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CAIN No. 202040
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TITLE:
Angus MacInnis memorial collection
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:
25.7 m of textual records
141 photographs
9 maps
DATES:
1922-1970
ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY/BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH:
Angus MacInnis was born in 1884 at Glen
Williams, Prince Edward Island. In 1908 he moved to
Vancouver where he worked as a milk wagon driver and later
as a conductor and motorman for the B.C. Electric Railway.
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). In 1932,
MacInnis married Grace Woodsworth. MacInnis sat on the
C.C.F. National Executive from 1933-1950 and was Deputy
National Leader of the C.C.F. from 1942 to 1957. His awards
include an Honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of
British Columbia and the Garnett Sedgewick award from the
U.B.C. Civil Liberties Union for his position on the
Japanese-Canadian situation during the Second World War.
SCOPE AND CONTENT:
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, CCF clubs, constituencies, federal
ridings and election. The collection also includes records
generated by Arthur Turner as CCF 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 records of Angus MacInnis,
Francis McKenzie and former provincial leader Ernest Winch.
REPOSITORY:
University of British Columbia Library Rare Books and
Special Collections
FINDING AID AVAILABLE:
Series descriptions and file lists available.
ONLINE FINDING AID:
http://www.library.ubc.ca/spcoll/AZ/PDF/UV/Macinnis_Angus.pdf
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Title based on the contents of the collection.
PROVENANCE:
MacInnis, Angus, 1884-1964
University of British Columbia. Library collector
OTHER NAMES:
Winch, Ernest E., 1879-1957
McKenzie, Francis J
Steeves, Dorothy Gretchen, b. 1891
Webster, Arnold Alexander, 1899-1979
Turner, Arthur J., 1888-
MacInnis, Angus, 1884-1964
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
SUBJECTS:
MacInnis, Angus, 1884-1964
Winch, Ernest E., 1879-1957
McKenzie, Francis J
Steeves, Dorothy Gretchen, b. 1891
Webster, Arnold Alexander, 1899-1979
Turner, Arthur J., 1888-
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
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