Collection search - Hawkes, W. - Interview
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Record information – Brief Hawkes, W. - Interview
Series title:Correctional Service of Canada Oral History ProjectHierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1980Item number (ISN):135317Type of material:Sound recordingsFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:CANADA. SOLICITOR GENERAL CANADA / SOLLICITEUR GÉNÉRAL CANADAAccession:1989-0337Media:SoundPart:1 of 1Production date:1980Production company:Solicitor General, CanadaProduction credit:interviewer, Guy SurprenantDescription:Oral history interview by Guy Surprenant of Walter Hawkes, correctional officer at Dorchester Penitentiary and Blue Mountain Work Camp. Hawke discusses: arrival at Blue Mountain; state of camp upon arrival; camp construction; type of work performed by inmates for Department of National Defense; camp guards living on site in trailers; numbers of inmates; wood-cutting operations; incidents of escape and vandalism; inmate leisure activities; visitor privileges; inmate-guard general rapport; prisoner home brew; humorous anecdote; and general assessment of inmates and camp (closed in 1969). <30mn>Language:EnglishOriginal number:5-63Detailed holdings information: -
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