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[Miscellaneous footage : streets, dams, railway, etc.]

Stock shots. Street scenes in Prince George, Victoria, and Kamloops; forest cover map at the P.N.E.; Indians in traditional dress at Banff; Upper Bonnington, Grand Coulee and Waneta dams; mine site near Salmo; Prince George Airport; buildings under construction in Prince George; trains and railroad cars in the Prince George freight yards.

[Pacific Great Eastern Railway inaugural run, August 1956]

Special event coverage. Chronicles the August 28-30, 1956, inauguration of through-service on the Pacific Great Eastern Railway between North Vancouver and Prince George. Premier W.A.C. Bennett and other dignitaries ride the three inaugural trains, which are eagerly greeted by the residents of towns along the route. A rockslide at Mile 18 on Howe Sound delays the journey until a bulldozer clears the tracks. At Williams Lake station, a mock frontier lynching is staged for the entertainment of the premier and his party. Following footage of the arrival in Prince George, the film also shows progress on northward expansion of the PGE line (including bridge and grade construction), and ends with shots of oil rigs in the Peace River Region.

Webster! : 1983-02-22

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Steve Wyatt reports on Bill Kordyban’s $20 million Carrier Lumber in Prince George and John Gibbs reports on Hazelton and its closed mills, owned by BCRIC. Golfer Joy Erickson and Dr. Charles Paris, Chair, BC Human Rights Commission, discuss a challenge to the Human Rights Commission posed by Ms. Erickson. Dr. Paris and Jack then talk about the problems of farm workers in the Fraser Valley and increasing complaints of sexual harassment. Vancouver Alderman May Brown (TEAM) discusses the Cambie Street Bridge alignment.

Daniel McMullan interview

CALL NUMBER: T0596:0001 PERIOD COVERED: 1935-1950 RECORDED: Royston (B.C.), 1974-08-19 & 20 SUMMARY: Graduated UBC Forest Engineering, 1935-1942. Joined BC Forest Service. Cruised timber and surveyed in the interior. Assistant district forester, Prince George.

CALL NUMBER: T0596:0002 PERIOD COVERED: 1940-1950 RECORDED: Royston (B.C.), 1974-08-19 & 20 SUMMARY: Cruised timber and did surveying for BC Forest Service. Joined BC Forest Products in 1946. Description of early efforts in forest practices.;

CALL NUMBER: T0596:0003 PERIOD COVERED: 1946-1972 RECORDED: Royston (B.C.), 1974-08-19 & 20 SUMMARY: Description of early efforts in forest practices. Timber acquisition. Tree Farm License #22. Mackenzie development, etc.

Dave Barrett : [1975 fall tour, etc., continued]

CALL NUMBER: T1704:0051 - 0052 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Premier's fall tour RECORDED: Prince George (B.C.), 1975-10-10 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett's fall tour in Prince George, 10 October 1975 (part 1 & 2).; CALL NUMBER: T1704:0053 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: NDP government response to federal wage and price guidelines RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975-10-14 SUMMARY: NDP government response to federal wage and price guidelines, 14 October 1975.; CALL NUMBER: T1704:0054 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Premier's fall tour RECORDED: Williams Lake (B.C.), 1975-10-15 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett's fall tour in Williams Lake, 15 October 1975.; CALL NUMBER: T1704:0055 - 0056 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Premier's fall tour RECORDED: Quesnel (B.C.), 1975-10-15 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett's fall tour in Quesnel, 15 October 1975 (part 1 & 2).; CALL NUMBER: T1704:0057 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Premier's fall tour RECORDED: Bella Bella (B.C.), 1975-10-16 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett's fall tour in Bella Bella, 16 October 1975.; CALL NUMBER: T1704:0058 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Premier's fall tour RECORDED: Ocean Falls (B.C.), 1975-10-16 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett's fall tour in Ocean Falls, 16 October 1975.; CALL NUMBER: T1704:0059 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Premier's fall tour RECORDED: Port Alberni (B.C.), 1975-10-17 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett's fall tour in Port Alberni, 17 October 1975.; CALL NUMBER: T1704:0060 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Announces price freeze RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975-10-24 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett announces price freeze, 24 October 1975.; CALL NUMBER: T1704:0061 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Speech at University of Victoria RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1975-10-27 SUMMARY: Speech at the University of Victoria, 27 October 1975.;

Dave Barrett : [1975 election campaign, continued - December 1-9, 1975]

