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- 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
- Title
- Memories of School and Childhood - Interview with Norman Wiles
- Contributor(s)
- Wiles, Norman (Interviewee), Kimbel, Laurel (Lead)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Language
- English
- Description
- Mr. Norman Wiles speaks about the neighbourhoods he grew up in and his experiences in high school, before branching out into a broader discussion of his life.
- Extent
- 00:56:55, 00:56:55
- Subject(s)
- Family, High schools
- Location(s)
- Downtown
- Collection
- Carnegie Stories
- Title
- Second Narrows Bridge Collapse, 1958 - Interview with Gary Poirier
- Contributor(s)
- Poirier, Gary (Interviewee), Kimbel, Laurel (Lead)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 1984-04-28
- Language
- English
- Description
- Gary, a former iron worker who grew up around Strathcona and the West End, survived the collapse of the Second Narrows Bridge in 1958, the present day Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing, and volunteered at the Carnegie Centre.
- Extent
- 00:31:28, 00:31:28
- Subject(s)
- Childhood, Bars (Drinking establishments), Family, Iron and steel workers, Carnivals, Second Narrows Bridge Collapse, 1958, Volunteers
- Location(s)
- Downtown
- Time Period
- 1950s, 1960s
- Collection
- Carnegie Stories