Oral History

George Johnston 1983, 135 pages

Documenting the life and career of George A. Johnson (b. 1892), who was a lawyer hired as Chief Librarian at the Osgoode Hall Great Library in 1939. Interview topics include: Osgoode Hall; Articling with Mulock, Milliken, Clark & Redman; World War I; early practice; work as Chief Librarian at the Osgoode Hall Great Library. Interview conducted by Christine J.N. Kates. File includes three audio cassette recordings from a series of three interviews, two versions of the transcript (115 p.) and a memorandum.

Status: Open

Interviewer: Christine J.N. Kates

Number of pages: 135

Archive Details

Archive Link: https://aims.archives.gov.on.ca/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/DESCRIPTION_WEB/WEB_DESC_DET?SESSIONSEARCH&exp=sisn%2065100

Archive Code: C 81-1-0-22

Title: Interviews with George Johnston

Date: July 1982 - Feb. 1983

Description: Textual records, Sound recordings

Physical Description: 3 files of textual records (includes 3 audio cassettes (ca. 270 minutes))

Restrictions: Transcript closed until after death

Container Info: (Textual records located in container B437273; sound recordings located in container B436500)