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Eleanor Blain/Frank Walters fonds
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ca. 1967-1974, 1986-1988 (Creation)
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12 reels, 22 audio cassettes
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Frank J. Walters was born ca. late-1890s in Winnipeg. As a boy, Walters pumped a church organ on Sundays for a quarter. As a young man, Walters drove the night taxi for free. His recollections about life in the Red River Settlement are compiled in a manuscript he wrote and edited titled Pieces of the Past: A Collection of Tales of Old Red River.
Custodial history
The fonds was donated to the University of Manitoba by the Eleanor M. Blain in 1989.
Scope and content
The fonds consists of two collections: the Walters Collection of Lower Red River Oral Histories (12 reels of originals tape recordings and 13 audio-cassettes transcribed by Eleanor M. Blain) ; and the Blain Collection of Bungee Dialect Recordings (9 audio cassettes - 7 original recordings, 2 copies, restricted until December 31, 2009).
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This collection is arranged three series: 1. Walters Collection 2 - Reels 2. Walters Collection 1 - Audio Cassettes 3. Blain Collection - Audio Cassettes
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English
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E. M.Blain Collection is restricted until December 31, 2009
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E. M.Blain Collection is restricted until December 31, 2009
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Pieces of the Past: Collection of Tales of Old Red River by Frank J. Walters - a book is held in RBR room, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections.
The Bungee dialect of the Red River Settlement. by Eleanor M. Blain (University of Manitoba thesis)
E.M. Blain tapes are held separately until 2009.
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No further accruals are expected.
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Audio Recordings transcribed by E. M. Blain (2002)
Finding aid encoded by Vladimira Zvonik (2007)