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Emily Carr

SUMMARY: A report on a new play about the life and work of Emily Carr, written by Vancouver actress Joy Coghill. There is a 40-second silence in mid-item.;

CBC Wednesday night. Portrait in memory : Emily Carr

SUMMARY: "CBC Wednesday Night" was a multi-part series that featured performances of classical music, opera, drama, as well as readings, documentaries and talks. It ran from the early 1950s to October 27, 1963; in the 7:30 to 11:00 p.m. time slot. This episode is a documentary portrait of Emily Carr -- painter of the British Columbia forest, writer, eccentric -- and by some called a genius. Includes excerpt;s from interviews with Flora Hamilton Burns, Margaret Clay, Ira Dilworth, Laura Jamieson, Kate Mather, Edith Rive, ethnographer Marius Barbeau, art dealer Max Stern, and painters Arthur Lismer, A.Y. J;ackson and Lawren Harris.;

Frederick J. Brand interview

Item consists of an audio recording of Frederick J. Brand giving his recollections of the painter Emily Carr, especially in the period 1929-1936, as well as some comments about his friend Max Maynard.

Max Maynard interview

Item consists of one audio recording in which Max Maynard gives his recollections of his association with Emily Carr, especially in the period 1930-1938 when he and Jack Shadbolt were young painters and friends of Carr. Recordings on tracks 1 and 2.

Emma Smiley interview

Item consists of one audio recording, with recordings on tracks 1 and 2. On track 1, Rev. Dr. Emma Smiley (1895-1983) discusses Emily Carr's religious beliefs and her association with the Victoria Truth Centre, beginning in 1933. Emily Carr's search for companionship and friendship. Her love for animals. The reasoning behind some of her paintings. Carr's influence on Mrs. Smiley, religious and otherwise. Attitudes towards circuit and local religious lecturers of the 1930s. On track 2, Carr's reasons for specifically attending the Victoria Truth Centre, and her interviews with the church pastor, Mr. Weston. Carr's eventual return to the Anglican faith of her youth.

Flo Bell and Hazel Edwards interview

Item consists of audio recording in which Hazel Edwards and her daughter, Flo Bell, recall Emily Carr's last sketching trip to Mount Douglas Park in August 1942. Mrs. Edwards was proprietor of the Mount Douglas Tea House, and Flo helped carry Carr's art supplies, etc. Carr's week-long stay at the tea house during the sketching excursion. Location of the tea house, cottage, etc., and relation to Carr's painting sites. Carr's personality and physical state at the time of their meeting. Track 2 is blank.

Phylis Inglis interview

PERIOD COVERED: ;1935;-;1945 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975 SUMMARY: Phylis (Dilworth) Inglis reminisces about her strained relationship with the famous painter and author Emily Carr. She also comments on the relations between her uncle Ira Dilworth and Carr.

Between ourselves : Emily Carr

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. The first part of this fifty-minute program is devoted to reminiscences of Emily Carr by three of her long-time friends: Flora Hamilto;n Burns, who helped Carr with her writing; Kate Mather, who was a buyer for the CPR at Banff and commissioned Carr to make pottery; and Edythe Hembroff-Schleicher, whose book "M.E." recalls the elderl;y Emily Carr. The second part of the program features "The Pines of Emily Carr", a work for narrator, mezzo-soprano, piano, string quartet and tympani, which was composed by Jean Coulthard for the 196;9 CBC Vancouver Festival of Music. The performers involved include: Dorothy Davies, narrator; Derek Bampton, piano; Phyllis Mailing, mezzo-soprano; and Don Adams, tympani.;

Madge Wolfenden interview : [Hembroff-Schleicher, 1977]

Consists of two audio recordings in which Madge (Wolfenden) Hamilton reminisces about her longtime friend, Emily Carr. She recalls the Carr family in the latter part of the 19th century in their James Bay homes, where they were friends with the Wolfendens. The first recording (T2708:0001) also covers Madge (Wolfenden) Hamilton's career as a public servant and librarian.

T2708:0001 was recorded in 1977; T2708:0002 was recorded in 1979.

