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Buszowski, Nick - Interview

Item number (ISN):

186901

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1980-09-16

Item number (ISN):

186901

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN SEAMEN'S UNION HISTORY PROJECT

Accession:

1991-0356

Media:

Sound

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1980-09-16

Production company:

Jim Green (Interviewer)

Description:

Interview by Jim Green of Nick Buszowski, veteran seaman and former Canadian Seamen's Union (CSU) ship's delegate and union negotiator. Buszowski recalls his first sea voyage to Murmansk in 1942 after signing on with the National Seamen's Union, a company union run by Captain Herbert McMaster. Also recalled are the attacks by the German U-boats on the Allied convoys en route to Europe. Turning to the Park ships operated by the Park Steamship Company, a company owned by the Canadian government, Buszowski describes the deplorable working and living conditions the seamen endured and the many contract violations that precipitated wildcat walkouts by the seamen during World War II. Other topics discussed in the interview are a description of a seaman's life aboard ship and the conflict between Canadian crews and their British officers. A discussion of the structure, and educational programs of the CSU and the various political affiliations of its members rounds out the interivew.

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Interviewee's name appears as "Buzowski" on the cassette label.~2. Joey and Pat Buszowski comment briefly during the interview.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

192667

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1991-0356/001

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CASSETTE

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

315000

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A1 9810-0002

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Duration:

74:38

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

315001

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A1 9810-0003

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Duration:

74:42

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

583246

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

186901-1991-0356-001-S1.wav
186901-1991-0356-001-S2.wav

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

WAV

Duration:

96:25

Made from:

1991-0356/001

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

583247

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

186901-1991-0356-001-S1.mp3
186901-1991-0356-001-S2.mp3

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

MP3

Duration:

96:25

Made from:

1991-0356/001

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

1004072

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A4 9810-0002

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Made from:

1991-0356/001

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1004073

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A4 9810-0003

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Made from:

1991-0356/001
1991-0356/002

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

A1 9810-0002
A1 9810-0003

Reproduction access:

with written permission of Jim Green

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