Collection search - Taylor, A. Russell -- Interview

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Taylor, A. Russell -- Interview

Item number (ISN):

379312

Series title:

[The Great War and Canadian Society]

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1974-06-24

Item number (ISN):

379312

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

THE GREAT WAR AND CANADIAN SOCIETY PROJECT

Accession:

1975-0098

Media:

Sound

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1974-06-24

Production company:

Opportunities for Youth

Production credit:

interviewer, Catherine MacLeod

Description:

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Interview of A. Russell Taylor of Toronto, age 77, who was born in England in 1897. He speaks about: not being able to get a job; seeing newspaper advertisements for free passage to Canada in exchange for doing farm labour for a certain period of time; his impression while still in England that in Canada you could “pick money off the trees”; hard times after the First world War; lining up at the Scott Mission; high unemployment among immigrants; not being a skilled tradesman; working as a dishwasher after leaving the farm; doing any kind of work he could get; working for the Toronto Transit Commission for a short period of time; worked for Dunlop for 20 years, where he was active in the union; the antagonism felt by Canadians toward the English; poor treatment by Canadians of war veterans who were of British origin; better treatment of Canadian soldiers; getting lice at a hospital in Willowdale where unemployed people slept; getting two meals a day while he was looking for a job; social unrest after the war; recollections of the On to Ottawa Trek; Communist activity; attending a trade school; the lack of compassion in Canadian society at that time; and his religious background.

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. Subject description is based on information found in the release form, data sheet and summary analysis available in binders labelled Opportunities for Youth - War and Canadian Society in the Film and Broadcasting 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.

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Vault ISN:

436411

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C01425

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

439485

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A1 2007-06-0041

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Duration:

49:02

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

737099

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1975-0098/135

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CASSETTE

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

1003861

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A4 2007-06-0041

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Made from:

C01425
C01389

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

A1 2007-06-0041

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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