RECORDED: [location unknown], [197-] SUMMARY: Harold Parker discusses the construction of the Alcan Project at Kemano and Kitimat.

The fonds comprises videotape copies of eight promotional, documentary or general-interest films produced for the Aluminum Company of Canada (or its successor, Alcan Canada Products) in the years 1951-1979. They depict the history, development and operations of the Kitimat project, including the Kenney Dam, the Kemano power plant, power transmission lines, Kitimat smelter, and the town and port of Kitimat. Four of these titles were made by Lew Parry Film Productions; two were produced by Crawley Films Ltd.

The item is a copy of a thesis on microfiche by Paul Taylor Bates titled "An analysis of housing policies in resource towns.
v, 192 leaves: figs., tables. Thesis (M. Environmental Design), University of Calgary, 1983. Bibliography: leaves 181-187. Canadian theses on microfiche, 63192.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Portuguese in Terrace, B.C. : a D.P.W. workman recalls his immigration, jobs PERIOD COVERED: 1935-1977 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-08 SUMMARY: Arthur (Artur) Soares (D.P.W. labourer) was born in 1930. St. Jorge, Azores, farm work. Immigration to farm in Newfoundland. C.N.R. extra gang. Learning English. C.N.R. section work, Telegraph Point. First house in Terrace. Work for Alcan, Kitimat; for Department of Public Works, Terrace. Construction: renovating small house, building large house. Description of house and garden. Easier for new immigrants now. Standard of living on Azores, emigration, getting ahead. Terrace in the late 1950s. D.P.W. work.

The item is a reel of film footage about the bear garbage dump problem in Terrace and Kitimat.

CALL NUMBER: T1189:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Betty Carey's seafaring background and her trips to Alaska (1937 and 1963) PERIOD COVERED: 1937-1963 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1969 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Betty Carey talks about her childhood on Fidalgo Island, her impressions of the Indians and their skill with their dug-out canoes. She describes her first dug-out canoe and its background, ad;ventures during her trip to Alaska (1937), places and people she met along the route including: Dr. Darby, Rivers Inlet, Alert Bay, Columbia Mission Ship, Alison Harbour, Kitimat, canneries and memories of her reverse trip in 1963. TRACK 2: Betty Carey continues with recollections about her trip to Alaska (1937), Hartley Bay, Prince Rupert, Queen Charlotte Islands, the Inside Passage, her family ;life and a later trip with her husband, Neil. She describes Haida sites and villages, evidence of habitation, equipment and supplies for her trips, the Kozy family at Kelsey Bay and her impressions of; Ketchikan.

CALL NUMBER: T1189:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Betty Carey : Alaska and the Queen Charlotte Islands (1939-1955) PERIOD COVERED: 1880-1955 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1969 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Betty Carey continues with her recollections about her Alaska trip, subsequent trips to Alaska, a trip with her family (1955) to the Queen Charlotte Islands, Hecate Strait, Skidegate, Graham ;Island coast, and impressions of the Queen Charlotte Islands.

CALL NUMBER: T2695:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Bob Skelly : On Okanagan milfoil weed and spruce budworm spraying RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-04-04 & 1977-05-10 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: NDP MLA Bob Skelly discusses the proposed spraying of Eurasian milfoil weeds in Okanagan Lake, April 4, 1977. TRACK 2: Skelly reacts to the approval of a limited spraying program for the control of spruce budworm in the Fraser Canyon, May 10, 1977.

CALL NUMBER: T2695:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Bob Skelly : On end of Kitimat-Edmonton pipeline proposal and disqualification of Socred MLAs RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-06-01 & 1977-07-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: NDP MLA Bob Skelly says that he is pleased with the apparent end of the Kitimat-Edmonton pipeline proposal, June 1, 1977. TRACK 2: Skelly discusses charges that three Social Credit MLAs are disqualified from sitting in the legislature because of breaches of the Constitution Act, July 8, 1977.

