Collection search - Douglas, T.C. - Interview

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Douglas, T.C. - Interview

Item number (ISN):

389301

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1980-04-29

Item number (ISN):

389301

Type of material:

Sound recordings

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Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

STURSBERG, Peter

Accession:

1980-0055

Media:

Sound

Part:

3 of 3

Production date:

1980-04-29

Production company:

Peter Stursberg (Interviewer)

Production credit:

interviewer, Peter Stursberg

Description:

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Interview of T.C. Douglas, former leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada, by author Peter Stursberg, about: T.C. Douglas; his family background; his childhood in Scotland and in Canada; Scottish immigration to Canada; Winnipeg in the early 1900s; T.C. Douglas; his education; his bout with osteomyelitis; his apprenticeship as a printer; his decision to enter the ministry; his theological training at Brandon College; his amateur boxing experiences; Stanley Knowles; the Great Depression 1930s; social and ethical implications of Christianity; the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919; T.C. Douglas; his first pastorate at Weyburn, Saskatchewan in 1930; his wife and daughters; his work with youth and the unemployed; his political activities; J.S. Woodsworth; the development of socialism in Canada; the Farmer Labour Party of Saskatchewan; formation of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF); background; effects of the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl in Saskatchewan; the CCF; the Regina Manifesto; CCF organization; choice of name; communist attempts at infiltration; Marxism; the 1934 Saskatchewan provincial election 1934; the 1935 federal election in Saskatchewan; the role of the Church in Western Canada in the 1930s; R.B. Bennett; J.S. Taylor; T.C. Douglas; his experiences as the CCF. Member of Parliament for Weyburn from 1935-1940; the Liberal government 1935-1940; the On To Ottawa Trek in 1935; the Regina riot; J.G. Gardiner; Canadian versus. American government attitudes during the Depression; M.J. Coldwell; J.S. Woodsworth; CCF foreign policy in the1930s; support for the war in 1939; Woodsworth's pacifist stand; his resignation as CCF leader in 1940; and William Lyon Mackenzie King's tribute. <3h 5mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Transcript available in the Peter Stursberg fonds.~2. Recorded by Peter Stursberg in Ottawa for the joint Library of Parliament-Public Archives of Canada oral history project.~3. T.C. Douglas died 24 February 1986 at the age of 81 years.~4. There is no release form on file at Library and Archives Canada.

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Vault ISN:

459077

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C02587

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

459078

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C02588

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER
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Open

GENCAT identity number:

MSS 22018

Reproduction access:

Crown copyright : no donor restrictions : with written permission of interviewee

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