CBC Wednesday night : Portrait in memory -- Emily Carr

SUMMARY: "CBC Wednesday Night" was a multi-part series that featured performances of classical music, opera, drama, as well as readings, documentaries and talks. It ran from the early 1950s to October 27, 1963; in the 7:30 to 11:00 p.m. time slot. This episode is a documentary portrait of Emily Carr -- painter of the British Columbia forest, writer, eccentric -- and by some called a genius. Includes excerpts from interviews with Flora Hamilton Burns, Margaret Clay, Ira Dilworth, Laura Jamieson, Kate Mather, Edith Rive, ethnographer Marius Barbeau, art dealer Max Stern, and painters Arthur Lismer, A.Y. Jackson and Lawren Harris.

Emma Kenmuir remembers Emily Carr

RECORDED: Alert Bay (B.C.), 1988-07-01 SUMMARY: Mrs. Kenmuir was "the little indian girl" (mentioned in "Klee Wyck", p. 32) who accompanied Emily Carr on a sketching trip to an Indian village near Alert Bay, travelling in the Indian agent's boat.;

Kate Mather interview

CALL NUMBER: T1317:0001
PERIOD COVERED: 1924-1945
RECORDED: [location unknown], [1957-10?]
SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Kate Mather describes meeting Emily Carr in 1924, and her life as a boarder in Emily Carr's House of All Sorts. She describes Emily Carr's character; her living conditions; her pets; her art; incidents with the boarders; the lack of recognition of her talent; her writing; and recognition in later life. [TRACK 2: blank.];

CALL NUMBER: T1317:0002
SUMMARY: TRACK 1: This tape is an edited version of T1317:0001 (above) that may have formed part of the radio program "Living Memory: Emily Carr in Victoria" (see T3240:0001). This version lacks the interviewer's questions -- and perhaps some of Mrs. Mather's recollections as well, since it is considerably shorter, focusing on Carr's art and its eventual recognition. [TRACK 2: blank.]

The Hornby collection : British Columbia : A painter's landscape

SUMMARY: "The Hornby Collection" is an anthology of plays, documentaries, interviews and selected fiction for radio -- all written, prepared and produced in British Columbia. Part 1: "Hundreds and Thousands";, a reading from Emily Carr's journals. [T4303:0044] Part 2: Painter Jack Shadboldt is interviewed at his home on Hornby Island. [T4303:0092];

Walter J. Phillips interview

CALL NUMBER: T3797:0001 RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1961-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Canada's own identity regarding its art. First reactions on coming to Canada, 1913. Move from Winnipeg to Calgary, and teaching at the Banff School of Fine Art. Move to Victoria, 1960. National Gallery first purchased Phillips' watercolours in 1913. Works at Royal Archives. First exhibited by the Royal Academy in 1912. Ideas on etching. His writing career -- "experimental" writings on woodcut technique, illustrations, etc. Newpaper art columnists for 17 years in Winnipeg. TRACK 2: Before coming to Canada: first job at 20 pounds per year. Painting in England; travels to South Africa;, and teaching there. South African influence on his Canadian paintings. Memories of Africa. Return to England -- teaching again, maturing in his painting. Painting of Cornwall. Move to Canada and differences is painting styles, 1914-1924. Painting at Lake of the Woods. Landscape. Similarities to Group of Seven work. Returned to England, 1925, and perfected his colour woodcut techniques. Work with Y. Shibera [?]. Explains colour woodcut technique.

CALL NUMBER: T3797:0002 RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1961-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Continues explanation of colour woodcut technique. Japanese influence in his work. "The Technique of the Colour Woodcut" -- first publication. Feelings on large-scale woodcuts. Use of Japanes;e paper in woodcut printing. Teaching experiences: 20 years at Banff School of Fine Arts. TRACK 2: Robert Guard (now director of the Wisconsin Theatre) a former student of Phillips. Excerpts from his; writing about experiences at Banff School, fellow artists, their works, and their influence on Phillips. Eric Bergman, A.J. Musgrove, Mrs. H. Cottingham, Cyril Barrard, H.B. Fanshaw, Fritz, Brantner, L.L. Fitzgerald, etc. Jack Shafflin, Percy Edwards, Cyril Ashmore -- "Brigden's Boys".

