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Lawrence F. Sefton fonds

Box 1:

Cards

Envelope containing:

Sefton's U.S.W.A. membership books, complete series, 1943-1956
Sefton's U.S.W.A. identification cards, 1945-1954
2 Hamilton Labour Council Attendance Cards, 1952 and undated
2 Steel Workers' Social Club identification cards, 1952 & 1954
U.S.W.A. Sportsmens Club Membership Card, 1949-1950
Hamilton District Consumers Co-operative Card, undated
Business card -Sefton, Director of District 6

Appointment Calendars

Sefton's Appointments calendars, 1961-1971; daily record of all meetings, conferences, trips, etc.

Speeches, scripts

Addresses to various gatherings given by Sefton, 1963-1972 including:

Notes of undated address to 4th Annual Stewards' Banquet, Local 6500
Notes of address to Timmins Labour Council Education Institute, 1963
Notes on Planning in Canada for C.I.P.A. Winter Conference, undated
Script for T.V. Programme on Medicare with Sefton as host, 1963
Address to 101st Trades Union Congress, Portsmouth, England, [Sept. 1969]
Agenda of Ontario White Collar Conference, Toronto, 1971
Address to Canadian Policy Conference of U.S.W.A., Ottawa, 1972
Script of televised address to B.C. Regional Conference, made from hospital by Sefton, October 1972

Periodicals

Periodicals, 1953-1973 with articles and photos concerning Sefton:

Page from Steel Shots, Local 1005 periodical, showing Mr. & Mrs. Sefton with others, December 1953
Issue of U.S.W.A. periodical Information concerning U.S.W.A.'s organization of the Sudbury miners, 1961-2 with description of Sefton's role and pictures, June 1964
Local 6500 pamphlet, 1963
Issue of The Steel Gauntlet, Local 6166 Thompson Manitoba periodical, with letter by and photograph of Sefton, February 1973
Issue of The Western Steelworker, Vancouver, B.C., with photograph of Sefton and transcript of filmed hospital address to B.C. and Yukon Regional Steelworkers' Conference, Feb.-March 1973, also article on Sefton's resignation as District 6 Director and replacement by Lynn Williams

Travel

Sefton's Journal made during visit to Vancouver, Yukon and Alaska, July 5-17, 1971.

Sefton's overseas visits: material related to visits to Sweden, Japan, India and England:

Photograph of 12 men at gathering in Sweden, Sefton 2nd from right, rear Issue of Information (April 1962) with article on visit to Japan by Sefton

Toronto Telegram article (September 1961) about Sefton's visit to Japan

Letter from editor of concerning Japan article

Two items of correspondence from Japan

Outline of visit by Sefton

Letter from Bert McNamara, New Delhi, India, January 1962, refers to Sefton's Visit

Outline Programme of the Duke of Edinburgh's Study Conference on the Human Problems of Industrial Communities, Oxford 1956.

Letter signed by Duke of Edinburgh

Elections

Election Pamphlet showing Sefton as C.C.F. candidate in 1949 Federal election; includes brief biography.

U.S.W.A. International election of 1973, correspondence concerning: Circular letter by National Director William Mahoney, October 1972 with tribute to Sefton on his resignation as District 6 Director.

News release from U.S.W.A. Pittsburgh Headquarters listing candidates for election and referring to Sefton's resignation.

Badges

Sefton badges:
Badge of first A.F.L.-C.I.O. Convention, New York City, 1955
Director's Badge, U.S.A. 11th Constitutional Convention, 1962

Miscellaneous

Sefton's Personal Folder of materials related to National Productivity Council Labour-Management-Government Mission to Europe, 1962

Collection of articles, press releases, statistical information, agenda and speeches assembled for and during the mission to Sweden, Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and Britain, with Sefton's own notes on some of the addresses.

Fonds Descripton

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