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SCA249-GA255 · Accession · 1961-2002
Part of Alida and George Burrett fonds.

Fonds consists of materials relating to the personal and professional lives and interests of Alida and George Burrett. Contains materials relating to Alida's interests in women's rights and the environment, and her work with the Kitchener-Waterloo Status of Women Group. Also contains materials relating to the couple's shared interest in nuclear disarmament and George's work with the Waterloo Region Peace Network. Includes clippings, ephemera, financial records, meeting minutes, correspondence, etc.

Burrett Family
SCA249-GA369 · Accession · 1978-1984
Part of Alida and George Burrett fonds.

Fonds consists of materials created and accumulated by Alida Burrett. Primarily includes material relating to Burrett's work with women's rights issues including equal pay and with the K-W Status of Women Group, as well as her peace work.

Burrett, Alida
Arthur.
SCA249-GA255-1-1 · File · February 25, 1972
Part of Alida and George Burrett fonds.

File consists of the February 25, 1972 (volume 6, no.2) edition of Arthur, the student newspaper of Trent University from when Alida Burrett was a student there. This edition is titled "angry women."

Burrett Family
Arthur.
SCA249-GA255-1-2 · File · April 4, 1974
Part of Alida and George Burrett fonds.

File consists of the April 4, 1974 edition (volume 9, number 19) of Arthur, the student newspaper of Trent University from when Alida Burrett was a student there. Includes an article on the Peterborough's Women's Place.

Burrett Family
Bill 3.
SCA249-GA369-2 · File · 1979
Part of Alida and George Burrett fonds.

File consists of materials relating to a private member's bill sponsored by Ted Bounsall regarding an amendment to the Employment Standards Act for equal pay for equal work.

Burrett, Alida
Bill 59.
SCA249-GA369-3 · File · 1979
Part of Alida and George Burrett fonds.

File consists of materials relating to Bill 59 An Act to reform the Law respecting Property Rights and Support Obligations between Married Persons and in other Family Relationships. Includes news clippings, ephemera and publications from the NDP, submissions regarding the bill, etc.

Burrett, Alida
SCA249-GA255-3 · Series · 1985-2002
Part of Alida and George Burrett fonds.

Series consists of materials created and accumulated by Alida Burrett relating to her interest and work in environmental protection, particularly air quality and deforestation. Includes materials related to Clayoquot Sound, materials from the Citizens Advisory Committee and Air Quality including clippings, correspondence, municipal publications, surveys and ephemera as well as a speech by Alida Burrett.

Burrett, Alida
SCA249-GA255-2-11 · File · [ca. 1981]
Part of Alida and George Burrett fonds.

File consists of materials created and accumulated by Alida Burrett while she was a member of the Kitchener-Waterloo Status of Women Group. Includes notes, meeting minutes, correspondence, and more. The materials are separated into sections and appear to have originally been in a tabbed binder.

Burrett, Alida
Burrett, Alida : Personal
SCA249-GA255-1 · Series · 1972-1983
Part of Alida and George Burrett fonds.

Series consists of materials created and accumulated by Alida Burrett relating to her personal life and interests. Includes a CV, an essay written as a student and two copies of a student newspaper from when she attended Trent University.

Burrett Family
SCA249-GA255-2 · Series · 1961-2001
Part of Alida and George Burrett fonds.

Series consists of materials created and accumulated by Alida Burrett relating to her interest and work in women's rights. Includes materials from the National Action Committee on the Status of Women, material created as part of Alida's work with the Kitchener-Waterloo Status of Women Group and miscellaneous materials. Contents include memos, handouts, minutes, correspondence, notes, agendas, speeches, ephemera and more.

Burrett Family
Calyoquot Sound.
SCA249-GA255-3-39 · File · [ca. 1998]
Part of Alida and George Burrett fonds.

File consists of two items relating to Clayoquot Sound and the anti-logging ecofeminist protests there. Includes a brochure advertising the documentary "Fury for the Sound" as well as a newsletter sent to the Friends of Clayoquot Sound.

Burrett Family
Canadian federal election.
SCA249-GA369-4 · File · 1980
Part of Alida and George Burrett fonds.

File consists of materials relating to the political party platforms for the 1980 federal election. Also includes notes by Burrett on topics of concern to her in the election. Most of the materials were created by the NDP.

Burrett, Alida
SCA249-GA255-3-40 · File · 1999-2002
Part of Alida and George Burrett fonds.

File consists of materials created and accumulated by the Citizens Advisory Committee on Air Quality (Waterloo Region). Includes clippings, correspondence, municipal response guide to smog, information on the green commuter challenge, Environment Canada's Sustainable Development Stratgey 2001-2003, advertising for an air quality festival, municipal air quality workshop information, and the Waterloo Region clean air plan.

Burrett Family
Clippings.
SCA249-GA255-2-22 · File · 1981-1985
Part of Alida and George Burrett fonds.

File consists of loose clippings on topics such as women in politics, women and the constitution, juvenile delinquency, Lloyd Axworthy, and equal pay.

Burrett Family
Community contacts.
SCA249-GA369-5 · File · [ca. 1979]
Part of Alida and George Burrett fonds.

File consists of materials from other community organizations that had connections with the KW Status of Women Group. Includes materials from the Family Planning Network, Canadian Committee on Learning Opportunities for Women Waterloo Region, Social Planning Council of Kitchener-Waterloo.

Burrett, Alida
SCA249-GA369-8 · File · 1978-1980
Part of Alida and George Burrett fonds.

File consists of materials relating to equal wages for women in Canada. Includes statistics for women in the workforce in Kitchener-Waterloo, materials from the KW Status of Women Group on their campaign for equal, face on women in the labour force, and a three year report on affirmative action from the Ontario Advisory Council on Equal Opportunity for Women.

