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  1. 1
    Interview of Harry Gairey Sr. by an unidentified female interviewer
    1 digital object(s)

    Interview of Harry Gairey Sr. by an unidentified female interviewer

    Archives / Film, Video and Sound
    Item (Accession level)
    Sound recordings
    Item number (ISN):
    417384
    Consultation:
    open
    Reproduction access:
    No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions
    Item number (ISN):
    417384
    Consultation copy number:
    A1 2014-04-0008
    Harry Gairey Sr, who was born in Jamaica in 1898 and immigrated to Toronto in 1914, speaks at length about his experiences as a porter for the Canadian 
  2. 2
    Interviews of Coward King, Clyde Livingston Arthur, George Forray, Vincent Elaine Russell Padmore, and Clarence Coleman by Stanley Grizzle.
    1 digital object(s)

    Interviews of Velma Iris Coward King, Clyde Livingston Arthur, George Forray, Elaine Russell Padmore, and Clarence Coleman by Stanley Grizzle

    Archives / Film, Video and Sound
    Item (Accession level)
    Sound recordings
    Item number (ISN):
    417383
    Item number (ISN):
    417383
    Consultation copy number:
    A1 2014-04-0008
    This sound recording contains interviews with five individuals. Mrs. Coward King speaks to the work done by the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and its 
  3. 3
    Interview of Mr. Grayson by an unidentified female interviewer.
    1 digital object(s)

    Interview of Mel Grayson by an unidentified female interviewer.

    Archives / Film, Video and Sound
    Item (Accession level)
    Sound recordings
    Item number (ISN):
    417380
    Item number (ISN):
    417380
    Consultation copy number:
    A1 2014-04-0008
    Side 1: Mel Grayson provides a detailed discussion of porters‹ € experiences, including job descriptions for the roles of Porter Instructor, 
  4. 4
    Interviews of Roy Williams, Willis Richardson, Cordie Williams, and Odell Holmes by Stanley Grizzle.
    1 digital object(s)

    Interviews of Roy Williams, Willis Richardson, Cordie Williams, and Odell Holmes by Stanley Grizzle.

    Archives / Film, Video and Sound
    Item (Accession level)
    Sound recordings
    Item number (ISN):
    417389
    Consultation:
    open
    Reproduction access:
    No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions
    Item number (ISN):
    417389
    Consultation copy number:
    A1 2014-04-0008
    This sound recording contains interviews with four individuals. Roy Williams recounts key union leaders who were integral in the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car 
  5. 5
    Interview of Mr. Bill Overton by and unidentified woman.
    1 digital object(s)

    Interview of Mr. Bill Overton by and unidentified woman.

    Archives / Film, Video and Sound
    Item (Accession level)
    Sound recordings
    Item number (ISN):
    417397
    Consultation:
    open
    Reproduction access:
    No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions
    Item number (ISN):
    417397
    Consultation copy number:
    A1 2014-04-0008
    Mr. Bill Overton begins by describing an early and memorable trip on the Grand Trunk Railway to Niagara Falls, and then recounts some of the common train 
  6. 6
    Interview of Mr. Raymond Coker by an unidentified female interviewer. <28mn>
    1 digital object(s)

    Interview of Raymond Coker by an unidentified female interviewer. «28mn»

    Archives / Film, Video and Sound
    Item (Accession level)
    Sound recordings
    Item number (ISN):
    417381
    Item number (ISN):
    417381
    Consultation copy number:
    A1 2014-04-0008
    Raymond Coker speaks at length about life as a Black man and porter before and after the implementation of the 1953 Fair Employment Practices Act
  7. 7
    Interviews of Ivy Lawrence Mayniar and Oliver Davis by Stanley Grizzle.
    1 digital object(s)

    Interviews of Ivy Lawrence Mayniar and Oliver Davis by Stanley Grizzle.

    Archives / Film, Video and Sound
    Item (Accession level)
    Sound recordings
    Item number (ISN):
    417387
    Consultation:
    open
    Reproduction access:
    No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions
    Item number (ISN):
    417387
    Consultation copy number:
    A1 2014-04-0008
    This sound recording contains interviews with two individuals. Ivy Lawrence Mayniar speaks about her education to enable her to practice law, 
  8. 8
    No. 75
    1 digital object(s)

