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CALL NUMBER: T4282:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Albert de Mezey RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1987-02-10 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Albert de Mezey discusses his life in Hungary and reasons for coming to Canada in 1928. Coming to Victoria following the Second World War. TRACK 2: Albert de Mezey gives the history of his Samuel Maclure-designed house at 931 Foul Bay Rd.. Kildonan House.;

CALL NUMBER: T4282:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Albert de Mezey RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1987-02-17 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Albert de Mezey gives details of his business career in eastern Canada and the United States. TRACK 2: He describes his involvement helping Hungarian refugees in 1956.;

News item. Good interior shots of the Crystal Garden before any restoration work had been started. No sound.

The item consists of an essay written by Henrietta Jelinsk for history 303 in 1966. The essay is about the architecture of commercial and institutional buildings in Victoria between 1850 and 1908 and is illustrated with black and white photographs.

Public access. Community cable TV program. Phil Kitley and Stuart Stark discuss the restoration of the Carr house on Government Street in Victoria.

News item. Part 6 of a 7-part consecutive series on Victoria's Chinatown. MLA and cabinet minister Sam Bawlf presents Dr. David Lai with the original deed for the Victoria Chinese Free Mason's building. Its wording indicates the members' support for the Chinese Revolution that overthrew the Manchu government. Dr. Lai has done research with Ray McKenzie and Ray Foster for two years to uncover documents.

News item. Sam Bawlf sells four heritage properties to Attica Cities Ltd. (Calgary): the Sussex Hotel, the Law Chambers (Bastion Square), Bank of Montreal building (Government Street) and Market Square. Some good footage of Market Square as it was being constructed and restored.

News item. Shows camel's head figure being removed from building and lowered to the ground by a crane.

RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1986-03 & 04 SUMMARY: History and description of Regents Park House, including the interior and exterior architecture, and the restoration of the building. The house, which stands at 1501 Fort Street in Victoria's Rockland neighbourhood, was designed by G.H. Vereydhen and built ca. 1885.

Stock shots. 1. Synagogue; church steeple; church exteriors. 2. Beaconville Apartments. 3. Congregation Emanuel Temple (Canada's oldest synagogue) being restored. 4. Unidentified interview [Rabbi or architect?]. 5. Metropolitan Store; street scenes. 6. Oak Bay Village. 7. Johnson Street Bridge. 8. Chinese hospital. 9. Coastal scenes. 10. E&N Railway 90th anniversary (1888-1978); train, station, engineer, conductor, etc. 11. Airport -- Air Canada counter. 12. Old Carnegie Library building. 13. Church interior -- Stations of the Cross. 14. St. Anne's Academy -- development plans. 15. Chinatown scenes. 16. Artist's drawing of gate; chart on wall, ending at June 28, 1981. 17. Undeveloped city land [ at St. Anne's?]. 18. Construction site. 19. Sewage outfall; protest banner; Clover Point. 20. Wrecking ball on the waterfront. 21. Office building and mall nearing completion. 22. Refinishing plaster work and gilt finish. Crystal Garden renovation. 23. Construction site. 24. Old building being renovated -- construction scenes.

News footage. News feature about Victoria's Chinatown, including footage of: historic buildings; shop windows; parade with dragon dance and martial arts (Chinese New Year?); Fan Tan Alley; gambling table; interviews with merchants; archival photos; etc.

News item. Part 7 of a 7-part consecutive series on Victoria's Chinatown. Footage shows some Chinatown buildings. These include the Yen-Wo Society, the Chinese hospital, the Chinese school, the Gee Tuck Tong Benevolent Association (1903), and the Hook Sin Tong charity. Good close-ups; no sound.

News item. A Chinese-Canadian spokesman discusses the Benevolent Association, which is actually an off-shoot of a higher Masonic order. The club has existed in mainland China for a long time. The Victoria Branch was established in 1915. The shrine inside the building, made of precious and semi-precious materials, was carved in Canton and shipped from that city.

News item. Part 1 of a 7-part consecutive series on Victoria's Chinatown. Interior views of ornate Chinese temple; no sound. Shows Victoria's Tam Kung Temple.

News item. Silent footage of Craigdarroch Castle and the old homes around it. Close-ups of architectural details. The Heritage Awards for 1979 are included in this item.

Television stock shots

News item. Footage of Craigflower Manor and its historical marker.

News item. Interior footage of the Crystal Garden before restoration was begun.

News item. Very brief interview with government spokesman. The balance of the footage is silent and shows the old Crystal Garden exterior with all the ivy, before the start of restoration and renovations.

Includes plans and specifications of Fairfield, Sir Joseph W. Trutch's house at 601 Trutch Street, Victoria, B.C. Sheets 1-6 have inscription: Plan referred to in a certain memorandum of an agreement made and signed on the 31st day of May 1861. [Signed] John J. Mecredy, Joseph W. T.

Part of ceremony unveiling plaques marking Fort Victoria era landmarks.