MG 429 - Joe Cherwinski fonds Dates: 1914-2006 (inclusive); 1965-2000 (predominant). Extent: 5.08 m of textual records, 127 photographs, 11 negatives, 133 slides, 1 reel-to reel; 2 DVD; 8 reels of microfilm; 82 fiche; 1 disc; 23 posters; memorabilia; and library; plus oversize. Biography: Walter Joseph Carl Cherwinski was born on 26 April 1942 in Yorkton, Saskatchewan. He earned both his BA (1964) and MA (1966) from the University of Saskatchewan, and his PhD (1972) from the University of Alberta. He worked as research assistant to Eugene Forsey, and as a sessional lecturer at the University of Regina and the University of Alberta, prior to accepting a permanent position in the history department at Memorial University, Newfoundland. His research related primarily to prairie agricultural labour. He is author of numerous articles relating to labour issues, migrant workers on the prairies, and prairie history. Scope and content: This fonds contains the drafts, notes, and reference materials relating to Cherwinski’s research on prairie labour and history. Arrangement: It has been organized into 9 series: 1. Personal 2. Letters to Albert: The Main Family Correspondence from Saskatchewan, 1908-1925. 3. Prairie Farm Labour 4. Research – Various 5. Saskatchewan Organized Labour 6. Schwinghamer General Store 7. Winter on the Prairies: 1906-1907 8. Posters 9. Library Restrictions: Files marked as restricted must be vetted by archivist prior to use. Donated by WJC Cherwinski to the University of Saskatchewan Archives in 2012. Original finding aid by Patrick Hayes. Edited by Amy Putnam, 2018. Box 1 SERIES 1: PERSONAL British Columbia Today! – 1928. Clippings. Computers. Primarily documentation regarding computer systems and user reference materials from MUN, but this file also includes correspondence regarding the purchase of a vehicle. Correspondence. – nd, 1990, 1999. – textual records, 1 photograph. Primarily relating to research projects. Includes photograph taken at W. Keith Regular’s PhD oral defence, with Cherwinski and JR Miller. Educational Reform. – 1995. Pamphlets relating to a referendum regarding denominational school boards. “The formative years of the trade union movement in Saskatchewan, 1905-1920.” – 1 reel, microfilm. Copy of Cherwinski MA thesis from Saskatchewan. Meighan Tape. – 1 reel to reel tape. Recording of Arthur Meighan in 1941; regarding war support. Memorial University Library. Memorial University – Promotion and Tenure. – RESTRICTED Includes cvs, documents relating to various committee work, conferences, etc. Memorial University – Promotion and Tenure – Articles. Includes “Honoré Joseph Jaxon, Agitator, Disturber, producter of plans to make men think, and Chronic Objector...”; “Make Hay While the Sun Shines: Organized Labour in an Agricultural Environment – The Saskatchewan Experience, 1905-1970”; “Bibliographic Note: The Left in Canadian History, 1911-1969:’ obituary for Joseph Hugh Tuck, 1929-86; “Early Working-Class Life on the Prairies” (for Canada’s Visual History); 2 “Wooden Horses and Rubber Cows: Training British Agricultural Labour for the Canadian Prairies, 1890-1930;” “Saskatchewan Oganized Labour and the Winnipeg General Strike, 1919;” “The Incredible Harvest Excursion of 1908;” “Misfits, Malingerers, and Malcontents: The British Harvester Movement of 1928;” etc. Memorial University – Promotion and Tenure – Course Evaluation. Memorial University – Promotion and Tenure - Reviews. Miscellaneous. – textual records, 2 photographs. Music. – nd, 1956. Includes “Celebrity News,” program for the Celebrity Concert series (Regina); and a copy of the “Roughrider March.” 1988 Election – Free Trade. Includes a copy of Marjorie Bowker’s “What will the free trade agreement mean to you and to Canada?; “Straight Talk on Free Trade” (newspaper insert); and “What’s the Big Deal?” “A Noble and Honest Trooper: The Image Versus Role of the North-West Mounted Police in the Canadian West, 1874-1881.” Student paper. Political Memorabilia. – 1965 – 2006. – textual records, 33 1/3 rpm plastic record, 1 DVD; 34 campaign buttons; other artifacts. See also oversize. Material from the Natural Law Party; the Canadian Action Party; and Social Credit (1993). Includes a liberal party “thunder stick;” Gerard Kennedy scarf; Michael Ignatieff scarf; Stéphane Dion scarf; Paul Martin scarf; 2006 leadership convention buttons including those for: Scott Brison; Stéphane Dion; Ken Dryden (and whistle); Martha Hall Findlay; Michael Ignatieff; Gerard Kennedy (and candy); and Bob Rae; 2003 leadership convention button for Paul Martin; [1968 leadership convention?] button for Pierre Trudeau; 1984 John Turner “evening with the PM” button; button depicting 9 liberal prime ministers; and issue-related buttons including “one member one vote;” “un parti à l’image de la victoire;” “yes – Newfoundland and Labrador Canada committee;” “Council of Presidents;” “out reach;” “support our youth;” “victory – Vancouver 2009.” Also includes a Michael Ignatieff campaign DVD; Bob Thompson plastic record (1965 3 election). Souvenir of Brandon Manitoba. – [ca. 191?]