Oral History Interview - Jim Stewart
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- Material Type
- Recording
- Date Range
- 1993
- Accession No.
- 19971067013
- Scope and Content
- 1 VHS t-60. Length: 27 minutes.jim Stewart talks about coal mining.see attached for summary of the tape. He started in the mine in 1942 at the age of 30. Prior to this he worked in a bakery. He started as a company man, went to contracting, and then got his fire boss papers. - Talks about a stri…
- Material Type
- Recording
- Date Range
- 1993
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Acquisition Source
- Sir Alexander Galt Museum
- Scope and Content
- 1 VHS t-60. Length: 27 minutes.jim Stewart talks about coal mining.see attached for summary of the tape. He started in the mine in 1942 at the age of 30. Prior to this he worked in a bakery. He started as a company man, went to contracting, and then got his fire boss papers. - Talks about a strike at the Shaughnessy Mine and having problems with the union because fire bosses were not required to join the union, but the union wanted them to. - Talks about some of the equipment used in the mines. - Describes a typical day of a miner. k- Talks about the temperature underground, the stables and horses. - Talks about wages. - Talks about the ethnic mix in the mines. - - Talks about an mine accident he was in that resulted in a broken leg.
- Access Restrictions
- Public Access
- Accession No.
- 19971067013
- Collection
- Archive
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