RECORDED: [location unknown], [197-] SUMMARY: [No content summary available.];

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Reminiscence of Cumberland RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-02 SUMMARY: Interviewee is anonymous by request. Story of the Chinese digging up their dead; Chinatown, and how many dams there were; Chinee Creek; "Japtown" haircuts; mine explosion; the Chinese moved out of Cumberland; where the Japanese worked; Japanese sawmill at Royston; Chinese gardens; Mr. White, the negro; collecting coal for your family; starting working in the mine at the age of 13; wages of a winch man in 1929 were $2.25 per day; dangers working in the mine; bringing the coal out of the mine; father was a stable boss; story about Queenie the mule; retired the mule and left the mines; mules were worth more money than men; the Union came to Cumberland, Shakey Robertson was the main man; around 1929, #4 and #5 working at one time; testing the air; height of the mines; mules were injured because of the height, and they became mean; horses were also used; accidents with animals; mine cave in took three or four days to dig it out; stable vet; #5 mine shut down during the hungry '30s; worked clearing land to be able to buy it; story about pigs coming in by rail; story about Chinese; story about the undertaker and his son.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Arlene Craig, Marguerite Robertson and Vera Wingen RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979 SUMMARY: In an interview with Bob Bossin, Arlene Craig, Marguerite Robertson, and Vera Wingen discuss their memories of the Tofino-Clayoquot area in the early twentieth century. Among other things, Vera Wingen describes: Dr. Dixson's medical techniques, his willingness to help. Marguerite Robertson recounts: first experiences in medical procedures -- ruptured appendix of Norman Allen, gangrenous appendix of Felix Tom; anecdote about Premier Pattullo's visit prior to an election; Brinkman, local watchman; Japanese community, Native community; flying trapeze anecdote.

CALL NUMBER: T0447:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Nelson talks about his father [Nels Christian Nelson] coming from Norway to homestead and fish at Whonnock in 1885. He discusses his life working in the fishing industry; types of boats; building boats; canneries; early Whonnock; types of salmon; logging; steamships; Glen Valley; Bill Miner; other incidents; Probert family; fishing; the market for fish; scow houses; the fisherman's ;life; Collingwood and Steveston. TRACK 2: Mr. Nelson talks about the commercial fishing industry; sturgeon fishing; early canneries along the Fraser River; Chinese cannery workers; Steveston; the Nelson Brothers Cannery; the fish inspector; procedures involved in setting nets.;

CALL NUMBER: T0447:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Nelson talks about the Japanese working in the fishing industry; the Norwegians; other ethnic groups along the Fraser River; Nass River fishing; the Reverend Collison; Indians working in ;the fishing industry; types of salmon and nets; fishing equipment; changes in fishing methods; differences between gillnetting and seining; fishing locations; weather. [TRACK 2: blank.]

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Isamu Matsuzaki RECORDED: Richmond (B.C.), 1976-03-18 SUMMARY: Isamu Matsuzaki was born in 1902 in Courtenay, Vancouver Island. His father was a coal miner in the Cumberland Mine. He has no recollection of Cumberland. His father fished until 1927. They lived at Steveston where the B.C. Packers, Imperial Plant is now (1976). They had a big company house with some single fishermen boarders. His mother died when he was 14, he had 2 sisters and a brother. His father returned to Japan in 1927. His brother went to UBC and then returned to Japan to work. Lists canneries and describes Japanese community in Steveston as 2,000 people strong. Only fished one year when he was 17, then became a skipper in a packer boat. At age 19 he built his own packer and was skipper on it. Was a cash buyer for 2 seasons, working mostly for B.C. Packers. When the War came the government took his boat and sent it to the east coast. He also lost his house and property. He was sent to Castlegar near Nelson and worked in a mine there for 10 years. Returned to the coast in 1952 and went back to running a packer. He did not get adequate compensation for the loss of his house and property. Worked for B.C. Packers and then ran his brother-in-law's packer. Discusses improvements in equipment and packers, as well as current (1976) fishing industry. Japanese women worked filling cans by hand, and Chinese men lived in a big bunkhouse. Indians, Japanese and Whites got along fairly well, but lived in segregated houses. Discusses old community events in Steveston. One hour to Steveston from Vancouver by tram. He went to a Methodist Church as a child. Most of the Japanese remained Buddhist. Japanese Hospital was operated by the Japanese Fishermen's Association. Conflict between Japanese and White unions. Lots of farming by the Japanese as well. Recalls the Steveston opera house and hotels. The decline of farming in Steveston. The state and future of the fishing industry, and the impact of pollution in the Fraser River.

