnson, Mill Superintendent of Island Mountain Mine, by John Barnes, about: industry, gold, description of refining process; natural resources, gold, including sounds from operation of mining process with crusher, noon whistle, "grizzly", scoop of ball mill, top of ball mill, swish of return to mill of oversize, general noise, clatter from under ball mill, water coming out of mill, overall sound from door.

SUMMARY: Interviews with Bob McElhaney, Mine Surveyor for Cariboo Gold Quartz Mine, and Bob Willen, drill sharpener for Cariboo Gold Quartz Mine, by John Barnes, about: industry, mining, gold; natural resources, gold, mining process; including sounds from mining process with ore trains, drilling, and sharpening of drills.

SUMMARY: Interview with Alex McKinnon, former Presbyterian Minister, by John Barnes, about: transportation, pioneer life, religion, Williams Lake, British Columbia.;

SUMMARY: Interview with publisher G.W. Renner, by John Barnes, about: agriculture, ranching, Cariboo region of British Columbia, pioneer life, animals, wild horses.;

SUMMARY: Interview with rancher Lord Martin Cecil, by John Barnes, about: agriculture, ranching, 100 Mile House.;

SUMMARY: Interviews with Judge George Wright, George Archie, Julian Fry and Percy Ogden, rodeo participants, and unidentified others, by John Barnes, about: recreation, rodeo, Stampede at Lac La Hache, hunting, fishing; including sounds from rodeo with horses whinnying, bucking horses, bareback riding, and a dance band.

SUMMARY: Interview with John G. Cowan by John Barnes, about: British Columbia, Cariboo region, gold mining and pioneer life.;

SUMMARY: Interviews with Fred Tregillus, Mary Tregillus (nee House), John Houser, Mrs. Roddick, and Mr. Bryant, by Louis LeBourdais (Member of Legislative Assembly for Cariboo), and John Barnes, about: British; Columbia, Cariboo region, pioneer life; industry, mining, gold, Barkerville, including playing of church organ at Barkerville Anglican Church.;

SUMMARY: Interview with Al D. Young, by John Barnes, about: British Columbia, Cariboo region, pioneer life and cold weather.;