CALL NUMBER: T0547:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Life in Alert Bay, 1909-29, and Telegraph Cove, 1929-74 PERIOD COVERED: 1909-1974 RECORDED: Telegraph Cove (B.C.), 1974-08-01 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Fred Wastell describes: early life in Alert Bay; description of Alert Bay, ca. 1910; prominent families in Alert Bay, 1910-20; sawmill and Indian village at Alert Bay; potlatches at Alert Bay; visitors' accommodation at Alert Bay, 1920s; cannery and fish hatchery in Alert Bay and Nimpkish area. Description of Alert Bay, 1910-20: settlers around Nimpkish Valley, 1912; Tracey & Garland Logging Co; Hand logging Operations, 1920s; sawmill operation and Beaver Cove, 1918. TRACK 2: Fred Wastell discusses: labour problems at Alert Bay; problems with sawmill organization at Alert Bay, ca. 1920; Wood and English mill at Englewood, 1924-25; description of Mr. Wood and Mr. English; Telegraph Cove sawmill operation, 1929-74; saltery operation and problems at Telegraph Cove, 1929-37 Japanese business practices, 1930s; cannery influence on government policy, 1920-40; labour supply at Telegraph Cove mill, 1920-74.

CALL NUMBER: T0547:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Life in Telegraph Cove, 1929-74 PERIOD COVERED: 1899-1974 RECORDED: Telegraph Cove (B.C.), 1974-08-01 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Life in Telegraph Cove. Personnel and Jobs. Building of the road to Telegraph Cove. Advantages of a large mill operation over a small mill. Sointula Finnish commune settlement. Social conditions in Telegraph Cove. The naming of Telegraph Cove. [TRACK 2: blank; end of interview.]

CALL NUMBER: T1885:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): George R. Copley : a Vancouver Island logger (part 1) PERIOD COVERED: 1901-1960 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1961 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Copley born in Nanaimo in 1881. Began logging at Chemainus in 1901 for Victoria Lumber and Manufacturing Company. Matt Hemmingson as Superintendent. Logging and loading equipment, ca. 1901. Supervising Chinese workers. Logging camp conditions. Meals. Hauling methods. TRACK 2: Logging railway methods. Details on hauling equipment. Anecdote about explosives. Quit logging in 1907. River driving on the Cowichan River. Work in a small 'haywire' outfit. Problems with fleas and bedbugs. Anecdote about bear hunting. Identification of various photographs.

CALL NUMBER: T1885:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): George R. Copley : a Vancouver Island logger (part 2) PERIOD COVERED: 1901-1960 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1961 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Continuation of the identification of photographs. The importance of the blacksmith in a logging camp. The mill at Chemainus, ca. 1902. Hand falling described. Copley describes his farm wood lot. (End of interview)

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Head filer, Youbou; Superintendent, Vancouver Mill Division, BCFP PERIOD COVERED: 1923-1967 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1974 SUMMARY: Born in Minnesota, 1902. Came to Canada with parents. Father was mill manager in Vancouver. Worked in various mills as a filer in the 1920s. To Youbou, 1923, as head filer. Description of Youbou and the mill, etc. Superintendent, Vancouver mill, 1952-1960. Spruce milling. Mill fire of 1960. Superintendent at Youbou, 1961-1967. Retired, 1967.

The item is a video tape containing footage of Mayo Lumber Co. operations, including the mill at Paldi, the development of Hill 60, and the building and operation of the railroad. The photographer was a friend of the Mayo family.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Retired as Superintendent, Victoria Saw Mill, 1973 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1974-06-04 SUMMARY: Started in a bank as a teller; because of health, went to Barnet Lumber Company's mill in 1926, until it closed during the Depression; conditions during the Depression; no job for two years; obtained job at Industrial Timber Mills in Youbou grading lumber; then the Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau; assistant to the superintendent in Youbou; superintendent at Victoria in 1950.

Television stock shots. Includes footage of: B.C. Forest Products (lumber mill construction & pulp mill construction); Utah Mines; B.C. Forest Products (aerial views); Ocean Cement, Bamberton ; MacDonald's Bakery, Victoria; McDonald's Hamburgers exteriors.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-08-10 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Hills recounts his family's coming to and settling in Alberni in 1885. He describes the town site; making a living; the mills; clearing the land; transportation; roads; the stage in 1890; railway; early characters; schooling; the creamery; farming in the valley; settlements; Port Alberni; World War I; and lumber mills. TRACK 2: Mr. Hills continues with his discussion about Anderson; Mill, the stamp mill, located in Port Alberni; the naming of Alberni; mining; logging; the railway; the cable line; and social life in Alberni. He recalls Indian settlements in Alberni; their ceremonial dances; fishing; hunting techniques; dugout canoes; and their relationship with early settlers. He talks about Adam Horne; Malcolm Sproat; his father and mother; his childhood; his first work as a shepherd; cougars; and bears.

CALL NUMBER: T0275:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Superintendent, Youbou Sawmill, Lake Cowichan, Retired 1959 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1974-05-21 SUMMARY: Born at New Westminster in 1896; worked at Barnet Lumber Company; Rat Portage Lumber Company; Capilano Timber Company; came to Industrial Timber Mills in Youbou, in 1932 as superintendent; description of changes in the industry; Youbou as a community; sawmill operations taken over by BC Forest Products; expansion, etc.; retired in 1959.

CALL NUMBER: T0275:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Superintendent, Youbou Sawmill, Lake Cowichan, Retired 1959 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1974-05-21 SUMMARY: [No content summary available for this tape.]