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Vancouver Centennial Labour History Project fonds
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[1938]-1989 (Creation)
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60 cm of textual records
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Biographical history
The Vancouver Centennial Labour History Project was founded in June 1984 at a meeting of labour representatives and interested persons. The purpose of the Project was to raise public awareness about the history of the labour movement in Vancouver. The Project operated under the Vancouver Centennial Commission and had both paid and volunteer staff.
Custodial history
When the Project office was closed in 1987, the material went to the custody of Bill Darnell, before donation to UBC Rare Books and Special Collections in 1993.
Scope and content
The fonds consists of records created or received by the committees and individuals working for the Labour History Project under the Centennial Commission and Centennial Labour Committee. Fonds includes minutes, agendas, correspondence, publications, posters and other advertisements for events and meetings, reports, newspaper clippings, typescripts and manuscripts, including a graduate thesis on union history. All type- and manuscripts are related to the history of various unions in Canada and British Columbia.
The fonds is divided between two series: Operational Records, and Manuscripts.