CALL NUMBER: T0161:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Ada McGeer : first woman producer at the CBC RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1973-03-08 SUMMARY: Ada McGeer was born in 1890 in Victoria and discusses her early days there; moving to Vancouver; McGill University in Montreal; return to Vancouver; and her employment with the CBC.;

CALL NUMBER: T0161:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Ada McGeer : first woman producer at the CBC RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1973-03-15 SUMMARY: Ada McGeer discusses her work at the Herald; travels; views on the status of women; and the music club.;

CALL NUMBER: T3773:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Journalism in B.C. : interview with Alan Jessup PERIOD COVERED: 1928-1980 RECORDED: West Vancouver (B.C.), 1980-11-19 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Alan Jessup describes his newspaper memories. Jessup recounts the formation of the first radio station in the Province building. Discusses: M.A.E. Kelly and his early radio broadcasts for the Province. The acquisition of the Province newspaper by the Southams Co. and subsequent move to new location. Description of working conditions on the paper in the 1920s and itinerant reporters. Formation of the newspaper guild and history of its formation. Description of the involvement of the then mayor of Vancouver. Subsequent history of union. Personal views towards union. Golden jubilee year in Vancouver and memories of the time. 1920 and memories of the crime of this period. Alleged connections between city hall and the underworld. Changes in papers then and now. Strike of 1946 and its effect on newspaper circulation. Changes in working conditions. TRACK 2: Changes occurring in newspaper business in last 50 years. Reporting in '20s and '30s and Vancouver's position as a busy port. "Komagata Maru" incident in Vancouver harbour. Personal history. Personal opinions on papers of this period. Reminiscences of D.A. McGregor, J. Butterfield and B. Buchett. CALL NUMBER: T3773:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Journalism in B.C. : interview with Alan Jessup PERIOD COVERED: 1936-1978 RECORDED: West Vancouver (B.C.), 1980-11-19 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Memories of B. Macenroid (?), P.W. Luse (?) and J.W. Winson. Stories and features done on Grouse Mountain. The Rum Tum Club. Explanation of this club with anecdotal associated material. Memories of the Province building and associated stories. Personal work history of Mr. Jessup. Personal views on the newspaper guild and its effect on the newspaper industry. Economic conditions necessary for freedom of the press. The loss of credibility of papers. Reasons for the demise of newspapers. (End of interview)

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1981-10 SUMMARY: An interview with Andre Piolat, founder of BC's French-language newspaper, "Le Soleil".;

CALL NUMBER: T4133:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1984-03-28 & 30 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Birth at Peguis Reserve, Manitoba; early memories of Swampy Cree people at Peguis Reserve; memories of father, Reverend A.W. [Amos William] Mayse; father's tales of the Boer War; fraternizing with the enemy; father emigrated to Canada; worked as a carpenter, became minister; father was in WWI; war wounds; was in Boer prison camp; earlier release by Jan Smuts; YMCA rep in WWI; back to Winnipeg; refused commission in Black and Tans; rural ministry in Manitoba; took salary partly in trade and had first pick of charity clothes; Mr. Mayse hated school; his father was self-taught and had a good library; read everything, including religious material; moved to British Columbia. [TRACK 2: blank.]

CALL NUMBER: T4133:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1984-03-28 & 30 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Living in [Port] Hammond BC; first work experience; father's church in Nanaimo; primitive conditions in the coal mines; clothing and equipment of miners; many beer parlours in Nanaimo; father's popularity; favorite fishing spots; anecdote of hazardous fishing trip; Turner rowboats prized; commercial fishing; early commercial fishing methods and boats; memories of Sointula fishermen; Sointula pukka fighting; Nanaimo miners fished for trout, not salmon; early trout fishing equipment; social consciousness; father never was a union miner; lied to get into army; South Africa; Reverend Mayse went underground in Nanaimo mine accidents; panic in town; miners invited Reverend Mayse underground, managers didn't argue; dynamite misadventure. TRACK 2: Continuation of dynamite misadventure with Rev. Mayse; vegetable garden; powder bosses; Reverend Mayse destroyed cars; pit ponies on islands; Italian miners; soccer important in Nanaimo; library; Millstream Park; rugby versus soccer; holidays with father; Chinese persecuted in Nanaimo; Chinese accused of taking jobs; few Chinese women or children; fight between Chinese and Haida boys; Chinese cooks; idyllic but racist town; Mr. Mayse and friends made a water cannon to frighten Chinese; backfire; collecting cascara bark for money; cruel pranks; fights with air guns and crossbows made from umbrellas; good shot with slingshot; gangs racially mixed; miners lived in southern Nanaimo; some of the cottages still there [as of 1984].

