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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.

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?];

CALL NUMBER: T0030:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Arthur Laverdure PERIOD COVERED: 1909-1930 RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1972-04-20 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Arthur Laverdure was born in 1900 and came to B.C. in 1909, first contingent. Descriptions of train trip from the east to British Columbia and of early Maillardville. Millworker for Fraser Mills, problems, wages, etc. Description of housing provided by Fraser Mills for workers. Religious education and schooling. TRACK 2: Ethnic groups in Maillardville and working at Fraser Mills. Description of social life in Maillardville. The observance of religious holidays in the Roman Catholic Church. Language problems.

CALL NUMBER: T0030:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Arthur Laverdure RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1972-04-25 SUMMARY: Arthur Laverdure discusses Maillardville, WWI, work at mills and as a truck driver, the Depression, the head of unemployed association, relief, attitudes towards WWII, and child raising.

CALL NUMBER: T0030:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Arthur Laverdure RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1972-04-25 SUMMARY: Arthur Laverdure discusses Fraser Mills: wages, work, safety, compensation, unions, Chinese, blacklisting. Other jobs outside Fraser Mills including threshing on the prairies, work at a box factory (B.C. Manufacturing), and the Depression.

CALL NUMBER: T0030:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Arthur Laverdure RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1972-04-25 SUMMARY: Arthur Laverdure discusses different nationalities in Fraser Mills, employers and employees, differences made between the races, the strike of 1931, food supply, attitudes toward religion, unions, and his personal philosophy on life.

CALL NUMBER: T0030:0005 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Arthur Laverdure RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1972-07-21 SUMMARY: Interviewed in French, Arthur Laverdure discusses early days in Maillardville, the arrival of the "Columbiens", and the development of Maillardville. The train trip from Montreal to Fraser Mills. The mill at Fraser Mills in 1909. Problems encountered on arrival in B.C. Building a house in Maillardville.

CALL NUMBER: T0030:0006 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Arthur Laverdure RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1972-07-21 SUMMARY: Interviewed in French, Arthur Laverdure discusses early days in Maillardville and the development of Maillardville. The building of the house by his father. Stidies. The first church. Religious holidays. Recreation and amusements. Remedies and superstitions.

CALL NUMBER: T0048:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): William Hargreaves RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-04-27 SUMMARY: William Hargreaves was born in 1885 and gives a description of his childhood in England were at 13 he began apprenticeships in shipbuilding, streetcar making, cotton mill. Came to Canada in 1900 and farmed in Ontario, in B.C. He worked at Fraser Mills for B.C. Electric. Discusses experiences in World War One; he was wounded early in the war and spent the remaining war years in Britain. CALL NUMBER: T0048:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): William Hargreaves RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-04-27 & 1972-05-03 SUMMARY: William Hargreaves gives an account of his war experiences and also the year after World War One, where in England, he was involved in the demobbing riots. His discussion of the riots between troops and police at various camps is very informative. On his return to Canada he worked as a lecturer in the construction of farm buildings (silos etc.) at Gifford, a 600 acre farm under the control of the Soldier's Settlement Board. CALL NUMBER: T0048:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): William Hargreaves RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-04-30 SUMMARY: William Hargreaves gives a detailed description of the farm at Gifford: the number of veterans, the organization of work, the farm manager, the learn-work arrangement. He also discusses the construction projects on which he worked in Vancouver -- the Hotel Vancouver, the Court House, the development of Shaughnessy Heights. There are accounts of the riots during the Depression, his return to England for four years and finally his return to Canada. CALL NUMBER: T0048:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): William Hargreaves RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-05-16 SUMMARY: William Hargreaves, World War One and World War Two veteran, discusses history, the Veteran's Guard, and legion work. CALL NUMBER: T0048:0005 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): William Hargreaves RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-05-16 SUMMARY: William Hargreaves talks about his activities after retirement, his career as an artist, his sickness and hospitalization. He discusses his views on politics, current affairs (1972), on construction in 1972 as opposed to former years, as well as his attitude towards people and his expectations of people.

CALL NUMBER: T0050:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Hercules Lamoureux describes early Maillardville PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1930 RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1972-04-26 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Hercules Lamoureux was born in 1908 and describes the early days in Maillardville as a boy. Description of community life and recreation in detail. Beginning work at Fraser Mills. TRACK 2: Description of Fraser Mills. Description of Oriental community. More details on Maillardville.

