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Peter Faminow fonds
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Peter Faminow fonds

  • RBSC-ARC-1663
  • Fonds
  • 1925 - 2002

Fonds consists of personal and business records of Peter Faminow, related to his personal and family life, career as a lawyer and a politician, and his interests and involvement in the Doukhobor community. Records include correspondence, clippings and scrapbooks, photographs, audio recordings, papers, speeches, and other textual records. The fonds is arranged into the following series: Family records, Records related to education, Records related to law practice and career, Doukhobor related files, Scrapbooks and clippings, and Audio recordings.

Faminow, Peter

Doukhobor related files.

Series consists of Faminow’s files and documents related to the history of the Doukhobors and his own involvement in the Doukhobor community and related issues such as pacifism, multiculturalism and human rights. Series contains correspondence with others in the Doukhobor community such as Koozma Tarasoff and Eli Popoff, writings about the Doukhobors by Faminow and others, and records generated by societies and conferences such as the Sons of Freedom, Canadian Council of Christians and Jews, 1958 Peace Through Non-violence Conference and various other Doukhobor organizations. Several files consist of documents related to Faminow’s fact-finding activities into the Doukhobor children who were removed from their families to the New Denver residential school (known as “Operation Snatch”) in the 1950’s. Two files contain historical documents have originated from and/or were circulated within the Doukhohor community in the 1920’s – 1950’s, such as circulars distributed by Peter P. Verigin (file 3-7).

Family records.

Series consists of Faminow family records, related to schooling, the family farm and other personal records. Contains a file of letters related to military mobilization during the Second World War and the Faminow sons’ attempts to gain exemptions. Series consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, certificates, a farm account book and other textual records and are arranged by type of record. Also contains a file of obituaries and memorials of Peter Faminow compiled by Polly Faminow.

Records related to education.

Series consists of records related to Faminow’s university education and law articling. Records include correspondence, essays (some written by people other than Faminow) and short stories and poems, some of which reference the Doukhobors. Also includes certificates from Willamette University, Law Society of British Columbia, Law Society of Alberta, Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity, University of Saskatchewan and the Province of Alberta. Files are arranged by type of record.

Records related to law practice and career.

Series consists of correspondence, clippings and other records related to Faminow’s legal practice and career interests, as well as a series of Supreme Court of British Columbia documents related to Faminow’s court case against the District of North Vancouver over secondary suites. Also contains a file of information on watershed issues in West and North Vancouver.

Scrapbooks and clippings

Series consists of loose and scrapbooked newspaper clippings regarding Faminow’s political career, local and provincial politics, family, and Doukhobor related events. One scrapbook contains a series of photographs of Doukhobor children at New Denver School; one scrapbook contains a series of photographs from a Doukhobor gathering.

Audio recordings.

Series consists of audio recordings made by and for Faminow such as recordings at Doukhobor conferences and festivals, and recordings of Faminow’s election ads, speeches and interviews.

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