RECORDED: [location unknown], [1975]-12-20 SUMMARY: Interview with Edmond Provost, who discusses Ginger Goodwin and Trail, B.C.;

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975-12-20 SUMMARY: Interview with Ewart Crispin, who discusses Ginger Goodwin and Trail, B.C.;

The series contains the records of James Everett Brown, Housing Commissioner, regarding Federal- Provincial housing projects pursuant to the B.C. Housing Act, 1950. It includes memoranda of agreement, correspondence, financial statements, annual reports, technical reports, and development plans regarding the Vancouver Housing Authority, Prince Rupert Housing Authority and land assembly projects in Prince George, Saanich, and Trail.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1966-02-01 SUMMARY: Mr. Frank Mellor remembers the Kootenay region in the 1890s. He came to Victoria from Manchester in 1893. He discusses his brother J.W. Mellor. He offers his impressions of Victoria in 1893; California in 1895; arriving in the Kootenays in 1896 as a painter; one job at Rossland; Rossland in the 1890s; the people; "Spud" Murphy; Mrs. Allen and the Allen house; the Bob Fitzsimmons versus Jim Albert fight in 1897; Father Pat; more people; George and Frank Mellor's store; more about Father Pat and Rossland from 1896 to 1901. TRACK 2: He continues with more on Jack Kirkup; magistrates; the International Hotel; the red light district; "Nigger Thompson's"; the street layout; winter sports; Trail; the spirit and atmosphere of the 1890s; Nelson; prospecting on the Columbia; Spokane; miscellaneous ramblings; travel and Father Pat.

SUMMARY: "Blue Lake and Red Mountain", the third program in the series, looks at two pioneer societies in the West Kootenay -- the people who settled by the shore of Kootenay Lake on small farms, growing fruit, contrasted with the gold miners of the lively town of Rossland. The voices heard include: Lorna Lyttle, Margaret Draper, Mrs. Irvin, Agnes Mackie, Bella Cummings, Basil Aylmer, Warren Crows, Isaac and Philip Glover, Tom Eccles, Les Walker, Ken Attree and Ken Wallace.

CALL NUMBER: T4222:0033 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Blue lake and red mountain : [part 1 of 2 only] SUMMARY: "From the Mountains to the Sea" was a series of 13 programs about the history and people of British Columbia's regions, based on oral history interviews recorded by Robert Orchard. The series was pro;duced in 1967 to mark Canada's centennial year, and mainly focuses on the period 1885-1914. "Blue Lake and Red Mountain", the third program in the series, looks at two pioneer societies in the West Ko;otenay -- the people who settled by the shore of Kootenay Lake on small farms, growing fruit, contrasted with the gold miners of the lively town of Rossland. The voices heard include: Lorna Lyttle, M;argaret Draper, Mrs. Irvin, Agnes Mackie, Bella Cummings, Basil Aylmer, Warren Crows, Isaac and Philip Glover, Tom Eccles, Les Walker, Ken Attree and Ken Wallace.;

CALL NUMBER: T4222:0034 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Blue lake and red mountain : [final version] SUMMARY: Spliced final version of the complete program. 1967-09-30.;

CALL NUMBER: T4101:0003 PERIOD COVERED: 1929-[no date] RECORDED: Kaslo (B.C.), 1983-06-29 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Started work for Cominco in 1929 on company docks. Went to Trail in 1930. Laid off in 1931 with other single men. Took freight across Canada; married in North Battleford and took wife on freights to Trail. Got work in 1932 as he was married. Met underground union people. Underground union formed into cells of about five men each. Man named MacDonald paid Evans to come to Trail. About 100 people were in the underground union. Evans had a couple of meetings and people decided to form a real union. Met in co-op garage. Organised on the job. Wore CIO button to break down fear. Relations with Italian workers. Company town. Old WFM men on hill. Anecdote about WFM organizer. Anecdote about Murphy. Observer at first negotiations. Was fired in 1949 for passing out leaflets about Ginger Goodwin's death. TRACK 2: Lost arbitration over firing. Blacklisted from work in Trail. Gets job at Reese-MacDonald mine. Anecdote about men threatening to go on strike if he is fired. Church prints leaflet to discourage Italians from joining Mine/Mill. Assessment of people working for union. Was demoted for organizing. Anecdote about discussion politics with General Manager. Called to general office; from bringing union papers on job. Communists in the Union. Red baiting on the job. Communists didn't hurt organizing. Communists resign thinking to help organizing drive; doesn't work. CALL NUMBER: T4101:0004 PERIOD COVERED: 1935-1983 RECORDED: Kaslo (B.C.), 1983-06-29 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Impression of Arthur Evans. Belenger talked to judge who sentence Evans. Burning of car. Belenger and Evans harassed by police. Burning Evans' car. Workmen's Committee implicated. Ladies Auxiliary organised as an appendage to the union. Impressions of Harvey Murphy. Impressions of Murphy. Organisation of Union Paper. Blaylock and Cominco; Blaylock's drive to dominate everything. Steel raid of 1950. Right wing for Steel. Mine/Mill and democracy. Mine/Mill workers elected to Workmen's Committee. Company gave pay raises to stop union organising. Downtown people talked about company benefits. Pollution in Trail. Company town and paternalism of the company. Anti-Mine/Mill people joined steel analysis of merger. TRACK 2: Steel fighting Mine/Mill/Steel arguments during raid. Strikes won by hearts and guts. Communist party and union decision. Murphy got in trouble once for making a decision without executive. Learned about unions by doing. Process of forming Local 480. Organizers knew about putting out leaflets and papers. Knew how to attack problems. Could see issues clearer than workers, i.e. health and safety. Some men had lead tests done in Spokane. Conditions on the hill. Dr. Endicott was a union sympathizer. Company doctors were not trusted. Company always looking out for shareholders. Workers never start battles (CIO) Evans car smashed. Company propaganda provoked fights. Took a long time for overcome company influence. Trail workers now give largest strike mandate in BC. Company store shuts down. Trail changed physically over time as did the workers.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975-12-20 SUMMARY: Interview with Guglielmo Nannini, who discusses Ginger Goodwin and Trail, B.C.;