    No. 75

    Archives / Film, Video and Sound
    Item (Accession level)
    Moving images
    Item number (ISN):
    33281
    Series title:
    Canadian Army Newsreel
    Consultation:
    Open
    Reproduction access:
    with written permission of copyright owner : no donor restrictions~The CAFU material is Crown copyright, expired as of 1996, and now in the public domain.
    Item number (ISN):
    33281
    Consultation copy number:
    V1 8607-0036
    ... young children; bearded sailors bring their tots in for a checkup; children playing at the nursery school.~4. Army Corrals Displaced Persons: Ex-slave 
  9. 9
    No. 20
    1 digital object(s)

    No. 20

    Archives / Film, Video and Sound
    Item (Accession level)
    Moving images
    Item number (ISN):
    33081
    Series title:
    Canadian Army Newsreel
    Consultation:
    Open
    Reproduction access:
    with written permission of copyright owner : no donor restrictions~The CAFU material is Crown copyright, expired as of 1996, and now in the public domain.
    Item number (ISN):
    33081
    Consultation copy number:
    V1 8607-0031
    ... young veterans of Dieppe is chronicled in a unique first-person style narration; 1st Division Veterans in training; scenes from a naval battle at Dieppe 
  10. 10
    Vol. 1, Issue 52 : [excerpt]
    1 digital object(s)

    Vol. 1, Issue 52 : [excerpt]

    Archives / Film, Video and Sound
    Item (Accession level)
    Moving images
    Item number (ISN):
    22320
    Series title:
    International News
    Consultation:
    Open
    Reproduction access:
    No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions
    Item number (ISN):
    22320
    Consultation copy number:
    V1 8702-0038
    ... young boy seated beside him; another man climbs out; several shots of the hydrofoil speeding toward and away from the camera; and the shoreline of Baddeck 
  11. 11
    The Education of the New Canadian
    1 digital object(s)

    The Education of the New Canadian

    Archives / Film, Video and Sound
    Item (Accession level)
    Moving images
    Item number (ISN):
    12247
    Consultation:
    Open
    Reproduction access:
    with written permission of copyright owner : no donor restrictions~Dick Bird died in 1986.~Ada Bird, his wife, died in approximately 2003.
    Item number (ISN):
    12247
    Consultation copy number:
    V1 8510-0226 V1 2011-09-0002
    ... young Canadians born on our liberty loving soil are proudly marching by as their parents - of Ruthenian, German, Polish, Bohemian, etc. descent - gaze with 
  12. 12
    Interview of Mr. Green by an unidentified female interviewer
    1 digital object(s)

    Interview of Mr. Green by an unidentified female interviewer

    Archives / Film, Video and Sound
    Item (Accession level)
    Sound recordings
    Item number (ISN):
    417379
    Consultation:
    open
    Reproduction access:
    No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions
    Item number (ISN):
    417379
    Consultation copy number:
    A1 2014-04-0008
    Side 1: several former porters discuss living and working conditions during the Depression and Second World War and how this job allowed for upward mobility 
  13. 13
    Interviews of Clarence Est, Joseph Morris Sealy, Evelyn Braxton and Velma King by Stanley Grizzle.
    1 digital object(s)

    Interviews of Clarence Nathaniel Este, Joseph Morris Sealy, Evelyn Braxton, and Velma Iris Coward King by Stanley Grizzle

    Archives / Film, Video and Sound
    Item (Accession level)
    Sound recordings
    Item number (ISN):
    417386
    Item number (ISN):
    417386
    Consultation copy number:
    A1 2014-04-0008
    This sound recording contains interviews with four individuals. Clarence Nathaniel Este speaks to the important role played by the Brotherhood of Sleeping 
  14. 14
    Interviews of Helen Williams Bailey, Otis Brown, Aurelius Bennett, Jesse Samuel Hobson, Laura Elizabeth Gilberry, and Robert Jamerson by Stanley Grizzle
    1 digital object(s)

    Interviews of Helen Williams Bailey, Otis Brown, Aurelius Bennett, Jesse Samuel Hobson, Laura Elizabeth Gilberry, and Robert Jamerson by Stanley Grizzle

    Archives / Film, Video and Sound
    Item (Accession level)
    Sound recordings
    Item number (ISN):
    417400
    Consultation:
    open
    Reproduction access:
    No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions
    Item number (ISN):
    417400
    Consultation copy number:
    A1 2014-04-0008
    Helen Williams Bailey discusses her role as first president of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters in Winnipeg
  15. 15
    Interviews of Leo Gaskins, William C. Kingfish Wright, and Leonard Oscar Johnston by Stanley Grizzle
    1 digital object(s)

    Interviews of Leo Gaskins, William C. Kingfish Wright, and Leonard Oscar Johnston by Stanley Grizzle

