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The Archibald and Robin McArthur fonds attests to the roles played by the McArthurs in the mining and labour movement in Northern Ontario. The fonds consists of correspondence, minutes, and other print materials from Mine Mill Local 598 and other unions. The fonds also contains memorabilia, books, pamphlets, newspapers, articles, clippings, and photographs accumulated by both McArthurs.

More specifically, the Archibald McArthur series provides insight into his role in the Mine Mill Local 598 and its early period of organization, with a focus on early collective agreements between Mine Mill and Falconbridge.

The Robin McArthur series contains specific documentation about elections in Mine Mill Local 598 and McArthur's participation in these elections. The series also provides insight into the Mine Mill-Steelworkers dispute and eventual merger, which are significant events in Sudbury's and Ontario’s labour history. Finally, this series provides information regarding McArthur’s involvement in other unions including the RWDSU.

This fonds is arranged into two series: Series A: Archibald McArthur; Series B: Robin McArthur.

The Barbara Dunphy fonds consists of audiotaped interviews of wives of miners from the Kirkland Lake area, and a few accompanying notes on the project. The interviews were done with the intention of producing a film, which did not get off the ground due to funding problems. Among the interviewees are: Myrtle MacLeod, Clara Golden, Kay Carlin, Anna Welyhorsky, Georgina Lebine, Mrs. Allison Mills, and Carol Magnusen.

The Canadian Mining Journal fonds consists of speeches, original articles, note transcriptions, office memoranda, correspondence, mine claim abstracts, exploration diaries, printed material, and photographs.

These materials relate the history of mineral exploration, mining and processing in Canada, particularly in Northern Ontario and Quebec. More specifically, there are texts on the activities at Hewey Gold Mines, Hollinger Mine, Long Lac and Magnet Lake, as well as other sites. The photographs are of miners, mining equipment, mine structures and landscape at Lamaque Mine, Buckingham, McIntyre Mine, and Siscoe Mine. There is also an autobiography of a mining engineer.

There are gaps along the time line, where only a few documents represent a large period of time.

The fonds attests to Charles Kenneth (C.K.) Leith’s activities as a surveyor in Northern Ontario, while in the employ of the Ontario government. The records contain maps and reports of different regions of Canada that were surveyed by Leith, as well as around the American side of Lake Superior. The reports and drafts of mine claim sites, and his correspondence, are informative of the development of the Cobalt region in terms of mining. Many of the printed maps or originals are annotated, and document some of the geological surveys done by C.K. Leith. Some of the correspondence deals with investments or claims made by Leith and his colleagues. The fonds also contains drafts and official reports written by Leith, which appear in the Annual Reports of the Ontario Mining Ministry.

The collection consists of an incomplete series of the newspaper The Northern Miner, on microfilm.

The collection consists of copies of interviews, programs, commentaries and news reports aired on Sudbury radio and television stations, including CKSO, CHNO and CBC, from 1958-66. All are related to trade unions in Ontario, but most of the events and activities described took place in the Sudbury region. Particular reference is made to the struggle between the United Steelworkers of America (USWA), Local 6500, and the International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers (IUMMSW), Local 598, to represent the workers in the mining industry. There are reports on the 1958 Mine Mill strike, the USWA raids in Port Colborne and Sudbury, bargaining issues, and trade unions and communism. Prominent union leaders and activists express their opinions on a variety of issues, including David Lewis, Terry Mancini, Ken Smith, Mike Solski, Don Gillis, Nels Thibault, and Larry Sefton. Some of the talks and speeches are by civic leaders such as Mayor John Fabbro as well as politicians from the federal and provincial ridings for the region. A list and description of the tapes provided by the National Archives is also included in the fonds.

The Denison Mines fonds consists of correspondence, union-management agreements, contracts, maintenance files, security files, health and safety files, accounting and shipping files, personnel records, housing plans, and development files. It also contains maps and engineering diagrams, photographs, and a complete series of Denison Mines publication “Nucleus.”

Although not all level of operations are documented, and despite there being gaps for different years, the records of this fonds inform us on the Denison Mines administrative and business activities. Files on shipping of extracted minerals are included in the fonds. Their role in the development of the city of Elliot Lake, as well as the closing of the mine site in Elliot Lake and its implication for the city, are documented.

