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Part of Ian McDonald collection
Part of Ian McDonald collection
Part of Ian McDonald collection
Part of Ian McDonald collection
Part of Ian McDonald collection
Part of Ian McDonald collection
Part of Ian McDonald collection
Part of Ian McDonald collection
Part of Ian McDonald collection
Part of Ian McDonald collection
Part of Ian McDonald collection
Part of Ian McDonald collection
[Collective agreements: Coal, IBEW, telephone workers, 1944-1971]
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains collective agreements for the IBEW Locals 213 & 230 (1944-1947, 1955, 1962 and 1963-1965) and British Columbia Electric Company Limited, Local 480 & 651 of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter workers and the Consolidated Mining & Smelting Company of Canada (1964-1966), and the Federation of Telephone Workers of British Columbia and Okanagan Telephone Company (1971-1973).
FROM THE FILES OF JACK ROSS, INTERNATIONAL REP., IBEW
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains pamphlets and newspaper clippings related to union and labour issues in British Columbia in the 1950s which may have been collected by Jack Ross. Also contains one full issue of the BC District Union News (January 1955) and one full issue of the Labour Statesman (December 17, 1954).
[IBEW Local] 213’s Court Cases – 1920, 1921 & 1958
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains photocopies of judgements printed in the Western Weekly Reports and Canadian Law Reports, with some annotations by Ian McDonald. Cases within the file: Morrison v. Ingles et al & Ingles v. Woodside et al (Supreme Court, 1920); British Columbia Telephone Company v. Morrison, The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 213, and Local Union No. 310 (Supreme Court, 1921); Gee v. Freeman et al International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (Supreme Court, 1958); Gee v. Freeman et al (Supreme Court, 1958).
Labour Gazette, origins to 1914
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains photocopied articles from the Labour Gazette regarding issues concerning electrical workers.
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains photocopied articles from the Labour Gazette regarding issues concerning electrical workers.
Labour Gazette, 1925 [to 1958]
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains photocopied articles from the Labour Gazette regarding issues concerning the IBEW.
Labour Gazette & VTL[C minutes] (1940-56)
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains photocopied articles from the Labour Gazette regarding issues concerning electrical workers.
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains two anniversary issues of Live Wire magazine (1951 & 1981), and a photocopy of the History and Structure of the IBEW (1969?).
Correspondence re: use of files – IBEW, 213, BC Hydro
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File contains correspondence written by and to Ian McDonald regarding the use of materials for his Master's thesis, and documenting his struggles various documents. Correspondence includes legal advice provided to McDonald and interlibrary loan slips from SFU. Also contains a program from the Pacific Northwest Labor History Conference (University of British Columbia, 1984) and a price list for word processing services in 1984.
Ecroyd, Western B[usiness] & I[ndustry], 1953
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File contains a photocopied multi-part article from Western Business & Industry, "Red is for Danger," by Lawrence G. Ecroyd. Also contains handwritten notes by Ian McDonald.
Newspaper Clippings - Local 213 issues, 1951-1954
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains photocopied newspaper articles predominantly related to strike actions by the IBEW.
Transcripted Interviews - Gee & Ross
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File contains handwritten transcriptions made by Ian McDonald from his interviews with George Gee and Jack Ross.
[IBEW local] 213 Minute Book citations & BCER material, 1919-1929
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File contains handwritten notes by Ian McDonald of his archival research on IBEW Local 213 and BCER.
Census Tables re: El[ectrical] Workers
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains photocopied census tables and handwritten notes by Ian McDonald of electrical worker census numbers in British Columbia from 1901, 1911, 1921, 1931, 1941 & 1951.
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains material photocopied by Ian McDonald related to William F. Dunne, union leader and state legislator in Montana during the early 20th century as well as a former business agent of IBEW Local 213; of particular interest for McDonald are speeches given by Dunne.
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains photocopied newspaper clippings from The People, a Vancouver newspaper: "Trade Union Unity Vital to War Effort," as well as a cartoon and an advertisement for the Canadian Aid to Russia Fund.
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains copies of materials written by and related to Herbert Marcuse of the Trade Union Research Bureau in Vancouver, BC.
Constitutions - C[ommunist]P[arty] & IBEW
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File contains an IBEW constitution from 1974, and photocopied constitutions from the IBEW (1952) and Communist Party of Canada (1959).
Jimmy Hall (papers) - charges in 1955
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File contains photocopied documents related to charges by the IBEW Local 213 against Jimmy Hall, as well as documents related to the suspension of George Gee in 1955. Also contains a photocopy of "A Ballad of 213," and photocopied reports given by J. Waplington (President of Local 213) and Art O'Keeffe (Vice-President) at the 1954 IBEW convention.
Zerox L.U. 213 Correspondence, Minutes & Miscellaneous, 1950-1953
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File contains photocopied minutes from a meeting of the Inside Wiremen, an executive board meeting discussing the meeting of the Inside Wiremen and the 1953 election results of IBEW Local 213.
L.U. 213 Minutes & material related to - Jan. 17, 1955
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File contains copies of IBEW Local Union 213's meeting minutes from January 15, 1955 and February 12, 1955, as well as copies of correspondence related to the suspension of union members in 1955.
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File contains remarks made by Frank G. Hanson at Alex Dorland's funeral service, a photocopied letter of condolence from Sid McArton and handwritten notes by Ian McDonald from an interview about Dorland.
Charges & Defence - Don Wilson & the IBEW - Gee affair, 1955
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains correspondence between Don Wilson and other members of the IBEW concerning charges and the later trial against Wilson by the IBEW for "publishing or circulating among the membership, or L[ocal].U[nion].'s false reports or misrepresentations." Also contains bulletins written by Wilson, materials related to the suspension of George Gee and a notice of action taken by the wives of Local 213 members.
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File contains a letter by Art O'Keeffe charging John McCuish with violations related to creating dissent among members, a statement from McCuish about a visit from the RCMP, a copy of the IBEW's decision on McCuish's appeal, and a photocopied newspaper article by Tom McEwen, "Union wreckers linked to RCMP."
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains a letter of resignation to the executive board from Local 213 president John Bezer, correspondence and reports from IBEW Local 213 business managers and photocopied versions of the same documents (kept for conservation reasons).
Part of Ian McDonald collection
Part of Ian McDonald collection
Part of Ian McDonald collection
Part of Ian McDonald collection
Part of Ian McDonald collection
Part of Ian McDonald collection
Part of Ian McDonald collection
Part of Ian McDonald collection
Part of Ian McDonald collection
Part of Ian McDonald collection
Part of Ian McDonald collection
Part of Ian McDonald collection
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains a photocopied article from the Western Weekly Review concerning Kuzych v. White et al. and a photocopied section from an unidentified book on Martin v. Law Society of British Columbia.
Agreements and Job Related Reports
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File contains photocopies of Local 213 and 230 collective agreements for 1949 and 1951, reports related to wages, and meeting minutes from the Steering and Negotiating Committee in 1954.