The Great Depression

Summary

Content type	Content type Audio
Collection(s)	Collection(s) Langara College Reel History Project
Additional/Alternative Titles	Additional/Alternative Titles Title Type alternative Title Reel History Project
Resource Type	Resource Type Audio non-musical
Genre	Genre biography spoken word interview autobiography biography sound recordings streaming audio recordings sources

Origin Information

Date Created/Date Issued	2022
Issuance	monographic

Persons and Affiliations

Persons	Interviewee (ive): Winch, Harold Interviewer (ivr): Maclachlan, Morag
Organizations	Publisher (pbl): Langara College

Abstract/Description

Description / Synopsis	Description / Synopsis Harold Winch provides a vivid first-hand account of the Great Depression in Canada, particularly in Vancouver, British Columbia. Topics include government policing of the unemployed, the privation suffered by many, and demonstrations conducted by the unemployed for assistance and relief including the Post Office and Art Gallery sit down strikes.
Language	Language English

Publication/Container Information

Series	Series Series Titles Langara College Reel History Project

Physical Description

Extent	Extent 1 streaming audio file : digital, mp3.
Reformatting Quality	Reformatting Quality preservation

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Relationship Type	series
Title	Langara College Reel History Project

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Notes

Note

Note Type	statement of responsibility
Note	Harold Winch ; interviewed by Morag Maclachlan.

Note Type	performers
Note	Interviewer, Morag Maclachlan ; interviewee, Harold Winch.

Note Type	venue
Note	Recorded on April 3, 1974, Vancouver Community College, Langara Campus.

Note	reproduction: Digital reproduction. Vancouver, B.C. : Langara College, 2001. Transferred from audiotape to CD.

Note	reproduction: Digital reproduction. Vancouver, B.C. : Langara College, 2022. Transferred from CD in accordance with Canadian Copyright S.30.(1)(a)

Note Type	system details
Note	Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Note Type	language
Note	In English.

Note	Reformatted in 2001.

Access and Rights

Use and Reproduction	Use and Reproduction Educational use permitted under Canadian copyright law.

Subjects and Classifications

Subject Topic	Subject Topic Depressions Depressions Depressions Riots Unemployed History Poor History Public welfare History Social justice Politics and government History
Geographic Subject	Geographic Subject British Columbia British Columbia British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia British Columbia British Columbia British Columbia British Columbia British Columbia
Temporal Subject	Temporal Subject 1929 1929 1929 20th century 20th century
Library of Congress Classification	Library of Congress Classification FC 577 W556 1974

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