EL 21:1 Mrs. L.G. Thomas interview transcript
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Mrs. L.G. Thomas interview with Judy Larmour, April 2, 2001 and transcribed by Astrid Bell, January 2004. Interview content relates to the following: Mrs. L.G. Thomas attended the University of Alberta in Edmonton during the 1930s when Eleanor Luxton was a student at the U of A. Interview relate…
- Date Range
- 2004
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / F3 i
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- II. F. Collected Material Series
- Sous-Fonds
- II. Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / F3 i
- Date Range
- 2004
- Physical Description
- 8 pp. textual records
- Scope & Content
- Mrs. L.G. Thomas interview with Judy Larmour, April 2, 2001 and transcribed by Astrid Bell, January 2004. Interview content relates to the following: Mrs. L.G. Thomas attended the University of Alberta in Edmonton during the 1930s when Eleanor Luxton was a student at the U of A. Interview relates to Mrs. Thomas’s recollections of Eleanor Luxton while at University and later when Eleanor lived in Banff. Topics discussed include: Massey family background; parents moved to Edmonton from New Brunswick, 1905 Education at University of Alberta; sorority friendships among women students; development of sororities on U of A campus; discussion of Tri Delta Reflections on Eleanor Luxton; Aileen Harmon Visiting Eleanor Luxton in Banff; Eleanor Luxton and Aileen Harmon, Elizabeth Rummell; Banff School of Fine Arts and influence on Aileen Harmon and possibly Eleanor Luxton Banff as a cosmopolitan centre – mixing of people; reference to German and Swiss guides; How Banff affected Eleanor Luxton; young women as part of this scene Eleanor Luxton as a feminist; discussion of term; perception of education as critical for young women Reflections of Eleanor Luxton in 1930s; female University student; overcoming challenge of illness; discussion of the development of Eleanor Luxton’s MS
- Finding Aid
- Electronic finding aid and printed interview summary available
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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