Mrs. McKay talks about Ottawa Valley history. The lumbering business and Renfrew. Side One: Mrs. McKay talks about her maternal grandfather Carswell, the Lumber Baron. The family discussed - her whole family was a lumbering family. She lived in Renfrew as a child. Talks about this. Side Two: blank. print through only.
Interview of Mrs. Owen Toller, descendant of James Bryson, founder of a lumber dynasty in the Ottawa Valley in 1835. She describes the vast timber holdings of the Bryson families in Pontiac County, Que. Including the historic homes built by her grandfather in Fort Coulonge, Que. Side One: Interview of Mrs. Owen Toller. Side Two: interview continues.
Interview with Murdo Martin regarding the CCF. Side One: Overview of experience - development of ideas - union men and issues - Steel-mine-mill confrontation - CCF meetings, activities - Finnish, French-Canadian support - 50's decline. Side Two: anecdotal stories of 1950's & 1960's - personal motivation-helping others - anecdotal stories-Diefenbaker, Paul Martin - decline of the party in 1950's - idealism, cynicism, political reality - Kennedy, Nixon.
Interview with Murdo Martin regarding the CCF. Side One: Overview of experience - development of ideas - union men and issues - Steel-mine-mill confrontation - CCF meetings, activities - Finnish, French-Canadian support - 50's decline. Side Two: anecdotal stories of 1950's & 1960's - personal motivation-helping others - anecdotal stories-Diefenbaker, Paul Martin - decline of the party in 1950's - idealism, cynicism, political reality - Kennedy, Nixon.