Oral History

Mr. Samuel Lerner 1990, 177 pages

Documenting the life and career of Samuel Lerner, senior partner of the firm Lerner & Associates in London, Ontario. Interview topics include: family background; Jewish community in London; early military training; early work; education at Western University; Depression; Osgoode Hall, 1936-1939; Lerner & Lerner, London; World War II; effect of War on practice; Bencher, LSUC, 1979; committees; legal aid; Advocates' Society; Deputy Judge, Small Claims Court, 1979-; community service; clubs. Interview conducted by Christine J.N. Kates. File includes seven audio cassette recordings from a series of four interviews, a transcript (177 p.) and a copy of a release form.

Status: Open

Interviewer: Christine J.N. Kates

Number of pages: 177

Archive Details

Archive Link: https://aims.archives.gov.on.ca/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/DESCRIPTION_WEB/WEB_DESC_DET?SESSIONSEARCH&exp=sisn%2065169

Archive Code: C 81-1-0-92

Title: Interviews with Samuel Lerner

Date: Apr. 1990 - Oct. 1990

Description: Textual records, Sound recordings

Physical Description: 2 files of textual records (includes 7 audio cassettes (ca. 330 minutes))

Restrictions: None

Container Info: (Textual records located in container B436852; sound recordings located in container B436723)

Location: Interview conducted as part of the joint General and Regional Programme of 1990-1991.