SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Connie Pepper : war veteran and war bride PERIOD COVERED: 1914-1972 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-04-17 SUMMARY: Connie Pepper was born in England in 1896 and did service in World War I as an ambulance worker. After the war she came to Canada with her husband, a Canadian soldier. She describes life in the copper mining town of Britannia Beach, B.C., her experiences in Vancouver during WWII, her husband's job as Recreational Supervisor for veteran's hospitals in Vancouver and setting up hostels for veterans, and her own volunteer work. She comments on treatment of veterans and the youth of today.

CALL NUMBER: T2617:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : Italian-Canadians PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1920 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-01-20 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discusses: arrival from Italy, 1910; family members; Strathcona School -- teachers, Bessie Johnston; social life -- evenings on porch; kids games; school concert; skating on False Creek; Miss Greggs buying her shoes; chores; Dr. McKay; brother's accident; successful members of the community. TRACK 2: More on Dr. McKay. Discusses: World War I; house on Union St.; washing floors; Smith and Salter woodyard; bakery oven; tram trip in 1910; hole in Peter's stocking. CALL NUMBER: T2617:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : Italian-Canadians PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1945 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-04-14 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discusses: first home at 565 Union St. (1910); chores; how father started bakery; mother's accident 1929; mother's background and character; father's family; father's death, 1931. Italian stores on Union: Miniciello's, Tosi's, Benny's, Juriatto's. Uncle's stores. Mr. Tosi. Joe Tosi. Branca store. Places to play. Animals in yard. Old houses torn down. TRACK 2: More on old houses. No ethnic friction at school. Mrs. Johnston. Gypsies. Black families. Fountain Chapel. Japanese and Omai. Italian reaction to Japanese evacuation. Italians interned. Sacred Heart Church. Italian funerals. Christmas. Depression shantytown. Panhandling. Purse snatching. Italian reaction to city redevelopment. CALL NUMBER: T2617:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : Italian-Canadians PERIOD COVERED: 1920-1977 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-04-14 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discusses Italians moving out of neighbourhood and Chinese buying in. In early days, the streets were livelier. Continuation of purse-snatching story. Chinese stay at home. Country customs in her youth. Parents speaking Italian. Secretary for Vancouver Italian-Canadian society. Function of Vancouver Italian-Canadian society. (End of interview)

RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1989-10-28 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Childhood in Victoria from 1908; railways; horse transportation; fire service; BC Electric Railway construction; railway competition; advent of the motor car/bus, 1919-1920; apprenticeship to; coach-builders; John Meston [?]; whaling equipment; building commercial vehicles; streetcars; winter of 1916; street lighting; World War I; shipping in Victoria harbour; Empress Hotel; BC Electric st;ation and freight yards; the ice man. TRACK 2: Victoria's water supply; rail trips via BC Electric and CN; trip to Deerholme; wagon teams; coal and wood deliveries; career at Metsons and bus building; the Depression, ca. 1930; enters teaching profession; his own school days; WWII -- war effort, shipyard work and civil defence; the E&N railway; Victoria's brickyards; industries of the Inner Harbou;r and their decline; the Gorge amusement park.;

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)

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)

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 ti;mes. 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, "Dope; Fiends" by Joe Weisenfeld, depicts the desperation of drug addicts during the Second World War years.;

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 ti;mes. 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, "V F;or Victory: What Are You Doing To End The War?" by Brenda White, looks at activities surrounding the home front during World War II.;

CALL NUMBER: T2615:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Italian community PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1945 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-01-21 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Ines Leland discusses the Italian community: language; roots and origins; pride in Italian origin. Talks about her Strathcona neighbourhood: red light district; bootlegging; childhood chores; McLean Park; longshoremen's' strike, 1935; Hogan's Alley; Italian stores; SPOTA housing; Strathcona school; the Omai family and the Japanese evacuation. Italian community: Italians branded as Fascist;s in WW II; Italian picnics in Lynn Valley; Boccia alleys with homes; walks to beaches; dances when Georgia Viaduct opened and World War II ended. TRACK 2: Inez Leland discusses: music and dancing in the neighbourhood; Annie Girard; Powell St. Park and False Creek; Judge Branca. CALL NUMBER: T2615:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Italian community PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1945 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-03-22 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Ines Leland discusses her Strathcona neighbourhood: slang and ethnic names; gypsies; dances; corner store hangouts; education; more about dances; gang rivalries; drinking and drug use in the area in the 1940s; becoming street-wise; kids' reactions to change; anecdotes about some unfortunate neighbours. TRACK 2: Attitudes toward police; illegal abortion in area; Dr. Dave Tompsett; folk remedies; midwifery and health care at school; Strathcona school; food from boxcars and street vendors; stable and smithy on Prior Street. Vivid recollections of the Depression, the longshoremen's' strike of 1935, and the outbreak of World War II. CALL NUMBER: T2615:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Italian community PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1945 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-03-22 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Ines Leland discusses: effects of outbreak of World War II on the Italian community; the internment of Italian and Japanese residents; her first job at a hand laundry; other jobs including Granny's stall in city market, work in stores, and as a restaurant dishwasher. Discusses Tosi's store. [TRACK 2: blank; end of 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)