CALL NUMBER: T4133:0003 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1984-03-28 & 30 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Nanaimo childhood; Guy Fawkes day was celebrated as Bonfire night; Hallowe'en destructive; Nanaimo's tamale wagon; miners' children; fishing and writing at Cowichan Bay; Reverend Mayse sided with the workers; holidays at Cowichan Bay; acquiring a dugout canoe; shaman procured canoe by threats; Indian fishing methods; most gear was cedar; old style Cowichan sweaters described; Padre Cook of Cowichan; Queen Victoria medal; John Page and the medal; shaman had grape arbor and soul box; healing and hurting with soul box; rite of boys purification among Cowichans; Wolf Song was stolen from the Haida after the Battle of Sansum Narrows circa 1820 to 1840. Haida blamed for other raids; Haida slaughters and weapons used. Reverend Mayse left Mr. Mayse to his own way on holidays. TRACK 2: 38; pound salmon won prize; Bruce McKelvie; first sale of fiction; principal angry but kept on; Oyster River with Reverend Mayse; memories of old-timer James McIvor; washed ashore from sloop; McIvor ran cattle; threatened loggers; tea with McIvor; McIvor's customs; McIvor angry when offered help; McIvor's nephew visited briefly; tried to buy wife; McIvor fishing with haywire; hated cities; died in Comox in 1940's. Walter Woodiss, Oyster River old-timer, storyteller; tall tale of salmon; Woodiss's feud with a black bear and accidental killing of same; Woodiss's Inn; Percy Elsie "mayor of Oyster River"; fried chicken known as fried seagull; ghost at Comox; WWII airman at Comox rode his bicycle through "Dancing Annie".

CALL NUMBER: T4133:0004 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1984-03-28 & 30 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Indian rancherees; shaman Cultus Tommy; Chinook trade jargon terms; Padre Cook well loved; friend at Cumberland; stories of Ginger Goodwin; Cumberland memories of Ginger Goodwin and hostility to trial and government; Dominion police were hated, man hunters; no shame in evading the draft; met Cougar (Cecil) Smith; Mr. Mayse now lives in Cougar Smith's house; Cougar Smith's peculiarities; Roderick Haig-Brown, great Canadian writer; friendship with Haig-Brown; dam on the Campbell River broke his heart; last meeting with Haig-Brown; last impressions; better known outside Canada; Haig-Brown a fine and pioneering fisherman; fished steelhead. Mr. Mayse disliked high school; paid for clothing with poetry prize won at UBC three years in a row. TRACK 2: Mr. Mayse paid UBC tuition by logging in the summer under a false name; BC loggers and equipment; railroad logging; unions; woods accidents; logged Upper Vancouver Island; logging camp cooks; anecdote of 'foul feeder'; fight between logger and foul feeder; logging camp cook; flunkies, bed makers, logging camp pump tenders; eccentric and proud train men; high riggers; Harold Larson would post on a spar; woods near-misses; spark catchers jobs; bunkhouse moving accident; Paddy the straw boss; Paddy nearly caught in a blast; lemon extract mad man incident; bringing out man lost in the woods; gone mad, tried to escape his friends; wild Great Dane dogs abandoned in woods; harassed spark catchers; Mayse had to shoot one.

