A/EL-4 Jim Miller interview transcript
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Jim Miller interview with MaryAlice H. Stewart, March 31,1997 and transcribed by Astrid Bell, March 2002. Interview content relates to the following: James Robert Gordon Miller born in Alberta; first wife Marion Pilkey; second wife Evelyn [?]; Marion was Eleanor Luxton’s nurse in early 1960s Jim …
- 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
- 12 pp. textual record
- Scope & Content
- Jim Miller interview with MaryAlice H. Stewart, March 31,1997 and transcribed by Astrid Bell, March 2002. Interview content relates to the following: James Robert Gordon Miller born in Alberta; first wife Marion Pilkey; second wife Evelyn [?]; Marion was Eleanor Luxton’s nurse in early 1960s Jim Miller’s recollections of Marion helping Eleanor Luxton to walk and nursing care Miller’s moved to Pincher Creek (Jim in Banking); bringing Eleanor Luxton to Pincher Creek for visits; motor home trip to Vancouver RV trip back from the U.S. with Eleanor Luxton Millers moved to Banff; rented store for men’s wear business; Eleanor Luxton built home for them on the Bow River (McDougall lot) Banff Springs Hotel dinner incident Mrs. Luxton completely bed-ridden; fire in basement of Luxton house; believed to have been set; Eleanor and Marion went to Banff to clean up house after the fire; Eleanor moved back to Banff; getting guns back to Banff Norman – anecdote Marion’s death in 1989 from pancreatic cancer; Jim Miller’s recollections of taking Eleanor to Oldtimers at Stampede in car and wheelchair; Eleanor Luxton’s M.S.; Ron Duke’s daughter Kathy; taking Eleanor out with him on bookkeeping errands in Banff; trips in later years with Evelyn (Jim’s second wife) and Eleanor Luxton to Jasper and Edmonton Jim Miller’s recollections of Eleanor Luxton’s M.S. attacks and remission; Eleanor’s poetry and use of dictation for her writing
- 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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