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Fergusson, Muriel - Interview

Item number (ISN):

302492

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1979-06-19

Item number (ISN):

302492

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

STURSBERG, Peter

Accession:

1979-0103

Media:

Sound

Part:

4 of 4

Production date:

1979-06-19

Production company:

Peter Stursberg (Interviewer)

Description:

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Interview of Senator Muriel Fergusson, former lawyer and Speaker of the Senate (1972-1974), by Peter Stursberg, author, about: her family background; her education; her husband, Aubrey S. Fergusson; her legal career; her experiences as one of the first woman lawyers; her appointment and experiences as Enforcement Counsel for the Wartime Prices and Trade Board for New Brunswick (1943-1947); her appointment as Regional Director (Fredericton) of the Family Allowance and Old Age Security Branch of the Department of National Health and Welfare (1947-1953); Canadian Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs; her work for women's rights; jury service for women; prison conditions for women; the Departmnent of Reconstruction and the Reconstruction Councils; her community service and work with various women's groups; Grand Fall, New Brunswick and the Grand Falls Literary Society; her election and her experiences on the Fredericton City Council (1951-1953); the admission of women to the Senate and the Persons Case in 1929; her interest in politics; her appointment to the Senate in 1953; her work in the Senate; the Senate Divorce Committee; the Senate Committee on Capital and Corporal Punishment and Lotteries in the 1950s; corporal punishment; capital punishment; lotteries; the Senate Committee on Aging; the Senate Committee on Poverty; the Indian Act and women's rights; her participation in various international organizations; Donald Gordon; the Zanta Club; the role of women in Communist China; her experiences as Speaker of the Senate (1972-1974); Lucien Lamoureux; the Senate; her resignation from the Senate in 1975; Senate reform; poor media coverage of the Senate's activities; her current interests and activities; bilingualism; and Canada's future. <3h 42mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Transcript available.~2. The sound recording of the interview(s) and/or transcript(s) made from the interview(s) conducted on 19 June 1979 are available for public access after 19 June 1979. All claims of copyright by the interviewer or interviewee are hereby waived to ensure the widest possible access for research and publication.~3. Recorded by Peter Stursberg in Ottawa for the joint Library of Parliament-National Archives of Canada oral history project.~4. Muriel Fergusson died on 12 April 1997.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

336970

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C02425

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Duration:

222:00

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

338945

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A1 9910-0031

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Duration:

74:04

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

338946

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A1 9910-0032

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Duration:

73:09

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

338947

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A1 9910-0033

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Duration:

12:16

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

338948

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A1 9910-0034

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Duration:

65:03

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

459469

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C02426

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

460374

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C02427

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1004662

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A4 9910-0031
A4 9910-0032
A4 9910-0033
A4 9910-0034

Number of items:

4

Kind of sound:

CD

Made from:

C02425
C02426
C02427

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Restricted by Creator/Donor

Consultation copy number:

A1 9910-0031
A1 9910-0032
A1 9910-0033
A1 9910-0034

GENCAT identity number:

MSS 22018

Restrictions on consultation:

No interviewee restrictions.

Donor restrictions:

No donor restrictions.

Copyright status:

Under copyright

Copyright owner:

Crown copyright.~Copyright administered by Library and Archives Canada.

Reproduction access:

Crown copyright : no donor restrictions : no restrictions on Ferguson interview (release form available in Library of Parliament Release Form Binder) : Connolly interview requires the written permission of the executors of his estate

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