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CA SVE SD-07-01 · Subseries · Aprox. 1970 - 1995
Part of Sara Diamond fonds

Materials in this subseries include Diamond’s notes, meeting minutes, drafts of articles, internal bulletins, publications, and correspondence. Also includes material from Diamond’s time at SFU as an undergraduate.

Sara Diamond
CA SVE SD-04-01 · Subseries
Part of Sara Diamond fonds

Materials include: exhibition catalogues; publications; correspondence; photographs; drafts of writings; published writings; files related to essay published in “Vancouver Anthology; files related to Diamond's work as a curator; and files related to her employment at Satellite Video Exchange (Video Inn, Video In).

Also includes publicity; interviews with Diamond; essays about Diamond’s career; and exhibition catalogues for shows her work appeared in.

The subseries Anti-Censorship consists of research, writing, publications, and correspondence related to Diamond's activities in the anti-censorship movement in BC.

CA SVE SD-02-01 · Subseries · 1981 - 2000
Part of Sara Diamond fonds

Materials in this series include: promotional materials; photographs; scripts; correspondence; and documentation of exhibitions.

Sara Diamond
CA SVE SD-06-01 · Subseries · 1992 - 2005
Part of Sara Diamond fonds

Materials include: individual files on summits and events at the BNMI; correspondence; manuscripts of “Euphoria & Dystopia” and “Flesh Eating Technologies”; transcripts of interviews and conference proceedings; personal notes; and flyers.

Sara Diamond
CA SVE SD-03-01 · Subseries
Part of Sara Diamond fonds

Materials in this subseries include correspondence; grant applications; background research; promotional material; records of exhibitions; and notes. There are also several boxes of costumes and fabric “software.”

CA SVE SD-01-01 · Subseries · 1974 - 1996
Part of Sara Diamond fonds

Subseries 1 is organized into further subseries by project. Given the nature of activities undertaken by the WLHP, individual subseries often contains materials highly related to other WLHP subseries.

Sara Diamond
Interviews
CA SVE SD-01-02-01 · Subseries · [197-] - [198-]
Part of Sara Diamond fonds

This subsubseries consists of the Women’s Labour History Project oral histories, conducted by Sara Diamond through the 1970s and 1980s. These interviews document the experiences of working class women from the 1920’s through the 1950’s, and in some cases, beyond. The interviewees talk about their lives as children, working women, housewives, and trade unionists. Their personal biographies span many countries and provinces, however, the focus of the interviews is on their activities in British Columbia from the Great Depression to the immediate post-war period.

Segments of the video interviews were incorporated into Diamond’s docudrama television series Keeping The Home Fires Burning (1988). Combining original Canadian wartime propaganda, interviews with working class women, original film footage, photographs, musical soundtracks and dramatization, Keeping the Home Fires Burning explored Canadian women’s working and domestic lives during and after World War Two.

The subsubseries is divided into files, titled after the interviewee.

Audiovisual materials
CA SVE SD-02-02 · Subseries · 1981 - 2000
Part of Sara Diamond fonds

For access to a complete database of this subseries, please contact the archivist at the CDMLA.

Sara Diamond
Audiovisual materials
CA SVE SD-03-02 · Subseries · 2001 - 2004
Part of Sara Diamond fonds

For access to a complete database of this subseries, please contact the archivist at the CDMLA.

Sara Diamond
Audiovisual materials
CA SVE SD-01-02 · Subseries · 1974 - 1996
Part of Sara Diamond fonds

Subseries consists of audiovisual materials created or used by the Women's Labour History Project. Types of records include interviews, documentaries, and research materials.

For access to a complete database of this subseries, please contact the archivist at the CDMLA.

Sara Diamond
Operational Files
Subseries · 1987 - 1996
Part of Sara Diamond fonds

Materials in this subseries relate to the general operations of the Women’s Labour History Project organization. Materials include: promotional materials; correspondence; information on video distribution; press; film releases; and background research.

