Collection search - Huxtable, Cassie Ann - Interview
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Record information – Brief Huxtable, Cassie Ann - Interview
Series title:[The Great War and Canadian Society]Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1974-07-09Item number (ISN):379745Type of material:Sound recordingsFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:THE GREAT WAR AND CANADIAN SOCIETY PROJECTAccession:1975-0098Media:SoundPart:1 of 1Production date:1974-07-09Production company:Opportunities for YouthProduction credit:interviewer, Mary TateDescription:Interview of Cassie Ann Huxtable, age 89, who was born in Horning’s Mills, Dufferin County, in 1885. She talks about: how people were upset when the First World War broke out; how feelings ran pretty high in Canada during the war; various jobs at which she worked; doing domestic nursing; people’s lower expectations at that time, instead of “grabbing everything”; her education; patriotism; the danger of patriotism; German friends moving to the U.S. during the war; earning $15 a week at Neilson’s; the British character of Toronto in those days; studying at the Conservatory of Music; singing in German even though some people disapproved; hatred felt by a lot of people toward Germans during the war; opposition to playing Beethoven during that time; people’s actions on Armistice Day; bootlegging during Prohibition; and her quiet life without a lot of contact with many people.Language:EnglishNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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