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Pierce, Sydney - Interview

Item number (ISN):

390390

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1978-06-14

Item number (ISN):

390390

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

STURSBERG, Peter

Accession:

1978-0090

Media:

Sound

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1978-06-14

Production company:

Peter Stursberg (Interviewer)

Production credit:

interviewer, Peter Stursberg

Description:

Interview of retired diplomat Sidney Pierce, by author Peter Stursberg, about: Sidney Pierce's education; his career as Director of the Washington Office of Munitions and Supply (1939-1944) and with the Department of External Affairs (1945-1967); his memories of Lester B. Pearson; Pierce's father; the planting of orange groves in Palestine in 1927; Lester B. Pearson's interest in baseball; the Department of External Affairs circa 1945-1972; Canadian foreign policy about Latin America; Hector MacKinnon; the Kennedy Round tariff negotiations in Geneva in 1967; Lester B. Pearson's advice to officers in the foreign service; and Pearson's sense of humour. <1h>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Transcript available in the Peter Stursberg fonds.~2. Recorded in Ottawa for the second volume of Peter Stursberg's book on Lester B. Pearson.~3. Closed, except for permission of Peter Stursberg, until 31 December 1980.~4. Release form reads: The sound recording of the interview(s) and/or transcript(s) made from the interview(s) conducted on 14 June 1978 are available for public access after 14 June 1978. All claims of copyright by the interviewer or interviewee are hereby waived to ensure the widest possible access for research and publication.

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Vault ISN:

455576

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C01343

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

503566

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C01342

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Duration:

133:00

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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