SUMMARY: "The story of the newspapering Murray family of B.C." A radio documentary about Margaret "Ma" Murray, British Columbia's legendary and outspoken small-town newspaper editor. The program was first broadcast on the CBC's BC network on 1963-07-12. This (slightly different) version was broadcast in 1967 to mark Mrs. Murray's 80th birthday.

SUMMARY: A radio documentary about Margaret "Ma" Murray, British Columbia's legendary and outspoken small-town newspaper editor.

CALL NUMBER: T1330:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1961-02-14 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Noel Robinson; a newspaper reporter; recalls some early personalities of Vancouver including: Captain Alex MacLean, the inspiration for the characater of Wolf Larsen in Jack London's "Sea; Wolf"; sailors; captains and others associated with the sea; Hastings Mill; the Empress boats; E. Pauline Johnson; and Mary Capilano. TRACK 2: Mr. Robinson continues with recollections of Mary Capilano; the funeral of E. Pauline Johnson; the Little Theatre company; J. Francis Bursill, including the Vagabond's Club, pageants, and creating the Bursill Institute; B.C. Hilliam and "The Belle of Bur;rard"; and more about Captain Alex MacLean.

CALL NUMBER: T1330:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1961-02-14 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Robinson recalls coming to Victoria and his work on the organ in the wooden cathedral; writing and producing his play the "Cat's Paw" in Victoria. He reminiscences about newspaper person;alities; his work and travels in the Boundary area, including Rock Creek and Midway; playing cricket; hunting in the Chilcotin area; Dog Creek Hill; Bob Piper; Williams Lake; George Murray and early newspapers in Lillooet; the Alaska Highway News; and early journalists Roy Brown, Ronald Kenvyn, and Bruce McKelvie. TRACK 2: This is a very short tape; Mr. Robinson talks about Captain Alex MacLean.

CALL NUMBER: T1330:0003 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1961-04-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Robinson recalls J. Francis Bursill, and reacts to comments made about him by his granddaughter, Thekla Bursill-Hall, in a interview. [See T1331:0001.] Robinson talks about Bursill's personality; the Collingwood Institute; the Bursill Library; aspects of why Bursill came to B.C.; the Bursill family; literary life in Vancouver; anecdotes; his pen name (Felix Penne); eccentricities; Hugh Savage; and the death of J.Francis Bursill. Mr. Robinson continues with recollections about his interview with the Bengali writer and philosopher Rabindranath Tagore. [TRACK 2: blank.]

SUMMARY: "The Road To The Yukon" features interviews by CBC reporter Bill Herbert with people who lived along the Alaska Highway, from Dawson Creek, B.C. to Dawson City, Yukon. Part 1 of 9 presents a description of Mile 0 at Dawson Creek, then proceeds to Fort St. John, where Herbert interviews Dan Murray, publisher of the Alaska Highway News, and broadcaster Georgina Keddell about early Fort St. John. This episode ends with comments about Mile 144 and Mile 200 before introducing the topic of the next "installment", Fort Nelson.