Pearkes, Blytha: my recollections (February 22 - October 3, 1966)

ABSTRACT: Mrs. G.R. Pearkes, 22 February 1966. 27pp. Born 18 March 1901, Bow Valley, Alberta. Moved to Vancouver as a child, then to Sidney, Vancouver Island in 1908. Life in North Saanich, school in England. Social life, marriage, move to Winnipeg. Family matters. Move to Victoria, then Kingston, Ont. Mrs. G.R. Pearkes, 29 March 1966. 26pp. Social and military life in Victoria, 1929. Kingston, 1930/34, personalities and social life. Sent to England, on course. Mrs. G.R. Pearkes, 3 October 1966. 37pp. (Reel #23 - Part Side 1 and Side 2, ca. 60 min., after Interview #42.) Posted to Calgary, Alta. Returns to account of presentation at Court in England in 1937. War begins. Went to England when Maj.-Gen. Pearkes became ill. England in 1940, black-outs, bombing. Returns to Canada.

Interviewee: Pearkes, Blytha, b. 1901

Interviewer: Roy, Reginald H.

An interview/narrative of Blytha Pearkes's recollections of Major-General Pearkes. Mrs. Pearkes was Major-General Pearkes's wife. Interview took place on February 22, March 29 and October 3, 1966.

In Collection:

• Canadian Military Oral Histories

Contributor

• Pearkes, Blytha, b. 1901
• Roy, Reginald H.

Subject

• Pearkes, G. R. (George Randolph), 1888-1984
• Personal narratives--Canadian
• Military history

Language

• eng

Date created

• February 22, 1966 to October 3, 1966

Relation

• Part of the Social Sciences Research Centre collection of interviews.

Resource type

• Sound

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 6 sound recordings (MP3)

Geographic coverage

• British Columbia--Victoria
• England

Coordinates

• 48.4359, -123.35155
• 52.16045, -0.70312

Additional physical characteristics

• Two original sound tape reels (ca. 230 min.) : 1 7/8 ips, 2 track, mono. ; 3 sound cassette copies : standard, mono. in Special Collections.

Physical repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Canadian Military Oral History Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• interviews
• sound recordings
• oral histories (literary genre)
• reminiscences

Archival item identifier

• PB_231

Fonds title

• Reginald Herbert Roy fonds

Fonds identifier

• SC104

Is referenced by

• Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/reginald-herbert-roy-fonds

Date digitized

• June 14, 2011

Technical note

• Digital sound recording in .wav format at 16 bits and 44 kHz. In .mp3 format at 56 kbps and 24 kHz. Digitized by JF, technical and cataloguing metadata provided by JF and JP. Transferred from audio reel to audio cassette between 1987-1997. Interview migrated to digital format for UVic Special Collections in 2011. Migration metadata by KD and MT.

Rights

• This interview has been posted with the understanding that it may be used for research purposes only. Should the interviewee or their heirs have any objections to this interview being accessible on the Internet, it will be removed promptly. Contact UVic Special Collections for permission if using for other than research purposes: speccoll@uvic.ca

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/anx3-dp31

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