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Leonard Shepherd fonds

  • RBSC-ARC-1496
  • Fonds
  • 1928-1965

The fonds consists of biographical material, correspondence (1928-1946), minutes, subject files, clippings and printed material pertaining to the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation in British Columbia. Amongst Shepherd's papers are those of his wife, Dorothy H. Shepherd, which relate to her work as an executive member of the South Westminster CCF Women's Club (1942-1959).

Shepherd, Leonard Alex

Printed material - CCF

Series consists of printed material, including pamphlets and flyers, pertaining to the ideals and activities of the Co-operative Commonwealth Association and its members.

Printed material - miscellaneous

Series consists of promotional material, such as posters and leaflets, for CCF candidates, and various pamphlets relating to industry, agriculture, education, and unions .

Newspaper clippings

Series consists of newspaper clippings, both loose and in scrapbooks, collected by Shepherd. Includes clippings of articles pertaining to Shepherd's career, including clippings concerning his political campaigns and speeches given by him, clippings of his own columns, and subject clippings related to his various political interests. Includes many clippings pertaining to the B .C . Coast Vegetable Marketing Board.

Minutes

Series consists of minutes for several political organizations in which Shepherd was involved. Includes some minutes of regular and executive meetings of the Provincial Council of the CCF, 1939 to 1947; minutes of the South Westminster CCF Club, 1951-1956 ; and a register of delegates to the Delta District Council, 1935-1950.

Subject files

Series consists of files of correspondence, notes, and printed material pertaining to various subjects, such as agriculture, fisheries, and education, assembled by Shepherd.

Editorials

Series consists of typescripts of newspaper articles and editorials regarding public utilities and services, agriculture, and transportation taxes.

Speeches

Series consists of political speeches by Shepherd and others concerning economic and social issues. Includes speeches concerning agriculture, capitalism, veterans, and the citizenship of native peoples.

Legislative material

Series consists of material accumulated by Shepherd while he was a Member of the Legislative Assembly, including legislative notes and reports, many written by Shepherd, and minutes of caucus meetings.

Reports

Series consists of various unrelated . reports accumulated by Shepherd relating to provincial and municipal affairs. Includes several reports pertaining to dyking and drainage.

Elections: financial records

Series consists of receipts, invoices, correspondence and other records relating to Shepherd's campaign expenses during the 1945 election. Series also includes some applications for membership in the British Columbia section of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation .

Notes

Series consists of notes and draft writings made by Shepherd on a variety of political issues and subjects.

Elections: candidates material

Series consists of material related to the CCF provincial election campaigns and platforms of 1945 and 1952, and Shepherd's participation in the 1945 election, including material outlining his own platform.

Provincial conventions

Series consists of reports, resolutions, and nominations related to the provincial conventions of the British Columbia section of the CCF in 1939, 1944, 1953, and 1957.

Biographical material

Series consists of biographical material concerning Shepherd. Includes newspaper clippings regarding his career and featuring photographs of him, a circular printed for his re-election campaign in 1945, and a photograph of Shepherd with three unidentified people circa 1940.

Correspondence

Series consists of general incoming and outgoing correspondence of Shepherd relating to his political views and career, particularly during his terms as the MLA for Delta.

Shepherd, Marion

Sous-fonds consists of a notebook concerning current events created by Marion Shepherd as a student.

Shepherd, Marion

Shepherd, Dorothy Hardwick

Sous-fonds consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, printed material, and minutes pertaining to Dorothy Shepherd's involvement with the South Westminster CCF Women's Club, and has been arranged into series according to these record types.

Radio broadcasts

Series consists of transcripts of political radio broadcasts made by Shepherd and others concerning issues such as agriculture, the economy, immigration and colonization, legislative politics, education, and the Co-operative Commonwealth Youth Movement.

Shepherd, Margaret

Sous-fonds consists of correspondence, and a report relating to Margaret Shepherd's involvement with the Co-operative Commonwealth Youth Movement, and minutes of the South Westminster Co-operative Commonwealth, 1939-1946.

Shepherd, Margaret

Program and policy - CCF

Series consists ofpamphlets, reports, and other textual material outlining the program and policies of the Co-operative Commonwealth Association, both provincially and nationally . Includes a memorandum on CCF agricultural policy, 1943, and a 1941 campaign brochure for Shepherd outlining the CCF program.

Miscellaneous

Bridges: 1937-1941
B.C. Federation of Labour: 1944-1945, 1951
British immigration: 1938-1940
East Indians: 1945
Hospitals: 1942
Relief: 1938-1939
Saskatchewan: 1945-1949
Workmen's Compenation Act: [ca. 1942]

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