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Cudmore, Evelyn - Interview

Item number (ISN):

435319

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1979-03-29

Item number (ISN):

435319

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:

1979-03-29

Production company:

Stewart A. Davidson (Interviewer)

Production credit:

interviewer, Stewart A. Davidson

Description:

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Interview of Evelyn Cudmore as part of a series of oral history interviews of pioneers in Canadian physical education, sport and recreation. The interview was conducted by Dr. Stewart A Davidson in Cudmore’s home in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, on the evening of 29 March 1979. Cudmore talks about: introduction to swimming instruction in a girls’ camp in Prince Edward Island; participation in the first Red Cross swimming instructors’ course in Toronto in 1945; the evolution of the Red Cross Swimming and Water Safety program and involvement therein; her involvement with the Royal Life Saving Society; further development of the Red Cross Water Safety program and the Small Craft Safety program; the structure of the Red Cross Society in Canada; the National Lifeguard Service certification program; impressions of the outdoor survival program for children as developed in the Ontario camp of Kirk Whipper; early experience with the Girl Guide program and her role as member of the team advocating changes; her experiences with the YMCA and responsibilities as a member of the Board of Directors; thoughts on the development of physical education in Prince Edward Island and the founding of the Maritime Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (later known as the APHPERA); professional associates over the years and comments on their particular contributions to the field, including: Hugh Noble; Stan Spicer; Blackie Blackstock; Dorothy Walker; Freda Wales; Doug Eaton; Gladys Bean; Mac McCutcheon; Braden Staples; Al Thiessen; Bill Leblanc; Cam King; Fred Will Rooke; Helen Trosser; Gil Gilmet; Lynn Winters; Audrey Bayles; Jan Benjamin and Jean MacDonald; and her philosophical reflections on the values derived from out-tripping.

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 1980-0014/72 and 73.

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Vault ISN:

723866

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1980-0014/72
1980-0014/73

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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