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Outline of the history of the Canadian Seamen's Union / Charles Macdonald
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MS-9-15, SF Box 52, Folder 27
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17 pages (1 folder)
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(1923-2012)
Biographical history
Charles Macdonald was born in 1923 in Cornwall, Ontario. He was a World War II Merchant Marine veteran and a lifelong social activist. In the 1940s he was involved with the Canadian Seamen's Union. Later, as a librarian at Vancouver's Simon Fraser University, he helped to organize and lead the library's section of the faculty union. He died on April 11, 2012 at the Montreal General Hospital.
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Materials were donated to the Dalhousie University Archives in 1977.
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File contains a preliminary outline of the History of the Canadian Seamen's Union from 1936-1950 and a letter from Charles Macdonald to Tom McGrath, Bud Doucette, and Stan Wingfield.
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- English
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English
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There are no access restrictions on these materials. All materials are open for research.
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Materials do not circulate and must be used in the Archives and Special Collections Reading Room. Materials may be under copyright. Contact departmental staff for guidance on reproduction.
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Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Outline of the history of the Canadian Seamen's Union, by Charles Macdonald, MS-9-15, Box [box number], Folder [folder number], Dalhousie University Archives and Special Collections, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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- Canadian Seamen's Union (Subject)