- RBSC-ARC-1031-116-2
- File
- [200-]
Part of Thomas Berger fonds
Part of Thomas Berger fonds
Part of Thomas Berger fonds
The fonds consists of thirteen series of records pertaining to the activities of Thomas Berger, including two series of files arranged with reference to file classification schemes, related to party politics and to the Sardar Sarovar Projects Independent Review, as well as eleven series of subject files generally arranged alphabetically, related to the Royal Commission on Family and Children’s Law, the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry, the Advisory Commission on Indian and Inuit Health Consultation, a proposed United Nations Environmental Programme inquiry on whales and whaling, Japanese Canadians’ redress, the Alaska Native Review Commission, the Canadian Judicial Council and its investigation concerning Berger, the University of British Columbia President’s Ad Hoc Committee on British Columbia Native Indian People and Communities, the Simon Fraser University J. S. Woodsworth Chair committee, speeches given by Berger (arranged by event in subseries of two to seven year periodic groups), and subject files related to aboriginal peoples, the Arctic and the north in general.
There are also files related to his resignation from the Supreme Court of Canada in 1981. The files were used by Berger when he wrote his autobiography <em>One Man’s Justice: A Life in the Law</em>.
The arrangement by the records’ creator of series and file order within series has been respected. Several series contain files housed in multiple folders, indicated by notes where applicable.
Berger, Thomas Rodney
337. Gilbert, William George Correspondence File, 1944-1964
Part of Thomas Berger fonds
Part of Thomas Berger fonds
Series consists of correspondence, clippings, case law, legal documents and notes related to several cases in which Berger defended persons on trial as habitual criminals, including Daniel Hadden (sometimes spelled Haddon), George Paton, and Margaret “Penny” MacNeill (sometimes spelled McNeil).
[Case law related to] Chapter 1: The "Bitch," 1949-1969
Part of Thomas Berger fonds
Habitual Criminals: Notes and Judgments, 1950-1967
Part of Thomas Berger fonds
Part of Thomas Berger fonds
[Folder three of six]
Part of Thomas Berger fonds
[Folder five of six]
Part of Thomas Berger fonds
[Folder six of six]
Subject files related to party politics
Part of Thomas Berger fonds
Series consists of subject files related to Berger’s leadership of the New Democratic Party (NDP) of British Columbia and electoral campaign of 1969, arranged by exisiting file classification numbers, together with several scrapbooks and files containing press clippings, arranged chronolgically, related to Berger’s political life and campaigns from 1960 to 1969, as NDP Member of the House of Commons for Vancouver-Burrard in 1962, Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Vancouver-Burrard in 1966-1967, and NDP leader in 1969.
Part of Thomas Berger fonds
[Folder one of six]
Part of Thomas Berger fonds
[Folder two of six]
Part of Thomas Berger fonds
[Folder four of six]
George Paton—Appellant’s Factum (draft), Respondent’s Factum and related Documents, 1957, 1967
Part of Thomas Berger fonds
Letter to George Gee from Thomas Berger, May 28, 1958
Part of Thomas Berger fonds
Part of Thomas Berger fonds
Series consists of a letter from Thomas Berger to George Gee dated May 28, 1958, regarding the appeal of the Gee v. Freeman case.
Part of Thomas Berger fonds
Part of Thomas Berger fonds
Series consists of clippings, notes and legal documents related to the Dominion Bridge v. International Union of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Ironworkers, Local 97 and Attorney General of British Columbia case related to the Ironworkers strike of 1959.
Part of Thomas Berger fonds
[Folder one of four]
Regina vs. Tony Cappello Notice of Motion For Leave to Appeal, 1960
Part of Thomas Berger fonds
Part of Thomas Berger fonds
[Folder three of four]
Part of Thomas Berger fonds
[Folder four of four]
Part of Thomas Berger fonds
[Folder one of three]
Part of Thomas Berger fonds
[Folder three of three]
Daniel Hadden [correspondence and notes] file, 1960-1970
Part of Thomas Berger fonds
Regina vs. George McKnight Appellant’s Argument, 196?
Part of Thomas Berger fonds
Part of Thomas Berger fonds
[Folder two of four]
Part of Thomas Berger fonds
Battaglia v. Workmen’s Compensation Board
Part of Thomas Berger fonds
Series consists of legal documents, clippings, and notes related to a case in which, Louis Battaglia, a retired hard-rock miner who had silicosis, sought a pension. The case was heard in the B.C. Court of Appeal in 1960.
Part of Thomas Berger fonds
[Folder two of three]
Mary Farrel et. al. v. British Columbia Workers/Workmen’s Compensation Board
Part of Thomas Berger fonds
Series consists of the Appellant’s Factum for the Mary Farrel et. al. v. British Columbia Workers/Workmen’s Compensation Board case heard in the Supreme Court of Canada in 1961.
Tom Berger. M. P. [Member of Parliament]
Part of Thomas Berger fonds
[Folder one of two]
Tom Berger. M. P. [Member of Parliament]
Part of Thomas Berger fonds
[Folder two of two]
Vancouver-Burrard correspondence - members and supporters
Part of Thomas Berger fonds
John Bruce Hadden Transcript 1963-1967
Part of Thomas Berger fonds
[Correspondence, clippings, memos and notes related to] George Paton, 1963-1967
Part of Thomas Berger fonds
[Folder one of two]
[Correspondence, clippings, memos and notes related to] George Paton, 1963-1967
Part of Thomas Berger fonds
[Folder two of two]
Part of Thomas Berger fonds
Series consists of correspondence, notes and legal documents related to the R. v. White and Bob treaty rights case heard in the Court of Appeal for British Columbia in 1964 and the Supreme Court of Canada in 1965.
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union, Local 16-601 v. Imperial Oil Limited
Part of Thomas Berger fonds
Series consists of legal documents related to the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union, Local 16-601 v. Imperial Oil Limited case of 1963.
360. Gilbert, Maureen Correspondence File, 1964
Part of Thomas Berger fonds
[Case Law, Drafts and Clippings related to] Habitual Criminals, 1964-1983
Part of Thomas Berger fonds
[Folder one of two]
[Case Law, Drafts and Clippings related to] Habitual Criminals, 1964-1983
Part of Thomas Berger fonds
[Folder one of two]
Part of Thomas Berger fonds
Margaret McNeil Correspondence/Pleadings file, 1964-1965
Part of Thomas Berger fonds
Regina v. Margaret MacNeill Appearances Factum, 1964
Part of Thomas Berger fonds
[notes related to] The "Bitch": Haddon, Paton, MacNeill c.1964
Part of Thomas Berger fonds
Regina vs. William George Gilbert Appearances Factum, 1964
Part of Thomas Berger fonds
Part of Thomas Berger fonds
Series consists of clippings, correspondence, notes, memos and legal documents related to the heard in the British Columbia Court of Appeal in 1966, and the Supreme Court of Canada, 1968 in which George Jones, chairman of the Purchasing Commission for the Province of BC, sued Premier W.A.C Bennett for slander.
Part of Thomas Berger fonds