CALL NUMBER: T4133:0005 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1984-03-28 & 30 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Great Danes hunted in Pike's Peak area; shot one; partner Paddy Gorman; Paddy attacked by a cougar while snoozing; scraps of loggers songs; never wrote them down, always regretted it; logging; company owners were remote; unions starting camps; decision logging versus writing; went to the Vancouver Province; space writing for Province; offered staff job; clannish and proud reporters; story of ascent of Mount Waddington; two expeditions at once; Mr. Mayse carried homing pigeons in a basket to file the story; rough country; beauty and tragedy of the pigeons; walking out to tidewater hungry; a ghost story at Leefall Point, Mount Waddington, where a climber had fallen to his death. TRACK 2: Worked at the Vancouver Province as Torchy Anderson's junior man; they covered a huge forest fire that threatened Campbell River and Courtenay on Vancouver Island [Sayward fire, 1938]; Torchy was Mr. Mayse's mentor and friend; longshoremen riots; Torchy was fearless; Torchy squealed when angry; his grandfather saw a Sasquatch; the Rum Tum Club and the Sonofabitch Club; creating a story on injured trapper at Mission. Mr. Mayse wrote police constable's report while drunk; cop demoted; Torchy and his wife Marion; moved to Saltspring Island; memories of Province newspaper women in 1930's Vancouver; wild party on Grouse Mountain; Christmas cheer and story of upside down reindeer; camps for single unemployed men; joining the American Newspaper Guild; had BC union card number 3; union's failure; left holding the bag; not fired but put behind the eight ball; refused marrying raise.

CALL NUMBER: T4133:0006 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1984-03-28 & 30 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Mayse quit the Vancouver Province and joined the Vancouver Sun. The Sun was tougher and wilder; front page exclusives as revenge; union succeeded later; hostility to union. Mr. Mayse drafted and discharged for TB scars; army lost files; returned to the Sun as military writer; Mr. Gallagher, an alleged spy; moved to Toronto with no job, $100, a wife and a dog. Selective service twits said there were no jobs; walked into a job at Maclean's. Toronto run of luck; sold short stories to the Saturday Evening Post; break fiction editor of Maclean's; a few good Canadian writers; editor bought fiction; Calvinist, liked gloomy tales, had to trick him; Canadian writers were "cry-babies"; Americans were pros. TRACK 2: Canadian writers resented criticism; Mayse emulated American writers; today's market poor for short stories; in the 1940s and 1950s the stories were not literary but a good product; wrote serials for Saturday Evening Post; later published as novels; approached by an agent; returned to the coast; end of fiction markets; never seen as a serious writer; writing is lonely work; Jack Scott criticized Mr. Mayse's success in the U.S.; considered a move to the U.S.; writer's; work should speak for itself; but book tours are necessary; dislikes writer's grants except for poets; many writers are poseurs; major literary figures in Canada; dislikes commercial versus literary distinction; Mr. Mayse now writes a newspaper column; wrote for "The Beachcombers"; column is a good platform; a lucky and happy man; importance of luck.

RECORDED: Stories Beach (B.C.), 1989-01-12 SUMMARY: In an oral history interview recorded by his daughter, Arthur Mayse discusses an attempt to form the first B.C. local of the American Newspaper Guild at the Vancouver Daily Province, ca. 1937.;

CALL NUMBER: T3776:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Journalism in B.C. : interview with Aubrey Roberts and Don Tyerman RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1980-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Aubrey Roberts and Don Tyerman share their memories of the newspapers during the inter-war years. Aubrey Roberts discusses: started as an office boy with the Province; worked his way up at the Province- cub reporter, reporter, assistant sports editor, assistant city editor, city editor; early days of being at the Province. Don Tyerman: joined the Province after graduating from University of Saskatchewan in 1929; first assignment as sports reporter; starting salary a pay cut from his job as swimming coach; move from promotion department to sports department. Aubrey Roberts: the Province bought by Southams in 1923; differences in the Province under Walter Nichol vs. the Southams. Family/personal background, education, and early ambitions of both Roberts and Tyerman. Mr. Roberts discusses various positions he held at the Province. TRACK 2: Don Tyerman discusses: various positions he held with the Province; number of editions of the newspaper that would come out every day; promotion manager; public relations with Boeing Aircraft during WW II; never went back into newspapers; differences between newspapers in the 1930s and '40s, and today; anecdote about putting a photo of a half-naked girl on the cover of the Province; Rum Tum Tum Club. Aubrey Roberts: became managing editor after he was news editor; experiences with flying and airplanes; promotion of an interest in flying; leaving the Province and going over to the News Herald as editor; anecdote about Bob Elson. CALL NUMBER: T3776:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Journalism in B.C. : interview with Aubrey Roberts and Don Tyerman RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1980-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Aubrey Roberts: more anecdotes about colourful characters; itinerant reporters; newspaper guild; strike at the Province; 'extras'; main differences between the papers then and the papers now; technological changes. (End of interview)

