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Bill, there doesn't seem to be much
archival material on Chant that's freely
accessible on-line. Considerable material on him, including
transcripts of some of his speeches, (whether
the perennial ones to the Legislature on Social Credit monetary
theory that were mentioned in Mitchell's article, or not, I don't know), has
been preserved in the BC Provincial Archives, though.
They also possess a transcript of an interview
conducted with Chant by a CBC reporter. The following is a summary of
that, as listed on the Archives' website, www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca
| Call Number: |
T1378:0018 |
| Item Title: |
William Neelands Chant : The Social Credit monetary theory |
| Period Covered: |
1930-1966 |
| Recorded: |
1966 |
| Summary: |
TRACK 1: Little knowledge of Social Credit in B.C. compared to
Alberta. The different political philosophies of the different parties.
Social Credit monetary theory. The popular appeal of the Social Credit
party. Assessment of the 1952 election. Comments on W.A.C. Bennett. The
take-over of the B.C. Electric Company. Comments on the need for a bank
with headquarters in B.C. More on monetary theory. The role of economic
theory in attracting members of the Social Credit movement. The
attractions of Social Credit for Chant in the 1930s. Role of the Social
Credit League. TRACK 2: Further explanations of the Social Credit monetary
theory and its relevance to the government of W.A.C. Bennett. |
Notes:
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| Transcript: |
Transcript only. |
| Source Of Supplied Title Proper: |
Supplied title based on item contents. |
| Credits: |
Speaker: William Neelands Chant; interviewer:
Walter Douglas Young. |
| Originals: |
The original interview recording is not available. |
| Access Restrictions: |
Open. |
| Copying Restrictions: |
Undetermined. |
| Use Restrictions: |
Undetermined. |
| Copyright Information: |
Copyright undetermined. |
| Related Material: |
See T1695:0001 for the program for which this interview was
recorded. |
| General Note: |
There is no tape for T1378:0018; transcript only. |
| Acquisition Source: |
Young, Walter, 1975. |
| Custodial History: |
These interviews were recorded by Walter Young for the CBC radio
documentary "The Fires of Progress", broadcast in 1966. [See T1659:0001.]
The interview recordings no longer exist, and were probably erased by the
CBC shortly after the program was produced. The transcripts were donated
to the Aural History Program by Walter Young in the summer of 1975.
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