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- 2017-2020 (Creation)
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1 file, 36.9MB
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Biographical history
Harriett was a PhD candidate at University of York between 2017 and 2020. As part of her PhD research, she carried out face to face interviews with a number of Second World War veterans.
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Scope and content
Interview with Harold May 'took place on 13th March 2017 at the interviewee's home' (transcript).
The interview transcript (HBE/1/11) provides the following background information about Harold May: Harold May was born in 1918. He began his armed service career in the Pay Corps before joining a Royal Artillery Field Regiment. May became one of a four man Observation Post party and served in North Africa and Italy. After the war, May worked for the Co-op. He began work in the accounts office and later became the Regional Manager of multiple stores across the North East of England. He is a dedicated member of the local Rotary Club and the Magic Circle.
In the interview, Harold discusses his memoir in the Rotary Club Book, being in the Pay Corps, being in Iraq, not thinking of himself as a 'veteran', heroism, coming home after the war, the increasing freedoms afforded to women, and a story about a family in Italy with a cow.
Parent folder: 2020/008
MD5 Checksum: 8bdbb524b7889c040274821f119e91ea
Original Creation date: 13/03/2017
Last-modified date: 09/04/2020. Altered during digital preservation activities by Frances Bell.
Original last-modified date: 13/03/2017
File size: 36.967
File format: Not determined by DROID. Thought to be MPEG-4 Audio File
File extension: m4a
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System of arrangement
The parent folder (2020-008) contains eighteen audio files (constituting ten interviews) and one Microsoft Word document.
Arrangement intervention is level 1 (no intervention by the archivist). The original material has been retained without any intervention by the archives staff. This does mean that the collection may include filenames containing spelling mistakes and duplicate files that were placed in the wrong folder(s) by the creator.
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Material is available subject to the usual terms and conditions of access to Archives and Local History collections.
Conditions governing reproduction
Images are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.
Language of material
- English
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Related units of description
See also York Normandy Veterans archive (NVA).