Interviews of Theodore Stanley King, Melvin Crump, and Essex Silas Richard Dick Bellamy by Stanley Grizzle.

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Interviews of Theodore Stanley King, Melvin Crump, and Essex Silas Richard Dick Bellamy by Stanley Grizzle.

Item number (ISN):

417403

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1980-1989

Item number (ISN):

417403

Link to related resource:

1987-10-01/1987-11-30
1987-10-01/1987-11-30

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Accession:

2007-00431-3

Media:

Sound

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1987-10-01/1987-11-30

Production company:

Stanley Grizzle (Interviewer)

Description:

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Theodore Stanley King relays his experiences as a sleeping car porter while also speaking to those of his father. In addition to discussing the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP), and some of its important union leaders, he recalls the deep solidarity between junior and senior porters in Calgary, all of whom worked hard to ensure equality in the distribution of work in the postwar period. He ends the interview by noting how the BSCP led to upward mobility in his family. Melvin Crump [begins at 00:22:00], whose family came to Keystone, Alberta, from Oklahoma in 1911 via the Homestead Act, details his daily experiences as a sleeping car porter for the Canadian Pacific Railway, which began during World War II. He shares the pride he took in his job as a porter and pays particular attention to how little sleep he got prior to the creation of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. In recounting why he left his job in 1954, he details the technological changes that were afoot in the railway, as the CPR tr
ansitioned from steam to diesel engines. This development led to the loss of his job, and mass unemployment in some districts. He ends the interview by recalling memorable incidents from his time on the rails. Essex Silas Richard Dick Bellamy [Second sound file, begins at 00:27:12] recounts how he was recruited by the Canadian Pacific Railway while he was a student at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee in 1927. He came to work for the summer and never returned, labouring for the company for 40 years. He then discusses working conditions before the creation of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and some of the key union leaders who were integral to the movement.

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. 1 audio casssette.~2. Content warning: interview may contain content and language that some may find upsetting.

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Vault ISN:

503646

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

2007-00431-3/0026

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CASSETTE

Technical Description:

POLY

Duration:

90:00

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

505761

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

417403-2007-00431--3-26-s1.WAV|417403-2007-00431--3-26-s2.WAV

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

BWF

Made from:

2007-00431-3/0026

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

505762

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

417403-2007-00431--3-26-s1.MP3|417403-2007-00431--3-26-s2.MP3

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

MP3

Made from:

2007-00431-3/0026

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

505842

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

417403-2007-00431-3-26-s1.WAV|417403-2007-00431-3-26-s2.WAV

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

BWF

Made from:

2007-00431-3/0026

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

505844

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

417403-2007-00431-3-26-s1.MP3|417403-2007-00431-3-26-s2.MP3

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

MP3

Made from:

2007-00431-3/0026

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

556015

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

417403-2007-00431-3-0026-S1.WAV|417403-2007-00431-3-0026-S2.WAV

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

WAV

Duration:

95:30

Made from:

2007-00431-3/0026

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

556016

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

417403-2007-00431-3-0026-S1.MP3|417403-2007-00431-3-0026-S2.MP3

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

MP3

Duration:

95:30

Made from:

2007-00431-3/0026

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

667210

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A1 2014-04-0008

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

DVD

Duration:

1857:00

Made from:

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Status:

REF

Transcription:

417403-2007-00431-3-0026-S1
417403-2007-00431-3-0026-S2
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