CALL NUMBER: T3797:0003 RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1961-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Brigden Ltd.: history in Winnipeg, commercial engraving house. Son John Phillips' artistic background with Brigden Ltd. Bill Cunningham and other Brigden Boys. Difficulty of making a living ;as an artist in the early days. Painting the Prairies, 1919-1925: favourite spots, familiar landscapes, grain elevators in Port Arthur. Prairie light. Painting in the Maritimes: differences from the Prairies -- weather, climate, etc. Illustrating the book "Dreams of Fort Garry" by Robert Watson. 1929 visit to northeastern Vancouver Island. Paintings and engraving of the Indian population there. T;RACK 2: Comments on Indian art and preservation of Indian culture. Painting on and about Alert Bay. Lamoine Fitzgerald -- his work and style. Fred Varley, Frank Johnson, A.Y. Jackson.;

CALL NUMBER: T3797:0004 RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1961-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Friendship with A.Y. Jackson; his oil painting and association with Brigden's Ltd. Fred Brigden's death. Brigden's painting of Ontario landscape. Visit to Alert Bay and Vancouver Island. Description of the village where he stayed on Cormorant Island. Specific paintings done while there. Characters of the township, subjects for painting, etc. TRACK 2: Emily Carr: thoughts on her painting ;at the time; her difficulty in gaining public acceptance. Phillips' invitation to Carr to show at the Winnipeg Gallery. Phillips' personal thoughts on Carr's work. Other Western painters: W.P. Weston,; J. Macdonald, Varley, Broadbent, Fanshw, etc. Depression years. Jock Macdonald's struggles, and his early years at the Banff School. Lawren Harris -- his early work.

CALL NUMBER: T3797:0005 RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1961-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Lawren Harris: his experimental works and small painting. Thomas Fripp's approach to art in Vancouver, 1920-1930s. His academic training in England and at the Royal Academy. Portrait painter ;Richard Jack, also a member of the Royal Academy. Their meeting at Castle Mountain in the Rockies. Frederick Niven, Duncan Campbell Scott, and other writers, alos at Castle Mountain. John Murray Gibbons. The CPR's collection of Phillips' work, primarily watercolours. His acquiantance with Niven. Phillips' teaching experiences in South Africa. Meeting his wife, Gladys, a former student of Phillips ;in Salisbury. The Phillips' move to Canada. TRACK 2: Richard Jack and Frederick Niven. Phillips illustrates Niven's book "Colour in the Canadian Rockies". Niven's background as a writer, and comments; on some of the paintings for the book. Camping at Lake O'Hara with other painters. Tom McLean -- his acquaintance with Tom Thomson and influence on Thomson's work. Phillips' trend towards the Rockies; in the 1930s. ___, the American who painted the Canadian Rockies but was never admitted to the Royal Canadian Academy. Lawren Harris and Jock Macdonald.

CALL NUMBER: T3797:0006 RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1961-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Phillips' neighbours and acquaintances in Winnipeg. A commission given to Phillips by the Kansas City Woodcutters Society for an original woodcut of Upper Lake Louise, Vista Lake. A discussion of the watercolour medium, his working approach, etc. Clour combinations, make-up of his watercolours, and sources of his dyes, adhesives, etc. Papers. His process of painting: initial sketch, colour sketch in studio, and progress to finished work. Journeys north for the Hudson's Bay Company's commissions by A.Y. Jackson and others. Jackson's studio. George and Kathleen Pepper -- their work. TR;ACK 2: What Phillips looks for in a landscape -- elements, colour, shape, etc. Examples. Peggy's Cove. Adjustments he makes. Approximate time to complete a painting: 10-12 hours. Personal satisfaction from the technique. Painting on impulse. Mixing colours -- making grey. Turner's "washbucket" method.

CALL NUMBER: T3797:0007 - 0009 RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1961-11 SUMMARY: [No content summaries are available for these three tapes.]

Between ourselves : Emily Carr

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. The first part of this fifty-minute program is devoted to reminiscences of Emily Carr by three of her long-time friends: Flora Hamilto;n Burns, who helped Carr with her writing; Kate Mather, who was a buyer for the CPR at Banff and commissioned Carr to make pottery; and Edythe Hembroff-Schleicher, whose book "M.E." recalls the elderl;y Emily Carr. The second part of the program features "The Pines of Emily Carr", a work for narrator, mezzo-soprano, piano, string quartet and tympani, which was composed by Jean Coulthard for the 196;9 CBC Vancouver Festival of Music. The performers involved include: Dorothy Davies, narrator; Derek Bampton, piano; Phyllis Mailing, mezzo-soprano; and Don Adams, tympani.;

