CALL NUMBER: T0104:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Albert Edward Goddard : life on the coasts of Canada - Prince of Wales RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-10-30 SUMMARY: Albert Edward Goddard was born in 1897. Reminiscences of childhood in and around Burin, Newfoundland in the late 1890s and early twentieth century. Bert remembers his youth, life with family and relatives, education, and the importance of religion. He emphasizes the overpowering influence of the sea on the people of his coastal community. CALL NUMBER: T0104:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Albert Edward Goddard : life on the coasts of Canada - outpost living RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-11-01 SUMMARY: Bert Goddard adds to his recollections of day-to-day life in the outpost settlement of Burin, Newfoundland in the early part of the twentieth century. He talks about housing, food, furnishings, crafts, building methods, water supply, heating, etc. CALL NUMBER: T0104:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Albert Edward Goddard : life on the coasts of Canada - salt water neighbours RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-11-06 SUMMARY: Bert Goddard discusses life in the early twentieth century including family and community life, and both professional and amateur health care. Concludes with an interesting description of fishing methods. CALL NUMBER: T0104:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Albert Edward Goddard : life on the coasts of Canada - working on the move RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-11-09 SUMMARY: Bert Goddard traces his early working life, local and personal reactions to World War I, and his migration west as a railway and farm worker in the mid-1920s. CALL NUMBER: T0104:0005 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Albert Edward Goddard : life on the coasts of Canada - from interior railways to Pacific shores RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-11-16 SUMMARY: Bert Goddard recalls his railway repair work in Alberta during the 1920s, his move to B.C., and impressions and job descriptions of cannery work. CALL NUMBER: T0104:0006 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Albert Edward Goddard : life on the coasts of Canada - the shore workers in the west coast fishery RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-11-20 SUMMARY: Bert Goddard continues his description of processes in fish plants including cooking, cleaning, and canning. He discusses the effect of the Depression on workers. CALL NUMBER: T0104:0007 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Albert Edward Goddard : life on the coasts of Canada - work and the union RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-11-24 SUMMARY: Bert Goddard discusses seasonal layoffs in the fish plants which forced men to go on welfare or head north to prospect in the 1930s. The formation of a shore worker's union provided some security.

The item is a copy of a thesis by Joseph Collins Lawrence titled "An historical account of the early salmon canning industry in British Columbia, 1870-1900." iv, 113 leaves: tables. Essay (B.A.), University of British Columbia, 1951. Bibliography: leaves 111-113.

The item consists of a video cassette tape (VHS) copied in 1990 from a 3/4 inch U-Matic video tape created by the National Archives of Canada in 1989.

The contents include copies of six films about various British Columbian topics created between 1910 and 1938 as follows:

Big Timber / Canadian Government Motion Picture Bureau, 1935, b&w, sound.
Saga of the silver horde / Canadian Government Motion Picture Bureau, 1935, b&w, sound.
The inside story / Canadian Government Motion Picture Bureau, 1938, b&w, sound.
Saving the sagas / Associated Screen News Ltd., copyright Canadian Pacific Railway Company, 1927, b&w, silent.
Life of a salmon / Edison Manufacturing Company, 1910, b&w, silent with captions.
Trans-Canada air pageant and miscellaneous aeroplanes : part one / W.M. Archibald, copyright Air Canada, 1930, b&w & col., silent.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Bob Atchison RECORDED: Richmond (B.C.), 1976-03-05 SUMMARY: Bob Atchison first started work in 1932 at the St. Mungo Cannery, one of the second or third earliest canneries on the Fraser River. Used four-spindle machinery, a type of seaming equipment used with sanitary cans. Prior to WWI, St. Mungo made its own cans. Describes canning process, and skill of Chinese workers. Discusses different machines used. Discusses living conditions and different nationalities of workers at the canneries. Canneries had nurseries. Paid by the hour, except when filling cans by hand, which was paid by the tray. There were 36 cans on a tray. He worked for 15 cents an hour in 1926, on machinery. Describes the exact canning process of salmon in the early 1900s. Talks about the sailing ships that were tied up on the Fraser River. In those days the canneries always supplied their own fish boats. In those days it was a 25 foot double ended sailing boat with a set of big oars and a man would row it. These boats brought in great amounts of fish because there were terrific amounts in the Fraser River. The collecting of fish was usually done by a tugboat pulling a scow around. The early boats didn't range so far. The first cannery in B.C. was the Annieville in Gunnerson Slough. Explains the story behind the name of the Annieville Cannery. Didn't notice any discrimination in those days, the Japanese were fishermen, the Chinese were shore workers, everyone got along fine. The better the machinery got the more people were employed because there was more fish processed. Discusses cannery output. Discusses unions. Believes the canneries didn't object to the unions coming in because it settled an awful lot of labour problems. Discusses the labour problems before the War. No fixed hours of work, poor working conditions, unfavourable living conditions. Some of the boats were pretty crude and there weren't any facilities on them. Companies welcomed the coming of unions. Remembers working at St. Mungo Cannery for $60.00 a month with board, with no overtime.