CALL NUMBER: T0050:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Hercules Lamoureux describes life at Maillardville and work at Fraser Mills PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1945 RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1972-04-26 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Hercules Lamoureux describes entertainment and customs in Maillardville. He provides details on union activity and the 1931 strike at Fraser Mills. Life during the Great Depression. TRACK 2: Discussion of World War II and working at Fraser Mills. Education and the use of the French language in Maillardville. Description of the Maillardville community including the convent.

CALL NUMBER: T0054:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Leonard and Leona Hammond : early Maillardville and Fraser Mills PERIOD COVERED: 1911-1922 RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1972-05-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Leonard and Leona Hammond discuss early life in Maillardville, including their biographies, courtship, and furniture. Leo Hammond's work at Fraser Mills. Role of women in early part of twentieth century. Transportation in Maillardville. Leona Hammond working at a job. Religious ceremonies. TRACK 2: Christmas celebrations. Description of Maillardville. Union activity at Fraser Mills and reaction to the strikes by Leo Hammond.

CALL NUMBER: T0054:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Leonard and Leona Hammond discuss early Maillardville and school strike PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1960 RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1972-05-02 SUMMARY: Leonard and Leona Hammond discuss life during the Depression of the 1930s in Maillardville. Union activity at Fraser Mills. The problem of educating French-Canadians in private schools. The school strike and social conditions. Role of women in Maillardville.

CALL NUMBER: T0055:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Rene Marcellin discusses Maillardville and Fraser Mills, 1910-1945 PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1945 RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1972-05-01 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Rene Marcellin was born in 1900 in Rockland, Ontario, and discusses his arrival in Maillardville in 1910. Company houses for workers. The construction of private dwellings by millworkers. Working at Fraser Mills in 1918. The various ethnic communities located around Fraser Mills. The growth and development of Fraser Mills. TRACK 2: Description of homes in Maillardville. Problems between Roman Catholics and Protestants in school. Description of ceremonies in the Roman Catholic Church. Working at Fraser Mills. Social and economic conditions in the area 1910-1945.;

CALL NUMBER: T0055:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Rene Marcellin discusses strikes and union work at Fraser Mills, 1930s PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1972 RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.), 1972-05-01 SUMMARY: Mr. Rene Marcellin discusses working at Fraser Mills in the shingle mill. Description of the 1931 strike at Fraser Mills, union activity. Support for strike by various groups. Details on work at Fraser Mills. Effect of the Depression on Maillardville. Being blacklisted. Personal philosophy on religion.;

CALL NUMBER: T0087:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Kenneth Houghton RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-07-10 SUMMARY: Kenneth Houghton was born in 1891 in England. He "ran off" to Canada in 1908 to join the North West Mounted Police. Enlisted in 1915 and was promoted to Sergeant after instructing troops in marching drills, etc. Describes WWI experiences. Commanding Officer, Lieutenant and Colonel Griesback.

CALL NUMBER: T0087:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Kenneth Houghton RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-07-10 SUMMARY: Kenneth Houghton discusses WWI: trench life (with appropriate anecdotes), wounds, machine guns, gas (chlorine), hospitals, first aid, communications system, battles. Personal attitudes toward the war. Training program in England (Shoanclift). Front line duty, transportation.

CALL NUMBER: T0087:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Kenneth Houghton RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-07-12 SUMMARY: Kenneth Houghton talks of war injuries, life at Smithers, duties (land rolls, location), the Depression, voluntary duties during WWII -- cadet corps.

