Simon Fraser University Special Collections and Rare Books. Finding Aid - Ginger Goodwin research collection (MsC 158)

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1 Simon Fraser University Special Collections and Rare Books Finding Aid - (MsC 158) Generated by Access to Memory (AtoM) Printed: February 15, 2016 Language of description: English Simon Fraser University Special Collections and Rare Books W.A.C. Bennett Library - Room 7100 Simon Fraser University 8888 University Drive Burnaby BC Canada V5A 1S6 Telephone: mhardbat@sfu.ca

2 Table of contents Summary information... 3 Administrative history / Biographical sketch... 3 Scope and content... 4 Arrangement... 4 Notes... 4 Access points... 5 Series descriptions... 5 MsC , Correspondence, MsC , Subject files, MsC , General clippings and publicity, MsC , Photographs, MsC , Published research materials, Page 2 -

3 Summary information Repository: Title: Simon Fraser University Special Collections and Rare Books ID: MsC 158 Date: Date: Physical description: Language: Dates of creation, revision and deletion: (date of creation) (date of creation) 0.6 m of textual records 26 books 94 photographs 15 postcards 5 audio cassettes 3 computer disks 3 videocassettes English Administrative history / Biographical sketch Note Roger Stonebanks was born in Harrow-on-the-Hill, London, England, on March 27, He immigrated to Canada in 1959, and arrived in British Columbia in 1962, settling in Victoria. Stonebanks worked as a journalist until his retirement in He wrote for the Canadian Press ( ), the Victoria Daily Times ( ), and the Victoria Times Colonist ( ). He served as the Western Canada Vice-President of the Newspaper Guild ( ), as President and as Vice-President for the Victoria Newspaper Guild ( ), and as Co-Chairperson for the Victoria Joint Council of Newspaper Unions ( ). In 2004, he published the book "Fighting for Dignity: The Ginger Goodwin Story." A portion of the research Stonebanks conducted for this book also appeared in other forms as newspaper articles for various publications. Custodial history Records were in the custody of Roger Stonebanks until their acquisition by Simon Fraser University Library Special Collections and Rare Books in Simon Fraser University Special Collections and Rare Books Page 3

4 Scope and content Collection consists of records created or accumulated by Roger Stonebanks over the course of, and following, his research for the book Fighting for Dignity: The Ginger Goodwin Story, published in 2004, as well as for numerous newspaper articles about Goodwin, mining, and labour history in British Columbia. Records include interview notes, correspondence, photographs and other graphic material, audio cassette tapes containing interview recordings and radio broadcasts, research records from various sources, and Stonebanks notes about sources consulted. Research records are primarily reproductions from sources such as museums and archives, and include records such as birth, death and marriage certificates, photographs, and newspaper articles. Some records date past 2004, after the publication of Stonebanks books, and thus were not used as research sources. The fonds also contains various articles reviewing and publicizing Stonebanks book. Collection has been arranged into the following four series: Correspondence ( ); Subject files ( ); General clippings and publicity ( ); and Photographs ( ). Notes Title notes Source of title proper: The title is based on the contents of the collection. Arrangement The arrived in 3 boxes: 2 bankers boxes of textual and other records, and 1 box of published research materials. The creator s original order has been maintained. Arrangement of files into series based on the creator s own order and file titles. Photographs and audio cassettes contained in files of textual records have been removed from their original files for preservation reasons and are located in box 6. Restrictions on access Works in this fonds, e.g. films, essays, books, and other written material, are under copyright. Researchers are required to secure permission from the copyright holder(s) for uses of this material other than those covered by fair dealing. Finding aids File list is available. Simon Fraser University Special Collections and Rare Books Page 4

5 Accruals No further accruals are expected. Other notes Publication status: draft Access points Goodwin, Ginger (subject) Multi-media (documentary form) Series descriptions Series MsC : Correspondence Date: (date of creation) File consists of correspondence between Stonebanks and others relating to his research for the Goodwin book, as well as correspondence relating to Stonebanks contribution of the entry Albert Goodwin to the Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Correspondents include archives and museums, corporate bodies, and private individuals with a connection to Goodwin. Physical description: 4 cm of textual records Arrangement: Records in this series were maintained in the creator s original order. MsC File - National Archives of Canada , MsC File - Ruth Masters Simon Fraser University Special Collections and Rare Books Page 5

