Archives Catalogue

Worker attitude survey : Morphology Project / Institute of Public Affairs

MS-2-681, Box 4, Folder 8
File
1977

File contains two copies of the questionnaire, one marked with corrections, and both marked for office use only.

Work : a segmented perspective / Don Clairmont and Richard Apostle

MS-2-681, Box 3, Folder 2
File
1984, 1986

File includes a signed permissions form and letter from Butterworth & Co. (Canada) regarding the paper's inclusion in K. Lundy and B. Warme, eds., Work in the Canadian Context, second edition.

What this research is all about

MS-2-681, Box 6, Folder 5
File
1981

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

File contains a report directed towards participating businesses and services.

Variable means and standard deviations by segment tables

MS-2-681, Box 4, Folder 21
File
[ca. 1980]

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

File contains tables and lists.

Unidentified convention

MS-9-17, PB Box 1, Folder 91
File
1954

Part of Marine Workers Federation fonds

Two handwritten sheets with description.

The working class of metropolitan Halifax, 1850-1889

MS-9-16, Reel 1
File
1975

Part of Ian McKay fonds

File contains a manuscript of Ian McKay's honours thesis "The working class of metropolitan Halifax, 1850-1889." The thesis was completed as part of McKay's Bachelor of Arts (History) studies at Dalhousie University.

The segmentation perspective as a middle-range conceptualization in sociology / Don Clairmont, Richard Apostle and Reinhard Kreckel

MS-2-681, Box 3, Folder 1
File
1978

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

File includes three draft manuscripts, a reader's report and correspondence from The Canadian Journal of Sociology, which published the paper in Volume 8, Number 3 (Summer 1983).

The segmentation perspective as a middle range conceptualization in sociology / Don Clairmont, Richard Apostle and Reinhard Kreckel

MS-2-681, Box 2, Folder 8
File
1980 - 1981

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

File includes two draft manuscripts and a copy of Footnotes, a publication of the American Sociological Assoication

The marginal work world : variations in political attitudes and behaviour / Richard Apostle and Martha MacDonald in collaboration with Don Clairmont

MS-2-681, Box 3, Folder 8
File
1979

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

File contains a paper presented at the Conference on Blue Collar Workers and their Communities held at the University of Windsor, as well as correspondence, notes and photocopied secondary readings.

The general segmentation survey / Richard Apostle, Don Clairmont and Lars Osberg

MS-2-681, Box 5, Folder 10
File
1977 - 1980

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

File also contains "Richard Apostle and Lars Osberg, "The General Segmentation Survey: Report 1 (1978); a write-up on sampling procedures sent to the Federal Statistical Activities Secretariat; Richard Apostle and Martha MacDonald, "Morphology Project II: Progress Report II" (1978); Richard Apostle and Larry Smith, "In-depth Interviews: Morphology Project II : Marginal Work World Programme" (1978); and Martha MacDonald, "Progress Report" (1977).

The general segmentation survey : methodology report / Richard Apostle, Don Clairmont and Lars Osberg

MS-2-681, Box 7, Folder 1
File
1980

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

File also includes two pages of handwritten code for "workers not engaged + selected establishment."

The determinants of occupational status and mobility in the marginal work world / Richard Apostle and Don Clairmont

MS-2-681, Box 3, Folder 4
File
1982

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

File contains a manuscript, research notes, and a photocopy of George W. Bohrnstedt, "Observations on the Measurement of Change," in Edward Borgatta, ed., Sociological Methodology (San Francisco, Jossey-Bass, 1969).

Strikes in the Maritimes, 1901-1914

MS-9-16, SF Box 52, Folder 28
File
November 1980

Part of Ian McKay fonds

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

Statement of employee losses after the Halifax Explosion

MS-4-180, Box 94, Folder 1
File
1917-1918

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

File contains forms detailing MT&T employees' name, position, address, and damages sustained from the Halifax Explosion. Forms document personal injury and loss of life as well as damage to personal property.

Some notes on Beck's and Tobert's segmentation variable / Ron Smith

MS-2-681, Box 7, Folder 6
File
1981

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

File also includes a handwritten list of cases that were classified as central by their labour force strategy but predicted as marginal by their establishment characteristics.

Segmentation processes and the social structure of the Maritime provinces / Richard Apostle in collaboration with Don Clairmont

MS-2-681, Box 3, Folder 3
File
1978

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

File includes two manuscripts, one of which is heavily annotated and includes Martha MacDonald as an author.

Segmentation and wage determination : the cluster solution / Richard Apostle, Don Clairmont and Lars Osberg

MS-2-681, Box 7, Folder 7
File
1981-1982

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

File also includes L. Osberg, D. Clairmont and R. Apostle, "A Segmentation Approach to Low Wage Work in the Maritimes: An Interim Report" and pages of handwritten data.

Segmentation and labour force strategies / Richard Apostle, Don Clairmont and Lars Osberg

MS-2-681, Box 7, Folder 3
File
1984

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

File contains a manuscript draft, an annotated page proof, and a page of authors' biographical statements.

Secondary readings regarding job satisfaction

MS-2-681, Box 7, Folder 11
File
1977, 1979-1980

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

File contains photocopied journal article and published reports.

Secondary readings and notes about labour market segmentation

MS-2-681, Box 2, Folders 1 - 5
File
1970-1983

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

File contains published and unpublished papers and monographs collected by Richard Apostle in the course of his Marginal Work World Research Program projects. File includes handwritten notes.

Secondary readings about labour market segmentation

MS-2-681, Box 1, Folders 1 - 5
File
1973-1981

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

File contains published and unpublished papers and monographs collected by Richard Apostle in the course of his Marginal Work World Research Program projects.

