SUSAN MAYSE 1948 -

An inventory of her research collection

in

the Library of the University of British Columbi a

Special Collections and University Archives Division

prepared by :

Terri Thomso n

March, 1995

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Fonds descriptio n

Series description

Subject files series 1

Sound cassettes 8

Photographs 9

Printed material : news clippings 10

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Title: Susan Winnifred Mayse fond s

Dates of creation : 1970's - 1980' s

Physical description:

1 m of subject files of photocopies31 sound cassettes86 photograph s

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETC H

Susan Mayse, raised on Vancouver Island, has been a freelance reporter, a radi o

announcer, a television scriptwriter, and a freelance writer . In addition to articles in

national newspapers and magazines, she has written two hooks, Merlin's Web and Ginger :

The Life and Death of Ginger Goodwin .

SCOPE/CONTENTS

The fonds consists of subject files, photographs, and interviews gathered and create d

by Susan Mayse in researching her biography of Ginger Goodwin . The files and interview s

included information on major union organizations such as the British Columbia Federatio n

of Labour, One Big Union, Industrial Workers of the World, and the United Mine Worker s

of America; related events such as the Vancouver Island Coal Mining Strike ; and persons

associated with Ginger Goodwin .

SUSANMAYSE - SUBJECT FILES

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B.C. Provincial Police-Police records regarding IWW strike, 1912. Notes on police file s

including biographical information on officers

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B .C . Federation of Labour

-"Militancy in the British Columbia Labour Movement : A Panel

Discussion", published by The Institute of Industrial Relations ,

UBC: 1977

-Annual Report of BCFL, 191 1

-Pictures of 2nd and 3rd Annual Conventions of the BCFL

1-(4-7)

Big Strike-Police and Government Correspondence re : strike

-Commissioner's Report, Vancouver Island Riots, 1913-191 4

-"Report of Royal Commissioner on Coal Mining Disputes on Vancouver

Island", Ministry of Labour, Ottawa : 1913

-"Labour Trouble in Nanaimo District : An Address Given Before the

Brotherhood at the Haliburton Street Methodist Church" by Rev . John

Hedley-miscellaneous photocopies of information about the strike and miners

union

-"Unhealed Wound : Changing Views on British Columbia's Greatest Coal

Strike", by Daniel T . Gallacher

-Rex vs . Place (Receiving Stolen Goods) -proceedings on Preliminary Hearing

-"The Nanaimo Rebellions : Workers in Revolt, 1877 and 1913", by Darry l

Adams, c/o Vancouver Public Library

-Bowen, Lynne. "The Great Vancouver Island Coal Miner's Strike, 1912-1914 "

Journal of the West, Vol . XXIII, No. 4, 1984, pp . 33-39

-"The Vancouver Island Strike", by J . Kavanagh on behalf of: BC Miners '

Liberation League, 191 4

-Copy of Preface

-Rex vs. Allsopp et al., 1913

-Claim reports for damages as a result of strike riots

-Letters to family members by George Norris and Tom S_?_

-miscellaneous photocopied pictures

-miscellaneous research notes (typed)

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Campbell, Dan

-biographical information

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Canadian Collieries (D .) Ltd .-research notes- "Special Rules : Established Under Section 92 'Coal Mines Regulation Act1911" . Applicable to the Mines of the Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir )Limited. Cumberland, BC-reports of the state of mines-records of miners' certificate s

Chinatown/Japantown - Cumberland-notes on Sun Yat-Sen-maps-Aural History with Charles Lowe-"Cumberland Chinatown: The Origin and Demise of One OrientalCommunity in British Columbia", Judith A . Robins, undergrad essay, SFU

-notes on Japanese communit y-notes on pioneer settler Umematso Nakano-notes on Tokitaro Takeshima Matsubuch i

Chinese-research notes on Gold Mountain - Anthony Chan-newspaper clipping s-Essay: "Nanaimo's Chinese Community" by Kathleen Savory-Willmott, W.E. "Approaches to the Study of the Chinese in British Columbia" ,BC Studies

-statistics on Chinese Communities in BC, 196 1-"Report of Royal Commission on Chinese Immigration 1885 "-Dominion Sessional Papers, vol . XVIII, no. 2, 1885

Coal Creek - Fernie-"Special Rules Applicable to the Mines of The Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co .Limited, Fernie, BC", c . 191 1

