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Leach, Russell "Rusty" & Fred Meilleur - Interview

Item number (ISN):

195396

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1988-04

Item number (ISN):

195396

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

FINNIGAN, Joan

Accession:

1992-0109

Media:

Sound

Part:

3 of 3

Production date:

1988-04

Production company:

Joan Finnigan (Interviewer)

Description:

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Interview of Russell "Rusty" Leach, former lumberman and collector of old songs of the Ottawa Valley, and Fred Meilleur, owner of the Chapeau Hotel in Chapeau, Quebec. Leach and Meilleur talk about their ancestors who were early settlers in the Ottawa Valley. Leach discusses his interest in and success at researching and documenting old songs such as "The Raffle at Tierney's Grove", an original song involving the early settlers of Sheenboro, Quebec. Meilleur, whose family bought the Chapeau Hotel in 1940, outlines the history of Chapeau and relates humorous stories connected with the hotel and the popularity of the annual Chapeau Fair where mem competed with one another and settled old scores. Other topics include conscription evaders who hid in the nearby woods, the Chapeau Millionaires, a local hockey team in the 1930s, and the controversy over a proposed bridge across the Ottawa River at Pembroke, Ontario. Throughout the interview, Leach and Meilleur recount many humorous stories, jokes and anecdotes about people and events in the area.

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. This interview was taped in the Chapeau Hotel and from time to time other patrons in the hotel supply comments.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

192044

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1992-0109/10

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CASSETTE

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

192045

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1992-0109/11
1992-0109/12

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

CASSETTE

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

572187

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

195396-1992-0109-10-S2.wav
195396-1992-0109-11-S1.wav
195396-1992-0109-11-S2.wav
195396-1992-0109-12.wav

Number of items:

4

Kind of sound:

WAV

Duration:

98:17

Made from:

1992-0109/10
1992-0109/11
1992-0109/12

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

572188

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

195396-1992-0109-10-S2.mp3
195396-1992-0109-11-S1.mp3
195396-1992-0109-11-S2.mp3
195396-1992-0109-12.mp3

Number of items:

4

Kind of sound:

MP3

Duration:

98:17

Made from:

1992-0109/10
1992-0109/11
1992-0109/12

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

162173

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

C08523

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

1992-0109/09
1992-0109/10
1992-0109/11
1992-0109/12

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

162174

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

C08524

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

1992-0109/10
1992-0109/11
1992-0109/12
1992-0109/13

Status:

MASTER
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Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : no donor restrictions~Original copyright owner: Joan Finnigan. Copyright held by Queen's University in all works of Joan Finnigan. ~No reproduction or publication without prior written permission of Queen's University via the University Archivist, Queen's University Archives.

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