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Reynoldston Research and Studies oral history collection
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Reynoldston Research and Studies oral history collection

  • PR-1993
  • Collection
  • 1972-1974

The collection consists of oral history interviews pertaining to trade unions; the University of British Columbia; various ethnic groups in B.C. including the Japanese, French-Canadians, Germans, Scandinavians, Ugandan Asians and Jews; the role of women; the Pemberton Valley; and, Vancouver.

Reynoldston Research and Studies

Olaf Seaholm interview

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Olaf Seaholm : life as a transient labourer ; history of Swedish Canadian rest home PERIOD COVERED: 1932-1950 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-03-09 SUMMARY: Olaf Seaholm's life, impressions of and experiences in Canada following his immigration in 1929. Complete information about the Swedish Canadian Rest Home.;

Andrew Juvelien interview

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Andrew Juvelien : Swedish-Canadian carpenter in British Columbia RECORDED: Burnaby (B.C.), 1972-03-23 SUMMARY: Andrew Juvelien describes his life in Canada after he came from Sweden in 1913. Work as a carpenter in Saskatchewan and B.C. Homesteading in Saskatchewan. Socialism and his involvement in the beginnings of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF). Political opinions as well as biography.

William Elio Canuel interview

CALL NUMBER: T0004:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): William Elio Canuel discusses his role as a harbour union organizer PERIOD COVERED: 1917-1950 RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1972-03-28 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: William Elio Canuel discusses coming to Maillardville in 1917. Working for Fraser Mills until 1931. Organizing workers into a union for better working conditions and wages. Relations with Oriental community. Impact of the Depression in 1930s. Union organizer Harold Pritchet. Fraser Mill's strike in 1931. Violence during strike. Being blacklisted and losing job. Organizing people on relief during the Depression and the forming of a co-operative for people in Maillardville. TRACK 2: Problems people faced during the Depression. Organizing the unemployed during 1935. Description of the Battle of Ballantyne Pier, 1935; longshoremens' demonstration. Post Office Riot. Joining the Communist Party in 1933. Communist Party Organization in Coquitlam. Organizing Fraser Mills for the IWA. Work during WWII. Participation in the Roman Catholic Church. CALL NUMBER: T0004:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): William Elio Canuel discusses Maillardville, ethnic groups and attitudes of 1917 PERIOD COVERED: 1917-1972 RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1972-05-24 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: William Canuel discusses early life in Maillardville about 1917. Racial relations between different ethnic groups including: Japanese-Canadians, French-Canadians, Chinese-Canadians, East Indian-Canadians. Quality of life in Maillardville. TRACK 2: Description of Fraser Mills as a place to work, ethnic groups working there and racial relations in the early days. Description of various ethnic communities. Work in logging camps. CALL NUMBER: T0004:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): William Elio Canuel discusses work as a carpenter and his personal philosophy PERIOD COVERED: 1920-1972 RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1972-05-24 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: William Canuel discusses working in the construction industry during the 1930s. Working in the Cariboo region in the 1920s. TRACK 2: More details on the Communist Party of Canada. General discussion of his personal philosophy.

Jean Baptiste Goulet interview

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Jean Baptiste Goulet discusses Maillardville 1944-1972 ; credit union ; education PERIOD COVERED: 1944-1972 RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1972-03-18 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Jean Baptiste Goulet discusses his childhood in Quebec, education and becoming a teacher. Teaching on the Prairies and in Saskatchewan. He mentions Louis Riel. Life of a French-Canadian on the Prairies. Move to Vancouver and finally to Fraser Mills and Maillardville. TRACK 2: Cultural events in Maillardville. Work with parochial schools as a trustee. Attempts to get support for parochial schools and to permit tax exempt status. School strike in 1951 to protest the need for support. Pressure to get the Provincial Government to remove taxes on schools. Description of parochial schools in Maillardville. Role in the Caisse Populaire Credit Union.

Beaudoin Proulx interview

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Beaudoin Proulx : French-Canadians in Maillardville, B.C. PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1944 RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1972-03-28 SUMMARY: Beaudoin Proulx came to Maillardville, B.C. in 1910. Worked as a logger. Early road building, construction, first post office. Depression years in Quebec. Farming in Laurentians. Comparison of Maillardville in 1926 and 1944.

