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Monteith, J. Waldo - Interview

Item number (ISN):

413405

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1974-07-04

Item number (ISN):

413405

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

STURSBERG, Peter

Accession:

1974-0074

Media:

Sound

Part:

2 of 2

Production date:

1974-07-04

Production company:

Peter Stursberg (Interviewer)

Production credit:

interviewer, Peter Stursberg

Country of production:

cn
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Description:

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Interview of J. Waldo Monteith, retired accountant and politician, by reporter Peter Stursberg, about: his career in accounting; his career in politics; Andrew Monteith; Joseph Monteith; John G. Diefenbaker; George Drew; Tom Kennedy; Dave Walker; Fred Sanderson; James Corry; Earl Rowe; Walter Dinsdale; Wallace Nesbitt; Tom Bell; Gordon Churchill; Dr. P.B. Rynard; Paul Sauvé; Lloyd Francis; Peter Dempson; James Coyne; George Hees; Henri Courtemanche; Pierre Sévigny; Raymond O'Hurley; Léon Balcer; Paul Comtois; Noël Dorion; Jacques Flynn; Donald Cameron; George Davidson; Douglas Harkness; Howard Green; Donald Fleming; E.Davie Fulton; Alvin Hamilton; Richard Rohmer; the federal elections of 1953, 1957, 1958 and 1962; the Progressive Conservative Party Parliamentary caucus of 1953 to 1956; the 1956 Progressive Conservative Party leadership conventions of 1956 and 1967; the Progressive Conservative government; Cabinet appointments in 1957; Progressive Conservative government, Cabinet meetings from 1957 to 1963; the Progressive Conservative government’s achievements and failures between 1957 and 1963; the Progressive Conservative government’s leadership crisis in 1962 and 1963; the federal public service; health care issues; hospital grants; medical insurance; the Hall Commission; Social Security; old-Age pensions; sports; amateur sports council and grants; civil defence; the Emergency Measures Organization; the Cuban missile crisis of 1962; national defence; the nuclear arms crisis of 1962 and 1963; finance; and the devaluation of the Canadian dollar in 1962. This interview was recorded by the Public Archives of Canada at Monteith’s home in Stratford, Ontario. <2h 27mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. LAC did not receive a release form.~2. J. Waldo Monteith died on 19 December 1981 at age 78.~3. The tapes and matching 60-page transcript are open for consultation.~4. Transcript available in the Peter Stursberg fonds.

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Vault ISN:

454632

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C00373

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Duration:

87:00

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL
1973-0078/2

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

489491

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C00372

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

706178

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

413405-C00373.WAV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

BWF

Made from:

C00373

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

706179

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

413405-C00373.MP3

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

MP3

Made from:

C00373

Status:

REF
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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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