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Ernest J. Steele collection
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2001 (Creation)
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28 pages of textual records
1 audiocassette
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Biographical history
Ernest J. Steele (1918-2002) grew up with five brothers and four sisters on Notre Dame Street, Summerside, Prince Edward Island. His father, John Steele, had a barbershop on Water Street and his grandfather, John Steele, Sr., had served as a policeman in the town. Ernest, known as “Ern,” served overseas from 1940-1945 in the Second World War. Upon his return he worked for thirty-five years with the Canadian National ferry service between Borden, PEI and Cape Tormentine, NB. At the time of his retirement he was Chief Steward.
Custodial history
Mr. Steele loaned the papers for photocopying in December 2001. The audiocassette was made by archivist Fred Horne who interviewed him on 6 December 2001.
Scope and content
The collection consists of twenty-four photocopied pages including handwritten notes by Mr. Steele about his memories of boyhood and the war years, a list of captains serving on the CN ferries during his employment, a list of members of the Crystal Sisters hockey team, a typewritten account of James "Stork" Gillis, and a typewritten list of Summerside policemen from 1876-1969. The four original sheets consist of one page written by Mr. Steele about the guns in Memorial Park and three pages of notes taken by Fred Horne during a December 2001 talk with Mr. Steele. The audiocassette in the collection contains a sixty-minute interview.
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- English
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NO RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS
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NO RESTRICTIONS ON REPRODUCTION
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MacNaught History Centre and Archives
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- English