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Ferguson, J.G. - Interview

Item number (ISN):

379007

Series title:

[The Great War and Canadian Society]

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1974-06-13

Item number (ISN):

379007

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

THE GREAT WAR AND CANADIAN SOCIETY PROJECT

Accession:

1975-0098

Media:

Sound

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1974-06-13

Production company:

Opportunities for Youth

Production credit:

interviewer, Bradley K. Adams

Description:

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An interview with Dr. J.G. Ferguson of Toronto, age 76, who was born in Huron County in 1898. Among the subjects discussed are: his childhood in rural Huron County; his enlistment in the First World War; the support of people of Anglo-Saxon background for the war; conflicts between Scots Presbyterians and Irish Catholics; back to reasons for enlisting, such as the propaganda of the era, the images of soldiers "playing at war" and the pressure arising from the feeling that joining up was the thing to do; efforts by men to avoid military service, such as farming and getting married; his brother’s service in the pre-war militia and during the First World War; Ferguson’s never having been so far away from home before; enjoying his military training in Ottawa; adjusting to military life; being mad at the non-commissioned officers for being abusive with the soldiers; befriending some Americans who came up to Canada to enlist; a friend from Quebec; the decision by some people to volunteer for overseas service because they were seeking adventure, even though they saw what was going on and knew what they were getting into; his experiences in battle in March 1918 as Canadian forces held off the Germans; his first impression of the noise made by shells; help given by the Salvation Army to soldiers stationed at the front; an incident of theft in Rouen; female Salvation Army workers; Sir Arthur Currie and other authorities; the Canadian monument at Mons; the Armistice celebrations at Mons; his sadness at leaving the army because he had made a lot of friends and felt lonely afterwards; trouble at a camp in Wales before the troops left from Glasgow to return to Canada; unrest caused because the Canadian troops were anxious to get back to Canada; pails full of beer; trouble among soldiers at Epsom; his discharge; rehabilitation; graduating from high school after the war; the misuse of funds meant for war veterans; adjusting to life after the war; his work after the war as a farmer and running playground programs; studying to be a doctor and his view that the war had not changed him.

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. The interviews took place in 1974 and resulted in the publication of a book entitled "The Great War and Canadian Society" edited by Daphne Read - copyright 1978 - New Hogtown Press, Toronto.~2. Release forms, data sheets, and summary analysis/transcripts are available in binders labelled Opportunities for Youth - War and Canadian Society in VSA's audio-visual section.~3. Part of a series of recorded interviews with elderly citizens who lived in Canada during the period of World War I. The interview material consists of their opinions and observations about the war, the war years, and the effect on Canadian society during and after WWI.
~4. The interviewee signed an agreement giving consent for a recording of this interview to be placed in the Public Archives of Canada for the purposes of historical research and also signed a publication agreement allowing any transcribed portions of the interview to be used in the book under the condition that no full names, addresses or phone numbers would be published.~5. Subject description is based on information found in the fact sheet, deposit agreement, publication agreement and summary analysis.

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Vault ISN:

436272

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C01354

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

438139

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A1 2007-05-0019

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Duration:

69:32

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

736927

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1975-0098/027

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CASSETTE

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

1003783

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A4 2007-05-0019

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Made from:

C01353
C01354

Status:

MASTER
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

A1 2007-05-0019

Restrictions on consultation:

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Reproduction access:

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur

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