Irene Howard fonds. 1968-1988.

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Irene Howard fonds. 1968-1988.

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The fonds consists of subject files on events and organizations which pertain to Howard's personal and professional life, such as biographical material, the Royal Commission on the Status of Women, as well as historical photographs and the Monday Morning (1967-1972) magazine. The rest of the fonds relates to Howard's literary career. Also included are news bulletins, correspondence, taped interviews and research proposals and drafts. Fonds also includes a copy of "Memoirs of the Spanish Civil War" by Ronald Liversedge (edited by Howard) and letters sent to her by Arne Johnson regarding lumber unions.

82 cm of textual records.5 photographs.18 sound cassettes.

University of British Columbia Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7781895

University of British Columbia Library

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Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada

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Howard, Irene, 1922-

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Born in Prince Rupert, B.C., Irene Howard is a free-lance writer, researcher, broadcaster and teacher of English Literature. She graduated from Normal School, obtained her teaching certificate from the University of Victoria in 1943 and graduated from the University of British Columbia in 1948. She completed her M.A. in Medieval Literature in 1964 and taught at the elementary, college and university levels from 1941 to 1983. Since 1956 Howard has been active in researching and writing local hist...

Johnson, Arne.

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Arne Johnson (Jonassen) was born in Kingsberg, Norway, in 1896 and emigrated to Canada in ca. 1911-12. He began farming in Saskatchewan and moved to Nixon Camp near Chase, B.C., to become a logger. Johnson became a leading figure in B.C. Coast loggers' organizations by 1928 and was a major figure in the loggers' strike of 1934. During his work career, he was a member of the One Big Union-British Columbia Loggers' Union, Lumber Workers Industrial Union of Canada, Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union,...