This series contains briefs submitted to the Minister of Lands and Forests regarding proposals by Eurocan Pulp and Paper Co. Ltd. and Crown Zellerbach Canada Ltd. for the establishment of a mill at Kitimat, B.C. The briefs are grouped into four sections: (1) General, (2) support for the Eurocan proposal, (3) support for the Crown Zellerbach proposal, and (4) objections to both proposals.

SUMMARY: A documentary about the Aluminum Company of Canada's project at Kitimat, where the first aluminum ingots are about to poured from two completed potlines. The program tells the story of how, in less than three years, Canadian men and machines have turned 3,500 square miles of northern British Columbia into a modern industrial empire.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Terrace B.C. in the 1950s and 1960s : history of house, description of Usk, B.C. PERIOD COVERED: 1951-1977 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-08-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Carl Louis Lavergne (edger, monkey wrencher) was born on December 18, 1914 in Ontario. Mrs. Lavergne (railway cook) was born on September 10, 1917. Background about their parents. Arrival in Terrace. Different forestry jobs. Description of Terrace on arrival. Settled in Terrace. Met Mrs. Lavergne in 1956]. Mrs. Lavergne's arrival in Terrace -- first in 1954, then in 1956. Moved to Copper River in 1960. History of house built by Bill Haggen. Types of animals raised at Copper. Power facilities. Food storage and canning procedures. Medical facilities. Location and description of hospital. Social activities. Bank robbery at the Royal Bank in the late 1950s. Arthur Clore [?]. Pat Beaton [?]. Description of Usk, B.C. Road to Usk. Old highway and roads in Terrace. Development of Terrace. House along highway to Copper River. Evidence of army. How bridges between Prince Rupert and Hazelton got named. Road to Kitimat. Hot springs. Effect of development of Kitimat on Terrace. Social atmosphere of Kitimat. Development of shopping centres. Change in people. Various characters. Original farm at Copper River. TRACK 2: Original farm continued. Johnny and Ida Haggen. Phone and light service. Subdivision at Copper River. Fishing and hunting.

Papers relating to forestry and allied topics including briefs, exhibits, and notes relating to the 1943-1945 Commission on Forest Resources, 1955-1956 Commission on Forestry and material relating to the establishment of a Fraser Canyon Public Working Circle.

Presented to the BC Forest Service Museum by C.D. Orchard, 1960-1973; transferred to Project 87, 1981; received by PABC, 1982.

A finding aid is available.

SUMMARY: Christopher Woodward of the Dept. of Municipal Affairs discusses "instant towns" in British Columbia, including how they are created by resource companies, community planning, the provision of utilities and services such as cemeteries, financing, restrictions, etc.

Note: As of 2012, there is no audio recording available for this item. There is only a transcript and summary available.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Portuguese in Terrace: a grocery store owner talks of immigration PERIOD COVERED: 1940-1977 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-07 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Claudino de Melo (grocery store owner) discusses auditing bakeries in Lisbon; immigration (Oromocto, Halifax); speaking Italian and English. Work at Montreal Portuguese Club. Learning of Kitimat, "trainload" to Kitimat, 1955. Employers' recruiting methods. Work in smelter. Shortage of housing. Mrs. de Melo arrives via Bella Coola. First baby. Providing room for new people. Sagimat Construction houses were moved to Terrace. TRACK 2: Alcan made it easy to purchase houses, restricted improvements, had regulatory power. Beginning a specialty store in Kitimat, reasons for relocating to Queensway, Terrace. Buying and selling Imperial Hotel. Trying business in Okanagan. Portuguese fish and other specialty products for sale at the Riverside Market. Luso-Canadian Club of Kitimat. Daughter; learns languages, business practices. "Calling" (sponsoring) relatives.

Files kept by J.C. Goodfellow, secretary of the British Columbia Conference Historical Committee ca. 1930 containing correspondence, newspaper clippings and reports relating to the history of the United Church in the Prince Rupert Presbytery of British Columbia.

John C. Goodfellow was a United Church minister and a historian. He wrote many articles on the history of the Similkameen area and on other topics.

