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The item is an audio recording of an interview with Ida Clarkson. Ida Clarkson was born on April 23, 1927. She graduated from Victoria High School in 1943. She discusses: Harry Smith; teachers; commercial program; army, navy, airforce careers for young adults; sergeant of airforce cadets; air cadet training, drills, uniforms, 1943; member of the stenographic corps; evacuation of Japanese students into the interior, 1942; irregular occurrences in school life directly related to the War; Glee Club; drum majorettes; school dances and high school graduation; dominant individuals.

The item is an audio recording of an interview with Nobuyoko Ichikawa.
T2395:0001: Mr. Ichikawa's experiences on the trip from Japan. Working in a sawmill in Richmond, B.C. Commentary on several jobs which he held in Vancouver: milk factory, railroad, grocery store.

T2395:0002: Mr. Ichikawa's experiences working in a logging camp. Discusses working at a sawmill on Vancouver Island. Gossip about Japanese Labour Unions and Japanese 'semi' mafia. Visiting Japan.

T2395:0003: Visiting Japan. [Most of this tape is blank.]

T2395:0004: Mr. Ichikawa's experiences working in a Nitric Acid Factory in Ontario. World War II and evacuation. Timber mill. Influence of World War II and changes in Japanese community.

The item is an audio recording of an interview with Takaaki Kitamura.
T2400:0001: Mr. Kitamura discusses: how he came to Canada and went to school in Prince Rupert; living in the United Church in Vancouver; fishing; his rooming house business; life in internment camp; his new job in Toronto.

T2400:0002: Mr. Kitamura discusses: discrimination during World War II; his sons and daughters; the Japanese community in Toronto; visiting Japan.

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): 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.

CALL NUMBER: T0345:0001 RECORDED: New Denver (B.C.), 1965-05-19 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Alexander Harris describes prospecting and mining in the Arrow and Kootenay Lakes area in the 1890s. His father, Joseph Harris, came to Slocan in 1896, established a ranch or farm that supplied vegetables and fruit to the mining camps. Alexander Harris' account includes stories about mining camp life, Orientals, travel on Arrow Lakes, and individual miners: Carpenter, Seighton, Monty; Davis, Martin Fry and Johnny Harris.

TRACK 2: He tells about the naming of mining towns in the area: New Denver, Three Forks, etc. The high school for the area was located on his father's ranch. He describes local culture, social activities, sports, as well as mining techniques, locating ore and equipment.

CALL NUMBER: T0345:0002 RECORDED: New Denver (B.C.), 1965-05-19 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Rock drilling techniques and competitions are discussed. Mr. Harris continues his description of mining methods, ore extraction, transportation to the mills, such as aerial trams, use of horses, processing of ore at the mills, shipping and tailings. A Welsh choir on tour in Canada went bankrupt in the Slocan area and the men worked in the mines at Silverton and New Denver area to earn some money.

TRACK 2: This tape continues with discussions of the New Denver town site, buildings, water transportation, early roads, the Japanese evacuation, Slocan Lake, also known as Lucerne, the Valhalla Range, and New Denver's growth. Wildlife was depleted during the early years of these communities. Mr. Harris speaks about an early trip to the Kokanee Glacier, 1919; Theo Rankin, a local teacher; and his father and mother.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-09-18 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Mildred Roylance begins this interview by singing "Home on the Range" and she tells the story of Colin Scott McRae, a young man from Ontario who wrote the song and came to Boundary in 1887 or 1888. He was a taxidermist and became partners with Mrs. Roylance's father and opened a ranch called "McLaren and McRae" in Deadwood. She outlines her father's life as a surveyor including his life in the South Pacific, San Francisco, and Vancouver Island, and finally to a ranch where she was born. Mrs. Roylance describes the location of Carson where her father lived for one year before coming to Deadwood. Her father and McRae were the first people to settle Greenwood, incorporated as a city in 1897. Mrs. Roylance talks about her father's relationship with the Indians and the "crazy" Volcanic Brown and recounts many stories about their celebrations and friendships together.

TRACK 2: Mrs. Roylance discusses a dance that Brown did at an Indian party. Mrs. Roylance's mother was the postmistress in Deadwood and she describes life in Deadwood before the mines closed and the town was deserted. The BC Security Commission moved the Japanese from the coast in 1942; 1,200 came into Greenwood and were accepted and assimilated into the town. Many names of pioneers are mentioned, including: Jack Lucie, Johnny Meyers, who was a butcher, Jim Pogie, an Italian from the Cantalito family who came to mine in 1850 in Rock Creek, and Bob Johnson, a teacher. Then she discusses the earliest days of Grand Forks, Deadwood and Greenwood. Dr. McLean, who lived in the area from 1912 to 1920, became the Premier of B.C. She then tells the story of Boundary Falls and the discovery of gold below Norwegian Creek.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Asamatsu Murakami RECORDED: Richmond (B.C.), 1972-03-09 & 15 SUMMARY: Asamatsu Murakami was born in 1885 in Japan. Came to Steveston in 1898 with his older brother. Went to school for half a year, then engaged in fishing all his life except during the war, when he and his family when to Alberta to work for a sugarbeet farm. His oldest son is a fisherman.

CALL NUMBER: T0062:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): A. Takeo Arakawa : a Japanese-Canadian businessman PERIOD COVERED: 1922-1949 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-04-21 SUMMARY: A. Takeo Arakawa was appointed to work in the Vancouver branch of the Tamura Shokai in 1926. He was a landed immigrant. He worked in the bank and trade department of the same firm until 1933. He got married and started his own business, a grocery store. He worked in a fruit packaging plant in Winfield during the Second World War. He is now President of the Trans-Pacific Trading Company.

