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James, Helen - Interview

Item number (ISN):

304767

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1980-10

Item number (ISN):

304767

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

BRUCE, Jean

Accession:

1981-0023

Media:

Sound

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1980-10

Production company:

Jean Bruce (Interviewer)

Production credit:

interviewer, Jean Bruce

Description:

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Jean Bruce interviews Helen James, CBC Public Affairs producer, program organizer and supervisor of women's programs. James discusses: Elizabeth Long; differences in approach to women's programming between Long and James; TRANS-CANADA MATINEE; status of married women after WWII; childhood and family background of James; university studies; joining CBC in 1945; responsibilities as producer for women's programs; departmental philosophy of public radio; changes in that philosophy; Frank Peers, Reeves Haggen, Neil Morrison; James' involvement with women's groups and organizations; Long's personality and degree of feminism; PREVIEW COMMENTARY controversy of 1959; Real World of Women Conference; early women broadcaster conferences; reasons for leaving the CBC in 1965-1966; Margaret Howes; Dorothea Cox; Helen Carscallen; role of men in women's programming; nature and change of work dynamics and degree of cooperation on CITIZENS' FORUM, TRANS-CANADA MATINEE, and TAKE 30; leaving in 1965 to do graduate work in social work; part-time commissioner for CRTC, 1968-1973; Children's Aid work; conflict over Haggen appointing her successor; discrimination of women by top management; and the status of married women.

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Recorded in Toronto.~2. Interviewer's notes are in the collection file.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

339849

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1981-0023/1

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CASSETTE

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

425952

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A1 2006-06-0029

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Duration:

53:26

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

653405

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

304767-1981-0023-1-S1.wav
304767-1981-0023-1-S2.wav

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

BWF

Made from:

1981-0023/1

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

899705

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

304767-1981-0023-1-S1.mp3
304767-1981-0023-1-S2.mp3

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

MP3

Made from:

1981-0023/1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

1003314

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A4 2006-06-0029

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Made from:

1981-0023/1

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

A1 2006-06-0029

Restrictions on consultation:

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Reproduction access:

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur

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