6 MsC File - University of British Columbia 1985, 1989, MsC File - Cominco MsC File - Glenbow Archives , MsC File - Goodwin family MsC File - United Mine Workers of America MsC File - Kootenay Museum Association 1992, MsC MsC File - Dictionary of Canadian Biography File - [Miscellaneous correspondence] Series MsC : Subject files Date: (date of creation) Series consists of records created or accumulated by Roger Stonebanks relating to his research about Ginger Goodwin s life. Records were used in the creation of Stonebanks book Fighting for Dignity: The Ginger Goodwin Story and files typically correspond to persons, topics, themes, or time periods in Stonebanks book. Records include interview notes, correspondence, photographs and other graphic material, audio cassette tapes, reproduced research records from various sources, and Stonebanks notes about sources consulted. Some research records date past 2004, after the publication of Stonebanks books, and thus were not used as research sources. Physical description: 0.54 m of textual records 23 photographs 5 audio cassette tapes 1 computer disk Multi-media (documentary form) Arrangement: Records in this series were maintained in the creator s original order. Sub-series titles are taken from the creator s own titles. Sub-series correspond roughly to sections of Stonebanks book, although the correlation is not perfect. For example, Simon Fraser University Special Collections and Rare Books Page 6

7 the creator uses the heading 1910 land mine purchase sale by Dunsmuir, but his book does not have a section devoted to this topic. Rather, the topic is integrated with other information in chapter 2. Sub-series MsC : Goodwin family and early years notes and research records Date: (date of creation) Sub-series consists of records created or accumulated by Stonebanks relating to his research about Ginger Goodwin s family, genealogy, and his early life in England. Records include notes written by Stonebanks and research records such as birth and death certificates and census records. Research materials from this sub-series were used primarily for chapter 1 of Stonebanks book. Physical description: 2 cm of textual records MsC File - Birth certificates MsC File - Deaths of Albert s parents MsC MsC File - Goodwin family 1901 Denaby Main File - [Miscellaneous notes and research records] [ca. 2006] Sub-series MsC : 1910 land mine purchase sale by Dunsmuir notes and research records Date: (date of creation) Sub-series consists of notes and research records relating to the sale of the company R. Dunsmuir and Sons by James Dunsmuir to Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd. in In 1910 Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd. also purchased Robert Dunsmuir's company Simon Fraser University Special Collections and Rare Books Page 7

8 Wellington Colliery Company Ltd. Research materials from this sub-series were used primarily for chapter 2 of Stonebanks book. Physical description: 4 cm of textual records 1 computer disk : 9 x 9 cm Records in electronic form (born-digital) (documentary form) MsC File - British Columbia law reports [Between 15 MsC MsC MsC File - Wellington Colliery Company Ltd. reports File - Canadian Collieries and bond holders File - Royal Commission on coal and petroleum products [Photocopied ca. 1990] 1910 Photocopied , MsC File - Dunsmuir-Williams quote MsC File - Labour journal MsC File - [Miscellaneous notes and research records] [ca. 1990]-[ca. 1991] Sub-series MsC : Before Cumberland notes and research records Date: (date of creation) 21 Sub-series consists of Stonebanks notes and research records relating to the period of Ginger Goodwin s life between 1906 and 1910: after he left England, and before he settled in Cumberland. Records include reproduced research records, correspondence, and notes written by Stonebanks on sources consulted. Research materials for this subseries were used primarily for chapter 2 of Stonebanks book. Physical description: 8 cm of textual records 5 photographs Simon Fraser University Special Collections and Rare Books Page 8

9 Graphic material (documentary form) Photographic material (documentary form) MsC File - Glace Bay evictions 1909 [Photocopied between 1985 and MsC File - Glace Bay coal strike [Photocopied between 1985 and MsC File - Watts Goodwin 1911, MsC File - Tom Rossington 1976, MsC File - Goodwin in Michel 1910 [Between MsC File - Bellevue and Goodwins MsC File - Colwood Hotel [ca. 1990] 28 MsC MsC File - Voyage from Liverpool to Halifax File - Descriptions of life in Denaby Main around 1900 MsC File - Government records - Doncaster and West Yorkshire MsC File - Nova Scotia [ca. 1994]- [ca.1995] MsC MsC File - Doris Goodwin letter and photos File - [Miscellaneous notes and research records] [ca. 1990] [ca. 1993] Sub-series MsC : Cumberland notes and research records Date: (date of creation) Simon Fraser University Special Collections and Rare Books Page 9

