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Halifax Regional Municipality (N.S.) Labor and laboring classes--Canada
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International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 1928 fonds

  • MS-9-52
  • Fonds
  • 1937-2015, predominant 1955-2015
Fonds includes financial, legal, administrative and human resources materials dating from the local's founding in 1955, providing insight into the development of the organization's policies and procedures, and also illustrating the broader labour movement and role of unions in shaping the political and social landscape in Nova Scotia. The records provide evidence of the union's administrative and operational functions and activities, including contract negotiation, grievance administration, dues remittance, pension fund administration, membership and labour advocacy, workers' training and education and strike coordination. The records were created by the local's office staff, business managers, executive board, elected officials, Board of Trustees, membership and business associates. Earlier records (pre-1955) became part of the IBEW Local 1928 archive when other IBEW Locals were amalgamated with 1928.

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 1928

Strikes in the Maritimes, 1901-1914

File contains a copy of Ian McKay's paper titled Strikes in the Maritimes, 1901-1914. The paper was delivered in the North American History Seminar coordinated by Bruce Tucker.

McKay, Ian

Richard Apostle and Boris Raymond fonds

  • MS-2-712
  • Fonds
  • 1994 - 1997
Fonds comprises employment trends questionnaires created by Richard Apostle and Boris Raymond to generate research data for their book Librarianship and the Information Paradigm (1997).

Apostle, Richard A.

Ian McKay fonds

  • MS-9-16
  • Fonds
  • 1975 - 1980
Fonds contains research material and manuscripts created by historian Ian McKay when he resided in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Materials include a student essay on strikes in the Maritimes (1901-1914), a manuscript of McKay's undergraduate honours thesis, "The Working Class of Metropolitan Halifax," and 55 audio cassettes and accompanying notes from interviews with workers in the Springhill and Joggins coal mines.

McKay, Ian

Marine Workers Federation fonds

  • MS-9-17
  • Fonds
  • [1943]-1999
This fonds includes a variety of photographic material relating to the Marine Workers Federation. As well this fonds contains a copy of the newspaper "The Nova Scotia Worker" Issued by the Nova Scotia Federation of Labour.

Marine Workers Federation.

Records related to the Nova Scotia Government Employee Union and the Dalhousie Labour University Committee

File documents Norman Hebert’s time as a representative of the Nova Scotia Government Employee Union in the Dalhousie Labour University Committee from 1982 to 1985. Meetings took place at the Henson Centre, Dalhousie University. Records include meeting minutes by Donald Maclean, a list of labour courses offered by Dalhousie University, and memoranda notifying committee members of meeting dates.

Letters written by Fred Thompson to John Bell

  • MS-10-2, SF Box 1, Folders 1-4
  • File
  • 1976
File comprises four letters sent from Fred Thompson to John Bell between July and October, 1976. The letters provide a recounting of Thompson's time in Halifax as a labourer and labour activist and reveal an ongoing discussion between Bell and Thompson regarding labour issues and labour history.

Bell, John A.

Hope McPhee's notebook from the first Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic

  • MS-10-9, SF Box 5, Folder 1
  • Item
  • 1978
Item is a 56-page Hilroy scribbler with an illustration of a camp site and "CAMP SITE" written on the cover. The notebook contains Hope McPhee's recollections of meeting Roscoe Fillmore and stories about his life and career as a horticulturalist and political activist. Notes are written in pencil.

McPhee, Hope

Photograph of George MacEachern addressing a seated crowd at the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic

Item consists of a photograph taken by Susan Perly, of George MacEachern, a Steel Workers Union activist and member of the Communist Party of Canada, addressing several dozen seated attendees at the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic, in Sackville, Nova Scotia, July 1978.

Photograph of Charlie Murray addressing a seated crowd at the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic

Item consists of a photograph taken by Susan Perly, of Charlie Murray, organizer of the Canadian Fisherman and Fish Handlers Union, member of the Communist Party of Canada, and host of the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic, addressing several dozen seated attendees at the Picnic, in Sackville, Nova Scotia, July 1978.

Photograph of Charlie Murray addressing a seated crowd at the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic

Item consists of a photograph taken by Susan Perly, of Charlie Murray, organizer of the Canadian Fisherman and Fish Handlers Union, member of the Communist Party of Canada, and host of the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic, addressing seated attendees at the Picnic, in Sackville, Nova Scotia, July 1978.

Photograph of Charlie Murray at the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic

Item consists of a photograph taken by Susan Perly, of Charlie Murray, organizer of the Canadian Fisherman and Fish Handlers Union, member of the Communist Party of Canada, and host of the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic, posing at the Picnic, in Sackville, Nova Scotia, July 1978.

Photograph of George MacEachern at the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic

Item consists of a photograph taken by Susan Perly, of George MacEachern, a Steel Workers Union activist and member of the Communist Party of Canada, standing at the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic, in Sackville, Nova Scotia, July 1978. Much of the image is obscured by foliage in Charlie and Kaye Murray's garden.

Photograph of George MacEachern addressing a seated crowd at the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic

Item consists of a photograph taken by Susan Perly, of George MacEachern, a Steel Workers Union activist and member of the Communist Party of Canada, addressing several dozen seated attendees at the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic, in Sackville, Nova Scotia, July 1978. Perspective of the photograph is from MacEachern's right, and MacEachern is partially obscured by a tree.

Photograph of George MacEachern addressing a seated crowd at the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic

Item consists of a photograph taken by Susan Perly, of George MacEachern, a Steel Workers Union activist and member of the Communist Party of Canada, addressing several dozen seated attendees at the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic, in Sackville, Nova Scotia, July 1978. Perspective of the photograph is face-on.

Photograph of Nolan Reilly addressing a seated crowd at the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic

Item consists of a photograph taken by Susan Perly, of Nolan Reilly, oral historian and one of the organizers of the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic, addressing several dozen seated attendees at the Picnic, Sackville, Nova Scotia, July 1978. Reilly was conducting research related to class consciousness in Amherst for his doctoral degree at Dalhousie University around the time of the Picnic.

Photograph of Hope McPhee and Nolan Reilly speaking at the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic

Item consists of a photograph taken by Susan Perly, showing Hope McPhee and Nolan Reilly (standing), two of co-organizers of the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic, having a discussion in front of several unidentified seated Picnic attendees, Sackville, Nova Scotia, July 1978.

Photograph of Kaye Murray and Dane Parker seated under trees at the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic

Item consists of a photograph taken by Susan Perly, showing Kaye Murray (activist and host of the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic) and Dane Parker (member of the Communist Party of Canada who made the first attempt to unionize fish plants under Nova Scotia's 1937 Trade Union Act), seated under trees at the Picnic, Sackville, Nova Scotia, July 1978.

Photograph of Kaye Murray, Nolan Reilly, Charlie Murray, and Sharon Reilly chatting at the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic

Item consists of a photograph taken by Susan Perly, of Charlie and Kaye Murray and Nolan and Sharon Reilly, and one other unidentified person, chatting at the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic, Sackville, Nova Scotia, July 1978.

Photograph of Nolan Reilly and several other unidentified people listening to a speaker at the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic

Item consists of a photograph taken by Susan Perly, of Nolan Reilly (beige and brown shirt) and several other unidentified attendees listening to a speaker at the First Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic, Sackville, Nova Scotia, July 1978.
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