Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Oral history interview with Irena Bakowska
General material designation
- Sound recording
- Textual record
Title notes
- Source of title proper: Title based on contents of the file.
Level of description
File
Reference code
CA ON00425 F001-1-1-2
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
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1983 (Creation)
- Creator
- Bakowska, Irena
Physical description area
Physical description
1 folder of textual records
2 audio cassettes (1 hr. 40 min.)
Archival description area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Irena was born as Irena Borman in Warsaw, Poland in 1924, to Jan Bakowski and Helena Dobrejcer, who were both dentists. She was raised and educated in Warsaw until the war interrupted her high school education. To hide her Jewish identity, she assumed… Read more
Scope and content
File consists of a transcript and two audio cassettes of oral history interview with Irena Bakowska conducted by Charles Roland in Kingston, Ontario on February 1st, 1983.
Topics cover Irena’s early life, education and family in Warsaw prior to the Second… Read more
Notes area
Language of material
- English