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Title: Facing Big Challenges - Interview with Robert "Cowboy" Ellis
Contributor(s): Ellis, Robert "Cowboy" (Interviewee), Kimbley, Laurel (Lead)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Language: English
Description: Cowboy, a longtime involved resident of the Downtown Eastside (DTES) speaks about his experience in the Korean War as a member of the Canadian Military, his run-in with cancer, and his efforts to make change in the DTES.
Extent: 00:50:38, 00:50:38
Subject(s): Cancer, Military history, Ghosts, Trucking, Restaurants, First Nations, Alcoholism, Conflict management, Skid row, Vancouver (B.C.) - Politics and government, Korean War, 1950-1953
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s
Collection: Carnegie Stories

Title: Growing Up in Ahousat - Interview with Susan Adamson
Contributor(s): Adamson, Susan (Interviewee), Kimbley, Laurel (Lead)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 1983-07-25
Language: English
Description: Susan Adamson speaks about her life growing up in Ahousat, British Columbia, her family background, her relationships, and her reasons for coming to the Downtown Eastside in Vancouver and her experiences there.
Extent: 00:30:45, 00:30:45
Subject(s): Fishing, Marriage, Alcoholism, Family, Children, Family violence, Residential schools, Indigenous peoples - Canada - Residential schools, Indigenous peoples
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s
Collection: Carnegie Stories

Title: Importance of Music - Interview with Jean-Paul Savard (Part 1 of 2)
Contributor(s): Savard, Jean-Paul (Interviewee), Kimbley, Laurel (Lead)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Language: English
Description: The Quebec-born Jean Paul speaks to the importance music holds in his life from early family experiences, through his time in the military, and in a military hospital. He also mentions his time as an Esperanto translator during the Montreal Expo in 1967.
Extent: 00:28:01, 00:28:01
Subject(s): Music, Military history, Hospitals, Orchestra, Expo 67 (Montreal, Quebec), Alcoholism, Family
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1950s, 1960s, 1980s
Collection: Carnegie Stories

Title: Importance of Music - Interview with Jean-Paul Savard (Part 2 of 2)
Contributor(s): Savard, Jean-Paul (Interviewee), Kimbel, Laurel (Lead)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Language: English
Description: The Quebec-born Jean Paul speaks to the importance music holds in his life from early family experiences, through his time in the military, and in a military hospital. He also mentions his time as an Esperanto translator during the Montreal Expo in 1967.
Extent: 00:23:00, 00:23:00
Subject(s): Music, Military history, Hospitals, Orchestra, Expo 67 (Montreal, Quebec), Alcoholism, Family
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1950s, 1960s, 1980s
Collection: Carnegie Stories