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Currey, A. - Interview

Numéro d'article (ISN) :

379022

Titre de la série :

[The Great War and Canadian Society]

Niveau hiérarchique :

Pièce (Niveau acquisition)

Date :

1974-07-24

Numéro d'article (ISN) :

379022

Genre de documents :

Documents sonores

Trouvé dans :

Archives / Films, vidéos et enregistrements sonores

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Fonds/collection :

THE GREAT WAR AND CANADIAN SOCIETY PROJECT

No d'acquisition :

1975-0098

Support :

Enregistrement sonore

Partie :

1 of 1

Date de production :

1974-07-24

Compagnie de production :

Opportunities for Youth

Générique (équipe de production) :

interviewer, Bradley K. Adams

Description :

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Interview of A. Currey, who was born in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1896. Subjects discussed include: his family background; his opinions on pioneer experiences; his family pedigree and values; the history of Saint John; a fire in Saint John; the class structure in Saint John; descriptions of the educated class and the lower classes; his recognition when he was a child that he had class advantages; his education; his American mother’s liberal and democratic ideas; conflict between this and his father’s conservatism; his falling behind in school because the house was quarantined when his siblings came down with childhood diseases; his leaving school early and going to correspondence school; his law studies; becoming involved in the revolutionary movement and socialism; the lack of union activity at the time because people feared reprisals; working for Red Rose Tea in 1912; the working conditions; membership in a socialist club; his mother’s remarriage in 1915 to a labour organizer and her previous efforts to get a separation from Currey’s father; his mother’s involvement in politics; the "display of ostentatious patriotism" and sense of adventure when the First World War broke out; friends trying to convince him to enlist; the argument that the war would be over before they got there and that soldiers would come back heroes; pressure from women and society to enlist; other reasons why men enlisted, such as the desire to escape from humdrum jobs and married life, and a desire to help England and stop the Kaiser; a story about Sam Hughes; his being in the U.S. during part of the war and hardly noticing the war until the U.S. entered the war; U.S. students in military drills; his feeling that the U.S. commitment to the war was vulgar; the view that the war was about battling for the ruling class and to protect commerce; the view that the war would be short and that Britain was invincible; his experience in 1915 in the British merchant marine and an encounter with German ships; the sinking of the Lusitania; his work as a swimming instructor in the U.S.; British and Canadian recruiting stations in U.S. cities; his enlistment; being miserable after he enlisted and managing to get out of it due to medical reasons; Armistice celebrations; the readjustment of returned soldiers; the cost of the war; how a friend pretended to get out of the war by pretending to be shell shocked but the ruse failed; the social changes brought about by the war, such as the changed role of women, the effect of men being away, bringing in mechanization and how society had formerly been stodgy and conservative.

Langue :

English

Remarques :

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1. The interviews took place in 1974 and resulted in the publication of a book entitled "The Great War and Canadian Society" edited by Daphne Read - copyright 1978 - New Hogtown Press, Toronto.~2. Release forms, data sheets, and summary analysis/transcripts are available in binders labelled Opportunities for Youth - War and Canadian Society in VSA's audio-visual section.~3. Part of a series of recorded interviews with elderly citizens who lived in Canada during the period of World War I. The interview material consists of their opinions and observations about the war, the war years, and the effect on Canadian society during and after WWI.
~4. The interviewee signed an agreement giving consent for a recording of this interview to be placed in the Public Archives of Canada for the purposes of historical research and also signed a publication agreement allowing any transcribed portions of the interview to be used in the book under the condition that no full names, addresses or phone numbers would be published.~5. Subject description is based on information found in the fact sheet, deposit agreement, publication agreement and summary analysis.~6. The Summary Analysis sheets indicate that there are 4 pages but there are only 3, and page 3 misidentifies the interviewee as M. Currey, not A. Currey.
~7. The Deposit Agreement identifies him as W. Currey or W.A. Currey.

Détails de l'inventaire :

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No. de voûte (ISN) :

436279

Support :

SOUND

Détails de l'inventaire :

C01361

Entrepôt :

GAT

Nombre de pièces :

1

Type de son :

R/R

Description technique :

POLY

Tiré de :

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Statut :

MASTER

No. de voûte (ISN) :

438456

Support :

SOUND

Détails de l'inventaire :

A1 2007-05-0036

Nombre de pièces :

1

Type de son :

CD

Durée :

79:28

Statut :

REF

No. de voûte (ISN) :

438457

Support :

SOUND

Détails de l'inventaire :

A1 2007-05-0037

Nombre de pièces :

1

Type de son :

CD

Durée :

76:40

Statut :

REF

No. de voûte (ISN) :

736942

Support :

SOUND

Détails de l'inventaire :

1975-0098/047
1975-0098/048

Entrepôt :

GAT

Nombre de pièces :

2

Type de son :

CASSETTE

Tiré de :

DEPOSIT

Statut :

ORIG

No. de voûte (ISN) :

737203

Support :

SOUND

Détails de l'inventaire :

1975-0098/046

Nombre de pièces :

1

Type de son :

CASSETTE

Tiré de :

DEPOSIT

Statut :

ORIG

No. de voûte (ISN) :

1003800

Support :

SOUND

Détails de l'inventaire :

A4 2007-05-0036

Nombre de pièces :

1

Type de son :

CD

Tiré de :

C01360
C01361

Statut :

MASTER

No. de voûte (ISN) :

1003801

Support :

SOUND

Détails de l'inventaire :

A4 2007-05-0037

Nombre de pièces :

1

Type de son :

CD

Tiré de :

C01361

Statut :

MASTER
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Conditions d'accès :

Libre

No de consultation :

A1 2007-05-0036
A1 2007-05-0037

Restrictions sur la consultation :

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Reproduction :

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur

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