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Irene Howard fonds
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Association involvement and general interest files

The materials included in the series are associated with Howard’s Brief to the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in March 1968, involvement with the nuclear disarmament and peace movements, the West End Tenant’s Association, the Vancouver International Folkdancers, and with her interest in aural history. The series also include notes on members of the Malkin family and Ethel Wilson and notes and transcripts of various interviews with Mom’s Repairs. Irene Howard’s biographical material, such as CVs and lists of publications and talks, are also presented in the series.

Interview recordings

Series contains a total of 18 cassette tapes recorded by Irene Howard. Some were conducted in the course of research on the life of Ethel Wilson. These include interviews and/or discussions with Lila Malkin, Lucile Parsons, D’Uyly Rochfort and Mrs. George Thompson. The other interviews related to the history of Vancouver’s West End with Mr. G.E. Eldridge, Mrs. A.D. Bell-Irving, Elspeth Cherniavsky and Henry Randolph Clyne. The other interviews include Clyde Turner on Woodward’s Department Store and Bill Beacon of Berryland Farms. There is one interview that contains material for broadcast, called Mom’s Repairs.

Research related photographs and maps

Series contains various black and white photographs related to Swedish culture and Swedes in B.C (some labelled and dated). Images include: reproductions of historical photos from the B.C. Provincial Archives and the Vancouver Public Library; hand drawn maps of Sweden on illustration boards and two oversized photographs of railroad workers (unidentified).

Records related to literary activities

Series includes materials related to Howard’s book <i>Vancouver Svenskar: A History of the Swedish Community in Vancouver</i> and research on Swedes in Canada and in B.C., to Irene Howard’s activities as editor and literary agent for Ronald Liversedge and his unpublished memoir <i>Memoirs of the Spanish Civil War,</i> to her involvement in the Writer’s Union of Canada. The material included in the series also pertains to Howard’s research and articles on the Branvolds of Diamond Head, Helen Gutteridge, Ethel Wilson and on “high society” in Vancouver’s West End at the turn of the century with transcripts of taped interviews with Joseph Malkin, Lila Molson, Elspeth Cherniavsky, Mrs. A. W. Bell-Irving, H.R. Clyne and Gardner S. Eldridge. There is also correspondence from Arne Johnson regarding lumber unions, a Swedish pamphlet on the Industrial Workers of the World, and two black and white publicity photos of Irene Howard in this series.

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