. Summary Report of the Project 2005 Workshop. – 1989. Regarding an Alberta history workshop. SERIES 2: LETTERS TO ALBERT: The Main Family Correspondence from Saskatchewan, 1908- 1925. Description. Maps. Includes copies of homestead records. Box 2 Microfilm. – Negative. Only complete set. Notes and Correspondence. – 2 folders. Folder 2 appears to be notes made by a student assistant. Transcripts – Annotated. – 2 folders. Transcripts - Final. – textual records, disc. SERIES 3: PRAIRIE FARM LABOUR Accidental Death. See also below, “Farm Hands – Health and Safety” and “Medical Care.” Anderson Thesis. “The Place of the Small Farm in the Agricultural Economy of Saskatchewan.” 4 [Archival Sources.] Notes on collections available, request forms, etc. from various archives. Canada’s Visual History # 69 – Prairie Working Class. – 31 slides. National Film Board / National Museums images. Canadian Farming. Chapter 1 – Introduction. Chapter 2 – Draft – Farm Labour Problem. Chapter 3 – Recruitment. Notes, reference material, etc. Includes pages from the “Wide World Magazine,” with an ad from the Barnardo homes. Chapter 11 or 12 – Social and Family Life. Children as Farm Hands - I. Box 3 Children as Farm Hands - II. CV and Outline. See below, “Outline.” Draft – “In Search of Jake Trumper.” Employer – Employee Relations. Families as Farm help. Farmer Apprentices – Saskatchewan. Farm Hands – British - I. Farm Hands – British - II. 5 Farm Hands and Crime. Farm Hands – Health and Safety. See also below, “medical care.” Farm Hands and the Law. – 2 folders. Includes RCMP reports, complaints, Justice of the Peace returns, etc. Folder 1: Box 3 Folder 2: Box 4 Box 4 Farm Hands and the Law – Grant. Farm Hands - Organization Farm Hands – Social Life. Farm Hands – Wages. Farm Labour – Living Conditions Farm Labour Problem. Some research notes; predominantly reference materials. Farm Labour in Wartime. Field Agriculture in the Canadian Prairie West. – 1977. Report by David Spector. Government and [Farm labour]. Research notes, articles, archival reference materials. Harvest. Harvest Excursions – I. Harvest Excursions – II. Box 5 6 Harvest Excursions (Br.) – I. Harvest Excursion (Br.) – II. Includes copy of Cherwinski’s “ ‘Misfits,’ ‘Malingerers,’ and ‘Malcontents:’ The British Harvester Movement of 1928” from The Developing West, 1983. “Helping Hands: Prairie Farm Labour Before the Depression.” Manuscript proposal. Hollinghurst Memoir. “An Account of My Life” by George Hollinghurst. Immigration. Photocopies from the sessional papers. Immigration Branch. – 1 reel microfilm. RG 76 vol. 611, file 906248, Pt. 2 – LAC. “The Incredible Harvest Excursion of 1908.” Typescript version. See also below, Library – The Harvest Train. Index Cards. Intro – Farm Labour Problem. Notes. Legal Complaints – Alberta. “Information and Complaint” records, including depositions, sworn before Justices of the Peace. Medical Care. See also above, “Accidental Death” and “Farm Hands – Health and Safety.” Mega Farms. Migrant Workers. Migrant Workers – Unemployment. 7 Nature of Prairie Agriculture – I. Nature of Prairie Agriculture – II. Copies of “Preparing Land for Grain Crops on the Prairies;” “The Story of Manitoba’s Agriculture;” and “Crop Production Requirements in Manitoba.” Nature’s Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West. Photocopy. Box 6 Notes and drafts. Outline. – 12 folders. Individual folders, with rough outlines, notes, and / or reference materials: I. The Farm labour Problem II. Solving the Problem 1. Recruitment II. 2. Training and Education II. 3. Imperial Dreams and Continental Realities II. 4. Family Labour – Women and Children II. 5 The Migrant Worker Mechanization III. The Farm Hands at Work 1. Spring and Summer III. 2 Harvest III. 3. The Desolate Winter – Farm “Work” vs Unemployment [empty file] IV. The Farm Hand in Prairie Society 1. Social and Cultural Life IV. 2. The Worker and the Family [empty file] IV.3. The Farm Worker and the Legal System [empty file] V. Conclusions Misc. Notes [empty file] Untitled [notes written inside folder] Photographs. – 2 photographs. See also below, Research – Various. Includes print of “harvest excursion” poster; threshing crew; 2 photos from newpapers. Railways – I. Railways – II. 8 Recruitment – CE and Other. Recruitment – Padroni System. Reference Material. – 14 folders. – textual records, fiche, 5 photographs. Folder 1 includes “Agriculture, Climate and Population;” “Threshing in the Midwest,