The collection contains materials related to Ian McDonald's Master's thesis research on the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), Local 213 “Class conflict and political factionalism: a history of Local 213 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, 1901-1961," and related to the activities of his father, Les McDonald, a trade union activist who belonged to Local 213 but was eventually suspended for leading the Lenkurt strike of 1966. Les McDonald was also a multi-sport athlete, and is credited with introducing the triathlon into the Olympics; some materials in the collection relate to Les McDonald's involvement in various sport and environmental organizations, as well as some of his personal papers. In addition to what he received from his father, Ian McDonald was also given papers by former IBEW Local 213 business manager Art O’Keeffe and Barry Sharbo, a board member of the Canadian Union of Electrical Workers (UE), as well as Alfie Huston, the former President of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 213 from 1985-1988, which are included within the collection.

The collection is largely comprised of newspaper and photocopied journal articles, correspondence between members of IBEW Local 213, legal documentation, newsletters and other printed ephemera related to IBEW Local 213.

The collection also contains sound recordings of interviews with numerous figures in IBEW Local 213 created by Ian McDonald during his thesis research. McDonald's thesis, submitted for the completion of a Master of Arts in History at Simon Fraser University, can be found in the Summit database: http://summit.sfu.ca/item/6361.

The collection also contains background materials accumulated by McDonald while writing his book “The Red Baron of IBEW 213,” including digital sound recordings of interviews, research articles, notebooks, consent forms, a draft royalty agreement, a draft chapter and a press marketing questionnaire.

Caption: "From south eastern slope of Mount Evans. Centre of picture SE 1/2 S magnetic".

The subseries contains materials related to the activities of IBEW Local 213 between 1949 and 1991, predominantly between1949 and the mid-1970s, including affidavits, reports, correspondence and newspapers. Documented within the subseries is the internal conflict between the IBEW’s American leadership and trade union activists within Local 213, and attempts to unite IBEW Locals in British Columbia through a provincial council. Also contains numerous issues of IBEW Local 213’s newspaper, the 213 Live Wire, between the mid-1950s and mid-1970s, grievance reports and ephemera from the 100th anniversary of the first annual convention of the IBEW of America, celebrated in 1991.

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.

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.

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.

The series contains materials collected by Ian McDonald for the purposes of writing his Master’s thesis on the history of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 213, from 1901 to 1961. Materials within the series include collective agreements, newspaper and journal articles, court case summaries, interview transcriptions, census tables, meeting minutes, correspondence and dissertations; most materials are photocopies rather than original documents, however.

Also included are materials that pertain to the Lenkurt strike of 1966, which McDonald omitted from his original thesis to limit its scope. He took up the events surrounding the Lenkurt strike in a later essay, “Spontaneity Went Out with Spartacus: IBEW Local 213, Les McDonald, and the Lenkurt Strike of 1966,” which McDonald regards as a continuation of his Master’s research; the essay is also part of the series.

The series contains materials belonging to Ian McDonald’s father, Leslie (Les) McDonald, and other figures involved in IBEW Local 213. Materials relate predominantly to the activities of IBEW Local 213, though some papers also relate to Les McDonald’s involvement in various sports and community organizations, his writings and his personal correspondence.

Materials within the series include notebooks, postcards, letters, newsletters, newspaper articles and issues, legal documents and photographs. Relative to the ‘Thesis Research’ series, many more materials are original or copies made at the time the originals were created.

Sub-series contains materials relating to Oberlander’s federal election for a Vancouver South parliamentary seat with the Liberal party. Oberlander was unsuccessful in his bid for the seat. Materials include, speeches, notes, correspondence, clippings, publicity materials, newsletters, liberal party
memoranda and other materials on the North Fraser Harbor Commission.

The series consists of 16 negatives, 63 photographs, and 2 slides and include portrait shots of H. Peter Oberlander by the University of British Columbia and other photographs collected by H. Peter Oberlander. Physical photographs are catalogued as part of the photograph under series UBC 139.1. There are also digital-born photographs acquired on a CD. These are currently being reviewed; further information is pending.

The series consists of audiovisual materials and digital-born materials featuring H. Peter Oberlander or regarding projects he was involved in during his career. The microfilm is included in box 37.

Materials on digital media are currently being reviewed, and further information is pending. Subseries include both documents and photographs. Four floppy discs may also be found in the Lectures, Conferences and Writings subseries.

Subseries consists of drafts, essays, notes, clippings, correspondence, invitations, minutes, memorandum, newspapers, agendas, pamphlets, note cards, reports, plans, and maps, relating to H. Peter Oberlander’s professional work for the Federal Government of Canada. Also includes materials relating to Oberlander’s work with the Ministry of Town and Country Planning in the United Kingdom. Oberlander was there as a part of the Canadian National Research Council in the post-World War II period.