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Journalism in B.C. : interview with William Forst RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1981-01-28 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Bill Forst discusses his memories of the newspaper business between the wars: starting at the Province as an office boy; joining the sports department at age 17; anecdotes about other employees of the Province at this time- Bert Greenwood, L.V. Kelly, Scott brothers; old office of the Province; Andy Liedel; getting involved with cycling; sports editor, 1934 (?) to 1939; makeup editor to city editor to news editor to managing editor; reasons for leaving the Province; differences between newspapers before the war, and newspapers now; personal history and background; his father's store, 'Forst's'; childhood ambitions. TRACK 2: Mr. Forst discusses: the characters at the Province, and in the newspaper business in general, during the 1930s- Jim Butterfield, Bob Bouchette; his work at trying to keep the guild out of newspapers; problems with unions; differences he notices in reporting/editing in newspapers today; more anecdotes about characters from the Vancouver newspapers at this time. (End of interview)

RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1975-06-17 SUMMARY: William Bruce Hutchison: First newspaper job under Benny Nicholas. Editor of Victoria High School Paper. High school teachers: Dilworth, Wood, Smith. Debating Society. Approach to writing: debaters st;ance in his various books. Influences: Chesterton, Stevenson, Emerson, Thoreau, Conrad. Politics and wilderness. Wordsworth. Romantics. Favourite book: "The Incredible Canadian". Public favourite: "Th;e Unknown Country", written in 6 weeks. Victoria Times. Western Windows. Newspaper idols: Nicholas, Dafoe, Deter, Brown, Rawlings. Writing awards. Fifty years in press. Favourite jobs: 1963, Editorial; Director of The Sun; 1950, Editor of Times -- busiest period. Victoria High School: Dilworth, Kermode, Knapton, Clyde Hall, Gilligan, WW I, influenza, S.J. Willis, 3 Smiths, school editorials, centra;lized activities in schools. Statement by Time Magazine: 'Grand Old Man', P.M. Pearson's statement. Journalism as a career. 'Just a newspaper man'.;

RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1975-06-17 SUMMARY: William Bruce Hutchison: First newspaper job under Benny Nicholas. Editor of Victoria High School Paper. High school teachers: Dilworth, Wood, Smith. Debating Society. Approach to writing: debaters st;ance in his various books. Influences: Chesterton, Stevenson, Emerson, Thoreau, Conrad. Politics and wilderness. Wordsworth. Romantics. Favourite book: "The Incredible Canadian". Public favourite: "Th;e Unknown Country", written in 6 weeks. Victoria Times. Western Windows. Newspaper idols: Nicholas, Dafoe, Deter, Brown, Rawlings. Writing awards. Fifty years in press. Favourite jobs: 1963, Editorial; Director of The Sun; 1950, Editor of Times -- busiest period. Victoria High School: Dilworth, Kermode, Knapton, Clyde Hall, Gilligan, WW I, influenza, S.J. Willis, 3 Smiths, school editorials, centra;lized activities in schools. Statement by Time Magazine: 'Grand Old Man', P.M. Pearson's statement. Journalism as a career. 'Just a newspaper man'.;

CALL NUMBER: T3760:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Journalism in B.C. : interview with Charles Lugrin Shaw RECORDED: West Vancouver (B.C.), 1980-09-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Charles Lugrin Shaw describes his life as a journalist in the early twentieth century. Mr. Shaw discusses: his grandfather, editor of the Victoria Colonist; writing war bulletins during the Great War; reporting on all sorts of different areas -- police court, city hall, parliament; details about his early life, education, father's death; impact of his grandfather on his life; strange characters at the Colonist; anecdote about Sam Matson; while at the Colonist, writing articles for Macleans, New York Times; American reporters in Victoria; moving from the Colonist to the Province; news editor at the Province through most of the '30s. TRACK 2: Mr. Shaw discusses: different editions of the Province throughout the day; 'extras' during the war years; anecdote about publisher Frank Bird; the Janet Smith case; Jack Nichol, son of owner; joining Freeman organization in 1943; more anecdotes about colourful characters at the Province during his time there. CALL NUMBER: T3760:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Journalism in B.C. : interview with Charles Lugrin Shaw RECORDED: West Vancouver (B.C.), 1980-09-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Shaw discusses: the B.C. Institute of Journalists; flamboyant publishers, owners and editors of B.C. newspapers in the first half of the twentieth century; alcohol consumption by prominent members of the newspaper business; describes various individuals involved with journalism in B.C. at this time; differences between newspapers now and then. (End of interview)