-research notes on Glenbow-personnel records-notes on the history of Coal Creek-pictures (photocopies)-index to interview tape s-newspaper clipping s-articles copied from Fernie Library Souvenir Books-transcripts of tapes

Coal Tyee-Radio CHUB broadcast transcript

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Cominco-research note s

-Lockhead, Richard . "Labour History, Oral History and the Ginger Goodwi n

Case" c/o National Archives, Ottawa: 1973

-Scott, Stanley . "A Profusion of Issues: Immigrant Labour, the World War, an d

the Cominco Strike of 1917", 197 6

-Diamond, R.W. "Stories of, or Relating in some way to, the Farly Days of

Cominco"

-newspaper clippings

-Historical summary of Cominco

-"A Time to Remember", United Steelworkers of America, 1976

-letters re: wages-letters of correspondence between union and management

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Comox Distric t

-Feely, Jean and Margery Corrigall

- "A History of 'TTe-TTa-Tay' (Royston)", Vancouver Island Regional Librar y

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Courts

-"Proceedings at Inquest on the body of Albert Goodwin "

-court papers re: Rex vs. Daniel Campbel l

-research notes on Goodwin Inques t

-research notes on Preliminary Investigation

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Crows Nes t

-introduction of book-"History of the Coal-Mining Industry in the Crows Nest Coalfield "

-Brown, Leslie, "The Pass", 1977

-Hutcheson, S ., "The Wella Board "

-transcript of interview with Dave Reece, November 9, 1964

1-(20-21)

Cumberland

-Groves, Marge. "Cumberland : The Decline of a City", 1982

-research notes on Royston Sawmill, Royal Canadian Legion, Pool Room ,

Fatalities, Chinese/Japanese, Moracchi's bakery

-newspaper clipping s

-notes on Hornby Island, Denman Island and Livery Stables in Comox Valle y

-Mayse, Susan . "Coal Town, Boomtown, Ghost Town?", Canadian Heritage ,

1985

-Aoki, Ted . "Observation : Experiencing Ethnicity as a Japanese Canadian

Teacher: Reflections on a Personal Curriculum", Curriculum Inquiry 13 :3

(1983)-"Ghost Town Trails of Vancouver Island", Chap . 13 (author unknown)

-Waddington, Daniel. "Memories of Days Gone By", 1972

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Editorial Division Committee Meetin g

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Ginger

-newspaper clipping s

-"The Story of Ginger Goodwin "

-research note s

-photograph (photocopy)

-Daily Press comment on the Ginger Goodwin General Strike

-death certificate (copy of)

-family tree

-Glace Bay research notes

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Life and Times

-notes on McBride papers

-Historiography and music of Mining Song s

-Thomas, Philip. "BC Songs"

-"A Rebellious Yell from the Avant-Garde", The Masses, October, 1913

-"Utah Philips sings the songs and tells the stories of the Industrial Worker s

of the World"-"Report of the Minister of Mines" - accidents in British Columbia Collierie s

During 1901, Sessional Papers for 1902

-Weiner, Andrew . "Knowing Left from Right : A Capitalist's Guide to

Marxism", The Financial Post Magazine, March 1, 1983

-Phillips, Paul . "Identifying the Enemy : Racism, Regionalism and Segmentation

in the BC Labour Movement", University of Manitoba

-Ward, Peter. "Class and Race in the Social Structure of BC, 1870-1939", UBC

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Military

-photocopies of W.D. Devitt's field notebook

-Bliss, J .M. "The Methodist Church and World War I", Canadian Historical

Review, XLIX (3) September 1968

-Robin, Martin. "Registration, Conscription and Independent Labour Politics ,

1916-1917",Canadian Historical Review, XLVII (2), June 1966

-research notes on British Columbia Veteran's Weekly and the Tribunal

-Sessional Papers - Borden

-"The King's Regulations and Orders for the Canadian Militia, 1910",Ottawa ,

1910

-Page, Donald . "The Development of a Western Canadian Peace Movement "

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Nanaimo

-Coroner's inquest of the body of William Darge

-"Farly Days of Dynamite Plants in British Columbia"

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-Currie, A.W. "The Vancouver Coal Mining Company : A Source for

Galsworthy's Strife", Queen's Quarterly, Vol. LXX, no . 1

-Account Books, 1854 (HBC) ?-government correspondence with regards to miners' strike in Nanaim o

