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Central America Solidarity Activists

Central America Solidarity activists collection. Second accrual. – 1988-1990. – 12.5 cm of textual records. – 36 audio cassettes.

Box 2
Interview transcripts of interviews by Lorne Brown except for those in French which were done by Miaja Kagis
F.1       Beth Abbott – Oxfam and Solidarity Activist. Interviewed 1 September 1989; 11 pages
F.2       Alison Acker. – Interviewed May 1989; 24 pages
F.3       Nelson Beaton – retired miner. Interviewed 28 August 1989; 5 pages
F.4       Joan, Jordan and John Bishop – Tools for Peace. Interview, n.d.; 12 pages
F.5       Catherine Blacklock – student. Interviewed 9 December 1989; 11 pages
F.6       Peter Boles – Christian Taskforce on Central America, Central American Solidarity Committee, Victoria BC. Interviewed November 6, 1988; 6 pages.
   Interviewed with Deidre Kelly – for that part of the interview see F.23. Note: Audio cassette in first accrual.
F.7       Gisèle Bonin – Interviewed in French, n.d.; 14 pages
F.8       Caroline Brown – Calgary Interface and Director of Southern Alberta World Education Program. Interviewed 7 December 1989; 17 pages
F.9       Denise Caron – Interviewed in French, n.d.; 20 pages
F.10     Mario Correnzo – El Salvadorian immigrant. Interviewed 25 August 1989; 14 pages
F.11     Annette Desmarais – Coordinator, Oxfam Farmers Brigades, n.d.; 13 pages
F.12     Lynda Dixon – Farmers for Peace. Interviewed 19 Feb. 1990; 14 pages
F.13     Victor Dohl – Farmer for Peace. Interviewed 19 Feb. 1990; 15 pages
F.14     Janet Gear – Christian Task Force. Interviewed 8 November 1990; 8 pages
F.15     André Gregoire – Interviewed in French, n.d.; 24 pages, numbered 15-39
F.16     Marie Synes Grehan – social worker. Interviewed 3 February 1989; 15 pages
F.17     Lorraine Guay. Interviewed in French, n.d.; 17 pages
F.18     Barb Harris –Advisor to the President of Dalhousie University on Women, Minorities and the Disabled; Solidarity Activist.  Interviewed 1 September 1989;
     24 pages
F.19     Georgina Heselton – Voice of the Handicapped. Interviewed 23 November 1988; 20 pages
F.20     Robin Hood – Christian Task Force on Central America. Interviewed on 2 May 1989; 12 pages.
F.21     John Iverson – Oxfam Farmers’ Brigade. Interview, 11 pages, n.d.
F.22     Basil Kelly – carpenter. Interviewed 25 August 1989; 12 pages
F.23     Deidre Kelly – Christian Task Force and Central American Support Committee. Interviewed 6 November 1988; 12 pages
F.24     Donna Lentjes – church worker.  Interviewed 9 December 1989; 24 pages
F.25     Ross MacDonald – student, Tools for Peace. Interviewed September 1989; 14 pages
F.26     Jack MacNie – Past Chair of International Council for Adult Education. Interviewed 8 November 1990; 20 pages
F.27     Wayne Mundle – National Director of the Atlantic Region of CUPW. Interviewed 1 Sept. 1989; 11 pages
F.28     Beth Paynter – CUSO, Potato Project. Interviewed 1989; 8 pages
F.29     Lynda Perry – Central American Working Group. Interviewed 1 May 1989; 13pages
F.30     Sheila Profit – psychiatric nurse, Tools of Peace. Interviewed 30 August 1989; 7 pages
F.31     Carl Ridd – Professor of Religion, University of Winnipeg. Interviewed 5 March 1989; 12 pages
F.32     John Rooney – carpenter. Interviewed 7 November 1988; 13 pages
F.33     Victor Sanchez – Western Farmers Brigade. Interviewed 25 March 1990; 11 pages
F.34     Kathy Schissel – Social Work Project. Interviewed 19 February 1990; 8 pages
F.35     Rebecca Seidel – Farmers for Peace. Interviewed 19 February 1990; 8 pages
F.36     Kevin Squires – fisherman. Interviewed 28 August 1989; 8 pages.
F.37     Conrad Toner – potato farmer and National Farmers Union activist. Interviewed August 1989; 10 pages
F.38     Hugo Torres – Chilean immigrant. Interviewed 6 March 1989; 7 pages
F.39     Victor Ursnik – student. Interviewed 18 march 1989; 5 pages
F.40     Carolyn Van Gurp – teacher and solidarity activist in OXFAM, Tools for Peace, Halifax, NS. Interviewed 30 August; 16 pages. See also first accrual.
F.41     Dan Weston and Norman Laverty – Anti-Poverty Association. Interview, n.d.; 14pages

Box 3
Audio cassettes for interviews listed in box 2. In addition there are cassettes for Ritchie Allan and Robert Fox (1989); Jim Beck; Denis Deroche (8 Nov. 1988); Portillo Hernan Fernandez; Evan Fox-Decent and Deborah Cohen; John Foster (Oxfam); Fred Judson (Edmonton academic and activist); Angus MacPhee (9 Nov. 1988); Newfoundland fishermen (Feb. 1990); Val Ross (17 November 1988); John Savage (Mayor of Dartmouth and later Premier of Nova Scotia, medical aid, 30 August 1989); Jim Sinclair( President, United Fishermen and later B.C. Federation of Labour, 6 November 1988); Dave Smiley (photographer, 5 March 1989); Phil Westman (Christian Task Force, 8 Nov. 1988). Total: 36 cassettes. Transcripts for some of these can be found in the first accrual.

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