Sampling design notes and related correspondence

MS-2-681, Box 7, Folder 2
File
1977-1978

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

File also includes Bryn Greer-Wootten, "Work and Workers in a Low-Wage Industry: The Case of the Leather Footwear Industry in Canada"; correspondence regarding sampling small establishments in Nova Scotia by industry; and comments on Richard Apostle's sample design.

Report to the Council of Maritime Premiers from the Institute of Public Affairs

MS-2-681, Box 6, Folder 6
File
1979-1981

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

File also contains other reports and memoranda regarding the general segmentation survey, and a draft letter from Richard Apostle to Kell Antoft regarding the deposit of research data and its potential future use.

Rejected employment trends surveys

MS-2-681, Box 9, Folder 5
File
[1989?]

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

MS-9-51, Box 1, Folder 5
File
1974-1976

Part of Norman Hebert fonds

File includes meeting minutes and correspondence between the United Steelworkers of America Local 4883 and the Plant Safety Committee of the Amherst Plant No. 4 operated by Enamel and Heating Products Limited. Correspondence describes efforts to establish safety protocols after a workplace accident in 1975.

MS-9-51, Box 1, Folder 4
File
1973-1974

Part of Norman Hebert fonds

File documents negotiations between United Steelworkers of America Local 4883 and Enamel and Heating Products Limited, a heating equipment manufacturing company that operated a factory in Amherst, Nova Scotia. Records include meeting minutes, pension plan proposals, and wage negotiations.

MS-9-51, Box 1, Folder 6
File
1971-1977

Part of Norman Hebert fonds

File contains records related to Norman Hebert’s time as a committee member of the United Steelworkers of America Local 4883, Aircraft Division located in Amherst, Nova Scotia. Records include correspondence, grievance reports, and meeting minutes.

MS-9-51, Box 1, Folder 3
File
1982-1984, 1988

Part of Norman Hebert fonds

File includes meeting notices and minutes of the Dalhousie Labour University Committee. Norman Hebert served as a representative of the Nova Scotia Government Employee Union. Meetings took place at the Henson Centre, Dalhousie University.

MS-9-51, Box 1, Folder 2
File
1982-1985

Part of Norman Hebert fonds

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.

MS-9-51, Box 1, Folder 1
File
1975-1977

Part of Norman Hebert fonds

File documents Norman Hebert’s time as President of the Amherst and District Labour Council between 1975 and 1977. Records include notices of meetings and protest actions, correspondence between members of the council and executive officers, and annual reports.

Project memos, list of current porjects, meeting minutes and agendas

MS-2-681, Box 5, Folder 12
File
1977 - 1982

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

File includes a December 1981 list of working papers, conference papers, research reports and publications of the Marginal Work World Research Program; a memorandum regarding computer usage and data storage; and research group meeting agendas, minutes and reports.

Photographs of workers at the Kuzbas Autonomous Industrial Colony in Kuzbas, Russia

MS-10-1, Box 2, Folder 12
File
1923

Part of Roscoe Alfred Fillmore fonds

File contains three photographs taken by Roscoe Fillmore during his 1923 visit.

Photographs of Sydney, Nova Scotia in 1963

MS-9-11, PB Box 1, folder 71
File
1963

Part of Nova Scotia Federation of Labour fonds

The majority of photographs are labelled on the back with names, date year, and the location.

Pamphlets and reports about communism and Canadian labor relations

MS-2-511, Box 29, Folder 8
File
1946-1947

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Of dead ends and futures : a simple model of labour market segmentation / Lars Osberg

MS-2-681, Box 7, Folder 5
File
1981

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

File also includes several pages of notes by Don Clairmont.

Objective and subjective determinants of job satisfaction / Richard Apostle, Don Clairmont and Lars Osberg

MS-2-681, Box 8, Folder 4
File
1981, 1983-1984

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

File also contains notes and a rejection letter from the Industrial & Labor Relations Review.

November 1982 list of working papers, conference research reports and publications of the Marginal Work World Research Program

MS-2-681, Box 5, Folder 13
File
1982

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

File includes an overview of the survey data within the Social Policy Research Program at the Institute of Public Affairs, Dalhousie University, and a December 1982 MWW newsletter.

Notes on an an analysis of variance for regression of political indices on economic segments, class and the sociodemographic variables

MS-2-681, Box 7, Folder 12
File
1980 - 1981

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

File also includes a manuscript for a final follow-up survey questionnaire and a printed pamphlet-format survey of Trends in the Maritime Economy.

Notecards with businesses names, addresses, service codes and other data

MS-2-681, Box 6, Folder 10
File
[1979?]

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

Morphology Project sample notes

MS-2-681, Box 5, Folder 2
File
1977

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

Morphology Project refusal follow-up correspondence and information sheets

MS-2-681, Box 5, Folder 5
File
1978

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

Morphology Project interview transcriptions

MS-2-681, Box 5, Folders 3 and 4
File
1977 - 1979

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

File contains handwritten interview transcripts or notes.

Morphology Project follow-up

MS-2-681, Box 5, Folder 6
File
1981

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

File includes Lars Osberg, "The Aims and Costs of a Follow-up Survey to the General Segmentation Survey or, The Costs and Benefits of Even More Data"; "Morphology Establishment Follow up"; handwritten notes; and a memorandum from Don Clairmont to members of the MWW Research Group with the subject line: "Follow-up Survey (big bang)."

Memorandum, partial application and list of groups supporting the Ad Hoc Committee Concerned with Women and Work

MS-2-681, Box 4, Folder 9
File
1979 - 1980

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

File contains a memo and project outline written by Martha MacDonald and Alexa McDonough. Also in the file is a list of publications, conference papers, projects, reports and outlines produced by the Marginal Work Worlds Program from September 1975 to September 1980.

Members of the Canadian Labour Congress convention in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia