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A.L. Wright interview
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1973-07-20 [date recorded] (Creation)
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Receipt date: 1982-11-04.
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CALL NUMBER: T0512:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-07-20 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: A.L. Wright discusses: his personal and family background; early Vancouver; first involvement with Sun Life Insurance Company; re-joined Sun Life after going over seas to fight in WW I; dealings with VGH before he was on the Hospital Board; becoming a member of the Hospital Board; characterization of the Board when he joined; getting appointed the Executive of the Hospital Board; wife's role in Women's Auxiliary. TRACK 2: A.L. Wright discusses his role on the Executive of the Hospital Board: the Centennial Building; Mr. Hickernell; the University Hospital; tour of other hospitals across North America prior to the construction of the Centennial Building.
CALL NUMBER: T0512:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-07-20 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Wright discusses: the formation of a Public Relations Department for VGH; Children's Hospital; UBC Faculty of Medicine at VGH, 1946-49; changes on the Board throughout his time on it. TR;ACK 2: More on his period as Chairman of the Board. Contact with the Director of Nursing. His relationship with the union of hospital workers. Concluding thoughts on VGH and the Hospital Board. (End of interview)
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Vancouver General Hospital. Aural History Programme, 1974
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- Complete transcript on file.
- Reference cassette copy available in container 000443-034.
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No access restrictions apply. [WAS: Closed for five years. Restriction expired on 1979-06-20.]
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Accession number(s): T0512
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speaker: A.L. Wright, interviewer: William James Langlois
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- Children's Hospital (Vancouver, B.C.) (Subject)
- University of British Columbia (Subject)