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CALL NUMBER: T4122:0001 - 0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Japanese internment camp at Tashme, B.C. : second interview RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1984-02-08 SUMMARY: Winifred Awmack, who graduated from UBC in 1940, was sent to Tashme, B.C., by the United Church to provide schooling for the children of the Japanese internees. She taught there from 1944 to 1946. She describes the camp living conditions, school courses, her pupils, and other people in the community.

CALL NUMBER: T4122:0003 - 0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Japanese internment camp at Tashme, B.C. : first interview RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1984-02-06 SUMMARY: Winifred Awmack, who graduated from UBC in 1940, was to Tashme, B.C., by the United Church to provide schooling for the children of the Japanese internees. She taught there from 1944 to 1946. She describes the camp living conditions, school courses, her pupils, and other people in the community. [NOTE: The subjects covered in tapes 3 and 4 are similar but not identical to those on tapes 1 and 2, because the first tapes done (on 6-Feb-1984) were thought to have been lost.]; 4122:4 side 2 contains a Peter Gzowski interview with Joy Kogawa about Japanese Canadians and her book "Obasan". This was probably copied by Chambers off the radio and cannot be reproduced by the BC Archives.

CALL NUMBER: T4122:0005 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tashme's final months RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1985-02-21 SUMMARY: Winifred Awmack discusses the final months at Tashme relocation camp.

RECORDED: Greenwood (B.C.), 1982-05-31 SUMMARY: Mrs. Roylance's husband was the postmaster at Greenwood for many years; later Mildred herself became postmistress. She also tells stories of the Japanese during the second world war.;

RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), [1982-05-15?] SUMMARY: Recollections of a Japanese family's associations with the whaling industry at Rose Harbour, Q.C.I., between the approximate years 1912-1918. Parents immigrated to Canada in 1905, father had been a surveyor in Japan, university-educated. He became foreman of Japanese station crews. Came to Canada for new "opportunity". Interview touches on fate of family's fortunes to present time -- a dramatic turn with WWII deportation to Alberta. (Subject is nearly blind as a result of an industrial accident in adult life.).

SUMMARY: "Heritage Theatre" was a series of short historical plays set in the Vancouver environs. These vignettes illustrate some of the significant events and interesting episodes from Vancouver's earliest ti;mes. First broadcast in 1977, the plays were made in co-operation the Social Planning Department of the City of Vancouver. This series was broadcast during the summer of 1981. This episode, "Japanese ;Internment: 1942" by Tom Cone, depicts the Japanese internment camps during World War II.;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Janet Judd : women postal workers, 1950s-1960s RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1979-07-17 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Janet Judd was hired as a part-time postal clerk and then became full-time in 1960. She was one of the first women to achieve this position. The conditions at that time in the post office were "horrifying"; no air conditioning; working for hours while standing; loss of hearing due to noise; mandatory examinations to determine wage increases. When she applied for work in the post office, she resisted placement in a clerical position and fought to become a clerk. Later, she fought to become the first woman dispatcher. Mrs. Judd was the sole support for eight children, and was pregnant when she began to work at the post office. Her case helped to establish both the principle of maternity leave for postal workers, and through this the recognition by the post office that women were a permanent part of the workforce there. TRACK 2: With other women clerks, she resisted male co-workers who harassed women clerks. She became active in the association as a steward. Some of the issues which came up consistently were: racist attitudes towards herself and other non-white workers; discrimination and patronage in hiring; the establishment of mirror surveillance systems in the bathrooms; establishing union recognition and the right to strike; shift changes and services for women with children. During the 1965 strike, management tried to bring scabs in through an old CPR tunnel; the union stopped this. Mrs. Judd had been a student at Strathcona School, and was deeply affected by the Japanese internment, as many of her closest friends were interned. She has been active in many Black organisations, including the Negro Citizens' League, and other civil rights groups.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Mary and Tom Kimoto RECORDED: [location unknown], [1979?] SUMMARY: [No content summary is available for this interview.];

CALL NUMBER: T3878:0037 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Walter Guppy RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979 SUMMARY: In an interview with Bob Bossin, Walter Guppy discusses: relations with Japanese -- good, for the most part; Japanese internment during WW II; movement to keep Japanese out of Tofino after the war; feeling at the time that Japanese-Canadians were loyal to Japanese government.

