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Burry, Lester - Interview

Item number (ISN):

176729

Series title:

Voice of the Pioneer

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Item number (ISN):

176729

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

MCNEIL, Bill

Accession:

1981-0111

Media:

Sound

Part:

1 of 1

Release date:

1979

Production company:

Bill NcNeil (Interviewer)

Description:

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Interview of Reverend Lester Burry, the first United Church minister in Labrador from 1931 to 1957. Burry, whose home base was in the settlement of Northwest River, was responsible for performing marriages, baptisms, and funerals, as well as obtaining medical and other social services for 35 settlements, most of which were scattered over 350 miles of coastline. Burry talks about his parishioners, both Whites and Inuit, who were mostly fur trappers and fishermen, and focuses on their traditions and lifestyles. Using his boat, the "Glad Tidings", during the summer and a dog sled during the winter months, Burry discusses his travels from community to community sleeping in canvas tents and obtaining supplies from the Hudson's Bay posts along the way. Burry also discusses how he studied radio electronics on his own and built receivers for trappers and isolated communities so that he could broadcast news and church services from his headquarters in Northwest River and messages from his boat and dog sled when he was travelling.

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Interview prepared for broadcast on the CBC Radio series VOICE OF THE PIONEER in five installments, on January 28, February 4, 11, 18 and 25, 1979. Program was rebroadcast on October 26, 1986.~2. Production date not known.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

176501

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1981-0111/089

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

652098

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

176729-1981-0111-089.WAV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

BWF

Made from:

1981-0111/089

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

652099

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

176729-1981-0111-089.MP3

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

MP3

Made from:

1981-0111/089

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

Open

Restrictions on consultation:

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : with permisson of Bill McNeilCBC has rights only for one broadcast of VOICE OF THE PIONEER.Contact for Bill McNeil: Dawn McNeil Lemaire.

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