[Materials related to McDonald's mountaineering activities]
- RBSC-ARC-1783-4-03
- File
- 1957-[19--]
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains newspaper articles and biographical writings on Les McDonald's mountaineering and ski activities.
[Materials related to McDonald's mountaineering activities]
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains newspaper articles and biographical writings on Les McDonald's mountaineering and ski activities.
IBEW Provincial Council of BC 1958 [materials (1 of 2)]
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains meeting minutes and other correspondence related to the proposed formation of a provincial council for IBEW locals in British Columbia.
Part of Ian McDonald collection
The subseries contains materials collected by and about Les McDonald including notebooks on his union activities and his participation at the Community Party Education Camp in 1964, newspaper articles he wrote, documents related to the appeal of his suspension from IBEW Local 213, personal correspondence and photographs of IBEW Local 213 members engaging in a job action in 1965. In particular, there are a large number of postcards that he sent to his mentor, Bill Stewart, while McDonald was traveling in his bid to get the sport of triathlon into the Olympics. The subseries also contains an article Les McDonald wrote about his ascent of the North Arete in 1962 and a notebook related to the Yukon Alpine Centennial Climb conducted in 1973.
McDonald, Les, 1933-2017
IBEW Provincial Council of BC 1958 [materials (2 of 2)]
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains meeting minutes and other correspondence related to the proposed formation of a provincial council for IBEW locals in British Columbia.
Pacific Tribune, 1957-1958 (strikes) re: 213
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains photocopies of articles from the Pacific Tribune concerning IBEW Local 213's strike action against B.C. Electric, Hume and Rumble and Peterson Electric in March 1958, as well as the subsequent lockout by the Associated Electrical Contractors of B.C. in May 1958; Art O'Keeffe, John Waplington and George Gee are mentioned.
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains published articles written by Les McDonald on labour issues and sport. Also contains handwritten notes by Les McDonald which may have been used for a LiveWire article.
[Collected IBEW Local 213 materials, 1960-1985]
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains newsletters, pamphlets, election documentation and summaries of legal proceedings related to the internal governance of IBEW Local 213 around and following the time of the Lenkurt strike primarily.
[Personal correspondence (1 of 2)]
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains letters related to Les McDonald's personal life, including eulogies written for Bill Stewart and Herb Crabtree, correspondence from and related to his father, and a copy of Charles Boylan's "Learn From the Teacher By Negative Example" with a dedication to Les McDonald. Also contains "Some Recollections of Les McDonald," by David Yorke.
[Personal correspondence (2 of 2)]
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains letters related to Les McDonald's personal life, including eulogies written for Bill Stewart and Herb Crabtree, correspondence from and related to his father, and a copy of Charles Boylan's "Learn From the Teacher By Negative Example" with a dedication to Les McDonald. Also contains "Some Recollections of Les McDonald," by David Yorke.
[Newspaper articles on McDonald's political career]
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains newspaper clippings related to Les McDonald's candidacy in provincial and civic elections.
Part of Ian McDonald collection
The subseries contains materials collected by Art O’Keeffe, former business manager of the IBEW Local 213, including correspondence and legal documentation regarding his suspension from the union following the Lenkurt strike in 1966. Also contains newspaper clippings and court case summaries, some of which may have been added later by Ian McDonald.
O’Keeffe, Art, b. 1918
[Correspondence related to IBEW charges]
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains copies of official correspondence related to charges brought against Art O'Keeffe by IBEW president Angus McDonald in November 1962, as well as charges against other IBEW members in 1965 and 1966 that O'Keeffe supported. Also contains a and an incomplete copy of O'Keeffe's appeal of his suspension.
Business Manager Reports (1964-1966)
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains five Business Manager's newsletters for Local IBEW 213, while Art O'Keeffe was business manager and financial secretary. Issues include June 1964, June 1965, September 1965, December 1965 & March 1966.
