~ T Angus Maclnnis, 1.884—1964 an Inventory of His Papers in The
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S ~ tN T Angus Maclnnis, 1.884—1964 An Inventory of His Papers in The Library of the University of British Columbia Special Collections Division ~e~ared - - / Scott A. Griffin - June, 1979 Revised by Jennifer Roberts Important note for access: The Angus MacInnis fonds is physically stored in the Angus MacInnis memorial collection. To access these files, please request the following boxes from the Angus MacInnis memorial collection (RBSC-ARC-1011). o Box 70 o Box 71 o Box 72 o Box 73 o Box 74 o Box 75 11 TABLE OF CONTEW1~S Introduction ill. Inventory Serips Scrapbooks 1. Correspondence: incoming and outgoing 13. Correspondence: other 29. Subject files 29. Speeches 32. Notes 32. Memorabilia 33. Miscellaneous - 33. Printed Material 33. P iii Introduction Angus MacTnnia, 1884—1964 Angus Maclnnis was born in 1884 at Glen Williams on Prince Edward Islnnd. Gaelic was spoken in his home and he did not learn English until attending school. Upon his arrival in Vancouver in 1908, Angus found a • job driving a milk wagon seven days a weeks !ISro years later he obtained employment with B.C. Electric,-as a streetcar conductor. Active in his union, he soon became business, agent for the Street and Railway union. • Though born a Tory, Angus became a socialist upon viewing the injustices of the 1911 Nsnmimo coal strike. In 1918 he became a member of the Federated Labor Party, and later joingd~the Independent labor Party. He entered civic politics in 1922, winning a School Board seat for two years. lie sat as an alderman on the City Council from 1926 until 1930. His attempts at the Provincial Legislature in 1924 and 1928 were unsuccessful. In 1930, Angus was elected to Parliament as a member of the Independent Labor Party for the— tiding of Vancouver South. While in Ottawa Angus met Grace Woodsworth, daughter of his parliamen~~~ leader 3.3. Woodsworth. They were married in 1932. Angus was involved in another marriage in that period—a political one. Re was one of the two B.C • delegates to the Calgary Conference in 1932, where farmer, labor, and social ist interests met. He took an even higher profile the next year, 1933, when the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation was officially formed in Regina:. Once elected to Parliament, Angus proved unbeatable, being re—elected in 1935, 1940, 1949, and 1953. He sat on the CCF National Execu.tifl lrom 1933—1950. Angus had a great interest in international affairs. With Grace he toured Europe in 1936 in order to investigate, the work of socialist parties and cooperative movements. In 1944 he was the COP representative in a four— member delegation which visited Australia and’New Zealand under the auspices of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. In 1947 he went,as a parlia mentary advisor to the Canadian delegation, to the United Nations. In 1950 he travelled to Geneva for the annual conference of the International Labor Organisation, acting as an advisor to the Canadian Government delegates. r -: After serving the people of Vancouver South, Vancouver Kingaway, Van— couver, East, and Canada, Angus retired in 1957. He. died’ seven years later on March 2, 1964. His causes were many: the unemployed, veterans, pensioners, racial minorities, and the poor. Perhaps for -what he will be remembered most was his absolutël~ - fearless stand on the Japanese—Canadisn situation during the Second World War. Amidst the destructive hysteria, Angus stood tall with his principles of equality and justice. For his courageous work in this area the ‘U.B.C. Civil Liberties Union presented him with the Garnett Sedgewick Award. Other honours bestowed include an Bonourary Doctor of Laws from U.B.C. He joins a select few in history as being a man admired by both - his friends and political foes. Angus Maclnnis: a man to remember indeed. Scrapbooks There’are tha’ee scrapbooks,53A—l,53A—2,and 53B—l, containing mostly poetry, clippings,typescripts,::and.methIrabilia relating to Maclnnis’ interests. The ~34fr2a. material is described by page number. This scrapbook consits mainly of poetry, and also includes honors bestowed upon ‘ç>jJ~y ~Angus MacTnnts ,l9~l—l964.- Material has beengluet on both tides of t≥ie,page. Ib.Jo Pan Paëes are numbereL ~ ~ - ~ ___ — Caricatun drawini of Craóe l4aclnnis. Signed by “Wilson”. Possibly l9M “Z” appeared in The Commonwealth. roA?C. — Poetry clippings: “The People”, “Into That Heaven of Freedom”,”GOsden’s - Ode toi~ursil1”,”From the Golden Books”, and one on the Fatherland. Also quotes by A. Lincoln on unemployent and by Plutarch on wisdom. 