Collection search - Stern, Mrs. A. - Interview

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Stern, Mrs. A. - Interview

Item number (ISN):

380541

Series title:

[The Great War and Canadian Society]

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1974-06-12

Item number (ISN):

380541

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:

1974-06-12

Production company:

Opportunities for Youth

Production credit:

interviewer, Sharon Mintz

Description:

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Interview of Mrs. A. Stern, age 84, who was born in Hamilton, Ontario in 1890. She talks about: growing up in Hamilton; her father’s job in the scrap metal business; her education; her job in a shoe and hat store prior to the First World War; how most of the Jewish girls working in factories; her marriage during the war to an American; her husband’s jobs in the tailoring business and later as a supervisor at Westinghouse; open streetcars during the summer; visiting friends during the war; volunteer work during the war, sewing for the Red Cross through the Canadian National Council; volunteer work by the Council of Jewish Women; volunteer work during the Second World War; her sister knitting socks and sweaters for overseas; the work by the Hadassah Bazaars to raise money by selling aprons, handkerchiefs and novelties; sewing in the Jewish Women’s Council Building; attending the Beth Jacob Synagogue; more about her marriage; her father’s illness and death after the First World War; going to the movies; movie serials that left you hanging from episode to episode; her mother’s illness; more about her husband’s moving to Canada to work in a factory; places where she lived; Red Cross work during World War Two; synagogues in Hamilton; Jewish immigrants after World War One; how the national council helped the Jewish immigrants find places to live and obtain furniture and bedding; anti-semitism and how it was hard for Jewish girls to get jobs in stores; and her salary.

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:

437649

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C01995

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

737156

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1975-0098/205

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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