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Pittman, Hazel - Interview

Item number (ISN):

379731

Series title:

[The Great War and Canadian Society]

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1974-07-24

Item number (ISN):

379731

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:

1974-07-24

Production company:

Opportunities for Youth

Production credit:

interviewer, Pauline Pytka

Description:

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Interview of Mrs. Hazel Pittman who was born in 1888 in Toronto. She talks about: her education; having to leave school to care for her family; her father’s job as a choir leader and teamster; her family history; her grandparents, who were escaped slaves who came to Canada via the Underground Railway; her grandfather’s job as a lamp lighter in Toronto; various jobs her parents had; church socials; teaching Sunday school; belonging to clubs; her coming out party; boyfriends; the strictness of her parents; the small black community in Toronto when she was growing up; not encountering discrimination when she looked for a job; attending “coloured” churches; her friends of various races and religious denominations; work for the war effort during the First World War, such as knitting, sending parcels overseas and helping soldiers’ families at Christmas; a friend who enlisted out of patriotism and who was injured during overseas military service; an African-Canadian settlement north of Barrie; and some stories about the history of some slaves.

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.~6. Mrs. Hazel Pittman was contacted for this oral history project through the Toronto Negro Coloured Guard.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

437634

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C01980

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

509439

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

379731-C01980.wav

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

BWF

Made from:

C01980

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

509442

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

379731-C01980.mp3

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

MP3

Made from:

C01980

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

737130

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1975-0098/173

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CASSETTE

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG
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Conditions of access:

Open

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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