Subseries consists of meeting minutes, agenda, correspondence from the Applied Planning Assistant Program Advisory Committee Meeting, and program and college information from H. Peter Oberlander’s time as chair of the Committee.

Sub-series consists of correspondence, agendas, maps, reports and other materials related to Oberlander’s time in the President's Advisory Committee on Campus Enhancement at the University of British Columbia.

Sub Series consists of correspondence, reports, travel records presentation notes, architect portfolios and a contract related to Oberlander’s time as an Associate Planner with DA Architects & Planners in Vancouver.

Sub-series consists of materials relating to degrees or awards given to Oberlander. Titles for these include Order of Canada, an Honorary Doctorate from UBC and the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal among others.

Subseries consists of textbooks, magazines, periodicals, proposals and reports, documents, and plans collected by H. Peter Oberlander during his professional career.

Subseries consists of drafts, essays, notes, clippings, correspondence, memos, invitations, minutes, memorandum, newspapers, agendas, pamphlets, note cards, reports, plans, and maps, relating to H. Peter Oberlander’s professional work for the Provincial Government of British Columbia and the GVRD.

Subseries consists of reference materials, research and reports, citizenship programs, correspondence, citizenship promotional material, and meeting minutes and agenda from H. Peter Oberlander’s time as a Citizenship Court Judge.

Subseries consists of drafts, essays, notes, clippings, correspondence, memos, invitations, minutes, memorandum, newspapers, agendas, pamphlets, note cards, reports, plans, and maps, relating to H. Peter Oberlander’s professional contribution to Vancouver Community College.

Subseries consists of drafts, essays, notes, clippings, correspondence, memos, invitations, minutes, memorandum, newspapers, agendas, pamphlets, note cards, reports, plans, and maps, relating to H. Peter Oberlander’s professional work with the Vancouver School Board.

Subseries consists of drafts, essays, notes, clippings, correspondence, memos, invitations, minutes, memorandum, newspapers, agendas, pamphlets, note cards, reports, plans, maps, and development plans relating to H. Peter Oberlander’s professional work with Community Planning Consultants Ltd. Included with this sub-series are 15 architectural drawings of an apartment house layout drawn by Cornelia Hahn Oberlander for Peter Oberlander Consultancy, 1953.

Subseries consists of drafts, essays, notes, clippings, correspondence, invitations, minutes, memorandum, newspapers, agendas, pamphlets, note cards, reports, plans, and maps, relating to H. Peter Oberlander’s professional work with the United Nations, including the Habitat I and Habitat II conferences. Records relating to the Habitat II conference are also found in the Human Solidarity subseries.

Subseries consists of drafts, essays, notes, clippings, correspondence, memos, invitations, minutes, memorandum, newspapers, agendas, pamphlets, note cards, reports, plans, and maps and a political cartoon relating to H. Peter Oberlander’s professional work with Harry Seidler.

Subseries consists of drafts, essays, notes, clippings, correspondence, memos, invitations, minutes, memorandum, newspapers, agendas, pamphlets, note cards, reports, plans, and maps, relating to H. Peter Oberlander’s professional work with Banff, Alberta Planning and Development.

Subseries consists of drafts, essays, notes, clippings, correspondence, memos, invitations, minutes, memorandum, newspapers, agendas, pamphlets, note cards, reports, plans, and maps, relating to H. Peter Oberlander’s professional work with Thompson, Berwick and Partners.

Subseries consists of drafts, essays, notes, clippings, correspondence, memos, invitations, minutes, memorandum, newspapers, agendas, pamphlets, note cards, reports, plans, and maps, relating to H. Peter Oberlander’s professional work at board meetings of the Sustainable Cities Foundation.

Subseries consists of drafts, essays, notes, clippings, correspondence, memos, invitations, minutes, memorandum, newspapers, agendas, pamphlets, note cards, reports, plans, and maps, relating to H. Peter Oberlander’s professional work with Hawaii Planning and Development.

Subseries consists of drafts, essays, notes, clippings, correspondence, memos, invitations, minutes, memorandum, newspapers, agendas, pamphlets, note cards, reports, plans, and maps, relating to H. Peter Oberlander’s professional contribution to various unrelated professional associations.

Subseries consists of drafts, essays, notes, clippings, correspondence, memos, invitations, minutes, memorandum, newspapers, agendas, pamphlets, note cards, reports, plans, and maps, relating to H. Peter Oberlander’s professional contribution to UBC / University of Jerusalem.

Subseries consists of drafts, essays, notes, clippings, correspondence, memos, invitations, minutes, memorandum, newspapers, agendas, pamphlets, note cards, reports, plans, and maps, relating to H. Peter Oberlander’s professional contribution to the Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver.

Subseries consists of drafts, essays, notes, clippings, correspondence, memos, invitations, minutes, memorandum, newspapers, agendas, pamphlets, note cards, reports, plans, and maps, relating to H. Peter Oberlander’s professional contribution to the Centre for Human Settlements at UBC.