CALL NUMBER: T0088:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Ernest Leslie Walker : good times and bad - life in B.C. from 1900 PERIOD COVERED: 1905-1912 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-07-06 SUMMARY: Ernest Leslie (Les) Walker was born in 1899 and came with his family to B.C. in 1905. He discusses life in Nelson and the Kootenays to about 1912. Includes reference to schools and church, transportation, ethnic groups, and popular culture. He includes interesting anecdotes, which demonstrate his sense of humor and memory for detail, bringing the stories to life. CALL NUMBER: T0088:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Ernest Leslie Walker : good times and bad - life in B.C. from 1900 PERIOD COVERED: 1905-1917 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-07-07 SUMMARY: Les Walker describes life in the Kootenays in the 1905-1917 period. Includes popular attitudes to WWI; local, provincial and national politics; a description of Indian fishing methods; comments on the type of people who were living and working in the area of the time; references to warfare among the local newspapers; and descriptions of jobs Les held during this time, and his army enlistment. CALL NUMBER: T0088:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Ernest Leslie Walker : good times and bad - life in B.C. from 1900 PERIOD COVERED: 1917-1923 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-07-08 SUMMARY: Les Walker discusses the period between 1917 and 1923. He describes his duty and time overseas, the return to Canada, and his restless trek from job to job in B.C. and on the prairies. Early union activities of the One Big Union are mentioned, and the popular reception of such activity. Once again anecdotes are numerous and descriptions good. CALL NUMBER: T0088:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Ernest Leslie Walker : good times and bad - life in B.C. from 1900 PERIOD COVERED: 1923-1938 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-07-10 SUMMARY: Les Walker skims the period from 1923-1938 roughly, and not always in chronological order. The type of work done by Mr. Walker is described, including pay, conditions, bosses, etc. There is some activity in the period, including the founding of the C.C.F., and the growth of protest groups. Several names are mentioned including: Arthur Evans, J.S. Woodworth, and E. Winch. CALL NUMBER: T0088:0005 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Ernest Leslie Walker : good times and bad - life in B.C. from 1900 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-07-12 and 13 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Les Walker continues story of life during the Depression, efforts at organization, early organization of the C.C.F. at Rossland and Trail and the difficulties involved. TRACK 2: Les Walker performs a reading of a history of the Western Federation of Miners (later the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers) written by Mr. Walker several years before. He also discusses the first years at Cominco in Rossland. CALL NUMBER: T0088:0006 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Ernest Leslie Walker : good times and bad - life in B.C. from 1900 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-07-14 SUMMARY: Les Walker describes the activities, organization, and membership of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers in the post-1940 period. Difficulties of organizing are considered as well as the reasons for the decline of the Union. Political activities and the break with the C.C.F. are dealt with, as well as the eventual break up of the Union. The 1946 strike is mentioned briefly as are relations with the United Mine Workers of America. CALL NUMBER: T0088:0007 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Ernest Leslie Walker : good times and bad - life in B.C. from 1900 PERIOD COVERED: 1951-1970? RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-07-19 SUMMARY: Les Walker gives details of the period after 1951. He discusses his work for the union on compensation and his work on Royal Commissions in B.C. and the territories. Mentions names of politicians met, union people, and travels taken as a result of union work.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Mildred Fahrni : memoirs of a social activist RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-07-26 SUMMARY: Mildred Fahrni discusses her life as a university student, grad student at Bryn Mawr, social worker in London at Kingsley Hall Settlement House (including work with Gandhi). Her return to Vancouver in throes of Depression, intending to work as a teacher but, upon learning the employment situation, worked with the YW-YMCA and then went to New Denver to teach Japanese children of internees. Also mentions briefly her work with the Fellowship of Reconciliation Peace Action Group and travel society.

CALL NUMBER: T0091:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Sheldon Rogers : life of an independent man PERIOD COVERED: 1900-1920 RECORDED: Burnaby (B.C.), 1972-07-08 SUMMARY: Sheldon L. Rogers was born in 1900 and talks about his personal background, entering the workforce, and the various jobs he held, which include: railroad repair, farm work in Saskatchewan, and shipbuilding. During shipbuilding phase he became involved in union activity. Also mentions effects of WWI. CALL NUMBER: T0091:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Sheldon Rogers : life of an independent man PERIOD COVERED: 1920-1940 RECORDED: Burnaby (B.C.), 1972-07-29 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Sheldon Rogers discusses bootlegging in Vancouver in the 1920s; growing fruit in the Okanagan; pay-offs and protection while bootlegging; more about fruit growing, other jobs in Vancouver, bootlegging trial, and a set of stolen tires. TRACK 2: He discusses jail experience; work in the Okanagan during the Depression and the relief workers' organization; the C.C.F. in the 1930s; work as a mechanic in Vancouver and the Automotive Maintenance Workers' Union; the end of the Depression. CALL NUMBER: T0091:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Sheldon Rogers : life of an independent man PERIOD COVERED: 1940-1950 RECORDED: Burnaby (B.C.), 1972-08-01 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Sheldon Rogers describes job in Vancouver shipyard during WWII; talks about relations between the Communist Party (C.P.) and unions. Lost job due to pressure from Machinists Union. Talks about C.P. and the war effort. TRACK 2: Gets job as a mechanic in a logging camp until asked by C.P. to go work at Mission and do organizing work. Describes reasons for the Communist Party changing name to the Labour Progressive Party (L.P.P.). Gets expelled from C.P. Talks about failure of Canadian I.W.A. to break away from I.W.A. Gets job at logging camp at Pitt Lake and longshoring. CALL NUMBER: T0091:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Sheldon Rogers : life of an independent man PERIOD COVERED: 1940-1967 RECORDED: Burnaby (B.C.), 1972-08-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Sheldon Rogers discusses union conventions and opposing groups within. Explains reasons for changing name from C.P. to L.P.P. Discusses situation surrounding his expulsion from C.P. Discusses failure of Canadian I.W.A. to break away from I.W.A. Describes work in logging camp in Seymour Inlet. TRACK 2: Describes work longshoring. Personal attitudes toward overtime and retirement.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): James "Red" Walsh : politics, ideas and action RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-08-05, 07, & 08 SUMMARY: James (Red) Walsh was born in 1903 and discusses growing up in the United States. Influences of a Catholic neighbourhood, a trip to sea, working in New York, working as a high structural steel man, the Depression and his move to Canada. He gives a summary of activities in Canada, spending most time in B.C., in the 1930s organizing the unemployed, and blacklist relief.

CALL NUMBER: T0103:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tatsuro Suzuki discusses his family background and role of Japanese-Canadians PERIOD COVERED: 1905-1950 RECORDED: Delta (B.C.), 1972-11-09 SUMMARY: Tatsuro "Buck" Suzuki was born in 1916, after his father had come from Japan in 1905. Worked for a Japanese man in a salted-salmon plant on Dorn Island. 47 families lived in the area. Description of Japanese rituals and festivals. Member of the Japanese Fisherman's Union. Organized the Japanese-Canadian Citizen's Association. CALL NUMBER: T0103:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tatsuro Suzuki tells of the social conditions of Japanese-Canadians 1920-1945 PERIOD COVERED: 1905-1950 RECORDED: Delta (B.C.), 1972-11-09 SUMMARY: Buck Suzuki discusses the problems Japanese-Canadian's faced upon arrival in Canada. He continues to describe race relations during the period 1920-1945. He mentions how the Japanese-Canadians handled discrimination in this period. He tells of the impact of the Depression upon the Japanese. The reactions of British Columbians to World War II. The struggle to get enfranchisement for Japanese-Canadians. CALL NUMBER: T0103:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tatsuro Suzuki describes internment and military service during WWII. PERIOD COVERED: 1940-1945 RECORDED: Delta (B.C.), 1972-11-09 SUMMARY: Buck Suzuki relates the reaction of the Japanese-Canadians to internment camps. He joined the Canadian armed forces and was eventually sent overseas on loan to military intelligence in the British Army during World War II.

