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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.

Documents on Stan Obodiac, and correspondence between Mr. Fisher and Mr. Obodiac.

Newspaper clipping, correspondence with the office of the Postmaster General (1965), correspondence with the Great Lakes Paper Company (1965), correspondence with Abitibi Power and Paper products (1965), inquiry of ministry, a press release regarding postmen, newspaper clippings on postal rates, list of post offices in Canada, amendments covering monthly supplies from July to September 1963, transcript for a 1964 radio talk, miscellaneous documents and correspondence relating to post.

Correspondence with Ben Pressman.

Correspondence with Correspondence with Allan Prien, 1964

1962 correspondence with Steve Pugsley.

One book titled “Exit with Excellence”, one book titled “Practical Visionaries: Innovators in Learning and Change”, two pamphlets on Ely, Minnesota, correspondence between Mr. Benidickson and David Sim (1959), one damaged piece of correspondence between Mr. Benidickson and J.G. Howell (1959), correspondence between Mr. Fisher and C.M. McIntosh
(1963), pamphlet on Quetico Conference and Training, May 10-12 1963, correspondence with the United States embassy on fisherman in Quetico Park, various other documents related to Quetico Park.

QUESTIONS: Questions posed by Mr. Fisher in 1963 to several areas within the Canadian Government. The majority of the questions have answers. (1963).

QUESTIONS: Several questions posed by Mr. Fisher throughout his time as an MP to several aspects of the Canadian Government. Also included are drafts of some of the question lists and answers to many of the questions posed 1958-1965

RAILWAY: Copy of Bill C-58 and a transcript of the proceedings. (1964)

REANEY, COLLEEN: 1965 Correspondence with Colleen Reaney, and a book titled “Alphabet”.

Correspondence with Helen Robinson, 1964.

Letter written to Mr. Fisher by J. Roenneke of St. Margaret’s Church. 1964.

A journal article titled “Can Canadian Education Look to a British Example”, by Alex Ross, and correspondence with Alex Ross, 1959-1960.

Correspondence with Gordon Rothney, Dean of Arts at Lakehead College of Arts, Science and Technology (1963-1964). Also included are two of Mr. Rothney’s original works, one is a brief to the task force of the Canadian Unity, and one is titled “Quebec, Canada, and the World: 1940-1965”.

Correspondence with Jacques Rousseau, 1964.

Correspondence with the International Association of Great Lakes Ports, notes used by J.W. Pickersgill in an address to Montreal Port Council, schedules and pricing of the Seaway (1965), question by Mr. Fisher to the Minister of Transport, newspaper clippings on the Seaway, submission of the Great Lakes Waterways Development Association concerning tolls on Canadian Waterway and Particularly on the Welland Canal (1960), December 2nd, 1961 edition of the financial post, Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation 1959 Annual Report, several more newspaper clippings on the seaway, copy of a Hearing on Recommended Tariff of Tolls, copy of February 1960 edition of Ship-Shore News, correspondence with American senators on the seaway (1960), proceedings from the Seaway Transportation Forum in Winnipeg (1963). (1960-1965)

Correspondence with the Thunder Bay Area Salvation Army (1963- 1965), as well as the Fort William-Port Arthur 1964 Salvation Army Annual Report.

Correspondence on the Seafarers’ Union, some with annotations, May 28th, 1965 edition of The Sailor, Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Maritime Transportation Unions 1964 and 1963, submission of Upper Lakes Shipping Ltd. To the Committee of Industrial Relations (1965), newspaper clippings, handwritten correspondence, the Proposed Constitution of the Maritime Officers Union, “Extract from Hearing of Industrial Commission as to Shipping in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River System” (1963), list of organizations the SIU has an affiliation with, further correspondence, a transcript of a court proceeding and various miscellaneous documents on the Seafarers’ Union.

Debates of the Senate, June 2 1965, four articles on the Canadian Senate, newspaper clippings on the senate, list of the 1986 senate members, correspondence on the Senate. (1960s- 1970s unless noted)

Correspondence and Newspaper clippings on the separate schools issue (1960s-1970s)

Correspondence and attached newspaper clipping with Judge Reid Scott, 1962.

Correspondence with Val Scott, an article titled “The Empowerment Economy” by Val Scott (and David Spangler), with bibliography, correspondence with Val Scott with an attached article, correspondence and information on the CHAKO Association for SYNERGIC EMPLOYEE RELATIONS: the information comes through the forms of releases from Mr. Scott, a paper titled “ A Context Paper on An End to Strike and Lockouts” (1979) and “Implementing The Canada Project: Integrative Education and a Vancouver Center” (1978) 1977-1979.

Correspondence with V. Selg, 1963.

Correspondence with Emil Seppala, 1963.