Max Stern : the paintings of Emily Carr

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-11-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Max Stern's first contact with Emily Carr, 1944. Description of Carr's workshop. Arrangements for the Montreal exhibition of Carr's paintings at the Dominion Gallery, Montreal, 1944. The choice of paintings for the exhibition. Stern's own background in art history. Description of the Carr exhibition. Sales from the show. Stern's description of Carr. Their friendship. Stern acted as sales agent for the Carr estate after Carr's death in 1945. The role of Ira Dilworth. Value of Carr's paintings in 1944. Stern's assessment of Carr's place in Canadian and world art history. Comments on the Carr Arts Centre, Victoria. Carr's character. Carr compared to other artists. TRACK 2: Discussion of Carr's painting of Juan de Fuca Strait. Carr's education and training. Influences on Carr, especially in the period 1911-1914. (End of interview)

Between ourselves : [Three women who knew Emily Carr] ; The pines of Emily Carr

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating from different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. This episode features two items inspired by Emily Carr. Part 1: Recollections by three women who knew Carr -- Kate Mather, Edythe Hembroff-Schleicher, and Flora Hamilton Burns. Part 2: A performance of Jean Coulthard's composition "The Pines of Emily Carr" for narrator (mezzo soprano) and small chamber ensemble.

Max Maynard interview : [Reimer, 1978]

CALL NUMBER: T1642:0002 - 0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Discussion of 1930s sketch books RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1978-11 SUMMARY: Mr. Maynard discusses his sketchbooks from the 1930s: how he began these sketchbooks in 1932, the year of his marriage to Evelyn Wheeler; the influence of the Group of Seven on his work- Hauser's book, exhibition at Vancouver Art Gallery; goals and aims of the Group of Seven; interest in nature dating back to childhood, and work of Emily Carr; writing poems on assigned topics with Roy Daniels. Maynard talks about his time in Sussex in southern England, and his experience with nature there. Maynard says he often painted earlier sketches in waves of nostalgia for B.C. while living elsewhere. Maynard discusses various sketches and what was going on when he was completing them. CALL NUMBER: T1642:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Interview with Max Maynard RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1978-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Maynard discusses personal and family background: born December 30th, 1903 in southern India; father's involvement with organizing the Indian village- schools, clinics; learning Tamil as a child; father and mother both part of Salvation Army attempt (led by General Booth) to Christianize India; parents marry and become involved with Plymouth Brethren in another part of India; his father's sisters and their influence on his life. Maynard starts painting at age 8 or 9. Further discusses his aunts, paternal grandfather and grandmother, father's time in India (40 years). Maynard and family came to Canada in about 1912. Came to Victoria because of a correspondent of his mother's. Settled in Oaklands district; rural area at that time. Father returned to India for a time after the family was in Victoria. Discusses his father's firm hand in ruling the Indians in India. TRACK 2: Further discusses his father's dealing with Indians in the village in India of which he was in charge; his father's attitudes towards India and its inhabitants. Describes neighbouring family on Shakespeare Street, the Brands, from Scotland: both Brand parents died, so Maynard's parents had to take in 2 of their 5 children. Discusses family memories: difference between his Victorian aunts and cold but intelligent mother; effect of separation due to schooling on his siblings; brother Theodore's conversion to Catholicism and his mother's distress over this. Discusses his schooling career: Grey's School in Conoor, India; King Charles School, England; George Jay, Oaklands, Victoria; Oaklands school, Victoria; Victoria High School; normal school; UBC. Took a couple of years off in high school to do odd jobs, including being a cowboy in central B.C. Meeting Ira Dilworth at Victoria High School. CALL NUMBER: T1642:0005 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Interview with Max Maynard RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1978-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Falling out with Ira Dilworth over T.S. Eliot's "Wasteland" and disagreement over work of Emily Carr. (Maynard liked Carr's work well before Dilworth saw the value in it). TRACK 2: Mr. Maynard discusses the role of organized religion in his life: going to church, morning prayers; Bible class. Effect of organized religion on his later life: became familiar with philosophic ideas; reading of religious works on Sundays. Talks about his father's role in the Plymouth Brethren congregation in Victoria. Ira Dilworth as a teacher, and the influence of Dilworth on his life. CALL NUMBER: T1642:0006 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Interview with Max Maynard RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1978-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Going to the B.C. Normal School to become an elementary school teacher. First job as a vice-principal in Rutland (a small town in the Okanagan Valley): anecdotes about living and social conditions there. No drawings in Rutland, or at Normal School, or even at high school (one drawing class though). Drew the picture on the front of the Camosun magazine as its editor when he was in his final year at high school. After Rutland, Maynard left teaching and did a variety of labouring jobs: during this time, he had a sort of 'vision' that he would be an artist one day. Wanted to both write and paint. First exhibition of Maynard's work at Island Arts and Crafts Show in 1928. Discusses relationship with Emily Carr: cordial at first, deteriorates after Maynard offers criticism of Carr's work. Describes Emily Carr's studio and personality. TRACK 2: More on Emily Carr: not an intellectual or lover of modern art; typical evening at Emily Carr's; wife Evelyn's relationship with Emily Carr; Carr's reluctance to take criticism; Carr's accusation that Maynard copied or stole her ideas; termination of friendship when Maynard was director of Vancouver Art Gallery; sketching with Carr in Metchosin; Carr's relationships with members of the Group of Seven, particularly Lawren Harris; Carr's understanding of nature. Maynard discusses Emily Carr's "gushing sentimentality" in writing and even painting. CALL NUMBER: T1642:0007 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Interview with Max Maynard RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1978-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Maynard discusses the chronology of his life after his year at Rutland. Talks about Victoria College year, 1926-7: friendships from this time (Jack Shadbolt, John Macdonald, Sidney Pettit;); getting to know professor Jeanette Cann; experiences going to school in a castle (Victoria College was in Craigdarroch Castle at this time); living on Caledonia Avenue during this time with family; acquaintance with Edith Hembroff. Discusses further his friends from this time period. Teaching at Lampson Street School: embarrassed to be teaching grade 3. TRACK 2: More on grade 3 class at Lampson Street School: staying with them for three years; later meeting up with one of his students; letting children sketch outdoors; taking the class swimming at Crystal Gardens. Racial discrimination. Going to UBC in 1935-37 to finish his BA which he started while a teacher at Lampson Street: interest in 18th century literature and philosophy. Sketching Point Grey area while at UBC. Painting and studio space.

