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Saunders, Lil Reel - Interview

Item number (ISN):

380562

Series title:

[The Great War and Canadian Society]

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1974-06-03

Item number (ISN):

380562

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:

1974-06-03

Production company:

Opportunities for Youth

Production credit:

interviewer, William Richardson

Description:

Interview of Mrs. Lil Reel Saunders, maiden name Minty, age 90, who was born in Dorset England in 1875 and came to Canada in 1904. She was a nurse during both World War One and World War Two. She married twice, to a Mr. Reel in England before she came to Canada, and then to a Mr. Saunders. She talks about: settling in Toronto in 1904; her husband’s job at Massey-Harris; buying land; neighbours and friends helping them build their house; moving to London, Ontario in 1911; her husband enlisting in the First World War; her volunteering as a nurse; her view that “England wanted help and we were English”; her husband’s previous experience as a boy in the Royal Navy; her husband’s death in World War One; getting a widow’s pension and doing some nursing jobs; winning a popularity contest; and membership in the Canadian Legion.

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. List in finding aid gives her name as Lilllie but the sigature on the release form gives her name as Lil.

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Vault ISN:

437690

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C02490

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL
1978-0083/1

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

737174

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1975-0098/223

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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