Roy L. Carlson inteview collection (Terry Spurgeon collector)

1995
7 cm of textual records
1 sound recording

Administrative history

Scope and content

In 1995, Terry Spurgeon was an Honours student in Archaeology at SFU, and past president of the Archaeological Society of British Columbia. He interviewed Roy Carlson on the occasion of Dr. Carlson's retirement from SFU that year. Dr. Carlson was a charter faculty member in the Department of Political Science, Sociology and Anthropology. He played a pivotal role in establishing a separate Department of Archaeology.

The collection consists of Terry Spurgeon's interview of Dr. Carlson including audiocassettes, and a transcript. Also includes the fall 1995 issue of The Midden, published in honour of Dr. Carlson, and for which Terry Spurgeon served as guest editor.

Source of title

Title of the interview is based on the names of the interview participants.

Immediate source of acquisition

Terry Spurgeon donated the material to the SFU Archives in 1996.

Restrictions

Access to the sound recording is restricted due to the age and fragility of the storage medium (cassette tapes). For access to this records, consult with the reference archivist.

Finding aids

File and item lists are available.

Accruals

All accessions have been processed as of September 2002. No further accruals are expected.

Related material

Please consult the inventory for the Department of Archaeology fonds, F-4.

Note on preparation of finding aid

Finding aid prepared by Frances Fournier, Enid Britt (July 2000); revised by Enid Britt (March 2005); items re-numbered, minor revisions to description (September 2012).

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