This microfilm is a copy of the files Goodfellow kept which relate to the history of the United Church in the Prince Rupert Presbytery. The files contain correspondence, clippings and reports relating to the history of the communities and the churches in the communities. The files are in alphabetical order by place name.

CALL NUMBER: T1704:0013 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett : Canadian-American relations symposium RECORDED: Bellingham (Wash.), 1974-09-21 SUMMARY: Joint press conference by David Barrett and Washington Governor Dan Evans at the symposium on Canadian/American relations, Bellingham, Washington, 21 September 1974. CALL NUMBER: T1704:0014 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Premier's fall tour RECORDED: Castlegar (B.C.), 1974-10-07 SUMMARY: David Barrett starts his fall tour in Castlegar, 7 October 1974. CALL NUMBER: T1704:0015 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Premier's fall tour RECORDED: Grand Forks (B.C.), 1974-10-07 SUMMARY: David Barrett fall tour in Grand Forks, 7 October 1974. CALL NUMBER: T1704:0016 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Premier's fall tour RECORDED: Nelson (B.C.), 1974-10-08 SUMMARY: David Barrett fall tour in Nelson, 8 October 1974. CALL NUMBER: T1704:0017 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Premier's fall tour RECORDED: Trail (B.C.), 1974-10-09 SUMMARY: David Barrett fall tour in Trail, 9 October 1974. CALL NUMBER: T1704:0018 - 0019 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Premier's fall tour RECORDED: Gibsons (B.C.), 1974-10-10 SUMMARY: David Barrett fall tour in Gibsons, 10 October 1974 (part 1 & 2). CALL NUMBER: T1704:0020 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Premier's fall tour RECORDED: Skidegate (B.C.), 1974-10-15 SUMMARY: David Barrett fall tour in Skidegate, 15 October 1974. CALL NUMBER: T1704:0021 - 0022 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Premier's fall tour RECORDED: Masset (B.C.), 1974-10-15 SUMMARY: David Barrett fall tour in Masset, 15 October 1974 (part 1 & 2). CALL NUMBER: T1704:0023 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Premier's fall tour RECORDED: Kitimat (B.C.), 1974-10-16 SUMMARY: David Barrett fall tour in Kitimat, 16 October 1974. CALL NUMBER: T1704:0024 - 0026 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Premier's fall tour RECORDED: Terrace (B.C.), 1974-10-16 SUMMARY: David Barrett fall tour in Terrace, 16 October 1974 (parts 1-3). CALL NUMBER: T1704:0027 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Premier's fall tour RECORDED: Vernon (B.C.), 1974-10-18 SUMMARY: David Barrett fall tour in Vernon, 18 October 1974. Premier Barrett opens the John Howard Society building in Vernon. CALL NUMBER: T1704:0028 - 0029 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Premier's fall tour RECORDED: Winfield (B.C.), 1974-10-18 SUMMARY: David Barrett fall tour in Winfield, 18 October 1974 (part 1 & 2). CALL NUMBER: T1704:0030 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Premier's fall tour RECORDED: [location unknown], 1974-10-21 SUMMARY: Joint press conference between Premier David Barrett and federal Finance Minister John Turner, 21 October 1974. The main issue is unresolved differences of opinion on natural resource taxation. CALL NUMBER: T1704:0031 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Proposed revenue sharing for natural gas; Jack Webster (CJOR) follow-up RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975-01-10 SUMMARY: Press conference by Premier David Barrett on the province's proposal for the sharing of natural gas revenues, 10 January 1975. This is followed by commentary from Jack Webster and opposition leader Bill Bennett; broadcast on CJOR and other radio stations.

