Auger, Fred: my recollections (May 10, 1966)

Interviewee: Auger, Fred

An interview/narrative of Fred Auger's recollections of Major-General Pearkes. Mr. Auger was involved with the Boy Scouts troop formed by Pearkes. Interview took place on May 10, 1966.

Interviewer: Roy, Reginald H.

ABSTRACT: Mr. Fred Auger, 10 May 1966, 22 pp. Account of the beginning of the troop of Boy Scouts started by Maj-Gen Pearkes in Calgary in the early twenties. GRP was an inspiration to the boys. Comments on former members of the Troop. Impression of Pearkes, very calm, disciplined, organized.

In Collection:

• Canadian Military Oral Histories

Contributor

• Roy, Reginald H.
• Auger, Fred

Subject

• Pearkes, G. R. (George Randolph), 1888-1984
• Boy Scouts of Canada
• Military history

Language

• eng

Date created

• May 10, 1966

Relation

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

Resource type

• Sound

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 2 sound recordings (MP3)

Geographic coverage

• Alberta--Calgary

Coordinates

• 51.05011, -114.08529

Additional physical characteristics

• One original sound tape reel (ca. 60 min.) : 1 7/8 ips, 2 track, mono. ; 1 sound cassette copy : 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
• reminiscences
• oral histories (literary genre)
• sound recordings

Archival item identifier

• AF_213

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

• September 30, 2010

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 2010. 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/k0zt-tx38

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