The series consists of records pertaining to liaison activities between the business unit and companies and producers regarding agricultural commodities. The aim of the liaison activities was ensuring an efficient supply of quality products and taking advantage of all marketing opportunities. The files contain grants, surveys, studies, and correspondence with meat, dairy, alfalfa, honey, fish, canola and other companies and producers,

The series consists of records related to various agricultural commodities from the perspective of understanding and developing markets. The records include correspondence, reports, studies, statistics, and information on the development of various commodities (e.g. meats, grains, oilseeds, honey, dairy products, livestock and crops) in Canada as well as other countries.

The series consists of records related to agricultural engineering. The records includes minutes of committee meetings, correspondence, and project files.

The collection consists of photographic portraits of members of the Alberta Agricultural Hall of Fame.

The series consists of records pertaining to liaison committees involving the business unit and companies and producers with the aim of ensuring an efficient supply of quality products and taking advantage of all marketing opportunities. The files contain minutes and correspondence of the liaison committees.

The series consists of records related generally to the market development activities of the Division. The records include correspondence, reports, and other records pertaining to staff activities, operations of branches, interdepartmental liaison work, and other Divisional functions related to market development.

The series consists of records related to the marketing of agricultural products in North and South America, with a focus on countries involved in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The records include correspondence and other records related to food companies, banks, embassies, and trade offices from the United States, Canada, and Latin America (Mexico), regarding export of food products and agricultural commodities.

The series consists of records related to the marketing of agricultural products outside of North America. The records include correspondence and other records related to food companies, banks, embassies, and trade offices from the Pacific Rim (e.g. Japan and China), various countries in Europe, the Soviet Union and Russian, Africa and the Middle East regarding exporting of food products and commodities.

The series consists of records related to committees involved in the processing of agricultural commodities. The records include minutes, correspondence and other supporting material of committees such as the Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology, the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (Food Technology Committee), the Alberta Food Industry Advisory, the Canada Committee on Food, Farming for the Future, the Alberta Agriculture Co-ordinating Committee, as well as other committees involving the business unit.

The series consists of research reports and studies created by consultants related to the processing of agricultural commodities. The reports and studies pertain to the processing of red meats, poultry, fish, grains, oilseeds, honey, vegetables, starch, and other commodities.

The series consists of records resulting from the partnership between the Department and local Agriculture Service Boards to address agricultural concerns in communities in order to ensure agricultural production is maintained and improved.

The collection consists of two poster prints featuring agricultural scenes dating from ca. 1940 and a poster print featuring King George V dating from ca. 1940. The artist of the prints is unknown.

The series consists of research requests regarding agricultural matters. The requests may pertain to tariffs, trade policy, marketing, and other issues. The records may include correspondence, notes, and background research material related to specific requests.

The series consists of records related to summer employment programs within the agricultural sector. The records include policies and procedures for Veterinary Work Experience Program, Agriculture Processing Industry Program, and Summer Farms Program (1991-2001) as well as final payment and statistical information (1998).

Fonds consists of photographic and mechanically produced postcards, photographs, negatives, and a photograph album depicting various images including Albert Orpwood, the Calgary Normal School, construction, railroads, log cabins, oil wells, women, children, soldiers, agricultural machinery, farm scenes, buildings, cars, bridges, houses, barns, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers, street views, airplanes, snow blowers, churches, a sports team, and a wedding. Fonds also includes booklet, containing a commercial map of Alberta and historical sketch, produced by CJCA Broadcasting Station.

The fonds consists of materials pertaining to the activities of the Alberta Agricultural Centennial Committee in 1967. It includes programs, pamphlets, bulletins, and two blueprints documenting the burial of a centennial cairn.

The fonds consists of the records of the Alberta Farmers’ Union, and includes a copy of “The Alberta Farmers’ Union Non-Delivery Strike, September 6 to October 5, 1946” by Helen Foster; audio discs, specifically transcription discs and 78 R.P.M. discs of speeches and musical recordings; a scrapbook containing correspondence, newspaper clippings, newsletters, briefs, press statements and printed material about the 1946 Alberta Farm Strike, compiled by the Publicity Department of the Alberta Livestock Co-operative Limited; and newspaper clippings, minutes and other miscellaneous material.