CALL NUMBER: T1704:0062 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Election call RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975-11-03 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett calls 1975 general election, 3 November 1975.; CALL NUMBER: T1704:0063 - 0064 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Campaign speech RECORDED: Clinton (B.C.), 1975-11-12 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett campaign speech, Clinton, 12 November 1975 (part 1 & 2).; CALL NUMBER: T1704:0065 - 0066 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Campaign speech RECORDED: Merritt (B.C.), 1975-11-13 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett, campaign speech, Merritt, 13 November 1975 (part 1 & 2).; CALL NUMBER: T1704:0067 - 0068 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Campaign speech RECORDED: Duncan (B.C.), 1975-11-17 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett, campaign speech, Duncan, 17 November 1975 (part 1 & 2).; CALL NUMBER: T1704:0069 - 0070 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Campaign speech RECORDED: Fort St. John (B.C.), 1975-11-18 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett, campaign speech, Fort St. John, 18 November 1975 (part 1 & 2).; CALL NUMBER: T1704:0071 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Campaign speech RECORDED: Mackenzie (B.C.), 1975-11-19 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett, campaign speech, Mackenzie, 19 November 1975.; CALL NUMBER: T1704:0072 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Announcement of Northern Railway development programme RECORDED: Terrace (B.C.), 1975-11-20 SUMMARY: Announcement of northern railway development program, Terrace, 20 November 1975; includes comments by Gary Lauk and Graham Lea.; CALL NUMBER: T1704:0073 - 0074 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Campaign speech RECORDED: Kitimat (B.C.), 1975-11-20 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett, campaign speech, Kitimat, 20 November 1975 (part 1 & 2).; CALL NUMBER: T1704:0075 - 0076 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Campaign speech RECORDED: Prince Rupert (B.C.), 1975-11-21 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett, campaign speech, Prince Rupert, 21 November 1975 (part 1 & 2).; CALL NUMBER: T1704:0077 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Campaign speech RECORDED: Castlegar (B.C.), 1975-11-24 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett, campaign speech, Castlegar, 24 November 1975.; CALL NUMBER: T1704:0078 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Campaign speech RECORDED: Castlegar (B.C.), 1975-11-25 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett, campaign speech, Castlegar, 25 November 1975.; CALL NUMBER: T1704:0079 - 0080 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Campaign speech RECORDED: Nelson (B.C.), 1975-11-25 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett, campaign speech, Nelson, 25 November 1975 (part 1 & 2).; CALL NUMBER: T1704:0081 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Campaign speech RECORDED: Powell River (B.C.), 1975-11-26 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett, campaign speech, Powell River, 26 November 1975.; CALL NUMBER: T1704:0082 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Campaign speech RECORDED: Campbell River (B.C.), 1975-11-27 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett, campaign speech, Campbell River, 27 November 1975.; CALL NUMBER: T1704:0083 - 0084 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Interview by Vancouver Province RECORDED: Campbell River (B.C.), 1975-11-27 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett is interviewed by Vancouver Province reporters Alex Young and Bob McMurray, Campbell River, 27 November 1975 (part 1 & 2).; CALL NUMBER: T1704:0085 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Campaign speech RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1975-11-28 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett campaign speech, Vancouver, 28 November 1975.; CALL NUMBER: T1704:0086 - 0087 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Campaign speech RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1975-11-29 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett campaign speech, Victoria, 29 November 1975 (part 1 & 2).;