CALL NUMBER: T4220:0001 - 0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1982 SUMMARY: Interview with Vancouver journalist Chuck Davis about his career.;

CALL NUMBER: T4220:0002 track 2 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1982 SUMMARY: Includes a fragment of an off-air interview with Paddy Sherman.;

CALL NUMBER: T3817:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Journalism in B.C. : interview with Cliff MacKay RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1981-01-29 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Cliff MacKay discusses his 47 years with the Vancouver Sun: started as a cub reporter after having gained some experience as the Sun's UBC correspondent for previous 2 years; time as waterfront reporter; becoming city hall reporter in 1930-46; writing editorials for the Sun from 1947-60 (essentially as editor of editorial page); business editor in 1960-62; back to city hall from 1962-65; return to editorial page until his retirement in 1975; learning to be a reporter on the job; salary changes throughout his years at the Sun; influence of Bob Bouchette; memorable assignments; personal; background; education. TRACK 2: Mr. MacKay discusses: laxness in editing in today's papers; recollections of reporting in the '30s; reporting on the Japanese internment camps; great characters at the Sun in the mid-twentieth century; newspaper guild.

CALL NUMBER: T3817:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Journalism in B.C. : interview with Cliff MacKay RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1981-01-29 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. MacKay discusses: his relationship with Don Cromie; political leaning of the Sun throughout his time there; writing editorials; improvements in newspapers today; problems with newspapers today. (End of interview)

CALL NUMBER: T3759:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Journalism in B.C. : interview with Don Cromie RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1980-08-19 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Don Cromie describes what newspapers in B.C. were like during the inter-war period. Mr. Cromie discusses: how his father started the Vancouver Sun; anecdote about being a political 'handmaiden' to the Liberal Party; his father's reasons for being interested in journalism- idealist, glamour, spiritualism; Don's recollections of growing up as son of editor/owner of Sun; differences between evening papers and morning papers; university experience; role of publisher in inter-war years; father's death at age 49. TRACK 2: Mr. Cromie discusses: taking over the paper from his mother and siblings; his childhood, education, university; trip to Europe in 1934-35; working as a reporter for the Sun, then the Toronto Star.

CALL NUMBER: T3759:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Journalism in B.C. : interview with Don Cromie RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1980-08-19 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Cromie discusses how and why the newspaper business has changed over the years: the rise of newspaper chains; rivalries between newspapers; the effect of a good editor; the Sun tower and buildings. (End of interview)

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Journalism in B.C. : interview with Doris Milligan RECORDED: [location unknown], 1981-03-09 SUMMARY: Doris Milligan discusses her memories of the newspaper business in the inter-war years: details about her career as a journalist, particularly with the Vancouver Sun; difficulties for women journalists; personal background and education; colourful characters of the time- Robert Cromie and Bob Bouchette; her involvement with the union movement; most memorable scoop was about a bank holdup- she inadvertently gave the scoop to the Province; differences in newspapers then and now. (End of interview)

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Doreen Indra titled "Ethnicity, social stratification and opinion formation: an analysis of ethnic portrayal in the Vancouver newspaper press, 1905-1976." xxv, 581 leaves: tables. Thesis (Ph.D.), Simon Fraser University, 1979. Bibliography: leaves 566-581. Canadian theses, 44912.

