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1991-1993, 1995-1996 (Creation)
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1 folder of textual records
2 audio cassettes
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File consists of two audio recordings on cassette and an edited transcript of an oral history interview conducted by Mary Tremblay with James Burke on December 20, 1991. Also included is correspondence from Mary Tremblay to James Burke, explaining the nature of her research, her dissertation, and publications.
The interview documents Burke’s life from his 1940 car accident to independent living as a writer. Topics include: seven-year hospitalization and institutional attitudes; early rehab at Lyndhurst Lodge; securing his first wheelchair and hand-controlled car; freelance writing and editorship of Caliper; advocacy for positive media images of disability; community living at the Toronto YMCA; marriage to actress Laddie Dennis; and self-designed home accessibility.
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A print transcript of the oral history created by Mary Tremblay has been digitized as a searchable PDF. This PDF is available to users upon request.
An accessible TXT version of the transcript has been created and linked as a digital object. The audio recording of the oral history has been digitized for an exhibit titled "Discourse in Disability: Oral Histories from the Mary Tremblay Fonds" and can be accessed here: https://hsl.mcmaster.ca/archives/exhibitions/discourse-in-disability-oral-histories-from-the-mary-tremblay-fonds/