Collection search - Thompson, Robert N. - Interview

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Thompson, Robert N. - Interview

Item number (ISN):

389319

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1981-09-16

Item number (ISN):

389319

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

STURSBERG, Peter

Accession:

1981-0102

Media:

Sound

Part:

4 of 4

Production date:

1981-09-16

Production company:

Peter Stursberg (Interviewer)

Production credit:

interviewer, Peter Stursberg

Description:

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Interview of Dr. Robert N. Thompson, Professor Emeritus at Trinity Western College; former Social Credit Member of Parliament for Red Deer (1962-1968); former national leader of the Social Credit Party; and Conservative Member of Parliament for Red Deer (1968-1972), by author Peter Stursberg, about: Robert N. Thompson; his family background; his childhood and early education; his family; evolution of his political philosophy; his induction into the political arena; attending classes at the Prophetic Bible Institute in Calgary 1934-1935; William Aberhart; the Alberta provincial election in 1935; Social Credit; Robert Thompson; his teaching career; as political organizer for Social Credit in Manitoba 1935-1936; his decision to study chiropractic; his other schooling and degrees; Alberta politics in the 1920s and 1930s; the philosophy of Social Credit; Major Douglas; the Alberta Social Credit government 1935-1939; prosperity certificates; monthly dividends; the press law; W.A.C. Bennett; Ernest C. Manning; William Aberhart; Social Credit Party of Canada 1960-1968; Créditistes; Lester B. Pearson; demise of the Social Credit Party 1966-1967; Ralliement des Créditistes; Réal Caouette; the affair of the six Social Crediters in 1963; Robert Thompson; his resignation as leader of the Social Credit Party in February 1967; his decision to join the Conservative Party; the Liberals' offer, in the summer of 1966, of the External Affairs portfolio if he would cross the floor; Bud Olson; the flag debate; the 1968 federal election; Robert Thompson; his wife Hazel (née Kurth); his children; his decision to enlist in the 15th Alberta Light Horse in August 1940; his discharge and re-enlistment in the RCAF in October 1940; as Commander of No.7 Squadron in the Commonwealth Air Training Plan; his secondment for special assignment in Ethiopia (30 June 1943); travelling to Ethiopia; his assignments under contract to the Ethiopian government; his appointment as Commander of the Ethiopian Imperial Air Force; and learning Amharic. <3h 26mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Transcript available in the Peter Stursberg fonds.~2. The sound recording of the interview(s) and/or transcript(s) made from the interview(s) conducted on 16, 23 & 28 September 1981 are available for public access after 16, 23 & 28 September 1981. All claims of copyright by the interviewer or interviewee are hereby waived to ensure the widest possible access for research and publication.~3. First interview in a series of three.~4. Recorded by Peter Stursberg in Fort Langley, British Columbia for the joint Library of Parliament- Public Archives of Canada oral history project.~5. Robert N. Thompson died on 16 November 1997.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

459242

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C02872

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

459244

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C02873

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

GENCAT identity number:

MSS 22018

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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