Photographs of mining and transportation in Northwestern Ontario in the first part of the twentieth century.

Includes:
Photographs of Zenmac Zinc Mine near Schreiber
Photographs of Root River Marine Portage and mining equipment supplies transported

This series contains records concerning the involvement of the Sisters of St. Joseph of the London diocese in education in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. There are three yearbooks from St. Patrick’s School where the Sisters worked as principals, teachers, and librarians. The yearbooks contain photographs and information on the students, staff, school activities, St. Patrick’s Church, St. Joseph’s Convent, Norman Byrne’s (chairman of the Separate School Board) reception of the Bene Merenti Medal, and advertisements from local businesses. The school began a mining course for high school seniors in the 1961-1962 school year and it is highlighted in two of the yearbooks. Since mining was so important to the community, with two gold mines located in Yellowknife at the time, one of the yearbooks is titled Au-197 as “Au” is the Latin abbreviation of gold and 197 is gold’s atomic composition by weight.

The fonds contains records of the businesses founded by Ernest Gosselin in northern Ontario. Most of the documents relate to the various properties that belonged to him in the Geraldton area.

The Frank Southern fonds consists of material written by Southern: a handbook on supervision, four articles, and an open letter to National Safety Council. The records in this fonds reflect Southern’s views on the duties of mine supervision, and some of his concerns regarding health and safety issues.

Frederick O. Robinson was born in Port Arthur, Ontario on Aug. 2, 1903. He attended public and high school in Port Arthur and then served his apprenticeship to the machinist trade in the C.N.R. shops. He worked for 25 years as a skilled machinist in the Port Arthur shops of the C.N.R. until his election to the Ontario legislature in 1943. He continued to work as a C.N.R. machinist between sessions of the legislature, and after his election to the office of mayor, he worked in the C.N.R. shops on weekends.

He entered public life in January 1943 when he was elected to the Port Arthur Board of Education. In August of the same year he was elected to the Ontario legislature as C.C.F. member for Port Arthur. He was M.L.A. for Port Arthur until his defeat in 1951. In civic affairs, he remained on the Board of Education until 1946 when he was elected as alderman. In 1949, he became Mayor of Port Arthur; he remained in this post except for 1952 when he was defeated until 1955 when he resigned to become personnel manager for the Public Utilities Commission. He left active political life at this time. He resigned from the Public Utilities Commission in 1966 because of ill health. In July, 1969, he died.

The Frederick O. Robinson fonds comprises 7 feet of correspondence, clippings, pamphlets, articles and other material and is contained in seventeen transfer cases. The folder titles in the main are those designated by Mr. Robinson. Some re-arrangement of the material has been effected in order to comply with the folder titles. Since the folders themselves were in no apparent order when .they were donated to the university, the following arrangement was thought to be most suitable for research purposes:
I. Pre-1943 Period
II. Political Affairs (relating to the C.C.F.)
III. The Ontario Legislature and Provincial Affairs, 1943-51
IV. Provincial and Local Affairs.
V. Local and Municipal Affairs.
VI. General
VII. Miscellaneous

The fonds informs us of Gib Gilchrist’s professional life and his role and activities within the labour movement in Northern Ontario, and focus predominantly on the late 1950s to early 1960s during the period of membership raiding between USWA Local 6500 and International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers (IUMMSW) Local 598, prior to the 1967 merger of the two unions.

Gilchrist’s various roles and positions within USWA, at different locations such as Elliot Lake and Sudbury, are well documented through correspondence, reports, collective agreements, speeches, photographs, and tape interviews with many prominent personalities in the labour movement. Many files are concerning union organizing in Elliot Lake and Sudbury, but also in the Timmins area. Some files address the negotiations with INCO and different strikes of the miners. The fonds also comprises notes and texts attesting of teaching at Cambrian College in the labour program. Notes, documentation and photographs Gilchrist used to write As Strong as Steel are also included in the fonds.

