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Douglas, Tommy C. - Interview

Item number (ISN):

413461

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1976-09-03

Item number (ISN):

413461

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

STURSBERG, Peter

Accession:

1976-0150

Media:

Sound

Part:

3 of 3

Production date:

1976-09-03

Production company:

Peter Stursberg (Interviewer)

Production credit:

interviewer, Peter Stursberg

Description:

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Interview of Tommy C. Douglas, New Democratic Party (NDP) Member of Parliament, former leader of the NDP from 1961 to 1971 and former Premier of Saskatchewan from 1944 to 1961, by author Peter Stursberg, about: Douglas’ political career; Lester B. Pearson; the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF); the New Democratic Party’s founding conference in 1961; Hazen Argue; the 1962 federal election; support for the NDP from organized labour; the Progressive Conservative government from 1962 to 1963; the 1963 federal election; John G. Diefenbaker; William Lyon Mackenzie King; Louis St. Laurent; the Liberal government’s '60 days of decision'; Walter Gordon’s budget in 1963; the Liberal government of 1963 to 1968; NDP cooperation with the Liberal government in 1964; Douglas Fisher; David Lewis; Keith Davey; Paul Martin; the defection of Hazen Argue from the NDP to the Liberal Party in 1962; Liberal Party political scandals; the Gerda Munsinger affair; Harry Binder; Ernest Lapointe; Lucien Cardin; bilingualism; national unity; the federal election of 1965; the Liberal Party’s defeat in the House of Commons in February 1968; Robert Stanfield; Réal Caouette; feelings of alienation of West Canada toward the Liberal Party; Lester B. Pearson’s achievements; the new Canadian flag and the Canada Pension Plan. This interview was recorded at the Public Archives of Canada in Ottawa. <2h 44mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. The release form states that the rights, title, interest and copyright are assigned to Her Majesty, physical ownership is retained by Her Majesty and the tape recordings and 85-page transcript were opened for research as of publication of Peter Stursberg's book on Lester B. Pearson entitled Lester Pearson and the Dream of Unity, published in 1978.~2. The finding aid states that consultation was closed, except with the permission of Peter Stursberg, until 31 December 1980.~3. The contents of the finding aid are now in this database.

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Vault ISN:

675004

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C00864

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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