10 Sub-series consists of Stonebanks notes and research records relating to Ginger Goodwin s life for the period of time he lived in Cumberland, Records include reproduced research records from various sources, correspondence, and notes about sources consulted. Research materials in this sub-series were used primarily for chapters 3 and 4 of Stonebanks book. Physical description: 12 cm of textual records 3 audio cassette tapes 1 photograph Sound recording (documentary form) Graphic material (documentary form) Photographic material (documentary form) MsC File - The labor trouble in Nanaimo district Photocopied MsC File - The Vancouver Island strike [Photocopied between 1985 and MsC File - John Wargo 1962, MsC MsC File - Vancouver Island coal miners strike File - SPC [Socialist Party of Canada] and Goodwin [Photocopied between 1985 and , MsC File big strike MsC File - Coal mine production MsC File - Danger in mines MsC File - Goodwin in his own words MsC File - Ladysmith strike Simon Fraser University Special Collections and Rare Books Page 10

11 MsC File - Royal commission MsC File - UMWA [United Mine Workers of America] records MsC File Penrith Street MsC File - Jean Letcher tapes and notes MsC File - Discrimination against Chinese 1989 [Photocopied between 1989 and 18 MsC File - Tottenham Hotspur MsC File - Joe Naylor [ca.1992] MsC File - Alex McKinnon dynamiting [ca.1996]-[ca. 1997] MsC File - Joe Mairs Jr. [ca. 1997] MsC File - Robert Rushford [ca. 1998] 3 MsC File - Walter Coulson MsC File evictions MsC File - [Miscellaneous notes and research records] Sub-series MsC : Trail, notes and research records Date: (date of creation) 6 Sub-series consists of Stonebanks notes and research records relating to Ginger Goodwin s life between the years on 1916 and 1919, while he lived in Trail, working as a smelterman for the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada (later known as Cominco). Research materials in this sub-series correspond primarily to chapters 4 and 5 of Stonebanks book. Physical description: 8 cm of textual records Simon Fraser University Special Collections and Rare Books Page 11

12 MsC File - Cominco papers Photocopied , MsC File - Keith Murray - The Trail smelter case Photocopied MsC File - A profusion of issues Photocopied MsC File - CMS [Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada] / Cominco wartime profits and company store figures MsC File - The Crow s Nest Pass Coal Co. MsC File - Goodwin ambitions MsC MsC File - Goodwin conscription and Goodwin shooting File - Lead poisoning and Trail smelter conditions MsC File - Newspaper / bulletins MsC File - Trail smelter strike 1917 MsC File - Western Clarion MsC File - Duff [ca. 1986] 18 MsC MsC File - American Federation of Labor constitution File - University of British Columbia Archives MsC File - City of Trail Archives Simon Fraser University Special Collections and Rare Books Page 12

13 MsC MsC MsC File - International Union of Mine and Mill and Smelter Workers File - Trade and Labour Council minutes File - [Miscellaneous notes and research records] , Sub-series MsC : After Trail notes and research records Date: (date of creation) 24 Sub-series consists of Stonebanks notes and research records relating to Ginger Goodwin s life after leaving Trail in 1918, as well as events after his death, notably the investigation into Dan Campbell s shooting of Goodwin. Research materials in this subseries correspond primarily to chapters 6 through 9 of Stonebanks book. Physical description: 7 cm of textual records MsC File - Campbell preliminary hearing [Photocopied between 1985 and MsC File - Campbell - change of venue 1918, MsC File - Newspaper articles strike MsC File - Pritchard and Rees - recollections [Photocopied between 1985 and 1918 Photocopied MsC File - Dan Campbell MsC File - Devitt and Roe notes MsC File - William Devitt career 30 1 Simon Fraser University Special Collections and Rare Books Page 13

