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Hees, George - Interview

Item number (ISN):

413389

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1973-12-11/1973-12-17

Item number (ISN):

413389

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

STURSBERG, Peter

Accession:

1973-0119

Media:

Sound

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1973-12-11/1973-12-17

Production company:

Peter Stursberg (Interviewer)

Production credit:

interviewer, Peter Stursberg

Description:

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Interview of George Hees, Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for Prince Edward-Hastings and formerly Minister of Transportation of Canada and Minister of Trade and Commerce of Canada, by reporter Peter Stursberg, reporter, about: his athletic career; his military service; his business career; his political career; George Drew; John G. Diefenbaker; General Andrew McNaughton; W.G. Case; Major General A.E. Potts; Allister Grosart; Harry Willis; Gordon Churchill; J.W. Monteith; John Taylor; Lionel Chevrier; James G. Gardiner; M.J. Coldwell; Queen Elizabeth II; General Dwight D. Eisenhower; C.D. Howe; Donald Fleming; Howard Green; Pierre Elliott Trudeau; James Coyne; John C. Doyle; World War Two and conscription; the federal by-election in Grey North in 1945; the 1945 federal election; the federal by-election in Broadview in 1950; the Progressive Conservative Party Parliamentary caucus from 1950 to 1956; Parliament; House of Commons debates; the 1956 Progressive Conservative Party leadership convention; the 1957 federal election; the Progressive Conservative government’s cabinet in 1957; the 1958 federal election; transportation; trade; the federal public service; the Progressive Conservative cabinet from 1958 to 1962; finance; the devaluation of the Canadian dollar in 1962; the 1962 federal election; the Progressive Conservative Government’s leadership crisis from 1962 to 1963; and the 1967 Progressive Conservative Party leadership convention. This interview was recorded at the Public Archives of Canada in Ottawa on December 11, 1973 and December 17, 1973. <2h 26mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. The release form states that the sound recording of the interview and the 41-page transcript made from the interview conducted on December 11 and 17, 1973 are available for public access. All claims of copyright by the interviewer or interviewee are hereby waived to ensure the widest possible access for research and publication.~2. Transcript available in the Peter Stursberg fonds.

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Vault ISN:

461206

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C00292

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

1973-0111

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

GENCAT identity number:

MSS 22018

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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