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Tepluck, John - Interview

Item number (ISN):

380555

Series title:

[The Great War and Canadian Society]

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1974-07-23

Item number (ISN):

380555

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:

1974-07-23

Production company:

Opportunities for Youth

Production credit:

interviewer, Sharon Mintz

Description:

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Interview of John Tepluck, age 79, who was born in Ukraine in 1895 and came to Canada in 1913. He talks about: his parents who were farmers in Ukraine; the family’s decision to come to Canada because of advertising pitches to immigrants; settling in Manitoba; farming grain; his siblings; building a school for the community; the economic depression during the First World War; mobilization for war; the reluctance of some men in the community to leave their farms and go to war; his marriage in 1917; getting together with neighbors for social activities; hearing about labour unrest; men coming by the farm during the Depression to get food; working as a well digger in Saskatchewan; his mother trying to get to Canada but having to turn back the first time because of the outbreak of war and the second time because her husband did not get there to meet her and she was therefore refused entry because she had a disabled daughter and was not accepted on her own without a husband or father; his mother’s death in Ukraine in 1937; his wife’s work as a farmer’s wife; the support by farmers for workers’ strikes; not having much time to read newspapers because he was busy on the farm; coming to Toronto in 1923 because he was sick of farm work; getting medical treatment in Toronto; working in the King Edward Hotel as a houseman; going to work for General Motors in Oshawa; a difficult job working with hot lead; driving a taxi from 1928 to 1940; and moving to Toronto.

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:

437687

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C02408

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Duration:

55:00

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

737169

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1975-0098/217

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CASSETTE

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG
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Conditions of access:

Open

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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