CALL NUMBER: T0104:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Albert Edward Goddard : life on the coasts of Canada - Prince of Wales RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-10-30 SUMMARY: Albert Edward Goddard was born in 1897. Reminiscences of childhood in and around Burin, Newfoundland in the late 1890s and early twentieth century. Bert remembers his youth, life with family and relatives, education, and the importance of religion. He emphasizes the overpowering influence of the sea on the people of his coastal community. CALL NUMBER: T0104:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Albert Edward Goddard : life on the coasts of Canada - outpost living RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-11-01 SUMMARY: Bert Goddard adds to his recollections of day-to-day life in the outpost settlement of Burin, Newfoundland in the early part of the twentieth century. He talks about housing, food, furnishings, crafts, building methods, water supply, heating, etc. CALL NUMBER: T0104:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Albert Edward Goddard : life on the coasts of Canada - salt water neighbours RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-11-06 SUMMARY: Bert Goddard discusses life in the early twentieth century including family and community life, and both professional and amateur health care. Concludes with an interesting description of fishing methods. CALL NUMBER: T0104:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Albert Edward Goddard : life on the coasts of Canada - working on the move RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-11-09 SUMMARY: Bert Goddard traces his early working life, local and personal reactions to World War I, and his migration west as a railway and farm worker in the mid-1920s. CALL NUMBER: T0104:0005 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Albert Edward Goddard : life on the coasts of Canada - from interior railways to Pacific shores RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-11-16 SUMMARY: Bert Goddard recalls his railway repair work in Alberta during the 1920s, his move to B.C., and impressions and job descriptions of cannery work. CALL NUMBER: T0104:0006 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Albert Edward Goddard : life on the coasts of Canada - the shore workers in the west coast fishery RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-11-20 SUMMARY: Bert Goddard continues his description of processes in fish plants including cooking, cleaning, and canning. He discusses the effect of the Depression on workers. CALL NUMBER: T0104:0007 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Albert Edward Goddard : life on the coasts of Canada - work and the union RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-11-24 SUMMARY: Bert Goddard discusses seasonal layoffs in the fish plants which forced men to go on welfare or head north to prospect in the 1930s. The formation of a shore worker's union provided some security.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Hazel Cuffling : golden days - pioneering in Golden, B.C. RECORDED: Golden (B.C.), 1972-10-23 SUMMARY: Hazel Cuffling discusses the Depression era; homesteading; livestock; millwork; family life; schooling; and community social life in Golden.;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Lawrence Hines : sawmills, highways and mines - East Kootenay history (1930-1970) PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1970 RECORDED: Parson (B.C.), 1972-10 SUMMARY: Lawrence Hines was born in 1921 and gives autobiographical notes. He discusses unions in Parson; 'Big Bend' highway; Canadian Pacific Railway; electricity and progress; wages during the Depression for railway work; community social life and its disintegration; logging methods; highway construction; sawmill history in the Parson area; and mining history of the same area.

CALL NUMBER: T0148:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Life as a Socialist MLA and MP : youth PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1931 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1973-03-01 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Family and childhood. His father Ernest Winch as a socialist, labour leader and MLA. J.S. Woodsworth. TRACK 2: Harold Winch's schooling. Early jobs. Work as an electrician. The Depression and politics. How he became active in politics, demonstrations, unemployed organizations and the Communist Party. CALL NUMBER: T0148:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Life of a Socialist MLA and MP : the depression PERIOD COVERED: 1929-1940 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1973-03-01 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: The Depression in B.C.: relief camps; the Socialist Party of B.C.; founder and editor of the Socialist Party paper "The Western Clarion". Provincial election 1933. First speech in the Legislature. TRACK 2: Special powers act. Efforts to secure collective bargaining, minimum wage, changes in workman's compensation, health insurance. House whip. April 1935 demonstration, joining the C.C.F. in 1935. Party problems 1936. Elected C.C.F. leader in 1938. Vancouver sit-down strike 1938. CALL NUMBER: T0148:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Life as a Socialist MLA and MP : 1938 to 1970 PERIOD COVERED: 1941-1973 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1973-03-09 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: The C.C.F. in the 1941 General Election. The provincial coalition government transferable ballot. Provincial election of 1952. Leadership of the C.C.F. Father and son team. Accomplishments as an MLA. TRACK 2: Federal politics in the '50s. The pipeline debate. Transformation of C.C.F. into NDP. Opinions of federal politics in the '60s and '70s. The waffle. CALL NUMBER: T0148:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Life of a Socialist MLA and MP : philosophy PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1973 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1973-03-09 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Personal philosophy and opinions concerning riding, socialism and the socialist movement. (End of interview)

CALL NUMBER: T0158:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): J.C. Getchell : a shingle worker in B.C. - recollections of Vancouver (1904-1930s) PERIOD COVERED: 1904-1930s RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1973-03-03 SUMMARY: J.C. Getchell was born in 1881 and discusses his memories as a shingle worker and the Great Depression.;

CALL NUMBER: T0158:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): J.C. Getchell : a shingle worker in B.C. - Vancouver and the Depression PERIOD COVERED: 1904-1930s RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1973-03-03 SUMMARY: J.C. Getchell discusses Vancouver in 1904 through the 1930s, as well as the Great Depression.;

CALL NUMBER: T0158:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): J.C. Getchell : a shingle worker in B.C. - mining in Lynn Valley RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1973-03-30 SUMMARY: J.C. Getchell discusses the early 1900s in British Columbia and the Prairies; mining in Lynn Valley; False Creek; the Second Narrows Bridge; and Whalley Road (1911).;