The series consists of records related to the Alberta Sugar Price Reduction Program, an initiative designed to assist beekeepers in reducing input costs associated with the overwintering and/or spring feeding of honey bees. The records include reports and correspondence relating to program establishment, requirements, conditions, procedures, payments, and statistical information.

The series consists of records which have been created in the administration of the Alberta Women’s Institute at the district level. It includes minute books, conference minutes and a scrapbook.

The series consists of records which have been created through the administration and activities of local Alberta Women Institute branches. The series includes minute books, cash books, financials, local branch histories, registers, scrapbooks, clippings, guest book, programs, reports and by-laws

The series consists of material that is not specifically associated with the three organizational levels of the Alberta Women’s Institute – provincial, district and local. The series includes Northern Alberta Women’s committee, guest speakers/visits, histories, ephemera, journal, tape order book, address book, Cirkuit photographs, photograph of Women Institute Girls Club, survey of disabled farmers, The Alaska Highway Station, published material from a variety of sources, some material associated with the Women’s Institute at the national level, and material collected as part of research conducted for the book, “Many and remarkable: the story of the Alberta Women's Institute,” by Catherine C. Cole and Judy Larmour.

The series consists of records which have been created in the administration of the Alberta Women’s Institute at the provincial level and represents activities that have a provincial scope. It includes minutes, cashbooks, financial records, membership lists, Books of Remembrance, correspondence, records associated with the Alberta Women’s Girls Clubs, convention reports, Home & Country magazine, organizational history and etcetera.

The fonds consists of records which have been created in the process of maintaining, training and advancing the role of women and their work in the province of Alberta. The material is arranged in the following series: Provincial records; District records; Local records and Miscellaneous.

The fonds consists of the records of Alexander John Charnetski relating to his involvement in agriculture, and includes slides of livestock, barn plans, farm equipment and pastures. The fonds also includes correspondence, reports, records, including a photograph, relating to the Agriculture Officers Orientation conducted by the Canadian Civil Defense College, and yearbooks of the Olds School of Agriculture and the Vermilion School of Agriculture.

The fonds consists of images, originally dating 1928 to 1932, predominantly from the Hines Creek and Fairview areas of Alberta, including Marshall Barber, covered sleighs, log transportation, wood cutting, harvesters, combines and agricultural machinery, cars, the shipment of automobiles by train, pack horses, riverboat, trappers, bands, baseball team, a wedding on horseback, and homesteaders’ camping near the Scona Yards near Edmonton, Alberta.

Fonds consists of records related to Arthur S. Mould’s participation in the Hoadley Scheme, and includes an issue of The Radio, a Legislative Assembly of Alberta member’s gallery pass, a personal reminiscence, and photographs that depict horse teams, a train, and various buildings.

The series consists of the records of the Assistant Deputy Minister for International Marketing pertaining to the development of international markets for Alberta's agricultural products.

The series consists of the records of the Assistant Deputy Minister of Marketing. The files contain correspondence, minutes of meetings, and reports pertaining to agricultural marketing activities and the operations of various marketing divisions.

The series consists of the files of the Assistant Deputy Minister responsible for the planning and development sector within the department. The files include correspondence, reports, minutes and agendas of meetings, and other records related to policy research, financial support programs, irrigation and resource management, systems development, agricultural economics, and other agriculture programs.

The series consists of the records of the Assistant Deputy Minister of Research and Resource Development and its predecessors, the Assistant Deputy Minister of Administration and the Assistant Deputy Minister of Research and Operations.

The fonds consists of images from Heatherdown, Alberta, and predominantly includes of images of children, as well as farming, horses, cattle, dogs, log houses, farm machinery and carts, and a photographic postcard of Miss Ethel Green and students.

