Sutherland Brown, Clare: my armed forces recollections (January 1966)

Interviewer: Roy, Reginald H.

Interviewee: Sutherland Brown, Clare

ABSTRACT: Mrs. Clare Sutherland Brown, January 1966. 17pp. First met Pearkes in Victoria when Brig-Gen. J. Sutherland Brown was District Officer Commanding. Relationship of "Buster" Brown with McNaughton. Mentions Pearkes and his mother and sister. Comments on some peripheral problems in being Lt.-Governor, social ones included. Finances a problem for Pearkes as Queen's representative. Anecdotes.

An interview/narrative of Clare Brown-Sutherland's recollections of Major-General Pearkes. Mrs. Sutherland-Brown was an acquaintance of Pearkes's. Interview took place in January 1966.

In Collection:

• Canadian Military Oral Histories

Contributor

• Roy, Reginald H.
• Sutherland Brown, Clare

Subject

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

Language

• eng

Date created

• January 1966

Relation

• Part of the Reginald H. Roy collection of interviews.

Resource type

• Sound

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 2 sound recordings (MP3)

Geographic coverage

• British Columbia--Victoria

Coordinates

• 48.4359, -123.35155

Additional physical characteristics

• One original sound tape reel (ca. 80 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

• SBC_247

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

• July 11, 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/10.58066/5mg1-3376

Thumbnail	Title	Date Uploaded	Visibility	Actions
	SC141_MilitaryOralHistory_GenericThumbnail		Public	Press to Select an action Download
	Sutherland-Brown_C_0247_01.mp3		Public	Press to Select an action Download
	Sutherland-Brown_C_0247_02.mp3		Public	Press to Select an action Download