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Mollie Thompson interview
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10 Aug. 1984 (Creation)
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1 audio reel : 9.5 cm/sec, 2 track, mono ; 13 cm
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The item consists of an audio interview with Mollie Thompson recorded in Victoria, B.C. on August 10, 1984.
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Track 1: Mollie Thompson came with her mother and 3 siblings to Canada from England in 1921. Arrived at Montreal and took the train across Canada to Duncan. Family lived with Mollie's grandmother in Duncan but within a year her mother remarried and they moved to the Kootenays. Lived there until 1925. Describes her grandmother's home in Duncan. Mother had a car so they could get around in the isolated Kootenays. Moved back to Duncan, mother didn't think that the Kootenays were a safe place for a teenage girl to grow up. Relates some of her school experiences. Took domestic science in Duncan prior to moving to the Kootenays.
Track 2: Continues her talk about domestic science. Talks about her role as a woman. Only went to high school for 18 months until she got a full time job at a Catholic girls' school in Duncan. She married in 1926.
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A reference cassette copy is available.
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Copying Restriction: Client copies may be made for private and research purposes.
Copyright Status: Copyright is held by the Canadian Museum of Civilization.
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Accession number(s): T4162
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Previously described as AAAB5867.
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speaker: Mollie Thompson, interviewer: Lynn Bueckert