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Blackstock, C.R. - Interview

Item number (ISN):

435131

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1978-05-15

Item number (ISN):

435131

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

DAVIDSON, Stewart

Accession:

1980-0014

Media:

Sound

Part:

2 of 2

Production date:

1978-05-15

Production company:

Stewart A. Davidson (Interviewer)

Production credit:

interviewer, Stewart A. Davidson

Description:

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Interview of C.R. "Blackie" Blackstock in his Ottawa apartment, about: his early days as a youth in Barrie, Ontario and surrounding community; his work experience with the Bank of Nova Scotia; early experiences with the YMCA; responsibilities at Pickering College, Newmarket, Ontario; physical education at Pickering College and schools in Ontario in the early 1930s, specifically the house system of intramurals, group innoculation of the tetanus toxoid and the development of the health education curriculum; undergraduate studies in physical education at McGill University and the University of Wisconsin; experience as a student and instructor in the first four-year degree program in physical education at McGill; recollections of his personal and professional association with Dr. Arthur S. "Dad" Lamb at McGill; founding of the Canadian Physical Education Association in 1933 and opinions of major accomplishments of this organization; early experiences in camping and outdoor education with recollections of the introduction of school camping in Canada at Pickering College in the early 1930s; the development of the Canadian Red Cross Water Safety instructional program in 1945 and his subsequent experience as national director of the program from 1959 to 1965; his interest in the development of the Mill of Kintail museum in Almonte, Ontario as a shrine to R. Tait McKenzie; personal impressions of R. Tail McKenzie and his works; references to close progressional colleagues considered to have made significant contributions to the field, including Robert Jarman, Gordon Brandreth, J.C. Crocker, A.S. Lamb, Ethel Cartwright, Jessie Harriott, Mary Barker, Mary Hamilton and Gwyneth Lloyd; his opinions on events considered to have been significant accomplishments within the physical education profession in Canada during the 20th century, such as the public recognition of physical education as an academic discipline, the development of university degree programs in physical education and the greater interchange of ideas, programs, knowledge and competition; his personal opinions on the direction the profession should take in the future and identification of the most pressing needs; and a discussion of the initiation and organization of Quaker Relays for Ontario high schools, begun at Pickering College in 1954 and still in effect in 1978.

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. This is part of a series of interviews done by Professor Stewart Davidson of the School of Human Kinetics of the University of Ottawa, as part of a study of the history of physical education in Canada.~2. The oral history interviews were recorded by the donor/creator on audio cassettes provided by the Public Archives of Canada. ~3. Donor/interviewer granted permission to reproduce, publish or broadcast after 1 July 1981.~4. On cassettes 1980-0014/1 and 2.~5. Dr. Stewart Davidson died on 22 June 2002.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

723811

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1980-0014/01
1980-0014/02

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

CASSETTE

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG
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Conditions of access:

Open

Donor restrictions:

No donor restrictions.

Copyright status:

Copyright waived

Reproduction access:

copyright waived : no donor restrictionsThe Collection File states: "Thye interviews are available for further research but permission is required to publish or broadcast any portions of them until July 1, 1981".

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