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Porter, Lena - Interview

Item number (ISN):

379058

Series title:

[The Great War and Canadian Society]

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1974-06-13

Item number (ISN):

379058

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

THE GREAT WAR AND CANADIAN SOCIETY PROJECT

Accession:

1975-0098

Media:

Sound

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1974-06-13

Production company:

Opportunities for Youth

Production credit:

interviewer, Karen Rotenberg

Description:

Interview of Mrs. Lena Porter of Toronto, age 87, who was born in London, England to Polish-born parents and moved to Canada in 1907. She talks about: food prices; her marriage; her husband’s job for a gas company in Toronto; his wages; her stopping work when she had her first child; rationing; her Toronto neighbourhood; her husband opening a store; her childhood; crowded living conditions during her childhood; life in London before coming to Canada; various jobs she had; working conditions; strikes; moving to Chicago and then back to Toronto; a strike at Eaton’s department store; the cost of living; going to school in London when she was a child; and religious observances in London and in Canada.

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. The interviews took place in 1974 and resulted in the publication of a book entitled "The Great War and Canadian Society" edited by Daphne Read - copyright 1978 - New Hogtown Press, Toronto.~2. Release forms, data sheets, and summary analysis/transcripts are available in binders labelled Opportunities for Youth - War and Canadian Society in VSA's audio-visual section.~3. Part of a series of recorded interviews with elderly citizens who lived in Canada during the period of World War I. The interview material consists of their opinions and observations about the war, the war years, and the effect on Canadian society during and after WWI.~4. The interviewee signed an agreement giving consent for a recording of this interview to be placed in the Public Archives of Canada for the purposes of historical research and also signed a publication agreement allowing any transcribed portions of the interview to be used in the book under the condition that no full names, addresses or phone numbers would be published.~5. Subject description is based on information found in the fact sheet, deposit agreement, publication agreement and summary analysis.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

436394

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C01401

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

439332

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A1 2007-06-0021

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Duration:

73:35

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

737023

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1975-0098/109

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CASSETTE

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

1003841

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A4 2007-06-0021

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Made from:

C01400
C01401

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

A1 2007-06-0021

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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