Interviews of Theodore Stanley King, Melvin Crump, and Essex Silas Richard ‹ €Dick‹ € Bellamy by Stanley Grizzle. (8 digital object(s)) Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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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:

1987-10-01/1987-11-30

Item number (ISN):

417403

Link to related resource:

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

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

Fonds/collection:

STANLEY G. GRIZZLE FONDS

Accession:

2007-0163

Media:

Sound

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1987-10-01/1987-11-30

Production responsibility:

Stanley Grizzle (Interviewer)

Description:

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 transitioned 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.
This is the first part of the interview with Essex Silas Richard ‹ €Dick‹ € Bellamy; the second part can be found in item number 417401.

Language:

English

Notes:

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

Detailed holdings information:

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:

2007-00431-3/0001
2007-00431-3/0002
2007-00431-3/0003
2007-00431-3/0004
2007-00431-3/0005
2007-00431-3/0006
2007-00431-3/0007
2007-00431-3/0008
2007-00431-3/0009
2007-00431-3/0010
2007-00431-3/0011
2007-00431-3/0012
2007-00431-3/0013
2007-00431-3/0014
2007-00431-3/0016
2007-00431-3/0017
2007-00431-3/0018
2007-00431-3/0019
2007-00431-3/0020
2007-00431-3/0021
2007-00431-3/0022
2007-00431-3/0023
2007-00431-3/0024
2007-00431-3/0025
2007-00431-3/0026
2007-00431-3/0027
2007-00431-3/0028
2007-00431-3/0029
2007-00431-3/0030
2007-00431-3/0015

Status:

REF

Transcription:

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417403-2007-00431-3-0026-S2

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