[Donor notes read: "1 from 1989, "The Journal"; another labelled "Journal, Grace MacInnis, CCF history""]

[Donor notes read: "1 has a 55-minute talk on JSW by Bruce Woodsworth; 1 is a tape of Bruce's memorial service, 1983; 1 has "Bruce Woodsworth pontificates"; 1 has material from CBC Sunday Edition from 1982 on JSW and Prairie socialism"] [Note: date on case for Bruce Woodsworth memorial service reads "Aug 27/97"]

[2 small notebooks]

[Notes read: "Angus - 1931"]

[Notes read: "Association France-Canada, Paris, France, May 27, 1970" [group photo with Grace]"]

2nd. accrual. [Notes read: "July 29/83 just as we were leaving Chilliwack. Picture by cousin Ruth Sharpe [Boule?]". Removed from [Letters to Bruce and/or Sylvia Woodsworth] folder 3, letter dated Oct. 19, 1983. Ralph mentions this is the last photo taken of Belva before her death on 31 July 1983.]

[Cards and letters primarily written by James and Lucy's daughter Belva to various recipients. Correspondence is arranged by recipient and then by date (when known). Writer of letter should be assumed to be Belva unless otherwise indicated. Letters are grouped as follows - Aunt Betty/Aunt Elizabeth: [undated]; 1913 [from "G + B"]; 1915 [from "G + B"]; May 5, [??]; Jan. 12, 1924 [from Ralph S]; Jul. 16, 1924 [from Gordon] and Jan. 6, 1925 [dictated by David]. Father: Jun. 24, 1929; Jun. 24, 1929; Oct. 12, 1930 and Jul. 7, 1932. Mother: [undated]; Jun. 2, 1929; Aug. 31, 1929 [included photo "Ramsay Macdonald" (MsC-204-0-3-0-0-0-80, removed to Box 8 for preservation purposes)]; Aug. 8, 1935; Feb 14, 1938 [includes tiny photo glued into booklet] and Dec. 17, 1940. Mother and Father/family: Jul. 28, 1929; Aug.. 30, 1929; May 6, 1930 (includes letter from Charles); Dec. 25, 1940; Feb 4, 1941; Jun 10, 1941. Siblings: (to Grace and Charles) Jul. 18, 1922; (to Grace) Jun. 21, 1925; (from Bruce) Jun 3, 1935; (to Howard) Aug. 10, 1935. Miscellaneous - "Dear Friend" and blank postcards: Aug. 22 [1932?]]

[Notes read: "Belva Woodsworth, 1930"]

[Notes read: "Belva Woodsworth Staples" [in RSW's hand]]

[Notes read: "Violet's twins Billy and Johnnie" [Cameron]"]

[Biographical notes and essays]

[Notes read: "Royal Military College of Canada, group portrait, 1944, with Bruce Woodsworth"]

[Notes read: "2nd row from front: JSW (white beard), Lucy W, Grace, and Angus at right of row."]

[Notes read: "Charles Woodsworth, graduation"]

[Charles (various dates). 1920: (to Aunt Betty) May 16. 1926: (to Belva) Aug. 17. 1927: (to Mother) Jun. 3; (to Mother) Jun. 12; (to Mother) Jun. 26; (to Bruce) Jul. 3; (to Mother) Jul. 10; (to Mother) Jul. 17; (to Belva) Jul. 31; (to Father) Aug. 7; (to Ralph) Aug. 14. 1928: (to Mother and Father) Oct. 11; (to Mother) Nov. 14; (to Father) Dec. 9. 1929: (to Belva) Mar. 19; (to Father) May 8; (to Howard) May 27; (to Mother) Jun. 4; (To Father) Jun. 11; (to Mother) Jun. 25 (includes note from Lucy to James on the back of the last page); (to Mother) Aug. 15; (to Father) Aug. 30. 1930: (to Grace) Sept. 23; (to Mother and Father) Oct. 12; (to Family) Oct. 15; (to Aunt Ada, Uncle Hal and Family) Nov. 12; (to Ralph) Nov. 20. 1932: (to Father) Jul. 3; (to Bruce) Jul. 15; (to Mother) Jul. 30; (to Mother and Father) Aug. 8; (to Bruce) Aug. 12; (to Father) Aug. 18; (to Bruce) Aug. 18; (to "Ma") Sept. 30; (to Mother) Oct. 23; (to Mother) Oct. 31; (to Grace and Angus) Nov. 7; (to Aunt Elizabeth) [Dec?]. 1933: (to Bruce) Mar. 1; (to Mother) Jul. 16; (to Mother) Aug. 1; (to Charles from "Couchons") Aug. 21; (to Mother and Father) Aug. 27; (to Mrs. J. S. Woodsworth) Aug. 30; (to Mother) Sept. 6; (to Mother) Sept. 10; (to Father) Sept. 19; (to Howard) Sept. 25; (to Mother) Oct. 2; (to Ralph) Oct. 9; (to Mother) Oct. 23; (to Mother) Oct. 29; (to Belva) Oct. 31; (to Father) Nov. 5; (to Howard) Nov. 13; (to Mother) Nov. 19. 1935: (To Mr. McCoubrey [re: Charles's climbing accident]) Jul. 25. 1937: (to Grace and Angus) Mar. 5; (to Mother) Mar. 10; (to Mother) Mar. 28; (to Belva) Mar. 29; (to Mother) Apr. 13; (to J.S. Woodsworth, Esq.) Apr. 15; (to Mother) Apr. 18; (to Mother) Apr. 23; (to Mother) Jun. 8; (letters to Charles from multiple friends/students in Stockholm) Jun. 8; (to Mother) Jun. 14; (to Father) Jun. 20; (to Mother) Jul. 2; (to Mother and Father) Jul. 23; (to Mother and Father) Jul. 28. 1939: (to Grace) Oct. 28. 1941: (to Mother and Father) Apr. 30. Undated: (to Belva) [written from Austria]; (to Mr. and Mrs. J.S. Woodsworth)[Susp. Aug. 1932? Envelope w/postcards]; [unknown][half a page of a larger letter, sides 2 & 4]. Newspaper clippings.

[Notes from donor read: "Probably "The Fourth Estate"]

This series consists of letters, notes and postcards created and received by various members of the Woodsworth/MacInnis families, primarily Grace MacInnis. Key events mentioned in this correspondence include the Woodsworth family's years in Gibson's Landing, B.C., the period of time between the arrest and release from jail of J.S. Woodsworth in the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919, Lucy Woodworth's participation in the Women's International League conference of 1924, an extended European tour that J.S. and Lucy took in 1932, and the general course of Grace and Angus MacInnis's political careers from the 1930's through the 1960's.

[Donor notes read: ""David" [Woodsworth, Harold's son and Grace's 1st cousin] [Note: Howard is actually Grace's youngest brother, so this would be Grace's nephew?]

[Notes read: "[In RSW's hand] Violet Cameron's twin sons. Violet MacInnis was Angus' niece, brought up by him and Christine. Grace and Angus were very interested in an spent a lot of time with these two little boys"]