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Jack Scott fonds
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Writings and publications

Series contains material relating to Jack Scott’s published and unpublished writings. Material includes handwritten and typed drafts of Scott’s books, speeches, critiques, reports, and thought pieces, as well as notes, comments, and corrections on drafts, a galley proof, research notes, and supporting documents. Supporting documents include correspondence, newspaper clippings, photocopies of articles and other documents, and ephemera. The series also contains clippings of articles by or about Jack Scott, as well as biographical sketches written by Scott.

Vancouver Study Group and Red Star Collective

Series contains material relating to the Vancouver Study Group (VSG), later the Red Star Collective (RSC). Material related to the administration of the group includes full group and committee reports, agendas, meeting minutes and summaries, and draft and final versions of internal and public documents. The series also includes critiques of other communist, socialist, and leftist organizations’ positions, including In Struggle! (En Lutte!) and the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist), as well as position and analysis papers written by RSC members. Material also includes papers, articles, notes, and discussion guides written by RSC and non-RSC members on various topics. Other material includes documents from seminars, workshops, and conferences organized or participated in by RSC; documents and correspondence from or about other communist, socialist, or leftist organizations; miscellaneous ephemera; photocopy of published material; an interview transcript; manuscripts of poetry by Joan McIntosh, text of speeches given by RSC honouring Jack Scott, and other materials.

Subject files

Series contains material collected by Jack Scott relating primarily to other communist, socialist, leftist, or social justice organizations and arranged by subject either by Jack Scott or by his acquaintances following his death. The groups represented in the series include the Progressive Labor Party (PLP), Vancouver Student Movement (VSM), Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) [CPC(M-L)], Partisans, Yenan Collective, United Front, Committee to Defeat Revisionism for Communist Unity (CDRCU), Canadian Student Movement, Students for a Democratic University, and various unions. Individuals represented in the series include Norman Bethune, Homer Stevens, Hugh Hardyman, James and Mary Endicott, Robert F. Williams, Jim Stanford, John F. Kennedy, and W. Kashtan. The material in the series includes photocopies and originals of letters, writings, and other documents; statements, commentaries, bulletins, and other group literature; ephemera, such as posters, newspaper clippings, flyers, newsletters, and pamphlets; and speech texts.

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