CALL NUMBER: T1704:0089 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Campaign speech RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1975-12-01 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett campaign speech, Nanaimo, 1 December 1975. CALL NUMBER: T1704:0090 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Proposes freeze on commercial rents RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975-12-01 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett announces a proposed freeze on commercial rents, and an extension of the price freeze to 16 February 1975 [i.e., 1976?]. CALL NUMBER: T1704:0091 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Campaign speech to pensioners RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1975-12-02 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett speech to a group of old age pensioners at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, 2 December 1975. Also speaking are: Liberal leader Gordon Gibson Jr., Conservative leader Dr. Scott Wallace, and Social Credit spokesman Bob McClelland. CALL NUMBER: T1704:0092 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Campaign speech RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1975-12-02 [or 03?] SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett campaign speech to a Vancouver rally at the PNE Agrodome, sponsored by "Reach Out". Also, a speech by Bill Bennett, and a question-and-answer session with all four party leaders: Barrett, Bennett, Gordon Gibson Jr., and Dr. Scott Wallace. CALL NUMBER: T1704:0093 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Campaign speech RECORDED: Salmon Arm (B.C.), 1975-12-03 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett campaign speech, Salmon Arm, 3 December 1975. CALL NUMBER: T1704:0094 - 0095 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Campaign speech RECORDED: Penticton (B.C.), 1975-12-04 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett campaign speech, Penticton, 4 December 1975 (part 1 & 2). CALL NUMBER: T1704:0096 - 0097 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Campaign speech RECORDED: Prince George (B.C.), 1975-12-08 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett campaign speech, Prince George, 8 December 1975 (part 1 & 2). CALL NUMBER: T1704:0098 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Campaign speech RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1975-12-09 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett campaign speech, Coquitlam, 9 December 1975.

A view from the inside : [3 parts]

SUMMARY: Three parts of a radio program entitled "A View from the Inside", by Robert Cummings of Prince George radio station CJCI. The three parts focus on the history of Prince George and Barkerville.;

Frederick P. Burden interview

CALL NUMBER: T1865:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Frederick P. Burden : British Columbia land surveyor, 1902-1924 PERIOD COVERED: 1874-1924 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1959-10-12 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Born in New Brunswick in 1874. Working on a log drive in New Brunswick in 1880s. Taught for a time in New Brunswick. Graduated from UNB in 1900. Was good friends with A.H. Green, later a prominent B.C. surveyor. Comments on his days at UNB. Came to Nelson, B.C. in 1901. Became a B.C. land surveyor in 1902. Established the surveying firm of Green Brothers and Burden. Surveyed land near Fort George, 1910. Was a surveyor in Prince George, 1910-28. TRACK 2: Description of Fort George, ca. 1910. Wages and working conditions for survey crews. Railway boom in 1914. Construction on the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. Mills in the Fort George area. Flu epidemic of 1919. Burden is Conservative candidate in provincial election of 1924. CALL NUMBER: T1865:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Frederick P. Burden : Prince George, 1910-1931 PERIOD COVERED: 1885-1931 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1959-10-12 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Burden defeated in the 1924 provincial election by Harry Perry. Suspicious circumstances surrounding absentee ballots. Plans to build a pulp mill at Prince George in the 1920s: the Fraser Syndicate. The murder of Robert Tyhurst of the Syndicate. Power investigations for the proposed pulp mill. Burden's Prince George properties. The collapse of the Fraser Syndicate, 1931. Return to the topic of river drives on the St. John River, NB. TRACK 2: Repeat of side one from the end of the Robert Tyhurst story. River drives in New Brunswick. Odd dealings relating to Fort George Indian Reserve. Boats on the Fraser River. CALL NUMBER: T1865:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Frederick P. Burden : MLA and Minister of Lands PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1942 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1959-10-12 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: River boats on the Fraser and Nechako Rivers, 1911-14. Stories about Billy Seymour, local character and chainman for Burden. Running the Peace River with Billy Seymour. Billy Seymour's death.Consideration of potential power projects in the Central Interior. TRACK 2: Real estate and business dealings in early Prince George involving GTP Railway, George Hammond, Morley Phillips, Darcy Scott and others. Elected to B.C. Legislature in 1928. Becomes Agent-General in London, 1931-34. Orchard relates another anecdote told to him by Burden relating to his brief expulsion from UNB. (End of interview)

Introducing Prince George : [incomplete]

SUMMARY: Part of radio program featuring interviews on location by Bob Harlow, with Ralph Laker (?), an old logger; Ron Linstrom (?) and Godwin Winedale (?), young loggers; and Clarence Minton (?), camp cook, about: arrival in Canada, camp life then and today; cutting lumber; trimming trees; killing bears; cooking duties. Followed by description of a logging mill by an unidentified announcer, with interviews of Ray Turner (?), foreman, and W.C. Phillips, district forester, about cutting logs; government timber policies; preserving northern spruce stands in Prince George area; industry, forestry, description of process. Included are sounds of sawing logs. Recorded by Lloyd Harrop. (NOTE: The BC Archives copy may not include all of the above material.)