CALL NUMBER: T3878:0038 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Walter Guppy RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979 SUMMARY: In an interview with Bob Bossin, Walter Guppy discusses: Bill Spittle, a real character of the time; anecdote about Spittle and Lord Willingdon.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Katie Monks RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979 SUMMARY: In an interview with Bob Bossin, Catherine Monks discusses: Dr. Dixson tongue depressor anecdote; her arrival in Tofino as a school teacher in 1929; plays she 'directed' at the school; Mr. Brinkman, an Englishman, gifted at drawing, who worked as the night-watchman, also wrote plays for the school, badly scarred in war, well-educated; Japanese evacuation; relations pre-war between the Japanese and whites were good. Describes life in Tofino after the war. Keeping food before refrigerators. Women were liberated with the discovery of electricity. Story about George Maltby arguing to himself. Feelings about Cultus/Castle Island -- rumoured to be haunted, story of Fred Tibbs. May 24th parties over on the island when Dolly owned it. George Nicholson.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Cecil and Frances Nicholson RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979 SUMMARY: In an interview with Bob Bossin, Cecil ("Mickey") Nicholson and Frances Nicholson discuss life in the Tofino-Clayoquot area. Mr. Nicholson: Clayoquot used to be inhabited by men only; the Japanese community; fish poisoning; after the war, few Japanese returned to area; comments on government decision to intern Japanese; watching the Japanese leave Tofino -- many sad faces; ill feelings toward Japanese after war; role of alcohol in early Clayoquot-Tofino communities; anecdote about a Native coffin in a cave; abundant washouts made traveling on roads difficult. Frances Nicholson also offers a few comments.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : John L. Gibson RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979-10-04 SUMMARY: In an interview with Bob Bossin, John L. Gibson discusses: his family background -- father came out of the Yukon in 1906 to cruise timber, father born in 1872 in Ontario, participated in gold rush, mother also from Ontario, married father in 1901-2 (?); John born in 1905; first memory is of the Clayoquot Hotel in 1910; marijuana discovery anecdote; Walter Dolly; father lived in Ahousat Village, mother and kids lived in Vancouver; father bought an old sawmill after WW I; no money until after his father's brother died; got into the fishing business; relations with the Japanese community; opinions on Japanese military strategy in World War II; difficulty with Japanese returning to the west coast after the war; wishes he had become more tolerant sooner, but does not regret his attitude.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Harold and Mary Kimoto RECORDED: [location unknown], [1979?] SUMMARY: [No content summary is available for this interview.];

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Evelyn Sullivan RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979 SUMMARY: In an interview with Bob Bossin, Evelyn Sullivan discusses early days in the Tofino-Clayoquot area. Mrs. Sullivan talks about: her grandmother being the first white woman in Tofino, 1881; her family went to Tofino to trade furs with the Natives; memories of her grandfather; warring Native tribes in the 1880s in Tofino; Native cemetery -- her grandfather burned it to keep his children from playing in it; grandfather "rescued sailors from being eaten by the Natives"; her father was apprenticed as a millwright; her parents married in 1904; relations between Norwegians and English in Tofino in early 20th century; she liked the Norwegians but found the Scots to be perpetual drunks; anecdote about Joe Bryce; Fred Tibbs -- odd but harmless; bad luck at Dream Island (Tibbs' Island); anecdote about desecrating an Indian grave; Dr. Dixson, his daughter Winnie; Brinkman, an artist, teaching her and her girlfriends the art of flirtation; smuggling of rum and opium; Chinese immigration to Canada; Tom Stone and his boat; Ahousat became dangerous; only beer parlour was at Clayoquot; anecdote about a chambermaid being forced into prostitution; comments about George Nicholson; the Leach murder; she believes the Japanese families in area were most likely spies; Japanese internment was for the best; anecdote about a wise Native man; Natives did not mix with the whites; Mr. Guthrie's life.