CALL NUMBER: T2618:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Italian community PERIOD COVERED: 1905-1950 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-04-12 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: John Crosetti discusses background: born in Cumberland, B.C., 1902; father's grocery store, Europe Grocery; parents' migration from Genoa, Italy via the U.S. to Vancouver. Discusses: origin of Branca and Crosetti stores; ethnic groups in the neighbourhood; favourite play places; dances; theatres; sports- lacrosse, hockey, skating. Describes: the False Creek area; interurban streetcars; False Creek fill-in; swimming at Jericho Beach; CN station; fishing and rafting on False Creek. TRACK 2: Discusses: cows in the neighbourhood; activities of a 13 year old in store; Mrs. Alexander; street vendors; neighbourhood characters; lack of crime; red light district; soap, gas and water works; schooling -- Strathcona School, King Edward High; Anglo-Saxons in neighbourhood; sports; theatres; visiting circuses; Hobo jungle; early jobs; wartime harbour explosion. CALL NUMBER: T2618:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Italian community PERIOD COVERED: 1920-1945 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-04-12 & 21 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: More on wartime harbour explosion. Recollections of hunger marches, demonstrations in the Depression. Longshoremen's' strike 1935. TRACK 2: Discusses: Rev. Robbins (?) of the United Church; relief offices in the Depression; interior of Crosetti's Europe Grocery store; street cars; home garden; wood and coal stove; Prior St. cabins; bawdy houses; bootlegging. CALL NUMBER: T2618:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Italian community PERIOD COVERED: 1925-1940 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-04-21 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discusses: Angelo Calori, the Hotel Europe and the Sons of Italy. Origins of various fraternal organizations. Columbus Day dances. Marathon race story. Reasons for long-term residency. Birds in the area. Rats and mice. Main Street. Comments on neighbourhood photos: circus parade; Westminster Bridge; Imperial Theatre; dredging of False Creek. TRACK 2: Comments on photos: gas stations; undertakers; Hogan's Alley; Strathcona School; Main St.; Chinatown; fire hall. CALL NUMBER: T2618:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Italian community RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-04-21 SUMMARY: Mr. Crosetti comments on photographs about Strathcona neighbourhood. Not transcribed.

CALL NUMBER: T2718:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Italian-Canadians in the Strathcona neighbourhood PERIOD COVERED: 1907-1930 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-05-16 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Marino Culos discusses: document on Sons of Italy formation; Angelo Calori and the Europe Hotel; the Culos family migrates to Vancouver 1907; the Italian community in Vancouver; work of Italians in construction industry; Ferrara Court; family work at the Klondike Hotel café; other prominent Italians and their professions; chores at the Klondike Hotel. TRACK 2: More description of the Klondike Hotel. Cordova St. meeting hall. Meeting father at train station. Italians in World War I. Early residences and a childhood accident. Strathcona school days. Ethnic groups and relations in the schoolyard. Language barrier. Boarders. Leisure activities among Italian immigrants. Sculptor Fabri. 1927 Marathon race. CALL NUMBER: T2718:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Italian-Canadians in the Strathcona neighbourhood PERIOD COVERED: 1904-1930 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-05-24 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: History of the local Sons of Italy organization. Father aided by Sons of Italy after accident. His work for Carrelli and the Klondike Hotel. Other activities of the Sons of Italy. Constitution of the Sons of Italy. Description of funerals provided by Sons of Italy. Sons of Italy costumes and behaviour. TRACK 2: Dress in the '30s. Geography of the neighbourhood. Description of Union St. Shanties under the Georgia viaduct. Ravine at Hawks and Union. [Deletion.] Bootlegging. CALL NUMBER: T2718:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Italian-Canadians in the Strathcona neighbourhood PERIOD COVERED: 1917-1945 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-05-24 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: [Deletion] First jobs: Klondike Hotel; farm and grocery jobs; bought own store; other grocery and bakery jobs. Study to become an accountant. First Honourary Life Member of the Sons of Italy.; Other Italian organizations. TRACK 2: Effects of World War II on the Italian community: persecution and internment. Role as President of the Sons of Italy during the war. Conditions of internment at Petawawa. (End of interview)

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.

