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Robert McBeath interview
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- sound recording
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1976-02-19 [date recorded] (Creation)
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Mainly interviews recorded as research for Sound Heritage vol. 6 no. 2, "Navigating the Coast."
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SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Steamboating on the B.C. coast PERIOD COVERED: 1920-1940 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-02-19 SUMMARY: Robert McBeath worked on the Union Steamship Company boats and on the dock as a shore mate. He was involved in union organizing. Recalls the Longshore and Water Transport Workers of Canada, Vancouver and District Waterfront Workers, Shipping Federation, describes how the Powell River branch of the LWTW precipitated the 1935 waterfront strike in Vancouver. Describes Depression conditions, winter tie-up, loading airplane spruce in Prince Rupert, hiring practices, Sailors Union of the Pacific, Federated Seafarer's Union, Firemen and Watertender's Union, International Longshoreman's Association, Inland Boatman's Union.
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Peter Chapman, 1976
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- Rough partial transcript on file.
- Reference cassette copy available in container 000443-124.
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- Use Restriction: For private and educational use only. Not for broadcast or commercial use without permission of the B.C. Archives.
- Copyright Status: Copyright B.C. Archives.
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Excerpts from this interview appeared in Sound Heritage vol. 6 no. 2, "Navigating the Coast.".
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Accession number(s): T2033
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speaker: Robert McBeath, interviewer: Peter Chapman