This sub-series documents the Canadian Textile and Chemical Union (CTCU), which grew out of the Canadian Textile Council (CTC) founded by Madeleine Parent and Kent Rowley in 1952. The CTCU represented manufacturing and service workers and became affiliated with the Canadian Association of Industrial, Mechanical and Allied Workers (CAIMAW). In 1992 the CTCU merged with the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) to become Local 40. However, there are no documents related to the merger in this sub-series. The CTCU was also a member of the national trade union center, founded by Parent and Rowley, the Confederation of Canadian Unions (CCU).
The sub-series consists of the CTCU's annual conventions, constitution and by-laws, and files relating to specific union disputes and agreements. There are related materials on the CTCU's union activities in the Artistic Woodwork Company Limited sub-series (C9) and the Puretex Knitting Limited sub-series (C10).

This sub-series documents the Canadian Textile Council (CTC) / Conseil canadien du textile (CCT). Madeleine Parent and Robert Kent Rowley founded the CTC in 1952 to represent Canadian unions within the United Textile Workers of America (UTWA). After the 1952 Dominion Textile Company Limited strike and Parent and Rowley's dismissal from the UTWA, the CTC became a Canadian independent national trade union, later to become the Canadian Textile and Chemical Union (CTCU). Parent served as Secretary-Treasurer and Rowley as President. The CTC had offices in Valleyfield and Montreal in Quebec, and Welland and Brantford in Ontario.
Several materials detail the CTC's split from the UTWA. Records consist of correspondence, reports, press releases, financial statements, notes, legal documents, and collective agreements. Included are files regarding the CTC's national conventions, executive board meetings, and issues of the CTC's Bulletin from 1952 to 1974. Several files also contain information on specific Locals and include materials regarding labour organizing, disputes, and agreements.
There is overlap between this sub-series and the Canadian Textile and Chemical Union sub-series (C2). There are related materials on the CTC's union activities in the Dominion Textile Company Limited sub-series (C4), Woods Manufacturing Company, Limited sub-series (C5), Texpack Limited sub-series (C6), Harding Carpets Limited sub-series (C7), and Wabasso Cotton Company Limited sub-series (C8). There is also an overlap between this sub-series and the UTWA series (series B).

Subseries consists of successful candidates files related to the William B. Bean Student Research Award. A typical candidate file contains applications forms, research proposals, curriculum vitae and bibliographies, letter of appraisal, correspondence and notification of award.