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Kasin, Helen - Interview

Item number (ISN):

471240

Series title:

Cecil-Ross Society Oral History Project

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1996-10-02

Item number (ISN):

471240

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

CECIL-ROSS SOCIETY

Accession:

2001-0188

Media:

Sound

Part:

2 of 2

Production date:

1996-10-02

Production company:

Rick Stow (Interviewer)

Sponsor:

Cecil-Ross Society

Description:

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Interview of Helen Kasin by Rick Stow. Helen was born in rural Manitoba in 1901 to Ukrainian immigrant parents. She was schooled near Gilbert Plains. She did well, despite being teased for her Galician background. Helen went to grade ten. She went to work as a chambermaid at a nearby hotel. The lady there taught her to be a phone operator. From there she found similar work in Regina, in 1921. She connected with the Ukranian Labor-Farmer Temple Association (ULFTA). When Lenin died she helped organize the memorial. She joined the Party right after this, in 1924. Helen went to China for the 10th anniversary of the revolution. Helen briefly recalls the Estevan Strike, and On-to-Ottawa trek. She married in 1930 and moved to Winnipeg. In 1939 her husband was arrested and shipped to Kananaskis. He was in jail for twenty-seven months. Helen worked at the WBA. It had workers' comp scheme, and insurance policies. She gave it up when her sight failed, circa 1970. She remembers a 10-year-old Norman Penner addressing a May Day demo in Winnipeg. His father Jacob was an alderman. She recalls the other Manitoba Communist Party politicians elected to various offices. Helen was personal courier for Bill Kardash during the illegal period. She went five times to the Soviet Union. <120mn>

Language:

English

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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. Transcript available.~4. As Helen is legally blind, the process of signing the release form is verbalized at the end of the interview.~5. For acronym details consult Cecil-Ross glossary terms.

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Vault ISN:

933771

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

43620AV
43621AV

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

CASSETTE

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

1008610

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

471240-43620AV-1.WAV
471240-43620AV-2.WAV
471240-43621AV.WAV

Number of items:

3

Kind of sound:

BWF

Duration:

129:00

Made from:

43620AV
43621AV

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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