Hewlett, Gabriel. Radio broadcast of interview with Mrs. Gabriel Hewlett about her friendship with Georgina Sterling.

• Format: Audio
• Language: English
• Subjects: People; Gardens; Poetry; Hewlett; Gabriel; Stirling; Georgina; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_oral/id/574

Hiram Silk interviews Gabriel Hewlett on her friendship with Georgina Sterling. Gabriel Hewlett shares a poem written for Georgina Sterling by Mr. Jardine, upon her return from Europe to Newfoundland and Labrador in 1922; Georgina learned botany following an illness that took her voice; gardened in Twillingate; participated in the choir and community plays; Georgina Stirling spent the bulk of her time gardening, reading and cooking; hosted occasional dinner parties; named her pets for celebrities; Gabriel Hewlett shares memories of Georgina Stirling's last days; life of Georgina Stirling's family; early music and brief career as an opera singer; Stirling's father owned shares of the Tilt Cove mine; the children studied in Toronto; Georgina Stirling died on Easter Sunday, 1935.