Finding Aid
First accrual. – 1986-1993. – 10 cm of textual records. – 16 audio cassettes.
Box 1
Transcripts of interviews:
Note: An asterisk (*) indicates that this accrual also contains an audio cassette of the interview. Interviews done by either Janice Acton or Lorne Browne.
F.1 Janice Acton – Tools for Peace, Toronto. Self-interview July 1993, Janice Acton, 21 pages.
Ritchie Allan see Robert Fox
F.2 Louise Casselman – Latin American Working Group, Toronto. Interviewed June 29, 1993 by Janice Acton; 16 pages.
F.3 Pat Coty – staff OXFAM – Ontario, activist in Tools for Peace, and Medical Aid to Nicaragua, Toronto, Ont. Interviewed March 31, 1989 by Janice Acton; 14 pages*.
F.4 Joe Cursio – Scarborough Foreign Missions priest, Scarborough, Ont. Interviewed Dec 9, 1988 by Lorne Brown; 15 pages*.
F.5 Denny Deroche – Activist and solidarity worker, Central American solidarity work, Nanaimo B.C. Interviewed in 1989 by Lorne Brown; 6 pages.
F.6 Tim Draimin, Fr. Michael Czerny, Julie Leonard – editors and publishers of Central America Update, Toronto-based Jesuit Centre for Social Faith and Justice. Interviewed February 10, 1987 by Janice Acton; 15 pages.
F.7 Cathy Ellis – Midwife, nurse involved in Medical Aid to Nicaragua/Central America/ Tools for Peace, Saskatchewan. Interviewed February 24, 1989 by Janice Acton; 9 pages*.
F.8 Robert Fox and Ritchie Allan – Tools for Peace, Ottawa, Ontario. Interviewed October 31, 1989 by Janice Acton; 10 pages.
F.9 Suzanne Guay – staff SUCO-Quebec (Service universitaire canadien outre-mer), activist Outils de Paix (Tools for Peace) Montreal, Quebec. Interviewed 1989 by Janice Acton; 9 pages*.
F.10 Derol and Judy Kawaja – volunteers, Catholic Church Committee on Development & Peace, Tools for Peace, Port Hawkesbury, NS. Interviewed August 27 1989 by Lorne Brown; 5 pages*.
F.11 John Kirk – Professor, Dalhousie University, Halifax NS. Interviewed Sept. 1, 1989 by Lorne Brown; 4 pages*.
F.12 Gordon Kiley – Worker at United Steelworkers, Sydney, N.S. Interviewed August 27, 1989 by Lorne Brown; 6 pages*.
F.13 Barb Lawder – artist, teacher, NS College of Art and Design, Halifax NS. Interviewed Sept. 1, 1989 by Lorne Brown; 7 pages*.
F.14 Claudette Legault – activist Tools for Peace, Latin American Information Group (Halifax), OXFAM staff (Halifax and Ottawa). Interviewed April/May, 1989 by Janice Acton; 13 pages*.
F.15 Julie Leonard – staff Jesuit Centre for Peace and Justice, activist Tools for Peace, Toronto. Interviewed 1989 by Janice Acton; 7 pages*.
F.16 Angus MacPhee – B.C. Pulp and Paper Workers of Canada (PPWC), November 9, 1988. Interviewed by Lorne Brown; 9 pages.
F.17 John Mathews – retired professor, Dalhousie University, Bedford, NS. Interviewed September 2, 1989 by Lorne Brown; 4 pages*.
F.18 Wes Maultsaid – Anglican priest, activist in Central American Solidarity Committee, Tools for peace etc. Interviewed May 1989 by Janice Acton; 10 pages.
F.19 Sue Mitchell & Harvey Totten – Tools for Peace, Managua, Nicaragua. Interviewed 1988 or 1989 in Managua by Janice Acton; 15 pages*.
F.20 Harold and Isabella Proven – farmers and members of National Farmers’ Union, Minnedosa, Manitoba. Interviewed March 10, 1989 by Lorne Brown; 10 pages*.
F.21 Audrey Silvius – United Church member, activist in Tools for Peace etc, Brandon, Man. Interviewed March 10, 1989 by Lorne Brown; 10 pages*.
Harvey Totten see Sue Mitchell
F.21 Carolyn Van Gurp – teacher; solidarity activist in OXFAM, Tools for Peace, Halifax, NS. Interviewed March 20, 1989 by Janice Acton; 8 pages*. See also the second accrual.
F.23 Phil Westman – Coordinator national office of Tools for Peace, Vancouver, BC. From an interview July 22, 1986; 8 pages.
Other
F.24 Scotty Neish – BC Fisherman’s Union, BC – newspaper article written by Scotty Neish; various drafts
F.25 Lorne Brown – proposal outlining plans to edit an “Anthology on Central America”; 6 pages. Also a circular letter, 27 October 1986
Audio Cassettes: 16 containing interviews with Alison Acker; Peter Boles and Deidre Kelly; Pat Coty; Joe Cursio; Suzanne Guay; John Kirk; Cathy Ellis; Derol and Judy Kawaja; Gordon Kiley; Barbara Lawder; Claudette Legault; Julie Leonard ; John Mathews; Sue Mitchell & Harvey Totten ; Harold and Isabella Proven;Audrey Silvius; Carolyn Van Gurp. Transcripts for some of these interviews not found here are in the second accrual.
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.
