Interview with Mr. and Mrs. Conway conducted by Mary Kemp about early development on Mission Hill and class divisions between the “front” and “back” of Mission Hill. Mr. Conway’s father owned Conway’s Market in Mission Hill and Conway claims he was the first baby born on Mission Hill (Parker Hill) in 1894. Other topics include community recreation centered around Mission Church (Basilica and Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help) and the St. Alphonsus Association, Fourth of July celebrations, Robert Breck Hospital, vegetable peddlers, icemen, businesses in Mission Hill, bringing electricity to Mission Hill, and speculation on why people left Mission Hill.
