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Docudrama. The story of Brother XII (Edward Arthur Wilson) and his religious cult on De Courcey Island in the late 1920s, as told through interviews and dramatized episodes. The interviewees include Minard G. (Gerry) Hill, Cecil Clark, Ken Kendall, Victor Harrison, and Provincial Archivist Willard Ireland.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Hernando Island : people of the island RECORDED: [location unknown], 1969-01-23 SUMMARY: Abner Conant discusses early settlement on Hernando Island, in the Inside Passage near Campbell River.;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Craigflower Manor PERIOD COVERED: 1856-1973 RECORDED: View Royal (B.C.), 1973-08-23 SUMMARY: In an interview by Professor E. Colchester, curator Jean Thompson discusses the history of Craigflower Manor from 1856 to 1973, including how the Thompsons came to the Craigflower in 1962, and the government takeover and restoration of the manor. (NOTE: Transcript only.)

SUMMARY: An eyewitness account of the minor tsunami in 1964. The tsunami was associated with the earthquake in Alaska.;

CALL NUMBER: T3339:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Walmis Newman : a lifetime on the coast, part 1 RECORDED: Duncan (B.C.), 1978-07-06 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Walmis Newman describes his early life on the Saanich Peninsula; his long association with ships and boats, including the "Princess Sophia" disaster; boat building; the Genoa Bay sawmill. TRACK 2: His life at Musgraves Landing; Brother XII and DeCourcy island; his present farm near Duncan; more on boat building; his attitudes towards conscription and pacifism.

CALL NUMBER: T3339:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Walmis Newman : a lifetime on the coast, part 2 RECORDED: Duncan (B.C.), 1978-07-06 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Walmis Newman describes clam digging and deer hunting during the 1930s; his Finnish background; prohibition; tugboats and their crews. TRACK 2: More on tugboats; types of BC coal and their uses; the Island Highway in the 1920s; the very poor working conditions of sailors.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978 SUMMARY: Edited interviews with hoteliers, B.C. Ferries representatives, and tourists, discussing the successful establishment of packaged off-season tours of the Inside Passage and Vancouver Island. Promotes the idea of "packaging" and the year-round possibilities for tourism in British Columbia. Tape was included in a folder with a booklet on packaging and advertisements for the tours.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Hilda Cecil Collins RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1984-05-07 SUMMARY: Hilda Collins discusses her life, her career as a governess, pioneering on Vancouver Island in 1913, family life and women's societies.;

RECORDED: Lake Cowichan (B.C.), 1984-10-04 SUMMARY: In an interview with Roger Wiles, Trevor S. Green discusses his life in the Cowichan Valley; the Lake Cowichan area; the history of the Simpson Estate at Marble Bay; and stories about its various owners, especially Mrs. Jeanne S. Simpson.

The item is a photocopy of a thesis by Stella Higgins titled "Colonial Vancouver Island and British Columbia as seen through British eyes, 1849-1871." Thesis (M.A.), University of Victoria, 1972. Presented by the author.

The item is a typescript copy of an essay titled "An early note on the Island, 1912," which contains an account of Leonard Humphreys' trip from Liverpool to Vancouver Island.

The item consists of an illustrated typed transcript of a diary of a trip "out West' taken by Kit A. Sauvary from June 22 to July 30, 1933. Kit Sauvary and her party traveled across the Northern United States by automobile from Toronto, entering British Columbia South of Kootenay Lake. They took the Southern Trans-Provincial Highway to Princeton, North to Spences Bridge, and down the Fraser Canyon. They visited Vancouver and Vancouver Island before returning via the Banff Windermere Highway and the Rockies, through the United States and back to Toronto. The diary was written as a series of letters to Sauvary's parents in Guernsey, typed up in 1979 and contains photographs and marked route maps of the journey from 1933.

The item is a photocopy of a thesis by Robert Brian Griffin titled "The Shawnigan Lake Lumber Company, 1889-1943." vii, 110 p: tables. Thesis (M.A.), University of Victoria, 1979. Bibliography: p 110-123. Appendices: p 124-164. Vita.

The item is a microfilm copy of a thesis by Joseph L. Stewart titled "The problem of stuttering in certain North American Indian Societies." vii, 252 leaves: tables. Thesis (Ph.D.), State University of Iowa, 1959. Bibliography: leaves 179-187. University Microfilms, 59-3821.

The item is a microfilm copy of a thesis by Claudia Louise Lewis titled "A study of the impact of modern life on a Canadian Indian Band." 284 leaves: fig., tables. Thesis (Ph.D.), Columbia University, 1959. Bibliography: leaves 269-274. University Microfilms, 59-2858.

The item is a microfilm copy of a thesis by David R. Richeson titled "Sandford Fleming and the establishment of a Pacific cable." 1972. x, 360 leaves: ill., maps. Thesis (Ph.D.), University of Alberta, 1972. Bibliography: leaves 348-360. Canadian theses on microfilm, 13541.

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Carol Mavis Frawley titled "Continuity and change: the role of the Hudson's Bay Company in Oregon and Vancouver Island, 1824-1859." 1971. vi, 137 leaves. Thesis (M.A.), University of Victoria, 1971. Vita. Bibliography: leaves 126-137. Canadian theses on microfiche, 27305.

The item is a typescript copy of a thesis by Richard Mackie titled "Colonial land, Indian labour and company capital: the economy of Vancouver Island, 1849-1858." xi, 315 p. Thesis (M.A.) - University of Victoria, 1984. Bibliography: p 302-315.

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by William Swanton Thackray titled "Keeping the peace on Vancouver Island: the colonial police and the Royal Navy, 1850-1866." vii, 235 leaves: tables. Thesis (M.A.), University of Victoria, 1981. Vita. Bibliography: leaves 223-228. Canadian theses on microfiche, 52860.

The item is a typescript copy of a thesis by Andrea Judith Walker titled "Robert Brown and the Vancouver Island Exploration Expedition, 1864." iii, 134 leaves, maps. Essay (B.A.), University of Victoria, 1967. Bibliography: leaves 127-131.

The item is a typescript copy of an essay by Alan John Ware titled "The Great Coal Strike: the Vancouver Island Coal Miners' Strike, 1912-1914." iii, 158 leaves: tables. Essay (B.A.), University of British Columbia, 1962. Bibliography: leaves 149-158.

The item is a timber cruiser's logbook, apparently owned by Donald Alexander McPhee. The book contains sketch maps of Victoria Lumber and Manufacturing Company lots in the Cowichan and other South Vancouver Island districts with timber types noted.