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Grosart, Allister - Interview

Item number (ISN):

389434

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1979-04-10/1979-04-11

Item number (ISN):

389434

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

STURSBERG, Peter

Accession:

1979-0067

Media:

Sound

Part:

4 of 4

Production date:

1979-04-10/1979-04-11

Production company:

Peter Stursberg (Interviewer)

Production credit:

interviewer, Peter Sturberg

Description:

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Interview of Senator Allister Grosart, former journalist; public relations consultant to the Progressive Conservative Party 1948-1956; and National Director and Campaign Manager for the Progressive Conservative Party 1957-1963, by author Peter Stursberg, about: his family background; reminiscences of his childhood in Ireland and in China; his grandfather A.B. Grosart; his mother Elsie Grosart (née Mackey); her activities as a medical missionary in China circa 1916-1923; his education; the China Inland Mission Boys School in Chefoo; North China; the China Inland Mission; World War I; the Chinese Expeditionary Force 1917; Chefoo (China); Ireland's struggle for independence; anti-English sentiment; travel in China circa 1920; Chinese warlords; the China Inland Mission at Pingyang Fu circa 1916-1923; mission life in China; Chinese ceremonial etiquette (kwei-tzu); colonial imperialism in China; the role of missionaries; his studies at the University of Toronto; winning the Carnegie Fellowship in International Law in 1928; and his experiences as a reporter with the Toronto Star. <4h 18mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Transcript available in the Peter Stursberg fonds.~2. First interview in a series.~3. Recorded by Peter Stursberg in Ottawa for the joint Library of Parliament-Public Archives of Canada oral history project.~4. Allister Grosart died on February 8, 1984.~5. There is no release form on file at Library and Archives Canada for this interview.

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Vault ISN:

459462

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C01992
C01993

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

2

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

Reproduction access:

Crown copyright : no donor restrictions : with written permission of interviewee

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