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Atikokan

Correspondence to citizens of Atiokans, as well as correspondence about Atikokan and to its businesses.

Avro Arrow

Folder containing newspaper clippings and booklets on the Avro Arrow project, including an anniversary booklet.

Birth Control

Correspondence with citizens on birth control, all of whom were in support (as was Mr. Fisher), “Proposed Amendment to the Criminal Code to Legalize the Sale of Contraceptives in Canada”, and a news release from the Planned Parenthood Association. (1963)

Broach

Correspondence with Steve Broach, Recording Secretary and Office Manager of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, copy of the collective agreement on June, 1964 between the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America and the Lakehead Builders’ Exchange, various documents and correspondence deal with a fair wage issue.

Canadian Car Company

Fort Williams 1959 Daily Times newspaper clipping, correspondence with the Minister of National Revenue, correspondence with other ministers, including Prime Minister Diefenbaker, on the Canadian Car Company, a brief “Brief Expressing Concern over Proposed Termination and Relocation of Commercial and Defence Manufacturing Facilities of Canadian Car Company Limited, in Fort William, Ontario.”, a document titled “Supplementary Ideas to Support Six Main Points in the Canadian Car Brief”, additional correspondence and newspaper clippings, and a booklet on Fort William.

CNR

April 1965 edition of “In Canada Trainman”, August 18th, 1965 editorial from the “Calgary Herald”, newspaper clippings on CPR, and one newspaper clipping with attached correspondence about Mr. Fisher, handwritten correspondence, August 8th 1965 “Summary of Address to Railway Labour Association Picnic” by Douglas Fisher, an unreadable (faded) sessional paper, further correspondence and newspaper clippings on the CPR, CPR 1964 annual report, newspaper clippings and correspondence, and a press release.

Canadian Trucking Association

Correspondence with the Canadian Trucking Association, a “Submission to Government of Canada on National Transportation Policy by the Canadian Trucking Associations” (Jan. 1965), questions and answers posed by Mr. Fisher and answered by the Minister of Transport, an address to the Annual Convention of the Automotive Transport Association of Ontario titled “Railways Should not be Permitted to Operate Competitive Trucking Services”, November 19th, 1962, four transportation newsletters, a submission to the Prime Minister of Canada and Members of Canada by the Canadian Trucking Association Inc. (June, 1961), two more newsletters, further correspondence and an article titled “Why Canada was not Paralyzed by the 1950 Rail Strike” by John Magee, an address that was broadcasted on November 26th, 1960.

Carpenters and Joiners

Newspaper Clippings on Carpenters and Joiners, a Memorandum of Agreement between the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America Local Union 1669 and Carter Construction Company Ltd. (1961), correspondence, several pieces of correspondence and attached newspaper clippings, and various miscellaneous documents related to both tradesman and the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners.

Central Mortgage

Correspondence with the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation, newspaper clippings related to housing and mortgages, as well as statistics, questions (with answers) asked by Mr. Fisher, press releases and further newspaper clippings and correspondence related to mortgages and housing. 1960-1965

CFPA

Correspondence with CFPA, Mr. Fisher’s broadcast schedule on CFPA, and general releases from CFPA, and a general weekly schedule for 1962 (Radio) 1958-1965

Correspondence

Correspondence with several miscellaneous individuals arranged chronologically from January 1959 to April 1959.

Coles, Don

Correspondence with Don Coles of Copenhagen, Denmark, several newspaper clippings and a collection of photographs by Don Coles

Canadian Brotherhood of Railway, Transport and General Workers

Newspaper clippings on the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway, Transport and General Workers, a memorandum from the CBRTGW, the June 1st 1965 edition of “Canadian Transport”, a letter from the CBRTGW, handwritten correspondence, further correspondence and late 1963, early 1964 copies of the Queen City News.

CNR

Correspondence on the CNR and a Memorandum from 1961 with respect to pension and benefits.

CNR

Correspondence on the Royal Commission on Transport, a brief read to the Royal Commission on Transportation by Mr. Fisher, a Submission of Canadian National Railways to the Royal Commission on Railway Transportation in Canada titled “Statutory and Related Rates on Grain and Grain Products in Western Canada” (1959), Submission to the Royal Commission on Transportation by the International Railway Unions (1961), various pieces of correspondence and newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous documents related to the Royal Commission on Transport.

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