[Notebook from Communist Party Educational Camp]
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains a notebook kept by Les McDonald during his attendance at the Communist Party Educational Camp in Sylvan Lake (Alberta), July 13-18, 1964.
[Labour conference materials (2 of 3)]
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains conference packages and resolutions from labour conferences in the mid-1960s; materials relate to the Labour-Management Conference of Economic and Technological Changes in the Sixties (May 19 & 20, 1965); 10th Annual Convention of the BC Federation of Labour (November 1-5, 1965); and the Sixth Constitutional Convention Canadian Labour Congress (April 25-29, 1966).
[Collected newpapers re: IBEW Local 213]
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains copies of the Pacific Tribune (August 13, 1965) and Western Voice (May 28-June 10, 1975); articles in both newspapers discuss IBEW Local 213.
[Local 213 Minute Books , 1965]
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains photocopies of minutes taken at IBEW 213 meetings in summer 1965; also contains a page of handwritten research notes by Ian McDonald about minute books from 1957 to 1960.
[Labour conference materials (1 of 3)]
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains conference packages and resolutions from labour conferences in the mid-1960s; materials relate to the Labour-Management Conference of Economic and Technological Changes in the Sixties (May 19 & 20, 1965); 10th Annual Convention of the BC Federation of Labour (November 1-5, 1965); and the Sixth Constitutional Convention Canadian Labour Congress (April 25-29, 1966).
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains photographs documenting an IBEW labour struggle in Squamish, BC over July and August of 1965. Also contains photographs of the 1966 IBEW Canadian progress meeting attendees.
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."
[Labour conference materials (3 of 3)]
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains conference packages and resolutions from labour conferences in the mid-1960s; materials relate to the Labour-Management Conference of Economic and Technological Changes in the Sixties (May 19 & 20, 1965); 10th Annual Convention of the BC Federation of Labour (November 1-5, 1965); and the Sixth Constitutional Convention Canadian Labour Congress (April 25-29, 1966).
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains notebooks, newspaper clippings, handwritten notes and pamphlets related to Les McDonald's union activities with IBEW Local 213.
[IBEW suspension appeals (2 of 2)]
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains correspondence and legal documents related to Les McDonald's appeal of his suspension from IBEW Local 213 following his involvement in the Lenkurt Strike.
[Lenkurt newspaper articles (2 of 2)]
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains articles from various Vancouver-area newspapers documenting the events of the Lenkurt strike in 1966. Also contains an obituary for Jim Kinnaird and a retrospective article in the Pacific Tribune written in 1986.
[Lenkurt suspension appeal documents]
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains documents related to Art O'Keeffe's appeal of his suspension from the IBEW on the grounds of his involvement in the 'Lenkurt dispute' of 1966. Also contains "Injunctions have no place in labor disputes," the statement of Jeffrey James Power to the appeal court of British Columbia in support of Local 213 workers suspended after the Lenkurt Strike (published by the Marine Workers' & Boilermakers' Industrial Union Local #1), and some personal correspondence addressed to Art O'Keeffe supporting his position.
Part of Ian McDonald collection
The subseries contains newspaper clippings, pamphlets, official correspondence, bulletins and other ephemera collected by Barry Sharbo, who was the spokesperson for the breakaway movement from IBEW Local 213 in 1967 which would eventually become the Canadian Union of Electrical Workers (CEW/CEWU/UE). Also contains a copy of the CEW's constitution and a proof copy of the first issue of Live Wire, the CEW's newspaper.
[Materials related to the Canadian Union of Electrical Workers breakaway movement (1 of 3)]
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains pamphlets, letters, newspaper clippings and other ephemera collected from Barry Sharbo, an electrician belonging to IBEW Local 213 who was charged for his involvement in the Lenkurt Strike and went on to join and become a board member of the Canadian Electrical Workers Union Local 1. The contents of the file relate primarily to the Lenkurt Strike and the formation of the Canadian Electrical Workers Union.