CALL NUMBER: T3878:0054a SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Ian McLeod RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: In an interview with Bob Bossin, Ian McLeod discusses his background: uncle was on police force in Glasgow, came to Canada and joined provincial police, stationed in Tofino; father came out to Tofino in 1912; father fought in WW I, but came back to Tofino after; married in Scotland, brought wife and family over to Tofino a few years later; climate was nicer in 1920s and '30s than now; father became captain of the life boat units; description of his uncle Ewing's character and life; uncle's relations with Native people. Describes why liquor started to become a problem for Native people. Uncle Ewing was much more jolly than his father. Uncle Murdo was a fishing inspector in the area. Differences between fishing then and now. Used to be many Japanese fishermen in the Tofino area. Learned trolling from Japanese fishers. Intricacies of trolling. Ian had good relationship with Japanese. More on fishing etiquette. Signs used by fishermen. TRACK 2: Weather signals when fishing in the; pre-WW II years. Differences in fishing in the '30s and now. Japanese evacuation after Pearl Harbour. Post-war attempts to stop Japanese from returning to Tofino. Bill McKay -- local character who drank a lot. Bill Spittle -- eccentric man. Lord Willingdon anecdote. CALL NUMBER: T3878:0054b SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Ian McLeod RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: In an interview with Bob Bossin, Ian McLeod discusses: his religious father; family worship on Sundays as a child; father only drank once a year (or so); Scottish women could not make cakes as well as the Norwegian women; his uncle won property on Clarket Island through a bet with Mr. Dolly; May 24th parties at Clarket Island -- sports, singing, Native and white people participated; the Leach murder. Describes his job in WW II with the navy where he had to go into the homes of Japanese families that had been evacuated and look for suspicious items. Anecdote about killing a cougar in the water in 1952. [TRACK 2: blank?]

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayquot : Joseph McLeod RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979 SUMMARY: In an interview with Bob Bossin, Joseph McLeod discusses: his grandfather, who came to Tofino and bought a boat, his relations with the Natives, his many government jobs in Tofino; Chief Joseph and Mr. Dolly story; Native people won many of the games played on Mr. Dolly's island; Japanese were main salmon fishermen when he was young; Japanese evacuation from Tofino; music when he was a youth; anecdote about Dr. Dixson; Tom Wayne memory; Castle Island [i.e., Arnet Island] is haunted; Native skeletons.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : John Madokora RECORDED: [location unknown], [1979?] SUMMARY: [No content summary is available for this interview.];

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Trygve Arnet RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979 SUMMARY: In an interview with Bob Bossin, Trygve Arnet discusses: his family's arrival in the Tofino area; the Clayoquot Sound cannery; Norwegian background; father rented boats when fishing; father was very good-natured, a skilled carpenter; World War II and the internment of the Japanese community; movement by certain residents of Tofino after the war to keep the Japanese from returning to the coast; father was first mayor in Tofino; musical events; cage around tree that was being trimmed; Fred Tibbs anecdotes; story of Tibbs' death; community picnics he attended as a child.

The item is an audio recording of an interview with Leo Nimsick.
T3224:0001 track 1: Nimsick discusses his family background: father, mother, move to B.C. from Ontario, birth and childhood in Rossland, brothers and sisters. Recollections of: WW I; post-war years; Russian Revolution; One Big Union; 1920s; Depression; high school and university (UBC). Service Clubs: Knights of Columbus, Eagles. Anecdote: rounding up steers near Rossland. Early work history: various mines, Cominco (Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co.).
Track 2: Conditions in Rossland during the Depression. Early political interests and recollections. Joined Liberal Party, 1930. Quit Liberal Party. Formed first C.C.F. club in Canada, 1932. Influence of: Social Credit, Dr. Lyle Telford (visits Rossland, 1933), Harold Winch. 1933 election: Jack Gordon dumped as Rossland C.C.F. candidate in favour of Vancouverite George Weaver. Rossland C.C.F. affiliates with the provincial organization, April 1933.

