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Tom Moore fonds [textual record, graphic material]
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Record information Tom Moore fonds [textual record, graphic material]
Date:1917-1946.Reference:R1456-0-1-E, MG30-A31Type of material:Textual material, PhotographsFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:104467Date(s):1917-1946.Place of creation:No place, unknown, or undeterminedExtent:10 cm of textual records.
4 photographs b&w.Language of material:EnglishScope and content:Fonds consists of correspondence relating to the Canadian National Railway; notes on Moore's trip to Japan to attend the Institute of Pacific Relations Conference; miscellaneous speeches, clippings and memoranda; sympathy notes on Moore's stroke in 1942 and death in 1946; and memorabilia. The fonds also contains photographs including a group photograph of delegates to the 33rd Annual Convention of the Trades and Labour Congress of Canada, Ottawa, Ont., September 1917.Provenance:Biography/Administrative history:Moore, Tom, 1878-1946 : Tom Moore came to Canada from England in 1909 settling in Niagara Falls and resuming his trade of carpentry. He joined the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America and in 1911 was appointed eastern Canadian organizer. He was president of the Trades and Labour Congress of Canada from 1918 to 1935, and again from 1939 to 1943. In addition to serving on Royal Commissions on industrial relations (1919), and on employment and social development, he was labour's representative on the board of directors of the Canadian National Railway from 1922 to 1933.
See Canadian Encyclopedia, p. 1162.Additional information:General note:Received in 1964 and 1969 from Eugene Forsey of Ottawa, Ont.Subject heading:Source:PrivateFormer archival reference no.:MG30-A31 -
Ordering and viewing options Conditions of access:Textual records[Consultation Open]Graphic (photo)[Consultation Open]Box [MOORE, TOM 1964-148] 5542[Consultation Open]Terms of use:Photographs: No restrictions.Copyright expired.Credit: Name of photographer / National Archives of Canada / Copy negative no.You can order materials in advance to be ready for you when you visit. You will need a user card to do this.
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