The collection consists of images of dating from about 1903 to about 1930 from the Lloydminster, Saskatchewan area relating to Barr colonists, and includes images of a variety of buildings including the school, train station, bank, post office, and hospital, automobiles, houses, log cabins, tents, ploughing, haying, horse and cart, a musical band and a soccer team. The fonds includes a number of images relating to the Tebbs, Booth, Topott, Hall, Wright, Grey, Fisher, Jones, Sutton, and Cripps families and to Rev. Trench.

The fonds consists of images related to D.C Cranston's life in Alberta and features images of the staging area of Burnsites on their way to Beaverlodge, Alberta, Athabasca Landing, a wagon overturned on the trail, cutting wood, the S.S. Northern Light on Lessler Slave Lake, a wagon boarding the ferry at the Peace River Crossing, the first home of Mr. and Mrs. E.A. Smith, the first post office at Lake Saskatoon, the second annual sports day at Lake Saskatoon, the first wedding in Beaverlodge, the Beaverlodge baseball team, a log cabin, Ralph Carrel and Jake Glesnet at Grande Prairie.

The fonds also comprises photographs related to Maud Clifford including images featuring the first church at Spirit River, the Anglican mission house at Spirit River, the Hudson's Bay Company post at Dunvegan, the Roman Catholic Church at Bear Creek, and the home of Rev. Alexander Forbes at Flying Shot Lake.

The fonds also includes photographs featuring the Beaverlodge Experimental Farm including photographs featuring the experimental; and images featuring the Beaverlodge region including images featuring a picnic day, picking currents, binding grain, the first automobile to reach Grande Prairie from Edmonton over the Edson Trail, a cutter constructer on the front bob of a sleigh, and sunflowers. The photographs date from 1909 to 1921.

The fonds consists of the ephemera and records of Miss Beth Witherbe, and includes photographic postcards and photographs of friends, family, automobiles, floats, tennis, horses and carriages, a photographs album with 16 photographs of camping scenes, Vermilion School of Agriculture memorabilia, music programs, cards, a dance card, invitations and name tags, movie programs, a calendar, Vermilion Live Stock Protective Association Brand Books, a dry cleaning guide, banquet menus, newspaper clippings and family history information.

Fonds consists of records pertaining to the personal activities of O.J. Biollo and the Biollo family, as well as records pertaining to the activities of O.J. Biollo as a sub-agent for the Cunard White Star and Anchor-Donaldson ship lines, contractor for Northern Alberta Railways (NAR), Treasury Branch agent, Alberta Government Telephones (AGT) agent, sub-agent for the Department of Lands and Mines, and crop correspondent for the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. Fonds also contain records pertaining to O.J. Biollo’s work with the Italian Consulate on behalf of residents in the Venice, Alberta area and maps depicting the Edmonton Land District, a road survey in Lac La Biche, Alberta, and a roadmap of Alberta.

The fonds consists of a history of the Department of Agricultural Engineering at the University of Alberta written in 1965 by B.T. Stephanson. The fonds also includes a biography of John Macgregor Smith, the first head of the Department of Agricultural Engineering.

The fonds consists Captain Fred M. Whitmarsh's photographs including Whitmarsh's family photographs and a photograph album featuring scenes of agriculture and transportation in Alberta circa 1890 to 1956.

The collection consists of oral history interviews conducted by Carl J. Tracie during the years 1966 to 1969 with pioneers of the Grande Prairie region. The interviews include recordings of the following individuals:

• Eric Wilson homesteaded in Saskatoon Lake in 1910;
• Barney Throness Lake Saskatoon circa (ca) 1911;
• Marley Sherk and Gordon Sherk, traveled with Mennonites to Beaverlodge area ca. 1910;
• James Summerville homesteaded in Grande Prairie ca. 1911;
• J.J.E. Clarke homesteaded in Peace River ca. 1911;
• G. Balisky homesteaded in Grande Prairie ca. 1912;
• Joseph Tracie homesteaded in Grande Prairie ca.1916; and
• Oskar Anderson homesteaded in Peace River ca. 1911.

The tapes discuss climate, individuals, religions, agriculture, transportation, the economy, and geography of the region.

Fonds consists of personal and business records belonging to the Chambers family. The fonds has been divided into two series: Business activities of the Chambers family and Personal life of the Chambers family.

The recods consist of photographs depicting Charles E. Masse at Dunbow School and include an interior view of the bakery, the children's dormitories, staff, First Nations boys, and a haying crew. A letter by George E. Masse providing biographical information about Charles E. Masse has been included.

The fonds consists of three transcription discs containing advertisements for J.I. Case Company farm equipment dating from ca. 1940s and 1950s.

The series consists of photographs of Agriculture personnel and special events.

The fonds consists of the reminiscences of Cyril Alwin Tregillus written before 1972. The reminiscences, which cover the years 1902-1914, discuss his childhood in Alberta and his career in agriculture.

The fonds consists of images of mountain scenes, Jasper, Alberta sites, swimmers, children, wedding portraits, bison, Wainwright, farm machinery, and a ship.

The collection consists of 37 glass plate negatives with matching prints, 11 glass plate negatives without prints and 9 prints without negatives, of a variety of subjects purported to be from east of Edmonton, Alberta dating circa (ca.) 1900 to ca. 1914 including family portraits and portraits of children, buildings, houses, log cabins, parks, a church and cemetery, a baseball game, sleighs, the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) 66th Overseas Battalion, and farm activities such as threshing, ploughing and haying, with some of the agricultural images marked as copyright R. Weaver.

The fonds consists of the records of David Mullen created during his tenure as Minister of Agriculture. The files pertain to branch operations regarding field crops, fish and game, fur farms, the Wheat Surplus Board, and agricultural exhibits.

The series consists of records created by the Director of Animal Health, previously known as the Director of Veterinary Services, pertaining to the management of veterinary services or animal health programs. The files contain correspondence, policies, committee meeting agendas and minutes, reports, and subject files.

The series consists of the records of the Director of the Farm Development Division and that position's predecessors. The records include correspondence, minutes of meetings, reports and other records related to divisional and branch operations as well as intradepartmental relationships with other divisions as well as Assistant Deputy Ministers, the Deputy Minister and the Minister.

The series consists of the records of the Director of Laboratory Services pertaining to veterinary or animal health programs. The files contain correspondence, minutes and agendas of meetings, and reports.

The series consists of the records of the Director of Plant Industry. The files include correspondence, minutes of meetings, reports, and other records related to field crops, plant diseases, pests, weed control, soils, crop insurance, and other administrative and operational activities of the Division. The series also includes correspondence and reports related to the establishment of the Provincial Horticultural Station in Brooks (1932-1965).

The series consists of the records of the Director of the Program Development Division. The files include correspondence, reports, minutes of meetings, and conference proceedings.

The series consists of the records of the Director of Rural Services Division pertaining to home economics and 4-H programs. The records also include correspondence and photographs regarding the planning of the 50th anniversary of the home economics program in 1993.

The series relates to Ditch Rehabilitation Plans for the Irrigation Districts exempt from seepage damage claims. The Irrigation Secretariat maintained the records. The records include yearly status reports, general information, and plans by district.

The fonds consists of 37 photographs of members of the Dixon family, and other individuals working at harvest on homesteads in Alberta in [1920].

The fonds consists of the records created and received by Hugh Horner during his tenure as Minister of Agriculture (1971-1975) as well as agriculture-related reference materials (1945-1967) assembled by Horner. The fonds also includes two photographs featuring members of the House of Commons dating from 1961.

Fonds consists of personal records of E.A. Weir including correspondence, articles and poems.

The fonds consists of a copy of the Eaton's Farm News Service dating from circa 1925.

The fonds consists of images, originally dating ca. 1930 to ca. 1940, of road construction and camps near Irma, Mercoal and Coalspur Alberta, bridge construction over the McLeod River, horses pulling logs at Whitecourt and Fort McMurray, Alberta, strip mining near Edson, Alberta, the Edson train station, a moose calf at Coalspur, students of Clyde school (1933) and tractors, combines and harvesting.

The fonds includes notes, circulars, and publications about the development of plants and animals that could survive in northern climates, including crops, fruit producing trees, vegetables, bees, chickens and beef cattle.

