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May Martin continues discussion of The Night Order. She also discusses organizing, and living/working conditions in the Yukon. She discusses experiences of waitresses with sex work and sexual harassment, and the changing image of waitressing as a profession. Finally, she discusses contract demands, bartenders’ attitudes towards waitresses, and begins discussing the Milwaukee Convention.

May Martin discusses the Milwaukee Convention, the struggle for leadership of the union, and her expulsion from the union.

May Martin discusses her takeover of the union office with Emily Nuttall, her opposition towards the International, and her expulsion from the union. She also discusses turnover in the industry and the position of women in the union.

Gladys Hilland discusses the different jobs she held, including agricultural work, hotel and restaurant work, and retail work at the Bay. She also discusses how she got into work at the Sitka Spruce sawmill, her relationship with the men at the mill, the training she received, and the union drive at the mill.

Eileen Sufrin discusses changes in employment and the status of women from the prewar period, through World War II, and into the postwar period.

Eileen Sufrin continues her discussion of factionalization within the labour movement, and the union’s involvement in women’s issues. She discusses the types of women in the workforce, and the differing needs of these groups (married women as opposed to single women, for example). Finally, she discusses white collar unionism and organizing department stores, touching upon her experience organizing Eatons in Toronto.

Eileen Sufrin discusses women’s issues in unions, her experience as a woman being involved with union work. She also discusses her experiences organizing Eatons in Toronto, as well as the end of her labour career.

Marge Dalskog talks about how she met her second husband during the IWA’s fight to leave the International (1946); writing and reporting for the Richmond Times and writing her column “Hold the Line, Please” for the union paper; life on Lulu Island in the 1940’s; how women reacted to the changes in the workplace post-war; how working women found childcare; disputes with the press during the 1946 International fight; reasons for the local IWA wanting to leave the US-based International; attacks on union organizers for their political beliefs.

Marge Dalskog talks about her husband Ernie’s work with the Woodworker’s Union of Canada around 1947 and subsequent blacklisting; her participation in the radio show “Five Minutes with Mona” (Mona Morgan); and why the Auxiliary was important to the union and the women who participated.

June Olson and her husband, Nels Olson, discuss the Lake Cowichan logging industry and their families’ roles in it during the depression and war years. Nels gives an overview of the many companies that worked there including McDonald Murphy Logging. Tree felling safety issues are discussed.

Mona Morgan discusses how she got involved with the labour movement, including details about her early life, the Great Depression, and her first jobs in Vancouver as a housekeeper and in the office of B.C. Plywoods. She talks about her firing from the mill, her involvement with the International Woodworkers of America (IWA), and the pushback people receive when they stand up for their rights. She talks about wages, hours, living conditions, and safety for housekeepers and mill employees.

Mona Morgan discusses the Women’s Auxiliary, and the living conditions of women married to loggers. She also discusses the attitudes of men towards women’s organization, and the 1946 Strike.

Mona Morgan discusses the position of women in the union and the wood industry, and societal changes for women during and after World War II. She also discusses racism within the industry and the union.

Mona Morgan discusses her election to the executive of Local 107, the activities undertaken by Women’s Auxiliaries, the organization of social events, and recruitment techniques. She also discusses cultural differences between the past and present, the On to Ottawa trek, houswives organizing after the war, and red baiting.

Mona Morgan discusses activism amongst housewives after the war, and her personal experiences with social movements.

Mona Morgan discusses isolation amongst homemakers and the necessity of joint responsibility for the home. She also discusses women’s rights, including their inability to vote in civic elections. Finally, she discusses McCarthyism in the unions, and her experiences running for civic office.

File contains the following items: "Logging on Mule Deer Winter Range: A Guide for Loggers"; "Managing Wilderness in Provincial Forests: Resource Management"; "Canada - British Columbia - Partnership Agreement on Forest Resource Development: FRDAII"; "Towards an Old-growth Strategy: Executive Summary of old-growth workshop recommendations"; "Habitat-Effectiveness Index for Elk on Blue Mountain Winter Ranges"; "Integrated Management of Timber-Elk-Cattle: Interior Forests of Western North America" and "Ground skidding guidelines: With Emphasis on Minimizing Site Disturbance".

Item consists of sound recording of Mary discussing her childhood in Britain and later life in Canada, career, childhood same sex experiences, American and Toronto bar scenes, and same-sex relationships. Originally recorded 4 September 1998.

Photograph includes members of the Canadian Fish & Cold Storage Billiard team, 1928 winners of the Prince Rupert City Billiard League. Team members include Angus MacDonald, W.H. Long (captain), John Bulger, Alec Burrey, William Baillie, Jimmie Hillman, and Jack May.

Colour photograph consisting of a group of people, two men and three women, standing with Martin Keeley (far left). They appear to be at a lookout point, may be in Point Roberts. The photograph may be in relation to the Friends of Boundary Bay, the Point Roberts Heron Preservation Committee or the Fraser for Life.

Consists of black and white and colour photographs of the 1989 July 4th parade in Point Roberts, Washington. The Point Roberts Heron Preservation Committee truck float, driven by Martin Keeley, can be seen in most of the photographs. Other photographs show Claudette Upton, Linda George and Harold Gent, walking and holding the great blue heron interpretive programs prop, while Kim Hunter walked with some children and is holding a child. Additionally, Paul Boeth can be see riding his motorcycle behind the truck float. There is an article that details these events in The Heron News for Summer 1989.
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The transparency show Lily Point, the Point Roberts marina, the border crossing and agricultural land. The transparency was shot on February 28, 1989. The transparency may have been shot or used by Martin Keeley with the Friends of Boundary Bay.

The negative shows Lily Point, the Point Roberts marina, the border crossing and agricultural land. The date for the negative is unknown. The photographs may have been shot or used by Martin Keeley with the Friends of Boundary Bay.

Black and white negative of an unknown walking bridge. Someone from the Friends of Boundary Bay, the Point Roberts Heron Preservation Committee or the Fraser for Life may have taken the photograph. The location of the photograph is unknown but may be in Europe, it is most likely not from Delta.

Cassette tape is of a back and forth discussion by an environmentalist (possibly Martin Keeley) vs. a logging developer’s father who is speaking on behalf of his son who could not make it to the meeting. The environmentalist is pushing for better rights around development and logging, specifically in Point Roberts or Delta. He is also seeking rightful cause in logging the suggested area. The developer’s father is sidestepping questions and not responding well to any accusations about his son’s company. The person in question may be from the Toigo family but there is no certainty.
Volunteer notes have been included in with the cassette tape.
Cassette may have been used by Martin Keeley or other members of the Friends of Boundary Bay, the Point Roberts Heron Preservation Committee, the Boundary Bay Conservation Committee or the Fraser for Life.