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Alec Lucas interview

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Yugoslavian community RECORDED: Sechelt (B.C.), 1977-08-28 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Lucas discusses: Strathcona School system and teachers at Strathcona, especially Miss Fanny Grant; learning English and Yugoslavian languages; Nurse McLellan; diets of students at Strathcona; selling peanuts with his brother; Japanese baseball team; cutting logs for firewood; Japanese on Powell St.; memories of the Depression -- shantytown, breadlines, soup kitchen; his paper route for the 'Sun'; racial/ethnic relations in Strathcona neighbourhood; sports in the neighbourhood- track, basketball, soccer; Japanese evacuation during WW II. TRACK 2: Mr. Lucas discusses: ethnicity of neighbours; crime in neighbourhood; good influence of Strathcona School. (End of interview)

Angelo Branca interview : [Itter & Marlatt, 1977]

CALL NUMBER: T2619:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Italian community PERIOD COVERED: 1896-1920 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-02-14 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Angelo Branca discusses background and childhood: father in gold rush, 1896; father's import business; learning of his background through oral history, 1911, as father returns to Italy briefly; deliveries as child for grocery store; mucky sidewalks at Hastings and Main; games as a child; teachers at school; discipline in the home and at school; sense of humour of teachers; change of his ;vocation to law on father's advice; singing at Italian dinners; sister as a singer. TRACK 2: Discusses: physical work and chores; Italian picnics; lack of existing documentation of Italians in Vancouver; immigrants coming being those who needed new opportunity; Mr. Branca's father's reason for immigrating; story-telling amongst his father's friends; San Carlo opera company coming to Vancouver; the Avenue Theatre; Charles E. Royal players at Empress Theatre; early movie theatres; seeing opera recently in Verona; Italy; Italian banquets in Vancouver; his sister as a talented singer.;

CALL NUMBER: T2619:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Italian community PERIOD COVERED: 1905-1977 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-02-15 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discusses: Powell St. grounds; Burnaby farm; family; schooling; early success in law profession; assimilation of Italians into Canada; Fathers at Sacred Heart school; description of church interiors at Easter and Christmas; father's import business; speech making; Italian language. TRACK 2: Discusses: philosophical sayings and proverbs in Italian, and the poetry of learning them; discipline in the home; notes changes in parental guidance since WW II; brief history of union of the provinces of Italy; Strathcona residents from Veneto and Udine area; small community problems; community ;pride and jealousy; retention of ethnic customs.;

CALL NUMBER: T2619:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Italian community PERIOD COVERED: 1900-1940 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-02-15 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discusses: manual labour by first minority groups; discrimination problems; Janet Smith case of 1924; False Creek prior to WW I; maps of area viewed; location of family's home in area; street; cars, hotels and theatres; first Woodward store; Crosetti, Branca and Tosi stores on Main Street; stores at corner of Union and Princess Street; area of Water St., 70 years ago; Europe Hotel; Angelo Calori. TRACK 2: Discusses: sewage outlet at foot of Raymur St.; reclamation of False Creek park; builder of Union Street homes in 1900s; Hogan's Alley; distribution of brothels in area; police control and toleration of them; lack of crime in area; rum running; bootlegging.;

CALL NUMBER: T2619:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Italian community RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Branca discusses: lawyers in '20s and '30s who influenced him; his first car, a Russell-Knight (?); early driving conditions in Vancouver; learning to box from George Paris; boxing in general; his father's business partner, John Crosetti; Branca's father as a colourful character. (End of interview)

Bloody Sunday commemoration

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.;

Chow Yin Wong interview

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Chinese community RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-01-13 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Wong discusses background: born 1896; moving to Canada, 1911; what Vancouver was like in the early years of the twentieth century; living on Keefer Street; brother's laundry business; Chinatown; going back to China in 1919, but returning to Canada 1921. Mr. Wong and his brother built a new, bigger laundry business. Describes laundry business. Discusses what life was like for early Chinese in Vancouver. Few women in early Chinatown. Flu epidemic of 1918. TRACK 2: Discusses: medicines used by Chinese herbalists; the Depression -- hard times for many Chinese businesses; his opinion of urban renewal; Chinatown on Carrall St. in 1911; Chinese opera house. (End of interview);

Edith Stephens interview

The item consists of an audio interview with Edith Stephens recorded in Vancouver, B.C. on August 27, 1984.

