Item T3693:0001 - 0002 - Mary Johnson [pseudonym] interview

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Mary Johnson [pseudonym] interview

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  • sound recording

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T3693:0001 - 0002

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  • 1979 (Creation)

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2 audio reels (00:50:00) : 9.5 cm/sec, 2 track, mono ; 13 cm

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Copied from cassette originals loaned by donor. Originals retained by Downtown Eastside Women's Centre.

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CALL NUMBER: T3693:0001 PERIOD COVERED: 1899-1979 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1979 [summer] SUMMARY: Her birthplace; recalls her education; cruel teacher; living in Vancouver with her mother; Orma's working, embroidery, babysitting, cleaning fish; moving out to Commercial Drive; married at the age of 20 talks of her daughter; impression of life in the East End; experiences and impressions of hoodlums and muggings; description of her apartment; impression of the area on First Church; drunkards; drinking; more on her daughter; Orma's friends.

CALL NUMBER: T3693:0002 PERIOD COVERED: 1899-1979 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1979 [summer] SUMMARY: Born in 1890 in Ontario; moved to Winnipeg at the age of 8; her mother; living with aunt; living on farm; got hurt at school; teacher threw her down the stairs; from ages of eight to twelve spent in hospital; sewing experience; Vancouver with mother; effects of the Depression of the family; babysitting; left home at age 18; her daughter and marriage; miscellaneous concerning her health and doctors; comments on her life in general her activities.

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Downtown Eastside Women's Centre (Vancouver, B.C.), 1980-07-16

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  • Transcript on file.
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Open, but interviewees are to remain ANONYMOUS.

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  • Copying Restriction: Any reference to the interviewees may only be by the assigned pseudonyms, which must be identified as not being their real names.
  • Use Restriction: Any reference to the interviewees may only be by the assigned pseudonyms, which must be identified as not being their real names.
  • Copyright Status: Copyright undetermined.

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Accession number(s): T3693

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Previously described as AAAB4088

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Half-track masters

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speaker: Mary Johnson [pseudonym], interviewer: Norma Jean McCallan

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