Ulinder, John, 1907-1996
John Ulinder fonds. - 1926-1996, predominant 1941-1945.
8.25 cm of textual records
John Ulinder moved to Vancouver Island around 1926 and found employment as a logger with the Comox Logging and Railway Company. He held the position of Secretary in the Ladysmith Sub-local 1-80 of the International Woodworkers of America (IWA), 1941-1944.
The fonds consists of a notebook, notes, clippings, reports, speeches, correspondence, subject files, and printed material relating mainly in his union activities and concerns over safety issues on the job and leadership issues in the union. There are subject files relating to his union trial when he was suspended for actions detrimental to the best interests of the IWA that pertain to the disagreements between the "reds" and "whites" factions within the IWA in the 1940s.
Title based on the contents of the fonds.
Finding aid available.
United Fishermen and Allied Workers'
Union
United Fishermen and Allied Workers' Union fonds. - 1934-1979.
90 m of textual records.
10 plans.
The United Fishermen and Allied Workers' Union was established
in 1945 through the merger of the
United Fishermen's Federal Union and the Fish, Cannery and
Reduction Plant and Allied Workers Union. It
survived strong competition from the B.C. Gillnetter's Association
in 1952 and the Seafarers' International Union
in 1953. The U.F.A.W.U. was suspended by the Trades and Labour
Congress in 1953 for alleged communist
activities. It was not until 1972 when the Union's application for
affiliation with the Canadian Labour Congress
was accepted that its right to represent the majority of B.C.
fishermen was recognized. The Union has
strengthened the bargaining position of its members and it has
undertaken to improve wages and working
conditions in the industry.
The fonds consists of minutes, correspondence, reports, legal
documents, financial records, plans, sound
recordings, published and printed material generated by the
U.F.A.W.U., its locals and predecessor organizations
and its former presidents including William Rigby, Homer Stevens
and Jack Nichols.
Inventory [PDF] available.
United Transportation Union. Local
422
United Transportation Union, Local 422 fonds. - 1919-1986.
19.5 cm of textual records.
The United Transportation Union, Local 422, represents
non-operating running trades in the Vancouver
area. Prior to the United Transportation Union, the non-operating
train staff were represented by the Order of
Railway Conductors, Switchmen's Union of North America, the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen (BRT) and
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLFE). The BRT
was part of the merger in 1969 and the BLFE joined with the UTU in 1976.
The fonds consists of three sub-fonds: Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen, Lodge 144 (1919-1986),
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, Lodge 656
(1940-1976) and the United Transportation Union,
Local 422 (1970-1986). It consists of executive minutes,
correspondence and reports as well as case and subject files
relating to union activities including collective
bargaining/strikes, grievances, health and safety and pensions.
Bulletins give regular reports on the activities of the
B.R.T. (1963-1965) and the U.T.U., Local 422, (1970-1978).
Inventory [PDF] available.
University Hill Book Club
University Hill Book Club fonds. - 1946-1985.
2 cm of textual records.
The University Hill Book Club was formed in 1939. The object
of the Club was to form a circulating book
group for women in the area. Members lived in the University Hill
area, paid a membership fee and chose a list
of newly published books which would appeal to all members.
The fonds consists of reports from the annual meetings of the
Club, which include minutes, treasurer's
reports, financial records and lists of book selections
(1946-1984). The fonds also includes minutes of meetings
of the Book Club and related material for the period 1946 to 1984.
Inventory [PDF] available.
UBC Library Vault
UBC Library Vault collection. - 2007-2009.
28 cm of printed items.
UBC Library Vault is an initiative of the UBC Library Development Office which aims to showcase rare and special images from the holdings of UBC Library through an online gallery and print publications such as bookmarks, promotional items and gift cards. Images are often drawn from the collections at Rare Books and Special Collections, University of British Columbia Archives, UBC Asian Library and Woodward Biomedical Library.
Collection consists of printed items such as bookmarks, gift cards, calendars and other promotional items created by UBC Library Vault.
Inventory [PDF] available.
University of British Columbia.
Department of History, collector
Yukon Mining collection. - 1900-1956.
4.8 m of textual records.
Administrative history unavailable.
The collection consists of correspondence, purchasing records
and production statistics for several placer
mining companies in and around Dawson Creek in the 1940s and 1950s.
It also includes account books and sales
receipts from merchants in the Dawson Creek area and the
surrounding mining camps during the Klondike Gold Rush.
Title based on the subject of the collection.
Inventory [PDF] available.
University of British Columbia. Library,
collector
Angus MacInnis memorial collection. - 1963-1970.
25.7 m of textual records.
141 photographs.
9 maps.
