Interview with Richard Bass about his father, Sam Bass, who founded London Drugs in 1945. The first store was on 800 Main Street in Vancouver. Around 1961, Sam opened the second London Drugs location on Georgie and Granville. He sold the business to American retail conglomerate Daylin in the late-1960s. Sam tried to buy London Drugs back in 1976; he was unsuccessful and the business was acquired by H.Y. Louie Group. In the late 70s, Sam and a colleague opened the first Real Canadian Superstore in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Throughout his life, Sam Bass was heavily involved in Jewish community in Vancouver, including with the Louis Brier. He died of a heart attack in the 90s.

Oral history interview with Robert A. Wenner, born in 1923 in Alberta. He speaks of his Great-Grandfather, Grandfather on his father's side as well as his mother's side of the family who were from Russia and moved to France. Bob's own father served as an artillerymen and sharpshooter during the First World War. Bob planned to go into Medicine but there were no medical programs on the West Coast and so took Optometry in California.

Oral history interview with Rose Cohn. Interview has summary but no transcript. Digitized in November, 2011. Rose was born in 1904 in San Francisco, belong to the Council of Jewish Women and the Hadassah.

Oral history interview with Ruth (nee Vax) Oliver who is a member of B'nai B'rith Women's organization, like her mother Pauline Vax.

Photograph depicts "Annie M. Reid" approaching the Golden Gate Bridge, inbound with cargo of sugar from Honolulu .

Large, four masted sailing vessel, bow end facing front; mountains in background.

Photograph depicts the sailing vessel "Ardencraig".

Three masted ship steel hulled ship, bow end facing right, in centre of image.

Oral history interview with Sam Barrett who was born in Winnipeg in 1897, fought during the First World War where he sustained a life-long eye injury.

Oral history interview with Sam Lipson who was born in Russia in 1913. Involved in the Association of Professional Engineers, the Jewish Community Centre, Parliamentary Union, Beth Israel Synagogue, Talmud Torah and the Canadian Jewish Congress - on the Jewish Committee, the Educational Committee and the Joint Community Relations Committee. Sam graduated with a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of British Columbia.

Oral history interview with Sam Rothstein who was born in Russia, 1921. His family left Russia due to anti-semitism and post-revolution fallout, despite his father’s success in the lumber business. His father was Yisrael Leib and his mother was Elka Raisel. They settled in Vancouver because that’s where the rest of his family had chosen to live when they had arrived years before. He attended UBC for undergraduate studies and did a joined honours program in French and English and completed his masters there in French and English. He did his PhD at Berkeley and then got a teaching fellowship at the University of Washington in 1942 as a French teacher. He was drafted into the Canadian military during WWII. He served in counterintelligence. He was shipped to England in June, 1944 and then to Italy, Belgium and then stopped in Holland. While finishing his service, he came across a Librarianship pamphlet. He had money for the first time in his life and felt it was time for a change as he felt distance from the idea of being a French professor. He was invited to the faculty of the University of Manitoba as a French Professor but decided to go to Berkeley instead to become a Librarian, doing his PhD in Illinois. UBC offered him a job while he was briefly on return to Vancouver. He met his wife Miriam in 1948/49 through youth group activities at the JCC, they wed and then moved to Illinois to do his PhD, which he received in 1954 while Miriam worked as the dietician for the men’s residence. In 1961, he became the acting director of the UBC libraries. He also started the library school at UBC that same fall. Their daughter Linda was born in 1955 and Sharon was born in 1957. They were members of Beth Israel and Miriam was active in Hadassah. Sam served as an advisor to Hillel and joined the board at the JCC and eventually became president from 1970-1972. He served as one of the vice presidents of Jewish Congress.