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Gwladys Cunningham Fonds, 1933-1934, 1940, 1942-1968, N.D Title: Gwladys Cunningham fonds, 1933-1934, 1940, 1942-1968, n.d. Creator: Thorold Branch, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Dates of 1933-1934, 1940, 1942-1968, n.d. Record Group RG 201 Material: Number: Summary of Contents: Series I. Administrative, 1933-1934, 1940, 1942-1968, n.d.; includes minutes, reports, correspondence, and other related material 1.1 Biographies, 1940, n.d. 1.2 Book lists, 1962, n.d. 1.3 Brochures, circulars and handbills, 1965-1968, n.d. 1.4 Convention materials, 1957, 1971 1.5 Correspondence, 1934, 1947, 1949, 1956-1958, 1965, 1967 1.6 Correspondence from Ontario CCF, 1957-1958 1.7 Election and voting information, 1943, 1951, n.d.; includes poster of polling locations 1.8 Financials, 1964 1.9-1.10 Membership, 1945-1947, 1949-1950, n.d.; includes lists of members and prospective members. Also includes membership forms and expansion fund pledge cards 1.11-1.14 Minute books and minutes, 1933, 1942-1961 1.15 New Democratic Party convention material, 1965 1.16 Organizing report, n.d. 1.17 Receipts, 1947-1950, n.d. 1.18 Research papers, 1963, n.d. 1.19 Resolution on unemployment, 1961 1.20 Songs, n.d. 1.21 Study outline, n.d. 1.22 Sustaining contributions by members, 1946-1947, 1950, n.d. 1.23 Thorold C.C.F. branch by-laws, 1949 [3 copies] 1.24 Victory Loan scrapbooks, 1942; includes clippings 1.25 Welland County Constituency C.C.F. Association Constitution, 1950 1.26 Welland Riding executive meeting minutes, 1959-1960 Series II. CCYM [Co-operative Commonwealth Youth Movement], 1949-1950, 1952, n.d. 1.27 CCYM [Co-operative Commonwealth Youth Movement] minutes and correspondence, 1949-1950, n.d.; includes reports, convention materials and financials 1.28 CCYM [Co-operative Commonwealth Youth Movement] handbills, notices and newsletters, 1949-1950, 1952, n.d. 1.29 Minutes of the 10th CCYM Convention, 1950 Series III. Publications, 1933-1935, 1947, 1950, 1964-1969, 1971, n.d.; includes newsletters and periodicals 1.30 CCF Across Canada, 1950 1.31 C.C.F. Research Review, 1933-1935 1.32 The Lincoln Review, 1965; includes campaign literature for Art Peltomaa 1.33 New Democrat, 1964-1969, 1971 1.34 New Democratic Newsletter, 1964 1.35 New Democratic Party News, 1965-1966, 1968 1.36 News for Women, 1963; a publication of The New Democratic Party 1.37 Ontario CCF News, 1950 1.38 Workers Vanguard, 1965 1.39 Newsletters, 1947, 1964, 1967, n.d.; includes local, provincial and international publications Series IV. Published CCF/New Democratic Party materials. V. 1 Bellamy, Edward. The parable of the water tank, n.d. V. 2 Brewin, Andrew and Kenneth McNaught. Debate on defence: two viewpoints on Canadian foreign policy, 1960 V. 3 Bryden, Ken. What is the CCF?, n.d. V. 4 C.C.F. (Ontario Section). A C.C.F. Quiz, n.d. V. 5 C.C.F. (Ontario Section). Challenge for Ontario: the CCF provincial program, 1958? V. 6 C.C.F. (Ontario Section). Planning for freedom: 16 lectures on the CCF, its policies and programs, 1944. V. 7 C.C.F. (Sask. Section). Suggestions to C C F canvassers CCF (B.C.-Yukon Section) Education Committee. Understanding the CCF. 1953. V. 8 No. 1 How the CCF began V. 9 No. 4 Socialism V. 10 No. 5 Socialism and democracy V. 11 CCF National Office. They’ll ask you…. Here are the answers V. 12-V.13 Cooperative Commonwealth Federation. CCF handbook, 1948 [2 copies] V. 14 Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. Security with victory, CCF Manifesto, 1945 V. 15 Cooperative Commonwealth Federation. Speakers’ notes, 1949 V. 16 Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. Speakers’ notes, 1953 V. 17 Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. Regina manifesto, 1933 V. 18 Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. National manifesto and immediate program, 1933 V. 19 Hartle, Douglas G. Unemployment: cause, treatment, cure, 1960 V. 20 Irvine, William. The forces of reconstruction, 1935? V. 21 Fowke Edith, ed.. Toward Socialism, selections from the writings of J.S. Woodsworth V. 22 Grube, George. The New Democratic way, 1965 V. 23 Henderson, Fred. The case for socialism, n.d. V. 24 King, Carlyle. What is democratic socialism?, 1943. V. 25 McCollum, Watt Hugh. Who owns Canada?, 1947. V. 26 New Democratic Party of Canada. New Democratic Party program: a minimum program for a new Canadian society, n.d. V. 27 New Democratic Party of Canada. The way ahead for Canada, 1965 V. 28 New Democratic Party of Ontario. How to organize for a provincial election V. 29 New Democratic Party of Ontario. How a New Democratic government would help Ontario’s independent businessmen…., 1965 V. 30 New Democratic Party of Ontario. New Democrats look at the Canada Pension Plan, n.d. V. 31 Telford, Gertrude S. What happened to David Jones?, n.d. V. 32 Toward the future: shaping