The MUN Folklore and Language Archive

Accession Number	2025-002
Title	Our unsung heroes: World War I stories from Newfoundland and Labrador.
Collector/Donor	Carroll, Karen; St. John’s Storytelling Inc.
Administrative History/Biographical Sketch	This collection is a project of St. John’s Storytelling Inc. and its partners (Memorial University of Newfoundland, Rogers Communications, Royal Canadian Legion) and was made possible through support from the NL Year of the Arts, through ArtsNL, & The Perlin Family Trust. These productions and collections would not have been possible without the vision of the late Dr. Robert (Rob) Shea, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at Memorial University and Associate Vice-President (Academic and Student Affairs) of the Marine Institute, who understood the importance of recording stories previously unknown, from a province rich in World War 1 history and culture. As well, St. John's Storytelling Inc. is thankful for the following people who had important roles in making sure his vision came to life: Steering Committee: Karen Carroll (President SJS), Randy Crane (SJS Board Member), Gary Green (Historian. Committee member and author), Jan Buley (Memorial University of Newfoundland) and Dan Warren (former staff member Rogers Television). The project could not have been accomplished without the outstanding services of the Project Coordinator Susan Oke-Cumby, Gary Browne, retired member of the NL command of the Royal Canadian Legion who provided support and advice to the Steering Committee. Story Collectors: Jan & David Buley, Karen Carroll, Randy Crane, Dennis Flynn, Gary Green, Jordan Harnum, Bob Hemeon, Tonya Kearley-Russell, Oral Mews, Dave Paddon, Alex Saunders, and Jeanene Walsh.
Scope and Content	PLEASE BE ADVISED, this collection has been noted to contain content that may be offensive or triggering in visual, written, and/or auditory context, include harmful representations of individuals or communities, or may be triggering if not presented with consideration and empathy. Please proceed with caution. Collection consists of 7.16 GB of born digital data, including two photographs, 94 audio recordings and 6 videos created as a part of St. John’s Storytelling Inc.’s podcast series “Our Unsung Heroes: World War I stories from Newfoundland and Labrador” which is an archive of stories gathered during a special project of St. John’s Storytelling Inc. in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Newfoundland National War Memorial and the repatriation of the Unknown Soldier.
Subject	Barrett, Graham (informant) Batson, Doug (informant) Bishop-Stirling, Terry (informant) Brazil, Larry (informant) Braye, John (informant) Burry, Ed (informant) Carroll, Matthew (informant) Coombs, Heidi (informant) Cooper, Randy (informant) Coultas, Bill (informant) Crane, Randy (informant) Duley, Margot (informant) Flynn, Dennis (informant) Foley, Mike (informant) French, Woodrow (informant) Green, Gary (informant) Green, Lester (informant) Gushue, Lisa (informant) Gushue, Tim (informant) Hardy Walsh, Janice (informant) Hebbard, David (informant) Hemeon, Bob (informant) Hynes, Delores (informant) McLeod Dooley, Barbara (informant) Mercer, David (informant) Mews, Henry (informant) Miller, Wayne (informant) Morris, Ian (informant) Morry, Peter (informant) O’Mara, Dianne (informant) Paddon, Dave (informant) Paddon, Robert (informant) Paddon, Terry (informant) Pollard, Dawn (informant) Pottle, Danny (informant) Rose, Compton (informant) Starr, Enid (informant) Strickland, Ward (informant) Sullivan, Anita (informant) Sullivan, Fred (informant) Sullivan, Jackie (informant) Wickwire, Deborah (informant) Windsor, Pauline (informant) Windsor, Robert Michael (informant) alcohol anecdotes associations and societies--Women’s Patriotic Association belief--death boats and ships--HMS Calypso boats and ships--HMS Gambri boats and ships--SS Laurentic cemeteries ceremonial objects--grave markers charity--fund raising combat crafts--knitting crafts--sewing crime--espionage death disabilities--physical disabilities--deafness film-making--producing ghosts Halifax Explosion health facilities--Jensen Camp hunting illness--contagious diseases illness--Spanish Flu illness--Tuberculosis illness--injuries Inuit--song interpersonal relations interpersonal relations--intergenerational relations life histories lumbering medicine--nursing Memorial Day memorials--monuments--Conception Bay South Monument of Honour memorials--war memorials memorials--war memorials--Trail of the Caribou mental illness--post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) military--identification--dog tags military--British Royal Navy military--Canadian Army Medical Corps military--Canadian Army Dispatch Riders military--Canadian Expeditionary Force military--Indian Army military--Newfoundland Forestry Corps military--Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve military--Royal Newfoundland Regiment military--Royal Newfoundland Regiment--Sable Chief military--Royal Newfoundland Regiment--unknown Newfoundland soldier military--United States Army Nurse Corps military medals--World War I--Allied Victory Medal military medals--World War I--German Iron Cross military science moving image--documentation names names--roads--Veteran's Memorial Highway--L.T. Stick Drive narratives--oral narratives narratives--war stories nurses persons--Aiden Devereaux persons--Albert Cluett persons--Albert James Green persons--Alfred E. Cake persons--Alfred Stacey persons--Allan Moyes persons--Andrew Shaw persons--Angus Brinston persons--Armine Gosling persons--Arthur Richard Batson persons--Bertha Forsey persons--Cecil Green persons--Charles Canning persons--Charles Hatcher persons--Charles Michelin persons--Chesley Miles persons--Cyril Duley persons--Edward Fagan persons--Edward Moyle Stick persons--Edward Taylor persons--Egbert Randell persons--Elizabeth Green persons--Ernest Frederick McLeod persons--Ethel Dickinson persons--Frances ‘Fanny’ Cluett persons--Frederick ‘Jack’ Wornell persons--Fredris Minty Morry persons--Freeman Green persons--George McFarland Gulliver persons--Hannah Lilly persons--Harvey Green persons--Horatio Barbour persons--Horatio Gruchy persons--Howard Morry persons--Jack Randell persons--James Goudie persons--James Robins Stick persons--Jean MacCallum Gulliver persons--Jeannette Coultas persons--John Randell persons--John Rupert Weigall Hollands persons--John Shiwak persons--John Thomas Berrigan persons--John Weir persons--John William Devereaux persons--Leonard Stick persons--Lionel Duley