Interviewee: Harkness, Douglas S., b. 1903

An interview/narrative of Douglas S. Harkness's recollections of Major-General Pearkes. The Right Honourable Harkness served with Pearkes in the House of Parliament. Interview took place on June 22, 1966.

ABSTRACT: Hon. Douglas Harkness, 22 June 1966. 36pp. (also 5pp. notes, R.H. Roy) Comments on Pearkes and his association with the Militia in Calgary, in command of the 1st Cdn. Division, and some of the training exercises. Anecdotes. The character of Pearkes, as an M.P. in Ottawa. The Ottawa scene. Necessity for cancellation of the Avro Arrow. NATO. Minister of National Defence.

Interviewer: Roy, Reginald H.

In Collection:

• Canadian Military Oral Histories

Contributor

• Roy, Reginald H.
• Harkness, Douglas S., b. 1903

Subject

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

Language

• eng

Date created

• December 16, 1971

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

• Recorded on original sound tape reel (not held); 1 sound cassette copy (ca. 90 min.) : 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

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

Archival item identifier

• HDS_222

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

• October 13, 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/f4pj-fa22

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