CALL NUMBER: T1991:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Methodist Medical Missionary Work RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-01-26 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Personal background; training as a Methodist minister; Dr. A.E. Bolton; Thomas Crosby; his ordination; Dr. Paton of Chilliwack; Naramata; CPR Hospital; Penticton General Hospital. TRACK 2: Theological training in Montreal, 1914; women in medical training; medical missionaries; career workers; First World War service in infantry in France; return to Vancouver in 1918. CALL NUMBER: T1991:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Methodist Medical Missionary Work RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-01-26 SUMMARY: Dr. John Spencer, 1888, training in California; Port Simpson work 1914 to 1924; Bella Bella; Hazelton; Dr. Horace Wrinch the politician; Dr. R. W. Large; hardship of life in isolated areas of BC before the First World War. CALL NUMBER: T1991:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Methodist Medical Missionary Work RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-01-26 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Dr. Large; United Church nurses; Matron Bedford, Port Simpson; Miss McDowell, Miss Irene McGee, Miss Bessie French; the medical missionary calling; appointment of Dr. Bunt as superintendent of home missions, BC; his work with United Church hospitals; relocation of Japanese-Canadians. TRACK 2: Role of Dr. Bunt in the relocation of Japanese-Canadians; publicity of medical missionary work; the 'Thomas Crosby' boats; boat call at Kitimat; government involvement in United churches. CALL NUMBER: T1991:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Methodist Medical Missionary Work RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-01-26 SUMMARY: Dr. George Darby of Bella Bella; his personal background; beginning medical work on the BC coast; Dr. Bunt's story of Dr. Darby's home; the hardship of living there; his Christian faith; Mrs. Darby and family in Vancouver for twenty years; honourary Indian title in 1944; honourary degrees at UBC; home mission conference; his role as superintendent.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Medical missionary work RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1976-04-27 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Reading from autobiographical piece, "One Foggy Morning", prepared by Mrs. Joy Duncan, medical historian in Alberta; arriving at the Bella Bella hospital on 22 October 1944; Dr. George Darby; R.W. Large; Matron Marjorie McDowell; Dr. Darby was a "ten talent man"; native Indians; night duty; anecdote of Beatrice, a patient; staff; holiday; first radio-telephone in 1947; births; burns anecdote; 1948 government takeover of hospital finances; antibiotics; the Kitimat flu epidemic; ear infection anecdote; donations; rare diseases; fragile bones; Vince Ton Van Coni syndrome; Von Reckle Heim's disease; cysts; summer hospital at Rivers Inlet; five babies delivered in five nights; immunization; summer hospital closed in 1957; first aid post at Wadhams Inlet [Landing?]; cold snap; Dr. Darby's work; Dr. Ruth Allison was the first full time assistant to Dr. Darby; Dr. David Chisholm; Dr. Page, now Dr. Henderson; little Nellie from Takoosh; skin condition; Adenbrook lighthouse; premature baby; shin abscess; food poisoning of three sisters and the analysis and discovery of the toxin by Dr. Dolman at the provincial lab; trip to Vancouver with a boy with a club foot; storm in Queen Charlotte Sound; statistics for the Bella Bella hospital in 1958; burial of dead patients; off duty activities; social life at Bella Bella. TRACK 2: Social life of Bella Bella; Indian lifestyle; anecdote about a grounded boat; medical student at Bella Bella; Dr. Clarence Coho and his poem celebrating a birth on the high seas; farewell party for Dr. Darby in 1959 when he left Bella Bella; Dr. Peter Kelly's words for Dr. Darby; her birth in Ontario; Detroit hospital nurses training; why Bella Bella?; Dr. Bob Henderson; various other doctors; Dr. Darby's illness and funeral.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Portuguese in Terrace: businessman recalls his immigration and Kitimat PERIOD COVERED: 1940-1977 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-07 SUMMARY: Francisco Trigo (shoestore owner) discusses background in North Portugal; immigration, work in restaurant, gold mine. Recalls Kitimat in 1950's; locating in Terrace; climate. Discusses shoe store; wages; ethnic identity; building construction and style; Terrace in 1963; the building at 4600 Park.