John D. Buhr interview

CALL NUMBER: T0008:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): John Buhr RECORDED: New Westminster (B.C.), 1972-03-18 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: John Buhr describes his life in Kiev, Russia, before, during and after World War One and the Revolution. Officer in Tzar's Army, education, persecution of family (Mennonite) as bourgeois -- loss of farm. How he emigrated from Russia, 1925. Jobs in Manitoba: window dresser at Eaton's, Winnipeg. Retirement and move to B.C. in 1961. Interpreter at Doukhobor preliminary hearing trials, New Westminster, 1962. TRACK 2: Discussion of his work as Russian interpreter at Doukhobor trials and comments on Doukhobors in B.C. [continued on T0008:0002] CALL NUMBER: T0008:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): History of the Doukhobors as interpreted by John Buhr RECORDED: New Westminster (B.C.), 1972-03-18 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: John Buhr talks about the Doukhobors of B.C. for whom he was a translator in court during the 1960s. His book on the Doukhobors. Mennonites and Doukhobors in Russia. TRACK 2: More on the Doukhobors in Russia from his research. His unfavourable opinion of sympathetic books on the Doukhobors. CALL NUMBER: T0008:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): History of the Doukhobors as interpreted by John Buhr PERIOD COVERED: 1700-1970 RECORDED: New Westminster (B.C.), 1972-03-22 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Continuation of discussion of his research on Doukhobors, and the trials of "Sons of Freedom" sect members in the 1960s. TRACK 2: Teachings of the Doukhobors from Buhr's research.

Arnt Arntzen interview

CALL NUMBER: T0009:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Arni Arntzen RECORDED: Burnaby (B.C.), 1972-03-22 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Arni Arntzen discusses life in Sweden before 1905 when he came to New Orleans. Life in America, and coming to Canada about 1913. Worked on Grand Trunk Railway in Rockies. Taking rafts down Upper Fraser. Homestead near Prince George, and later in Saskatchewan. Prairie life in Depression. Finally came to B.C. during WWII. TRACK 2: Arni Arntzen's ideas about Canada then and now.

CALL NUMBER: T0009:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Arni Arntzen RECORDED: Burnaby (B.C.), 1972-03-22 SUMMARY: Arni Arntzen's life and his political ideas.

Louis Miranda interview : [Gagnon, 1972]

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Louis Miranda RECORDED: Mission (B.C.), 1972-03 SUMMARY: Louis Miranda: Mission reserve, Squamish Indian, respected elder. Discusses childhood, family history, Chief Squamish Jim, religious views, naming ceremony, Indian-power, siwash rocks, 2-headed serpent, flood. This interview was conducted over 3 visits during which there were other people present which accounts for the other voices heard.

Ida Proulx interview

CALL NUMBER: T0013:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Ida Proulx discuses her role as housewife and growth of Maillardville PERIOD COVERED: 1909-1972 RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1972-03-29 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Ida Proulx (nee Couture) discusses her arrival in Maillardville (Millside) and early living conditions. Schooling and language problems. Working in sawmills. Description of homes and celebrations. Religious training. Construction of homes. WWI. TRACK 2: Clothing styles. Household work and handywork. Depression of the 1930s. WWII. Working as a cook in a logging camp near Kamloops, B.C. Religious activities. Social activities.;

CALL NUMBER: T0013:0002 - 0003 RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1972-03-29 SUMMARY: [No detailed content documentation available for these tapes?];

Rodolphe Boileau interview

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Rodolphe Boileau : retired French-Canadian millworker PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1972 RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1972-03-19 SUMMARY: Rodolphe Boileau discusses his arrival in Maillardville, recruitment of French-Canadians to work there. Work in the Fraser Mills. Role of Roman Catholic Church in community. Union activity and strikes;.;

J. Nordin interview

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): J. Nordin : retired Saskatchewan homesteader RECORDED: Burnaby (B.C.), 1972-04-05 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: J. Nordin was born in 1894 in Sweden and immigrated to Canada at the age of 14 with his father. Homesteaded in Saskatchewan outside Prince Albert for 30 years. Mr. Nordin discusses his life as a small time Saskatchewan homesteader. Some information about the Depression. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Oohosis interview

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Oohosis : Cree Indian RECORDED: North Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-04-04 SUMMARY: Oohosis, a Cree Indian from Northern Alberta, talks about what he has learned from the old people on his travels across Canada and the U.S.A., and also his experiences with peyote.;

Jacob Torgerson interview

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Jacob Torgerson : retired hard rock miner and Peace River homesteader RECORDED: Burnaby (B.C.), 1972-04-05 SUMMARY: Jacob Torgerson was born in Norway in 1891. Life as a hard rock miner in B.C. at Britannia Beach. Pioneer miner in Northern B.C. and others. Also information about his life in the Peace River country, and about silicosis. How he got silicosis and how the Compensation Board refused to pay him a pension for 17 years.

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