Fonds contains material collected by Ken Clare relating to his interest in Nova Scotia Unions. Material includes photographs of the Halifax Lab Tech Strike in 1975; material relating to the Dalhousie Cleaners strike in the winter of 1978-1979; material from the Nova Scotia Labour Research and Support Centre; and material relating to the attempts to organize the workers at the Michelin plant at Granton by the United Rubber workers.
This file consists of copies of the Nova Scotia Labour Research and Support Centre newsletters from 1978-1981; the organization's draft constitution and statement of purpose; and also newspaper clippings related to this organization. This was a union support group located mainly in Halifax, which included several students, faculty and alumni of Dalhousie.
Item consists of a sound recording recorded during a video taped visit by Charlie Murray to the high school students of Lockeport High School in September, 1978. This is side A of the original audio cassette.
Item consists of a sound recording recorded during a videotaped visit by Charlie Murray to the high school students of Lockeport High School in September; 1978. This is side B of the original audio cassette.
Item consists of a sound recording of Charlie Murray being interviewed on September 21, 1978. He talks about his life in the early 1930s, the depression, the lack of work, and the effects of seed beer. This is side B of the original audio cassette.
Item consists of a sound recording of Charlie Murray being interviewed on November 16, 1978. He talks about people he met at the Party School. This is side A and B of the original audio cassette.
Item consists of a sound recording of Charlie Murray being interviewed on March 1, 1979. He talks about being arrested, his time at the internment camp in Petawawa, Ontario, organizing unions and World War II. This is side B of the original audio cassette.
File contains one tote bag produced by the Canadian Labour Congress. Tote bag is made of black fabric, and is printed with an inverted pink triangle with black text written into each side of the triangle reading "Solidarité—Pride—Fierté.
File contains one produced by the Ontario branch Canadian Employment and Immigration Union. Pin is a triangle with a pink border, with a green trillium design at the centre, surrounded by text that reads "SEICP—CEIU—ONTARIO".
File contains one pin commemorating Al Stewart's fifteen year anniversary as a member of the Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union. Pin is a bronze-coloured circle, printed with text that reads "N.S.G.E.U.—15 Year Member".
File contains membership forms for the Playwrights Union of Canada file out by Jenny Munday; a copy of Munday's resume; correspondence from the Playwrights Union of Canada; and other documents.
Fonds contains records created and collected by Christopher Heide in the course of his career as a writer, including his work with arts and cultural associations such as ACTRA and the Dramatists' Co-op of Nova Scotia. Record types include scripts for stage, radio and screen; notes; correspondence; reports; meeting minutes; and photographs.
File contains correspondence, reports, meeting minutes and notes created and collected by Chris Heide during his tenure as president of ACTRA Maritime Writers' Branch and, later, as chair of ACTRA Halifax Work Opportunities Committee and as chair of ACTRA Maritime Film Committee.
File contains records created and collected by Christopher Heide in the course of his work as a Founding Committee member of the Guild of Canadian Playwrights and as chair of the Collective Creation Contract Committee. Record types include correspondence, reports, meeting minutes and notes.
File contains 14 photographs, most of them featuring Christopher Heide with other people. The photographs were in an envelope sent to him by Nicola Lipman.
File contains records created and collected by Christopher Heide in the course of his association with the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia, in particular as interim coordinator and as a writer-in-community in 1983. Record types include correspondence, reports, meeting minutes and notes.
File contains one standard-issue card from the National Administrative Director of the American Guild of Variety Artists requesting paid dues in order to vote for upcoming delegates. It is addressed to Joe Kara, performer with The Bill Lynch Shows.