Burrett, Alida
Essays.
SCA249-GA369-9 · File · [197-]
Part of Alida and George Burrett fonds.

File consists of two essays written by Alida Burrett while a student. The first is on Empress Eugenie, and the second on women's search for identity.

Burrett, Alida
Feminist Party of Canada.
SCA249-GA369-10 · File · 1979
Part of Alida and George Burrett fonds.

File consists of materials relating to the initial development of the Feminist Party of Canada. Includes purpose documents, clippings, ephemera, etc.

Burrett, Alida
Guest book.
SCA249-GA255-2-12 · File · 1985
Part of Alida and George Burrett fonds.

File consists of one guest book for an unknown event, likely held by the Kitchener Waterloo Status of Women Group.

Burrett Family
Health and Welfare Canada.
SCA249-GA255-2-25a · File · 1981-1982
Part of Alida and George Burrett fonds.

File consists of publications from Health and Welfare Canada and the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health, Welfare and Social Affairs. Includes a booklet on social security and a report on violence in the family.

Burrett Family
SCA249-GA255-2-14 · File · 1981
Part of Alida and George Burrett fonds.

File consists of materials created and accumulated by the Kitchener-Waterloo Status of Women Group relating to the rights of women in the Canadian Constitution and Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Includes clippings, press releases, correspondence, manuscript notes, Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women reports and more.

Burrett Family
SCA249-GA255-2-19 · File · 1982-1983
Part of Alida and George Burrett fonds.

File consists of materials created and accumulated by the Kitchener-Waterloo Status of Women Group on unemployment and unemployment benefits. Includes manuscript notes, unemployment statistics, promotional materials for the Economic Recovery Alternative, and an article from McLeans magazine. Also contains a statement from the Organized Working Women on pay equity.

Burrett Family
SCA249-GA255-2-13 · File · 1980-1981
Part of Alida and George Burrett fonds.

File consists materials created and accumulated by the Kitchener-Waterloo Status of Women Group. Includes correspondence, meeting agendas and minutes, reports, memos, news releases, speeches, financial information, planning proposals, and more.

Burrett Family
Making a difference.
SCA249-GA255-3-41 · File · 1985-[ca. 2003]
Part of Alida and George Burrett fonds.

File consists of one typescript (computer output) of a speech given by Alida Burrett on air quality. Attached to the speech is a news release for International Woman's Day 1985 and 1990. Also includes a newspaper article with the same headline from the Waterloo Chronicle.

Burrett Family
SCA249-GA255-2-9 · File · 1985
Part of Alida and George Burrett fonds.

File consists of one folder with materials from the 1985 Canadian Women's Economic Summit, the annual general meeting of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women. Includes reports, an agenda, a program, workshop information, a feedback form, and a guide to the Ottawa transit system.

Burrett Family
Nuclear disarmament.
SCA249-GA255-4-42 · File · 1985
Part of Alida and George Burrett fonds.

File consists a materials related to nuclear disarmament and the "star wars" program. Includes a statement from Voice of Women, a newsletter from Voice of Women, one item of correspondence between the Burretts and Hon. Walter McLean, notes for an address on peace by Douglas Roche, a report from parliament, and House of Commons debate information.

Burrett Family
SCA249-GA255-4 · Series · 1983-1985
Part of Alida and George Burrett fonds.

Series consists of materials created and accumulated by Alida Burrett and George Burrett relating to their shared interest and work in nuclear disarmament. Includes materials on the topic from Voice of Women, federal publications, and notes. Also includes materials created and accumulated by George Burrett relating to the Waterloo Region Peace Network including Peace Network News, materials relating to the symphony for survival and to the peace caravan campaign.

Burrett Family
Ontario general election.
SCA249-GA369-16 · File · 1981
Part of Alida and George Burrett fonds.

File consists of materials accumulated by Alida Burrett relating to party platforms for the 1981 Ontario general election. The materials are primarily created by the NDP.

Burrett, Alida
SCA249-GA255-2-35 · File · [ca. 1980]
Part of Alida and George Burrett fonds.

File consists of one typescript (original, leaves) with manuscript notes by Alida Burrett of a speech titled "Together into the Eighties" given by Alida Burrett to the Waterloo Region Women's Teachers Federations. Also includes a copy of Bill 157: An Act respecting Economic Equality for Women in Ontario.

Burrett Family
Two career families.
SCA249-GA255-2-36 · File · 1981
Part of Alida and George Burrett fonds.

File consists of materials related to two career families. Includes a report on the "problems" of two career families, as well as correspondence.

Burrett Family
Videoaction.
SCA249-GA369-18 · File · [ca. 1979]
Part of Alida and George Burrett fonds.

File consists of a Canada Works proposal for a project called "videoaction." The project was the create three videos in cooperation with the University of Waterloo on women's themes, including one on the archival women's studies holdings.

Burrett, Alida
SCA249-GA255-4-43 · File · 1984-1985
Part of Alida and George Burrett fonds.

File consists of the June/July 1985 (Vol. 5, No.2) and September 1984 Voice of Women newsletters. Both newsletters feature articles and opinions on nuclear disarmament and peace.

Burrett Family
SCA249-GA255-4-44 · File · 1983-1985
Part of Alida and George Burrett fonds.

File consists of materials created and accumulated by the Waterloo Region Peace Network. Includes meeting minutes, correspondence, manuscript notes, membership lists, reports and more.

Burrett Family
Women and pensions.
SCA249-GA255-2-37 · File · October 17, 1981
Part of Alida and George Burrett fonds.

File consists of manuscript notes in the hand of Alida Burrett on women and pensions taken at a talk on the subject given October 17, 1981. Also includes a report on pensions from the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association, Inc.

Burrett Family