RECORDED: [location unknown], [1974?] SUMMARY: [No documentation is available for this interview.];

CALL NUMBER: T2700:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): A Eurasian girl growing up in Mount Pleasant and Strathcona neighbourhoods PERIOD COVERED: 1914-1945 RECORDED: North Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-05-26 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Ivy McAdams talks about some random recollections: born Ivy Kaji in 1920 of Japanese-Canadian father and British mother; father's background in Japan and Canada; father's service in WW I; his death in 1928; Ivy's schooling in Mount Pleasant area; difficult conditions of childhood because of mother's TB; racist taunts; Orientals in Mount Pleasant; East Indians; becoming a part of the Chinese community; dances for Japanese-Canadians; Powell Street; Japanese baths. TRACK 2: More recollections: public baths; problems in WW II; end of schooling at Fairview Commerce; move to Strathcona in 1938-39; she and her brother were only Eurasians at school; conditions in the Depression; youthful activities and living quarters; conditions in WW II; evacuation; permit to visit mother until her death in 1942; refusal to register as an enemy alien. CALL NUMBER: T2700:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Japanese-Canadians in Strathcona : WW II and evacuation PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1945 RECORDED: North Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-05-26 & 06-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Ivy McAdams discusses: her arrest for refusing to register as an enemy alien in World War II; an exception being made in the case of herself and her brother; conditions for Japanese and Italians during World War II. TRACK 2: Discusses: Japanese evacuation; stores along Powell Street closed; description of Powell Street's Japanese stores; description of Japanese reaction and social life there; panic sales as evacuation approached; response of Japanese to evacuation. CALL NUMBER: T2700:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Japanese and Chinese-Canadians in the Strathcona neighbourhood PERIOD COVERED: 1920-1950 RECORDED: North Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-06-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discusses: Japanese evacuation (cont'd); property never returned; fear of reprisals; support of friends; evacuation of children a cause of her mother's death; Powell Street after evacuation; Shanghai Theatre in Chinatown; Sam Kee building; Chinese opera; Chinese women; immigration policy for Chinese; work and social life among the Chinese; occidental interest in Chinese businesses and restaurants; Chinese school; myths about the dangers of Chinatown; help from a Chinese friend of the family; Chinese hostility to East Indians and whites. TRACK 2: Discusses: the raising of Chinese children; problems with the new generation of Hong Kong immigrants; Cordova and Hastings Streets in the 1940s; skid row; crime and prostitution; prostitution in Chinatown; few Indians in the area; gypsies around Main and Prior; Japanese Day feasts. (End of interview)

PERIOD COVERED: ;1927;-;[no date] RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-03-12 SUMMARY: [No content summary available for this interview.];

Building and surroundings.

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 : John Madokora RECORDED: [location unknown], [1979?] SUMMARY: [No content summary is available for this interview.];

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): John Turner : tallyman and boat rigger RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1976-03-22 SUMMARY: John Turner came to B.C. from Scotland in 1920. Worked at Fraser Saw Mill, then got a job with the Union Steamship Co. on the "Camosun" in 1922. Went to work at Wadhams Cannery as a fireman for the first year. Then he went to Imperial Cannery to help with the fall fishing. He packed fish from Kitsilano to the Gulf of Georgia Plant. There was a big Indian population which lived in the shacks on the dyke close to the cannery. During the season, White people lived in better and more permanent houses away from the water. The Japanese also lived on the water in company houses. Bunk houses for the Chinese men who were fed only two meals a day. They got mostly rice and dried fish and they were "tickled to death" to be working in these conditions. They worked for the C.P.R. in the winter. The Indians were only there for the summer season. The Japanese were permanent residents. Discrepancy of wages according to race. Retired at age 75 the head rigger at Canadian Fish Co. Describes the machine that cuts the heads off of salmon. During the Depression one year he got only 6 weeks of work. Discusses pulp mill at Swanson Bay.

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): Interview with Mr. Minakawa about early years in Canada PERIOD COVERED: 1913-1940 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1974 SUMMARY: Mr. Minakawa talks about his background in Japan. His job with the Great Northern Railroad. Oikawa (Lion's Island). His logging experiences during the war. A job as a barber.;