Barbara and Robert Beardsley fonds

Title 

Barbara and Robert Beardsley fonds

Dates of Creation 

1934-2003, predominant 1962-1988

Physical Description 

90 centimetres of textual records (3 boxes)
71 photographs
1 reel of motion picture film

Scope and Content 

Fonds consists of records created, collected, and used by Robert and Barbara Beardsley during their time as members of the New Democratic Party (NDP), candidates in federal and provincial elections, and as organizers and campaign managers across Canada.

Fonds includes newsletters, membership lists, election nomination papers, scrapbooks, publications, advertisements, speeches, newspaper clippings, polling results, NDP convention booklets, and committee records.

Fonds has been arranged into six series.

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Administrative History or Biographical Sketch 

Barbara Beardsley (1927-2005) was an active member of the New Democratic Party and ran in two provincial elections as a candidate in Toronto's St. Andrew-St. Patrick riding.

Robert (Bob) Beardsley (1926- ) has been an active member of the New Democratic Party since its formation in 1961 and ran in four federal elections as a candidate in Toronto's Spadina riding.

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Beardsley, Barbara, 1927-2005

Beardsley, Robert, b. 1926

Restrictions on Access 

There are no restrictions on access to this fonds

Terms For Use and Reproduction 

Copyright has been transferred to the Archives of Ontario by the donor. Fonds also contains material owned by various other copyright owners. To find out more about the copyright status of the particular material you wish to use, consult a Reference Archivist through the Reference Desk. There are no restrictions on reproduction for research and private study. If you wish to use these records for reasons other than research or private study, submit a Request for Permission to Publish Form.

Immediate Source of Acquisition 

The fonds was donated to the Archives of Ontario by Robert and Barbara Beardsley in January 2005.

Notes 

Title based on creators of the fonds.

Accruals 

No further accruals are expected.

Finding Aid 

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