SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Mohamed Akberally Virjee : membership in the Ismaili community and its effects on teaching career PERIOD COVERED: 1944-1973 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-12-10 SUMMARY: Mohamed Akberally Virjee was born in 1944 and discusses early days in Tanzania and Uganda. Education in India. Teacher's certificate in Kampala. Teaching in the Aga Khan School and becoming headmaster of that school. Membership in the Territorial Tribunal. Immigration to Canada.

The series consists of a record book created by the Vancouver Immigration Dept. in 1903. Between 1900 and 1908, British Columbia passed nine acts which empowered officials to require prospective immigrants to pass a written test in any language of Europe prior to admission. Of the nine acts, eight were disallowed by the federal government and one (1907) was reserved by the Lieutenant-Governor.

The book records the names and passport numbers of Japanese passengers coming into the Port of Vancouver, the date of arrival, the name of the ship, where the passenger was from, and whether or not they were allowed to pass into Canada.

The series consists of plaint and procedure books created between 1876 and 1881, and 1885 to 1977. Volumes until 1955 are partly indexed, and volumes between 1955 and 1965 contain indexes slipped in the front of the volume. Volumes created between 1966 and 1977 do not include indexes. Indexes for the years 1974 to 1977 can be found in GR-3612. For 1882-1884 see GR-1727. Naturalization lists for 1892-1900.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Nargis Hassan Halani : ambiguity in the role of women in the Ugandan Asian community RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-12-16 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Nargis Hassan Halani was born in 1949 and discusses early life and education in Masaka. Racial discrimination and departure for India. B.A. in India. TRACK 2: Return to Uganda and teaching at the Aga Khan Secondary School. Responsibility at Women's Hostel in Kampala. Emigration from Uganda.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Nargis Hassan Sunderji : a Ugandan Asian woman's experiences in Canada PERIOD COVERED: 1972-1977 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977 SUMMARY: Nargis Hassan Sunderji (nee Halani) discusses jobs. Anecdote about how Mrs. Sunderji met her husband. Reasons for not taking up teaching here. Contrasts with teaching in Uganda. Contrasts concerning up-bringing of children here and in Uganda. Discussion of husband's involvement in drama (African, Ismaili) and about the play he has written about Hassan Bin Sabah ("Man and His Mountain"), based on translations from Urdu. Persian poets. Mrs. Sunderji also discusses how her attitudes have changed since she came to Canada; TV's influence on children; opportunities here compared to those in Uganda. ;Also opinions of Uganda now. (Gets letters from a professor at Makerere). More opportunities for advancement here. Some problems with discrimination. Contrasts standard of living between here and Uganda.;

The series consists of naturalization applications and oaths of allegiance issued by the Victoria County Court between 1859 and 1917; 1926. They are arranged numerically by file number from 1 to 4118 and include oaths of allegiance from 1859 to 1865 and applications and oaths from 1871 to 1917; 1926. The files may also include oath of residence and certificates of naturalization.

Naturalization case files (1914-1959), plus three files of correspondence regarding naturalization applications (1944-1958) and one file of correspondence, circulars, regulations, forms, fee schedules, etc. from the federal government (1948-1955).

The series consists of Revelstoke County Court naturalization records from 1890 to 1919. They are arranged in folders by year and each folder has monthly slips dividing the files, with the names of those naturalized that month. Each person file contains the oath of residence and the oath of allegiance (form A) as well as a naturalization certificate (form B). In some cases, an individual file may also contain other documents such as letters of recommendation.

Naturalization case files.

The records are available on 2 microfilm reels. The reels have the following records on each reel:

B16960 1925 - 1947 B16961 1948 - 1968

Naturalization files Nos. 2-83 from 1912 which contain certificates and the Oath of Residence on one files of naturalization applications from December 1911 to October 1912.

Naturalization index.

Naturalization records. Records from 1883-1890, 1903, 1911 consist of the Oath of Residence and Naturalization Certificate; those from 1911-1913 consist of notices of the intention to apply for naturalization at the next sitting of the Nanaimo County Court.

