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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
- Homelessness - Interview with Katherine Kosta
- Contributor(s)
- Kosta, Katherine (Interviewee), Kimbley, Laurel (Lead)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 1973-06-19
- Language
- English
- Description
- Katherine speaks about living through the Depression, hotels and theatres around Vancouver, and her experience with homelessness and general precarity.
- Extent
- 00:32:35, 00:32:35
- Subject(s)
- Depressions - 1929, Homelessness, Police, Family, Childhood, Theatres, Hotels, Street entertainers, Shelters for the homeless, Vancouver (B.C.) - Politics and government
- Location(s)
- Downtown
- Collection
- Carnegie Stories