I.W.A. District Council No.1 fonds. 1931-1979.

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I.W.A. District Council No.1 fonds. 1931-1979.

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The fonds consists of minutes, photographs, printed material, and correspondence relating mainly to union organization in the forest products industry (1931-1952), including the Lumber Workers' Industrial Union, Lumber and Saw Mill Workers Union, International Woodworkers of America, and Woodworkers Industrial Union of Canada, as well as to the activities of Harold Pritchett, whose correspondence up to 1979 is also included. There are, in addition, reports of convention, materials concerning wages and conditions in logging camps, a poster, and subject files on various strikes including those at Fraser Mills and Blubber Bay (1933-1944).

1.9 m of textual records.108 photographs.

University of British Columbia Library

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University of British Columbia Library

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