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Corrigan, Jack - Interview

Item number (ISN):

186960

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1980-12-10

Item number (ISN):

186960

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN SEAMEN'S UNION HISTORY PROJECT

Accession:

1991-0356

Media:

Sound

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1980-12-10

Production company:

Jim Green (Interviewer)

Description:

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Interview by Jim Green of Jack Corrigan, former seaman and organizer and ship's delegate with the Canadian Seamen's Union (CSU). Corrigan, who was a cook, first went to sea in 1942 on a steamship in the catering department. Later, he sailed on coastal tugs and on the government-built Park ships. He describes the manning pool in Vancouver where seamen could obtain food, lodgings and training while waiting to be assigned to a ship. Focusing on his experience during World War Two, Corrigan describes the protection afforded merchant ships by the American Navy and zeppelins along the western coast of North America and the convoys of Allied ships that formed at Guantanamo, Cuba, for the voyage acrosss the Atlantic. He also describes the Orlikon guns and the uniform of the Merchant Marine. Other topics include the "colonial attitude" of the British officers toward their Canadian crew, the lack of fresh fruits, vegetables and milk aboard ship, the merger of the Deepsea & Inland Boatmen's Union with the CSU and the hopes of Canadian seamen that the merchant marine would be retained after the war. To conclude, Corrigan recalls some CSU seamen he knew and states his opinion of the Seafarers International Union.

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Interview ends abruptly.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

192745

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1991-0356/092

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CASSETTE

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

325057

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A1 9903-0061

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Duration:

74:10

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

325060

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A1 9903-0062

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Duration:

74:42

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

583372

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

186960-1991-0356-092-S1.wav
186960-1991-0356-092-S2.wav

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

WAV

Duration:

66:16

Made from:

1991-0356/092

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

583373

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

186960-1991-0356-092-S1.mp3
186960-1991-0356-092-S2.mp3

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

MP3

Duration:

66:16

Made from:

1991-0356/092

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

1004396

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A4 9903-0061

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Made from:

1991-0356/089
1991-0356/090
1991-0356/091
1991-0356/092

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1004397

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A4 9903-0062

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Made from:

1991-0356/092
1991-0356/094

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

A1 9903-0061
A1 9903-0062

Reproduction access:

with written permission of Jim Green

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