    Archives / Film, Video and Sound
    Item (Accession level)
    Sound recordings
    Item number (ISN):
    417394
    Consultation:
    open
    Reproduction access:
    No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions
    Item number (ISN):
    417394
    Consultation copy number:
    A1 2014-04-0008
    ... young adult as a member of the Harlem Aces, an all-Black orchestra that originated in Toronto, was excluded from the Toronto Musicians' Union, and travelled 
  16. 16
    Secrets of Chinatown = The Black Robe
    1 digital object(s)

    Secrets of Chinatown = The Black Robe

    Archives / Film, Video and Sound
    Item (Accession level)
    Moving images
    Item number (ISN):
    24053
    Consultation:
    Open
    Reproduction access:
    restrictions vary : see notes field on individual IDCs : with permission of AFI
    Item number (ISN):
    24053
    Consultation copy number:
    V1 9804-0007
    Mystery drama set in Victoria's Chinatown. <52mn 22s>
  17. 17
    No. 68
    1 digital object(s)

    No. 68

    Archives / Film, Video and Sound
    Item (Accession level)
    Moving images
    Item number (ISN):
    33255
    Series title:
    Canadian Army Newsreel
    Consultation:
    Open
    Reproduction access:
    with written permission of copyright owner : no donor restrictions~The CAFU material is Crown copyright, expired as of 1996, and now in the public domain.
    Item number (ISN):
    33255
    Consultation copy number:
    V1 8607-0035
    ... and Poland are released; Neuenhause captured with its railway intact; young people in Arnhem; shelling; resistance at Zutphen; sniper's victims
  18. 18
    No. 35
    1 digital object(s)

    No. 35

    Archives / Film, Video and Sound
    Item (Accession level)
    Moving images
    Item number (ISN):
    33114
    Series title:
    Canadian Army Newsreel
    Consultation:
    Open
    Reproduction access:
    with written permission of copyright owner : no donor restrictions~The CAFU material is Crown copyright, expired as of 1996, and now in the public domain.
    Item number (ISN):
    33114
    Consultation copy number:
    V1 8607-0033
    ... fighter plane is shot down, the pilot parachutes out of his plane and is captured by the Canadians; young German prisoners; empty shell cases are salvaged
  19. 19
    Interviews with two unidentified interviewees by an unidentified interviewer.
    1 digital object(s)

    Interviews with two unidentified interviewees by an unidentified interviewer.

    Archives / Film, Video and Sound
    Item (Accession level)
    Sound recordings
    Item number (ISN):
    417390
    Consultation:
    open
    Reproduction access:
    No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions
    Item number (ISN):
    417390
    Consultation copy number:
    A1 2014-04-0008
    Unknown male interviewee: A broad overview of the rhythms and experiences of porter life, which notes the camaraderie among and between porters
  20. 20
    Interviews of Mr. Leonard O'Johnson and Helen Wachter by Stanley Grizzle.
    1 digital object(s)

    Interviews of Mr. Leonard O'Johnson and Helen Wachter by Stanley Grizzle.

    Archives / Film, Video and Sound
    Item (Accession level)
    Sound recordings
    Item number (ISN):
    417396
    Consultation:
    open
    Reproduction access:
    No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions
    Item number (ISN):
    417396
    Consultation copy number:
    A1 2014-04-0008
    This sound recording contains interviews with two individuals. Mr. Leonard O'Johnson speaks about the history of union organizing and how his affiliation 
  21. 21
    Interview of Mr. Bill Overton by an unidentified female interviewer.
    1 digital object(s)

    Interview of Bill Overton by an unidentified female interviewer.

    Archives / Film, Video and Sound
    Item (Accession level)
    Sound recordings
    Item number (ISN):
    417382
    Item number (ISN):
    417382
    Consultation copy number:
    A1 2014-04-0008
    Bill Overton speaks about his every day and labour experiences on and off the railway from 1909 to 1954. Immigrating from Cambridge, Massachusetts, 
  22. 22
    Interviews of Theodore Stanley King, Melvin Crump, and Essex Silas Richard “Dick” Bellamy by Stanley Grizzle.
    1 digital object(s)

    Interviews of Theodore Stanley King, Melvin Crump, and Essex Silas Richard “Dick” Bellamy by Stanley Grizzle.

    Archives / Film, Video and Sound
    Item (Accession level)
    Sound recordings
    Item number (ISN):
    417403
    Consultation:
    open
    Reproduction access:
    No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions
    Item number (ISN):
    417403
    Consultation copy number:
    A1 2014-04-0008
    Theodore Stanley King relays his experiences as a sleeping car porter while also speaking to those of his father. In addition to discussing the Brotherhood 
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