The item consists of three reels of industrial film. Shows the salmon spawning cycle, methods of commercial purse-seine and gillnet fishing, and processing of the catch at the cannery; includes footage of an "Iron Chink" salmon butchering machine. Filmed at unspecified locations on the BC coast.

Amateur film. B&W: views of Arrow Lakes scenery from a sternwheeler; arrival; the "Minto" at dock. Two men travelling by packhorse in the Lardeau. The steam tug "Beaton". Sequence on gold mining in the Cariboo, with footage of a hydraulic mining operation. COLOUR: Vancouver; Lions Gate Bridge and Stanley Park approach; city skyline. Trip on the steamship S.S. "Catala": views at sea; approaching settlement; people meeting the boat; log boom and sawmill adjacent to the dock. Alert Bay: views of village, store, homes, etc.; Indian children at play; schoolgirls in red sweaters [from St. Michael's Indian Residential School]; steamboat arriving; many shots of totem poles, graveyard, etc. Fishing fleet in harbour, preparing nets, and heading out to sea. Fishboat crew hauling in net full of thrashing salmon, and brailing them onto boat. Other fishboats setting their nets, hauling in salmon. Fishboat crew unloading salmon onto conveyor; shots of cannery wharf, female cannery workers. Savary Island: family vacation scenes; lodge; children at play; adults playing golf on beach at low tide; departing on a boat trip.

Report (Henderson No. 207).

Purchased from Micro Media, Toronto.

Report (not printed) to the Minister of Marine and Fisheries, 14 July 1910, 70 p., appendix.

Purchased from Micro Media Limited, Toronto.

PERIOD COVERED: ;1899;-;1901 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1969-06-26 SUMMARY: E.K. "Ned" DeBeck is introduced by the president of the B.C. Historical Association. Mr. DeBeck recalls his experiences at the Canadian Scottish Cannery at Steveston, and related events during the years 1899 to 1901.

