Oral history interview (43mm 22ss) with Linda Doooley, conducted by Sarah Reilly in Winnipeg Manitoba, 2013. Interview is indexed and fully transcribed.

Sarah Reilly interviews Linda Dooley of Winnipeg, Manitoba about her time working as a packer at the Nutty Club plant in Winnipeg, MB. Dooley briefly describes her education and work history before turning to her time at Nutty Club. Dooley does not recall much about her time at Nutty Club, due to time and the shortness of her tenure there. She only remembers aspects that directly related to her position as a packer such as the procedure for packing bags, hours, pay, and when breaks occurred. Mrs. Dooley does not speak to the way Nutty Club advertised, the products they produced, or relations between labour and management.

Oral history interview (1h 15mm 41ss) with Doug Goff, conducted by Sarah Reilly in Winnipeg, Manitoba, 2013. Interview is indexed and fully transcribed.

Sarah Reilly interviews Dr. Doug Goff of the University of Guelph about his involvement in the ice cream industry. Goff describes his life story from working at an ice cream plant to pursuing degrees in food science. Goff now teaches Food Science at the University of Guelph. Goff explains the structure of the plant as it relates to labour practices, employees, and management. Goff also discusses the changes in the ice cream industry since his entry in the late 1960s. New developments include an increased attention to employee health and safety, food safety, increased automation of production, size of the companies in the ice cream industry and the socio-cultural developments that inform consumer purchases.

Oral history interview (0h 34mm 07ss) with David Ingram, conducted by Janis Thiessen in Winnipeg, MB, 2012. The interview is indexed and fully transcribed.

The interview begins with Ingram describing his childhood and teenage years, growing up in a working-class family. Ingram began working at Paulin’s in 1981 when he was sixteen and stayed with the company for a year. He describes his job at Paulin’s as an entry level job with a variety of tasks associated with it, like stirring melted chocolate, pulling toffee, and sugaring spearmint leaves. Ingram does not recall any specifics about Paulin’s advertising. He describes the factory as non-unionized with many recent immigrants as employees, as well as a gendered division of labour. Ingram also recalls that workplace health and safety was minimal in both training and protective guards on machinery.

The "Confectionery" subseries contains 11 oral history interviews (11hh 56mm 41ss) conducted by interviewers Dr. Janis Thiessen, Sarah Story, Sarah Reilly, and Elizabeth Anne Johnson in various Canadian cities between 2012 and 2014. The interviews are with persons who worked in various capacities within confectionary sales and manufacturing in Canada including at manufacturers: Paulin’s, Cavalier, Scott-Bathgate, Brookfield, and Purity. 11 interviews (of the original 13 conducted) are fully transcribed and indexed; 11 files include the original audio.

This oral history collection includes the interviews that resulted in the book Snacks: A Canadian Food History (University of Manitoba Press, 2017). The Series includes interviews with owners, managers, workers, and consumers of independently owned Canadian snack food manufacturers including Old Dutch Potato Chips, Hawkins Cheezies, and Paulins, among others. The project received funding through: SSHRC Insight Development Grant, Government of Canada; James Burns Oral History Pilot Project in Business (via University of Winnipeg Oral History Centre); Faculty of Arts Research Grant Seed Money Fund, University of Winnipeg.

Research Assistants included: Aaron Moseley-Williams (2012–13); Sarah Reilly (2011–15); Elizabeth-Anne Johnson (2012–15); Sarah Story (2014–17).

A Project Documents File includes all documentation submitted with the project including: the original project proposal, interview protocol and question guide, consent form and archival release agreement, and a project description (written after completing, including resultant publications).

Oral history interview with Ross Metcalfe (01h 44mmm 25ss), conducted by Janis Thiessen, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 2016. Interview is indexed and fully transcribed. A Related Interview Documents file contains three photographs of Judge Metcalfe, and one of Judge Metcalfe's gavel.