Angus MacInnis was employed as a conductor and motorman for
the B.C. Electric Railway shortly after
his arrival in Vancouver in 1908. An interest in the trade union
movement led him to become business agent for
the Amalgamated Association of Street, Electrical Railway and Motor
Coach Employees of America, Division 101.
Politically active on both the local and national scene, he was
elected M.P. for Vancouver South for the
Independent Labour Party in 1930 and he served the same
constituency as a member of the C.C.F. (1935-1957).
MacInnis was Deputy National Leader of the C.C.F. from 1942 to
1957.
The collection consists of records of the provincial office of
the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
and general research material pertaining to socialism and the
labour movement. It consists of minutes, scrapbooks,
office correspondence and files relating to party organization and
records of committees, C.C.F. clubs,
constituencies, federal ridings and election. The collection also
includes records generated by Arthur Turner as
C.C.F. Whip and Arnold Webster as a provincial party leader.
Subject files pertaining to early socialists and
clippings about international affairs were created by Dorothy
Steeves. Subsequent accessions added to the
collection have included the fonds of Angus MacInnis, Francis
McKenzie and former provincial leader Ernest Winch.
Title based on the contents of the collection.
Inventory [PDF] available.
University of British Columbia Library, collector
British Columbia Executive Council collection. - 1952-1967.
2.5 m of textual records
Administrative history unavailable.
The collection consists of photocopied briefs from groups or individuals desiring to appear before the Provincial Cabinet (1952-1967). They are arranged chronologically by "delegates heard" and "delegates not heard".
Title based on contents of collection
Inventory [PDF] available.
University of British Columbia. Library, collector
British Columbia historical postcard and photograph albums collection. - [ca. 1860-1939], predominant [ca. 1900]-1921.
91 v.
ca. 9000 postcards and photographs
Administrative history unavailable.
Individuals gathered/created postcards and photographs on a wide variety of historic subjects during their travels in British Columbia, Canada, and abroad and donated them to the UBC Library.
The collection consists of ninety-one albums of postcards and photographs pertaining to views and scenes mainly in British Columbia, but also including Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and the Yukon as well as Europe. The views of British Columbia include views of the Rocky Mountains, Vancouver, Victoria, Mayne Island, and Buttle Lake (pre-1911) as well as those of logging (Capilano Timber Co., 1917-1920), mining (Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting and Power Co. and Consolidated Cariboo Hydraulic Mining Co.) railways (Canadian Pacific Railway, Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, and Great Northern Railway) and shipping. In addition, there are postcards and photographs of the Hudson's Bay Company Kamchatka Venture, 1921, U.S. Civil War portraits and New Zealand shipping.
Title based on the contents of the collection.
Inventory [PDF] available.
University of British Columbia. Library,
collector
Doukhobor research collection. - 1839-1980.
2 m of textual records and other material.
The Doukhobors are a priestless religious sect which emerged
in Russia in the eighteenth century. Their
faith is based on the belief that everyone carries within them the
Holy Spirit. The destruction of life is, therefore,
a grievous sin. In the early nineteenth century the Doukhobors had
established themselves as a separate body of
settlers in Southern Russia. Living in relative isolation,
Doukhoborism became more than a branch of the
Christian faith, it also permeated their culture and economic life.
They practised pacificism and vegetarianism
and rejected co-operation with political authority when it
conflicted with their beliefs. Because of their way of
life, the Doukhobors suffered extensive persecution in czarist
Russia. In 1898, with the assistance of Count Lev
Tolstoy and the English Society of Friends (Quakers), many
Doukhobors were able to emigrate to Canada.
The collection consists of four parts: (1) photocopied and
original newsletters, pamphlets, publications,
clippings and printed material in general; (2) manuscript
collections and personal papers (most copied from
original material held elsewhere); (3) microfilms; and, (4)
photographs. The manuscript files include the papers
or records of Koozma John Tarasoff, Union of Doukhobors of Canada,
Consultative Committee on Doukhobors,
Stefan Sorokin, W.A. Makaseyeff, Peter V. Verigin, John G.
Bondoreff, Christian Community and Brotherhood
of Reformed Doukhobors, Peter Maloff, Alex Popoff, Eli Popoff,
James Mavor, David Henderson, Claude Fisher,
Peter Brock and Ivan Swetlishnoff. All the material relates to the
history and activities of Doukhobors throughout
the world as well as in British Columbia and Saskatchewan.
Title based on the contents of the collection.
Includes 42 photographs, 3 microfilm reels and 2
microfiche.
Inventory [PDF] available.
University of British Columbia. Library,
collector
Japanese Canadian research collection. - 1900-1970.