Charles Renaud interview

CALL NUMBER: T3119:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): French Canadians in Terrace, B.C. PERIOD COVERED: 1908-1977 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-08-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Charles Renaud (cook, saw filer, musician, well-witcher, whistle-punk) was born on November 24, 1902 in Montreal. An orphan, he spent much of his youth as a farm labourer. Description of trip out west. Meets French people in New Westminster (1927). Came to Terrace by rail, was a flunky on the rails. Goat hunting. Married in 1938. Talks about his job as a cook on the train. Cooking for Little, Haugland and Kerr. Gold Liesser Mine and pack train. Learning the trade of saw filing in New Brunswick. Types of equipment used for filing. Employee of Skeenaview Hospital. Well-witching with a willow stick. Contracted T.B. Learns how to knit. Hazelton, squirrels bothering pudding. Kitwanga, speeder, flood of 1936. Doreen, twisted rails caused by flood. (blank gap). Description of experiences; as a whistle punk. Mishap. Talks about illness, retirement and wages. TRACK 2: Playing harmonica at age seven. Wins championship. Working in Montreal. Hard labour; tap dancing; playing on the bones (moose ribs). Hunting stories from Prince George. Raising livestock in Terrace. Weasel bites baby. Description of how weasels steal eggs. Pack rats: predators after chickens. Clearing land in the Salmon Valley, Prince George. Fishing. Soldiers in Prince George. Orphan on farm in the east. Discussion on French language. Working for Marshall in a French settlement, southern B.C. Driving by Model T through the Fraser Canyon. Various places. Wages. CALL NUMBER: T3119:0001 Track 2 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): French Canadians in Terrace, B.C. PERIOD COVERED: 1908-1977 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-08-08 SUMMARY: Playing harmonica at age seven. Wins championship. Working in Montreal. Hard labour; tap dancing; playing on the bones (moose ribs). Hunting stories from Prince George. Raising livestock in Terrace. Weasel bites baby. Description of how weasels steal eggs. Pack rats: predators after chickens. Clearing land in the Salmon Valley, Prince George. Fishing. Soldiers in Prince George. Orphan on farm in the east. Discussion on French language. Working for Marshall in a French settlement, southern B.C. Driving by Model T through the Fraser Canyon. Various places. Wages.

Charlie Midnight interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], [197-?] SUMMARY: An oral history interview with Charlie Midnight, who worked for 52 years on the PGE as an engine driver. He talks about having Princess Margaret as a passenger in 1958 (including RCMP security), steam engines, snowslides, derailments, Prince George arrival, parties and whisky.

The Pacific Great Eastern story, no. 3, 1956-04-03

SUMMARY: Dick Batey reports on the progress of construction on the Pacific Great Eastern Railway's northern extension from Prince George. Includes an interview with P.G.E. construction engineer J.C. Anderson; John Dennison of Northern Freightways; Dawson Creek commissioner Gordon Kitson; Prince George mayor J.R. Morrison; Ed Cuthill; Mr. Spicer of Fort St. John; Frank Roneghan of Pacific Petroleum; and Margaret "Ma" Murray of the Alaska Highway News. This is the third program in a CJVI series on the P.G.E.

Lorraine Straw interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1986-07-15 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Brief account of grandparents (Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Allen), living in Kootenays and Prince Rupert. Very brief account of Lorraine's father, J.A. Edwards. CKMO staff and programs, ca. 1943. Jack Carbutt, CKMO announcer. Making of private recordings for Lorraine's wedding. CFJC Kamloops, 1944. Beginnings of CKPG Prince George with Cecil Elphicke, 1945-46; staff and their duties; improvised quarters. TRACK 2: Difficulty finding accommodations in Prince George. Selling advertising for CKPG. Support from listeners. Value of public service announcements to outlying areas. News announcer Keith DeWitt. Shift work. Anecdotes about announcing. Discussion of programming (local editorials, commentaries, music) and program schedule. As a CBC affiliate, station went full time. Descriptions of local programs. Jack Carbutt and another staffer purchased a disc recording machine; charged CKPG for broadcast recordings; also made private recordings for customers. Making home recordings to send to family. CKPG's contribution to the Prince George area. [End of interview.]

Richard B. Rowe interview

RECORDED: Prince George (B.C.), 1986 SUMMARY: Dick Rowe: A junior draftsman during the construction boom of the early 1950s, Dick is currently (1986) real estate development representative in Prince George.;

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