Material Type

Recording

Date Range

1993

Physical Condition

Excellent

Acquisition Source

Sir Alexander Galt Museum

Scope and Content

1 cassette tape. Length: 80 minutes.interviewee: stanley and emma hargreaves.interviewer: lori jarokosky, museum program leader.date: 10 August 1993. Side A ' ' - Stanley started working for the Lethbridge Herald in 1919 at the age of 15. He started as an office boy, but about 6 months later he moved to the sterotype department. After 5 years he was promoted to manager of the sterotype department. - Talks about how long it would take to get the paper to press, the size of the paper, and how many copies were run off. - Talks about the different presses. - Talks about the size of the sterotype department. - Talks about the number of hours employees used to work. - He was 69 years of age when he retired. - Names other employees of the Herald. - Emma was employed as a proofer at the Herald from 1920-1923. - Biggest change in the Herald has been the printing format. - Emma shows a photo of the Herald staff and names them. She talks about other 1920s Herald photos she has. - Emma started working at the Herald when she was 15. - Talks about early staff members. - Talks about wages. SideB - Talks about their dwellings - cost and locations. - Talks about Fred Robins and Robins Printing. - Talks about coffee breaks at the Herald. - Talks about the excess metal after making plates. How much metal was purchased each year, the form it arrived in, and how they would melt it down. - Talks about how a run could be stopped and changed if some event occurred that they wanted to include in that days newpaper. Today it is almost impossible to change the newspaper once the run has started. - Talks about how the paper was run off- columns, plates, presses

Access Restrictions

Public Access

Accession No.

19971068003

Collection

Archive

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