David Lewis fonds [multiple media]
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David Lewis fonds [multiple media]
Hierarchical level:FondsContext of this record:Fonds includes:17 lower level description(s)View lower level description(s) -
Finding aid Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid is a file list for volumes 1 to 141 MSS1058 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000001991.pdfPhotographs (Paper) Finding aid is a list of prints. (90: Open)Objects (silver medals) (Electronic) Finding aids are medal index cards 12795 and 12796. (90: Open) -
Record information David Lewis fonds [multiple media]
Date:1919-1981.Reference:R6773-0-3-E, MG32-C23Type of material:Textual material, Photographs, Objects (including medals and pins), Sound recordingsFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:104786Date(s):1919-1981.Place of creation:CanadaExtent:27.62 m of textual records.
27 photographs : b&w.
2 medals : silver, oval and rectangle.
1 audio cassette (1 h).Language of material:EnglishAdded language of material:English, FrenchScope and content:Fonds consists of textual material including Lewis' correspondence received both as a Member of Parliament and as leader of the New Democratic Party as well as his personal corrspondence with family and friends which expresses Lewis' general interest in the C.C.F./N.D.P., Carleton University and the Socialist International. The research files contain newspaper clippings; notes; and reports and speeches made available to him in his capacity as leader of the party. His subject files consist of articles collected by Lewis and others. Fonds also consists of Lewis' speeches and articles; briefs; reports and research papers; N.D.P. press releases; a number of annotated publications; and Lewis' personal memoirs. The fonds also includes two boxes of nominal index cards for the series "Leader's Correspondence", 1963-1975.
Fonds also consists of photographs including portraits of Lewis, M.P., Leader of the New Democratic Party; Lewis with Thomas Rees, NDP Federal candidate, 1973; and Ed Broadbent. Photos also depict Lewis on his Atlantic tour, 1971; Lewis addressing railway workers demonstrating on Parliament Hill, Ottawa, 30 August 1973; activities in Swislocz, Poland, 1974; various shots of the Spanish Civil War, 1938; and Lewis at an unidentified airport, 1974, possibly promotional photographs for the Woodsworth Memorial Foundation. Photographers include John Evans, Andrews-Hunt and Murray Mosher.
Also included in the fonds are two medals. They are a Yugoslavia medal, and a City of Split, Yugoslavia medal.
In addition, the fonds includes one sound recording of a press conference with Lewis about the minority government situation in Parliament.Provenance:Additional name(s):Biography/Administrative history:Lewis, David, 1909-1981 : David Lewis was born in Swislocz, Poland in 1909 and emigrated to Montreal, Quebec in 1921. He was educated at McGill and Oxford Universities and was called to the Bar of the Province of Quebec in 1937.
An early believer in democratic socialism, Lewis gravitated toward the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation on his return from Oxford. He served as C.C.F. National Secretary, 1936-1950; National Vice-Chairman, 1950-1954; National Chairman, 1954-1958; and National President, 1959-1961.
Lewis was first elected to the House of Commons as the M.P. for York South in 1962. Defeated in the general election of 1963, he was elected again in York South in 1965, and served the same constituency until his defeat in 1974. During these thirteen years, he served the New Democratic Party as Deputy Leader, 1961-1971; Parliamentary Leader, 1968-1969; and Federal Leader, 1971-1974.
After his 1974 electoral defeat, David Lewis turned to teaching and writing his memoirs. "The Good Fight" was published shortly after his death in May 1981.Additional information:General note:Received in 1973, 1974, 1975 and 1976 from David Lewis of Ottawa, Ont. and in 1983 and 1984 from Sophie Lewis of Ottawa, Ont.Alpha-numeric note:Photographs: Photo in accession 1972-010 (NPC) bears a stamped negative number on reverse: 6319-12.Arrangement note:Textual records: The series "Leader's Correspondence" is arranged by subject and department. Nominal index cards for this series were reboxed during the move of records to the Gatineau building.Subject heading:- Canada 1963-1968
- Canada - Emigration and immigration, 1952, 1962-1971 Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, 1934-1961
- Political leadership - Canada, 1963-1975 Harold Wilson, [n.d., 1934-1981
- Abortion - Canada, 1963-1975 Stanley Knowles, [n.d., 1934-1981]
- Capital punishment - Canada, 1963-1975 Bertrand Russell, [n.d., 1934-1981]
- Social welfare - Canada, 1958-1975 Carleton University (Ottawa, Ont.), [n.d., 1934-1981]
- Canada - Economic conditions, 1958-1975 Socialist International [n.d., 1918-1981]
- Canada - Economic policy, 1958-1975 Canadian Civil Liberties Association [n.d., 1918-1981]
- Medicine - Canada, 1960-1975
- Political parties - Canada, 1958-1975
- Taxation - Canada, 1958-1975
- Unemployed - Canada, 1958-1975
- Investments, Foreign - Canada, 1958-1975
- Elections - Canada, 1972, 1974
- David Lewis - Manuscripts, 1925-1981
- David Lewis - Autobiography, 1925-1981
- Associations, institutions, etc., - Canada, 1919-1981
- Radio broadcast, 1963-1975
- Political science - Philosopohy, 1935-1980
- Political parties - Canada - Provinces, 1963-1975
- Foreign ownership - Canada
- Speeches, addresses, etc., Canadian
- Socialism Canada
- Hommes politiques Canada
- Politicians Canada
- Legislation Canada
Source:PrivateFormer archival reference no.:MG32-C23 -
Ordering and viewing options Conditions of access:Access restriction documentTextual records[Consultation Restrictions vary]Finding aid box [FA 1058] 94[Consultation Closed]Graphic (photo)[Consultation Open]Box [LEWIS, DAVID 1983-044] 5013[Consultation Open]Box [LEWIS, DAVID 1972-010] 5631[Consultation Open]Object[Consultation Open]Medals 12795--12796[Consultation Open]12795 Item no. assigned by LAC 1M[Consultation Open]12796 Item no. assigned by LAC 2M[Consultation Open]Sound recordings[Consultation Open]Terms of use:Photographs: No restrictions on use. Various copyrights on selected items less than 50 years old. Copyright expired on items more than 50 years old. Credit: Name of photographer / National Archives of Canada / Copy negative no.
Objects (2 silver medals): No restrictions on use. Copyright expired. Credit: National Archives of Canada.
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