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Percy R. Bengough fonds [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1907-1959.

Reference:

R2382-0-8-E, MG30-A47

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

97935

Context of this record:

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Percy R. Bengough fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

1907-1959.

Place of creation:

Canada

Added country of publication:

United Kingdom, United States

Extent:

77 cm of textual records.
260 photographs b&w.

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

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Fonds consists of correspondence, primarily of a souvenir nature, n.d, 1924-1963, .025 cm; addresses and articles written by Bengough in his capacity as president of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, 1934-1954, 25 cm; subject files on the International Labour Office, British Columbia Health Insurance Commission, and Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, 1933-1954. 3.75 cm; miscellaneous material, 1921-1964 2.75cm; and scrapbooks, 1907, 1917-1959, 18 cm.

Also included are photographs, 1928-1954, depicting annual meetings and conventions of the Trades and Labor Congress, American Federation of Labor, and of the International Labour Congress, as well as the activities of Percy Bengough.

Provenance:

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Bengough, Percy, 1883-1972

Biography/Administrative history:

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Bengough, Percy, 1883-1972 : Percy Bengough, engineer, trade-unionist, labour leader, apprenticed as a machinist in his native London, England. He immigrated to Canada in 1905, resumed his trade in Vancouver and held several offices with the International Association of Machinists. From 1921 to 1942 He was secretary of the Vancouver Trades and Labour Council. From 1931 to 1942 he served as vice-president of the Trades and Labour Congress of Canada, and from 1943 to 1954 served as president. In 1949 he helped found the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions. He was awarded CBE for service on several government advisory committees.

See: Canadian Encyclopedia, p. 162.

Finding aid:

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid is a list of files and other items. MSS0873 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000002871.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_97935

(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_97935?usrlang=fr

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General note:

Acquired in 1971 from George R. Bengough of Vancouver, B.C.

Availability of other formats note:

1917-1919 scrapbook: Also available on microfilm reel C-374.

Associated material note:

Six gavels presented to Percy Bengough: Transferred to the Canadian Museum of Civilization. Books and pamphlets: Transferred to the National Archives Library. 1907 poster of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers: Transferred to the Art, Photography and Philatelic Section.

Related material:

For related materials, see: Trades and Labor Congress of Canada (R5699-3-X-E
/ MG28-I103, Mikan no. 182026), a sous-fonds of Canadian Labour Congress fonds R5699 / MG28-I103, Mikan no. 97903).
Subject heading:

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Trade-unions - Canada, [1933-1954] Trades and Labour Congress of Canada, [1933-1954]

Labour movement - Canada, [between 1917 and 1959] International Labour Office, 1933-1954

Labour organization - Canada, [between 1917 and 1959] British Columbia Health Insurance Commission, 1933-1954

Labour - archival fonds
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1973-281 NPC
1978-184 NPC

Former archival reference no.:

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MG30-A47
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 873] 81

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

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Photographs: No donor restrictions. Various copyrights on items less than 50 years old. Copyright expired on items more than 50 years old. Credit: Name of photographer / National Archives of Canada / Copy negative no.

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