Collection F-67 - Women's labour history interview collection (Sara Diamond interviewer)

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Women's labour history interview collection (Sara Diamond interviewer)

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  • Sound recording
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  • Records in electronic form (digitized)

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CA SFU F-67

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  • 1978-2016, predominant 1978-1980 (Creation)
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    Diamond, Sara

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Physical description

32 cm of textual records
43 sound recordings

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Name of creator

(1927-1995)

Biographical history

Sara Diamond was a researcher who established the Womens Labour History Project. The Project documented the histories of women who were active in the trade union movement of British Columbia since the 1890s.

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Scope and content

The Women's Labour History Project documents the histories of women who were active in the trade union movement in British Columbia from 1890s onwards. The project was initiated by Sara Diamond, an undergraduate history student at SFU, who conducted the interviews. She received financial support from the British Columbia Summer Youth Employment Fund. Additional funding was received from many other sources, including The Canada Council, and the Federal Department of Human Resources. Diamond provides a description of her research methodology in a report included as Appendix A1, "Women's Labour History Project" (available in the hard-copy finding aid only).

The collection consists of 43 interviews conducted by Sara Diamond with women in the labour movement in British Columbia. The women discuss their childhoods, family lives, careers, social issues such as childcare and birth control, economic situations such as the depresssion and post-war employment, and the working conditions that led them to become union activists. A summary of each interview is provided in Appendix 1, "Women's Labour History Project" (available in hard-copy finding aid only).

The collection contains audio recordings and transcripts.

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Physical condition

Immediate source of acquisition

The audio interviews and transcripts were donated by Sara Diamond. Material in the appendices was added by the archivist. Note that one transcript (for the Pearl Wong Moreau interview, file F-67-1-0-0-25) was created in 2016 by a researcher (Robin Folvik) from the audio recording and donated to the Archives.

Arrangement

The arrangement of the material was provided by the archivist. Originally transcripts and the audio recordings were included in the same series; in September 2010, the archivist moved the audio recordings into a separate series and re-assigned item numbers.

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  • English

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    Restrictions on access

    There are no restrictions on the materials. Access to the sound recordings is normally provided via the copies on cassette. For some interviews, a digital copy made be available; consult the reference archivist for more details.

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    Finding aids

    Lists of the audio recordings and transcripts are available. Summaries of the interviews and Diamond's report on the history of the project, a bibliography, and an article by Diamond on women in the labour movement are available in the hard copy version of the finding aid maintained in the Archives Reading Room.

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    All accessions have been processed as of September 2002. No further accruals are expected.

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    PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

    The original recordings were made on reel-to-reel audio tapes; for each interview, two additional copies were subsequently made on audiocassette. Audio cassettes were digitized to create .wav preservation copies.

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    Revised

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    Full

    Dates of creation, revision and deletion

    Finding aid prepared by Frances Fournier, Enid Britt (August 1999).

    Updated by Enid Britt (May 2006). Updated by Shyla Seller (August 2018).

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