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McGill University Archives Subseries
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1970s

This subseries contains Sharma’s correspondence between 1975 and 1979 and contains personal and professional correspondence during this time. Notable names include Arun Shourie, Ingeleier Kemp Asen, and Caroline and Sheridan Coombes.

1980s

This subseries consists of Sharma’s correspondence between 1980 and 1989 and contains personal, professional and ephemeral correspondence during this time. Notable names include Isabel and Ingeleier Kemp Asen, Susannah Heschel, Kathleen Dugan, Sheridan and Caroline Coombes, Laura Lopez, Betty Unterberger, Faye Sutherland, and Ratna Ghosh.

1990s

Subseries contains Sharma’s correspondence between 1990 and 1989 and contains personal, professional, and correspondence of an ephemeral nature. This includes letters after his 1990 accident. Notable names include Patrick Burke, Kathleen Dugan, Ingeleier Kemp Asen, David Bourke, Huston Smith, and Eric J. Sharpe.

2000s

Subseries consists of Sharma’s correspondence between 2000 and 2015 and contains correspondence of a professional and ephemeral nature. Notable names include Caroline Coombes, Huston Smith, Jeffrey J. Kripal, and Anita and Arun Shourie.

Agendas and notes

This sub-series contains agendas, address books, and telephone books kept by Madeleine Parent. Agendas detail contacts, appointments, and reminders, including entries related to her activities for the Canadian Textile Council (CTC), Canadian Textile and Chemical Union (CTCU), Confederation of Canadian Unions (CCU), and various union locals, as well as plans with family and friends. The telephone books are notebooks that Parent used to list contacts, when to call, affiliations, and what she needed to communicate to the person.
Also included are several files of Parent's notes kept for various purposes, including speeches and writings, on a wide range of topics, such as unions, women's activism, and human rights. There are five topical files of notes on her trip to China (including an album on Norman Bethune), the Hanahan hearing, federal police surveillance, and a history lecture for the Université de Montréal (L' UdeM). There are also materials related to the L’UdeM lecture in sub-series A4 (Research, writings, and interviews).

Parent, Madeleine, 1918-2012

Appointments

This subseries contains proof of appointments (specifically public addresses) Sharma had and can include promotional material or confirmation via official correspondence.

Artistic Woodwork Company Limited

This sub-series documents the strike of about 150 workers at the Artistic Woodwork Company Limited, a plant in Toronto, Ontario that manufactured frames. The strike occurred in 1973 after negotiations broke down between the company and Local 570 of the Canadian Textile and Chemical Union (CTCU). The strike lasted about thirteen weeks. Workers faced police brutality and mass arrests, which led to several convictions, fines, and jail time. A total of four files document the arbitration, the strike, and police response. Articles, press releases, and photographs detail the strike and police response.

Parent, Madeleine, 1918-2012

Awards

This subseries contains the awards which Sharma has been awarded, and contains 5 plaques, 5 frame sheets, and 4 three dimensional awards.

Belongings

Subseries contains objects of personal value to Sharma and includes gifts, linens and travel documents.

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