Sara Diamond
WLHP Manuscript
Subseries · 1980s
Part of Sara Diamond fonds

Materials in this subseries relate to the manuscript “Chambermaids and Whistlepunks.” This is an unpublished book project by Diamond, focused on women’s involvement in the labour movement in British Columbia. Materials consists primarily of different drafts of the manuscript. The manuscript was largely based on oral history interviews conducted by Diamond; given this, the materials in this subseries are highly related to the Oral History Project subseries.

Materials in this subseries include drafts of chapters, research indexes, and a guide to the oral history interviews.

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The Influences of My Mother
Subseries · 1980 - 1982
Part of Sara Diamond fonds

Materials in this subseries relate to Diamond's video "Influences of My Mother" (1982). Video description from Video Out: “Images of the artist’s mother, stories of growing up in a heady environment of socialist thought and Jewish identity during the McCarthy era, and the artist's own process of growth both away from and towards her mother, are negotiated through the work of grieving. A Canadian feminist video art classic, this video is also a personal testimony. In the artist's words, "it was an important way for me resolve my intense feelings over my mother's death."

Materials include copies of the script, notes from a residency, transcriptions of interviews with Diamond's grandmother, and press about the video.

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WLHP Research
Subseries · Aprox. 1978 - 1985
Part of Sara Diamond fonds

Materials in this subseries relates to several different projects undertaken by the WLHP. They were gathered to support the creation of a research bibliography on women in the labour movement in B.C., as well as providing background research for video productions. The subseries consists of research files created by Diamond and other members of the WLHP over the course of the project.

Materials include: texts and images copied from archives across B.C.; hand-written notes; copies of newspaper articles and historical records; xeroxed images of graphic material; and summaries of findings.

Sara Diamond
Fit to Be Tied
Subseries · 1995 - 1996
Part of Sara Diamond fonds

Materials in this subseries relate to Diamond's video Fit to Be Tied (1995).

Video description from Video Out: “Another in the acclaimed series of videos on B.C. women in the workforce, FIT TO BE TIED documents the lives of hard-working, spirited women during the depression era. Drawing upon oral history, archival footage, and a poetic layering of photographs, film clips, and dramatic re-enactment, the video covers such issues as womens poverty, labour activism, reproduction, feminism, and the rise Fascism in the 30s.”

Materials include correspondence; copyright releases; and documentation of the broadcasting exhibition history of the video.

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Heroics
Subseries · 1983 to 1986
Part of Sara Diamond fonds

Materials in this subseries relate to Diamond's video installation "Heroics" (1984). Video description from Video Out: “The Heroics series is an attempt to examine the heroism of women through a montage of still photos and visuals intercut with excerpts from approximately 30 women's stories about their sense of personal power and endurance. It was motivated by the artist's concern that heroism is male defined and that male language selects experiences and events within the context of patriarchal definitions of courage. HEROICS can be viewed as a series of six tapes or in the form of a compilation tape - HEROICS: DEFINITIONS.”

The individual tapes in the series are: “Heroics: A Quest”; “Heroics I: Creativity”; “Heroics II: A Shining Example”; “Heroics III: Survival”; “Heroics IV: To Triumph Over Misfortune”; “Heroics V: a Conscious and Difficult Choice.”

Materials include call for participation, release forms, promotional material, publicity of the work, and documentation of various presentations of the work. There is also photographic documentation of both the work and the participants.

Sara Diamond
The Working Image
Subseries · 1991 - 1993
Part of Sara Diamond fonds

Materials in this subseries relate to the photo exhibition The Working Image. Materials include promotional materials, correspondence, installation requirements, and photographs.

Sara Diamond
Ten Dollars Or Nothing
Subseries · 1989
Part of Sara Diamond fonds

Materials in this subseries relate to Diamond's video Ten Dollars or Nothing (1989).

Video description from Video Out: “Despite the rigours of the last Great Depression, B.C.’s coastal canneries continued their production, employing thousands of White, First Nations, and Japanese workers. This video combines oral histories, archival film and photography, current video footage and soundtrack to recall the history of women workers in the province's canneries. Josephine Charlie, a First Nations woman who worked in the fishing industry from the 1900s to the 1950s, provides eloquent testimony to the challenges and pleasures of coastal life.”

