A/EL-3 Iris Steele interview transcript
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Iris Steele interview with MaryAlice H. Stewart, March 31, 1997 and transcribed by Astrid Bell, April 2002. Interview content relates to the following: Iris Dorothy Cutting Steele; born in Regina; father was retired from Royal Northwest Mounted Police in Regina; four children in family; lived on …
- Date Range
- 2002
- 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
- 2002
- Physical Description
- 8 pp. textual records
- Scope & Content
- Iris Steele interview with MaryAlice H. Stewart, March 31, 1997 and transcribed by Astrid Bell, April 2002. Interview content relates to the following: Iris Dorothy Cutting Steele; born in Regina; father was retired from Royal Northwest Mounted Police in Regina; four children in family; lived on Beaver Street, Muskrat Street, Marten Street; attended school in Banff from Grade 2 to Grade 11 Eleanor Luxton was “best teacher in the school”; admired; not stern but thoughtful; interested in all her students Eleanor Luxton’s travels included Hawaii, Panama Canal; reading to her students on Friday afternoons; treat with chocolate bars; read from her diaries of her trips; Eleanor Luxton’s attractive appearance Mrs. Luxton – very stern looking; Norman characterized as dashing Uncle Lou at “Sign of the Goat” – Lou called Iris Steele’s mother “Mrs. Seargent” Lou’s children – Bill, Minota and Olive; Olive married Charlie Beil Norman characterized as “very interesting, very handsome man”; blanket coats; Mrs. Gammon made blanket coats Display at store: half man, half fish Eleanor Luxton taught Iris Steele Grade 7 and Grade 8; Eleanor Luxton helped students who were having a difficult time Iris was amazed at Eleanor Luxton standing up to give a talk at Peter Whyte art gallery opening Iris’s family moved to Calgary briefly and Eleanor Luxton had a handkerchief shower. Iris’s father (b. 1873) came from England to join his brother at Pincher Creek; had never ridden a horse before became well known for breaking horses; he joined the RNWP in 1894 and took mail across the summit in Klondike gold rush; contacted typhoid fever; Cutting was 53 years old when Iris was born; Iris’s mother was born in England; Iris’s sister was 16 years in the Interpol office in England; Iris’s married life in Edmonton, Vancouver and Toronto
- 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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