SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Doreen Watson : experiences of a telephone operator in B.C. PERIOD COVERED: 1922-1928 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-01-01 SUMMARY: Doreen Watson discusses her work as a telephone operator from 1922 to 1928. First jobs as a telephone operator. Experiences: cockroaches and lightning. Wage rates and family atmosphere. Work as a night operator. Anecdotes about: an accidental power cut-off, an election box of chocolates, a storm, her wedding, travel to work at the Collingwood office, a locked door, and two number tickets at Alma.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Ella Walker : career of a B.C. telephone operator, 1910-1930 PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1960 RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1977-02-08 SUMMARY: Ella R. Walker discusses the Seymour operating room 1910. The start-up of Collingwood office in 1911. Transferred to Highland in 1916. Oaks Point Camp. Benefit fund and Operators' fund. Spanish flu, 1918. Other jobs in the Fraser Valley from New Westminster to Kamloops. Employment office practices at Fairmont, 1922. Move to Vancouver Island, 1925, to be in charge of the Island District. Drive through forest fire in Campbell River. Effects of the Great Depression and World War II -- first aid training. Anecdotes about her work on the Island. Oyster River. Visits to the Kootenay District. Mrs. Castley at Duncan. Victoria automatic conversion, 1930.

CALL NUMBER: T3986:0082 RECORDED: Kimberley (B.C.), 1982-06-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Grace went to school in Cranbrook. She worked in a bakery and a grocery store, and then as a telephone operator. She worked for BC Tel from 1945 to 1975. Her husband died in 1955, but she eventually remarried. [TRACK 2: blank.]

CALL NUMBER: T3986:0083 RECORDED: Kimberley (B.C.), 1982-06-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Grace Leighton recalls her father, John Hunter McClure, one of the pioneers of the Kootenay area. They spent time in Ontario and Alberta, and in 1909 settled near Cranbrook, where the took u;p fruit farming. [TRACK 2: blank.];

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Hazel Mars : highlights of career as a B.C. Tel agent and operator RECORDED: Anahim Lake (B.C.), 1978-10-17 SUMMARY: [Tape starts with assistant Maxine Wright taking calls at magneto switchboard]. Helen Mars discusses arriving in Anahim in 1970. Two-hour training period. Party line arrangement. Husband's frozen turkey lunch. Accidental cut-off of entire system. Recognition of customers by voice. Emergencies. Fire-fighting equipment. Snow surveys. Relief operators. Locating of called parties. Williams Lake bus. Air service. Schools. Anahim Lake Stampede. Collapse of community hall. Visit of Alex Fraser. Spring dance. All night party. Appreciation of Anahim people and Williams Lake operators. [Tape ends with voice of Maxine Wright at switchboard].

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Henrietta L. Montgomery : experiences of a B.C. Tel operator, 1908-1960 PERIOD COVERED: 1908-1960 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-03-02 SUMMARY: Henrietta L. Montgomery discusses her first job as an operator at Seymour, 1908. Victoria office, 1912. Experiences on the board in Vancouver. Work as a supervisor. Timing the service. Anecdotes about operators. The merit increase plan, 1920. Oaks Point Camp. Fire in the switchboard, 1924. Tennis club. Work in Special Data area and on the Benefit Committee. Statistical work for the Department of Agriculture. Interest in mathematics. Executives: the Farrell family.

RECORDED: Revelstoke (B.C.), 1977-03-21 SUMMARY: Family arrives in Farwell, 1895; early Revelstoke hotels and businesses, 1900s; early churches and their attitudes toward each other; activities; ministers; attitudes toward prostitutes, alcohol; father's business; school days; job as a telephone operator; fire brigade; white slavery; Chinese population; Chinese funeral.