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Bill McNeil fonds [sound recording, textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Accession

Date:

1955-1993.

Reference:

1998-0091 VSA, 1998-00524-0

BAN no.:

1998-00524-0

Type of material:

Sound recordings, Textual material, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

137110

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Record information – Details

Date(s):

1955-1993.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

69 audio cassettes (ca. 66 h, 30 min).
67 audio reels (ca. 25 h).
0.2 m of textual records.
59 photographs b&w and col slides.

Language of material:

English

Provenance:

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McNeil, Bill, 1924-

Finding aid:

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Sound recordings (Electronic) See MISACS database for item-level descriptions. (Restrictions not set)

Graphic (photo): (No finding aid)

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General note:

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Accession consists of sound recordings of radio broadcasts and interviews prepared for broadcast, as well as oral history interviews about the history of Canadian radio conducted as research material for the book Signing on the birth of radio in Canada; also included are correspondence, manuscripts, printed material and photographs documenting Bill McNeil's career as a broadcaster and writer.
Among the radio series represented are Voice of the Pioneer and Fresh Air.
The textual records consist of correspondence and memoranda largely relating to the CBC and to publishing; manuscripts for a projected book on Cape Breton as well as a manuscripts of a book review and a speech; a scrapbook relating to McNeil's book 'Voice of the Pioneer'; clippings and publicity material; and memorabilia including a compilation of recipes from the radio programme 'Fresh Air' and a booklet of skit material written by Sergeant E.G. Charter for 'The Dumbells' ca. 1917.
Accession consists of some CBC publicity photos of radio broadcast Fresh Air, ca. 1980's, portraits include Alan Millar and Cyril Strange; slides of his book signing "Voice of the pioneer", Toronto, On., 1979, portraits include Pauline McGibbon, Lloyd Robertson and Roland Michener; some of his interview sessions for his book, photos taken by Robert C. Ragsdale; passport and colour portraits of Bill McNeil, ca. 1960-1980.

Dates of creation note:

The accession includes one document dated ca. 1917 collected by Bill McNeil.

Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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R8296-0-6-E

Former registration no.:

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3213 (1998-01-30)

Other accession no.:

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1998-0091 VSA
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Sound recordings

[Consultation90 Open]

Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [1998-00524-0] 1--2

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Graphic (photo)

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The recipient of copies is responsible for determining whether material is subject to copyright and for ascertaining the name of the person or organization holding copyright. The recipient is also responsible for determining whether any use of copyrighted material does or does not constitute an infringement of copyright under the Copyright Act.
The making of copies of the sound recordings requires the written permission of the copyright owner. There are no donor restrictions. The copyright holder for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) radio broadcasts is the CBC. The copyright owner of the pre-broadcast interviews done by Bill McNeil is Bill McNeil.
Textual records: The recipient of copies is responsible for determining whether material is subject to copyright and for ascertaining the name of the person or organization holding copyright. The recipient is also responsible for determining whether any use of copyrighted material does or does not constitute an infringement of copyright under the Copyright Act.
Graphic (photo): various copyright
Contact for Bill McNeil: Dawn Marie McNeil Lemaire.

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