ABSTRACT: Hon. Howard Green, 16 December 1971. 20pp. Attitude toward defence of the West Coast. Anti-Japanese. McNaughton, Mackenzie King and the conscription crisis. Discusses Pearkes entry in politics. Federal and provincial branches of the Conservative Party. Conservative politics in Ottawa. Favourable comments about Pearkes.

Interviewer: Roy, Reginald H.

Interviewee: Green, Howard Charles, b. 1895

An interview/narrative of Howard Charles Green's recollections of Major-General Pearkes. The Right Honourable Green served with Pearkes in the House of Parliament. Interview took place on December 16, 1971.

In Collection:

• Canadian Military Oral Histories

Contributor

• Green, Howard Charles, b. 1895
• Roy, Reginald H.

Subject

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

• 1 sound recording (MP3)

Geographic Coverage

• Japan

Coordinates

• 35.68536, 139.75309

Additional physical characteristics

• One original sound tape reel (ca. 45 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

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

Archival item identifier

• GHC_221

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/10.58066/091e-7e15

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