Naturalizations under the Naturalization Act. Returns made to the Secretary of State, Ottawa.

Naturalization register.

The series consists of records created by or relating to Nelson Seymour Lougheed. Included in this series are a scrapbook of news clippings (MS-2594.1), a certificate appointing Lougheed to Minister of Lands in October 1930, and two photographs. One photograph is a portrait signed by Lougheed and dated 1924. The second photograph is a group photograph in front of the Legislature buildings, and is assumed to be of Lougheed as Minister with his staff.

Nelson Seymour Lougheed (April 16, 1882 – June 6, 1944) was a Conservative politician in British Columbia and served as an MLA from 1928-1933.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Noorali G. Noormohamed : East African family - the Ismaili experience PERIOD COVERED: 1936-1973 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1973-02-08 SUMMARY: Noorali G. Noormohamed was born in 1936 and gives autobiographical notes. He discusses his first business enterprises; trip to England; restaurant and juke box business; Presidency of the Provincial Ismaili Association; becoming Mukhi; Territorial Council; Rotary International; Masons; sports clubs; immigration to Canada.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Noorjahan Pirani RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Noorjahan discusses jobs and depression about various things. Travels to England, Sweden and Holland. Court reporting, and what the job involves. Anger at Immigration for not warning about cost from Montreal to Vancouver. No more contact with Uganda. How social structure changed in Uganda in the 1960s and 1970s. The rise of the African. Opinions of schools in Canada. Differences in attitudes of teachers and students in Canada and Uganda. TRACK 2: Problems her sister had in adjusting to school here. Friendships with Canadians. Level of English here compared with Uganda. Interests in painting, camping, hiking, travelling. Travels in B.C. and the U.S.A. Her roots in India. Subjects taught in Uganda. Influence of British school system. Ali Khan (father of Aga Khan) and his trouble trying to enter upper class English society. Caste systems. Discrimination in jobs but not residences. Pace of life in Canada compared with Uganda.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Noorjahan Pirani : difficulties of inter-community marriage - Hindu and Muslim PERIOD COVERED: 1948-1973 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-01-10 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Noorjahan Pirani was born in 1948 and discusses her education in Uganda. Working in England. Courtship with a Hindu. TRACK 2: The difficulties involved in inter-community marriage. Return to Uganda and immigration to Canada.

SUMMARY: These two half-hour programs, broadcast separately from the regular season's "People in Landscape" sub-series, are about Ontario residents who migrated to British Columbia. The voices heard are: Mrs. Eleanor James, Mrs. Tom Inglis, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Taylor, Alva Eastman, Donald Shaw, Emerson Quinton, and Curley Kipp of Ontario; and Mrs. Lorna Lyttle, Mrs. Rhoda White, Mrs. Blanche Jordan-William;s, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Richardson, William Cornock, and Jim Kipp of British Columbia.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): A French settler in Terrace, B.C. PERIOD COVERED: 1951-1977 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-08-05 SUMMARY: Pierre Victor Jouy (farmer, logger, mechanic) was born in France in 1929. Backgrounds about parents. Arrived in Canada in 1951. Met by immigration officials in Montreal. Lodging and eating in Montreal. Job at vegetable farm outside Montreal. Construction work in Montreal. Farm work in St. Claude, Manitoba. Logging in Ontario. Arrival in B.C. in 1952. Logging at Campbell River. Work at sawmill in Prince George. Description of Terrace on arrival. I.W.A. strike. Job for Dudley Little at Little, Haugland and Kerr Mill. Other jobs. Returned to France in the winter of 1952. Returned to Canada in 1953 and returned to Terrace after working in Ontario. Effects of Kitimat on Terrace. Evidence of military occupation. Power and telephone facilities. Farming around Terrace. Social activities. Changes in Terrace. Moved to Dutch Valley in 1959.

Plaint and procedure books: Volume 1: 1/1897-104/1900; Volume 2: 105/1900 - 135/1902: Volume 3: 1/1903 - 376/1908 (indexed) with naturalization lists on pages 7, 53, 71, 153, 253, 319, and 350.

