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Bullock Family RUTH and REGINALD BULLOCK COLLECTION AN INVENTORY OF THE COLLECTION DONATED TO THE 'LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBI A SPECIAL COLLECTIONS DIVISION prepared by GARY MITCHELL february, 1982 Table of Content s Subject Page No . League for Socialist Action (L .S .A . ) Outline 1 Minutes of various committees, general meetings 1 Correspondence including both Internal and General 1 Subject Files ranging from Anti-War to Unions 1 - 2 Vietnam Action Committee (V .A.C . ) Minutes 3 Finance 3 Membership - Mailing Lists 3 Correspondence (unsorted) 3 Political Education - includes rally and broadsheets 3 Research Files - Anti-War 3 Unions This section is composed of printed materials including convention 3 - 4 minutes, union periodicals etc . Young New Democrats (YND) Outline 4 Printed Materials relating to YND and NDP organizations 4 Periodicals of YND and NDP 4 - 5 L .S .A . Library Communist Party 5 - 6 Mao Tse-Tung 6 Economics 6 - 7 Latin America 7 Middle East 7 British Socialist Party 8 Women ' s Rights 8 Labour 9 Internal Bulletin 9 Periodicals/newspapers :research files 9 Printed Material/Periodicals 9 - 11 Young Socialists (YS) Outline 11 Minutes - includes local unit, national and American Councils 11 Correspondence 11 Reports 12 Finances 12 Political Education 12 1965-1971 (Printed Materials, Correspondence, Political Education 12 1970-77 (Printed Materials, Minutes, Financial Records) 12 - 13 Campus Activities (mainly UBC) (Printed Material relating to) 13 - 14 Table of Content s Socialists Workers Party (SWP) Pa e No . Minutes ^ 14 Research Files ~ . , ^ 14 - 15 Periodicals/Newspapers Scrapbooks 15 The NewaIettmzo 15 Oversize Periodical s Slides (fozV .A .C,) 15 United Fishermen and Allied Workers Unio n Posters Canada ^ .~ 16 Quebec . , . ~ . , , ^ . ^ ^ _ _ , , , , , , , , , , , , 16 Vietnam ^ 16 - 17 Women ' s Group ~ I 7 Other , , I7 - 18 Introduction The acquisition came to the Special Collections Division in two definit e blocks of material encompassing two political sub-groups - The League for Socialis t Action and the Young Socialists . Within each grouping there were important sub-group s which were kept as such . The League for Socialist Action ( LSA ) covers Pts . I-VI in the table o f contents . Part I deals with the minutes etc . of the organization itself whereas Part I I has been maintained as a definite group since it deals solely with the Vietnam War . Although the Vietnam Action Committee (VAC) is structured as a separate entity it i s an offshoot of the LSA . For this reason it follows directly behind the LSA material . Part III-IV covers two important elements in the left wing spectrum of politics - The Unions and the Young New Democrats/New Democrat Party . These two blocks of materia l arrived separately and have been maintained separate from the research files . Part V is the LSA Library and deals with materials which are directly associate d with the political leanings of the party .Part VI contains the research files of the part y and these cover a wide range of topics and subjects . : The Young Socialist material begins with Part VII and contains much the sam e type of material as the LSA but it concentrates more on the aspects of campus an d political education than the LSA material . The Socialist Workers Party (SWP) has its Research Files in Part VIII,althoug h this is not as clear a delineation as in the above groups . Part IX covers material which could not be directly associated with any of the groups but could in fact be part of an y of them . The scapbooks have a personal touch and probably are the personal keepsake s of the Bullock family . The slides used for The Vietnam Action Committee are to be foun d in Box 18 and there has been no inventory done on them . In Box 19 there is printed material relating to the United Fishermen and Allie d Workers ' Union (UFAWU) . This material is unsorted . 1 . Ruth and Reginald Bullock Collection Subject Date s League for Socialist Action (LSA ) Outline for League for Socialist Action (LSA ) Constitution of Socialist Workers Party (SW ) Minutes General 1959-62 1963-64 1965-66 196 7 1968-69 1968 (Sept .)- 1989 1970-7 1 197 2 Executive 1968-70 1971-7 3 Political Committee 1966-67 1968-69 1970 Trade Union Fraction 1966 (Sept .)- 196 8 Toronto Meetings 1959-61 1962-6 3 it 1964-66 196 7 It 1968-70 Correspondenc e Internal Jan . 