Ian McDonald interview with Alfred (Alfie) Huston
- RBSC-ARC-1783-DO-01-09
- File
- Apr. 12, 2021
Part of Ian McDonald collection
Ian McDonald interview with Alfred (Alfie) Huston
Part of Ian McDonald collection
Ian McDonald interview with Jagdeesh (Jack) Singh Saran
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Ian McDonald interview with Roland Verrier
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Ian McDonald interview with John Neilson
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Ian McDonald interview with Chris Locke
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[Research materials and consent forms]
Part of Ian McDonald collection
[Research articles and draft Chapter 1]
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Ian McDonald interview with Gordon Larkin
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Part of Ian McDonald collection
Ian McDonald interview with Dora Stewart (wife of Bill Stewart)
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Ian McDonald interview with Al Blakey
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Ian McDonald interview with Bill Zander
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[Spontaneity Went Out With Spartacus]
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File contains an essay written by Ian McDonald on the Lenkurt strike and his father's role within the strike; the full title is "Spontaneity Went Out With Spartacus: IBEW Local 213, Les McDonald, and the Lenkurt Strike of 1966." Ian McDonald considers the essay to be a continuation of his work on his 1986 Master's thesis, which discussed the IBEW before the Lenkurt strike.
Ian McDonald interview with Barry Sharbo
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Ian McDonald interview with Brian Eric Bethel
Part of Ian McDonald collection
Ian McDonald interview with Jess Succamore
Part of Ian McDonald collection
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains full text decisions of B.C. Dist. Telegraph Co. v. IBEW Local 213 (1965); IBEW Local 28 v. IBEW and Gordon Freeman, IBEW President (1961) and IBEW Local 28 v. IBEW Local 24 (1963). Although the file was explicitly grouped with the Art O'Keeffe papers in the received order of the collection (i.e. through the physical arrangement and a file list), O'Keeffe himself could not have collected copies of the court cases in 2016.
Ian McDonald interview with Jess Succamore
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Ian McDonald testing digital recording device
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Ian McDonald interview with Colin Snell
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Dissent, Democracy, and Discipline; the Case of Kuzych versus White et al.
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[Postcards sent to Bill & Dora Stewart (2 of 3)]
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File contains postcards sent by Les McDonald to Bill and Dora Stewart. The written contents of the postcards revolve around McDonald's travel with the International Olympic Committee to establish triathlon as an Olympic sport, though he discusses a wide range of topics and frequently offers sharp political commentary on the places he visits, the IOC, and current events.
[Postcards sent to Bill & Dora Stewart (3 of 3)]
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains postcards sent by Les McDonald to Bill and Dora Stewart. The written contents of the postcards revolve around McDonald's travel with the International Olympic Committee to establish triathlon as an Olympic sport, though he discusses a wide range of topics and frequently offers sharp political commentary on the places he visits, the IOC, and current events.
[Postcards sent to Bill & Dora Stewart (1 of 3)]
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains postcards sent by Les McDonald to Bill and Dora Stewart. The written contents of the postcards revolve around McDonald's travel with the International Olympic Committee to establish triathlon as an Olympic sport, though he discusses a wide range of topics and frequently offers sharp political commentary on the places he visits, the IOC, and current events.
[Grievance file - Daniel A. Goy]
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Local 213 - Contemporary Clippings
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File contains later newspapers clippings related to IBEW Local 213 collected by Ian McDonald after the submission of his Master's thesis. Also contains George Gee's obituary and memorial service program.
Miscellaneous - Labour & the Left
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File contains clippings related to labour issues and the contemporary Community party from Vancouver area newspapers.
[Materials related to McDonald's triathlon activities]
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File contains newspaper and magazine articles written about Les McDonald's involvement in triathlon advocacy. Also contains an application for the inclusion of the Vancouver Centennial Triathlon in the 1986 civic centennial celebrations.
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File contains newspaper articles and memoranda related to the privatization of Cypress Bowl Park's cross-country ski trails.
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File contains handwritten transcripts from interviews Ian McDonald conducted with Malcolm "Cal" Morrison, Larry Jack, John Carson, Mr. & Mrs. Howard Hume, Edmund Morrison, Fred Hoppe and Roland Gerwin.
Collins Overland Telegraph - Kathleen Fitzgerald
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File contains a photocopy of a "booklength feature" in The Canada West Magazine on the Collins Overland Telegraph, a telegraph system planned to stretch from San Francisco to London. The BC-Yukon section of the telegraph line is discussed at lenght.
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.
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File contains a West Kootenay Power 85th Anniversary Edition of the Hi-Lines newsletter, a shareholder report from Cominco, a timeline of agreements between West Kootenay Power and IBEW Local B-287 from 1946-1947, and the business card of Jack Fisher, public relations for West Kootenay Power.
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.
[Alfie Huston papers] (1 of 3)
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[Alfie Huston papers] (2 of 2)
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[Alfie Huston papers] (2 of 3)
Part of Ian McDonald collection
[Alfie Huston papers] (3 of 3)
Part of Ian McDonald collection
[Alfie Huston papers] (1 of 2)
Part of Ian McDonald collection
[Labour During the Cold War - James L. Turk paper]
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File contains a copy of a paper presented by James L. Turk of the University of Toronto at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Oral History Association in June 1980. The full title of the paper is "Labour During the Cold War: Oral History in the Study of the Survival of the United Electrical Workers in Canada."
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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.
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[Charles (Charlie) Caron file]
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File contains a photocopy of Charlie Caron's autobiography, describing his involvement in labour issues in Canada in the the 1930s primarily. Caron also provides a historical account of the activities of the Communist Party of Canada up to the 1970s.
Oral history and audio history material re: British Columbia Labour History
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The file contains audio recordings relevant to British Columbia labour history, including oral narratives and tapings of radio broadcasts. Interviewees include numerous IBEW Local 213 figures, such as Ernie Fulton, Dusty Greenwell, Terry Simpson, George Gee, Jack Ross, Art O'Keeffe and Angus McDonald.
The interviewer on most of the cassettes is Ian McDonald; some interviews were conducted by Simon Fraser University History professor, Allan Seager, who was also McDonald's supervisor for his Master's thesis.
[BC Hydro Centennial Issues of Progress and Intercom]
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File contains photocopies of the 1971 centennial issues of Progress, for "interested persons about the economic and industrial progress of British Columbia" and Intercom, for Authority personnel.
Towards an independent labor movement
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Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains two issues of "Scan" magazine, published in Toronto in the mid-1960s, with articles by Les McDonald and Bill Stewart.
Yukon Alpine Centennial Climb notebook
Part of Ian McDonald collection
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains papers related to Ian McDonald's research on the Lenkurt strike, which he eventually omitted from the scope of his Master's thesis but took up later in "Spontaneity Went Out with Spartacus," including photocopied newspaper articles from the Province from May 1966 and a notebook containing Les McDonald's "Lenkurt Trial Board Notes."