T3224:0002 track 1: Mr. Nimsick discusses: influence of unions on Rossland C.C.F. (Western Federation of Miners); affiliation with provincial organization (cont'd); Regina Manifesto; influence of provincial party on Rossland C.C.F. Leo addresses his first meeting in Castlegar, 1933. Nature of the 1933 provincial campaign in Rossland-Trail. Reaction to: outcome of election, Connell, Winches. Discusses the Connell split. Telford prevented from becoming leader. Describes the 1935 federal election (Herridge vs. Esling in the West Kootenays). Leo's involvement in provincial party affairs. More on the Connell split: role of Ernie Winch. Communist influences in the C.C.F.
Track 2: Communist influences in the C.C.F. (cont'd). Social Credit influence. 1937 provincial election: Leo runs against Burns in Rossland-Trail. Cominco's reaction to Leo's candidacy. Leo's reaction to the campaign. Controversy surrounding A.M. Stephen and other expulsions from the C.C.F. Wife's role in the 1937 election campaign. Living conditions during the Depression. Suspension of Nimsick from the C.C.F. (1938 or 1939). 1940 federal election campaign (Herridge vs. Esling again). Leo reinstated in C.C.F. (1944). 1941 provincial election (Herridge elected in Rossland-Trail). 1945 federal election. Herridge controversy and subsequent expulsion of Herridge and Leo from the C.C.F. Herridge elected as People's C.C.F. candidate. Charges of communism levelled against Herridge and Leo. Leo moves to Kimberly.

T3224:0003 track 1: (aside: Leo reinstated 1948). Feud with Harold Winch, ca. 1938. C.C.F. position on WW II. J.S. Woodsworth in Rossland-Trail. Leo's position on World War II. Involvement in municipal politics. Rossland Co-operative Transportation Society.
Track 2: Origins of Herridge-C.C.F. dispute. 1941 provincial election and splits in the C.C.F. National party vs. provincial C.C.F. Reaction to Pattullo and the Coalition government in B.C.

T3224:0004 track 1: Coalition (continued). The Japanese issue: Leo visits an internment camp. The organization of Cominco in Rossland-Trail by the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers. History of unionization in Rossland (Western Federation of Miners).
Track 2: Nature of MMSW's first agreement. Recollection of: Blaylock, Diamond, and Harvey Murphy. Herridge-C.C.F. dispute: Herridge's involvement in provincial politics, the decision to run him federally in Kootenay West over the objections of the provincial caucus.

T3224:0005 track 1: Nimsick discusses: Herridge dispute (cont'd), split with provincial party; Herridge's role in the dispute; accusations of communism levelled against Herridge and Nimsick; the federal party's role in the dispute; Herridge nominated federally; decision to form the People's C.C.F. Leo then transferred to Kimberley. Herridge, Leo and others expelled from C.C.F. Discusses 1945 federal election, 1945 provincial election, and the decision to run People's C.C.F. candidates. Relations between C.C.F. and Labour Progressive Party (LPP). B.C. Federation of Labour involvement in provincial politics (Leo attends first meeting). Coalition government: labour relations and the 1945 provincial election.
Track 2: Leo Nimsick discusses: life in Kimberley, the effect of Douglas victory in Saskatchewan, Harding and Coldwell's roles in repairing rift between C.C.F. and People's C.C.F. Herridge reinstated. General recollections regarding Herridge's career. Nimsick's new job for company: relations with union. Nimsick runs for C.C.F. nomination in Cranbrook and wins. Problems getting provincial executive to accept nomination. Problems relating to expulsion of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers from CLC. Comments on 1949 campaign and Harold Winch.

T3224:0006 track 1: Nimsick discusses: the 1949 provincial election (cont'd); his win and the subsequent recount; campaign tactics and style; Native voters; 1949 C.C.F. caucus; 1949 federal election; story regarding an appendicitis attack. Relations with Cominco (Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company). Relations between C.C.F. and Nimsick. Track 2: Reaction to drift of C.C.F. away from Regina Manifesto. Involvement with and reaction to battle between Steelworkers and Mine, Mill unions in Trail. The 1950 session, the 1950 C.C.F. provincial convention in Penticton, general observations and comments regarding dispute. Nimsick's role in party conflicts and party affairs (as an outsider).

T3224:0007 track 1: Nimsick discusses: disputes and expulsions within C.C.F. (Socialist Fellowship); first session, 1950; recollections of first speeches (call for welfare reform); reaction to legislative traditions; relations with Winch and C.C.F. caucus; relations with Coalition. Description of individual C.C.F. and Coalition members, ca. 1950.
Track 2: Description of individual C.C.F. and Coalition members (cont'd). Hospital insurance issue.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Japanese community RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-01-26 SUMMARY: Mr. Nitta discusses life as a Japanese-Canadian in the Strathcona neighbourhood of Vancouver. In particular, he describes his family's background in Canada; racism before the war; living on Mayne Island; Powell Street before the war; and the Japanese evacuation during World War II.

The item is an audio recording of an interview with Randolf Harding.

