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Workers Benevolent Association of Canada fonds [textual record]

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Fonds

Date:

1925-1975.

Reference:

R3551-0-4-E, MG28-V109

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

100858

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Workers Benevolent Association of Canada fonds
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Date(s):

1925-1975.

Place of creation:

Manitoba

Extent:

10.5 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of reports in Ukrainian and English of various conventions of the society, from the 1st Convention (30-31 January 1925) to 25th Convention (23-26 April 1975).

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Workers Benevolent Association of Canada

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Workers Benevolent Association of Canada : The Workers Benevolent Association was founded in Winnipeg, 30 September 1922, by members of the Ukrainian Labour Temple Association led by Matthew Popowich. In succeeding years, the ULTA and its successors, the Ukrainian Labour and Farmer Temple Association and the Association of United Ukrainian Canadians, supported the WBA. All these organizations had socialist cultural-educational aims and the operations of the WBA were closely tied to their activities.

Over the years, however, the WBA grew both in size and independence. Originally chartered in Manitoba, it soon had branches in Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Ontario and Quebec. Therefore, in 1944, it obtained a Dominion charter. At first, the WBA provided insurance exclusively for the membership of the ULTA. Later, however, with the formation of Russian, Polish, Carpatho-Ruthenian Branches, the organization became multicultural. This character was strengthened in 1963, with the entry of the Independent Mutual Benefit Federation into the WBA as a special group.

The IMBF is a socialist fraternal insurance society, whose membership consists of Canadians of Hungarian, Slovak, Polish and Russian background. Today, the WBA conducts its affairs independent of any other organization and its membership is open to all.

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Received in 1975 and 1978 from Anthony Bilecki, president of the association. ð
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Workers Benevolent Association of Canada - Reports (English and Ukrainian),1925-1975 Ukrainian Labour Temple Association, [1922]

Associations, institutions, etc., 1925-1975 Matthew Popovich, [1922]

Socialism - Canada, 1925-1975 Ukrainian Labour and Farm Temple Association, [1922]

Socialist movement in Canada, 1925-1975 Association of United Ukrainian Canadians, [1922-1944]

Ukrainian Canadian organizations, 1925-1975 Ukrainian Labour and Farm Temple Association, [1922-1944]

Ukrainian Canadians, 1925-1975 Independent Mutual Benefit Federation, 1963

Charities - Societies, etc., 1925-1975

Insurance, Fraternal, 1925-1975

Friendly societies - Canada, 1925-1975

Education - Canada, 1925-1975

Cultural associations - Canada, 1925-1975
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Private

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MG28-V109
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Volume [MG28 V 109] 1

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