CALL NUMBER: T0159:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): John T. Mitchell & William George Mitchell-Dwelly : Depression in B.C. - recollections of Vancouver PERIOD COVERED: 1914-1930 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-03-01 SUMMARY: John T. Mitchell and William George Mitchell-Dwelly were both born in 1908 and they discuss early Vancouver and the Lower Mainland from 1914-1930.; CALL NUMBER: T0159:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): John T. Mitchell & William George Mitchell-Dwelly : Depression in B.C. - the Depression in Vancouver PERIOD COVERED: 1914-1930s RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-03-01 SUMMARY: John T. Mitchell and William George Mitchell-Dwelly share recollections of Vancouver and the Depression years from 1914-1930s.; CALL NUMBER: T0159:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): John T. Mitchell & William George Mitchell-Dwelly : Depression in B.C. - the Depression in Vancouver RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-03-12 SUMMARY: John T. Mitchell and William George Mitchell-Dwelly discuss vacationing during the Great Depression and their memories of the Depression years in Vancouver.; CALL NUMBER: T0159:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): John T. Mitchell & William George Mitchell-Dwelly : Depression in B.C. - early roads and ranches RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-03-13 SUMMARY: John T. Mitchell and William George Mitchell-Dwelly share memories of Joe Fortes and Interior roads and cattle ranches.;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): John Donaldson : memories of an immigrant getting established in Western Canada RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1973-04 SUMMARY: John Donaldson was born in 1884 (in Scotland?) and discusses immigration to Canada; working on the prairies (Alberta); tailoring business in Kamloops; dress shop in Vancouver; some wealthy customers; and effects of the Depression. E. Atkinson is present and contributes to interview.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Eileen E. King : an Anglican Parson's wife in early Vancouver RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1973-03-19 SUMMARY: Eileen E. King was born in 1883 and discusses her family life in Toronto; fishing in the Don River; ice boating; courtship and marriage to Harold G. King; first ministries; childhood deaths and cows in the year of Haley's comet; Silver Islet mine at Fort William; move to Vancouver, 1914; German spies suspected; "Komagata Maru"; suspected German plot; cultural events in early Vancouver; some old car stories; duties of a parson's wife; some parson's stories; and the effects of the Depression on the parson's family. Eileen King's daughter, Mary Coleman, also contributes to the interview.

CALL NUMBER: T0173:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Grace Grout : an English girl learns to survive in Canada RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1973-03-23 SUMMARY: Grace Grout was born in 1891 and discusses her prim and proper childhood in a missionary school in England; living with two old maids; being a governess for 6 years; nurse's training at Birmingham -- cut off by joining the army; anecdotes of an army nursing sister; a search for a lost relative; marriage to the lost relative; tuberculosis; moving to Canada; hostility to war brides (1919); separated from husband; the Depression on the prairies; farming, goats, chickens; building her own house; belonging to the British breed.

CALL NUMBER: T0173:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Grace Grout : an English woman who raised her family in Canada returns to nursing RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1973-03-30 SUMMARY: Grace Grout reads stories of the Depression; discusses how she boarded unwed mothers and foster babies to send her daughter to school; her return to nursing; Mission; Alert Bay; comments on the educated Japanese people at Mission (?); nursing at Gordon (?) Bay -- Columbia Coast Mission; comments on the treatment of Indians at Alert Bay and Alberta; Gleichen Reserve; attitude to the British Empire; World War II; maternity training at St. Paul's in Vancouver; description of a caesarean birth.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Sister Josephine Carney : a Catholic Sister who had too much love to just get married RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1973 SUMMARY: Sister Josephine Carney was born in 1920 and discusses her childhood in South Vancouver; family; religion; school; the Depression; the degrading of men on relief; wanting to be a teacher; marriage would limit the number of people she could love; deciding to become a sister; reactions to this; training; teaching in Kamloops, New Westminster, Indian Residential school at Mission; questions about teaching Indians; Kamloops; Kuper Island; Lower Post (on B.C. and Yukon border); an anecdote; association with the Oblate fathers in the Indian schools; getting a B.A. and M.A. at summer school; comparative religion.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Amy Leigh : a pioneer social worker in B.C. interested in public welfare PERIOD COVERED: 1913-1963 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-03-30 SUMMARY: Amy Leigh was born in 1897 and discusses her immigration to Canada from England in 1913; Girl Guides; childhood; recollections; early jobs as a secretary; probation work; training at the University of Toronto School of Social Work; various social work jobs. TRACK 2: Jobs: Director of Welfare, Vancouver. Discussion of the Depression and radicalism. Canadian National Institute for the Blind. Director of Welfare, Vancouver, 1937-1943: decentralization; South Vancouver Experiment; Japanese evacuation. Assistant Director of Welfare for the province. Comments on social work. Retirement in 1958. Other jobs: teaching public welfare, University of Washington; Welfare Department in the Yukon; CNIB, Winnipeg and Ottawa, 1960s. General comments on public welfare: role of government; limits of financial aid.

