Oral History

Staff Sergeant Balmain Jones 1989, 42 pages

Documenting the life and career of Balmain Jones (b. 1947), a police officer in the Metro Toronto Police Force. Interview topics include: decision to become a police officer; training; promotion in the police force; York University, 1981; police treatment of immigrants; comparison of 13, 14, 31 Divisions; Staff Sergeant, 22 Division. Interview conducted by Christine J.N. Kates. File includes two audio cassette recordings, a transcript with index (42 p.), and a copy one item of correspondence outlining how the oral history would be preserved and accessed through the Osgoode Society Oral History Programme.

Date Started: 20/12/1989

Date Completed: 20/12/1989

Status: Open

Interviewer: Christine J.N. Kates

Number of pages: 42

Archive Details

Archive Link: https://aims.archives.gov.on.ca/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/DESCRIPTION_WEB/WEB_DESC_DET?SESSIONSEARCH&exp=sisn%2065159

Archive Code: C 81-1-0-82

Title: Interview with Balmain Jones

Date: Dec. 1989

Description: Textual records, Sound recordings

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records (includes 2 audio cassettes (ca. 90 minutes))

Restrictions: None

Container Info: (Textual records located in container B436898; sound recordings located in container B436677)