-"The Men and the Mines on Vancouver Island", British Columbia Magazine ,

Vol . IX, 191 3-"Early Days of Dynamite Plants in British Columbia"

-Ministry of Labour: Report of Royal Commissioner on Coal Mining Dispute s

on Vancouver Island, 191 3

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Joe Naylor

2-(7-9)

Newspapers

-research notes on articles in Western Clarion, Trail News, Vancouver Dail y

World, Rossland Miner, British Columbia Federationist, The District Ledger ,

Cumberland Islander, United Mine Workers Journal, Province

2-10

One Big Union & IWW

-Freeman, A .A. "Bolsheviki: IWW's Labour Unions Strikes "

-OBU Correspondence

-"Western Labour Radicalism and the One Big Union: Myths and Realities" ,

by David J. Bercuson

-Report of the Second Convention of the One Big Union, 1920

-Report of Executive Officer J.R. Knight . First Semi-Annual Convention of

the OBU, 1920

-Report of Procedures ; First Semi-Annual Convention of the One Big Unio n

-One Big Union Bulletin, no . 1 (inception, policies, structure)

-"Constitution and Laws of the Lumber and Camp Workers Industrial Union

of the One Big Union", 1920

2-11 Photographs

-photocopies-index to photo s

2-12

Rushford, Robert

2-(13-14)

Socialist Party of Canada

-"On the Job", Being a Statement of the Socialist Position on the Industria l

Question. Leaflet no. 7, 191 8

-"National Platform Socialist Party"

-"What is Socialism? "

-"Constitution and By-Laws of the Socialist Party of Canada "

-research notes on Maclnnis Papers

-"Manifesto of the Socialist Party of Canada "

-transcript of CBC Saturday Evening with Colleen Toppings - Jack Henderson

Labour

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-transcript of CBC Saturday Evening Toppings/Steven s-"The Canadian Socialist Party and Socialdemocratism "-"Who is a Socialist?"-newspaper clipping s-"A Study of Bolshevism "

-"Revolution"

-"The Struggle for Existence "

-"Report of the Activities of the Vancouver Citizen's League Including a BriefHistory of Conditions and Events Connected with the June Strikes in Wester nCanada", 1919

- "The Seamen's Strike 1911" by a Militant Seaman

-"The Social General Strike" by Arnold Roller-"Strike Strategy and Tactics" by T .C . Sims

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Trail

- "Rossland: The Golden City" by Lance Whittaker. Chapter 14, The Strikeof 190 1

-"A Day to Remember" Trail 1901-196 1-"The Story of Ginger Goodwin" Sound Heritage, Volume VII, no . 4 .-Phillips, Paul . "No Power Greater : A Century of Labour in British Columbia" ,1967

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Transcripts-Elsie Marocchi

-radio program on Ginger Goodwin

-Richard Lockead : Labour History, Oral History and the Ginger Goodwi nCase

-Jim Brown

-Peter Cameron

-Karl Coe-Tab Davis

-Margaret Eggar

-Wink English

-Mary Clarke Fedichin

-Roy Genge

-Johnny Marocchi and Jimmy Brown-Bronco Moncrieff

-Donetta Ralliso n-Gert Somerville

-Jimmy Weir

-Arthur Mayse

-Newton H.A. Campbel l

-Bill Pritchard

-Paul Phillips

-Harold and Nellie Banks

-Josephine Bryden

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-Carl Coe

-Winnie Williamson

-Jimmy Ellis

-Jack Horbury

-Elsie Marocchi

-Sam Robertso n

-Gertie Somerville

-Chas Walker

-Ed and Doll William s

-Ben Swindell

-Goldwin Terry

-Bromley Quinney

-Ben Horbury

-Harold Banks

-Josephine Bryden

-Karl Coe

-Elsie Marocchi

-Sam Robertson

-Gertie Somervill e

-Doll Williams

-Ed Williams

-Winnie Williamson

-Andrew Waldie

-Mike Landucci

-S.G. Blaylock

-R.W. Diamond

-Barney McGuire-Chuna Tobacco

-Harold Calnan

-Joe Franceschini

-John Bannerman

-Mr. & Mrs. Bernardo n

-Mr. Buchanan

-Roy Genge

-Ben Horbury

-Mrs. Hutton

-Bill Johnstone

-Dr. Lai

-Jim McAllister

-Bill Marshall

-Tom Mumford

-Charles Tobacco

-Jim Weir

-Sid Williams

-"The Story of Ginger Goodwin "

