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Interviews recorded in 1978 with residents, former residents and business persons of the Bloor/Dufferin neighborhood of Toronto. The Bloor/Gladstone Branch of the Toronto Public Library, in cooperation with the Superannuated Teachers of Ontario (S.T.O.) Club 16, undertook this oral history project to supplement other materials in the library's local history collection. Materials were used for the preparation of the book Bloor/Gladstone in Pictures by George Levin, Cynthia Patterson and Carol McDougall. The recordings chronicle life in the community and changes to the area, including schools, recreation, small businesses and St. Anne's Anglican Church. Contains references to other Toronto neighborhoods : Dovercourt, Brockton, Parkdale, and Bloor Street West. The material concerns mainly Canadians of British Isles origin, as well as Jewish Canadians and Japanese Canadians. Tapes and transcripts transferred from Bloor/Gladstone Branch to Toronto Public Library Archives in 1984. English. Open. Inventory to be prepared. Partial transcription (19 interviews), 426 pages. |