Tape summary:
Track 1: Edith Stephens was born in Nanaimo, B.C. on January 8, 1906. She lived in Nanaimo until she was 5. Moved to Vancouver in 1911 because her dad had worked in the coal mines and he got rheumatism from the compressed air. He started a window-cleaning business in Vancouver. The Murray family had 7 children, of which Mrs. Stephens was the eldest. Her family moved around a lot from one rented house to another in the downtown Vancouver area (Howe, Melville, Hornby) and then bought a home on Harwood Street. Describes her home on Harwood Street and the chores her mother carried out in raising 7 children. Though the family always had electricity, it was mainly for light. The cooking stove was wood and coal, and laundry was done in a water-powered washing machine. Describes a typical day for her mother. Also describes her own chores within the family. As the oldest child she was expected to stay home from school on Mondays, washdays, to help look after the younger children. She attended Central School, Aberdeen School, and Dawson School. She did not attend high school because her father held that girls only get married, so why do they need an education? She took domestic science around the age of 11 or 12. Describes what she learned.

Track 2: Continues discussion on domestic science class. She started working for wages at the age of 15, working in a candy factory, the B.C. Electric lunch counter, and the Hotel Vancouver laundry. She married at the age of 19 in 1925. She set up her home in Vancouver. She talks a lot about the Depression. Her family was without a steady income for 6 to 7 years. How they survived: relief, raising chickens, church and community donations. Talks about the soup kitchen set up by the principal, Mr. Smith, in her children's school. It was run by volunteer help from the mothers in the community.

Effie Jones interview : [Diamond, 1979]

CALL NUMBER: T3588:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Effie Jones : The Housewives' League RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1979-07-31 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Effie Jones was born in England and spent years of her youth in Wales, where she came into contact with the miners' struggles of the early 20th century. She came to Canada in 1919 and married, settling with her husband in Vancouver. Mr. Jones worked for BC Telephone. The Jones' home was the only one in the neighbourhood with a telephone during the Depression, and became a centre for people looking for work. They also had a vegetable garden and many chickens, as well as steady work, and helped to support many of their less fortunate friends and neighbours. Mrs. Jones began her political work with the CCF as a local executive member. Her experience with the CCF left her disillusioned and she left the CCF for the more active Communist Party. She worked in the Housewives' League, transforming it from a Liberal club into an organisation with branches across Canada. TRACK 2: The League worked on support for the Post Office occupation in 1938 -- the defense of the men arrested in the occupation, fighting evictions, and mobilizing to put people's belongings back into their homes. CALL NUMBER: T3588:0002 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1979 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: When the war began, the Housewives League fought for soldiers' wives to receive an adequate and regular allowance. Effie Jones almost won the mayoral race in 1947. She ran for civic positions in later elections as well. She celebrated her 90th birthday in 1979. [TRACK 2: blank?]

Fred Soon interview

CALL NUMBER: T3132:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Chinese community PERIOD COVERED: 1908-1960 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-10-14 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Fred Soon discusses background: born Canton 1908; immigrated 1921 on CPR boat with relatives; paid $ 500 head tax; held in Immigration Building for 3 weeks; Chinese 'a political football' prior to 1947. Early life for Fred Soon in B.C.: jobs limited to labour work in mills, on farms, in laundries, etc; sister-in-law not accepted into nurse's training in B.C. in 1950; attended Strathcona School to learn English; then Britannia; father made him take one year commercial course at John Oliver so he could run his own business; first lived in 'community house'; help clan associations offered Chinese. TRACK 2: More on Soon's life in Strathcona neighbourhood: grocery store during Depression then shipyard work at Burrard Shipyards building Liberty ships during WW II (considered a good job;); post-war grocery store then shingle mill work; active in IWA union as Chinese organizer; unions discriminatory in early days, but later changed mind.; CALL NUMBER: T3132:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Chinese community PERIOD COVERED: 1921-1968 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-10-14 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discusses the expropriation of his house on Pender Street for urban renewal: he refused to sell to City Hall because they would not give him replacement value only market value (unfair because area had been designated for clearance so property values had dropped); refused to go to arbitration; had to move out due to stress on wife but he never completely abandoned house; house was demolished without his consent on morning in 1967; went through three lawyers, none of whom could help him. TRACK 2: More on expropriation of house: third lawyer that represented him settled for Fred Soon without telling him first; Soon refused to accept money which was kept in trust by lawyer until just before his death when Fred Soon had to take it. Soon was active in early formation of SPOTA; labels ;urban renewal 'urban destruction'; points out basic errors in City Hall's program. Describes Depression jobs and how labour contractors worked. (End of interview)

