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Helen Carscallen fonds [textual record, sound recording]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1962-1975.

Reference:

R2254-0-9-E, MG30-C246

Type of material:

Textual material, Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

106649

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Helen Carscallen fonds
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Fonds includes:

2 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1962-1975.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

10 cm of textual records.
1 audio reel (26 min).

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of notes and transcripts of interviews; thesis on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation television production 'This Hour Has Seven Days'; and proceedings of a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation sponsored conference on 'The Real World of Women'.

The fonds also included a sound recording which is part of an unidentified seminar by Marshall McLuhan, 1966.

Provenance:

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Carscallen, Helen, 1916-

Biography/Administrative history:

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Carscallen, Helen, 1916- : Helen Carscallen was born in Chengtu, Szechuan, West China. Her parents were educational missionaries. (Please see the Hulda May Carscallen and Rev. Charles Carscallen fonds, MG 30 C 245, for more information). In 1956, Helen joined the staff of CBC's Public Affairs Department as a Program Organizer. (This title was later changed to Executive Producer). She organized and edited a one-hour daily radio program called 'Trans-Canada matinee'. In 1961-62, along with Helen James, she organized a conference on the status of women in Canada, called 'The Real world of women' held at the University of Toronto in September 1962.

Subsequently she was asked to initiate and organize a daily national half-hour television program called 'Take thirty'.

In 1965, she returned to the University of Toronto for post graduate studies. Her M.A. Thesis, called 'Social control in a broadcasting system', was a study of the clash between CBC Management and the producers and staff of a weekly hour-long program called 'This hour has seven days'.

In more recent years, Helen has pursued an independent acting career in film and theatre. She has at least 41 credits in films and was nominated Best Supporting Actress in the 1986 ACTRA Awards for her role in the CBC-TV drama, 'The Other kingdom'.

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Sound recording: (Electronic) See MISACS for item level descriptions.

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General note:

Donated by Helen Carscallen in 1992.
Subject heading:

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Women in television broadcasting, 1962-1966

Patrick Watson - Interviews, [1965-1966, 1975]

H.G. Walker - Interviews, [1965-1966, 1975]

Jack Webster - Interviews, [1965-1966, 1975]

Douglas Leiterman - Interviews, [1965-1966, 1975]

Women - Canada

Broadcasting
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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120-020024-1
120-020066-7
1992-0237 MISA
2166 (1992-08-20)

Former archival reference no.:

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MG30-C246
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG30 C 246] 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Sound recordings

[Consultation90 Open]

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Sound recording: Use and/or reproduction with permission of Corine McLuhan. Copyright: unknown.

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Date modified:: 2024-07-24