Glenn McPherson Fonds

Description

Title Proper	Glenn McPherson Fonds
Date(s)	1924-1999
General material designation	This fonds contains 29 textual records.
Scope and content	This fonds comprises seven series containing material belonging and/or pertaining to Glenn McPherson, with much of the material concerning his life and work with the Office of the Custodian of Enemy Property. A lot of the material centres on Kay Alsop's interviews, research, notes, and writing of "The Man from Under Undercover: The Untold Story of Glenn McPherson, Intrepid's Man in Canada."
Name of creator	McPherson, Glenn created this archive mostly during his time as a civil servant including during his time as the legal counsel to the Custodian of Enemy Property and while he organized the two Quebec Conference meetings between Mackenzie-King, Churchill, and Roosevelt.
Immediate source of acquisition	The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.

Structure

Repository

University of British Columbia Rare Books and Special Collections

Digital Objects (29)

File 1-4: The War Years, 1937-1948

File 2-7: Correspondence, memorandum, newspaper clippings, 1939-1948, 1985

File 3-2: Correspondence, memorandum, newspaper clippings, 1941-48, 1984-94

File 4-1: Correspondence, memorandums, and other textual records related to Vancouver Port Authority and Ports Canada

File 4-2: “Quebec Conference Photographs.”

File 4-3: “Quebec Conference Photographs.”

File 4-4: “Quebec Conference Photographs.”

File 4-5: Post-War Photographs.”

File 5-2: Retirement Photographs.”

File 5-4: McPherson Family Scrapbook.

File 5-5: Outlines, draft manuscripts, newspaper clippings, notes, interviews, 1943-45, 1993-98

File 5-6: Draft manuscripts, newspaper clippings, notes, interviews

File 6-1: Draft manuscripts, interviews

File 6-2: Records related to the decision to intern Japanese-Canadians, 1987-1993

File 6-3: Draft manuscript of “The Man from under undercover”, chapters 1-3

File 6-4: Draft manuscripts, correspondence, newspaper clippings, photocopies

File 6-5: Correspondence, newspaper clppings, notes, interviews, photocopies, 1938-1994

File 6-6: Correspondence, newspaper clippings, speeches, notes, drafts, memorandums, interviews, 1941-1986

File 6-7: Interviews, newspaper clippings, 1994-1995

File 7-1: The Fifth Estate: Lost Property transcript

File 7-02: Correspondence, The Fifth Estate transcripts, notes

File 7-04: Short biographies of acquaintances, photocopies, interview

File 7-06: Draft manuscript, outline, synopsis of The Man from undercover and resume

File 7-07: Correspondence, curriculum vitae, newspaper clippings, interview

File 7-08: Correspondence, newspaper clippings, notes, British Columbia Railway annual reports

File 7-09: Draft manuscripts, British Columbia Railway annual report

File 7-10: Draft Manuscript, n.d.

File 7-11: Accolades, photographs, diary

File 7-12: Framed photographs, certificates

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Terminology

Readers of these historical materials will encounter derogatory references to Japanese Canadians and euphemisms used to obscure the intent and impacts of the internment and dispossession. While these are important realities of the history, the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective urges users to carefully consider their own terminological choices in writing and speaking about this topic today as we confront past injustice. See our statement on terminology, and related sources here.