Margaret Clay interview

CALL NUMBER: T1323:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1962-05-18 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Miss Clay discusses her impressions of Emily Carr; incidents; visits to Emily by Jack Humphrey and George Clutesi; Victoria's attitude to Emily; reaction to Emily's writings; the Carr family; Emily's house and her painting, "Vanquished", displayed at the International Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs. TRACK 2: Miss Clay continues with her discussion about Emily Car;r's religious beliefs; recollections of James Bay; Agnes Deans Cameron; Englishness of Victoria; Victoria in 1962; and an anecdote about Emily Carr.

CALL NUMBER: T1323:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1962-05-18 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Miss Clay talks about the Victoria Public Library and its history; Helen Gordon Stewart; the children's section of the library and interesting visitors. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Flora Hamilton Burns interview

CALL NUMBER: T1286:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1962-05-18 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Miss Burns talks about Emily Carr's early years in James Bay; the Richard Carr family and house; recollections of the Carr family; Emily's art education; Emily's first contacts with the Indi;ans in 1898; her studies in France; her trips to northern BC and the exhibition in Victoria where no recognition was given to her work. TRACK 2: Miss Burns continues with her discussion about Emily ;Carr; her art; her financial problems and frustrations; Marius Barbeau's interest in her art; recognition from eastern Canada in the 1920's; trips east and further visits to the Indians on the coast; ;her pottery; hooked rugs; dog breeding; pets; her first writings; her holidays; her friendship with Miss Burns; her personality; appearance and attitudes; artistic isolation; and her love of the west.

CALL NUMBER: T1286:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1962-05-18 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Miss Burns discusses Emily Carr's religious beliefs; her attitudes towards the Indians' religious beliefs and philosophy of nature; her painting and sketching of the BC landscape; Eric Newton's opinion of her; her later work and ill health. TRACK 2: Miss Burns describes the arrival of her grandfather, William John Macdonald, in Victoria in 1851 to work for the Hudson's Bay Company; her; grandmother, Catherine Reid; her grandfather's work; his role as gold commissioner, collector of customs, and post master; his importing and exporting business; the family's trip to Scotland; W.J. Macdonald's political career; his position as Senator from Vancouver Island in 1872; his appearance; her grandmother's family; "Armadale", the family estate in James Bay, and the subdivision of the property.

