The collection is comprised of field recordings of oral history interviews conducted by BIS student researchers in 1982 and 1983 with elderly Irish residents of PEI.
Project Background
These recordings were digitized and provided with metadata records at the UPEI Robertson Library during the Spring and Summer of 2018, with further editing and enhancement of metadata in 2020. Financial support for this project, facilitated by the Benevolent Irish Society, was generously provided through the Government of Ireland's Emigrant Support Programme. Special acknowledgment is also due to the late Mr. George O'Connor, Past-President of the Benevolent Irish Society, whose patient-but-persistent advocacy helped bring this project to fruition. Go raibh maith agat!
Benevolent Irish Society - Oral History Interviews Collection
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- Type:Interview
- Contributor:LePage, Geoff
- Contributor:Norton Court, Hazel
- Abstract:This is Geoff LePage interviewing Hazel Norton Court in Charlottetown, PEI, where they discuss her young life, customs and superstitions, entertainment, and shares stories of her young life and relatives. Hazel also talks about Lady Fane and her land donations, as well as Hazel's father's jobs as an undertaker and carriage builder.
- Date Recorded:1983-08-08
- Duration:00:23:08
- Type:Interview
- Contributor:Berrigan, Artie
- Contributor:MacKenzie, David
- Abstract:This is David MacKenzie interviewing Artie Berrigan at Sacred Heart Home in Charlottetown, where they discuss his family leaving Ireland, their occupations, Scottish-Irish relations, religion, entertainment, graves, and marriages.
- Date Recorded:1983-06-09
- Duration:00:10:07