Travelogue. Scenery and attractions of the West Kootenay region: Crowsnest Pass, the Kootenay Lake ferry, boating, fishing, the Glass House, Nakusp or Ainsworth hot springs, the retired sternwheeler S.S. "Moyie", golfing, Nelson curling bonspiel, caving, rodeo, spawning salmon, the Doukhobors, Fruitvale international dog show, miner's museum and Golden City Days Festival at Rossland, Wildlife Centre & Bird Sanctuary at Creston, hiking and skiing in the Valhalla Range. Other locales include Castlegar, Christina Lake, Grand Forks, Trail.

The item is a composite print of a travelogue film made in 1981-1982. It features the scenery and attractions of the West Kootenay region: Crowsnest Pass, the Kootenay Lake ferry, boating, fishing, the Glass House, Nakusp or Ainsworth hot springs, the retired sternwheeler S.S. "Moyie", golfing, Nelson curling bonspiel, caving, rodeo, spawning salmon, the Doukhobors, Fruitvale international dog show, miner's museum and Golden City Days Festival at Rossland, Wildlife Centre & Bird Sanctuary at Creston, hiking and skiing in the Valhalla Range. Other locales include Castlegar, Christina Lake, Grand Forks and Trail.

The item is a video travelogue. Scenery and attractions of the West Kootenay region: Crowsnest Pass, the Kootenay Lake ferry, boating, fishing, the Glass House, Nakusp or Ainsworth hot springs, the retired sternwheeler S.S. "Moyie", golfing, Nelson curling bonspiel, caving, rodeo, spawning salmon, the Doukhobors, Fruitvale international dog show, miner's museum and Golden City Days Festival at Rossland, Wildlife Centre & Bird Sanctuary at Creston, hiking and skiing in the Valhalla Range. Other locales include Castlegar, Christina Lake, Grand Forks, Trail.

CALL NUMBER: T0316:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Hugh McLean : reminiscences - the Klondike (1898-1901) and the Bulkley Valley (1907-1914) RECORDED: [location unknown], 1961-07-09 & 1961-07-10 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Hugh McLean begins this interview with recollections about a pack train to the Klondike, 1898, the story of an ill-fated homesteader -- Kispiox (1908), George Birnes, Mike Touhy, Barney Mulva;ney, stories about the mail delivery c.1910 and the Tomlinsons of Minskinisht. TRACK 2: Hugh McLean speaks about coming to B.C. (1896), smelter work at Trail, railway and telegraph work, prospecting,; the Klondike (1898), the journey to the Klondike via the Stikine, the ice ladder at Skagway, pack outfit over White Pass, dog sleigh freighting (1898-1901), mining at Atlin, prospecting at Big Bend and Fort McPherson, and Telkwa (1912). He continues with recollections about the Yukon Telegraph Company line, pioneers in the Telkwa area: Archie and Neal McInnes, Bill and Bob Clark, the telegraph l;ine along the Skeena, Smithers, Hubert, the Hanson Tie and Timber Company, Hazelton, Cataline described, Gabe LaCroix, French Canadians, Ed LeBlaux and Jack McNeil.

CALL NUMBER: T0316:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Hugh McLean : the storyteller I RECORDED: [location unknown], 1961-07-09 & 1961-07-10 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Hugh McLean relates a story about the movie "Ben Hur" with Len Broughton, one of the chariot drivers and a local character. TRACK 2: Hugh McLean tells anecdotes to a group of children: the cattle and salt in 1931, Indian women and the plank bridge, a small boy and his grandmother, the sage hen -- 1894, the bear story, a story about an trapper at Takla Lake -- Daniel Teegee, the wreck of the "Distributor" and a story about stopping there on a mail run.

