PERIOD COVERED: ;1913;-;1924 RECORDED: [location unknown], [19--] SUMMARY: In an interview, Miss Amy Leigh reminisces about guiding from 1913 to 1924, including camping trips on Bowen Island, a rally in Victoria, early uniforms, the Burnaby troop, changes in guiding over the; years, community support. At end of interview, the interviewer comments on the interview.;

The item is a film reel of out-takes from ca. 1943-1945. Comprises out-footage from completed BC Government Travel Bureau films: "Kootenay East, Kootenay West", "Of mines and men" and "Rails to romance". Includes people at cairn; various shots of scenery and recreational activities; footage of the steamship "Lady Alexandra" departing Vancouver, arriving at Bowen Island (with scenes on the island), and arriving at Squamish; plus shot(s) of Lillooet.

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.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-06-18 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Charlie Wray discusses his parents move from England to Vancouver; his father's wanderings from place to place looking for work before ending up at Pender Harbour. Mr. Wray then discusses various places: False Creek; Squamish; Bowen Island; Roberts Creek; Hidden Bay; Nelson Island and Pender Harbour. Wray describes his work in a quarry for W.C. Ditmars and Charlie Irvine of Irvines Landing. [TRACK 2: blank.]

This series contains correspondence and reports concerning historic site on Bowen Island.

The DeBeck family were residents of Victoria, B.C. Edwin Keary DeBeck was Clerk of the Legislative Assembly of B.C. (1949-1973).

The records consist of personal correspondence, notes, reminiscences by Edwin DeBeck and his relatives; essays on Indians of the British Columbia coast.

Photographs transferred to Visual Records, accession 198206-100. Published material transferred to BC Archives Library, see box 2, file 16.

Related records in 198202-19; 198202-42; 197909-10

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Early East Vancouver and Bowen iIsland PERIOD COVERED: 1912-1940 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-07-20 SUMMARY: TRACKS 1 & 2?: Came to Vancouver is 1912; lived on Hastings town site; appearance of this area; schooling at Hastings, and Britannia High; leisure activities; shopping areas; marriage; newspapers and radio stations; average day in his childhood; Burnaby; trips to Seattle; wildlife around Vancouver; Chinese peddlars; obtaining food; raising chickens; conditions during the Depression.

Hilary Brown was Chairman of the Islands Trust, 1974-1976. Unit consists of file copies used by the Chairman and includes: minutes of the General Trust, 1974-1976; briefs (3); correspondence; policy statement; review and history of the Islands Trust. Also includes report of the Nature Conservancy of Canada Islands Trust "Natural areas inventory: islands of the Strait of Georgia, Howe Sound and Haro Strait, British Columbia" (1975); S.G. Preston's 1976 " Study of the agricultural resources of the British Columbia Gulf Islands"; subject files on various islands and collected articles and pamphlets on aspects of conservation.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Early Shaughnessy Heights and English Bay PERIOD COVERED: 1908-1950 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-07-20 SUMMARY: Family background in Nova Scotia; moved west in 1908; first home on Davie Street; Old Black Joe [i.e., Joe Fortes?]; moved to Shaughnessy Heights; growing up there; Bowen Island; West Vancouver; life; in Shaughnessy Heights; police; Ku Klux Klan; Indian peddlars; her father's grocery store; Christmas celebrations; Point Grey; South Vancouver and Kerrisdale as bush; First World War conditions; Kitsilano; leisure activities; streetcar strikes; stores; early Stanley Park; changes in the city; Second World War; explosion of ammunition ship explosion [the "Green Hill Park"]; high school education.

The file contains a history of the Sannie Transportation Company, which operated a passenger ferry service between Horseshoe Bay and Bowen Island from 1921 to 1956, including details of boats owned by the company and relationships to other transportation companies. It also includes a biography of Thomas David White, 1891-1968, co-founder of the company, an autobiography of his wife Mary Stephana White, together with newspaper clippings and ferry schedules are included in the collection. There are also two photos of ferries run by Sannie Transportation Company. One image shows ferries tied up at Horseshoe Bay, 1938; one shows ferry enroute in Snug Cove, Bowen Island, August 1945.

Amateur film. Mexico: outdoor dancing, horses, bullfight. Royal visit to Vancouver, May 1939: street scenes, pipe bands, shots of the city (Burrard Street Bridge, etc.); May Day, Queen's Park, New Westminster; beach, afternoon tea (Bowen Island?); Lions Gate Bridge; Stanley Park; King and Queen drive past; royal yacht sailing past Brockton Point, under Lions Gate Bridge; Indian canoes.

