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  1. 1
    Overton - Interview
    1 digital object(s)

    Interview of Mr. Bill Overton by an unidentified female interviewer.

    Archives / Film, Video and Sound
    Item (Accession level)
    Sound recordings
    Item number (ISN):
    417382
    Item number (ISN):
    417382
    Consultation copy number:
    A1 2014-04-0008
    Bill Overton speaks about his every day and labour experiences on and off the railway from 1909 to 1954. Immigrating from Cambridge, Massachusetts, 
  2. 2
    Overton - Interview
    1 digital object(s)

    Interview of Mr. Bill Overton by and unidentified woman.

    Archives / Film, Video and Sound
    Item (Accession level)
    Sound recordings
    Item number (ISN):
    417397
    Item number (ISN):
    417397
    Consultation copy number:
    A1 2014-04-0008
    Mr. Bill Overton begins by describing an early and memorable trip on the Grand Trunk Railway to Niagara Falls, and then recounts some of the common train 
  3. 3
    Lawrence Maynier, Ivy and Oliver Davis - Interview
    1 digital object(s)

    Interviews of Ivy Lawrence Mayniar and Oliver Davis by Stanley Grizzle.

    Archives / Film, Video and Sound
    Item (Accession level)
    Sound recordings
    Item number (ISN):
    417387
    Item number (ISN):
    417387
    Consultation copy number:
    A1 2014-04-0008
    This sound recording contains interviews with two individuals. Ivy Lawrence Mayniar speaks about her education to enable her to practice law, 
  4. 4
    Interviews of Essex Silas Richard "Dick" Bellamy, Floyd Douglas Tiller, Thomas Lawrence Williams, Helen Williams Bailey by Stanley Grizzle.
    1 digital object(s)

    Interviews of Essex Silas Richard "Dick" Bellamy, Floyd Douglas Tiller, Thomas Lawrence Williams, Helen Williams Bailey by Stanley Grizzle.

    Archives / Film, Video and Sound
    Item (Accession level)
    Sound recordings
    Item number (ISN):
    417401
    Item number (ISN):
    417401
    Consultation copy number:
    A1 2014-04-0008
    Essex Silas Richard “Dick” Bellamy recalls key leaders in the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters in various districts across Canada and then speaks to the 
  5. 5
    [Interviews by Stanley Grizzle]
    1 digital object(s)

    Interviews of Roy Williams, Willis Richardson, Cordie Williams, and Odell Holmes by Stanley Grizzle.

    Archives / Film, Video and Sound
    Item (Accession level)
    Sound recordings
    Item number (ISN):
    417389
    Item number (ISN):
    417389
    Consultation copy number:
    A1 2014-04-0008
    This sound recording contains interviews with four individuals. Roy Williams recounts key union leaders who were integral in the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car 
  6. 6
    Interview of Mr. Green by an unidentified female interviewer
    1 digital object(s)

    Interview of Mr. Green by an unidentified female interviewer

    Archives / Film, Video and Sound
    Item (Accession level)
    Sound recordings
    Item number (ISN):
    417379
    Item number (ISN):
    417379
    Consultation copy number:
    A1 2014-04-0008
    Side 1: several former porters discuss living and working conditions during the Depression and Second World War and how this job allowed for upward mobility 
  7. 7
    Gairey, Harry - Interview
    1 digital object(s)

    Interview of Harry Gairey Sr. by an unidentified female interviewer

    Archives / Film, Video and Sound
    Item (Accession level)
    Sound recordings
    Item number (ISN):
    417384
    Item number (ISN):
    417384
    Consultation copy number:
    A1 2014-04-0008
    Harry Gairey Sr, who was born in Jamaica in 1898 and immigrated to Toronto in 1914, speaks at length about his experiences as a porter for the Canadian 
  8. 8
    Bailey, Helen, Otis Brown, A. Bennett, Mr. Hobson, Laura Guilberry and J. Jameson - Interviews
    1 digital object(s)

    Interviews of Helen Williams Bailey, Otis Brown, Aurelius Bennett, Jesse Samuel Hobson, Laura Elizabeth Gilberry, and Robert Jamerson by Stanley Grizzle

    Archives / Film, Video and Sound
    Item (Accession level)
    Sound recordings
    Item number (ISN):
    417400
    Item number (ISN):
    417400
    Consultation copy number:
    A1 2014-04-0008
    Helen Williams Bailey discusses her role as first president of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters in Winnipeg
  9. 9
    Gaskin, Leo, W.C. Wright and L.O. Johnston - Interviews
    1 digital object(s)

    Interviews of Leo Gaskins, William C. Kingfish Wright, and Leonard Oscar Johnston by Stanley Grizzle

    Archives / Film, Video and Sound
    Item (Accession level)
    Sound recordings
    Item number (ISN):
    417394
    Item number (ISN):
    417394
    Consultation copy number:
    A1 2014-04-0008
    This sound recording contains interviews with three individuals. Leo Gaskins discusses his experiences as a sleeping car porter, noting how his father and 
  10. 10
    Crowley and Overton - Interviews
    1 digital object(s)

    Interviews of Mr. Crowley and Mr. Overton by an unidentified woman.

    Archives / Film, Video and Sound
    Item (Accession level)
    Sound recordings
    Item number (ISN):
    417391
    Item number (ISN):
    417391
    Consultation copy number:
    A1 2014-04-0008
    This sound recording contains interviews with two individuals. Respondent 1 [Mr. Crowley?] details early efforts to unionize porters, before it was legal to 
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