Ross Metcalfe was born in 1954 in Winnipeg. He taught history and physical education, as well as having various administrative roles in Winnipeg schools. He has also been involved in various sports, cultural, and motorcycle organizations. Ross’ great-uncle was Justice Thomas Llewellyn Metcalfe, who tried the 1919 strikers. The family settled in Manitoba in the late 1800s. Ross’ grandfather and his family lived near the judge, and his father was a young teen during the trials. The family had to have guards escort them to and from school because of threats received by the judge. Justice Metcalfe was fluently bilingual, and enjoyed hunting, lacrosse, and hockey. Ross believes that Justice Metcalfe has been unfairly depicted in history books, and that he was a fair and extremely diligent judge who wanted to help the strikers while still following the letter of the law. The name Metcalfe caused trouble for some of his family members following the strike. Ross has preserved many artifacts and records passed down from his grandfather and great-uncle, and plans to organize them all. Ross does not feel affected by the strike but more so by his family’s pioneer history, and has never been on strike himself.

Oral history interview with Kathleen Christensen (010h 43mmm 25ss), conducted by Janis Thiessen, Winnipeg Manitoba, 2016. Interview is indexed and fully transcribed.

Oral history interview with Sandra Oakley (01h 06mmm 58ss), conducted by Janis Thiessen in 2016. Interview is indexed and fully transcribed. Related interview Documents file contains a letter of recommendation from Bridge Over Blue Nile regarding Alex Oakley.

Oral history interview with Lisa McGifford (00h 26mmm 59ss), conducted by Janis Thiessen in 2016. The interview is indexed and fully transcribed.

Lisa McGifford was born in 1963. She worked in community health for some time before getting a law degree and coming to work at the UW Faculty Association. Lisa’s mother was a long-time MLA for the NDP. Her great-grandfather, James McGifford, was involved in the strike. His son Bob, Lisa’s paternal grandfather, took part and was about ten at the time. Bob and his friends broke into a boxcar destined for the mayor and ate the bananas they found inside. Lisa’s other paternal great-grandfather was also involved in the strike and apparently lost his job at CP Rail as a result, and was forced to assume a false name. Lisa’s grandfather ultimately became the Chief Electrical Inspector and had mixed feelings about unionism and politics in general. Lisa’s mother was involved in various forms of activism and introduced her to that world. Lisa went to law school because she felt that workers needed better representation. She hasn’t explicitly tried to pass down her family’s stories of involvement in the strike.

Oral history interview with Tom Paulley (00h 32mmm 17ss), conducted by Janis Thiessen in 2016. The interview is indexed and fully transcribed. The Related Interview Documents file contains all documentation contributed by Tom Paulley, including: 2 digital photographs (pdf format), correspondence, a news page (1969), and an unpublished account of the 1919 General Strike: “The Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 (Rough draft by Les. Paulley).”

Tom Paulley was born in 1952. His grandfather, Les Paulley, was a participant in the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike. Les Paulley was 17 years old at the time, and employed as a telegraph courier. Tom was a high school student and learned about the 1918 strike that preceded the 1919 general strike. Tom asked his grandfather about that time period, which prompted him to share his memories of the 1919 strike with him. These memories were very general, in the form of lessons that “the struggle never really ends for better working conditions, better pay, better everything for working men and women” and the awareness that the 1919 strike was not a Bolshevik conspiracy. Those conversations may have prompted Les Paulley to write a brief, impersonal account of the strike for his family. After the 1919 strike, Les Paulley worked as a car man with the Canadian National Railway and unsuccessfully ran as a CCF candidate in the 1958 federal and 1959 Manitoba provincial elections. Tom Paulley worked briefly in the Northwest Territories for Arctic Cooperatives Ltd. before a career in government with the Community Services and Corrections Department and as a correctional officer at the Headingley Correctional Institution. Tom ran unsuccessfully for the NDP in the 2011 and 2015 federal elections.