Also included are newspaper clippings and letters concerning the transfer of Polish war veterans to Canada for agricultural labour.

The series consists of the records of the director of the agricultural research facility based in Edmonton. The records include correspondence, reports, minutes of committee meetings, background research materials, and other related records.

The fonds consists of records used, maintained, and created while Ernest Douglas Isley served as Minister of Agriculture from 1989 to 1992 and Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development from 1992-1993 including minutes, pamphlets, correspondence, and invitations on topics related to federal agricultural issues such as federal program and policy, federal-provincial agreements, meetings, conferences, news releases and liaison material, agricultural companies, marketing boards and commissions, program areas of the department, agencies, boards, commissions, corporations reporting to the Minister of Agriculture, budgets, organizational structure, associations and societies, acts and legislation, committees and councils, meetings, departmental news release, and ministerial messages.

Fonds consists of business records pertaining to the operation of the flour mill at Bittern Lake as well as some personal correspondence.

The series consists of records related to the planning and execution of all Growing Alberta events, including the Growing Alberta Leadership Awards, the Harvest Gala, members’ dinners, Agriculture and Food Week, An Afternoon of Food For Thought, and Industry Consultations.

The series consists of the records of the Executive Director of the Information Services Division. The files include acts and legislation, business plans, agreements, and other records.

The series consists of the records of the Executive Director of the Rural Development Division. The files include correspondence, reports, minutes of meetings, and subject files related to the operations of the Division.

Fonds consists of photographs and negatives used in research for or used for publication in the Family Herald newspaper. Fonds also consists of clippings and two item lists of photographs requested from the CPR and CN. (14 of the photographs are attributed to J. S. Cram. Most of the photographs appear to be copies obtained from information resources both private and public).

The series consists of records of the Farm Adjustment Committee, which oversaw the farm adjustment program.

The series consists of records related to the promotion and development of farmers' markets. The files contain correspondence, newsletters, surveys, reports, and promotional material pertaining to farmers markets across the province.

The fonds consists of the records of the Farmers' Union of Alberta, and includes the following sous-fonds: Asker Local. No. 904 sous-fonds, Bellis Local No. 409 sous-fonds, District No. 6 (Lamont) Association sous-fonds and Farm Women's Union of Alberta sous-fonds; and one series, "The Voice of Agriculture" records, which consists of transcripts of radio broadcasts from 1958 to 1965, hosted by W.J. (Bill) Harper.

The series consists of published copies of Food For Thought magazine, promotional material, advertising files, content for the magazine, photographs, distribution files, correspondence related to the magazine.

The fonds consists of cashbooks receipts, expenditures, assessment and tax rolls of the following former local authorities of the Municipal District of Foothills No. 31 and dating from 1905 to 1946:

• Municipal District of Riley No. 159
• Municipal District of Sheep Creek No.190
• Municipal District of Highwood No. 159
• Municipal District of Stockland No. 191
• Local Improvement District No. 9
• Local Improvement District No. 10-T-4
• Municipal District of Dinton No. 189, and
• Municipal District of Riley No. 159.

The records include correspondence with other municipalities; project proposals/plans; newspaper clippings; and publications by the Government of Alberta and other bodies relevant to the administration of the County. The records document the activities of the Municipal District of Foothills No. 31, as well as the villages of Cayley and Blackie, from 1954-1982.

The fonds consists of a 60th Anniversary program celebrating the Barr Colonists Trek to Battleford and Lloydminster in 1903 created by the Fort Battleford National Historic Park in 1963.

The fonds consists of the records of Frank Sidney Grisdale. The fonds is divided into the following three series: Diaries; General files; and Farm records.

Fonds consists of records reflecting Parkinson’s interest and involvement with the agricultural community in Alberta including photographs, negatives, postcards, correspondence, newspaper clippings, blueprints for the stook sweep and reports.

The collection consists of photographs of Red Deer, Dalemead, Lacombe, and Old Basing in the early decades of the twentieth century. The account book is a farm ledger belonging to Arthur L. Long.

