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Watson, Elizabeth - Interview

Item number (ISN):

380546

Series title:

[The Great War and Canadian Society]

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1974-06-24

Item number (ISN):

380546

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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Interview of Elizabeth Watson, age 93, who was born in Manchester, England in 1881 and came to Canada circa 1901. She talks about: child labour in Manchester; her job in a large cotton factory at age 14, responsible for operating four looms; children working as helpers on looms; her widowed mother; the high level of noise in the factory; her mother making her work in the factory against her will; workers having to pay money to get a better job in another factory; making sheets and pillowcases at the factory; trying to cut her finger so that she could get out of working in the factory; working from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.; becoming a waitress; her marriage; people immigrating to Canada to improve their standard of living and escape poor living conditions in England; moving to Canada with her sister, following her mother who was already here; her mother’s job as a domestic in Canada; her job as attendant at the Mercer reformatory; her job as a domestic when she arrived in Canada; working as a waitress at the University of Toronto cafeteria; more about the boys and girls at the reformatory; how she met her husband; knitting socks for soldiers during the First World War; women knitting socks and sending them to the Red Cross; renting a flat when she was married and saving money so that she and her husband could build their own house.

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.

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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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