Gloria Harris interview

CALL NUMBER: T2800:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Jewish community PERIOD COVERED: 1909-1950 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Gloria Harris discusses background: father emigrated from Russia via Germany, mother from Budapest in 1909 &1911; met and married in Vancouver. Immigrant observations on Montreal St: Strathcona a melting pot; details of neighbours' music, religious practices, help in times of illness. Learning English. Discrimination. Depression: helping the young unemployed off the freights; father's difficulties in getting work; cases of poverty. TRACK 2: Jewish organizations helping immigrants in '20s and later. Religious life: holiday rituals, Schara Tzedeck synagogue, Friday night hom ritual. McLean Park and United Church summer programs. School incident involving anti-Semitism. Seen as 'foreign' when trying to get work. Strathcona School: teachers, school nurse, eye tests. World War II for the Chinese and Japanese. CALL NUMBER: T2800:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Jewish community PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1950 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Describes local gangs giving local girls protection. Brothel next door in late '40s and how she got it closed. Meeting prostitutes while working in bottle shop at age 13. Other brothels on Union Street. Views on prostitution. Bootlegging: frequency of; social functions of; European custom; first visit to local bootlegger; bootlegging to finance children's' higher education. Russian loggers boarding at friend's house. Russian and Ukrainian music. Russian and Ukrainian halls. TRACK 2: Discusses: school May Day at Powell Street grounds; riot on Hastings Street; 1939 Declaration of War; radio newscasts and newspaper extras; radio programs of the '40s; Italian boys in Canadian Army; Anglicization vs. retaining heritage; stereotypes of Jews. CALL NUMBER: T2800:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Jewish community PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1960 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Gloria Harris discusses neighbourhood characters: Mrs. Cibular, Mr. Marino, retarded men, teacher Miss Sutherland. Bootlegging to finance education. Degeneration of neighbourhood ca. 1949; neighbours moving out. Immigrants of '50s. Inter-racial relations and jobs according to nationality. Importance of education. TRACK 2: Discusses: burial practices; Rabbi Pastinsky; and importance of radio in daily life. (End of interview)

Gordon (Won) Cumyow interview

CALL NUMBER: T3131:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Chinese community PERIOD COVERED: 1850-1970 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-11-09 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Gordon Won Cumyow discusses background: born in Vancouver; father was Won Cumyow; switch of surname from Won to Cumyow; grandparents came by sailing boat in 1850s; grandfather ran supply store for gold rush miners in Fort Douglas; later moved to New Westminster; father was first Chinese born in Canada (possibly); also was first Chinese court interpreter; spoke Chinook as well. Discusses: gambling -- now syndicate gambling forbidden, but not so in those days; also Chinese lottery was very popular; it was later suppressed by Magistrate Oscar Orr who gave jail sentences; assault cases more frequent in old days- due to white drunks; Vancouver's Chinatown not as criminally organized as San Francisco's. TRACK 2: Discusses: pre-franchise ban on Chinese entering certain professions; medicine did not discriminate -- early Chinese doctors got training in U.S.; Gordon Cumyow studied law for 3 years but was not allowed to article. Mr. Cumyow gives a brief history of the relationship between Freemasons and Kuomingtang: an attempted coup of Freemasons by young Chinese immigrants. Stricter laws and more integrity on police force here prevented Vancouver from being like San Francisco re fighting tongs and gangsterism. Describes: raids on gambling clubs in old days and techniques for slowing down police (evidence hidden in v-joint planking in room; spring locks on doors and lookout; narrow corridor prevented police from battering down door); number of contemporary social clubs are really gambling clubs. Opium sold across the counter in father's days: vaults used to keep it in.; CALL NUMBER: T3131:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Chinese community PERIOD COVERED: 1850-1950 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-11-09 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Life of early Chinese in Vancouver: hopheads in Steveston canneries- daily routine of smoking, floating walk; opium users mostly older people, so it did not affect their health; western liquor desirable; Chinese liquor used for medicinal purposes; servant girls brought over as daughters- badly mistreated in Victoria where Manchu teaching held sway; Methodist Church started refuge for abus;ed girls; Victoria's Chinese held to old customs longer than Vancouver's; value of learning English; going to Chinese school by streetcar; Chinatown in those days was dark, shoddy locale; gives physical description of Chinatown terrain. Describes Chinese opera: little scenery; magnificent costumes; codified gestures narrate plot. TRACK 2: More on split between Freemasons and Kuomintang: killing in a sawmill. Discusses: 1907 race riot; 1923 Exclusion Act; Depression days- CBA soup kitchens, Chinese helped themselves; Powell Street- relations with Japanese, evacuation of Japanese, Chinese buying up Japanese property, Japanese fishing settlement on Mayne Island; World War II for Chinese-Canadians -- opportunity to gain vote, nephews joined U.S. Forces because they were accepted earlier there, good medical and educational advantages. Changes in Notorial Society.; CALL NUMBER: T3131:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Chinese community PERIOD COVERED: 1950-1977 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-11-09 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Gordon Won Cumyow discusses: ties with mainland China and money being sent here from Chinese-Canadians; new immigrants learning English; dialects surrounding city of Canton learned in trade by Cantonese merchants; Mandarin now official language; calligraphy being nationally simplified. (End of interview)

