| Summary: | Oral history interview with Thérèse Slaney, conducted by Dale Jarvis with Terra Barrett, Kelly Drover, Lisa Loder and Laurella Stacey present. Interview about growing up in St. Pierre, moving to St. Lawrence and her marriage to Herb Slaney, the first autopsy in St. Lawrence, the tradition of Mardi Gras in St. Pierre and St. Lawrence, her husband’s work and traditions and food of St. Pierre. Thérèse Slaney was born July 19, 1934 and grew up in St. Pierre and Miquelon; Family history and father’s work; Move to St. Lawrence, meeting and marrying husband Herb Slaney; 3:03 - First autopsy in St. Lawrence and importance to miners; settlement for miners; improving mining conditions; 7:27 - Herb’s work in the mines as Assistant Engineer and Chief Surveyor, with the fishplant as manager, as a land surveyor and in a band; Herb’s work engineering the cross in the St. Cecilia Roman Catholic Cemetery; 9:36
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