1 Quotation from Confucious, written,in note, on crime following injustice from “The Future Socialism” by Anne Besant. Also typescript of un titled poem by Sheriff Nicholson about the Isle of Mist. 2 Clipping of Lord Tennyson’s poem “Easter. A Pbrophecy of Easter,l848” contained in his “Lechsley Hall”. 3 A typscript gift in French from Monsieur and Madame Jacques Aubry on 1934 3 the CC?. Also a notice of a tax sale with a nob that the neighbors • were going to help buy up the person’s gpods to prevent eviction . Prom Souvenirs de Montreal. 44j5 A typescript poem by Herman Eagedorn entitled “Crisis”. 6 A typescript poem by Herman Hagedorn found in The Toronto Star. The poem was presented to the Harvard Class of 1907 on June 22, 1932. 7 A typescript quotation from Carlyle’s French Revolution. Vol. 1 about -. animals being asked by a cook what sauce they wanted to be served with. 8 A typescript poem “The Perfect Man~” 9 Clippings of poems. “A Boy’s Heart by Grace Nell Crowell, and “Waiting” --9 -‘ by John.Burrou~hs~ )P Poetry cupping or Passed the Censor” by H.F. about some paintingeof to -/ Michel Angelo’s. lI Clipping of written piece by Jack Bunsby entitled “Captain Bunshy’s Advice” I I about imperialism in the name of Christianity. 12 Clippings of poems. “Quintrains of ‘Calendar” by Wilson MacDonald, i2. Mamma’s Deal” by M.I.t., and “From the Golden Books”. Also a clipping from a socialist newspaper commenting on capitalism’s marriage morals. 13 Clipping of poem “Not Understood” by Thomas Bracken”. 13 14 Typescript poem by Jessie S. Watson entitled “Just a Friend”. - .1931 14 15 Typescript poem by Jessie S. Watson entitled “Friendship”. 16,17 Typescript poem entitled “Uncivilized” by Edmund Vance Cook. 1(0)17 18 Typescript poem entitled “Ball and Chait”. 19 House of Commons letterhead contkining a quote from the “Other Political Ic1 Opponent” in a language other than English “possibly &reek). Also the name of Sherriff Nioholson. 20 Clippings of poems entitled “The World—Man”- by Henry Victor Morgan and “The ‘20 Donkey” by O.K. Chesterton. Also typescript of quote from TI*os. Carlyle’s French Revolution. 21 Clippings of poems. “Two Ways” from !!Scarlet and Gold”, one untitled written Zj in English with “a German accent” , one in a language other than English written by Mrs. Ball of Toronto. 22 Clippings of poems.”The Quitter” by Robert W. Service, and one on the freedom tZ to think and speak by Lowell. Also a clipping of a letter from Charles Edward Russell to Mr. H.M. Hyndman, Chairman of the Socialist Party of EreatBritain on the war. -. 23 - Clippings of poems. “That is Slavery” by P.3. Shelley, “The Dollar Alarm z3 - Cloók” by John Realey, and two untitled ones, one by Shelley. - 24 Typescript of poem, “Dreamers” by Julia Hall Bartholomew, with a note by - A.R. on the bottom. Also a clipping of Rudyard Kiplings’s poem “A Man”. 25 • Clippings of poems. “St Peter at the Gate”, “The BillS O’Hame” by Nellie - J. Beattie, “Rose Like Lions After Slumber” by Shelley,and “Repining for Thee” in a language other than English. 2 Folder No. 53A—l cont’d Ceflt Clippings of poems. “What Would You Do?” by Edna Jacques, “Tomorrow” by James BUChkRTh, “The Man With .me Hoe” by Edwin Marlrbnm (1922) and “How Great The Guest Came”. .. .. 27 Typescriptof poemby Grace Maclnnis entitled “Week End”. ~ . 1931 28 Clippings of poems. “Success” by Henry Victor Morgan, “Crossixg the Bar” by Alfred Tennyson, and “The Way Things Happen” by W.L.(1925).Also typescripts of. poems by James Russell Lowell and F.H. Giliran. 29 Clippings ef songs. ~The Londond.erry Air” by Edwin Stanley, and “lillarney” by E. Palconer. Poem “The Meeting of the Waters” by Tholas Moore. Also typescript of excerpts from the book of Iaiah. 30 Typescript about death, and a clipping about the common philosophy of most religions, “Do unto ;other~...” (1954). - 31 Typescript poem about Angus Maclnnis by Grace Maclnnis. 32 Typescript poem quoted by Percy J. Rowe (Athabasca) in 1936. 5Z 33 Typeaci’ipt poem “S.fter The War” by Richard I.e Gallienne with the words “A little inspiration for you to read when the liberals are holding the floor”. 34 House of Commons letterhead with a poem by 0-so. Wood abom’t Marx, Hegel, and Kant. 35 Card with “Compliments of Nr. ‘an A MacKenzie” on it. Also a typescript poem by Miss Hazel A. McEwan about the Alaska Hig~way. 36,37 Clipping of”The Parable of the Water Tank” by Edward Bellamy. 3C~~37 38 Typescript poem “Purely Operational” about the COP in an airplane. 39 Typescript of poem “In Old Madrid”. 40 . Clipping of song “Hymn to Free Enterprise” by J.D,K. ‘- 1944 Typescript of poem called “The Three Love Children”. .. 4 4c-- Clipping of poem by Kant from the Ottawa Citizen,1932 and a typescript of “The Young Author” by Dr. Johnson. 43 Typesci-ipt of “Envoi” by George Bernard Shaw and ‘another ~:pôemi ~L.c ctr: untitled.