CALL NUMBER: T3823:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Journalism in B.C. : interview with Evelyn Caldwell RECORDED: [location unknown], 1981-03-05 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Evelyn Caldwell discusses her memories of the newspaper business in the inter-war years: began work with the Vancouver Star in 1928; the Star folded during Depression; how her interest in writing began; started working on the women's segment when she was 19; working for the News Herald as women's editor; memories of the Vancouver Star; being married for four-and-a-half years; first assignments; outline of her career; going east in 1944; returning to Vancouver and working at the Sun until she retired in 1974; personal background; youthful ambitions; learning to be a reporter on-the-job; anecdotes about Bea Green. TRACK 2: Evelyn Caldwell discusses: lack of women reporters when she first started; doing the society page; voyage to Great Britain in 1937; colourful characters- Jack Scott, Pierre Berton; drinking with the men; becoming a columnist; helping organize the union; technological changes in newspapers today; travels to Russia, Korea, China. CALL NUMBER: T3823:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Journalism in B.C. : interview with Evelyn Caldwell RECORDED: [location unknown], 1981-03-05 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Evelyn Caldwell discusses: her trip to China in 1965, just before the cultural revolution; differences in newspapers before the war, and after the war; more opportunities for women reporters today; increase in salaries in today's world; anecdote about buying a car while working at the News Herald; improvements made by the union. (End of interview)

CALL NUMBER: T3341:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Early life and career of Dan Ekman PERIOD COVERED: 1926-1957 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-12-15 SUMMARY: Dan Ekman discusses: his early years and family background, training and career as a newspaperman in Vancouver, working as a P.R. man for Westcoast Transmission Co., attitudes towards politics.
CALL NUMBER: T3341:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Duties and functions of executive assistant to Premier W.A.C. Bennett PERIOD COVERED: 1957-1960 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-12-15 SUMMARY: Dan Ekman discusses the circumstances leading up to his appointment as executive assistant to Premier W.A.C. Bennett and the duties and functions of that position.
CALL NUMBER: T3341:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Working as Executive Assistant to the Premier RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-08-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Dan Ekman discusses aspects of his job as executive assistant to Premier W.A.C. Bennett. Comments on Bennett's personality and style. Reliance on individuals within the government and delegation of authority. Attitudes towards women. TRACK 2: Bennett's public image and how it evolved. Bill Clancy. The bond-burning ceremony. Take-over of the B.C. Electric Co. Bennett's fascination with secrecy. Relationships with cabinet colleagues.
CALL NUMBER: T3341:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Social Credit politics and election campaigns in B.C. RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-08-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Dan Ekman discusses the Sommers case, the calling of elections, the 1960 election, a recollection of the events on election night, leaving the position of executive assistant in 1961, relationship with Premier after leaving. TRACK 2: Assumption of position with Westcoast Transmission, Frank McMahon and the 1960 election, starting up his own advertising agency, the Socred government's use; of advertising during election campaigns, the 1963 Fulton challenge, running election campaigns for W.A.C. Bennett.
CALL NUMBER: T3341:0005 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): The decline of Social Credit : the 1972 election RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-08-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Dan Ekman discusses the public image of W.A.C. Bennett, the paranoid style in B.C. politics, the Malaspina gas line story. TRACK 2: Further comments on the plan for the Malaspina gas line, Clarence Budd, the 1972 election, the question of succession to the leadership of the Social Credit Party. (End of interview).

CALL NUMBER: T3763:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Journalism in B.C. : interview with Hal Straight RECORDED: West Vancouver (B.C.), 1980-10-21 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Hal Straight describes life as a journalist in the first half of the twentieth century. Mr. Straight discusses: early work with the Vancouver Sun -- at the re-write desk, in the composing room; becoming a sports writer and then a managing editor; getting a university education (but no degree); all journalism training was on the job; pre-World War II was an exciting time to work at the Sun; competition between the Sun and the Province; details about his background, childhood, time at UBC, the Depression; anecdotes about Bob Cromie, publisher of the Sun. TRACK 2: Mr. Straight discusses: relationship with Bob, and then Don Cromie; anecdote about how Don Cromie gained control of the paper after his father's death; Straight became managing editor; strike at the Province forced people to read the Sun; friendship with Jack Cairns, the city editor at the Sun; anecdote about Roy Brown; becoming publisher of the Edmonton Bulletin; differences between newspapers in the 1930s and now. CALL NUMBER: T3763:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Journalism in B.C. : interview with Hal Straight RECORDED: West Vancouver (B.C.), 1980-10-21 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Straight discusses changes in the newspaper business over the last 50 years: concentration of ownership; demands of labour unions; lack of competition between newspapers today. He describes the effects of the newspaper guild after World War II. The decline of the newspaper industry. Look of newspapers has changed- more colour, different packaging. Could improve newspapers by having fewer articles: quality not quantity ought to be prized. Anecdote about Carlson's press conference. Reads an article he wrote about the principles of editing. (End of interview)