Part of Ian McDonald collection
The subseries contains materials related to the 1966 wildcat strike by IBEW Local 213 workers at Lenkurt Electric, in which 257 members participated in a walkout that resulted in the loss of their jobs. A large number of the group were women protesting the employer’s demands for them to work overtime. The month-long dispute that followed was at times violent in response to the court injunctions and police presence sought by the employer.
The subseries is predominantly comprised of newspaper articles collected around the time of the strike; there are also legal documents related to Les McDonald’s appeal of his suspension following the Lenkurt strike, pamphlets, correspondence and photocopies of meeting minutes made by Ian McDonald.
[Lenkurt legal documents, leaflets and correspondence]
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains affidavits, letters, leaflets, notes from a hearing, solicitor bills and reports concerning the Lenkurt strike of 1966.
[Lenkurt newspaper articles (1 of 2)]
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains articles from various Vancouver-area newspapers documenting the events of the Lenkurt strike in 1966. Also contains an obituary for Jim Kinnaird and a retrospective article in the Pacific Tribune written in 1986.
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains notebooks, newspaper clippings, handwritten notes and pamphlets related to Les McDonald's union activities with IBEW Local 213.
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains notebooks, newspaper clippings, handwritten notes and pamphlets related to Les McDonald's union activities with IBEW Local 213.
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains a court order initiated by Les McDonald against IBEW Local 213 restraining actions in response to the results of the August 15, 1966 election and a copy of a sworn affidavit by Les McDonald.
[IBEW suspension appeals (1 of 2)]
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains correspondence and legal documents related to Les McDonald's appeal of his suspension from IBEW Local 213 following his involvement in the Lenkurt Strike.
[Collected newspaper clippings]
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains newspaper clippings from the Province, the Sun, Pacific Tribune and the Barker, mostly related to Art O'Keeffe or the use of injunctions in labor disputes.
[Materials related to the Canadian Union of Electrical Workers breakaway movement (2 of 3)]
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains pamphlets, letters, newspaper clippings and other ephemera collected from Barry Sharbo, an electrician belonging to IBEW Local 213 who was charged for his involvement in the Lenkurt Strike and went on to join and become a board member of the Canadian Electrical Workers Union Local 1. The contents of the file relate primarily to the Lenkurt Strike and the formation of the Canadian Electrical Workers Union.
[Materials related to the Canadian Union of Electrical Workers breakaway movement (3 of 3)]
Part of Ian McDonald collection
File contains pamphlets, letters, newspaper clippings and other ephemera collected from Barry Sharbo, an electrician belonging to IBEW Local 213 who was charged for his involvement in the Lenkurt Strike and went on to join and become a board member of the Canadian Electrical Workers Union Local 1. The contents of the file relate primarily to the Lenkurt Strike and the formation of the Canadian Electrical Workers Union.
Yukon Alpine Centennial Climb notebook
Part of Ian McDonald collection
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.
Towards an independent labor movement
Part of Ian McDonald collection
Oral history and audio history material re: British Columbia Labour History
Part of Ian McDonald collection
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]
Part of Ian McDonald collection
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.
[Charles (Charlie) Caron file]
Part of Ian McDonald collection
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.
Part of Ian McDonald collection
Part of Ian McDonald collection
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.
[Labour During the Cold War - James L. Turk paper]
Part of Ian McDonald collection
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."
Part of Ian McDonald collection
The subseries contains materials collected by Alfie Huston, who served as the President of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 213 from 1985-1988. Materials include correspondence, newspaper clippings, convention reports, minutes, affidavits, court orders, settlement agreements, campaign materials, business office reports, newsletters, financial reports, discussion papers, safety bulletins, organizing committee resolutions, telegrams and membership lists.
[Alfie Huston papers] (1 of 3)
Part of Ian McDonald collection
[Alfie Huston papers] (2 of 2)
Part of Ian McDonald collection
[Alfie Huston papers] (2 of 3)
Part of Ian McDonald collection