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Interview with Eino Kotilla

Year: 2025

Type: editorial

Abstract: Audio recording and transcript of Eino Kotilla's 1979 interview with Myrtle Bergren for the Coal Tyee History Project. Kotilla discusses both his and his father's involvement in the Vancouver Island coal mining industry. He talks about the Finnish community present in Ladysmith, and recalls some of its social and cultural events. He shares his memories of the Vancouver Island Coal Miners' Strike, during which his father was arrested and imprisoned for two months in Nanaimo. Kotilla also describes how his father was injured in a coal mining accident that eventually led to his death.

Source: VIUSpace (Vancouver Island University Library)

DOI: 10.25316/957e-mb02

Authors: Eino Kotilla, Myrtle Bergren

Language: English

Topic: Oral History, Memory, Narrative Analysis

Subfield: History

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1540603017

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