CALL NUMBER: T1286:0003 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1962-05-18 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Miss Burns talks about Senator Macdonald's trips to England; his homes in Victoria; social life at "Armadale"; garden parties; entertaining the navy; and the Burns family. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Roberta E. Robertson interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1962-05-16 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Robertson recalls the James Bay area in the 1870s and 1880s; the causeway; the chain gang; her father, Lieutenant Colonel Richard Wolfenden; his arrival with the Royal Engineers; his work as King's Printer; his rifle shooting awards; the family home in James Bay; the founding of the Fifth Regiment; her first husband, Charlie Innes; her first home in Esquimalt and her later life. She talks about her early life; living conditions; black residents; Sir James Douglas and his family; Judge Crease; Sir Matthew Baillie Begbie; the Chinese; the Royal Navy and a childhood incident. TRACK 2: Mrs. Robertson continues with her recollections of the Carr family; Emily Carr's character; and childhood incidents.

George Clutesi and Annie Hayes interview : [Orchard & Edwards, 196- & 1961 & 1965]

CALL NUMBER: T0848:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], [196-] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: George Clutesi and his sister Annie Hayes discuss the procedure of the potlatch; the function of potlatches; Indian society; the potlatch and the Indian philosophy of giving; a description of a visitor's arrival; greetings; and gifts. TRACK 2: The discussion about the potlatch continues. Longhouse decorations; lighting; songs and dances; the welcoming song; special songs and dances; the Sea Serpent Dance; costumes; the War Dance; victory and celebration songs; farewell dance and song; the potlatch and Indian society.

CALL NUMBER: T0848:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], [196-] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: George Clutesi and Annie Hayes discuss the impact of the church and mission schools on Indian society, and the suppression of native culture. They speak of their own father and his role in the preservation of traditions, and the teaching of Indian culture and religion. They also discuss the "secret potlatch" of 1925. and Mr. Clutesi's presentation to the Massey Commission in 1949. TRACK 2: Mr. Clutesi recalls the early meetings held to revive native music and culture at Alberni; the teachings of Tutimias "Gus"; the establishment of the dancing and singing group, Somass Native Echoes; performances for Princess Elizabeth in 1951; folk festivals; performances; costumes; gathering cedar bark for costumes; and the BC Centennial celebrations in 1958.

CALL NUMBER: T0848:0003 track 1 RECORDED: [location unknown], [196-] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Clutesi discusses the future of his dance group, Somass Native Echoes, and the need for ethnic pride. [ca. 10 minutes]. CALL NUMBER: T0848:0003 track 2 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1961-06-01 SUMMARY: TRACK 2: Mr. Clutesi recalls the loneliness and fear in his early days at the Alberni residential school; his school experiences; and his changing attitudes toward his home and his native culture. He; mentions his increased appreciation of the native culture, and their philosophy of giving; the improvements made in native education and the establishment of their own school system; and the emphasis; on culture.

CALL NUMBER: T0848:0004 track 1 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1961-06-01 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Clutesi tells the traditional story of Master Deer's encounter with the Wolf People. CALL NUMBER: T0848:0004 track 2 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-08-10 SUMMARY: TRACK 2: Mr. Clutesi recalls how Anthony Walsh inspired him to continue his career as an artist and to exhibit his paintings. Mr. Clutesi recalls his acquaintance with Ira Dilworth, Lawren Harris an;d Emily Carr. He describes his meetings with Emily Carr, and her influences. He discusses the Indian artist's approach to his work.

Emily Carr : a biography : Maria Tippett

The item consists of audio recordings from a study kit for Maria Tippett's book "Emily Carr: A Biography" (1978), comprising a series of recorded lectures and interviews on four cassettes. In the first two talks, Tippett outlines the life of Emily Carr. Two further talks are devoted to the research process and the writing of biography. Each talk is accompanied by an interview in which the interviewer poses questions arising from the talks. Through the tapes, the listener is introduced to the life and work of Emily Carr and the research process which has revealed that life to the biographer.

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