CALL NUMBER: T2103:0001 PERIOD COVERED: 1915-1960 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-05-26 SUMMARY: Fred Smith was born in England in 1888 and moved to Vancouver after training as an engineer. Started working on towboats in 1911, took one trip on the Dollar Line, did road work on Kingsway in Burnaby, worked for Cates Towing. Describes Dollar Line, Union Steamship Company, waterfront in Vancouver, and Tommy Roberts, proprietor of the Grand Hotel in Vancouver. CALL NUMBER: T2103:0002 PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1956 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-06-29 SUMMARY: Fred Smith was an engineer with the Union Steamship Company from 1913-1959. Describes homesteading on Calvert Island, at Kitimaat, and the Queen Charlottes, a visit with Chief Harry Edenshaw, mines at Anyox, Surf Inlet. Remembers mates stealing boom chains, pursers stealing food and selling meal tickets twice. Was aboard "Coquitlam I" when it burst a plate in Drumlummon Inlet. Describes changes in the company after World War II. CALL NUMBER: T2103:0003 PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1956 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-07-14 SUMMARY: Fred Smith joined the Union Steamship Company in 1913. He worked on the "Venture" and the "Coquitlam". Describes Chinese men making cans in the spring at salmon canneries, Chinese workers, Grand Trunk Railway into Prince Rupert, Japanese firemen in the engine room, navigation by the whistle, southern runs of the Union Steamship Company, grounding of the "Coquitlam II" and time the "Coquitlam I" burst a plate in Drumlummon Inlet. Also Tommy Roberts and the Grand Hotel and rum-running.

The item is a reel of film footage. Shows the operations of the Kitimat smelter and some early views of the town of Kitimat.

CALL NUMBER: T3106:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Terrace B.C. in the 1930s and 1940s : effects of World War II, exploitation of resources PERIOD COVERED: 1939-1977 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-08-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: George Joseph Kofoed (bridge builder, construction foreman, faller) was born on April 4, 1933 in Terrace, B.C. Background about parents who were married October 31, 1929 in Terrace. Settled at base of Kalum Hill. Description of home. Food storage. Sewage facilities. Effects of the Depression. People from childhood. School life from 1939. Games. Moved to Thornhill in 1941. Description of house. Chores. Social activities. TRACK 2: Location and description of stores before the war. Businessmen in Terrace. Worked at Co-op in 1951. Earlier jobs. Types of jobs at Co-op. Joined the Air Force in 1952 and returned to Terrace in 1955. Various jobs for Canadian Cellulose. Changes in the forest industry. Addition of safety equipment. Roads near Terrace before and after the war. Motor vehicles before the war. Vehicle licenses before the war. Transportation before the war. Beginnings of the war. Impact of the military on Terrace. Effect of the military on everyday life. Food rationing during the war. Catholic church constructed by the army. Effects of the war on school life. Social activities. Feelings toward Japanese Invasion. Skeena Mutiny. Feelings amongst the military. CALL NUMBER: T3106:0002 Track 2 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Terrace B.C. in the 1930s and 1940s : effects of World War II ; exploitation of resources PERIOD COVERED: 1939-1977 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-08-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1:TRACK 2: Changes that should occur. Exploitation of the land and lumber. Personal feelings regarding management of resources and municipal development. Social impact of the logging industry; control over large companies to avoid environmental damage. Community preservation.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Portuguese in Terrace, B.C. : a smelter worker recalls immigration PERIOD COVERED: 1950-1977 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-08 SUMMARY: Germano Carrita, as a new immigrant from the Azores, had difficulty getting a railway job: hunger and bribery. Railroad work. Description of San Miguel, Azores. Immigration, problems of not knowing French or English. Alcan smelter: how pot room work has changed. Kitimat in 1955: a place to stay in the bunkhouse. Visiting Terrace, moving to Terrace. Description of house and garden.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Life and work in the lumber industry in Terrace, B.C., 1940-1977 PERIOD COVERED: 1943-1977 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-07 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Greg M. Sieben (lumber industry production superintendent) was born in 1921. Saskatchewan background. Arrived in Terrace in 1943 with Army. Pohle Lumber. Major MacMillan. Salvus in 1948. Transportation. Honesty in the 1950s. Logging: falling with hand tools, late 1940s. Hand bucking. Early power saws. Handling large trees. Sawmilling, steam power. Mrs. Pohle's part in sawmill operation. Diesel machinery. TRACK 2: Second Pohle mill, 1950s: foundation, arrangement of steam-driven mill. Improvising parts. Steam engineers, atmosphere of old mill. Modern operators' booths. Electricity. Automation. Hiring practices in the 1950s. Employment of immigrants: language problems, Dutch immigrants, Portuguese immigrants, post-war and present work attitudes. Changes in life-values in past 20 years.