T3288:0001 track 1: Mr. Harding discusses his family background and his childhood in Silverton. Discussion of transportation systems in the Slocan area. Description of community life in Silverton: prostitution, religion, entertainment. Early political interests: first contact with socialism during the 1930s Depression.
Track 2: Effects of the Depression on the Harding family and on Silverton. Discussion of Harding's move to Vancouver, 1931, and conditions in Vancouver. Discusses reasons for becoming a teacher. Attends normal school in Vancouver; gets post at Burton; conditions at Burton. C.C.F. influences on Harding: George Doughty, George Walton (1933 C.C.F. provincial candidate in Kaslo-Slocan), Joe Grey (and his role in converting Bert Herridge to the C.C.F.). Early recollections of Bert Herridge. Harding becomes actively involved in Kaslo-Slocan C.C.F. despite approaches from the Liberals and Conservatives.

T3288:0002 track 1: Recollections of early political meetings: Gerry McGeer, Grant MacNeil, Colin Cameron, Grace MacInnis. Harding becomes increasingly involved in Kaslo-Slocan C.C.F. Effect of Coalition government on the C.C.F. in Kaslo-Slocan (particularly in relation to the 1945 provincial election). Recollections of 1935 federal election: Herridge runs for C.C.F. Comments regarding the nature of the C.C.F. in the West Kootenay area: factionalism, etc (effects of Connell split). The 1937 provincial election: Herridge runs again. Comments on the emergence of the Social Credit movement in the region. Economic conditions in Kaslo-Slocan during the late thirties. Problems relating to being a teacher while being politically active in C.C.F. Involvement in B.C. Teachers' Federation. World War II: enlists (1944) Track 2: More on WW II: C.C.F. position on the war; conscription; politics within the army; Harding's wife dies; returns to Kootenays. Background on Herridge's split from the C.C.F. and Harding's involvement in the controversy: 1940 federal election, 1941 provincial election (Herridge runs in Rossland-Trail). Aside on Japanese internment during the war: C.C.F. position, political backlash, Japanese camps in the Slocan Valley, discrimination against Japanese.

T3288:0003 track 1: The 1945 provincial election (and more on Harding's involvement in the Herridge controversy): Harding decides to run, nominating convention, campaign, effect of Herridge controversy on campaign, nature of the campaign (style, tactics).
Track 2: More on the 1945 campaign in Kaslo-Slocan. Recollections of election victory and election eve.

T3288:0004 track 1: More comments on the 1945 campaign and aftermath. Harding elected president of West Kootenay C.C.F. Association (November 1945). Harding helps resolve financial difficulties between C.C.F. and People's C.C.F. Helps gets Herridge reinstated in C.C.F. Comments on charges linking Herridge with communists. Harding describes his first impressions of the Legislature, first session and maiden speech.
Track 2: First legislative speeches (cont'd): speech-making (Harold Winch, Bert Gargrave, Gordon Wismer, Ernest Carson, Joe Corsbie); description of Premier John Hart; accessibility of Coalition cabinet ministers; description of C.C.F. caucus; discussion regarding the role of the Legislature and of legislators. Recollections of first term as MLA: sales tax issue; public power issue (rural electrification); resignation of W.A.C. Bennett to run in Yale by-election, 1948 (Harding works in by-election against Bennett); public insurance issue.

T3288:0005 track 1: First term as an MLA (cont'd): advocates liberalizing Canadian divorce laws; caucus revolt against Harold Winch; recollections of Ernie Winch; changes in personal life, life as an MLA, marries Frances. Comments on rightward drift of C.C.F.
Track 2: Mr. Harding discusses 1949 provincial election: the provincial and Kaslo-Slocan campaigns, issues of campaign, Communist scare tactics, the Japanese vote. 1950-52 legislative sessions: rifts in Coalition and Premier Byron Johnson.

T3288:0006 track 1: 1950-1952 legislative sessions (cont'd): more on rifts in the Coalition ranks; preferential ballot; manoeuvres of W.A.C. Bennett -- crossing the floor; hospital insurance issue; sales tax issue; break-up of Coalition. Local issues: Celgar pulp project (background on forest management situation in B.C.); Dr. Stephen Norwell controversy. Track 2: Local issues (cont'd): highway work (Kaslo-Lardeau Road); patronage. 1952 provincial election: rise of Social Credit League; effect of preferential ballot; Harding attends nomination meeting in Rossland-Trail; hospital insurance and sales tax; Kaslo-Slocan campaign; reaction to Social Credit victory (abortive attempt to get recount in Vancouver Burrard). 1952 by-elections. 1953 session: Rolston Formula, J. Allan Reid speech.

