CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
8347
Partner Institution:
University of Calgary
Source Collection Title:
Robert Kroetsch fonds
Source Collection ID:
Source Collection Contributing Unit:
University of Calgary, Archives and Special Collections
Source Collection URI:
Source Collection Image URL:
ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title:
Ida Babcock
Title Source:
Transcribed from the artifact
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Identifiers:
[29.9]
Rights
Rights:
In Copyright (InC)
Notes:
Enters Public Domain at the end of 2034
CREATORS
Name:
Kroetsch, Robert
Dates:
1927-2011
CONTRIBUTORS
MATERIAL DESCRIPTION
Recording Type:
Analogue
AV Type:
Audio
Material Designation:
Cassette
Physical Composition:
Magnetic Tape
Extent:
1/8 inch
Side:
A and B
Tape Brand:
BASF
Sound Quality:
Poor
Physical Condition:
Good
Other Physical Description:
Background noise significant.
DIGITAL FILE DESCRIPTION
Duration:
T01:32:39
Size:
1.49 GB
Dates
Date:
1984-09-19
Type:
Performance Date
Notes:
Dates taken from container and/or accompanying material.
LOCATION
Address:
Morden, Manitoba, Canada
CONTENT
Notes:
Conversation, stories to Robert Kroetsch and others by Ida Babcock.
- Recording of Robert Kroetsch and others interviewing Ida Babcock. Other interviewers are not identified. Trying to learn and (presumably) preserve Robert Kroetsch family history.
- Stories of travelling through Alberta, including Heisler. Picking berries, hitchhiking, cooking in a bush camp near Smithers
- Ida Babcock (née Robert Kroetsch) 1900-1996: widowed at 41, no children. Only educated to grade three. Family moved to Langdon, Alberta in 1910.
- Babcock shows pictures to Robert Kroetsch et al.
NOTES
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