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McVey, Elmer - Interview

Item number (ISN):

137995

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1988-05-15

Item number (ISN):

137995

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

STOW, Rick

Accession:

1989-0417

Media:

Sound

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1988-05-15

Production company:

Rick Stow (Interviewer)

Description:

Interview with Elmer McVey. Topics treated: lack of labour awareness in school cirriculum, history of labour in Sudbury basin, cushy situation for today's workers, struggles as presented on T.V., craft and railway union activities in Sudbury since 1920s, rise of the Canadian Congress of Labour (CCL), early Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) leaders, Bob Carlin, CCF policies and union affiliations, no-strike pledge, devastation of CCF in 1958, role of Stanley Knowles, CCL and Trades and Labour Congress merger, Marshall plan as a watershed, expulsion of Carlin, steel victories over Mine Mill, Taft-Hartley, Canadian autonomy vs. international unions, chronology of steel raids, Clairie Gillis faction, impact of 1958 strike, steelworkers and NDP, Kirkland Lake strike, union spread, Communist Party-Liberal alliance, Liberals in Labour movement, Labour Progressive Party, impression of William Lyon MacKenzie King and co-opting of CCF agenda, forecast for 1988 federal election.

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Subject description provided by donor.~2. Rick Stow is a broadcaster and freelance producer residing in New Liskeard, Ontario.~3. Release form signed by interviewer and interviewee in Collection File.~4. Copyright waived and restrictions lifted as of January 14th, 1989.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

127731

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1989-0417/26

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CASSETTE

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

127763

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

C06635

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

118:25

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

580495

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

137995-1989-0417-26-S1.wav
137995-1989-0417-26-S2.wav

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

WAV

Duration:

96:22

Made from:

1989-0417/26

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

580496

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

137995-1989-0417-26-S1.mp3
137995-1989-0417-26-S2.mp3

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

MP3

Duration:

96:22

Made from:

1989-0417/26

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

Restricted by Creator/Donor

Restrictions on consultation:

No restrictions on consultation.

Donor restrictions:

No donor restrictions.

Copyright status:

Copyright waived

Reproduction access:

Copyright waived and donor restrictions lifted. Some interviewee restrictions on reproduction - consult collection file and individual item-level descriptions.

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