CALL NUMBER: T1795:0001 PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1940 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975 SUMMARY: John Muir brought steam trawler "Orantas" from Great Britain to Kildonan Cannery on Vancouver Island. Cannery was owned by Wallace Brothers. Collected fish on the west coast 1912-1913. Loaded coal for; bunkers in the "Empress of India". Was hired off the dock to work on the Union Steamship Company boat "Cowichan". Aboard "Coquitlam" in 1918 when it struck rock in Drumlommon Inlet. Rescued longshoreman from the River Clyde. Describes navigating in the fog. "Chelosin" wrecked on Siwash Rock. Describes stops along the Skeena River.;

CALL NUMBER: T1795:0002 PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1940 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975 SUMMARY: John Muir describes calling at canneries up and down the coast, Nass River and Skeena River. Describes making landings, freight handling, navigation in the fog. Union steamship runs aground near Powell River. Entering Vancouver harbour in the fog. People on the coast helped in finding docks and floats by putting their own "navigation lights" out. Seymour Narrows was a difficult spot. Settlers at Cape Scott.;

CALL NUMBER: T1795:0003 PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1940 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975 SUMMARY: John Muir describes difficult places to navigate such as the Skeena River flats and the Seymour Narrows. Capt. C.B. Smith runs the "Chilliwack" aground to balance a cargo of ore from Surf Inlet. Problems of avoiding fish boats and fishing nets during salmon season. Crossing Hecate Strait for Moresby Island in foul weather. Was founding member of Canadian Merchant Service Guild. CMSG strikes in 1917. Later went ashore as Union Steamship Company shore superintendent. Japanese firemen were not re-hired after 1935 strike. Brought machinery from Surf Inlet mine to site of proposed mine at Khutze Inlet.;

CALL NUMBER: T1795:0004 PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1940 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975 SUMMARY: John Muir describes the "Cassiar", an ex-sailing ship, logging camps and the changes which took place with the formation of large forestry companies, seeing whales on the north coast, difficulties of maneuvering with single screw vessels, problems of navigation during fishing season, especially when there were shadows at night thrown by the moon.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Portuguese in Terrace : a smelter worker recalls the Azores, immigration PERIOD COVERED: 1940-1977 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Jose Carreiro (smelter worker) was born in 1931. Childhood work, farms on Azores, description of village. Logging and sawmilling in Azores. Immigration in 1955, railway work. Learning of work at Alcan. (blank gap). Treatment, as a newcomer. (blank gap). Not knowing English, confusion at work. A friend who mistook "cabbage" for "cabrito", other confusion. Learning English. Food. His brother's story of immigration, work at Kitimat, return to Portugal. Work and housing at Kitimat. TRACK 2: Description of Kitimat in 1956. Work in Kitimat: Alcan and C.N.R. Moving to Terrace. Garden. Comparing present with past immigration. (blank gap). Help from people. Working with Italians, Canadians.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Portuguese in Terrace: a sawmill worker compares mills, describes 1950s PERIOD COVERED: 1940-1977 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Jose Raposo (loader operator at a sawmill) from San Miguel, Azores. Description of town, of first job. Logging and sawmilling on Azores in 1940s-50s. Immigration, "herding" of people. Life on farm. Working for C.N.R.; job description, coming to Terrace. No other Portuguese at Weber's sawmill. Greenchain work. Friend Lowe [or Louie?] TRACK 2: Living at Lip's farm, John Lips. Learning English. Pohle's sawmill; changes in sawmilling methods and machinery. Use of trimming in Azores. Calling relatives; ties with homeland fade. Terrace in 1956. Visiting Kitimat by train. Recruiting workers, friendly treatment of immigrants.

Journal of life as nurse among the Indians of Kitimat. Contains note by donor as to creation of the journal and as to its provenance.