Items

• Hotel and Restaurant Employees Union Local 28. May Day c.1940s.

  A photo of women of H.R.E.U Local 28 on May Day c.1940s. Includes Marion Sarich and Emily Nuttall.
• [Hotel and Restaurant Employees Union Local 28 with international union rep and Emily Nuttall]

  A photo of Hotel and Restaurant EmployeesUnion Local 28 group with international rep and Emily Nuttall marching with their banner on the streets of Vancouver. Late 1930s or 1940s
• [May Ansell Martin with union sisters]

  May Ansell [Martin] with Hotel and Restaurant Employess Union sisters on May Day 1946. She is holding a donation tin.
• [Unidentified chambermaids or waitresses]

  Unidentified chambermaids or waitresses. c.1930s. This was possibly taken in Nova Scotia where May Ansell [Martin] did organizing work.
• [Unidentified chambermaids or waitresses]

  A photo of unidentified chambermaids or waitresses. c.1930s. This was possibly taken in Nova Scotia where May Martin did organizing work. Courtesy of May Martin.
• [May Ansell Martin, unknown male, and Emily Nuttall in front of the Alexandra Hotel]

  A photo of May Ansell [Martin], unknown male, and Emily Nuttall in front of the Alexandra Hotel.
• [May Ansell (Martin) in automobile she and Ted Ansell drove from Windsor, Ontario.]

  A photo of May Ansell in the automobile that she and husband Ted Ansell drove from Windsor, Ontario, to Calgary, Alberta. They sold it in Calgary for cash and hitchhiked to Vancouver. April 1940.
• [Emily Nuttal and May Martin with respective male partners]

  A photo of Emily Nuttal and May Martin with their respective male partners. Courtesy of May Martin.
• [Unidentified woman in “Miss Service Worker” sash]

  A photo of an unidentified woman in “Miss Service Worker” sash. Courtesy of May Martin.
• [Barbara Stewart and Anita Sarich. Sarich is wearing a traditional Yugoslavian dress]

  A photo of Barbara Stewart and Anita Sarich, in which Sarich is wearing a traditional Yugoslavian dress.
• [Five women, including Emily Nuttall and an H.R.E.U. international rep at a H.R.E.U. banquet. c.1940’s]

  A photo of five women, including Emily Nuttall and an H.R.E.U. international rep at a H.R.E.U. banquet. Courtesy of May Martin.
• [Hotel and Restaurant Employees Union banquet. c.1940’s]

  A photo of people at a H.R.E.U. banquet. Courtesy of May Martin.
• [H.R.E.U. dinner February 20, 1947]

  A photo of the H.R.E.U. reps and possibly others having dinner on February 20, 1947. Likely conferenU. dinner February 20, 1947. [From lower left-hand corner clockwise} Flo Fehr, Executive Member; John Fehr; Estelle Morrin; Phil Leniczek; May Ansell, Secretary; John Tannch; Marion Sarich, Shop Steward; Bill Myers; Babel Beck, Recording Secretary and Shop Steward; John Nuttall; President Emily Nuttall Watts. [names from The Labor Statesman].Courtesy of May Martin.
• [Signing of the Restaurant agreement, July 1946]

  An image of Emily Nuttall Watts and May Martin signing of the Restaurant agreement, July 1946. Courtesy of May Martin.
• [H.R.E.U. Milwaukee Convention April 7, 1947]

  An image shows a table of men celebrating at the Milwaukee Convention 1947. Courtesy of Edra McLeod.
• Report of the Vancouver Revolutionary Workers League Women's Caucus

  An internal report by Revolutionary Workers League members Cleo and Hildebrand on the need for a supported and sustained Women's Caucus within the RWL. Mention is made in support of a caucus for gay comrades as well.
• [Protest at Provincial Courthouse plaza]

  Protest at the Provincial Courthouse, Vancouver, Georgia Street. "Native Women Rights Now" sign.
• [Group of protestors at Provincial Courthouse plaza ]

  A group of protestors with signs advocating for women rights at Provincial Courthouse plaza Vancouver, c.1975.
• [Demonstration on Provincial Courthouse steps featuring gay rights sign including GATE Vancouver]

  Demonstration on Provincial Courthouse steps featuring gay rights sign including GATE Vancouver.
• Women In Focus Production & Distribution Centre, Catalogue 1979 [Red stamp: “Plus Update”].

  A catalogue of Women In Focus Society produced videos and film to 1977. A 1980 update with international additions by outside producers, slide/sound presentations, leaflets.
• Women's Labour History Project: Summer 1979 Guide to Collection: Provincial Archives of British Columbia; SFU; BC Federation of Labour

  Oral history summaries / guide to collection. Missing pages 21-24.
• Native Indian Woman Denied Relief; Sing as you Fight

  Newspaper clipping of "Native [Indigenous] Women Denied Relief" and "Sing as you Fight" song lyrics in BC Workers News.
• Below Stairs: The Domestic Servant

  "Below the Stairs: The Domestic Servant" by Marilyn J. Barber.
• Women's Labour History in British Columbia: A Bibliography, 1930-48

  Bibliography of Women's Labour History in British Columbia, 1930-1948 compiled by Sara Diamond. Includes general sources, the depression years, the war years, and the immediate post-war period.
• Women's Labour History Project Guide to the Collection (1978-1979) Prepared by Sara Diamond

  Women's Labour History Project Guide to Collection (1978-1979) prepared by Sara Diamond including women's labour history project interviewees and descriptions.