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Hamilton, William - Interview

Item number (ISN):

413395

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1974-02-03

Item number (ISN):

413395

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

STURSBERG, Peter

Accession:

1974-0018

Media:

Sound

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1974-02-03

Production company:

Peter Stursberg (Interviewer)

Production credit:

interviewer, Peter Stursberg

Description:

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Interview of William Hamilton, businessman and former Postmaster General of Canada, by Reporter Peter Stursberg, about: his business career; his political career; John G. Diefenbaker; George Drew; Fred Whitman; Arthur Burns; E. Davie Fulton; Léon Balcer; Egan Chambers; Pierre Sévigny; John Pratt; George Pearkes; W. Griffiths; Mike Starr; George Nowlan; Eric Kierans; Maurice Duplessis; Donald Fleming; Alvin Hamilton; Louis St. Laurent; Josie Quart; the 1953 federal election; the Progressive Conservative Party parliamentary caucus from 1953 to 1956; the 1956 Progressive Conservative Party leadership convention; the 1957 federal election; the formation of the Progressive Conservative Cabinet in 1957; the 1958 federal election; the achievements of the Progressive Conservative government from 1957 to 1963; relations between the Progressive Conservative Party and Quebec; nationalism; the Canadian flag; national unity; the federal public service; the post office; defence; the Royal Canadian Air Force; the Avro Arrow; international relations; the Commonwealth and South Africa. This interview was recorded by the Public Archives of Canada in William Hamilton’s home in Vancouver, British Columbia. <2h 9mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. The interview and the 45-page transcript are open for consultation.~2. LAC did not receive a release form.~3. William Hamilton died on 7 June 1989 at age 70.~4. Transcript available in the Peter Stursberg fonds.

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Vault ISN:

461179

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C00339

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Duration:

204:00

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

461191

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C00340

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Duration:

69:00

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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