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- [ca. 1978-1980] (Creation)
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12.5 cm of textual records. -- 56 audio cassettes
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Biographical history
Henri Paul Chatenay, 1941-2010, was born and educated in Red Deer, Alberta except for a two year term at a school in Lausanne, Switzerland. He received a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Alberta and studied journalism at Carleton University in Ottawa. He also studied at the Alberta College of Art in Calgary and Vancouver School of Art. He taught school in various public schools in Alberta as well as at the Edmonton Art Gallery and Mount Royal College in Calgary.
He was interested in documenting the work of early western doctors and published two books, Echoes of Silence : The Chronicles of William Graham Mainprize, M.D., 1911-1974 / Henry Paul Chatenay. -- Edmonton : Alberta Handicapped Forum, 1978 and The Country Doctors / Henri Paul Chatenay. -- Red Deer : Matrix Press, 1980.
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Gift of Jim Chatenay, 2011.
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The fonds consists of research materials, including recorded interviews, which he compiled and created while writing The Country Doctors. Includes interviews with Harold Hamman, Phylis Steele, Winifred Anderson, D. S. and Mrs. Cody, A. D. Barnett, George Miller, J. W. Richardson, Samuel Bartlett, Sonny Nicolson, Les Bennett, H. Smith, Pastor Severson, T. Smith, Charles Sternberg, Marius Martinson, Mabel Olsen, Irma Belcher, Helen Mainprize, Arliss Swenson, M. A. Mozer, Lawrens Egland, Tom Matchell, Ralph Nichols, Opal Stearns, Dr. Archer, Dr. Mallett, Florence Love, Frank Froh, A. E. Shore, Mr. Holroyd, Alfred Greenaway, Pat Motherwell, Mrs. Bert Brooker, Margaret Savage, Isabel Dollar, Anne Fraser, R. Parsons, A. E. Archer, Ann Nordtrop, William Henry, Roy Whitecotton, Florence Petersen, Irene Tyler, Bert Brooker, Jan Edwards, Graham Mainprize, Lars Haugan, R. J. Weil, Bob Ferguson, Ralph Nichols, Helen Ferguson, Janet Rogers, George Scott, Mr. and Mrs. George Fawcett, Mrs. Crisp, Mrs. Wilsy, Margaret Owens, MacNeill Smith, Arthur Day, Mrs. Wittmack, Mr. Stephens, Mr. Hansen, Mrs. Scoular, Mrs. Van Lowe, M. Downer, Minnie Johnson, Jon Fowler, Mrs. McManneman, Mary Percy Jackson, Gordon Redel, Pedro Hauer, Mary Plank, Mrs. Weintrup, Anne Pawliuk, Dorothy Williams,George Cameron, Paul Barker, Ken Nicolson, Ms Eichener, Mrs. Wingard, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Annett.
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No restrictions on access.
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The material is in English.
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