14 MsC File - George Henry Roe MsC File - Aitken and Naylor [ca. 1985] 3 MsC File - Campbell s grand jury MsC File - Robert Rushford police reports Note: Correspondence from Roger Stonebanks indicates these notes are relating to materials from PABC (likely meaning Public Archives of British Columbia). MsC File - Robert Scott Lennie MsC File - Goodwin inquest [ca. 1986] 7 MsC File - WWI [ca. 1989] 8 MsC MsC MsC File - Louvain Brownlow interview notes File - Grand jury (legal and background) File - [Miscellaneous notes and research records] [ca. 1991] 10 Sub-series MsC : Epilogue notes and research records Date: (date of creation) 11 Sub-series consists of Stonebanks notes and research records relating to the epilogue of his book. The epilogue speaks about topics related to Goodwin s legacy, including his gravesite, Miners Memorial Day, and Ginger Goodwin Way. It also speaks about the lives and legacies of those connected to Goodwin, and provides information about living and working conditions in the town where Goodwin had lived. Records include reproduced research records for various sources, correspondence, and Stonebanks notes. Simon Fraser University Special Collections and Rare Books Page 14

15 Physical description: 9 cm of textual records MsC File - Cominco 8 hour day arrival Photocopied MsC File - Goodwin anniversary MsC File - Labor spying 1919, MsC File - UMWA [United Mine Workers of America] , MsC File - Frank Farrington MsC File - Goodwin s gravestone MsC File - Jack Kavanagh MsC MsC File - Rebirth of mine mill at Trail 1930s and 1940s File - Rebirth of UMWA [United Mine Workers of America] Cumberland , MsC File - William Pritchard, MsC File - Winnipeg general strike [ca. 22 MsC File - Anderson 1986, MsC File - Epilogue earth centre MsC File - Goodwin epilogue re: dismissal of four shop stewards Simon Fraser University Special Collections and Rare Books Page 15

16 MsC MsC File - Mount Ginger Goodwin and Ginger Goodwin Creek File - Goodwin memorial park Note: A note written by Stonebanks in the file reads as follows: No reply Buddy DeVito [Francis Edward Devito] says project fell through for lack of money. 1989, MsC File - British Coal decline and fall MsC File - Jamie Disbrow research MsC File - Ginger Goodwin Way MsC MsC File - Epilogue - Coal mining not a sunset industry in BC File - Denaby Main character changed after old housing demolished MsC File - Harvey Murphy MsC File - Selwyn Gwillym Baylock [ca. 2002] 34 MsC File - Trail smelter pollution MsC File - [Miscellaneous notes and research records] [198-?]-2010 Box 5 folder 1 Sub-series MsC : General notes and research records Date: (date of creation) File consists of Stonebanks notes and research records relating to Ginger Goodwin s life more generally; the research materials in this sub-series are not related to any one specific section of Stonebanks book. Physical description: 4 cm of textual records 17 photographs Simon Fraser University Special Collections and Rare Books Page 16

17 2 audio cassette tapes Graphic material (documentary form) Photographic material (documentary form) Sound recording (documentary form) MsC File - Goodwin of Treeton Box 5 folder 2 MsC MsC File - Ruth Masters - The shooting of Ginger Goodwin File - Mary McRoberts - The routing of radicalism 1982 Box 5 folder , 1995 Box 5 folder 4 MsC File - Goodwin / Mayse CBC [1989?] Box 6 MsC File - Ginger Goodwin broadcast on Ideas CBC May Day Box 6 Series MsC : General clippings and publicity Date: (date of creation) Series consists of articles relating to Ginger Goodwin s life and legacy as well as articles reviewing and publicizing Stonebanks book. Most of the information contained in these clippings is very general and thus would not have provided much research help to Stonebanks, and, indeed, many of the articles were accumulated after the publication of Stonebanks book. Physical description: 6 cm of textual records MsC File - [General clippings and articles about Goodwin] Box 5 folder 4 MsC File - [Publicity] Box 5 folder 5 Series MsC : Photographs Simon Fraser University Special Collections and Rare Books Page 17

18 Date: (date of creation) Series consists of photographs and other graphic material consulted for or used in Stonebanks book. Also includes some correspondence relating to some of the photographs. Physical description: 2 cm of textual records 72 photographs : print and negatives 15 postcards 2 computer disks Graphic material (documentary form) Photographic material (documentary form) Records in electronic form (digitized) (documentary form) Sub-series MsC : Photographs used in Fighting for dignity Date: (date of creation) Sub-series consists of photographs and other graphic material used by Stonebanks in his book, as well as some related correspondence. Physical description: 1 cm of textual records 28 photographs 5 postcards 2 computer disks Multi-media (documentary form) MsC File - Available Goodwin and related photographs Box 5 folder 6 MsC File - Intro and chapter 1 [19-] 3 MsC File - Chapter 2 4 Simon Fraser University Special Collections and Rare Books Page 18