Materials include promotional materials, press clippings, and edit plans for the video.

Sara Diamond
Subseries · 1988 - 1991
Part of Sara Diamond fonds

Materials in this subseries relate to Diamond's video Keeping The Homefires Burning (1988). The video has two parts and was released as both a single tape and as a series of two tapes.

Video description from Video Out: “Combining original Canadian wartime propaganda, interviews with women workers, original footage and photographs, musical soundtracks and dramatization, KEEPING THE HOME FIRES BURNING explores the unique experience of Canada's working women during World War Two.

KEEPING THE HOME FIRES BURNING: PART ONE PART I: WOMEN AND WORK This section highlights non-traditional work in the aircraft, shipbuilding and wood industries in British Columbia, while reminding us that women continued to do the vast majority of traditional service jobs. Deploying personal memory and humour, women describe their sometimes rocky integration into the labour force as well as their changing consciousness towards themselves, other women, and work both during and after the war.
KEEPING THE HOME FIRES BURNING: PART 2 - The 1940 s were a time of rapid growth for British Columbia's trade unions. Not surprisingly, women were swept up in the tide of industrial organization, serving as organizers, stewards and executive members. The reasons for and results of women's union activity emerge through agit-prop dramatization based on the workers' theatre of the era and personal testimony.”

Materials include promotional flyers; press releases; correspondence; and an educational discussion guide about the video published by the WLHP. There is also a binder documenting where the video was screened and distributed; this includes flyers, tape logs, press, and correspondence.

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The Lull Before the Storm
Subseries · 1989 - 1991
Part of Sara Diamond fonds

Materials in this subseries relates to Diamond's four part video series The Lull Before The Storm. The video series consists of a series of two dramatized videos: "The Forties" and "The Fifties;" and a series of two documentaries: "Women of Wood" and "Community Acts."

Video description from Video Out: “This 4 part series (each segment is 48 minutes long) examines the changing roles of women in post-war British Columbia, and the transitions that were taking place in the family, the media and the workforce at the time.
Part 1 "The Forties” and 2 “The Fifties” explore the histories of working-class women and men in post-war transition. Parts 1 and 2 use the vehicle of a voice narrator, typical of advertising, documentary and dramatic narrative of the time, to orchestrate and speak the contradictory ‘wisdom’ of the era concerning women’s ideal position within society. It refers the viewer to the unresolved story of Dorothy, George and Bobby Sanderson, three individuals trapped within the messages and demands of their epoch.
Parts 3 and 4 “Women in Woods” and “Community Acts” uses the oral histories of the wives of BC wood and millworkers, as well as that of women working in the wood industry. Using a documentary format, these sequences stress the important role of rural women in family and community life, and the critical role of women’s activism in British Columbia.”

Materials include: editing logs; original photographs of the production; transcripts of interviews; drafts of the script; files on actors in the film; files on oral history participants featured in the film; notes on rehearsals; release forms; promotional materials;and copies of an instructional guide for educators. There are also research files for the project, and a related index.

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On to Ottawa
Subseries · 1974 - 1992, bulk 1988 - 1992
Part of Sara Diamond fonds

Materials in this subseries relate to Diamond's video On To Ottawa (1992) and the related video “29/92.”

Video description from Video Out: “A documentary about the struggles and activism of the unemployed and their supporters during the 1930 s depression. Herded into isolated relief camps, single unemployed men found governments hostile to their demand for meaningful work at decent wages. In 1935, thousands boarded freight trains and headed for Ottawa in protest, while others provided encouragement and support along the way. Based on the play by Tom Hawken, and the testimonies of those who were there, this video combines live performance with historic footage to create an important document of a fascinating time in Canadian labour history.”

“29/92” is a shorter version of “On to Ottawa,” also released in 1992.

Materials include a project proposal, scripts, shooting schedules, contracts with artists and broadcasters, correspondence, budgets, and promotional material. There are transcripts of oral history interviews conducted in the 1970s, about the labour activist Jean Shiels and the On to Ottawa trek. There are also research files for the project, and a related index.

Sara Diamond