Subseries consists of drafts, essays, notes, clippings, correspondence, memos, invitations, minutes, memorandum, newspapers, agendas, pamphlets, note cards, reports, plans, and maps, relating to H. Peter Oberlander’s professional contribution to the Jerusalem Committee.

Subseries consists of drafts, essays, notes, clippings, correspondence, memos, invitations, minutes, memorandum, newspapers, agendas, pamphlets, note cards, reports, plans, and maps, relating to H. Peter Oberlander’s professional contribution to the Asia Institute of Technology.

Subseries consists of drafts, essays, examination materials, notes, clippings, correspondence, memos, invitations, minutes, memorandum, newspapers, agendas, pamphlets, note cards, reports, plans, and maps, relating to H. Peter Oberlander’s professional contribution to the UBC School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP).

The series consists of notes, clippings, correspondence, memos, invitations, evaluations, minutes, memorandum, telegraphs, drafts, essays, articles, newspapers, agendas, pamphlets, note cards, reports and plans relating to professional work conducted directly by, attributed to, or contributed by H. Peter Oberlander.

Subseries consist of drafts, essays, notes, clippings, correspondence, memos, invitations, minutes, memorandum, newspapers, agendas, pamphlets, note cards, reports, plans, and maps, relating to the World Urban Forum in Barcelona, Spain and Vancouver, Canada.

Subseries consists of drafts, essays, notes, clippings, correspondence, memos, invitations, minutes, memorandum, newspapers, agendas, pamphlets, note cards, reports, plans, and maps, relating to H. Peter Oberlander’s professional contribution to the BC Place Citizen’s Advisory committee.

Subseries consists of drafts, essays, notes, clippings, correspondence, memos, invitations, minutes, memorandum, newspapers, agendas, pamphlets, note cards, reports, plans, and maps, relating to the Human Solidarity conference at Habitat II in Istanbul, Turkey in 1996 and the 1998 Global Meetings on Community Economic Development in Sherbrooke, Quebec. Records relating to the Habitat II conference are also found in the United Nations Works and Activities subseries.

The series consists of evaluations, notes, memos, correspondence, and plans relating to the development and planning of the UBC School of Community and Regional Planning and individual courses.

Subseries consist of material relating to the various conferences and lectures that H. Peter Oberlander contributed to or attended and his writings. Included are 1 microfilm reel and 4 3½" floppy discs.

Subseries consists of drafts, correspondences, clippings, articles interviews, prospectus and notes relating to the creation of Houser: The Life and Work of Catherine Bauer.

The series consists of notes, clippings, correspondence, memos, invitations, evaluations, minutes, memorandum, telegraphs, drafts, essays, articles, newspapers, agendas, pamphlets, note cards, reports and plans relating to lectures, conferences and writings contributed to or created by H. Peter Oberlander.

The series consists of correspondence, invitations, agendas, note cards, memos, telegrams, evaluations, clippings and notes relating to his various professional roles.

The fonds consists of personal and professional materials created and collected by H.
Peter Oberlander. The fonds is divided into six series: Personal series (1943-2012);
Teaching Materials series (1974-2007); Lectures, Conferences and Writings series (1950-
2006); Professional Life series (1951-2010); Photographs series (1960-1996); Audiovisual
Materials series (1975-2009). The Lectures, Conferences and Writings series is divided into five sub-series: Various Lectures, Conferences and Writings (1950-2008); Houser (1947-2001); Human Solidarity
(1994-2010); World Urban Forum (2003-2006). The Professional Life series is divided into twenty-two sub-series: BC Place Citizens Advisory Committee (1981-1984); Various Professional Associations (1954-2009); Centre for Human Settlements (1968-2007); UBC / University of Jerusalem (1981-1996); Jerusalem Committee (1956-1991); Asia Institute of Technology (1988-1989); Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver (1987-1988); SCARP / UBC School of Community and Regional Planning (1949-1999); Vancouver Community College (1970-1975); Harry Seidler (1978-1989); Vancouver School Board (1968-1976); Thompson, Berwick, Pratt and Partners (1965-2009); Sustainable Cities Foundation (1998-1999); Banff, Alberta Planning and Development (1961-1976); Hawaii Planning and Development (1966-1970);
Community Planning Consultants Ltd. (1950-2009); United Nations Works and Activities (1951-2009); Provincial and GVRD Government Works and Activities (1949-2000); Federal Government Works and Activities (1941-1975); Professional Works and Activities Collected by Dr. H. Peter Oberlander ([1856?]-2013); Langara Applied Planning Assistant Program (2000-2002); Citizenship Judge (1997-2004); DA Architects and Planners (1989-1991); Degrees and Awards (1987-2003); President’s Advisory
Committee on Campus Enhancement [UBC] (2000-2002); Liberal Party Campaign (1973-1974).

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