T3288:0007 track 1: 1953 session (cont'd): more on J. Allan Reid speech; impressions of Social Credit government; W.A.C. Bennett; more on the Rolston Formula. Controversy regarding Winch's leadership and his wishes to be named Premier (following Social Credit defeat in the Legislature). Winch resigns. Webster becomes leader (Harding declines). Reflects on the role of a leader in British Columbia. Comments on Arnold Webster.
Track 2: 1953 provincial election: W.A.C. Bennett; Kaslo-Slocan campaign; Webster; preferential ballot. 1953-56 legislative sessions: hospital insurance changes; legislation by exhaustion; Kaiser Dam proposal (and Mica Dam and Columbia River Treaty); Social Credit fiscal policy; Gordon Gibson Sr. resigns over allegations regarding forestry practices; the Sommers case.

T3288:0008 track 1: The Sommers case (cont'd). W.A.C. Bennett and his government (general comments). Harding advocates pay increases for civil service and politicians. Webster resigns as leader -- Strachan runs for and wins leadership. Caucus's role in influencing the party regarding the question of leadership.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Alice Person : rank and file -- women's issues in the wood industry RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1978-07-28 SUMMARY: Mrs. Person has been active in the IWA. She moved to Websters Corners from the prairies during the Depression; got a job in the wood industry during the war; and was active in organizing her plant. She became a member of the plant executive. She discusses relief; agricultural labour during the Depression; the Japanese internment; working conditions in wood; organizing the IWA and her plant; equal pay for equal work; attitudes to women workers; struggles against layoffs after the war. She and her sister were in the first group of women to be hired on at Hammond Cedar in 1942. Mrs. Person, although told by co-workers that "girls don't need as much", decided that equal pay was a woman's right, and this issue became a primary motivation for her and other women to join the union. She feels that many workers were inspired by the IWA leadership. Mrs. Person served as a steward and a warden on the executive.

CALL NUMBER: T3175:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Japanese community RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-02-13 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Tadao "Tad" Wakabayashi recalls his father's arrival from Japan in 1892. Mother was a "picture bride". House on Powell Street; father's bean cake shop. Parents stressed education; attended both public school and Japanese school. Father worked at Hasting Sawmill. As a boy, Tad nearly drowned on log boom. Fishing in Burrard Inlet. Strathcona School. Rivalry with Chinese and Italian boys. Dances at Fuji Chop Suey. Asahi Baseball Team. Activities at local gymnasium. Judo club. TRACK 2: More on Japanese School. Tad graduated in 1931. Stories about, and comparison of, Japanese and Strathcona schools. High school. Strathcona: teachers, celebrations, playground, games. Buddhist and other churches in the area. Health care for Japanese. CALL NUMBER: T3175:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Japanese community RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-02-13 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Allowance spent on streetcar fare and afternoon snacks. Commercial training at Grandview High School. Worked for father's friend's fruit and vegetable wholesale business; long hours. Other jobs: hotel bellhop, fish market. Details of his work for vegetable wholesaler. The Depression: hobo jungle on the flats; Ballantyne Pier riot described. Post Office riot. Food for transients. Minister; begging for bread. Two-room workers' cabins on Powell Street. Visited Japan in 1936 with parents. TRACK 2: Impressions of pre-war Japan. Impact of the Japanese-Canadian internment, including positive aspects. Loss of house in Vancouver and subsequent court case. Japanese reaction to the war and restrictions. Friend who joined Japanese Army. Discrimination against the Japanese. Tad's anger. Camp conditions at Hastings Park. Worked on project to build and operate sawmill at Blind Bay, but it failed. His family's living condition at Lemon Creek camp in the Slocan Valley. Sold sawdust as fuel in Kamloops. Worked cutting logs for a portable tie mill. Stories about discrimination in the interior.