Heritage theatre : In 1931 there were jungles in Vancouver

SUMMARY: "Heritage Theatre" was a series of short historical plays set in the Vancouver environs. These vignettes illustrate some of the significant events and interesting episodes from Vancouver's earliest times. First broadcast in 1977, the plays were made in co-operation with the Social Planning Department of the City of Vancouver. This series was broadcast during the summer of 1981. This episode, "In 1931 There Were Jungles In Vancouver" by Brenda White, is a story of the Depression.

Ivy Kaji McAdams interview

CALL NUMBER: T2700:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): A Eurasian girl growing up in Mount Pleasant and Strathcona neighbourhoods PERIOD COVERED: 1914-1945 RECORDED: North Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-05-26 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Ivy McAdams talks about some random recollections: born Ivy Kaji in 1920 of Japanese-Canadian father and British mother; father's background in Japan and Canada; father's service in WW I; his death in 1928; Ivy's schooling in Mount Pleasant area; difficult conditions of childhood because of mother's TB; racist taunts; Orientals in Mount Pleasant; East Indians; becoming a part of the Chinese community; dances for Japanese-Canadians; Powell Street; Japanese baths. TRACK 2: More recollections: public baths; problems in WW II; end of schooling at Fairview Commerce; move to Strathcona in 1938-39; she and her brother were only Eurasians at school; conditions in the Depression; youthful activities and living quarters; conditions in WW II; evacuation; permit to visit mother until her death in 1942; refusal to register as an enemy alien. CALL NUMBER: T2700:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Japanese-Canadians in Strathcona : WW II and evacuation PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1945 RECORDED: North Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-05-26 & 06-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Ivy McAdams discusses: her arrest for refusing to register as an enemy alien in World War II; an exception being made in the case of herself and her brother; conditions for Japanese and Italians during World War II. TRACK 2: Discusses: Japanese evacuation; stores along Powell Street closed; description of Powell Street's Japanese stores; description of Japanese reaction and social life there; panic sales as evacuation approached; response of Japanese to evacuation. CALL NUMBER: T2700:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Japanese and Chinese-Canadians in the Strathcona neighbourhood PERIOD COVERED: 1920-1950 RECORDED: North Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-06-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discusses: Japanese evacuation (cont'd); property never returned; fear of reprisals; support of friends; evacuation of children a cause of her mother's death; Powell Street after evacuation; Shanghai Theatre in Chinatown; Sam Kee building; Chinese opera; Chinese women; immigration policy for Chinese; work and social life among the Chinese; occidental interest in Chinese businesses and restaurants; Chinese school; myths about the dangers of Chinatown; help from a Chinese friend of the family; Chinese hostility to East Indians and whites. TRACK 2: Discusses: the raising of Chinese children; problems with the new generation of Hong Kong immigrants; Cordova and Hastings Streets in the 1940s; skid row; crime and prostitution; prostitution in Chinatown; few Indians in the area; gypsies around Main and Prior; Japanese Day feasts. (End of interview)

Max Jaffe interview

CALL NUMBER: T2716:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Lithuanian-Jewish immigrants in the Strathcona neighbourhood PERIOD COVERED: 1933-1942 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-07-06 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Max Jaffe discusses background: coming to Strathcona neighbourhood in 1933 at the age of 10; family, including religious grandparents, lived near synagogue; immigrated from Lithuania in 1933; first jobs of father and family members. Describes childhood in Strathcona: playing around Hobo jungle in the Depression; school days and teachers; different ethnic groups; relations of different ethnic groups in school yard; learning English. TRACK 2: Discusses: differences with parochial school children; neighbourliness; childhood activities; bootlegging; prostitution; crime; Hastings Street in the '30s; May Day parades and the Clarion; local Japanese-Canadians.

