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SUMMARY: In an interview with Walter Cownden on CFMS Victoria's "The Roving Reporter" [program], Derek Reimer, Head of the Aural History Programme at the Provincial Archives of British Columbia, discusses the work of the programme.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975-01 SUMMARY: Sir Charles Seymour Wright, KCB, OBE, MC, MA, discusses his involvement with the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913, of Robert Falcon Scott. Wright was the expedition's physicist, and later led the search party that discovered the remains of Scott and his polar party. In this recording, Wright is responding to an unidentified female interviewer, who is using a list of questions provided by a Mr. [A.E.?] Jones.

RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1974-09-06 SUMMARY: Testimonial dinner for Arthur Laing in Vancouver on September 6, 1974. Speakers include the Rt. Hon. John G. Diefenbaker, Hon. W.A.C. Bennett, Hon. David Barrett, and publisher Stuart Keate.;

A public meeting concerning sewage disposal, Oak Bay, July 6, 1976

CALL NUMBER: T0990:0008
RECORDED: Burnaby (B.C.), 1978-11-06
SUMMARY: TRACK 1: In a lecture to a Communication Studies class at Simon Fraser University, Imbert Orchard discusses aspects of aural history. The history of sound recording. Distinction between "oral" and "aural". Orchard's early interest in aural history while working for the CBC. Orchard demonstrates aural history techniques by playing a portion of an interview with a pioneer woman of British Columbia. TRACK 2: Aural history a a method of bringing the past to life. Orchard plays a portion of a taped interview with B.C. artist Jack Shadbolt. Aural history as a form of presentation. The differences between aural and visual media. Orchard plays a portion of a radio documentary he made about Dutch prisoners-of-war in Europe during the Second World War.

CALL NUMBER: T0990:0009
RECORDED: Burnaby (B.C.), 1978-11-06
SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Continued from T0990:0008. Continuation of excerpt from radio documentary about Dutch prisoners-of-war. Aural history and history. Aural documentation. Orchard plays a portion of a recording made of a scouting expedition that he took part in, tracing the exploration routes of Simon Fraser and Alexander Mackenzie. Description of the process and techniques of recording interviews and editing sound programs. Orchard answers questions from the student audience. Problems encountered in recording the sound program "In the House of the Old Doctor". TRACK 2: Conclusion (about 5 minutes).

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977 SUMMARY: Earle Birney reads an excerpt from his autobiography, describing his youthful experiences as an axeman for a survey crew in Waterton Lakes Park in the summer of 1921.;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Col. G.S. Andrews talks of his early education, experiences as a teacher, and survey work in BC PERIOD COVERED: 1920-1933 RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1980-11-27 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: G.S. Andrews talks of his early schooling in Vancouver and problems encountered in obtaining admission to UBC. Teaching certificate obtained from Normal School. Early teaching experiences at Big Bar Creek. Description of travels to Kelly Lake and the establishment of the school at Kelly Lake. Teaching methods and memories of Kelly Lake school. TRACK 2: Andrews talks of his continuing education after four years of teaching. Toronto university and first year forestry. Reasons for entering forestry. Surveying as an undergraduate. Permanent employment in B.C. Forestry department. Recounts the first time he used aerial photography. Survey methods before the advent of aerial photography. Report on Flathead forest. Tranquille and Naskonlith forest and use of aerial photos. Use of aerial photgraphy in the Shuswap forest. Bush River. The period prior to travelling to England to continue his education.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1974-04-27 SUMMARY: A panel discussion on "Oral History in the Archives," featuring Maclyn Burg of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library in Abilene, Kansas, and W.J. Langlois of the Aural History Institute of British Columbia in Victoria (formerly Reynoldston Research and Studies). The moderator is Terry Abraham.

RECORDED: [location unknown], [ca. 1975] SUMMARY: Four eight-minute documentaries about four Okanagan Valley artists -- Norman Cryderman of Penticton, Percie Ritchie and Betty Warnock of Naramata, and Irvine Adams of Summerland.;

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.;

CALL NUMBER: T1660:[0006? - 0009?] SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Evening chats with Eric R. Thomson (cont'd) RECORDED: Hopkins Landing (B.C.), 1974 & 1975 SUMMARY: In a series of interviews recorded by his grandson, Eric R. Thomson of Hopkins Landing discusses his memories of the First World War; memories of Vancouver; and the history of Hopkins Landing. [NOTE: Not transcribed.]

CALL NUMBER: T1660:0001 - [0005?] SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Evening chats with Eric R. Thomson RECORDED: Hopkins Landing (B.C.), 1974-07-30 & -08-01, etc. SUMMARY: In a series of interviews recorded by his grandson, Eric R. Thomson of Hopkins Landing discusses: a 1902 trip up the Skeena with his father, James Thomson, of the Hudson's Bay Company; a 1911 trip up the Stikine; and his recollections of growing up in Victoria, 1896-1904.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-12 SUMMARY: Randy Bouchard talks about the BC Indian Languages project.;

RECORDED: [location unknown], [19--] SUMMARY: George Van Der Straeten tells the "story of the deloader at Englewood". [No further documentation on file.];