2.5 m of textual records.
ca. 754 photographs.
The Japanese Canadian research collection has been assembled
by a number of individuals interested in
documenting the experiences of Japanese Canadians, particularly in
British Columbia.
The collection consists of approximately fifty small
collections or fonds donated by individuals and
organizations. It includes material from the following individuals
or organizations: Yoshimitsu Akagawa, Rintaro
Hayashi, Japanese Fishermen's Benevolent Association, Kishizo
Kimura, Masajiro Miyazaki, Japanese Canadian
Citizens' Association, Hideichi Nosaka, Yoshio Ono, Yukio Shimoda,
Rinkichi Tagashira, Shingeichi Uchibori,
Chiyo Umezuki, Tokikazu Tanaka, Yasutaro Yamaga, Tameo Kanabara,
Richmond Berry Growers Association,
Shogo Kobayashi, Skeena Fishermen's Association, Jisaburo
Wakabayashi, Camp and Mill Workers Federal Labour
Union, and Mitsuru Shimpo. The collection encompasses a wide range
of topics including relocation to internment
camps during World War II, farming, lumbering, religious
activities, and personal reminiscences, as well as various
organizational records. Individual collections have been arranged
and described separately and filed in
alphabetical order. Most of the manuscript material has been
photocopied from original documents.
Title based on the contents of the collection.
Inventory [PDF] available.
University of British Columbia. Library,
collector
Malcolm Lowry collection. - 1910-1962.
8.8 m of textual records and other material.
Malcolm Lowry was born in 1909 in Birkenhead, England. By the
age of 30, when he had arrived in British
Columbia, he had received a B.A. in English from Cambridge
University, published a novel and travelled to the
United States and Mexico. By this time he had begun work on his
major novel Under the Volcano. In 1940
he married Margerie Bonner. For the next fifteen years he resided
primarily in Dollarton, North Vancouver and
travelled abroad before returning to England. His final home was in
Sussex, where he died in 1957. From the time
he came to British Columbia until his death, Lowry wrote novels,
short stories, radio and film scripts and poetry.
The collection consists of material created by Lowry and
others such as Margerie Bonner Lowry and Earle
Birney pertaining to his life and work. It includes correspondence,
signed autograph letters and postcards,
multiple drafts of manuscripts, phonograph records, clippings,
reviews, articles, essays, typescripts, unpublished
material and photographs.
Title based on the subject of the collection.
Includes: 15 sound tape reels, 9 phonograph records and ca.
745 photographs.
RESTRICTIONS: Some restrictions apply.
Inventory [PDF] available.
University of British Columbia. Library,
collector
Sasquatch research collection. 1968-1981.
2.4 cm of textual records
The collection contains material gathered on Sasquatches in both North America and China including a scrapbook entitled "Sasquatch at a Glance," and a copy of Bill M-216 ("An Act to Protect Hominoidea at Harrison Hot Springs") as well as published material.
Title based on the contents of the collection.
University of British Columbia. Library,
collector
United States Civil War collection. - 1860-1873.
6 cm of textual records.
1 print.
The Civil War was a four-year conflict between the American
Union and the eleven Confederate States
of America over the right to secede from the Union.
The collection consists of five letters (1863-1871); a diary
belonging to Charles O. Eaton of Boston; a list
of clothing and other garrison camp equipment of Lt. Wm. McKinley,
Jr.; two broadsides; a printed report of a
meeting of the citizens of Bobb County, Georgia (1860); a
publication of the Manchester Union and Emancipation
Society; a lock of Mrs. Robert E. Lee's hair and an engraving of
General Ulysses S. Grant and family.
Title based on the contents of the collection.
Inventory [PDF] available.
University of British Columbia. Library, collector
World War I British press photograph collection. - 1914-1918.
ca. 6000 photographs
The British Press were given permission to photograph British activities in World War I. Most of the prints are stamped "Passed for transmission abroad" by either the Ministry of Information, Photographic Section or the Associated Illustration Agencies. Although specific photographers are not mentioned, there is a note on the back of most photographs stating, "Please acknowledge "British Official" - Crown Copyright Reserved."
The collection consists of photography of every aspect of World War I - from cadet training to soldiers' graves. Every theatre of war is represented, but the majority of prints were taken in Europe, particularly on the battlefields of France and Belgium. In Britain, there are prints of Gibson Girls welding ships or carting coal. There are prints of royalty and military commanders, including Greek, Belgian and Japanese aristocracy. The technology of war is illustrated in the numerous prints of planes, ships, tanks and guns of all kinds. The collection is strong in portraying the average "Tommy" and his role in the war.
Title based on the contents of the collection.
Inventory [PDF] available.
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