CALL NUMBER: T2013:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Health care and social assistance PERIOD COVERED: 1928-1960 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-02-20 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Brief personal introduction with a description of UBC in 1928 and the decision to go into nurses training at VGH in 1929; includes a description of courses, hours, and discipline; job shortages of the Depression years and the decision to study public health at McGill from 1931 to 1933; work in Family Services in Montreal; description of service; religious divisions, problems in Griffintown; juveniles and comparison with Vancouver; job offers and the return to Vancouver; out-patients at VGH in 1936, with a description of buildings, patients, dental clinic, staff, volunteers and cup of soup; joined the City Relief Department in 1937 and describes the staff under the direction of Dr. Jack Muscovitch. TRACK 2: Social workers and the medical section with mention of responsibilities and services; effects of the Depression on people, allowances, violent attitudes; reporters; unique service of medical section; doctors services and medical histories; post-war years; employment on the Sea Wall; mental assessments; placement program growth out of VGH overcrowding; problems in regulating; lack of staff; numbers of clients; anecdotes on persuading people to enter boarding homes; atmosphere at placement institutions; night school courses; private homes, problems associated with uprooting and adjustment of elder clients. CALL NUMBER: T2013:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Health care and social assistance PERIOD COVERED: 1935-1976 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-02-20 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Conclusion of anecdote; role with alcoholics and Salt Spring Farm; hospital; drunk tank; need for a cleansing station; social life in boarding houses; sitting room regulations; recreation and; the role of volunteer organisations; effects of the Second World War and the reduction in staff; changes in public attitude; rise in young people on relief; increase in professional social workers; involvement in rationing and accompanying anecdote; changes in the services; dental plan; appliances; caseloads; increases in allowances; clothing allowances; nutrition services; referral resources; relationship with the Metropolitan Health Department; consultation, referrals, overlapping interests; geriatrics. TRACK 2: Gradual acceptance of geriatric centres; trends in services; attitudes of staff and public; customer orientation of building and furniture; medical aspects of the social assistance program; 60% of clients; promotes health problems; problems of single men; staff experiment living on an allowance; effects on social assistance and trend to younger people in the 1960s and 1970s; lessons learned about human nature with examples of New York and Sweden and the nature of Canadians; summary of medical program; services; abuse; payments.

SUMMARY: A tribute to the city of Odessa, for broadcast by all Vancouver stations. Includes comparison of Vancouver and Odessa; a description of Odessa's port function; an historical sketch; a speech by Mayor ;Cornett of Vancouver; a resolution to aid Odessa by adopting the city in the "Aid to Russia" fund drive; and a call for contributions.;

