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Petelko, Joe - Interview

Numéro d'article (ISN) :

379297

Titre de la série :

[The Great War and Canadian Society]

Niveau hiérarchique :

Pièce (Niveau acquisition)

Date :

1974-07-11

Numéro d'article (ISN) :

379297

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 :

1974-07-11

Compagnie de production :

Opportunities for Youth

Générique (équipe de production) :

interviewer, Deirdre Bekerman

Description :

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Interview of Joe Potelko, age 82, of Toronto, who was born in Ukraine in 1892. He moved to Canada in 1912 and settled in Saskatchewan. He talks about: growing up ion a small farm in Ukraine; moving to Canada to seek work and escape the threat of war; settling in Saskatchewan where he had relatives; his father selling a cow to pay the fare to travel to Canada; arriving in Quebec City aboard a cargo ship with many other immigrants; illness among fellow passengers; the 11-day crossing; working in construction and on his uncle’s farm; working for the railway; working conditions; living conditions; going back to his uncle’s farm to work; not being accepted for military service when the First World War broke out; arrests of people who were put in detention camps; his being registered as an enemy alien and having to report to the police; the inability to find work or get relief payments; needing to live off his own savings; getting work on the railway in 1916; working on the harvest in the summer; working as a carpenter; being out of work in the winters; winter activities such as playing pool, going to the theatre and taking a course in teacher training for the Ukrainian Labour Temple (a union); working for the union, which sent him to Port Arthur; teaching music there; moving back to Saskatoon where he taught for two years; moves to Kirkland Lake, Thorold, Ottawa and Sydney, Nova Scotia to teach children of factory workers; government persecution of communists; the government closing down of a school where he taught; going to Toronto to work as a mechanic and then as a tailor; reading about and hearing about the Winnipeg General Strike; how the Ukrainian community was split along political lines; the One Big Union newspaper; the founding of the Communist Party; demonstrations in which people demanded work and relief; how he knew no one when he went home to visit because all of his Ukrainian friends died during the First World War; his father and brother going to war; becoming a citizen in Winnipeg in 1928; voting; the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation and J.S. Woodsworth; a visit to the Labour Temple by Woodsworth; current problems of farm workers in Saskatchewan; how his uncles prospered but their children abandoned the farms; the On-to-Ottawa Trek; the criss-crossing of the country by thousands of transients; and how some of the very poor people in Winnipeg in 1920 got work so that they could get on the relief rolls.

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.

Détails de l'inventaire :

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No. de voûte (ISN) :

436398

Support :

SOUND

Détails de l'inventaire :

C01412

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) :

436399

Support :

SOUND

Détails de l'inventaire :

C01413

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) :

439362

Support :

SOUND

Détails de l'inventaire :

A1 2007-06-0027

Nombre de pièces :

1

Type de son :

CD

Durée :

52:21

Statut :

REF

No. de voûte (ISN) :

737084

Support :

SOUND

Détails de l'inventaire :

1975-0098/119

Entrepôt :

GAT

Nombre de pièces :

1

Type de son :

CASSETTE

Tiré de :

DEPOSIT

Statut :

ORIG

No. de voûte (ISN) :

1003847

Support :

SOUND

Détails de l'inventaire :

A4 2007-06-0027

Nombre de pièces :

1

Type de son :

CD

Tiré de :

C01412
C01413

Statut :

MASTER
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Conditions d'accès :

Libre

No de consultation :

A1 2007-06-0027

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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