Recherche dans la collection - Bailey, Vivian Evelyn - Interview

CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY / UNIVERSITÉ CONCORDIA: ORAL HISTORY PROJECT

1990-0416

Enregistrement sonore

3 of 3

1985-03-14

Lisa Weintraub (Interviewer)

Interview by Lisa Weintraub of Vivian Evelyn Bailey of Montreal about her memories of World War II and her volunteer war work during that period. To begin, Bailey recounts her memories of the early years of the war when her airman husband was shot down in 1942 and remained a prisoner of war for the rest of the war. Also recalled is Bailey's office work at the Dominion Rubber Company and later in the purchasing department at McGill University. Explaining her personal and patriotic reasons for performing a great deal of volunteer work during the war, Bailey recalls the great satisfaction she derived from her work at Air Force House, a centre for Canadian airmen, also at the Prisoner of War Association where volunteers prepared thousands of parcels for Allied prisoners of war overseas and as a canvasser for the Canadian Red Cross. In conclusion, Bailey reflects on her feelings and motivations at the time and the influence of her war experiences on her later life.

English

Libre

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