Homer Stevens fonds. 1939-2001, predominant 1960-1979.

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Homer Stevens fonds. 1939-2001, predominant 1960-1979.

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The fonds consists of textual materials, photographs, slides, negatives, sound recordings and memorabilia created and collected during Homer Stevens career with the United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union (UFAWU), as well as in his personal life. The fonds has been arranged into six series according to subject matter: Personal, UFAWU, Mt. Thurston Prison Camp, Printed Materials, Ephemera and Memorabilia, and Newspaper Clippings.

2.62 m of textual records and other materials.

University of British Columbia Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7783586

University of British Columbia Library

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Stevens, Homer, 1923-2002.

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Homer Stevens was born on August 2, 1923, at Port Guichon, near Ladner, British Columbia. He began fishing on the Fraser River as early as 1936, at 13 years old. He began work as a full-time union organizer for the United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union in 1946, and was elected secretary-treasurer of that organization two years later, a position he held until 1970. Stevens was known for his steadfast role in this union, as well as for his affiliation with the Communist Party of Canada, and he...

United Fishermen and Allied Workers' Union

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The United Fishermen and Allied Workers' Union was established in 1945 through the merger of the United Fishermen's Federal Union and the Fish, Cannery and Reduction Plant and Allied Workers Union. It survived strong competition from the B.C. Gillnetter's Association in 1952 and the Seafarers' International Union in 1953. The UFAWU was suspended by the Trades and Labour Congress in 1953 for alleged communist activities. It was not until 1972 when the Union's application for affiliation with the ...