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Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists fonds [multiple media]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1943-1999.

Reference:

R3600-0-5-E, MG28-I217

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs, Moving images, Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

106752

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Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists fonds
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Fonds includes:

15 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1943-1999.

Bilingual equivalent:

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

27.21 m of textual records.
2 microfilm reels negative and positive.
ca. 19,015 photographs b&w.
40 audio cassettes (ca. 50 h).
4 film reels (18 min).
1 magnetic track (16 min).
1 audio reel (4 min, 20 s).

Language of material:

English

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Association of Canadian Television and Radio Artists fonds [textual record]

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Fonds consists of records that document the activities of the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) and its predecessor unions.

Records of ACTRA include files of the National Office (1950-1989) and branch offices (1948-1983); files on interactions with government offices (1949-1982), cultural and labour associations (1949-1981), talent agents (1957-1980), and engagers (broadcasters, production houses, advertising agencies, and other employers, 1952-1983). Other records detail union stewards (1959-1983), employment in advertising and commercials (1971-1983), and media coverage of ACTRA (1952-1982).

Records of predecessor unions include minutes of the Radio Artists of Toronto Society (RATS) (1943-1944) and files from the Association of Radio (and Television) Artists (ACRA) (1944-1963) and the Canadian Council of Authors and Artists (CCAA) (1953-1965).

Records on microfilm include files of predecessor unions: RATS (1943-44), CCAA (1953-1963) and ACRA and ACTRA (1950-1972). The files are located on microfilm reels M-3624 and M-3625.

The fonds includes photographs (1961-1987). The majority of photographs depict ACTRA and Equity members (1976-1987). There are also photographs of meetings of CCAA, Telstar, and the International Federation of Actors (FIA).

Fonds also includes a series of oral history interviews conducted by ACTRA members with Canadian performers (1998-1999). Other audio-visual material includes a film presentation produced by ACTRA for the Canadian Radio and Television Commission (CRTC) hearing on Canadian content in broadcasting (1970) and a sound recording demo tape produced by the ACTRA Talent Office in Toronto consisting of samples of commercials read by an announcer represented by their agency (1968).

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Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists
Additional name(s):

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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Canadian Labour Congress
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Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists : Union organization for Canadian broadcast artists dates from the early 1940s, when local associations of radio artists were formed in several cities. These local associations joined to form the Association of Canadian Radio Artists (ACRA). In 1952, the Canadian Council of Authors and Artists (CCAA) was established by the merger of ACRA with the Union des Artistes de Montréal, the Société des Artistes de Montréal, and the Société des Artistes de Québec. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) recognized the CCAA in 1953 and eventually signed agreements covering writers and performers in radio and television. The CCAA was a loose national federation in which member organizations exercised considerable autonomy.

In 1959, the French-language membership supported the Montreal CBC producers in their strike for recognition, despite contrary instructions from the CCAA national leaders. Following this controversy, the French-language groups left the CCAA in 1960 and formed the Fédération des Auteurs et des Artistes du Canada.

In 1963, the CCAA became the Association of Canadian Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA), with a new constitution and a more centralized national structure. ACTRA has been the principal national union for writers and performers (including actors, singers, dancers, puppeteers, announcers, commentators, and hosts) working in the English language in radio, television and film; the union also represents writers of stage plays. ACTRA's strength has derived from the comprehensiveness and solidarity of its membership, and not from legislative protection such as certification. Most of its members are contracted for each production and are not considered employees under federal labour relations legislation. ACTRA is organized into regional branches and (since 1983) into national guilds for each of the major craft groups it represents (writers, performers, and broadcast journalists).

In addition to negotiating and enforcing collective agreements and providing benefits for members, ACTRA is also interested in issues such as Canadian content and the use of foreign talent in the broadcast media and film industry. ACTRA collaborates with other Canadian talent unions, such as the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) and the Canadian Actors' Equity Association (CAEA). ACTRA is affiliated with the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), the International Writers' Guild (IWG) and the International Federation of Actors (FIA). Since 1971, it has sponsored the ACTRA Awards to honour distinguished work by its members.

In 1983, ACTRA changed its name to the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists.

Finding aid:

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Textual record (Electronic) Finding aid 1887 is a file list of volumes 1 to 137. It includes a listing of microfilm, reels M-3624 and M-3625. MSS1887 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000000457.pdf

Photograph (Paper) Vol.1 Alphabetical list of "Face to Face with Talent". FA-202 (99: Closed pending processing)

Sound recordings and moving images (Electronic) See MISACS for item-level descriptions. (99: Closed pending processing)

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General note:

¿ Records were received from the National Office of ACTRA in several transfers (1975-1999). Microfilm reels M-3624 and M-3625 were copied in 1975 from originals then held by ACTRA.
From 1963 to 1983, the union was known as the Association of Canadian Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA). In 1983, the name was changed to the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA).
For recordings of oral history interviews, see audio-visual database (ISN catalogue numbers: 304020 to 304042).
For recordings, see audio-visual database for demonstration reel (ISN catalogue number 463847 ) and the presentation by ACTRA to the CRTC ("Canada's Own Exodus," ISN catalogue number 86906).
¿ For more on ACTRA and its predecessors, see "Broadcasting - An Industry Study" by Ruby S. Samlalsingh (Study No. 1 of the federal government's Task Force on Labour Relations, 1968).
For related materials, see the Canadian Actors' Equity Association (CAEA) fonds.

Location of originals note:

Oral history interviews: Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists; Toronto, ON.

Original version note:

Originals of the oral history interviews are held by ACTRA, Toronto, Ontario.

Associated material note:

For related materials, see the Jack Gray fonds (R4808).

Varying form of title:

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Association of Canadian Television and Radio Artists
Subject heading:

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CTV Television Network

International Writers' Guild

International Federation of Actors

Canadian Radio-Television Commission

Canadian Actors' Equity Association

Association of Motion Picture Producers and Laboratories of Canada

Association of Canadian Advertisers

Institute of Canadian Advertising

American Federation of Musicians

Labour - unions and organizations - archival fonds
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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(1984-06-15)
011-88
117-020048-6
1975/0017
1975/M333
1982/0121
1983/0147
1984-0217 MISA
1984/0191
1986-206 NPC
1988-015 NPC
1988-0183 MISA
1989-411 DAP
1989/0257
1992-447 DAP
310-89
437 (1987-02-19)
92-090
MG28-I217

Former archival reference no.:

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MG28-I217
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Access restriction document

http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/r000000155.pdf

Textual records

[Consultation18 Restricted]

Finding aid box [FA 1887] 138

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Textual records: microform

[Consultation18 Restricted]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation10 Closed]

Moving images (film)

[Consultation18 Restricted]
Moving images: Consultation requires the written permission of ACTRA.

Sound recordings

[Consultation90 Open]
Sound recordings: Consultation of oral history interviews is open but consultation of the remaining sound recording requires the written permission of ACTRA.

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Photographs: With written permission of General Secretary. Copyright: Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists;with credit to National Archives of Canada
Sound recordings: Reproduction and use in any form requires the written permission of the copyright holder and the written permission of the donor.
Moving images: Reproduction and use in any form requires the written permission of the copyright holder and the written permission of the donor.

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