CAIN No. 202221

TITLE:
Grace MacInnis fonds

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:
1.6 m of textual records and other material

DATES:
1900-1987

ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY/BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH:
Grace MacInnis was the daughter of J.S. Woodsworth, co-founder of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation. Married to Angus MacInnis, she has enjoyed an active political career, both provincially and federally. She was party and caucus secretary until 1941. In 1958 MacInnis became provincial president of the CCF. In 1965, after her husband's death, she began a nine-year career as MP for Vancouver-Kingsway. Her interests included the status of women, poverty and housing. Two biographies,"Grace: The Life of Grace MacInnis" by Sunny P. Lewis and "Grace MacInnis: The Story of Love and Integrity" by Ann Farrell have been written about her.

SCOPE AND CONTENT:
The fonds consists of correspondence, printed material, video and audio cassettes, photographs, notebooks, diaries and speech material reflecting the political career and personal life of MacInnis.

REPOSITORY:
University of British Columbia Library Rare Books and Special Collections

FINDING AID AVAILABLE:
Inventory available.

ONLINE FINDING AID:
http://www.library.ubc.ca/spcoll/AZ/PDF/M/Macinnis_Grace.pdf

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Title based on the contents of the fonds.
Includes: ca. 1,400 photographs, video tapes, sound cassettes.

PROVENANCE:
MacInnis, Grace, 1905-

SUBJECTS:
MacInnis, Grace, 1905-
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation