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Douse, Constance - Interview

Item number (ISN):

380545

Series title:

[The Great War and Canadian Society]

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1974-06-24

Item number (ISN):

380545

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, Sharon Mintz

Description:

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Constance Douse, age 88, was born in Toronto in 1886. She talks about: moving to the village of Lefroy, near Barrie, when she was an infant and her life there until 1925; her father’s job running a post office; Douse’s job helping out at the post office; her schooling; studying at Jarvis Collegiate starting in 1913; city and country life; social activities such as skating; the lack of impact of the First World War on her lifestyle; training at the Model School to be a teacher after she graduated from Jarvis Collegiate; her work as a teacher in various towns such as Huntsville; women in professions such as stenography; the enlistment in the army of all of her five brothers; patriotism as the reason for their enlistment; the view that men who did not enlist were “shirkers” and they were not fair to those who did enlist; Armistice Day; the welcome home for the 6 of 8 men from her town who enlisted and survived the war; her job doing housework after the First World War; more about her education and her job as a teacher; her wages as a teacher; and leisure activities such as skating and snow shoeing.

Language:

English

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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.

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Vault ISN:

437651

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C01997

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

737161

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1975-0098/209

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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