CALL NUMBER: T0193:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Hilda Kristiansen : a community in Saskatchewan and Socialist acitivity in Vancouver RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-04-24 SUMMARY: Hilda Kristiansen was born in 1912 and discusses her childhood on a farm in Saskatchewan; different nationalities in the community; community gatherings; co-operative telephone company; all ages together in the community; political awareness on prairie the result of dealing directly with the government (wheat); co-ops; political discussions; early contact with teachers; A.S. Neill's methods used by one teacher; advantage of all grades together; Dr. Telford's radio broadcasts in Vancouver; a woman travels to Russia; goes to Vancouver to look after child of the "Summerhill" teacher; women travelling; two women give birth control and family information on radio in Depression; one of the first C.C.F. youth groups; family had gone from high church to co-op philosophy; socialist discussion; very active time in Vancouver; husband a worker on the CPR. CALL NUMBER: T0193:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Hilda Kristiansen : Socialist atmosphere of Vancouver and women's groups RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-04-24 and 25 SUMMARY: Hilda Kristiansen discusses a socialist play; relief camp men's strike -- discipline, takeover of three different government buildings; women's committee feeds strikers; organization of strikers; snake parade and tap days; strikers tear-gassed when negotiations nearly over; hospital for wounded strikers in rooming house; Mother's Day picnic; on relief -- a good time; no tension in city until after World War II; kindergartens in Vancouver; cut off of government subsidization of adult education by Socreds cuts off university from community; similar results when social workers are cut off which makes the PTA a weak body; Parent Teacher Federation; chairman of N.D.P. provincial women's committee; teaching women to work at constituency level; goal -- involvement of people in community and politics; co-operation between men and women in prairie families; influences leading to interest in child welfare; women's groups in Vancouver; women's committee of C.C.F.; work of the women's committee: briefs, reports, research; head of the N.D.P. women's committee, 1961; building on women's existing skills. CALL NUMBER: T0193:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Hilda Kristiansen : concerns with women's questions and children's welfare RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-04-25 SUMMARY: Hilda Kristiansen discusses the work of the N.D.P. women's committee; studying the position of women; N.D.P. cook book creates trouble -- killed women's committee; resolutions regarding daycare taken by women to their own constituency; difference in structure between N.D.P. and other parties; women's bureau just a quick solution; daycare for the child not for the parent; involvement in daycare goes back to interest in children; women's school for citizenship and local council of women; psychologists coming to Vancouver and influence on child welfare and education; work at Gordon neighbourhood; to use daycare less expensive to government than welfare; west end; children need neighbourhood services; United Community Services committees; status of women; daycare loud and clear; Gordon house has political action committee for election, 1972; reason for not running for office -- not a fighter.

CALL NUMBER: T0195:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Oliver Jackson : fifty years in the Okanagan PERIOD COVERED: 1899-1920 RECORDED: Kelowna (B.C.), 1973-04-16 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Oliver Jackson was born in 1899 and he discusses his family background in Norfolk, England and service in World War I. TRACK 2: World War I continued. Arrival in Canada after the war. Ranch life near Drummer, Saskatchewan.

CALL NUMBER: T0195:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Oliver Jackson : fifty years in the Okanagan PERIOD COVERED: 1919-1945 RECORDED: Kelowna (B.C.), 1973-04-16 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Oliver Jackson discusses the trip to the Okanagan from the prairies, ca.1920. Ranch work near Kelowna. Kelowna in the early 1920s. Countess Bubna. The wool business. Marriage in 1928. Trip to Quesnel by wagon, 1929. TRACK 2: The ranch near Rutland. Wool business: processing the wool, spinning wheels. The Depression years in the Okanagan. Indian carvings. Service in World War II.