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1980 SUMMARY: Oral history interviews with "Torchy" Anderson about his childhood in Victoria and Calgary, early work experience at the Calgary Herald, Bob "Eye Opener" Edwards, WW1 service, life as journalist for the Vancouver Daily Province, Social Credit governments in Alberta and B.C., Fernie, W.A.C. Bennett, and federal politics.

CALL NUMBER: T3873:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Journalism in B.C. : interview with James Dyer RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1981-06-26 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Dyer discusses his work in the newspaper business between the wars: starting at age 18 in 1924 at the Winnipeg Tribune; reason for wanting to be a journalist; itinerant reporters; anecdotes about M.E. Nichols; with the Sun for one year in 1929; founding member of the News Herald in Vancouver; rejoining the Sun in 1935; the News Herald as a cooperative paper; political philosophy. TRACK 2: Mr. Dyer: personal background and education; relationship with Robert Cromie; becoming assistant city editor at the Sun; first assignment as a reporter in Winnipeg- covering the Labour Church; covering real estate news; interview with the Queen of Siam; story of a German traitor from WW I; covering parliament in Victoria for the Sun in the mid-30s; anecdotes about B.C. political figures at the time. CALL NUMBER: T3873:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Journalism in B.C. : interview with James Dyer RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1981-06-26 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Dyer discusses: the demise of the Liberals in the early '40s; W.A.C. Bennett crossing the floor; characters in the newspaper business in the '30s and '40s- Bob Bouchette, Pat Taylor; opposition to the newspaper guild; later, president of guild; effects of union on newspaper business; better newspapers in the '30s and '40s than today; technological changes; his retirement in 1974. TRACK 2: Mr. Dyer discusses: differences between newspapers when he started and how they are today; too much left-wing opinions in today's papers; effects of electronic media competition; Stu Keate. (End of interview)

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Journalism in B.C. : interview with Mamie Moloney RECORDED: Ladysmith (B.C.), 1981-02-24 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mamie Moloney discusses her memories of the newspaper business in the inter-war years: starting with the Sun on the society page; recollections about the few other female journalists in Vancouver in the 1930s; learning to write on the job; writing her first column in 1933, and continuing until 1978; also did a radio column in the 1930s; personal background and education; anecdote about Robert Cromie; Bob Bouchette story. TRACK 2: Ms. Moloney discusses: the Bohemian atmosphere of the newspapers in the 1930s; being active in the formation of the union; continuing to write her column from her home on Vancouver Island; biggest differences between newspapers then and newspapers now. (End of interview)

CALL NUMBER: T3819:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Journalism in B.C. : interview with Merv Moore RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1981-01-20 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Merv Moore discusses his life as a newspaperman in the mid twentieth century: his career- working for the Province, then the Calgary Herald, then joining up for the war, then back to the Herald, and finally back to the Province; personal background; joining the Province as a copy boy; learning on the job; becoming a reporter at age 17; reporting was done better when journalists were not as well educated; less local news in today's papers; problems with the newspaper guild; strike at the Province in 1946; anecdotes about Jim Butterfield, Bob Bouchette. TRACK 2: Mr. Moore discusses: Bob Bouchette (cont'd); the Scott brothers; going back to the Province to deal with the impending strike; producing a 'scab' newspaper; differences between newspapers in the '30s and newspapers today; technological changes.