persons--Lou Whitehorne persons--Louisa Flowers persons--Manuel Levi Pardy persons--Margaret Davidson persons--Martha Smith persons--Mary Randell persons--Mary Patience Randell persons--Mary Southcott persons--Maxwell Barnes persons--Michael Ryan persons--Nathaniel Boone persons--Neil McLeod persons--Norman McLeod persons--Patrick Butler persons--Patrick Eagan persons--Peter Jeddore persons--Phil Jensen persons--Richard Spurrell persons--Silas Bird persons--Stephen McDonald persons--Steven Crocker Morris persons--Sybil Johnson persons--Wallace Pike persons--Wayne Miller persons--William Blackler Knight persons--William Flynn persons--William Harding persons--William John Lilly persons--William Mews persons--William Norman Coultas persons--William Thomas Parsons place names--roads--Veteran's Memorial Highway--L.T. Stick Drive poetry politics Remembrance Day song song--lyrics tattooing trapping volunteers--Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) volunteer work--World War I war war--World War I war--espionage war--prisons war--prisons--Fort MacDonald war--prisoners war--Q ships war--submarine warfare war--marriage war--World War II weapons--chemical weapons--mustard gas women’s history women’s work work writing--book writing Oral history (major subject) Bay Roberts, Conception Bay north, Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland and Labrador Belleoram, Fortune Bay, Connaigre Peninsula, Newfoundland and Labrador Bell Island, Conception Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador Calvert, Southern Shore, Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland and Labrador Conception Bay South, Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland and Labrador Conne River, Bay d’Espoir, South Coast, Newfoundland and Labrador English Harbour, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador Ferryland, Southern Shore, Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland and Labrador Garden Cove, Placentia Bay, Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland and Labrador Gooseberry Cove, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador Greenspond, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador Harbour Grace, Conception Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador Keels, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador Little Heart’s Ease, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador North West River, Central Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador Port Rexton, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador Pouch Cove, St. John’s North, Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland and Labrador Renews, Southern Shore, Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland and Labrador Rigolet, Hamilton Inlet, Coastal Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador Sound Island, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador St. John’s, Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland and Labrador Topsail, Conception Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador Venison Islands, Coastal Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador Beaumont-Hamel, Hauts-de-France, France Cambrai, Hauts-de-France, France Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom Gallipoli, Canakkale, Turkey Gueudecourt, Hauts-de-France, France Lille, Hauts-de-France, France Monchy-le-Preux, Hauts-de-France, France Passendale, West Flanders, Belgium Rouen, Normandie, France
Year	2024
Finding Aids	See “Our Unsung Heroes: World War I Stories from Newfoundland and Labrador” Finding Aid under "Archival Finding Aids (Thematic)" on the "Collection" section of MUNFLA's website.
General Notes	MUNFLA recognizes that our archival collections contain language and content that may be disturbing, triggering, or potentially harmful to some members of the public. Traditional archival practices seek to maintain the original language used by the “creators” of our collections to ensure that historical attitudes and viewpoints are not erased from the archival record. Due to this, our collections may contain original language, used to refer to cultural groups in addition to race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality/sexual identity, as well as content that some may consider offensive. MUNFLA uses a subject tag system that summarizes the content of our archival records and places a language or content warning where possible to allow users to decide how they engage with these collections. Where possible, MUNFLA provides additional descriptive information to give background on the collections. If you see descriptions of collections with inappropriate language or content that you think MUNFLA staff should review, please contact us at munfla@mun.ca. Provide as many details as possible regarding the language or content which requires our attention. Also, please indicate “Collection language review" or “Collection content review” in the subject of your email and include the collection reference (accession) number or URL link to the record. Some of the stories collected from the project were used to complete a 10-part podcast, produced by Rebecca Nolan and hosted by Lisa Gushue. The link can be found here: https://ourunsungheros.podbean.com/. A live event was held to launch the podcast series on November 7, 2024, at the CLB Armoury in St. John’s, NL. A link to the livestream of that event can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txXnFRYSBmo. Some of the stories were also used to create a 2-part television series, which was aired on Rogers Television locally in Newfoundland and Labrador. The series was produced by Dan Warren, recorded by videographer Riley Harnett and hosted by Brian O’Connell. We also would like to acknowledge Ken Parsons for providing the ASL interpretation and the Crow’s Nest Officer’s Club for providing the recording location for the hosting video. The link can be found here: https://rogerstv.com/st-johns/show/our-unsung-heroes. Stories collected but not used in the podcast or the television series can be found here and have been shared with permission of the people who kindly shared their stories.
Organization/Arrangement	audio: F32400bd-F32493bd; digital audio files available. video: V1079bd-V1084bd; digital video files available. photograph: P1165bd-P1166bd; digital graphic files available.
Physical Description	7.16 GB of born digital data (151 files). 94 digital audio files (most ca. 14 min.). 6 digital video files (ca. 7 min. each). 2 digital photographs (24 bit col. JPG; most 300 x 200 px).