Cash journal.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Celina Starr RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-02-26 SUMMARY: Celina Starr discusses travelling to Terrace for a wedding. The burning of Port Essington in about 1960. Describes Port Essington and three canneries. The evacuation of Japanese people during the War. Cans shipped to Port Essington by steamer. Discusses Port Essington and businesses that were there. Names and discusses different people of the community. Describes the process of canning.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Charlie Gillespie RECORDED: Richmond (B.C.), 1973-02-23 SUMMARY: Charlie Gillespie was born in 1916 in Vancouver. His dad started in a cannery in 1910, and worked his way up to manager. Lived on Sea Island his whole life. When three canneries joined together to make B.C. Packers in 1928, his father was made the manager of the Fraser River District. Remembers going to Star Cannery and looking out the window at the boats going out on a Sunday night. The boats had sails in those days, and they fished both night and day. More boats now (1976). Worked in the net loft one summer when he was young. Helped fill the net needles so the men could make the nets. Three years later in 1932, started work in the Great Northern Cannery in North Vancouver for 3 years. Worked in the boiler, and on the lines, then was night watchman for a while. All cannery machinery was owned by American Can Co., canneries only leased them. Discusses wages. When to the Skeena River for two years, and worked for Oceanic Cannery on Smith Island. Looked after the retort machine and the oil and gas shed. In 1937 came back down to Steveston to work in the Imperial Cannery, pipe fitting and working with the engineer, also did carpenter work. Worked in a reduction plant one winter doing odd jobs. Then went to warehouse for 2 or 3 years. No fork lifts in those days, salmon moved by hand. Bought a gillnetter, and went fishing with his dad one season. Didn't catch much fish that year, and only fished one season. After that he went to work in the stores department at Imperial. All canneries had their own stores where they sold all supplies to the fishermen. When the store closed in 1965 he moved to the stock room. Discusses the work of Chinese workers in canneries. Canning fish by hand. Describes canning. Discusses company houses. Japanese workers. Unions. Discusses employment by canneries, month to month, and season to season.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Charlie Hogan RECORDED: Steveston (B.C.), 1976-02-26 SUMMARY: Charlie Hogan arrived on the west coast in 1923, and got off the steamboat at Bella Bella where the Gus Mallard Cannery was. Worked at the machine shop at Bella Bella, Rivers Inlet at 13 years of age in the summer time. Discusses engines, and how hard salt water is on them. Some canneries kept their boats up very well, others just kept their boats running. Did a lot of work for any cannery boats that were fishing in the area. Spent 33 years in Bella Bella in engine machinery repair. There were up to 3,000 boats at Rivers Inlet at one time. Believes a lot of canneries closed down because of overhead costs. Discusses old canning methods. Canneries used to have wooden floors, that you could see the beach through. Back in the 1920s and 1930s the seine boats were very old, but as long as they could float and hold a net, they went out. Discusses living quarters. Discusses linen nets and caring for them. Discusses different engines used. Discusses the 1920s and 1930s when there seemed to be a wealth of fish; at night you could hear them splashing all over the bay. Overhauled engines in the wintertime. Discusses fish prices. Names all the different canneries along the coast. Indian men worked on the fish boats, while Indian women worked mostly in the cannery washing fish and filling cans. Namu had two large bunkhouses for women at that time. Namu had bowling alley, shows, dance floor; was very nice. Started working at Imperial, mostly maintenance work, was shop-foreman. Believes the canneries would look after their fishermen; if the fisherman needed money in the winter, the company would advance it to them.

CALL NUMBER: T2198:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Towboating on the B.C. coast PERIOD COVERED: 1895-1930 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-07-09 SUMMARY: Born in Ottawa in 1883. Moved as a child to Vancouver. Delivery boy for Clark and Stewart. British Canadian Lumber Company. Searching for a log boom on the Fraser River. Sternwheelers on the Fraser River. S.S. "Beaver". Mail boy for CPR. Playing around the old CPR wharf. Hudson Bay Company warehouse. Takes over B.C. Lumber tug boat fleet. Gets Master's ticket. Hog fuel. Blue Band Navigation. Hayes Manufacturing Company. Pacific Truck and Trailer. Building sailing ship. Davis Rafts, Bert Davis.

CALL NUMBER: T2198:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Towboating on the B.C. coast PERIOD COVERED: 1895-1930 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-07-22 SUMMARY: Claude Thicke describes the building of his tow boat fleet, Blue Band Navigation, talks of buying and troubleshooting tugs no one else wanted. Describes tree nailing. Worked for Hind Bros. -- managers of privately owned tug boats. Steam conversion to diesel. "Commodore", "Lorne", worked at Terra Nova cannery when he was a boy. Tin cans, Chinese workmen, built sailing boat. C. Gardner Johnson.

Television commercials. Two 60-second advertisements for Clover Leaf canned sockeye salmon.

This series consists of a Department of Agriculture book of lists. The book records fruit inspectors (1920), B.C. students at Guelph Agricultural College (1913-1920), loans (1920), bulletins (1924), books on agriculture, films, and canning factories in British Columbia.

The series consists of a typescript copy of "Donated Surplus: Being a Series of Autobiographical Essays". They are reminiscences of Clive Cornish's boyhood in Vancouver, school days at Vernon Preparatory School (1920-1922), and early career as bank junior and clerk in salmon exporting house. Also contains sketch of his later career as chartered accountant and freelance writer. Includes memoir and autobiographical manuscript of the his father, Edgar Osman Cornish, a prominent salmon canneries exporter and commission agent.