an ideal at Woodsworth house, 1944? V. 33 Underhill, F. H. Booklist on fifty years of socialism, n.d. V. 34-V.35 Underhill, Frank H. James Shaver Woodsworth: untypical Canadian, 1944 [2 copies] V. 36 Woodsworth, J.S. Hours that stand apart [signed by the author] V. 37 Woodsworth, J.S. A plea for social justice. Extracts from the speeches of J.S. Woodsworth, M.P., in the House of Commons, 1930-1933. Selected by Grace MacInnis, [1933] V. 38 Woodsworth, J.S. My neighbor: a study of city conditions, a plea for social service. Text book No. 7 2nd edition, 1911, 1913. Series V. Other published materials V. 39 Canada. House of Commons Debates. Official report. Speech on poverty, production, working mothers by Grace MacInnis, 1966 V. 40 Canadian Association for Adult Education. The sixties: water resources for today and tomorrow, 1966 V. 41 Conner, J. McArthur. Jas. Keir Hardie’s life story, n.d. V. 42 Coughlin, Chas. E. Lecture: The problem of unemployment, Radio League of the Little Flower, 1934 V. 43 The Democratic Way: the problem of race, Vol. 1, no. 6, March 1944 V. 44 Kan-Niu, Hsiao. The old man spring, 1965 V. 45 Labour Party. The rise of the labour party. Labour discussion Series No. 1, 1946. V. 46 Legislature of Ontario Debates “The Scientific Revoluton” a speech on automation by Stephen Lewis, 1964 V. 47 National Executive Committee of the Labour Party. Labour and the new society: a statement of the policy and principles of British democratic socialism, 1950 V. 48 National Productivity Council. Report of the labour- management-government mission to Europe to the National Productivity Council, n.d. V. 49 Ontario. Dept. of Public Welfare. Welfare services in Ontario, 1964. V. 50 Scarlett, E.P. Man and the seven watchmen, address delivered before the 13th triennial convention of the Canadian Federation of University Women, 1955. V. 51 The Second declaration of Havana: Cuba’s answer to the OAS, 1962 V. 52 [Socialist Labor Party] What is socialism? V. 53 Trine, Ralph Waldo. In the fire of the heart , 1906 V. 54 Thomson, Watson. I accuse V. 55 Vyshinsky, A.Y. The Soviet position on prohibition of atomic weapons and international control of atomic energy, 1949 V. 56 Vyshinsky, A.Y. On condemning the preparation of a new war and concluding a five-power pact for strengthening peace, 1949 V. 57 Young Socialist Forum, March-April, 1966 – Why Vietnam? Physical 39 cm of textual records Description / Condition: Administrative/ Fonds consists of minutes, publications, scrapbooks and records of the Biographical activities of the Thorold Branch of the Co-operative Commonwealth Sketch Federation. The fonds was in the possession of Gwladys Cunningham until they were donated to Brock University Archives. Gwladys Cunningham was the Secretary-Treasurer of the Lincoln N.D.P. Ladies Group as well as involved in the CCF [Co-operative Commonwealth Federation] branch in Thorold. Additional Cunningham family members may also have been involved in the activities of the Thorold Branch. The Thorold branch of the Ontario division of The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation held its first meeting on June 15, 1933 at the home of Mark Kriluck. The branch became an official unit of the CCF when it was granted a charter in August of that same year. Officers elected at the annual meeting in October were W.G. Campbell, President, Jane Griffiths, Vice-President, James Logan Secretary and Mark Kriluck Treasurer. In 1960 the CCF voted to officially change their name to The New Democratic Party. The branch later became known as the Lincoln and Welland Riding Association of The New Democratic Party. Rare publications directly related to the CCF and the NDP remain with the fonds. Some publications were removed and placed in the general stack collection. See below for a list of books that were removed from the fonds and placed in the general collection. Items removed and placed in, or already form part of the general stack collection: Cannon, James P. America’s road to socialism Clarke, Andrew A.D. Security in the nuclear age, Cole, Harvey. Socialism and the press The Credit Unions Act. RSO, 1937, Chapter 258, As amended by 1939, Chapter 12 Gonick, C.W. Poverty and capitalism. Reprinted from Canadian Dimension Magazine, n.d. Middleton, W.E.K. The Scientific revolution [Stacks Q 125 M53 1963] [National Executive Committee of the Labour Party] Labour and the new society [duplicate] Research Committee of the League for Social Reconstruction. Social planning for Canada [Stacks HX 106 L4 1935] [Socialist Labor Party] What is socialism? [duplicate copy] Shea, Albert A. ed. Culture in Canada [Stacks AZ 515 A543 C85 1952] Location: Brock University Archives Source Custodial history is unknown. Likely received 1993-2001. Information: Subject 610 Co-operative Commonwealth Federation.|bThorold Branch.
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