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Richard A. Rigg fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1918-1953.

Reference:

R1615-0-X-E, MG30-A45

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

97933

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Richard A. Rigg fonds
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

1918-1953.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1.8 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of correspondence regarding the Winnipeg strike, 1918, 6 p., including a 5 p. letter from Winnipeg lawyer Tom Murray; correspondence consisting mainly of reports to the Trades and Labour Congress of Canada by Rigg, as western organizer; correspondence by William Varley, organizer for the American Federation of Labour, regarding One Big Union and their efforts to organize the international craft union supporters. Fonds also consists of miscellaneous correspondence and clippings, 1918-1953, 30 p., primarily of a personal nature and copies of speeches with related notes, 1938-1939, 22 p., written by Rigg as director of the Employment Services Branch of the Department of Labour.

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Rigg, Richard A., 1873?-1964

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Rigg, Richard A., 1873?-1964 : R.A. Rigg, labour leader and public servant, served as Secretary of the Winnipeg Trades and Labour Council, 1909-1917, as an alderman on the Winnipeg City Council, and as a member of the Legislative Assembly for Winnipeg North, 1915-1917. In June 1919, he was appointed by the Trades and Labour Congress of Canada to re-establish the international trade union movement in Western Canada following the rise of the One Big Union. In December 1919, Rigg joined the Department of Labour as Superintendent of Employment Offices for Western Provinces. In 1922, he was promoted to Director of the Employment Services Branch. He held this post until his retirement in 1940.

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General note:

Acquired in 1970 from David Miller.

Availability of other formats note:

A digitized image of the 5 p. letter from Tom Murray is available.
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American Federation of Labor

Trade-unions - Canada, [1918-1953] Tom Murray, 1919

Labour movement - Canada, Western, [1918-1953] Trades and Labour Congress of Canada, [1919]

William Varley, 1919

Canada. Dept. of Labour. Employment Services Branch, [between 1919 and 1940]

General Strike, Winnipeg, Man., 1919

One Big Union

Grève générale, Winnipeg, Man., 1919

Labour - archival fonds
Source:

Private

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MG30-A45
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