19 MsC File - Chapter , MsC File - Chapter MsC File - Chapter MsC File - Chapter 6 [192-?] 8 MsC File - Chapter MsC File - Chapter 9 [before 2004] 10 MsC File - Epilogue [1995?] 11 MsC File - National Union of Mineworkers 1988, 2001 Box 5 folder 7 MsC File - Greg Kealey 2003 Box 5 folder 8 MsC File - Cumberland museum and archives MsC File - Goodwin photo captions 2004] MsC File - Jacket photos 2004] Sub-series MsC : Photographs not included in Fighting for dignity Date: [192-?]-2004 (date of creation) Sub-series consists of photographs and postcards consulted for but not used by Stonebanks in his book, as well as some related correspondence. Physical description: 1 cm of textual records 44 photographs : print and negatives 10 postcards Graphic material (documentary form) Photographic material (documentary form) Simon Fraser University Special Collections and Rare Books Page 19

20 MsC File - William Devitt [192-?], MsC File - Pacific Tribune 1955, 1995 Box 5 folder 9 MsC File - A photographic record of the old village of Denaby Main 1990 and 2004] Box 5 folder 10 MsC File - Goodwin house in Glace Bay [before 2004] 16 MsC File - [Miscellaneous unused photographs] Series MsC : Published research materials Date: (date of creation) [before 2004] 17 Series consists of published works, such as books and films, consulted by Stonebanks in his research. Physical description: 26 books 3 videocassettes Moving images (documentary form) MsC Item - That's the Price 1970 Box 9 MsC MsC MsC MsC Item - National Union of Mineworkers. Souvenir Brochure to Celebrate the Opening of the Area Headquarters 100 Years Ago. Item - United Steelworkers of America. A Time to Remember. Item - The Parish Church of All Saints. Denaby and Cadeby Miners Memorial Chapel. Item - Forbes, Jamie. Historical Portraits of Trail [198-?] 1980 Box 7 Simon Fraser University Special Collections and Rare Books Page 20

21 MsC Item - Thomas, W G. Big Pit, Blaenafon MsC Item - May, Louise, George Brandak, Elaine Bernard, and Mark 1985 Box 7 Thompson. A Guide to Labour Records and Resources in British Columbia. MsC Item - Jordan, Rosa. The Struggle: A Brief History of Local Labour 1985 Box 7 Movements and the Rossland Miners Union Hall. MsC Item - Griffin, A R. The Collier MsC Item - Turnbull, Elsie G, and Jamie Forbes. Trail: an Invitation to History MsC MsC MsC MsC MsC MsC MsC Item - MacFarlane, J E. The Bag Muck Strike, Denaby Main, Item - Out of Darkness: The Mine Workers' Story. Item - Gwatkin, John A. A Photographic Record of the Old Village of Denaby Main. Item - Gwatkin, John A. Poems and Hymns written for the Denaby and Cadeby Miners Memorial Chapel. Item - Booth, A J. A Railway History of Denaby & Cadeby Collieries. Item - Greathead, June, Tony Greathead, and Peter Tuffrey. Photographs of Old Conisbrough. Item - Bottomley, E, and R Preece. Yorkshire Mining Museum, Caphouse Colliery: Souvenir Guide Book Box Box Box MsC Item - 12,000 Men 1991 Box 9 MsC Item - Gwatkin, John A. Postscript to a Photographic Record of the 'old' Village of Denaby Main Box 7 MsC MsC MsC MsC MsC Item - DeLottinville, Peter, and David Fraser. Labour Archives. National Archives of Canada Manuscript Division Quick guide series number 4. Item - Ellis, Norman. South Yorkshire Collieries. Item - Pearson, Bernard. History of Conisbrough and Denaby. Item - Gwatkin, John A. Denaby and Cadeby Miners Chapel Book of Poems. Item - British Columbia historical news: journal of the British 1993 Box Box Box 7 Simon Fraser University Special Collections and Rare Books Page 21

22 MsC MsC Columbia Historical Federation. Volume 33, No. 3. Item - Nolan, Juanita. Labour, work, and working people: a working class and labour history walking tour. Item - Gwatkin, John A. Out with the Old: A collection of poems and articles on mining, memories of the old villages, and regeneration of Denaby Simon Fraser University Special Collections and Rare Books Page 22