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Cherniak, Isaac - Interview

Item number (ISN):

380570

Series title:

[The Great War and Canadian Society]

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1974-06-18

Item number (ISN):

380570

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:

2 of 2

Production date:

1974-06-18

Production company:

Opportunities for Youth

Production credit:

interviewer, William Richardson

Description:

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Isaac Cherniak, age 81, was born in 1893 in Russia and came to Canada in 1913. He talks about: his education at a technical school before immigrating to Canada; deciding to leave Russia because there was no way for a Jew to earn a living in Russia and he did not want to join the Russian army; his training as a builder of agricultural machinery, a skill that proved useless in Canada; moving to Winnipeg, where his aunt and uncle lived; going to school in Winnipeg to learn English; having trouble finding a job; various jobs he had, such as delivering newspapers and parcels, and working in a wholesale grocery; quitting his job during the First World War because he was refused a raise, and going into business with another man; selling his business after the war because his creditors did not pay him back; moving to Alaska and Saskatchewan; buying a store and giving credit to farmers, who had trouble paying their bills; selling his store; his marriage; moving to Brandon, Manitoba and buying another business; more about his life in Winnipeg; how the war brought employment and prosperity; the Depression of the 1930s; going back to Russia in 1929 to visit his family; small town life in Russia at that time; his mother telling him about the Russian revolution; more about the jobs he had when he settled in Winnipeg; more about his education in Russia; memories of his family in Russia; the hardships faced by immigrants to Canada; the difficulty some immigrants had in farming; anti-semitism; how hard it was to earn a living and save money; his plan to send for his brothers in Russia and their decision to remain in Russia because they were already established there.

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:

437693

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C02493

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

437694

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C02494

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

737183

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1975-0098/233

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CASSETTE

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG
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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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