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- Item
- 4 Aug. 1932
Part of Piers Island “Sons of Freedom” Doukhobor Imprisonment collection
Item is a letter regarding temporary clerk Fleming; the wharf being in a state of preparedness to accommodate large vessels; bunk accommodation for Doukhobor prisoners; installation of pump for well; and prisoner reception identification program.
- 12
- Item
- 27 Jul. 1932
Part of Piers Island “Sons of Freedom” Doukhobor Imprisonment collection
[Letter from D. M. Ormond to H. W. Cooper] re – Piers Island penitentiary, conduct of convicts
- 5
- Item
- 3 Apr. 1933
Part of Piers Island “Sons of Freedom” Doukhobor Imprisonment collection
Item is a letter regarding the construction of a wooden fence between two compounds; fire-fighting equipment; conditional correspondence and visits for prisoners.
[Large group of female prisoners with two matrons at Piers Island Penitentiary]
- 30
- Item
- [between 1932 and 1934]
Part of Piers Island “Sons of Freedom” Doukhobor Imprisonment collection
J.S. and Lucy Woodsworth family fonds
- MsC-204
- Fonds
- [ca. 1860-1997?]
This fonds consists of primarily of correspondence between members of the Woodsworth/MacInnis families, along with photographic material documenting extended family and some key events. James Shaver Woodsworth (J.S.) was a leader of the social democratic movement in the early 20th century and a co-founder of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) party in 1932, of which his daughter and son-in-law were also key figures. However the subject matter of most of this fonds is of a personal familial nature, rather than in-depth political discourse or strategizing. Included in this fonds are notes, manuscripts and letters, primarily written between himself and his wife, Lucy Staples Woodsworth during the years he was serving first as a clergyman through to his involvement and arrest at the Winnipeg General Strike in 1919, as well as an extended tour of Europe and Russia with Lucy in 1932. There are a few letters between J.S. and his children as they mature and pursue careers but even when J.S. ceases to be the primary author, there is news of him in the correspondence of Lucy up until his passing in 1942.
The bulk of content in this fonds consists of correspondence between Lucy Woodsworth and her daughter Grace Woodsworth MacInnis, although there are occasional letters to, from or between her other children Belva, Ralph, Charles, Bruce and Howard. The content of this material is primarily anecdotal as Lucy informs Grace of her day-to-day activities and meetings. There is some mention of her political activities and leanings - particularly of her attendance at a Women's International League conference in 1924 or in correspondence with Grace's husband, Angus MacInnis - but most letters contain news of friends and family, of health and daily activities.
Because many of these letters were originally assembled by Grace MacInnis herself, there is a subsection of correspondence between herself and Angus, from the very first days of their courtship through their combined political careers in Parliament and up until Angus's passing in 1964.
- MsC-47
- Fonds
- 1901-1911
Fonds consists primarily of incoming correspondence addressed to Hawthornthwaite in his capacity as a Member of the Legislative Assembly from his constituents and other residents of British Columbia. The fonds contains a file consisting of legislative bills, resolutions, and acts tabled during Hawthornthwaite's tenure in the Provincial Parliament and other records that Hawthornthwaite made or received in the course of his service to the people of Nanaimo, as well as published records of the legislative assembly of British Columbia for the years 1909 and 1910. The fonds also contains: a certificate for Hawthornthwaite's share in the Western Socialist Publishing Company which published The Western Clarion, the newspaper of the Socialist Party of British Columbia; a postcard depicting Joseph Mairs, one of Hawthornthwaite's contemporaries in the Socialist Party of Canada; and a copy of a book titled The changing order: A study of democracy, given to Hawthornthwaite by his friend Harry Sibble.
Hawthornthwaite, James
- MsC-121-4
- Sous-fonds
- 1925-[ca. 1947], predominantly 1926-1933
Part of Doukhobor collection
This sous-fonds includes letters authored and received by J. A. Forin between 1926 and 1933, handwritten note, clippings, broadside as well as three publication belonging to Forin that contain his handwritten annotations. All records are in English.
Forin, John Andrew
- MsC-57
- Fonds
- 1914-2002
The fonds consists mainly of textual materials, including correspondence and diaries. Also present are photo albums, photographs and negatives. The fonds has been arranged into the following seven series: Personal correspondence (1934-1988), Diaries (1914-1973), Desktop diaries (1962-1973), Personal miscellaneous items (1937-1978), Photographs (1927-2002), and Outlawry of War (1921-1960).
Brown, George Harrison
[Group of eight Doukhobor prisoners gathered around a “Piers Island Penitentiary” life preserver]
- 24
- Item
- [between 1932 and 1934]
Part of Piers Island “Sons of Freedom” Doukhobor Imprisonment collection
- MsC-168
- Fonds
- 1960-1991
Fonds consists of 89 scrapbooks relating to Grace McCarthy and her career as a politician within the British Columbia Social Credit party. Scrapbooks contain photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, press releases, ephemera, and other material dating from 1960 to 1991.
The scrapbooks document the political landscape of British Columbia from 1968 to 1991, in particular the activities of the Social Credit party; events, initiatives, and causes in Vancouver and provincially; state visits; McCarthy's viewpoint on particular issues; her political and charitable activities; leadership campaigns; and her personal and political relationships. They also document McCarthy's most notable accomplishments, including bringing Expo '86 to Vancouver, establishing SkyTrain as a rapid transit system, driving the construction of the Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre, and the lighting of the Lions Gate Bridge. Includes correspondence with other politicians at the provincial, national and international level, including W.A.C. Bennett and Margaret Thatcher; her constituents, residents of British Columbia, and party members; and the business community.
McCarthy, Grace