-Jimmy Brown

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-Peter Cameron

-Jim Brown

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United Mine Workers of America

-correspondence and notes from United Mine Workers of America

-UMW Journal

-newspaper clipping s

-UMWA and CNPCC agreements 1911-1 8-"Report of the Twelfth Annual Convention, District 18, UMWA", 191 5

-McCarthy, Justin . "A Brief History of the United Mine Workers of America" ,

United Mine Workers Journal

-"Manual of Common Procedure for Local Unions of the United Min e

Workers of America"

-research notes from: Scott, Jack. "Sweat and Struggle "

-research notes from : Cross, Michael. "The Workingman in the Nineteenth

Century "

-research notes from: Scott, Jack. "Canadian Workers, American Unions "

-"Agreement between The Vancouver-Nanaimo Coal Mining Co. and The

United Mine Workers of America", August 21, 191 3

-"Official Roster of the United Mine Workers of America "

-"Procedure of the 8th Annual Convention of District 18 UMWA, Lethbridge ,

Alberta, February 15-22 "

-Campbell, C.M. "The Coal Situation Today" in The Miner . Vol . 12, no . 7;

July 1939

-"The Regular Meeting of Lethbridge U574 of the UMWA", 1913

-Board Meeting of UMWA (Fernie)

-"Special Convention, District 18, UMWA "

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Voters Lists and Directories

2-22

WFM

-First Union Meeting held in Ladysmith

Sound Cassettes

Interviews

SP70-1

Jim Brown

SP70-2

Jim Brown

SP70-3

Jim Brown & John Marocch i

SP70-4

Harold Calnan

SP70-5

Peter Cameron

SP70-6

Peter Cameron & Roy Genge

SP70-7

Karl Coe

SP70-8

Karl Coe & Arthur Mayse

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SP70-9

Karl Coe & Tab Davi sSP70-10

-Cooper & Dr. 1 AiSP70-11

Mrs. Margaret EggarSP70-12

Mrs. Mary (Clarke) FedichinSP70-13

-Leung, Joe Franceschini & Chas WalkerSP70-14

Robert GisborneSP70-15

Ben Horbury

SP70-16

Bill Marshal l

SP70-17

Jim McAllister & Sid William sSP70-18

-Merrifield, -Aitken, & Winnie WilliamsonSP70-19

Tom Mumford, -Hutton & Bill JohnstoneSP70-20

Mike RainesSP70-21

Mr. Tobacco & -BuchananSP70-22

John TonzetichSP70-23

Dr. TurnerSP70-24

-Vaugn, -Richards, -Mortimer & -Hutchiso nSP70-25

-Watson, -Hamilton & Gertie SomervilleSP70-26

Jimmy Wei rSP70-27

Bernardon WeirSP70-28

-WeirSP70-29

Dick Weizhil lSP70-30

Mike Landucci (mini cassette)SP70-31

Barney McGuire (mini cassette)

Photographs

BC 1950/1 Ginger Goodwin and chil d

BC 1950/2 Funeral procession

BC 1950/3 Ginger Goodwin (2 copies)BC 1950/4 Contact Sheet

-ocean scenes

-killer whales

BC 1950/5 Contact Sheet

-various ocean scenesBC 1950/6 Contact Sheet

-various scenes

Negatives

BC 1950/4 (0-4)

Ocean scenes(5-7)

Troller(8-20)

Killer Whale s(21-25)

Inlet

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BC 1950/5 (1-12)

BC 1950/6 (0-4)

(5-11)

(12-13)

(14-25)

BC 1950/7 (3-24)

BC 1950/8 (3-24)

BC 1950/9 (2-25)

BC 1950/10 (1-29)

BC 1950/11 (30-32)

(33-34)

(36-37)

BC 1950/12 (15-18)

various ocean scenes

inlet shots

scenic shots

Susan Mayse?

House & yard

scenic shot s

scenic shots

town scenes

outdoor gathering in memory of Ginger Goodwi n

scenic shots

houseGinger Goodwin on t .v .

Ginger Goodwin

Printed Matter (oversized)

Newspaper clipping s

The British Columbia Federationist-various clippings regarding labour and Ginger Goodwin