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Farmer, Colin - Interview
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1976-06-01Item number (ISN):158554Type of material:Sound recordingsFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:FRONTIER COLLEGEAccession:1990-0214Media:SoundPart:1 of 1Production date:1976-06-01Production company:Marjorie Robinson (Interviewer)Description:Interview by Marjorie Robinson of Colin A. Farmer of Toronto who talks about his experiences as a labourer-teacher for Frontier College in 1920. Farmer recalls his work preparing the roadbed for the railroad track for the Rat Portage Lumber Company located at Menzies Bay, British Columbia. Discussing the working and living conditions, Farmer recalls the heavy manual labour, the skilled men, many of whom were Northern European immigrants, who felled the large trees, the strike organized by the One Big Union and $4 daily wage. Other topics include Farmer's classes in reading and writing, the pleasure the men had with the gramophone and records supplied by the College, and the personalities of Alfred Fitzpatrick, founder of Frontier College, and Dr. Edmund Bradwin, former principal of Frontier College.Language:EnglishNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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