Travelogue. A video souvenir of Vancouver, including sequences on Expo '86, Chinatown, Stanley Park, the Sea Festival, the Japanese Festival, etc. Includes day trips to Victoria, the Cloverdale Rodeo, and other locales in the Lower Mainland.

The item is a composite print of an educational film made in 1958. It shows how hydroelectric power is harnessed and distributed to homes and industry. Shows dam and powerhouse sites, the maintenance of power lines, and the various users of electricity. It is a companion film to NATURE'S MIRACLE.

CALL NUMBER: T3195:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Jewish community - Rabbi Pastinsky PERIOD COVERED: 1919-1940 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-12-05 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Ben Pastinsky discusses personal and family background: arrived in Vancouver 1919 with parents and sister; family from Russia; Ben Pastinsky born in Kiev. Father was Rabbi Nathan Meyer Pastinsky, died 1948: known as 'Father Pat'; Rabbi at Schara Tzedeck Synagogue; he acted as interpreter in police station and courts; helped immigrants; anecdote about how he helped leftist New York writer who was having trouble with immigration authorities; highly respected in community; brought strangers home from synagogue to eat; Catholics knew and greeting him; friendly with padre at Sacred Heart; instigated women's organization (Council of Jewish Women) to help immigrants. TRACK 2: Ben Pastinsky discusses: immigration class (father supported all 25); construction of Schara Tzedeck Synagogue and congregation there; Katz Nelson, Hebrew teacher; Rabbi Wohlgelertner and Rabbi Zlotnick; father's community work at slaughterhouse and visiting institutions. Ben joined 'The Province' as police reporter in 1924, night beat. Crime in East End and the use of opium. CALL NUMBER: T3195:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Jewish community- Rabbi Pastinsky PERIOD COVERED: 1919-1940 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-12-05 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discusses: father's good humour; children semi-devout; Ben sent to New York for religious training but preferred to work on newspaper; getting work on paper although an East End kid; father's idealism in helping criminals ran counter to son's knowledge of world; story of pimp; Hogan's Alley -- recalls some of the places and activities; Vie's Chicken Inn; prostitution in neighbourhood; brief mention of Janet Smith case; Thurlow Street fire; conversation on police reporting. (End of interview)

CALL NUMBER: T1151:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1962-09-09 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Bert Roberts recalls his first impressions of Vancouver in 1906; the Depression of 1907; his attempts at employment, and adventures in British Columbia and Dawson; the "Undesirables of Dawson;"; his thoughts about Darwin and religion and his coming to the Queen Charlotte Islands (1911). TRACK 2: Mr. Roberts continues with a description of the Stave Falls work camp including: characters, living conditions and topics of discussion. He speaks about his reasons for coming to the Queen Charlotte Islands, transportation to the islands, first impressions, Miller Creek, the Lawn Hill settlement, the difficulty in acquiring land, staking land claims, Dr.Tomlinson and the Farmer's Association at Lawn Hill, social life, a story about a tree, settling at Tlell, Tom Hearn, Jimmy White, Oeanda; River, and black sand beaches.

CALL NUMBER: T1151:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1962-09-09 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Bert Roberts continues speaking about Jimmy White and gold mining on the black sand beaches; his fishing career in 1919; fishing equipment; fishing at Hippo Island; local fishing co-operatives; the fishing season of 1931; fishing in the 1960s; conditions for spawning salmon; his salmon spawning ladder and recollections. TRACK 2: Mr. Roberts recounts a story about Victor Vigelous; a bear story; fishing stories; his philosophy of life; credit unions; roads and logging roads; local characters; "Mexican Tom"; Haida residents; local activities; impressions of the islands and the west coast.

The item consists of an audio interview with Bessie Dickinson recorded in Vancouver, B.C. on August 29, 1984.

Tape summary:
Track 1: Bessie Dickinson was born in Arden, Manitoba on September 8, 1892. She was a domestic science teacher from 1920 to 1953. She first taught at Strathcona School in Vancouver and in 1927 she went over to Templeton Junior High where she taught until 1953. She took her training at MacDonald Institute in Guelph, Ontario from 1918-1920. Explains how she decided to go into domestic science. Also describes the different courses taken in her domestic science training as well as the physical layout of the cooking classroom. She describes the philosophy of domestic science that was taught to the girls. She discusses her teaching experiences at Strathcona and Templeton, especially the sewing classes that she taught at the latter.

Track 2: Bessie continues her discussion of sewing classes at Templeton. Girls were also taught about childcare -- how to hold a baby and how to bath a baby. She explains why domestic science was taught to girls in junior high and high school.

