Collection search - Harris, Reverend George G. - Interview

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Harris, Reverend George G. - Interview

Item number (ISN):

176887

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1971-07-13

Item number (ISN):

176887

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

MCNEIL, Bill

Accession:

1981-0111

Media:

Sound

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1971-07-13

Production company:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Production credit:

interviewer, George S. Atkins

Description:

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Unedited interview of the Reverend George G. Harris of Rapid City, Manitoba, who was born in Teeswater, Ontario in 1883. He talks about: how he went to Regina in 1902, aboard a harvest excursion train, although he did not work on the harvest; the harvest excursion trains; and the work done by the harvesters.~He describes: his first teaching job in the Qu'Appelle Valley; the curriculum; daily routine; recreational activities such as skating, hockey games, and sleigh rides; floods in the valley; and his attendance as a delegate to a convention of student volunteers in Nashville, Tennessee, circa 1906.~Harris describes his next career, that of Christian Education missionary in China for the Methodist Church from 1909 to 1916. He talks about: the Chinese people and their culture; the political turmoil brought about by the crumbling of the Manchu empire and the revolution led by Sun Yat-sen in 1911; and his teaching high school in Chungking from 1912 to 1916.~The next stage of his career began when he left China for health reasons in 1916. He talks about: his work as a high school teacher in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan for 26 years; the economic hardships he observed as a school inspector in the province from 1928 to 1931; his memory of the first time he heard a radio broadcast, in 1923; and the potential for radio in education.~Harris also discusses his work as a United Church minister; his longevity; health; his work as mayor of Rapid City; and other activities and interests.

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. See Collection File for memo, dated 23 September 1971, from George S. Atkins, senior commentator in the CBC Radio Agriculture and Resources Department, to Bill McNeil, co-producer of the VOICE OF THE PIONEER radio series, recommending this interview for inclusion in the series.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

176542

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1981-0111/115

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

652609

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

176887-1981-0111-115.WAV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

BWF

Made from:

1981-0111/115

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

652610

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

176887-1981-0111-115.MP3

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

MP3

Made from:

1981-0111/115

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

Open

Restrictions on consultation:

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : with permisson of Bill McNeilCBC has rights only for one broadcast of VOICE OF THE PIONEER.Contact for Bill McNeil: Dawn McNeil Lemaire.

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