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Interview - Mr. Herman Webber

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Listen to the Herman Webber Interview Here

Listen to the Herman Webber Interview Here

Creators

Herman Webber, Interviewee

Donna Bowes

, Interviewer

Media Type

Audio

Item Type

Audiocassettes

Description

This audio is from a recorded interview with Mr. Herman Webber of Petawawa, Ontario. The interview takes place at the Miramichi Lodge, a long-term care facility in Pembroke, ON. The interview covers a range of topics including the lumber industry and farming in Petawawa Village and notably road building and the role of Path Master. At the time of recording, Mr. Webber was 87 years old, born in 1895.

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Use the following guide to search out certain topics in the interview .
00:00 Introduction
01:40 Farming
02:56 Selling of home (recent)
05:29 Farming
06:45 Lumber Camps
07:49 Road Building/Path Master
10:29 Lumber Camps
12:38 Travel to Pembroke
13:40 Selkirk's Store
16:01 Homes and Family
17:15 Brief mention of Mohns
Abrupt end of interview.
This audio has been edited to remove long pauses and silences to decrease playing time.

Date of Original

August 9, 1982

Date Of Event

circa 1895-1982

Playing Time

00:18:28

Subject(s)

Education
Farming
Interviews
Lumber industry

Local identifier

PPL_IV_Webber

Collection

Len Hopkins Collection

Language of Item

English

Geographic Coverage

Petawawa

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 45.90012 Longitude: -77.33277

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