CALL NUMBER: T0062:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): A. Takeo Arakawa describes his life during World War II PERIOD COVERED: 1941-1972 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-04-21 SUMMARY: A. Takeo Arakawa describes his first opportunity to vote as a Canadian citizen. He also discusses his life during World War II and the evacuation.

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.

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.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Jiro Kobayashi PERIOD COVERED: 1907-1972 RECORDED: New Denver (B.C.), 1972-04-25 SUMMARY: Jiro Kobayashi came to Canada at age 21 in 1907 to study about North American farming for two years. He was a graduate of the school of agriculture in Osaka. He traveled in the Pacific Northwest to look at farming. He came to Vancouver and started a potato farm on Lulu Island. After five difficult years he gave up farming and went to the Skeena River as a fisherman. Stayed for eight years. Worked as a sawmill worker. Then became a landlord. During the war he was in Tashme Camp. Moved to New Denver and was a house painter.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Howard and Gwen Norman : Canadian missionaries in Japan, 1932-1971 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-06-03 SUMMARY: Howard and Gwen Norman discuss Japanese-Canadians in World War II. Life in Japan before and after WWII. The history of the Canadian Methodist mission to Japan.;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Kuri Takenaka PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1972 RECORDED: New Denver (B.C.), 1972-04-26 SUMMARY: Kuri Takenaka was born in 1912 in Japan and married in 1930 at the age of 18. Came to Canada with her husband, Mr. Takenaka, a handyman who had lived in Canada since 1922. Mr. Takenaka's father was a fisherman. Kuri attended Mora School in Vancouver for a year to learn to be a hairdresser. They moved to Woodfibre where Kuri opened her own barbershop, and Mr. Takenaka worked in the sawmill as a handyman. Her barbershop was in business for 9 years before WWII started and they moved to Kaslo camp. After the war they moved to New Denver where Kuri has a barbershop.

CALL NUMBER: T0198:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Kishizo Kimura : Japanese fishing vessels disposal committee RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1973-03-12 SUMMARY: Kishizo Kimura was the only Japanese-Canadian member of the Japanese Fishing Vessels Disposal Committee. He discusses the way this committee was organized in December of 1941.;

CALL NUMBER: T0198:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Kishizo Kimura : Japanese fishing vessels disposal committee RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1973-03-15 SUMMARY: Kishizo Kimura describes vessels, compensation for damages and special cases.;

CALL NUMBER: T0198:0005 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Kishizo Kimura : custodian RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1973-03-15 SUMMARY: Kishizo Kimura discusses how he was appointed as a member of the committee of custodians.;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Hideo Kokubo RECORDED: [location unknown], 1972-04-11 & 12 SUMMARY: Hideo Kokubo was born in 1912 in Canada the eldest son of a fisherman. He started fishing at age 12. Since he was the eldest he had to work to support the family. His parents went back to Japan with his eldest daughter before the war started. During the war he was put in an internment camp for five years while his family was in the interior. He went back to Japan, worked for US camp, and came back to Canada in 1957.

Report (Henderson No. 326).

Purchased from Micro Media, Toronto.

Report (Henderson, 340).

Purchased from Micro Media, Toronto.

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.;

The series consists of four reels of amateur film footage taken between 1937 and 1944. They show scenes and people in Slocan City and vicinity, on the Clough Ranch, in the Slocan Valley and at Halcyon Hot Springs. They depict Clough and Cooper family activities and includes footage of a sports day at the Japanese internment camp of Bay Farm, just south of Slocan City.

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): 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.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Harry Thompson RECORDED: Richmond (B.C.), 1976-04-07 SUMMARY: Harry Thompson was born and raised in Steveston at No. One Road and Steveston Highway. His father worked on the original Steves' Farm, for Harold Steves' grandfather. Later, his father acquired his own farm between Georgia St. and 6th Avenue. They had about 15-18 cows and a milk delivery route. Harry delivered the unprocessed, raw milk on the route, which was about 15 deliveries. They stayed in the milk business until sanitation regulations during the War forced them out of the business, so they began shipping all the milk to be processed in Vancouver. Harry started fishing at age 12 in 1936 with his older brother in a skiff. Their father made a deal with a Japanese farmer and they got a fish net for the good run in 1936, it was a linen net. Their father had a license which allowed them to fish. In 1938 he went to Rivers Inlet with an old fellow to fish. He fished for Goose Bay Cannery. In the daytime they fished along the shore, at night they moved into the middle of the inlet and turned on their lamps; it was like a little city, they were kind of lost. There were many Native fishermen and cannery workers, and a few Chinese and Scandinavian people. Their first boat was the "S.S. Box", an old square thing, with a Model T Ford engine sawn in half and one cylinder running. They never went out of sight of Steveston, and did most of their fishing in the mouth of the river. Recalls fishing stories. His family never lacked food or clothing during the Depression, but his parents worked hard. Discusses different boats owned and profits. The Japanese internment during WWII. Changes that resulted in fishing and Steveston after the Japanese were evacuated. His wife worked in the cannery for Canadian Fish when he met her. Discusses new nylon nets and equipment. Fishing for halibut. Joining the Union, 1944-45. Changes in the fishery over the years. Discusses the reasons for the many accidents in the recent herring fishery.