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IRWIN, W. Arthur

1993-0046

Enregistrement sonore

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1984

Glen Allen (Interviewer)

Interview by Glen Allen of Arthur Irwin about his war experience in World War One and his early years at Maclean's Magazine. He talks about his unit, the Tenth Canadian Seige Battery of which only 35 of the original 200 escaped death or injury. He also states that the Allied Forces deployed gas as well as the Germans. Focusing on his beginning with Maclean's Magazine in 1925 as an assistant editor, Irwin gives details about the editoral philosophy of the magazine, its production and its content. He continues with a discussion of the executives at Maclean's such as Napier Moore, the chief editor, Horace Hunter, the vice-president, and the magazine's owner, "Colonel" Maclean.

English

Libre

MSS 27246

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