Archives of Manitoba

One Big Union fonds

1918-1921, 1930, 1957

24 cm of textual records

Fonds consists of records kept by Victor R. Midgley in his role as the secretary of the Central Executive of the One Big Union from 1918 to 1921. Midgley was one of the main forces behind the movement that led to the Calgary Convention and the formation of the OBU. His office was in the Labor Temple, Vancouver. Subjects discussed in the letters include labour issues, unions, OBU administration, the Winnipeg General Strike, donations, and the Russian Revolution.

Fonds also includes a copy of the constitution and by-laws of the Winnipeg Central Labour Council, One Big Union, as amended on December 16, 1930.

One Big Union (OBU) was a Canadian revolutionary industrial union that operated mostly in western Canada from 1919 to 1956.

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Records were donated to the Archives of Manitoba by Margaret Sykes, daughter of R. B. Russell, in 1972.

The Archives of Manitoba also holds the Robert Boyd Russell fonds and the Mary Jordan fonds which contain related records.

The microfilm of this fonds has been digitized and can be viewed through the listings database.

The Archives of Manitoba received the correspondence in chronological order. The only change made to the arrangement was to place a reply to a letter with the incoming letter. The Archives subsequently numbered the pages and prepared a descriptive list. This item level information has been included in the listings database.

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