Skip header and navigation

Revise Search

1 records – page 1 of 1.

John Hunter interview

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions14652
Part Of
Westman Oral History collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
sound recordings
Date Range
July 18, 1981
Accession Number
35-1998
Part Of
Westman Oral History collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
OH199.Hun
Accession Number
35-1998
GMD
sound recordings
Date Range
July 18, 1981
Physical Description
1 audio cassette [0:20:00]
History / Biographical
John (Jack) Hunter was born on April 6, 1910 on the farm at Moline, MB to John Hunter and Florence Currie. A life-long farmer, Jack never married. He and his sister Dorothy remained on the farm, and looked after their parents and their aunt Molly. The siblings retired to Rapid City, MB in 1975. Jack Hunter died on June 3, 1991 in Minnedosa, MB. He is buried at Rapid City Cemetery.
Custodial History
As part of the Westman Oral History Collection, this collection was accessioned by the McKee Archives in 1998. The original tapes from the Westman Oral History project were deposited in the Brandon Public Library. Copies of these originals were made by Margaret Pollex of the Brandon University Language Lab at the request of Eileen McFadden, University Archivist in the early 1990s. These copies compose the collection held in the McKee Archives.
Scope and Content
Item is an audiocassette tape containing an interview with Jack Hunter about the history of the Hunter and Currie families. Interviewer is Gordon Shanks.
Notes
History/bio information from the records, the local history "Rapid City and District" and Hunter's obituary. Description by Christy Henry.
Audio Tracks
Show Less