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J.S. Woodsworth fonds [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

[ca. 1868-1976].

Reference:

R5904-0-1-E, MG27-IIIC7

Type of material:

Photographs, Textual material, Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

106890

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J.S. Woodsworth fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

[ca. 1868-1976].

Place of creation:

Manitoba

Added country of publication:

Ontario

Extent:

3.67 m of textual records.
299 photographs : b&w.
1 drawing.
1 print.

Language of material:

no language

Accession:

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James Shaver Woodsworth Collection [graphic material, textual record]

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The bulk of the fonds consists of 10 textual records series: Correspondence; Subject files; Diaries and notebooks; Lectures and speeches; Reports of the Bureau of Social Research; C.C.F. mailing lists; Printed material; Souvenirs; Personal papers; and Scrapbooks.

The fonds also includes a photographic series containing photographs depicting the Woodsworth family; the political activities of J.S. Woodsworth; and portraits of J.S. Woodsworth and Lucy Staples (later Mrs. J.S. Woodsworth). A final series consists of a sketch of Woodsworth drawn in Ottawa by Soviet trade representative Alexander Yazikoff, together with a black and white printed reproduction and a 1944 newspaper article describing the history of the sketch.
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Woodsworth, J. S. (James Shaver), 1874-1942

YAZIKOFF A
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Woodsworth, J. S. (James Shaver), 1874-1942

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
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Woodsworth, J. S. (James Shaver), 1874-1942 : James Shaver Woodsworth, leader of the C.C.F., Member of Parliament, was born in Etobicoke Township, Ontario, and was educated at Wesley College, Winnipeg, the University of Toronto and Oxford University. He was ordained in the Methodist Church in 1896 and served as an assistant pastor, 1902-1908, and director of All People's Mission, 1908-1915, in Winnipeg, but resigned from the ministry in 1918. From 1915-1917 he served as director of the Bureau of Social Research for the governments of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. In 1921 he was elected to the House of Commons as an Independent Labour candidate for Winnipeg North Centre, and he continued to represent that riding until his death in 1942. He was one of the founders of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in 1932 and its leader until his resignation in 1940.

Woodsworth was the author of 'Stranger within our gates', 1908, 'My neighbour', 1910, and 'Studies in rural citizenship', 1915. He destroyed most of his personal papers in 1940.

Finding aid:

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid consists of a list of files and scrapbooks; a nominal index to the correspondence in volumes 1-4; a conversion list showing the relationship between the original volume numbers and those put in place during the re-organization of the collection in 1991/1992. MSS0159 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000000038.pdf

(Electronic) All or some of the documents described have been digitized and are available at the following address: (90: Open)
http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_106890?usrlang=en

(Electronic) Les documents décrits ont été complètement ou en partie numérisés et sont disponibles à l'adresse suivante : (90: Open)
http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_106890?usrlang=fr

Textual records (Microform) Microfiche : 1 fiche (1 copy) MSS0159 (90: Open)

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General note:

Copy of photograph, 1909, depicting Forward Movement Exhibition at the Congress of Lay Missionaries, Massey Hall, Toronto, Ontario (photographic accession 1972-298 NPC) : This image was loaned to the National Archives of Canada and copied. The original was returned to the lender.
The scrapbooks (vols. 27-34) were transferred in 1952 from Woodsworth House. The correspondence and memoranda were received between 1953 and 1976 from his daughters, Mrs. Angus MacInnis and Mrs. R.S. Staples. The letters to Dr. C.B. Sissons were donated by Victoria University, Toronto, in 1955. The letters from Woodsworth, 1900, were donated by Mrs. G.L. Osberg of Ottawa in 1966.

Arrangement note:

Textual records : The textual records were reorganized in 1991-1992, and much of the material was assigned new volume numbers. A conversion list is found in the finding aid. The volumes are now numbered 1-17 and 27-34; there are no volumes 18-26.

Availability of other formats note:

Textual records: Available on microfilm: reels C-9160, C-9161, C-11062, C-13074 to C-13082 and H-2272 to H-2280., Copy of photograph, 1909, depicting Forward Movement Exhibition at the Congress of Lay Missionaries, Massey Hall, Toronto, Ontario (photographic accession 1972-298 NPC) : Copy negative available: C-50061.

Original extent note:

Spoon, letter opener, longshoreman's hook, club (Winnipeg General Strike) : Transferred to the Museum of Man (now Canadian Museum of History), 24 July 1975.
Subject heading:

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Politicians Canada

Hommes politiques Canada

Socialism Canada

Socialisme Canada
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1954-079 NPC
1954-080 NPC
1972-298 NPC
1973-225 NPC
2023-00233-8

Former archival reference no.:

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MG27-IIIC7
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Graphic (photo)

[Consultation96 Restrictions vary]

Copy negative [R5904] C-050061

[Consultation 90 Open]

Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 159] 23

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Graphic (art)

[Consultation99 Closed pending processing]

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Original photographs (photographic accessions 1954-080 NPC, 1973-225 NPC, 1954-079 NPC) : No donor restrictions. Credit: Name of photographer / Library and Archives Canada / Copy negative no.
Copy of photograph (photographic accession 1972-298 NPC) : Library and Archives Canada does not provide copies, they must be obtained from the lender. Copyright : For item still in copyright, copyright must be established by the holder of the original. Credit: Name of photographer / Library and Archives Canada / Copy negative number.
Textual records : Volumes 1-4 and 28-34 have been withdrawn from circulation - researchers must consult the microfilm copy.
Sketch by Alexander Yazikoff : No donor restrictions.

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