CALL NUMBER: T3085:0001 - 0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino reminiscence : part 1 - 3 PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1978 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978 SUMMARY: Ken Gibson interviewed by Bob Bossin, 1978. Subjects include Fred Tibbs, Tofino, World War II, the evacuation of the Japanese-Canadians, whales, salvage operations.;

CALL NUMBER: T3085:0004 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978 SUMMARY: [No content information available.];

Biography of Joseph Colebrook Harris, New Denver area rancher, dairy farmer and essayist, prepared by his son.

RECORDED: [location unknown], [1977?] SUMMARY: Tatsuro Suzuki discusses the Japanese internment during WW II.;

Side 2 also contains an audio portion of a ICBC demonstration at the Legislative Buildings.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Jewish community PERIOD COVERED: 1906-1970s RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-10-28 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Al Izen discusses background: parents came from Poland, ca. 1906; grew up at 666 Keefer St.; father a tailor with a shop in 300 block East Hastings; Orthodox family; brief description of interior of synagogue (Schara Tzedeck); Kosher butcher; Jewish school; Rabbi Patinsky; no racial discrimination because all poor. Depression wages and cost of living: family felt the pinch but managed. Father's second-hand store, Izen Brothers on Cordova Street. Uncle's store on Main Street, also second-hand. Observation car post-WWI. First jobs: wages, prices then, and working conditions (no social security). Health care. TRACK 2: Discusses A.T.A.: Jewish organization for under-16s. Ball games on Powell Street grounds. No transients, all-Japanese pre-war. Japanese evacuation during WWII: Japanese response to it; white response; primacy of religion during his childhood; marriage and moving out of neighbourhood; Russians and Poles came in; Dr. Snider, dentist, who has old photographs; Ben Patinsky. (End of interview)

CALL NUMBER: T2615:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Italian community PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1945 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-01-21 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Ines Leland discusses the Italian community: language; roots and origins; pride in Italian origin. Talks about her Strathcona neighbourhood: red light district; bootlegging; childhood chores; McLean Park; longshoremen's' strike, 1935; Hogan's Alley; Italian stores; SPOTA housing; Strathcona school; the Omai family and the Japanese evacuation. Italian community: Italians branded as Fascist;s in WW II; Italian picnics in Lynn Valley; Boccia alleys with homes; walks to beaches; dances when Georgia Viaduct opened and World War II ended. TRACK 2: Inez Leland discusses: music and dancing in the neighbourhood; Annie Girard; Powell St. Park and False Creek; Judge Branca. CALL NUMBER: T2615:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Italian community PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1945 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-03-22 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Ines Leland discusses her Strathcona neighbourhood: slang and ethnic names; gypsies; dances; corner store hangouts; education; more about dances; gang rivalries; drinking and drug use in the area in the 1940s; becoming street-wise; kids' reactions to change; anecdotes about some unfortunate neighbours. TRACK 2: Attitudes toward police; illegal abortion in area; Dr. Dave Tompsett; folk remedies; midwifery and health care at school; Strathcona school; food from boxcars and street vendors; stable and smithy on Prior Street. Vivid recollections of the Depression, the longshoremen's' strike of 1935, and the outbreak of World War II. CALL NUMBER: T2615:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Italian community PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1945 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-03-22 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Ines Leland discusses: effects of outbreak of World War II on the Italian community; the internment of Italian and Japanese residents; her first job at a hand laundry; other jobs including Granny's stall in city market, work in stores, and as a restaurant dishwasher. Discusses Tosi's store. [TRACK 2: blank; end of interview)

CALL NUMBER: T2617:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : Italian-Canadians PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1920 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-01-20 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discusses: arrival from Italy, 1910; family members; Strathcona School -- teachers, Bessie Johnston; social life -- evenings on porch; kids games; school concert; skating on False Creek; Miss Greggs buying her shoes; chores; Dr. McKay; brother's accident; successful members of the community. TRACK 2: More on Dr. McKay. Discusses: World War I; house on Union St.; washing floors; Smith and Salter woodyard; bakery oven; tram trip in 1910; hole in Peter's stocking. CALL NUMBER: T2617:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : Italian-Canadians PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1945 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-04-14 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discusses: first home at 565 Union St. (1910); chores; how father started bakery; mother's accident 1929; mother's background and character; father's family; father's death, 1931. Italian stores on Union: Miniciello's, Tosi's, Benny's, Juriatto's. Uncle's stores. Mr. Tosi. Joe Tosi. Branca store. Places to play. Animals in yard. Old houses torn down. TRACK 2: More on old houses. No ethnic friction at school. Mrs. Johnston. Gypsies. Black families. Fountain Chapel. Japanese and Omai. Italian reaction to Japanese evacuation. Italians interned. Sacred Heart Church. Italian funerals. Christmas. Depression shantytown. Panhandling. Purse snatching. Italian reaction to city redevelopment. CALL NUMBER: T2617:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : Italian-Canadians PERIOD COVERED: 1920-1977 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-04-14 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discusses Italians moving out of neighbourhood and Chinese buying in. In early days, the streets were livelier. Continuation of purse-snatching story. Chinese stay at home. Country customs in her youth. Parents speaking Italian. Secretary for Vancouver Italian-Canadian society. Function of Vancouver Italian-Canadian society. (End of interview)

