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Correspondence with Amidee Gaudreault and attached newspaper clipping.

Correspondence on Freight Rates, a report on the equalization of freight rates, a brief on freight rates presented by the Northwestern Ontario Committee, copy of A Submission to the House of Committee on Railways, Canals and Telegraph Lines, subject: Freight Rates. (FRAGILE)

Documentation, statistics and a letter from Manitoba explaining the 17% increase in Freight Rates and its effects on Manitoba.

Correspondence on high Freight Rates, copy of Motor Carrier Magazine, copy of the Submission to Standing Committee of the House of Commons on Railways, Canals and Telegraph Lines on Bill C-38, Freight Rates Reduction Act, newspaper clippings, questions answered by Mr. Fisher, various correspondence from different groups on high freight rates, copies of Bill C-58, more newspaper clippings, reports on the equalization of freight rights, Submission of the Canadian Lumbermen’s Association to the Cabinet Committee on Freight Rights, and documentation on Bill C-38.

Correspondence and newspaper articles with and about Ted Freeman, 1963-1965.

Correspondence with Leo Franchi and a booklet advertising Brokers Warehousing Limited.

Newspaper Clippings, letter on Nakina and railway distance, CTC decision on Nakina, information on Nakina, copy of the Freedman report, copy of the Journal of Liberal Thought, summary of the Freedman Report, article titled “Forward from Freedman”, news release from The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, article titled “Why the Wildcat Strikes”, and a copy of the Report of Industrial Inquiry Commission on Canadian National Railways “Run-Throughs”. 1960-1985

A paper by Paul Fox titled “Regionalism and Confederation”, correspondence with Paul Fox and a newspaper clipping

Correspondence between Jim Foulds and Bryan Mulroney, Foulds and Mr. Fisher, and handwritten correspondence. (1962-1985)

Correspondence with Olga Forthergill and about Mrs. Fothergill (1963)

Correspondence with Pamela Hyatt Foster, 1964

Correspondence and newspaper clippings from the Fort William Times-Journal (1958-1965).

Correspondence with the Fort William Public Library

Correspondence and Newspaper Clippings on Fort William Collegiate Institute.

Douglas Fisher was a politician and journalist from Northwestern Ontario. He served as Member of Parliament for Port Arthur from 1957 to 1965, representing the CCF and then NDP.

These papers largely consist of correspondence from his time as MP, and cover a range of subjects, most notably including: transportation, shipbuilding, shipbuilding industries and the St. Lawrence Seaway; labour; House of Commons documentation; and Canadian Federal Politics in general.