Oral History: Bob Thompson interviewed by Peter Stursberg, C 2872, 2873 cassette 4 - September 16 and 23
Digitized sound file not attached, due to copyright restrictions
As part of a joint Oral History project of the Public Archives of Canada and the Parliamentary Library, journalist, writer, and broadcaster Peter Stursberg interviewed former Social Credit leader Robert Thompson in September, 1981.
Title: "Robert N. Thompson - His Memoirs in an interview with Peter Stursberg in Dr. Thompson's office in the Robert N. Thompson Building in Trinity Western College, Langley, British Columbia, September 23, 1981. (This is part of an oral history for the Parliamentary Library and the Public Archives)"
Audio 278a consists of the following recording:
This portion of the interview picks up where Aud 277 left off, with a minor disagreement re the establishment of the Royal Canadian Air Force. Thompson travelled to the RCAF Recruiting Station in Calgary and five days later was a pilot officer assigned to the Commonwealth Air Training Scheme. At the suggestion of RAF Chaplain, Gerald Gregson, Thompson and his wife travelled to Ethiopia - a journey of three months, by ship - to work with Haile Selassie; he served with the military and with the Department of Education.
Audio 278b consists of the following recording:
Thompson describes his involvement with the Air Force in Ethiopia. Stursberg asks him to describe what Addis Ababa was like when they arrived there. Thompson mentions the Italian Duke d'Aosta, who surrendered to the Allies and whose dress sword was given to Thompson. Thompson discusses his work after the war as Education Officer for Kaffa Province, in Ethiopia. He refers to the Sudan Interior Mission just as this recording concludes.
Note: Aud 278a was recorded on September 16, while Aud 278b was recorded on September 23.
1981
* 1 audio cassette
* 2 sound recordings (mp3)
* audio 278a 13.2 MB (19 minutes)
* audio 278b 20.5 MB (30 minutes)
http://archivessearch.twu.ca/oral-history-bob-thompson-interviewed-by-peter-stursberg-c-2872-2873-cassette-4-september-16-and-23
Aud. 278
B 4 S 1 Box 11