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TABLE of CONTENTS Pages Inventory Entry TABLE OF CONTENTS Pages Inventory Entry ....................................................iii Microfilm conversion list ..............................................vii National Office. Education (vol. 1) ......................................1 National Office. Elections (vols. 2-5) ....................................5 National Office. Federal Government Correspondence (vol. 5) ................15 National Office. Fraternal Correspondence (vols.. 5-6) ......................16 National Office. General Correspondence (vols.. 6-7) .......................16 National Office. Press Releases (vol. 7) .................................18 National Office. Subject files (vols. 8-10) ................................18 Conventions and Central Committee (vols. 11-21) .........................24 Provincial Files (vols. 22-36) ..........................................58 Subject Series (vols. 37-49) .......................................... 105 Trade Union - Labour Files (vols. 50-52) ................................. 167 Young Communist League (vols. 53-59) ................................. 184 Published Material. Books and Pamphlets (vols. 60-75) ..................... 196 Published Material. Newsletters & Bulletins (vols. 76-77) ..................... 262 Published Material. Magazines & Periodicals (vols. 77-80) ................... 270 Published Material. Scrapbooks (vols. 80-81) ............................279 Posters (vols. 82-83). ..............................................280 MG 28 IV 4 COMMUNIST PARTY OF CANADA 281 Vol. File Subject Date 82 1 Poster: "Depression - Can we prevent it ?" n.d. 2 Poster: "May Day Rally..." n.d. 3 Poster: "Should Canada get out of NATO?" n.d. 4 Poster: "Vote William Morrison" 1965 1965 Federal Election 5 Poster: "Vote William Stewart" 1965 1965 Federal election 6 Poster: "Vote Charles Caron" 1965 1965 Federal election 7 Poster: "Vote Alexander Mowers" 1965 1965 Federal election 8 Poster: "What's at Stake November Eighth ?" 1965 1965 Federal election 9 Poster: "Stop the giveaway of B.C. resources" 1956 1956 Provincial election - B.C. 10 Poster: "Stop the Socred give-away" 1956 1956 Provincial election - B.C. 11 Poster: "Save the prairies from disaster" 1949 1949 Federal election 12 Poster: "Make your money fight for Peace" 1949 1949 Federal Election 13 Poster: "Nous voulons la Paix..." 1949 1949 Federal election - Sudbury 14 Poster: "Remember to put the children of Vietnam at n.d. the top of your Xmas list" 15 Poster: "The World Crisis..." n.d. 16 Poster: "December 20 - Day of Support for the n.d. National Liberation Front of South Vietnam" MG 28 IV 4 COMMUNIST PARTY OF CANADA 281 Vol. File Subject Date 82 17 Poster: "Eyewitness Vietnam" n.d. 18 Poster: "Put Canada first - Tom McEwen" 1962 1962 Federal election, B.C. campaign 19 Poster: "Put Canada first - William Stewart" 1962 1962 Federal election, B.C. campaign 20 Poster: "Elect a Vancouver - East Resident to Park n.d. Board - Vote Donald Greenwell" B.C. campaign 21 Poster: "For Action to Force Senior Gov't Aid to n.d. Reduce Our Taxes - Vote Mona Morgan" 22 Poster: "Vote John Chitrenky" n.d. B.C. Committee, Municipal Election 23 Poster: "For Action on Peace, Jobs and Security - 1960 Vote Communist" B.C. Provincial Election 24 Poster: "Peace - Jobs - Security - Hear Tim Buck" 1960 1960 Provincial election, B.C. Committee 25 Poster: "Labor Picnic" B.C. Committee n.d. 26 Poster: "We can have jobs through peace and n.d. disarmament" Ontario Committee 27 Poster: "The Issue is Survival - Put Canada First" 1963 1963 Federal election 28 Poster: "Canada Day 1964" 1964 Metro Toronto Committee 29 Poster: "Vote Communist - Alf Dewhurst" 1972 1972 Federal elections, Toronto Broadview campaign 30 Poster: "Vote Communist - Maggie Bizell" 1972 1972 Federal elections, Spadina campaign 31 Poster: "Lakeshore Davis - Communist" 1963 1963 Ontario election MG 28 IV 4 COMMUNIST PARTY OF CANADA 282 vii Vol. File Subject Date 82 32 Poster: "Job - security, Weir, Communist" 1963 1963 Ontario election, St. David 33 Poster: "St. David, Weir, Communist" 1963 1963 Ontario election" 34 Poster: "Crisis in Québec" [1970] Committee for a Free Québec 35 Poster: "May Day Celebration..." n.d. 36 Poster: "May Day Sidewalk Book Fair..." n.d. 37 Poster: "End racism and repression..." n.d. 38 Poster: "Picnic for Ross Street..." n.d. 39 Poster: "For Majority Rule in Mozambique." 1971 40 Poster: "Quit the yak! Get on the track with Rapid n.d. Transit" 41 Poster: "Writers for a Peaceful Europe" Sofia 1977 42 Poster: "Au pays, les gens sont rudement fiers de [1970] vous et de ce que vous faites ici." Spiro Agnew. Edité par la Fédération Mondiale de la Jeunesse Démocratique. 43 Poster: in a foreign language [Russian] 1975 44 Poster: "Sign the new Stockholm appeal" n.d. 83 1 Poster: "Make Your Vote Count..." [1966] Sudbury Mine Mill and Smelter Workers Union End COMMUNIST PARTY OF CANADA MG 28 IV 4 MICROFILM CONVERSION LIST viii H-1575 NATIONAL OFFICE. EDUCATION Volume 1, file 1, Control Questions, n.d. to Volume 2, file 14, National Training School - Circular letters, course outline, report. 