SUMMARY: "Best of Emerson" is a twice-a-week series (Monday and Friday) that ran from July 2 to September 28, 1962. In this series Vancouver's provocative conversationalist, John Emerson, discusses unusual asp;ects of Vancouver history and gives his recollections and impressions of well-known people. This episode, fourth in the series, marks the fifth anniversary of the Second Narrows bridge disaster.;

SUMMARY: "Best of Emerson" is a twice-a-week series (Monday and Friday) that ran from July 2 to September 28, 1962. In this series Vancouver's provocative conversationalist, John Emerson, discusses unusual asp;ects of Vancouver history and gives his recollections and impressions of well-known people. This episode, number 6 in the series, is about Vancouver's bridges.;

Documentary. In British Columbia, where the population is expanding rapidly, there is a need for housing to keep abreast of demand. This film shows what is being done, with National Housing Act assistance, to build planned communities in parts of mainland British Columbia and Vancouver Island, and to initiate various forms of urban development and renewal.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): A history of First United Church, Vancouver PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1975 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976 SUMMARY: A history of First United Church in Vancouver. First Presbyterian Church and its community centre. Union with Turner Institute. Ethnic changes in the neighbourhood. Camp Fircom. More about people at First United Church.

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating from different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. This episode is a documentary examining the anatomy of Vancouver's Chinatown as a society within a society. Chinese young and old provide their impressions of Chinatown today, and comment on the social, political and cultural influences that have played a part in shaping the community.

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating from different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. This episode, "Oak Street", recounts the settlement of the Jewish people in British Columbia. Accounts of early Jewish settlers of Victoria, Vancouver, and Barkerville are featured, and the origins of synagogues in Victoria and Vancouver are described. Present-day activities of the Jewish community, and the role of women, are also discussed.

Biographical clippings and notes regarding judges and legal history generally, and correspondence, clippings and printed matter regarding Vancouver Court House on West Georgia and other courthouses in British Columbia.

The item is an answer print of an industrial film from 1979. It shows the creation of electrical energy from garbage or forest wastes and gas from fermentation. A fascinating study of the possibilities available to us in the conversion of biomass from a refuse problem into an energy source. The Iona Island Sewage Treatment Plant is featured.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-11-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 2: Reverend A.H. Sovereign, Bishop of Athabasca, talks about coming to BC as a young deacon in 1906; he recalls his first impressions of Vancouver, streetcars and the city centre. He describes; his first position at Christ Church Cathedral under Reverend C.C. Owen; his work with the Boy's Brigade; first boys' summer camps on Bowen Island 1906; St. Mark's summer camps at Lions Beach in the 1;920s; St. Mark's Church in Kitsilano; early Kitsilano; life in the community; Mr. J.Z. Hall and family; growth of the area and the Sam Greer land dispute. TRACK 2: Reverend Sovereign continues with ;recollections about the J.Z. Hall home in Kitsilano and Mrs. J.Z. Hall; Sam Greer and family; Fred and George Burroughs; Kits Beach; and Captain Dawe. He talks about his interest in mountain climbing; search and rescue work on Grouse Mountain; Don and Phyllis Munday; the BC Mountaineering Club and Mount Garibaldi Park. He continues with recollections of his time spent in Dawson City, Yukon in 193;2, and the Peace River area.

One sketchbook with 33 drawings by Emily Carr within. The images include cartoons with verse, posed models. Pages of poetry includes "The Olsson Student" which refers to a separate series of images (PDP06117 to PDP06124) created by Carr, presumably also in 1904 depicting Carr's life in St Ives 1901-1902. Sketches and cartoons set in both Vancouver and Victoria are also included here.

The item is a reel of film footage consisting of ten short reels of varying length assembled onto one roll. It mainly depicts subjects related to Consolidated Mining staff and operations across Canada. Notes (from original film boxes): 1. Sulphur experiment. 2. Quebec 1933 or 1934. 3. Montreal and Quebec, [19]34 -- "only fair". 4. Flin Flon 1934. 5. Edmonton to Fort Rae by plane -- [19]35 or 36. 6. Trip to Great Bear and back, 1935 or 1936. 7. Vancouver and Big Missouri, 1937. (black & white) 8. Kimberley football and Montgomery's and Lindsay's, 1934. 9. Chemists in Trail; Trail picnic 1937. 10. Ed Montgomery, P. Wetmore in N.S. [Nova Scotia?] -- Bingay's house in Vanc[ouver] -- Tadanac Hall, also Sir Colin Fraser.

RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1978-06-17 [or 18?] SUMMARY: A commemmoration of Vancouver's Bloody Sunday (1938), recorded and/or broadcast 1978-06-18 or 19.;

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-07-11 SUMMARY: Bobby Jackson discusses the take-over of the Vancouver Post Office and Bloody Sunday, 1938.;

The item is a 38 page autobiography by Arthur G. Builder titled "Born 1902 - like Johnny Walker, still going strong". Mr. Builder emigrated from England to Canada in 1923, worked at various jobs in the Kootenays, Vancouver and Port Coquitlam and the Okanagan, and in Nova Scotia. He served in the Canadian army in England during World War II and spent much of his time in England until 1973 when he returned first to the Okanagan and then to Victoria.

Documentary. The story of a young woman's schizophrenic breakdown and her recovery in a modern mental hospital. Filmed at Riverview Hospital in Essondale, BC.

The item is a composite print of an industrial film made between ca. 1945 and 1948. It shows the first phase of the Bridge River Project including construction of the Bridge River diversion dam, Seton Lake powerhouse, penstock on Mission Mountain, and power transmission lines to Vancouver; site preparation for La Joie storage dam and opening of first phase on 23 October 1948. There is also footage of Vancouver and vicinity emphasizing demand for electrical power.

The item is a large, illustrated volume titled "British Columbia: of their doings there by one of them" by Frederick D. Williams. The volume contains a manuscript account of a journey from London, England to Vancouver B.C. and back between August 28 and October 6, 1897. Williams landed in New York and travelled by train through Chicago and Spokane to Nelson where he and his party took the Kootenay Lake steamer to Kaslo and the train to Sandon and then on up to Nakusp and Revelstoke, Kamloops and Vancouver.

The volume has been illustrated by glued in photographs, magazine prints, maps, menus, passenger lists and programs.

Amateur film. "First Narrows Bridge, Vancouver, under construction. Vancouver shots. Mounted RCMP in front of Courthouse. Granville Street with Orpheum Theatre. Miniature Golf in Stanley Park. Shawnigan Lake. A.C. DesBrisay, Chief Justice of B.C. Shovelling snow on Balfour Avenue. Qualicum Beach Hotel. Jack Constantine & friend. T.G.S. Chambers. Vancouver at night. House and garden. Ernest Gourlay fishing. River. Power dam at Bonnington Falls. Wharf for ferry at Kootenay Lake. Trail. Osoyoos Lake taken from the old highway. Looking down onto Christina Lake. Beach scene. St. Malo, France and Carnac. Going into Belle Isle. Brittany. Welwyn Garden City (England?). Weston. Southampton with [the liner] "Empress of Britain". [Automobile trip over Continental Divide in USA. Salt Lake City -- Mormon Temple and Tabernacle.] Snoqualmie Pass." (Colin Browne)

The item consists of unedited footage from 1955. It shows shots of the Lion's Gate Bridge, view from a car approaching and crossing the bridge, shots of and from a family car driving through residential streets in the British Properties and panoramic views of West Vancouver.

The item consists of unedited film footage from 1955 on two rolls. It contains footage of the demise of BC Electric's last Vancouver streetcar run. The first roll shows streetcars in operation at various points along Hastings Street from Granville Street to the Kootenay Loop exchange, 18 April 1955. The second roll, shot shortly afterward, shows crews removing the streetcar tracks along Hastings and repaving the street.

Correspondence regarding transactions with 6% (six percent) Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares (1926-1935); shareholder ledgers (1926-1947); and redeemed share certificates of 4 1/2% (four and a half percent) Perpetual Guaranteed Debenture Stock of Vancouver Power Company Limited (1918-1947).

Footage. Clearing land and burning stumps [at Green Timbers?]. Crew blowing stumps. Stacking and burning debris. Caterpillar tractor and winch. Cowichan Lake experimental station. Crew working on trail. Bush road. Camp scenes. Crew working on road. Elk River Falls. Frame of building. Falls, bridge, and trails [at Little Qualicum Park?].

Series consists of 382 photographs produced primarily by Hannah or Richard Maynard. Other photographers may also be identified on some negatives. Images depict locations around Victoria, including downtown, Beacon Hill, Esquimalt, and the Gorge, as well as other places within British Columbia that could not be otherwise attributed to the Maynard's field photography. Scenes include Victoria street scenes, churches, the Inner Harbour, regattas, farming, and forests.