CALL NUMBER: T0195:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Oliver Jackson : fifty years in the Okanagan PERIOD COVERED: 1939-1950 RECORDED: Kelowna (B.C.), 1973-04-16 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Oliver Jackson discusses World War II. Work on the telephone line to Bella Coola. Salish and Kwakiutl Indians. Army work on trains from Kamloops to Vancouver, and on island telephone lines. Indian wool sweaters. How he got into the wool sweater business in the Depression. TRACK 2: The wool sweater business continued. Other crafts: weaving, carving, Indian regalia, beadwork. Making buckskin.

CALL NUMBER: T0195:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Oliver Jackson : fifty years in the Okanagan PERIOD COVERED: 1920-1970 RECORDED: Kelowna (B.C.), 1973-04-16 SUMMARY: Oliver Jackson discusses making Indian headdresses. Living in a tipi in the 1920s. Social life in the Okanagan in the 1920s. Countess Bubna. Comparison of farming in England and B.C. Ogopogo.

CALL NUMBER: T0212:0001 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1973-05-25 SUMMARY: Valerie MacDermot was born Valerie Gardiner in 1919 and discusses her early memories of Vancouver. Her mother -- domineering, good mind, etc. Father's background and personality. Brother and sister. Athletics. Summer camp -- a great relief to get away. Mother's overwhelming influence. Expectations to go to UBC. Influences sister to be a doctor. Their doctor a woman. Social life at UBC. The Depression. Economics. Business course. Jobs. To Seattle to get away from a bad situation. Work at Boeing in Vancouver during WWII. CALL NUMBER: T0212:0002 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1973-05-25 SUMMARY: Valerie MacDermot discusses her work at Boeing; joining the U.S. Marines women's corps; bootcamp; training etc.; meteorology job; conditioned to obey; married; pregnant and discharged; husband overseas after a few months; reunion and pregnant; overseas again; desperation; divorce; discrimination against working woman with children; working in Vancouver; insurance work; to Normal School with divorce settlement; meets second husband; mother makes marriage difficult; teaching in Nanaimo and Metchosin; two more children; Recreation Commission, Metchosin; N.D.P. involvement. CALL NUMBER: T0212:0003 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1973-05-25 SUMMARY: Valerie MacDermot discusses the Voice of Women: against nuclear weapons, first started in 1960, history and politics of the group, and involvement in anti-Vietnam. Move from Victoria to Vancouver cuts down involvement; back injury leads to less physical involvement and taking courses. Involvement in women's movement: brief to Status of Women Commission by Voice of Women; joins radical women's group at University of Wisconsin; involved in Status of Women Council; Women's Place; some questions about Women's Liberation.

CALL NUMBER: T0244:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Canadian Officers' Training Corps, UBC, 1940-1953 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-07-19 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Robert W. Bonner discusses his family background and schooling. Depression issues. UBC campus politics. Canadian Students Assembly 1940-1941. Enrolment in the Canadian Officers' Training Corps (COTC). Training. Theory of training. TRACK 2: Impressions of Col. Shrum. COTC activities. Seaforth Highlanders. Sicily and Italy. Training instructor in England. Becomes Chief Training Officer at COTC 1945-1946.

CALL NUMBER: T0244:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Canadian Officers' Training Corps, UBC, 1940-1953 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-07-19 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Robert W. Bonner discusses COTC summer camp. Enters Law faculty. Views on COTC. Post-war international developments. Post-war COTC. University administration cooperativeness. TRACK 2: Becomes; a Commanding Officer. Post-war international affairs. Unification issue. Contributions of COTC. Liberal education a value to officers. Value of military training.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Retired as Superintendent, Victoria Saw Mill, 1973 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1974-06-04 SUMMARY: Started in a bank as a teller; because of health, went to Barnet Lumber Company's mill in 1926, until it closed during the Depression; conditions during the Depression; no job for two years; obtained job at Industrial Timber Mills in Youbou grading lumber; then the Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau; assistant to the superintendent in Youbou; superintendent at Victoria in 1950.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Carpenter at Vancouver General Hospital RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-08-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Davie Doig discusses: his upbringing in Scotland; coming to Canada; joined VGH in 1921 as a carpenter; renovations done to buildings at VGH in his time; wages; the effect of the Depression on VGH; union organizing; opinions of Mr. Haywood, Mr. Hickernell; description of carpentry jobs he did around the hospital. TRACK 2: Mr. Doig discusses the Centennial Pavilion; anecdotes about the early days at VGH; opinion of Miss Ellis, the nursing director. (End of interview)