CALL NUMBER: T2616:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathconca neighbourhood : the Italian community PERIOD COVERED: 1912-1950 RECORDED: Surrey (B.C.), 1977-01-25 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Peter Battistoni discusses his background. He was born in 1912 in Vancouver; parents' emigration from Italy. Talks about music in Strathcona neighbourhood. Discusses: conscription in WW I; his father's bakery- location, building, Peter's work there, design for new bakery, Peter's work delivering for the bakery, delivery route. TRACK 2: Describes: deliveries by horse and wagon; Sunday social gatherings; more about delivering for the bakery; ups and downs at the bakery; making pizza; mother's cooking; activities at False Creek; Hogan's Alley. CALL NUMBER: T2616:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathconca neighbourhood : the Italian community PERIOD COVERED: 1918-1950 RECORDED: Surrey (B.C.), 1977-01-25 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Stories about Lungo of Hogan's Alley. Comments on family photos. Hogan's Alley. Bootlegging. Italian stores. Italian funerals. Use of Italian language. Mother's and brother's hospital stays and other stories about family health problems. Bakery fuel, equipment. Bakery sites. Jews on Princess. TRACK 2: Schara Tzedeck Synagogue. Immigrants moving out of and into the neighbourhood. Strathcona School. Sports and youthful activities. 1918 flu epidemic. Insularity of the district. A few memories of the Depression. Longshoremen's demonstration. Horse stories. More about Lungo. Bootlegging. Kids' games. CALL NUMBER: T2616:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathconca neighbourhood : the Italian community PERIOD COVERED: 1929-1950 RECORDED: Surrey (B.C.), 1977-01-25 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discusses Strathcona neighbourhood: prostitution in the 1930s; lack of crime among youth; boarding houses; loggers' sprees; WW I veterans; Hobo jungle in the 1930s; effects of World War II, especially on the Japanese; Chinese tong wars; opium dens and the police; Jewish junkmen. TRACK 2: Discusses: p.m. curfews; street vendors; Depression -- foraging in boxcars; winemaking grapes; food; home remedies and tonics; Coughlan Shipyard fire; fire in bakery (late 1940s); fire in box factory next door. CALL NUMBER: T2616:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathconca neighbourhood : the Italian community PERIOD COVERED: 1920-1940 RECORDED: Surrey (B.C.), 1977-02-10 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discusses: Old MacDonald (contractor) who built homes along Atlantic Crescent; Branca's car; first car ride to Coquitlam; streetcar routes; burials, funeral processions; Easter celebrations -- eggs, dress, mood; his uncle, a tailor; dances at Orange Hall and Parish Hall; Angelo Calori forms the Sons of Italy. TRACK 2: Discusses: Giulletti boys; musicians; music in home; Strathcona School; -- Bessie Johnston, Cairn sisters, discipline; curfew; McLean Park; boarders in home; mother's knowledge of medicine; speechmaking.; CALL NUMBER: T2616:0005 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathconca neighbourhood : the Italian community PERIOD COVERED: 1920-1940 RECORDED: Surrey (B.C.), 1977-02-10 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Comments on old photographs of neighbourhood: theatres; Pini's café; Woodward's; Avenue Theatre; Imperial Theatre; London Hotel; Shaw's drugstore; recollections as a child of listening to music from Fountain Chapel; selling peanuts and chocolate bars at Italian society dances. TRACK 2: Discusses: radio; washing floors -- layout of houses and how space was used; games; words in dictionary; -- health, herbs, gardens; Tosi family -- Joe Tosi and his racing cars. (End of interview)

The item is a compilation video made by the Royal BC Museum using clips from archival newsreel and amateur footage. It shows mobilization and wartime scenes in Victoria and Vancouver during World War One (clips 1-5) and World War Two (clips 6-10). The Second World War material also includes civil defence activities in Vancouver, and Girl Guides collecting salvage for the war effort.

CALL NUMBER: T2679:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Italian community PERIOD COVERED: 1912-1930 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-04-01 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Violet Benedetti discusses: family history; parents' grocery store and her father's death; social life; Stanley Park outings; ladies fashions; Imperial Theatre; opera; automobiles. Strathcona; School memories. Other residents of the neighbourhood. Anglo-Saxons in the neighbourhood. Orange Hall. Dominion canneries. Boating on False Creek. Buffalo Park excursions. Detailed description of 1918 flu epidemic. Marriage at 15 to Alphonso Benedetti. First son. TRACK 2: Working at store and raising children. A Stanley Park picnic. Description of store. Social life. The store as a social centre. Children's chores. Early movies, Italian picnics, banquets. CALL NUMBER: T2679:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Italian community PERIOD COVERED: 1920-1950 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-04-28 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Violet Benedetti discusses life in Strathcona: streets and stores; Georgia Viaduct; living on Atlantic Street; bush in the area; house moving fires; boarding houses; children's hair cuts under apple trees; dandelion picking; eating rabbits; wine; story of sick daughter; herbal remedies and poultice making; sausage making; picking fruits and vegetables; dandelion wine. TRACK 2: Further discussion on life in Strathcona: pasta making and other recipes; effects of WW II on the neighbourhood; Slavs and Christmas celebrations; "turkey lurkey" story; street life and street dances; Boccia. Discusses family life: ignorance of women about marriage and childbirth; a premature baby; midwives; sickness in the neighbourhood; herbal remedies. Local fires. CALL NUMBER: T2679:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Italian community PERIOD COVERED: 1920-1950 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-04-28 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discusses: chimney fires; murders, robberies and events in the neighbourhood; more on family life, the role of women and discipline of children; comparison of east and west end of Vancouver; coloured people's church. Celebrations: weddings, Easter, Sunday dinners, more on weddings. Internment of some Italians during World War II. (End of interview)