1948 H-1576 NATIONAL OFFICE. EDUCATION Volume 2, file 15, National Training School - Course outline, 1952 to NATIONAL OFFICE. ELECTIONS Volume 3, file 18, Elections, Federal. 1953 - Regional and provincial reports. H-1577 NATIONAL OFFICE. ELECTIONS Volume 3, file 18, Elections, Federal. 1953 - Regional and provincial reports. to Volume 4, file 21, Elections, Federal. 1963 - Manitoba. Leaflets, analysis. H-1578 NATIONAL OFFICE. ELECTIONS Volume 4, file 22, Elections, Federal. 1963 - Ontario-Toronto. Correspondence, leaflets, club letters, Press releases. to NATIONAL OFFICE. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CORRESPONDENCE Volume 5, file 24, National Office - Federal Government. Correspondence 1967-1968 H-1579 NATIONAL OFFICE. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CORRESPONDENCE Volume 5, file 25, National Office - Federal Government. Correspondence 1969-1970 to NATIONAL OFFICE. GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE Volume 6, file 15, National Office - General correspondence 1966 H-1580 NATIONAL OFFICE. GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE Volume 6, file 16, National Office - General correspondence 1967 to Volume 8, file 5, Buck, Tim - Correspondence 1922-1924 ix H-1581 NATIONAL OFFICE. GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE Volume 8, file 6, Buck, Tim - Correspondence n.d., 1925-1929 to Volume 9, file 4, National Cultural Commission Articles, rough notes, drafts n.d., 1951-1955 H-1582 NATIONAL OFFICE. GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE Volume 9, file 4, National Cultural Commission Articles, rough notes, drafts. n.d., 1951-1955 to Volume 10, file 2, Trade Union Committee - Circular letters, memoranda 1958-1964 H-1583 NATIONAL OFFICE. GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE Volume 10, file 3, Trade Union Committee Circular letters, memoranda, clippings. n.d., 1965-1968 to CONVENTIONS AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE Volume 11, file 40, Fifth National Convention, Toronto - Discussion. Pre-Convention bulletin 1936-1937 H-1584 CONVENTIONS AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE Volume 11, file 40, Fifth National Convention, Toronto - Discussion. Pre-Convention bulletin 1936-1937 to Volume 13, file 6, Fifteenth National Convention, Toronto - Greetings 19-22 April 1957 H-1585 CONVENTION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE Volume 13, file 7, Fifteenth National Convention, Toronto - Minutes 1957 to Volume 14, file 30, National Committee Meeting - Circular letters, agenda, minutes Feb. 1961 H-1586 CONVENTIONS AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE Volume 14, file 30, National Committee Meeting - Circular letters, agenda, minutes Feb. 1961 to Volume 15, file 50, National Committee Meeting - National Executive Committee report to meeting Nov. 1963 x H-1587 CONVENTIONS AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE Volume 15, file 51, National Committee Meeting - Main propositions for National Committee Meeting Nov. 1963 to Volume 17, file 9, Nineteenth National Convention, Toronto - Nominations for National Committee 21-24 May 1966 H-1588 CONVENTIONS AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE Volume 17, file 9, Nineteenth National Convention, Toronto - Nominations for National Committee 21-24 May 1966 to Volume 18, file 37, Twenty-third National Convention, Toronto - Opening speech, visitor's pass 9-11 Oct. 1976 H-1589 CONVENTIONS AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE Volume 18,,file 38, Central Committee Meeting - William Kashtan, report to meeting Oct. 1977 to Volume 19, file 18, National Executive Committee - Minutes, memoranda, reports Nov. Dec. 1963 H-1590 CONVENTIONS AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE Volume 19, file 18, National Executive Committee - Minutes, memoranda, reports Nov.-Dec. 1963 to Volume 21, file 1, National Executive Committee/ Central Executive Committee - Minutes, memoranda, reports May-Sept. 1966 H-1591 CONVENTIONS AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE Volume 21, file 1, National Executive Committee/ Central Executive Committee - Minutes, memoranda, reports May-Sept. 1966 to PROVINCIAL FILES, Volume 22, file 4, Alberta Committee - Correspondence 1964 H-1592 PROVINCIAL FILES, Volume 22, file 5, Alberta xi Committee - Correspondence 1965 to Volume 24, file 8, British Columbia Committee - Club letters, circular letters 1964 H-1593 PROVINCIAL FILES, Volume 24, file 9, British Columbia Committee - Circular letters, club letters 1965 to Volume 25, file 7, B.C. Committee - Correspondence April-Aug. 1965 H-1594 PROVINCIAL FILES, Volume 25, file 7, B.C. Committee - Correspondence April-Aug. 1965 to Volume 26, file 24, Fishing Industry - Communist Party Program, press release n.d., 1963 H-1595 PROVINCIAL FILES, Volume 26, file 25, Forest Industry - International Woodworkers of America Leaflets, circular letters, clippings 1961-1970 to Volume 27, file
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