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Dublin Core
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Title
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Foolscap Oral History Project
Subject
The topic of the resource
gay men
Toronto
bars
oral history
HIV/AIDS
military occupations
family members
Description
An account of the resource
The Foolscap Oral History Project, also known as the Toronto Gay History Project, was undertaken by John Grube and Ed Jackson in order to collect and preserve histories of everyday gay life and social culture in Toronto. The project produced a collection of 42 interviews on 52 cassette tapes that provide a rich picture of the lives and histories of men in Grube and Jackson's social circle.
Interviews took place from 1981-1987, and cover gay life in Toronto from the 1940s until that time. Topics include the men's early life, coming out, relationships, friendships, sex lives, careers, military service, community organizing, political actions, religion, bar culture, and experiences with psychiatry.
The tapes and transcripts comprising the Foolscap Project were donated to the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives in 2016, and are currently being processed by the LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratory.
Creator
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John Grube
Format
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Cassette Tapes
Interview Transcripts
Language
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English
Identifier
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2016-034
Contributor
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LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratory (Elspeth Brown, PI)
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Dublin Core
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Title
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Second Oral History Interview with Frederick Sproule (1984)
Subject
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oral history, Toronto, World War I, gay culture, relationships
Description
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Trigger warning for use of racist and sexist language in this interview.
This is John Grube's second interview with Frederick Sproule for Foolscap. The oral history begins with Grube and Sproule looking through a series of photos, and Sproule explaining the context of and characters in each photo. Lionel Collier and Eddie Fortune also make the occasional appearance, asking Sproule questions and discussing dinner. Sproule discusses major Toronto landmarks, and the gay scene from 1920s onward. Sproule expresses his hatred of effeminate men and lesbians in this interview.
Source
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John Grube
Date
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1984-12-23
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CLGA
Format
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PDF, WAV
Language
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English
Type
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Sound, text
Identifier
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2016-034
Coverage
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1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1980s, Toronto
Publisher
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The LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratory
1920s
1930s
foolscap
Frederick Sproule
gay man
High Park
homosexuality
John Grube
Letros
oral history
Toronto
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Foolscap Oral History Project
Subject
The topic of the resource
gay men
Toronto
bars
oral history
HIV/AIDS
military occupations
family members
Description
An account of the resource
The Foolscap Oral History Project, also known as the Toronto Gay History Project, was undertaken by John Grube and Ed Jackson in order to collect and preserve histories of everyday gay life and social culture in Toronto. The project produced a collection of 42 interviews on 52 cassette tapes that provide a rich picture of the lives and histories of men in Grube and Jackson's social circle.
Interviews took place from 1981-1987, and cover gay life in Toronto from the 1940s until that time. Topics include the men's early life, coming out, relationships, friendships, sex lives, careers, military service, community organizing, political actions, religion, bar culture, and experiences with psychiatry.
The tapes and transcripts comprising the Foolscap Project were donated to the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives in 2016, and are currently being processed by the LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratory.
Creator
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John Grube
Format
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Cassette Tapes
Interview Transcripts
Language
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English
Identifier
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2016-034
Contributor
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LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratory (Elspeth Brown, PI)
Hyperlink
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URL
<iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/324443056&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" frameborder="no" scrolling="no" width="100%" height="166"></iframe> <iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/324443045&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" frameborder="no" scrolling="no" width="100%" height="166"></iframe>
Dublin Core
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Title
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Oral History Interview with Frederick Sproule (1983)
Subject
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oral history, relationships, gay culture, Frederick Sproule, WWI, coming out, army, cruising, work, interior design, WWII, Toronto, drag, bars, gay liberation
Description
An account of the resource
In this oral history interview Frederick Sproule, 88 years old, discusses his life as a gay man in Toronto from the early twentieth century onwards. The interview begins with Sproule describing his coming out experience when he was 18 and lived in New York. He then narrates his life during World War I, his time in service, sexual experiences, relationships, cruising practices, and his attendance to gay parties. Other topics discussed in the interview include Sproule’s relation with his family, his social circle, his career as an interior designer, the changes in Toronto after WWII, drag practices of people he knew, his political stance, his rather pessimistic opinion about the gay liberation movement, the bar culture in the city, and his relationships with women when he was younger.
Creator
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Foolscap Oral History Project
Date
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1983-08-16
Contributor
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John Grube, LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratory (Elspeth Brown, PI), Zohar Freeman
Rights
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CLGA
Format
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PDF, WAV
Language
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English
Type
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Sound, text
Identifier
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2016-034
Coverage
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Toronto 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s; New York 1910s, 1920s.
army
bars
bisexuality
coming out
cruising
drag
Frederick Sproule
gay culture
gay liberation
interior design
oral history
parties
relationships
Toronto
work
world war I
world war II
WWI
WWII