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[Woollven, James A. : Interview]

Item number (ISN):

495692

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1984-10-03

Item number (ISN):

495692

Type of material:

Sound recordings

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Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

CANADA. NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF CANADA / ARCHIVES NATIONALES DU CANADA: CARTOGRAPHIC & ARCHITECTURAL ARCHIVES DIVISION

Accession:

1984-0412

Media:

Sound

Part:

2 of 2

Production date:

1984-10-03

Production credit:

interviewer, Nadia Kazymyra-Dzioba

Description:

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Oral history of the arcitectural firm and interior design atelier, The Iron Cat Ltd., with James A. Woollven architect. Childhood and adolescence. Date and place of birth. Parents, occupation. Elementary and secondary education. Recreational activities and holidays. Influences. University education. Why he decided to study architecture. Subjects, curriculum. professors, student life. Practicum. What was the effect of the conomy on Canadian architects in the early 1930s? What ptions were open to students of architecture in the early 1930s in getting practical experience? Forge on Martin Street in Dorval, 1931. Mrs Lefebvre. Teaching/working arrangment, costs. First product (mother cat follosed by three kittens) (John Held Jr.) (Description of day's work at the forge). Any difficulties. Names of the 5 students. Hose on the shore of Lake St. Louis. Mr. Meloche, rent, description of house. Showroom, contents, arrangement with the Canadian Handicrafts Guild. Attracting customers/orders. Weekend activities. Rapport among the 5 young men/religious differences. Summation of the summer's work/$25 profit. Cottage at Cap St. Jacque. Mr. Bigras, rent, description of house. Showroom. Customers/orders/car. Weekend activities/car. Summation of summer's work/$100 profit.~Work 1930s. Graduation 1933, marks/awards. Employment opportunities/self-employment. 2037 Victoria Street/description. Robertson estate/rent/business relationship. Growing pains of new business, registration, taxes, bankking, partnership responsibilities, choice of name. Remodelling 2037 Victora Street, valuable lesson, finances. Living accomodation/houseman. Social life. First products/cash flow problems/valuable lessons. Hiriing of 2 metal workers. Dissolution of original partnership and why. Norman MacGregor. Fred Davis. Jack Remmer. Important or memorable projects for the business in the 1930s. In which direction did Iron Cat expand, in interior design or in architectural design in the 1930s and why. Cabinet workshop. membership in PQAA. Relationship with Mr. Thacker/projects. Relationship with Harold Devitt. Mr. Robertson's offer regarding 2037 Victoria. Outbreak of war/marraige/active service. Summation of Iron Cat's reputation in the 1930s. ~Work 1960s and 1970s. move to 1225 Greene Street, description, reason, date. Iron Cat Ltd./Iron Cat Inc., reason, date. Memorable orders/projects. Comments on clients. Effect of the Parti-Quebecois on business. Change in Iron Cat's objectives/reduction of certain services/new directions. Harld Devitt's retirement/Peter Woollven. ~In you opinion what place does Iron Cat occup in Canadian interior design and architecture? In retrospect would you have operated Iron Cat differently? Is there any one project taht stands out most in your mind that you undertook? Has any other firm taken Iron Cat as an example and inspiration and developed along similar lines?

Notes:

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1. Recorded in Dorval, Quebec at the residence of James A. Woollven.

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Vault ISN:

731765

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1984-0412/1
1984-0412/2

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

CASSETTE

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

1095537

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

C04259

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

1984-0412/1
1984-0412/2

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1182161

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

495692-C04259.WAV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

BWF

Duration:

124:57

Made from:

C04259

Status:

MASTER
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