PERIOD COVERED: ;1924;-;1929 RECORDED: [location unknown], [19--] SUMMARY: In an interview with J.W. Stafford on Galiano Island, Mrs. D. New reminisces about early days of guiding, including attending a first world rally in England (Foxlees ?) in 1924, an article she wrote f;or the Girl Guide Gazette, a training camp on Bowen Island; Dominion Jubilee Camp of 192;, a pageant in Vancouver in 1929. [TRACK 2: blank.];

CALL NUMBER: T2349:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Growing up in Vancouver from ca. 1908 PERIOD COVERED: 1908-1920 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-07-26 SUMMARY: TRACKS 1 & 2: Parents came from England to Vancouver in 1908 aboard the "Mauretania". (Family name was Howe.) Hornby Street and 55th Street areas circa 1910. Excursions to the Fraser River, beaches, and Bowen Island. Job experiences. Schools. Leisure activities; theatre, picnics, concerts.

CALL NUMBER: T2349:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Recollections of South Vancouver PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1950 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-07-26 SUMMARY: TRACKS 1 & 2: The False Creek area and Laura Secord School; sounds of early Vancouver; flowers and berries around Vancouver; backyard animals; records and vaudeville; politics and ward system; streetcars and settlers' tickets; South Vancouver a neglected area until the Second World War; Gordon Wismer as provincial attorney general; corruption in Vancouver; brief childhood recollections; Chinese community on the Fraser River; attitudes of people to each other.

CALL NUMBER: T2350:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Impressions of Vancouver and region PERIOD COVERED: 1892-1900 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-07-27 SUMMARY: Born on a farm in Ladner in 1892; growing up and attending school on Lulu Island; Chinese residents; move to Eburne; discovery of Indian relics; moved to Granville Street and 60th; father's background; father's work building the BC Electric Railway; Granville Street and trips to downtown Vancouver.

CALL NUMBER: T2350:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Vancouver in the 1920s and 1930s PERIOD COVERED: 1895-1900 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-07-27 SUMMARY: Comments about Anderson Island and fishing on the Fraser River; English Bay; Old Black Joe [i.e., Joe Fortes?]; ships and shipping; summers at Bowen Island; anecdotes about life around Vancouver; marriage in the 1920s; work in hotels and the hotel strike in the 1930s; modelling; the Cordova Street shopping area.

CALL NUMBER: T2350:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Impressions of early Vancouver PERIOD COVERED: 1895-1940 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-07-27 SUMMARY: More about Marpole excavation; West Vancouver; end of the Second World War; early strikes; visiting circus; safe streets; tea parties; calling children; wild life; family worries; Harrison Hot Springs; comments on First Narrows Bridge; Mayor McGeer; Grouse Mountain. [Note: BC Archives does not hold a copy of T2350:0003 and the contents of this recording are not available]

Sound recording is on track 1 of each recording only; track 2 is blank.

PERIOD COVERED: ;1910;-;1929 RECORDED: [location unknown], [19--] SUMMARY: n an interview, Mrs. Phyllis Munday reminisces about guiding from 1910 through the 1920s, including starting a Brownie troop in 1920, receiving a Bronze Cross for valour, and the Bowen Island camp.

School Trustees' Minute/Account books, 1893-1928. Includes Register of Pupils attending Bowen Island School, 1915-1919.

The item is a composite print of a promotional film made in 1947. It shows the celebrations marking Vancouver's 60th anniversary to provide a framework for a short history and description of the city. Jubilee events include parades, a pageant at Timber Bowl in Stanley Park, First Nations dancing and the induction of the Governor-General (Viscount Alexander) as an honorary Kwakiutl chief. There are historical photographs which show Vancouver's early development.

Contemporary footage reveals various aspects of the city: skyline, public buildings and street scenes including Marine Building, harbour and shipyards, False Creek CPR yards and roundhouse, Lion's Gate and Burrard bridges, Vancouver airport, bus and streetcar systems, Police and Fire departments, Kitsilano Beach, Stanley Park, Bowen Island, boating, sailing, Sun Salmon Derby etc. It also includes footage of regional industries: logging, mining, smelting, fishing, farming, hydro-electric sites.

Promotional film. The celebrations marking Vancouver's 60th anniversary provide a framework for a short history and description of the city. Jubilee events include parades, a pageant at Timber Bowl in Stanley Park, Indian dancing and the induction of the Governor-General (Viscount Alexander) as an honorary Kwakiutl chief. Historical photographs show Vancouver's early development. Contemporary footage reveals various aspects of the city: skyline, public buildings, street scenes; Marine Building; harbour and shipyards; False Creek CPR yards and roundhouse; Lion's Gate and Burrard bridges; Vancouver airport; bus and streetcar systems; Police and Fire departments; Kitsilano Beach; Stanley Park; Bowen Island; boating; sailing; Sun Salmon Derby; etc. Also includes footage of regional industries: logging, mining, smelting, fishing, farming, hydro-electric sites.