Mick Lowe fonds. 1990-1993.

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Mick Lowe fonds. 1990-1993.

The fonds consists of research material gathered by Lowe for his biography of Claire Culhane. In addition to the textual material, there are also sound recordings and photographs.

1.4 m of textual records.33 sound cassettes.55 photographs.

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Lowe, Mick, 1947-

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Author Mick Lowe moved to Canada from Omaha, Nebraska in 1970. In addition to writing articles for MacLeans Magazine and the Globe and Mail, Lowe has written two books: "Conspiracy of Brothers: A True Story of Murder, Bikers, and the Law" (1988) and "One Woman Army: The Life of Claire Culhane" (1992). From the description of Mick Lowe fonds. 1990-1993. (University of British Columbia Library). WorldCat record id: 606462605 ...

Culhane, Claire

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The daughter of Russian Jewish refugees, Claire Culhane was born in Montreal and moved to Vancouver in the early 1950s. In 1976 as a member of the Citizen's Advisory Committee at the B.C. Penitentiary, she began working tirelessly for prison reform. Founder and most vocal member of the Vancouver-based Prisoners' Rights Group, Culhane has written two books on prison reform and her experiences in fighting the prison system entitled "Barred from Prison" (1979) and "Still Barred from Prison" (1985)....