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Edward Starkins fonds
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41 cm of textual records and other materials
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Edward Starkins, one of the early founders of the Vancouver Exiles' Association (also known as the American Exiles' Association), was an American draft dodger during the Vietnam War, and now works in Vancouver as a writer. He graduated from San Diego State University with degrees in English Literature and Psychology. He has worked with the National Film Board of Canada, CBC Radio/Radio Canada, and British Columbia History Films, contributed to the Raincoast Chronicles, The Greater Vancouver Book, Vancouver Magazine, the Vancouver Sun, and West Side Week, and is a former editor of the Vancouver Review. As an author, he is well known for his 1984 book, Who Killed Janet Smith?.
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The fonds consists of records pertaining to Starkins’ work with the Vancouver American Exiles Association, research materials and a manuscript of his 1984 book Who Killed Janet Smith?, audio/visual materials for Salt of the Earth (a BC History Films film), records related to attempts to have himself reclassified by the US Military (he was a draft dodger during the Vietnam War), and various correspondence and notes. The fonds contains: correspondence both personal and for the Vancouver American Exiles Association, Vancouver American Exiles Association constitution and financial records, copies and clippings of newspaper articles (mostly research on the Janet Smith murder case), a full manuscript of Who Killed Janet Smith?, transcripts, and audio and video tapes of interviews for the BC Historical Films film Salt of the Earth.
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41 cm textual records
13 audio reels
17 film reels
2 audio cassettes
1 video cassette
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- Vancouver Exiles' Association (Subject)