Stock shots. Footage of strikes and demonstrations in Victoria and vicinity. 1. Camosun College support staff - CUPE Local 2081 - picketer. 2. Picket line at Administrative Centre, Greater Victoria School Board. CUPE Local 2081, Camosun College. 3. Pickets - re: Bill 46, labour rally. 4. Handicapped people demonstrating at Legislature. 5. Anti-Trident protesters on zodiacs in the Inner Harbour. Colour Guard. 6. "Save the whales - foil the hydrofoil." 7. Anti-nuclear demonstration. 8. "ICBC rates unfair." 9. Anti-sealing demonstration. 10. Demonstration against use of 2,4-D. 11. Boaters demonstrating re: moorage rates. 12. "Save Youth Services" demonstration. 13. Premier W.R. Bennett with protesters and media. 14. Rally protesting Ministry of Health [Bob McClelland?]. 15. Pro-choice rally. 16. Pro-life rally. 17. Environmentalists rally. 18. Demonstration against sewage dumping. 19. Pro-lifers. 20. Unemployed rally. 21. "Kids want a bus" rally. 22. Demonstration against Raven Lumber. 23. Pro-life demonstration. 24. Native rights/housing march and demonstration. 25. Rally against Bill 15.

This series contains extracts from volumes in C.O. 537 series [supplementary correspondence]. The records consist mainly of despatches to and from the Secretary of State for the Colonies and the Governor-General of Canada and senior British military officers. The majority of the records were originally classified as "Secret" or "Confidential." Records pertain to all parts of Canada, but include substantial British Columbia-related material. San Juan Island dispute, B.C.'s entry into Confederation, trans-Pacific steamship services, coastal defence, and the Bering Sea sealing negotiations are but some of the issues documented in this series.

Series consists of articles, typescript drafts, essays, biographies, notes, clippings, etc. relating to Alaska, the history of British Columbia, historic sites in British Columbia, Indigenous people of British Columbia, the pelagic sealing industry, etc. The series also includes invitations to events and 124 black and white photographs, mostly of Smith's time in Japan and China.

Series consists of a log of Schooner Louis Olsen, 1893-1894; record of special sealing licences, 1894-1911; records of seal catches in Pacific, 1900-1911; declaration of ownership for "Triumph", 1889; and form for sick or disabled seamen.

CALL NUMBER: T2392:0005 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Peter Webster on sports days and his work as a fisherman PERIOD COVERED: 1907-1977 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Webster discusses the importance of sports days on the West Coast of Vancouver Island. Special mention is made of Makah Days in the state of Washington. He describes the range of activities at these sports days. TRACK 2: More on sports days. Discussion of his childhood and his becoming a fisherman. He relates his beginnings as a seal hunter and the traditional ritual involved in seal hunting. CALL NUMBER: T2392:0006 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Stories of the contact period and discussion of Native Indian music PERIOD COVERED: 1700-1977 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Webster continues his discussion of the ritual of seal hunting and his career as a fisherman. He talks of the different types of canoes. Mr. Webster discusses the Native tradition relating to the origin of the word Nootka and a story about the enslavement of Jewitt and Thompson by Chief Maquinna. Also a story on the Spanish contact with the Natives. TRACK 2: Discussion of contact period and another story about it. Mr. Webster describes his involvement in Indian music, types of songs, and their importance in Native culture. CALL NUMBER: T2392:0007 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Mr. Webster discusses Native Indian music PERIOD COVERED: 1907-1977 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Webster discusses the importance of music in the past and today. He discusses composing Native Indian songs. The use of dancing and music in Indian culture. Costumes used. [TRACK 2: blank; end of interview.]

Sealing reports: the reports are by year and list vessels sealing on the British Columbia coast and the Behring Sea by nationality (including Indian) and give tonnage, etc., and catch.

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Jack opens with a telephone conversation with Jack Munro, IWA President, about a potential contract settlement. Then Jack speaks with Ian MacPhail, of the International Fund for Animal Welfare. Mr. MacPhail is strongly against white-coat sealing and has advocated boycotting seal products and Canadian salmon. By telephone, Mark Small, President of the Canadian Sealers Association. Stephen Rogers, Minister of Environment and Parks, and Jack discuss the wolf kill on Vancouver Island, Moresby Island, Lyell Island, uranium mining, nuclear power.

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Jack talks with David Strangway, President of UBC, and Dr. William Saywell, President of Simon Fraser University. They discuss funding cuts; student aid; falling enrollment from students outside Victoria and Vancouver; changes in curriculum. Jack speaks with Jim Mercier, a local small employer, about a Human Rights challenge made by a woman who was not hired because she was pregnant. Jack speaks with Michael Hunter, President of the Fisheries Council of BC, about a boycott of Canadian fish in retaliation for the seal kill. Reporter Brian Rutledge on the disposition of the giant Expo ’86 hockey stick.