Correspondence, accounts, agreements, an indenture and newspaper clippings.

Price Ellison was born in England in 1851. In 1873 he left England for North America. After travelling across the United States from Boston to California he finally moved to Canada and settled in Vernon in 1876. He purchased large amounts of land on which he raised cattle and grew wheat. In 1884 he married Sophie Johnson, Vernon's first school teacher.

Price Ellison entered provincial politics in 1898 when he was elected in the riding of Yale East. He was elected in the same riding as a Conservative in 1903. In 1909 he entered the Cabinet, holding the post of Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works. A year later he became Minister of Finance and Agriculture. He was defeated in the 1916 provincial election.

Series consists primarily of Vernon County Court plaint and procedure books for 1897-1958. Volume 1 also includes a naturalization list for 1900-1914 and a Small Debts Court cause book for March 1944. Volume 2 includes County Court sessions held at Hedley during 1910-1913.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Rajnikant M. Dattani : interpersonal relationships among youth in Uganda PERIOD COVERED: 1949-1973 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1972-12-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Rajnikant M. Dattani was born in 1949 and discusses his early life and schooling in Uganda. Relationships and Hindu traditions. TRACK 2: Immigration to Canada and first impressions.;

This series consists of a record of Japanese and East Indian people entering British Columbia.

This series contains records from the Returned Soldiers' Aid Commission. It includes documents of the provincial government agency established in 1919 to assist with the resettlement of Canadian and Imperial war veterans. Papers include correspondence with various ex-servicemen's associations, reports on military hospitals, and accounts regarding war services gratuity payments.
The RSAC papers consisted principally of three large files:
"25F" series - files pertaining to veterans of the Canadian armed forces
"35I" series - files dealing with veterans of the Imperial armed forces resident in British Columbia
"50" series - files pertaining to local branches of the Provincial Returned Soldiers' Commission and other veterans' associations
The papers also include records pertaining to War Services Gratuity payments, account books, cancelled cheques, reports, and correspondence concerning veterans' training, employment, and land settlement schemes.
The RSAC papers were microfilmed by the Provincial Secretary's Department in 1956. The microfilms were transferred from the Central Microfilm Bureau to the Provincial Archives of British Columbia in 1983.
Originally, the RSAC papers also included documents which were designated "R" series files. These files have yet to be identified. Although a card index to the files was included when the papers were filmed in 1956, the documents themselves appear to have been destroyed.

CALL NUMBER: T0114:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Rokuhei Konishi tells of his coming to Canada and his life there fishing PERIOD COVERED: 1886-1936 RECORDED: Richmond (B.C.), 1972-11-16 SUMMARY: Rokuhei Konishi was born in 1886 and discusses his immigration to Canada, including the discrimination against the Japanese in Vancouver. Discussion of Japanese culture here in Canada. He describes his life as a fisherman and the technology involved. Training in Ino therapy in Japan.

CALL NUMBER: T0114:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Rokuhei Konishi discusses his early life in Canada and discrimination PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1950 RECORDED: Richmond (B.C.), 1972-11-16 SUMMARY: Rokuhei Konishi discusses Ino therapy and its applications. Discussion of discrimination in Canada. General discussion of his early life in Canada.

CALL NUMBER: T0114:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Rokuhei Konishi gives a general description of life in Steveston PERIOD COVERED: 1900-1950 RECORDED: Richmond (B.C.), 1972-11-16 SUMMARY: Rokuhei Konishi describes the Japanese Fisherman's Association Hospital in Steveston. Problems of flooding in Steveston. Life in fishing camps. Description of a Japanese bath house. Collecting driftwood for heating. General description of Steveston and cannery houses.

This series consists of the records of the Royal Commission on Mental Hygiene, 1925-128. The records include correspondence, material gathered in the research process, reports to the commission, clippings, and reports of the commission. The series is divided into the following subseries:

A. Commission Correspondence
B. Minutes Of Commission Meetings:
C. Special Subject Files And Working Papers
D. Reports
E. Miscellany: Articles, Published Reports, Etc.