CALL NUMBER: T0316:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Hugh McLean : the storyteller II RECORDED: [location unknown], 1961-07-09 & 1961-07-10 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Hugh McLean continues the story about an incident along the mail run, a story about wolf dogs at Aklavik on the mouth of the McKenzie River, the police patrol when Hugh McLean was ill during ;the flu of 1918, his collie pup, and a story of Wiggs O'Neill -- "Klootch and Clutch" about a spare boat clutch at Port Simpson. TRACK 2: Hugh McLean continues with stories told to a group of children, "Old Fort Isaac", the bear cub story, the bank robbery at Hazelton (1913) and tall tales: a trapper at Loon Lake, a tabby cat and a Joe Hanson tale. Names of the children in the group: Robin Hood,; Joan Phillips, Alan Phillips, Barbara Small, Pat Mahood, Ann Troback [sp], Tom Stall [sp], Art Hale [sp], Paul Dail [sp], Franklin Hood and Kelda Giddins.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-09-14 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Isaac "Ike" Glover remembers Rossland from 1907 to 1920. His family come to Rossland in 1907. He offers his first impressions and experiences; recalling the explosion of 1905; the high; percentage of Americans; incidents of murder and fire; shipping ore; smelters; recreation; the mining boom of 1893; the Le Roi and Eagle Mines; ore shipped to the Northport smelter and Trail smelter; small mines; Rossland named in 1902; its decline in the 1920s and the eight-hour day. TRACK 2: Mr. Glover continues with more on the eight-hour day; childhood impressions; law and order; characters; Old Jess; Oregon John Bismarck; Old Judge Plume; Rossland Hotels; prostitution; the Chinese population; Halloween; Christmas; liquor; Miner's Union Day celebrations; winter recreation; prostitution; and an anecdote.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Rossland : 1898-1906 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-11-21 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: John Turnbull discusses his life in Rossland. Copper and gold mining. Companies involved, including the CPR, Great Northern, and the British America Corporation. August Hinsing (sp?) was a mining operator and smelter-man in the area, until selling to the CPR in 1898. Trail: the beginning of Cominco; the whys; the people involved. Population, type of life, and sorts of businesses operating in Rossland. [TRACK 2: blank.]

RECORDED: Trail (B.C.), 1982-06-05 SUMMARY: John was born in Rossland. He landed his first job in 1930 at Hunter Brothers Limited, and worked his way up to management. Shortly after Eaton's took over Hunter Brothers, he transferred to the Trail store, where he worked from 1954 to 1977.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-09-13 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. J.W. McKay recalls the Trail smelter, and Trail before World War I. He came from Lethbridge with his family as a child in 1897. He discusses the Gus Heinze railroad; Trail before 1914; ;the zinc plant and copper refinery in 1915 and 1916. He offers pre-war refinery history; the Heinze venture; smelting in the 1890s and the effect of sulphur fumes from early smelters and developments; leading to control from 1928 to 1930. He discusses today's minerals, and more on the smelter and refinery; other smelters; the Trail smelter; zinc refining; Pat Stewart and S.G. Blaylock and the development of the smelter from 1911 to 1914; booms and development in Trail. [TRACK 2: blank.]

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-11-15 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Kathleen Dewdney discusses how she and her father, John Robert Ferguson; came to Trail in the Kootenays in 1894, but left upon deciding that the smelter was bad for their health. He decided to move the family to Midway in the Okanagan [actually in the Boundary Region] to have an orchard. She describes the town of Midway as it was when he arrived, including the people there and the ;irrigation system which was in place. She discusses what happened to Midway when the irrigation stopped; the wooden irrigation system and why it failed. Then she describes Trail as a beautiful town,; until the smelter was established in 1896; her father's store in Trail; a Chinese man who lived in Trail and how he dressed and lived; how the smoke from the smelter killed all of the vegetation; the; journey by stage from Trail through the US to Midway the year before the CPR arrived there; what their orchard grew and its success; how they would sell their produce at Greenwood to the workers in t;he smelter; incidents at Midway involving bandits who came from the US to rob people; her memories of Father Pat, including his physical description and manners, and a story of him at Midway, and another of him visiting a sick miner; her job as a teacher in Midway, and incidents there. [TRACK 2: blank.]

RECORDED: Meadow Creek (B.C.), 1980-06 SUMMARY: [No content summary available for this interview.];

Travelogue. From Osoyoos to Trail and Nelson by the Southern Trans-Provincial Highway. Footage includes: Cominco smelter; the sternwheeler "Minto" on the Arrow Lakes and at Castlegar; Kootenay River power station; lumbering scenes; car ferry on Kootenay Lake; and Nelson scenes (including the Curling Bonspiel parade).

The sub-series consists of oral history interviews recorded in the Kootenay Lake region and mainly dealing with the history of that region from the 1830s to the 1960s, as well as the history of some communities in the Arrow Lakes and East Kootenay regions.