The Gordon Hurley fonds consists of correspondence, personal notes, minutes, contract proposals, photographs, and personal artefacts in the form of buttons and delegate convention ribbons. It also contains issues of the 1968 strike bulletin The Picket Bugler and clippings. Most of the records address issues of health, safety and inspection protocols of work sites. Minutes of the Operating, Safety, Health and Environment (OSHE) Committee meetings (1977-80) are included, along with summaries of injuries sustained at Levack mine (1977). It also contains handwritten notes regarding meetings and grievances related to health and safety. Financial statements, constitutional reports, and convention summaries from the United Steelworkers of America (USWA), the Ontario Federation of Labour, and the Canadian Labour Congress document some of the official positions of these organizations for the period 1964-77.

The fonds is arranged into 15 series: Series I: USWA and INCO contract proposals; Series II: Miscellaneous USWA activities; Series III: Minutes; Series IV: Correspondence; Series V: Proceedings; Series VI: Injury reports; Series VII: Employee grievances; Series VIII: USWA publications; Series IX: AFL Publications; Series X: Newspaper clippings; Series XI: Trade Skill Development Series XII: Personal notebooks; Series XIII: Union scrapbook; Series XIV: Miscellaneous documents and Series XV: Memorabilia.

The fonds consists of one minute book of the regular meetings held between February 1917 and December 1919.

The Inco collection documents different aspects of the International Nickel Company of Canada (Inco)'s economic, social, and labour activities. Consisting of photocopies of numerous newspaper clippings, magazine articles, press releases, and transcriptions of interviews and audio reports from 1946 to 1982, the documents inform us of the different events that involved Inco, such as the 1978-1979 strike. Industrial labour relations are documented with numerous reports and other publications. Inco's Collective Bargaining Agreements from 1942 to 1979 are also found in the collection.

The International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter workers fonds consists of minutes, financial records, membership lists, correspondence and documentation regarding collective bargaining and agreements, and election material. Also included are grievance reports, printed material in the form of briefs, constitutions, pamphlets, press releases and handbooks, as well as bulletins, newspapers and clippings. Newspapers represented in this fonds include The 598 News, The Mine Mill Herald, The Miner’s Voice and the Sudbury Star, among others.

The records of this fonds provide information about the structure, services and activities of Local 598 of the IUMMSW, from its inception in 1942 until 1972. The struggles of Mine Mill, Local 598 (Sudbury) to survive, amidst accusations of Communist domination, as a result of USWA raids, and subsequent to the expulsion from the CLS, are well documented, as are their activities with respect to other locals of the union in Ontario.

The 17 series are: Minute Books; Falconbridge Minutes; Notebooks; Financial records; Negotiations; Certifications; Grievances; Job Posting Notices; General Correspondence; Subject Files; Legal Files; Membership Lists; Printed Material; Press Office; Newspapers; Memorabilia; Ephemera.

Consists of photographs of particularly mining development in Northwestern Ontario in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, as well as the waterfront and shipping, local scenery, and notable figures. Also includes some correspondence; railway construction plans.

This fonds consists of correspondence, an unpublished manuscript, photographs, and a scrapbook of newspaper clippings. The correspondence is mainly with his brother Cleve, with regard to the Northern Ontario mining labour movement in general, between the years 1945-1975, and specifically to James Kidd’s activities within both the Mine Mill, Local 598 and Steelworkers, Local 6500. The manuscript written by Mr. Kidd is entitled “The Organizer” and is described by him as a “manual for labour relations.” The photographs include the Steel Raids of 1961, and Mr. Kidd’s 1977 retirement celebration.

The involvement of James Kidd in the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), his position within the union structure, his anti-communist sentiments and his philosophy regarding union organization and strategy are outlined both within his unpublished manuscript and in letters to his brother Cleve. Events surrounding the 1956 trial and dismissal of both Mr. Kidd and 53 other union members from the Mine Mill are also detailed. The material would be of note to researchers interested in the labour movement and the factionalism which characterized union activity in Sudbury during the years 1942-1967.

The six series of this fonds are: Series I: Correspondence with brother Cleve.; Series II: Photographs; Series III: Steelworkers correspondence; Series IV: Miscellaneous; Series V: Trial history and Series VI: Scrapbook.

The John D. Evans fonds consists of a transcript of Evans’ 1890 diary. The diary informs us on his daily activities in Trenton but also in Copper Cliff at the Canadian Copper Company. Not only do the notes report on his activities as engineer and manager at the CCC and the development of the mining sites in the area, but they also document his interest and findings on insects, and his involvement in the development of the city.