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Interview with Gus Cormons

Year: 2025

Type: editorial

Abstract: Audio recording and transcript of Gus Cormons's 1979 interview with Barbara Graves for the Coal Tyee History Project. Cormons shares details about working in the Number 1 Esplanade Mine where he started in 1926 as a teenager. He talks about his wages and about early union activity in the 1930s. He recounts an injury to his hand that he received while working in the Number 8 Mine and he explains how he was compensated afterward. At the end of the interview, Cormons talks about his father who was also a coal miner.

Source: VIUSpace (Vancouver Island University Library)

DOI: 10.25316/c8sf-kf84

Authors: Agustino Cormons, Barbara Graves

Language: English

Topic: Oral History, Memory, Narrative Analysis

Subfield: History

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W6907710438

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