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Dorothy Nealy interview
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1977-04 & 05 [date recorded] (Creation)
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Interviews with residents of Vancouver Strathcona Neighbourhood, recorded as research for the book "Opening Doors: Vancouver's East End," vol. 8 nos. 1 & 2 of Sound Heritage (Provincial Archives, 1979).
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CALL NUMBER: T2623:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the black community PERIOD COVERED: 1917-1960 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-04-28 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Dorothy Nealy discusses: childhood in Manitoba; racial background; move to Strathcona in 1944. Description of the area: ghetto for blacks. Describes: Fountain Chapel; racism in jobs; housing; fights in neighbourhood caused by white kids slumming. TRACK 2: More on fights in neigbourhood and 'black-baiting'. Bootleg joints. Shake-ups. Prostitution. Network of Madames across Canada. Blacks move out in 1950s. CALL NUMBER: T2623:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the black community PERIOD COVERED: 1925-1977 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-04-28 & 05-09 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Dorothy Nealy discusses: bootlegging; violence in the neighbourhood; drug use; work with U.F.A.W.U. 1963 strike; workers in fishing industry -- women, Chinese, Japanese, East Indians. TRACK 2: Dorothy Nealy discusses: lack of discrimination in neighbourhood; changes in neighbourhood; why she has stayed in the neighbourhood; arrival of Natives; Natives as cannery workers; Native attitude to Mackenzie pipeline; neighbourhood reaction to redevelopment plans; SPOTA. CALL NUMBER: T2623:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the black community PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1950 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-05-09 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Dorothy Nealy discusses: community meetings; SPOTA; Vancouver Resources Board; first redevelopment survey 1945; multi-racial qualities of the neighbourhood; poultry business; work in Visco Poultry Packing House; blacks and Italians in the neighbourhood; New Delhi club and other entertainment; drinking habits in '40s and '50s. TRACK 2: Mrs. Nealy discusses: liquor laws; drug usage in the neighbourhood. CALL NUMBER: T2623:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the black community PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1950 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-05-10 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discusses: black migration from prairies in '30s; work at Chicken Inn and Cliff House; gypsies in Strathcona. (End of interview)
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Daphne Marlatt and Carole Itter, [1977-05 to 1978-09]
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A digital copy is available.
- Transcript on file.
- Reference cassette copy available in container 000443-152.
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- Use Restriction: For private and educational use only. Not for broadcast or commercial use without permission of the B.C. Archives.
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Accession number(s): T2623
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speaker: Dorothy Nealy, interviewer: Carole Itter, interviewer: Daphne Shirley (Buckle) Marlatt