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Early commercial fishing in British Columbia, 1921-1945 : part 1 & 2 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-03-29 SUMMARY: James Templeton discusses aspects of commercial fishing in British Columbia, 1921 to 1945.;

CALL NUMBER: T3164:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : an interview with Mrs. Minato RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-12-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Minato discusses background: born 1911 at home on Powell Street with help from midwife; mother had come 1910; father had come to North America from Kochiken 1906-07 but returned to Japan to marry; short history of father's world travelling and his getting his poke in California; mother ran boarding house for loggers, fishermen on Powell Street; father worked for Morrison Wire Company; later moved to 900 block of Cordova. Memories of Japanese School and then of Seymour School: went to Japanese school only after public school. Describes Japanese School, recalls teachers' names. Neighbours on Cordova Street, geography of that area and major buildings in area around 900 block. Describes work at Morrison Wire Company. Long description of bathhouse which parents ran starting in 1923 on Powell Street (318), Matsu-no-yu (Bath of Pine): neighbouring businesses, burning wood to heat water, towels and soap and use of bath for 15 cents, hours open, children's chores. Family living then at 222 Gore Avenue. TRACK 2: More on bath house: description of interior and of basement. Looking at fire insurance maps from '30s of Powell Street, Mrs. Minato recalls various businesses in 300 block. Anecdote about father buying land sight unseen in Burnaby. Theatres in area. Attending Methodist kindergarten in what is now the Buddhist Church. Japanese baseball team and Powell Street grounds. Story of children teasing Mr. Miyasaki, the tofu-seller. Fish and vegetables sold on Powell. Powell Street goods and clientele. CALL NUMBER: T3164:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : an interview with Mrs. Minato RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-12-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Traditional Japanese layette. Home remedies and herbalist stores. Parents' conversion from Shinto to Anglicanism. Evacuation during World War II: father taken to road camp on 1/2 day's notice; leaving mother with 3 small children; mother went to Lillooet where husband met them and built small shack for 7 people (including grandparents). Departure from Vancouver. Stay in Lillooet. Move to Vernon for children's schooling. Deaths of various members of family during this time. Description of Japanese camp in Lillooet, and of living conditions. Independent family, would take no money from government. Inadequate medical care in Lillooet. Days in Vernon: active with PTA and generally in community. Affiliations to organizations in Vancouver. (End of interview)

CALL NUMBER: T2622:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Jewish community PERIOD COVERED: 1925-1950 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-02-22 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Harry Halpern discusses: arrival in Vancouver and Strathcona neighbourhood; first job and working conditions; staying with his sister; how he got into the peddling business; learning the peddling business. TRACK 2: Mr. Halpern discusses: the peddling business (cont'd); marriage to a Polish woman; life in the Strathcona neighbourhood; move near Jewish Community Centre, 1940s; unemployed destruction and economic conditions; synagogue and rabbi.

CALL NUMBER: T2622:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Jewish community PERIOD COVERED: 1929-1945 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-02-22 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Harry Halpern discusses: how rabbi helped the immigrants; stores on Georgia Street; stories about life in Strathcona neighbourhood and life as a peddler & store keeper. TRACK 2: Dolly Kopelow (daughter of Harry Halpern): memories of evacuation of Japanese friends; Strathcona school; language at home and school; growing up in Strathcona neighbourhood; poultry scales, junk dealers' vending; stalls on Pender; and anecdotes about the neighbourhood. (End of interview)