These are transcripts of tape-recorded interviews conducted in 1975 by Robert Miller, Nancy Foster, Evelyn Sine and Dave Masters. The initial group of interviews were recorded in the mid-1970s with senior citizens of the Belleville and Quinte area. No interviews were conducted in rural areas, but several interviewees had been farmers, or were raised on a farm. They also recollected times when lumbering was still an important industry and many saw-mills provided employment. Three women had been servants in the grand house Glanmore, now the Museum. Many had been teachers. A venerable clergyman gave insight into the activities of the Anglican Church earlier in the century. Wars were recollected, as well as ongoing militia activity. Twenty-seven supplementary interviews were conducted in 2007-2009. These transcripts exist as electronic files only.
Edith Hanna and Ethel McGuire discuss politics in Belleville, Marsh Engineering company, entertainment in Belleville and their life in Wales before coming to Canada.
