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Bilecki, Betsy - Interview

Item number (ISN):

471052

Series title:

Cecil-Ross Society Oral History Project

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1997-09-26

Item number (ISN):

471052

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

CECIL-ROSS SOCIETY

Accession:

2001-0188

Media:

Sound

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1997-09-26

Production company:

Rick Stow (Interviewer)

Sponsor:

Cecil-Ross Society

Description:

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Interview of Betsy Bilecki by Rick Stow. Betsy was born in 1944. Her family, Ukrainian Canadian, has its roots in Winnipeg and Montreal. Her father was interned during the early part of World War Two. The family returned to Quebec while he was incarcerated, and that is where she was born. Her dad had led the Young Communist League (YCL) in Quebec before being transferred to an Association of United Ukrainian Canadians (AUUC) position in Winnipeg, where the family put down its roots in 1947. In Toronto she worked at a couple of jobs, then was assigned to reclaim Globe Tours from a dissident management. In 1980 Globe was moved to Winnipeg, and she returned to Manitoba. Betsy had joined the YCL and graduated to the Party. She tells of meeting her husband, and the specific circumstances that led to the cooption of Globe Tours. She outlines its activities. In 1968, she left the Party over Czechoslovakia, but remained in positions of trust. Her father persuaded her to rejoin in the early 1990s. She had great hopes that Hewison would modernize the Communist Party of Canada (CPC). After the split, Ukrainian nationalists took more interest in the AUUC, but they cannot adopt Franco. <66mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. IDC originally created by Rick Stow.~2. For copyright details see standard purchase agreement in acquisition file signed 2001. ~3. Interview permission form reads: E.A. Bilecki.~4. Transcript available.~5. For further acronym details consult Cecil-Ross glossary terms.

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Vault ISN:

933753

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

43602AV

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CASSETTE

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

1008591

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

471052-43602AV-1.WAV
471052-43602AV-2.WAV

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

BWF

Duration:

76:00

Made from:

43602AV

Status:

MASTER
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Copyright status:

Under Copyright

Copyright owner:

Original copyright owner: Cecil-Ross Society~Copyright owner: Library and Archives Canada

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