CALL NUMBER: T2716:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Lithuanian-Jewish immigrants in the Strathcona neighbourhood PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1940 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-07-06 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discusses: tendency of Strathcona inhabitants to leave area once they rise above poverty; praise to Strathcona School teachers; help for new arrivals from Council of Jewish Women, Arduth Credit Union; local characters- coal man, Chinese vegetable man; hard work and leisure activities in Stanley Park; crime and poverty; gypsies on Main Street. (End of interview)

Nora Hendrix interview

CALL NUMBER: T2717:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Black-Canadians in the Strathcona neighbourhood PERIOD COVERED: 1911-1940 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-07-14 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Nora Hendrix discusses background: born in Tennessee in 1883; brief record of where she lived including places in Vancouver from 1911 to 1977. Life in Strathcona: Strathcona area restaurants; work for Mrs. Pryor's chicken house and at Soldier Williams; Jackson Street Church begun by black community in 1918; church activities -- bazaars and suppers, services, early families, entertainments, choir. TRACK 2: More about her life in the Strathcona area: big church dinners on American Thanksgiving; chitlin suppers; other black families; attitudes to life, hard times and the Depression; work as a washerwoman and cleaning lady; taking her children to the silent movies; Vaudeville and other entertainment; Mrs. Pryor's minstrel club and shows in the 1930s; husband's work; hardship for family in the Depression. CALL NUMBER: T2717:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Black-Canadians in the Strathcona neighbourhood PERIOD COVERED: 1911-1940 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-07-14 & 28 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discusses: Grey Sisters' lunches for men in the 1930s; a big wedding in the black community; 1911, social club for coloured people on Homer St.; other black newcomers; Jackson St. church; black businesses in 1911; Buddy White's place and other clubs; Ernie King family of Prior St. TRACK 2: Conversation about the Tosi family. Talks about: Fountain Chapel; cherry trees; carnival on Powell St.; Mayor McGeer's ideas for Stanley Park; celebrations in Chinatown; Mayor Taylor and prostitution; Chinese lottery. CALL NUMBER: T2717:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Black-Canadians in the Strathcona neighbourhood PERIOD COVERED: 1914-1940 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-07-28 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discusses: Chinese lottery; lack of crime; description of Chinatown; prostitution in the area; Hogan's Alley clubs; Tamale sellers; stories about life during the great flu epidemic of 1918; dances in the Orange Hall in the '20s; public washrooms at Hastings and Main. TRACK 2: More about public washrooms. Story about a shooting and comments on coloured people and crime. Steambath on Hastings St. Difficulties of black men getting jobs. How Italians got rich. Visit to a bootlegger. Georgia Viaduct, 1914. Music in the family. Benefits of poverty. (End of interview)

Pat Foley interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-06-29 SUMMARY: Pat Foley discusses the take-over of the Vancouver Post Office and Bloody Sunday, 1938.;

The Hornby collection : All the days of my youth ; Gwen Cash - off the record

SUMMARY: "The Hornby Collection" is an anthology of plays, documentaries, interviews and selected fiction for radio -- all written, prepared and produced in British Columbia. Part 1: "All The Days Of My Yout;h" features Sam Roddan's remembrances of Vancouver during the 1930s, read by James Johnston [T4303:0137]. Part 2: "Gwen Cash - Off The Record" is an interview with the noted Victoria journalist, wit;h readings from her autobiography [T4303:0012].;

The road to receivership: unemployment and relief in Burnaby, North Vancouver city and district and West Vancouver, 1929-1933 / Bettina Bradbury

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Bettina Bradbury titled "The road to receivership: unemployment and relief in Burnaby, North Vancouver city and district and West Vancouver, 1929-1933". 1975. vii, 193 leaves: tables. Thesis (M.A.), Simon Fraser University, 1975. Bibliography: leaves 185-193. Canadian theses on microfiche, 25627.

William Cross interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-01-13 SUMMARY: William Cross discusses Vancouver's unemployed in the 1930s, including the occupation of the Vancouver Post Office and Vancouver Art gallery.;