CALL NUMBER: T3819:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Journalism in B.C. : interview with Merv Moore RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1981-01-20 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Moore discusses: how technological changes have altered the newsroom; the ITU; his predictions for the future of the Canadian newspaper. (End of interview)

SUMMARY: "Monitor" was a radio series devoted to the arts in British Columbia. This episode deals with the relationship between the press and the arts in Vancouver. The focus is on the Vancouver Sun and The Pr;ovince and how well they do in serving the public with arts information.;

SUMMARY: "Monitor" was a radio series devoted to the arts in British Columbia. "Saturday Evening" was a series that aired from 8:30 to 10:00 PM. Usually in two parts, it consisted of plays, classical concerts,; documentaries and talks. This episode deals with the relationship between the press and the arts in Vancouver. The focus is on the Vancouver Sun and The Province and how well they do in serving the p;ublic with arts information.;

CALL NUMBER: T3775:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Journalism in B.C. : interview with Norman Hacking RECORDED: West Vancouver (B.C.), 1980-11-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Norman Hacking discusses his years as a journalist: starting at the Province and getting paid by the inch; getting hired full time to do 'magazine' work; anecdotes about colourful characters at the Province in the 1930s- Torchy Anderson, Cecil Scott, Roy Brown; going through the country weeklies to get information for the Province; making up obituaries; Frank Bird, the publisher; anecdote about L.V. Kelly; joining the marine beat; joining the navy in WW II; back to the marine beat after the war, staying there until retirement; more anecdotes about interesting characters at the Province; the Rum Tum Tum Club; differences between newspapers then and now. TRACK 2: More on differences in newspapers in the 1930s, '40s, and now; Norman's background, education, father's involvement with newspapers; writing and editing at the Ubyssey; characters in the newspaper business pre-WW II- Jimmy Butterfield, Earl Kelly; changes in the marine beat during his career at the Province; newspaper guild.

CALL NUMBER: T3775:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Journalism in B.C. : interview with Norman Hacking RECORDED: West Vancouver (B.C.), 1980-11-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 2: Mr. Hacking discusses: effect of union (cont'd); technological changes in the newspaper industry; differences between newspaper in the mid-20th century, and now; what went wrong with the newspaper industry. (End of interview)

The item is a typescript copy of a thesis by Bessie Lamb titled "Origin and development of newspapers in Vancouver." v, 111 p, tables. Thesis (M.A.), University of British Columbia, 1942. Bibliography: p 96-111.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1980-03-06 SUMMARY: [No content summaries or documentation available for this interview.];

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Journalism in B.C. : interview with Pat Slattery RECORDED: North Vancouver (B.C.), 1980-11-13 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Pat Slattery describes his experiences in the newspaper industry in the inter-war years. Mr. Slattery discusses his career at the Vancouver Sun, from 1930-77: began as a copy boy during bleak days of the Depression; moving to the sports section as a cub reporter; staying at sports from 1932-41; World War II- PR man with the Canadian Army; back to the Sun as assistant promotion editor, then assistant sports editor; discussion of buildings Sun was published in; first assignment as a sports writer; other jobs at the Sun including news makeup editor; competition between Hal Straight and Stu Keate; anecdote about a trick he and his co-workers played on the Province; the strike at the Province; the Sun becoming the number one paper in terms of circulation. TRACK 2: Mr. Slattery discusses: technological changes in the newspaper business over the years; his background, childhood ambitions, education, father's career; learning to be a reporter on-the-job; differences between becoming a copyboy in the '30s, and now; characters at the Sun in the inter war years- Bob Bouchette, itinerant reporters; Slattery one of the original members of the newspaper guild; more on technological changes in newspaper business. (End of interview)

PERIOD COVERED: ;1922;-;1937 SUMMARY: Excerpts from early Vancouver radio broadcasts, and from oral history interviews about early radio broadcasting in Vancouver. This tape accompanied Emmanuel Ronse's presentation at the ASCRT conference in Toronto, May 1982. The excerpts are: (1) Bill Moss discussing the Province newspaper's radio station; (2) Earle Connor on the Vancouver Daily World newspaper's radio station; (3) a CKCD sign off by Billy Hassell from 1931-33; (4) Harry Paulson discussing Harry Hooper's radio station; (5) Harold Winch discussing the populist radio commentator Dr. Lyle Telford; (6) an excerpt from Dr. Lyle Telford's "Challenge" broadcast, ca. 1935; (7) a sign-off for the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission (Vancouver station CRCV) from 1932-36; (8) James Laurie discussing the history of CNRV and the CBC; and (9) Harold Paulson discussing the radio program "Lumberjacks' Nightclub".