16,1963 General 1962-63 1964 1965 1966-69 1970 General (Financial Records) 1971 " 1972 Toronto Correspondence/Meetings Feb .1963 on Correspondence with Centre 1962-6 5 " it 1968-7 0 General :NOTES,Financial and Political Education 1971-72 Notes, expulsion from NDP 196 2 Fund Drive 1969 1971 L .S .A. Tours L .S .A . Anti-war reports L .S .A . Material from Toront o Vanguard correspondence Forum Correspondence (General ) " Broadsheets/Leaflets Correspondence - Jaon N ' s Bob Sines - Building file s Subject Dates Subject File s Anti-war Materia l Bangladesh Solidarity - Bill 3 3 Bruce Malcolm Printed Material - Campus Left Action Movemen t C .C .F ./ Communist Party Material 3 Booklets 1) Morris, Leslie - Challenge of the 6 0 ' s . Communist Party of Canada - Toronto 1964 2) The Road to Socialism in Canada . Programme of Communist Party of Canada,186 0 3) Hungary and the Crisis in the Communist Party . Workers International Review, London Cuba Czechoslovaki a Education Education - Canadian Union of Students . Incl . - Final report of Employment Task Forc e - B .C . Union of Students 1970 - Policies for Education in Canada - NUS . Educational Conference 1970 - Social Activist, Activist Panel s - Catalogs for Educational Resource s Freedom Socialist Party 4th Internationa l Lenkurt Strike clips - Gay Liberation I .W.A . Research File - Material on H .R. Macmillan/ early union year s Non-acceptable file 1967 Northern Ireland incl .- Irish Democrat No . 208 April 1962 - Stormont - The Puppet Governmen t Red Power incl .—Newslette r - L.S .A. Minutes on topic Seafarers International Union of Canada Trusteeshi p Hearings . incl .- SIU statement to Industrial Inquiry Commission on disruption of shipping Gov' t Pub .- House of Commons Debate Vol .108, Fri .Oct .11, 1963 & No . 65,66 Thurs .Oct .10, 196 3 - House of Commons Bill C-102 as Octal, 196 3 passed Simon Fraser University P .S .A. struggl e Student Councils - University of Toronto Handbook 197 1 Victoria, University of . 197 1 Vietnam - Printed Material/Correspondence - International War Crimes Tribunal, 196 7 Stockholm, Sweden/Roskilde Denmar k Young Socialists - Organizing the YS/LJS Aug . 1971,Apr .197 0 Introduction to YS Alliance Aug . 197 1 Young Socialist (on Ceylon ) - Budget Vol . 2 No . 1-5 196 1 - Vol . 3 No. 1-2 1961 Oct/Dec . - Vol . 4 No . 1 1962 Jan/March April/June 196 2 Unions - Misc . Clippings/Notes Misc . Misc . Printed Material .5 . Box-Folder Subject_ Dates Vietnam Action Committee Minute s 3-17 Minutes 1976 Militant No .2 Nov . 1975 3-(18-21) Finance Financial Statements - Bills, Receipts 1966-67 Membership 3-22 Mailing List s 3-23 " / Membership lists 3-24 Membership Lists 3-25 Petition - NDP members against Vietnam 3-26 Mailing list/Broadsheets 4-(1-5) Correspondenc e Political Education- 4-6 Rally Jan .20,197 7 Oct . 196 5 4,7 Press Release s 4-(8-11) Broadsheets/Flyers Subject File s 4-(12-17) Anti-war Material incl . petition,2 notebook s 4-18 19 Clippings 4,-20 Canada Vietnam Newsletter (incomplete ) Jan .68 - Dec .65 4-21 Brochures and Misc . book on Vietnam . NCLC Brownshirts of the 7o ' s 4-22 List/ Library Lists - Vanguard University of Toronto Committee - V .A.C . Judy ' s notebook 4-23 Printed Material Misc . Unions 4-24 B.C . Teacher ' s Federation . incl .- Reports/Resolutions of Annual General 1972 Meeting - Members ' Guide 1973-74, 1974-7 5 5-1 BCTF con 't incl .- Annual Meeting Bk . I-II 1974 - Annual Meeting Bk . I-II, 197 5 Presidents Report - Minutes of Annual Meeting 197 6 - Report of Emil Mazey,(U.A.W.) to 197 2 23rd U .A .W. Convention 5-2 C .U .P .E . - Convention (BC) 1975 - Vancouver City/CUPE 1004 Agreement, 1974 New Status of Women in CUPE . C .U .P .E . Collective Bargaining Manual s Government ( BC ) - Bill 1 1 - Bill 1 3 5-5 Gov ' t - Dept, of Labour (BC) Annual Report 1964-6 5 - Board of Industrial Relations - Summary of Aug . 15,196 7 Orders and Regulations 4 . Subject Dates Unions con t Gov ' t incl .- Report of Commission on Industrial 190 3 Disputes in Province of B C - Report of Royal Commission on Coal Minin g Disputes on Vancouver Island 1913 - Accident Prevention Regulations W .C .B . 196 6 International Brotherhood of Electrical Worker s International Woodworkers of America Canadian Union of Postal Worker s 1974 - incl . Postal Militant 1,2, 4 Van . District Labour Council Minutes Jan .21,1969 - Jan . 20,197 0 Women/Labour Force . - incl . - Women ' s Bureau 1969-7 1 - Labour Relations Act (BC) 196 8 - Scotton, Clifford - Canadian Labou r and Politics Periodicals Solidarity - U .A .W . Vol . No . 6-11 (10 excl .) 1974 " Vol . No . 1-3,5 Sept .74 - Feb .75 Periodicals - Misc . incl . - Brodie, Steve Bloody Sunday - Vancouver 1935 Young New Democrats ( YND) Constitution/Related Material Unsorted Material - General N .D .P . (BC) - incl . Premier 's Office, Spring Session 197 4 Ontario Expulsion 1963 NDP Vancouver - incl . Medicare Speech (T .C . Douglas ) - Annual Reports of Executive to Van . 1967 Centre (NDP) NDP Educational Policies NDP Sask .- Y .N .D . Convention 1977 Resolution 1966 Convention 1969 Notes Left Causus Convention 1977 Y .N .D . Expulsions Waffle Group - Sask . Waffle - Printed Material NDP Newsletters incl .NDP Sonbook .
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