Fonds consists of annotated photographs of various people, buildings and views mainly in Peace River, Alberta and includes school children and buildings, churches, weddings, street views, banks, businesses, hospitals, ferries, bridges, steam boats, missionaries and mission buildings, the Grouard Trail, agricultural exhibitions, agricultural scenes, livestock, an HBC trading post, a group of Dominion land surveyors, water falls, the Peace River, oil wells, sled dogs, automobiles, airplanes, women’s and men’s sports teams, and North West Mounted Police (NWMP) barracks. Fonds also includes photographs of Athabasca Landing and the Hay River Mission.

The fonds consists of annual reports, correspondence, meeting minutes, planning documents for events, the full run of the Food For Thought magazine, planning documents for Food For Thought, brochures, pamphlets, educational material for distribution, strategic planning documents, sponsorship and funding documents, promotional material, and records related to a Growing Alberta scholarship.

The majority of the photos and negatives depict events such as the Growing Alberta Leadership Awards and the Harvest Gala. Many of these images are arranged in event-specific binders and are identified by event and date (although many of the individual photos are not specifically identified). The remainder of the photos and negatives were created for promotional material or Food For Thought magazine.

Most of the videos were created for use at the Growing Alberta Leadership Awards and the Harvest Gala. These videos consist of introductory remarks, profiles of award winners, and depictions of agricultural practices around the province. The remaining videos are of an educational nature created for dissemination. These videos are either about Growing Alberta and its mission or focus on a specific aspect of Albertan agriculture, such as chicken farming.

The computer discs contain audiovisual material, word processing documents, and presentations. The audiovisual material mirrors the type of material found in the videos and some duplicate material was selected for access purposes. The word processing and presentation records are similar to the textual material, with the addition of PowerPoint presentations in their original format. These presentations cover the range of Growing Alberta activities and were provided to agricultural and educational organizations across Canada.

The fonds includes the 1928 Constitution and Bylaws of the United Farmers of Alberta, Report and Addresses of the 1928 United Farm Women of Alberta Convention, with correspondence to locals, the 1926-1927 Annual Report of the Alberta Co-operative Wheat Producers Limited, the 1919 Annual Report and Year Book of the United Farmers of Alberta, the 1955 unclaimed reserves of the Alberta Wheat Pool and a 1937 report from the Dominion Experimental Station in Scott, Saskatchewan. The fonds also includes correspondence, American income tax forms and agricultural catalogues.

Fonds consists of records reflecting H. Norman Fisher’s farming activities including correspondence regarding farmers’ debts and agricultural credit, manuscripts written by Fisher regarding hardships endured by farmers, and a certificate from an agricultural fair. Fonds also consists of other personal records including poems written by Fisher under the name Chico, photographs, and ribbons received by Fisher.

The fonds includes three manuscript diaries kept by Harry L. Hollingworth, two diaries about the journey to the Lloydminster, Alberta area and the first year there, and one diary of subsequent years after they were more settled, which also includes some accounting information.

The collection consists of a negative featuring Harry Pollard dating from ca. 1920, a negative featuring Ernest Brown dating from ca. 1950, and an extract from The Farm and Ranch Review dating from 1910.

The fonds consists of materials from Henry Clifford Messum's scrapbook regarding the Barr Colony including a program from the Barr Colonists Golden Jubilee, and newspaper clippings from The Lloydminster Times from 1905 and 1955.

Fonds consists of records pertaining to Donnelly’s family and personal life as well as business and financial records. The fonds has been divided into the following series: Family records; Financial records; Personal and dairy business records; Dairying in Alberta; and Farming records.

Collection consists of copied photographs dating 1912-1967 which depict various images in the High Prairie, Alberta area including women, children, buildings, grain elevators, livery barns, aerial and street views, businesses, floods, houses, logging, agricultural scenes, schools, churches, post offices, barracks, airplanes, hospitals, bridges, a dairy and a circus.

Fonds consists of copied and original photographs depicting Delia, Alberta, including street views, businesses, buildings, a Sunday school picnic, agricultural machinery, horses, a railroad station, and grain elevators.

Fonds consists of personal diaries belonging to Jim and George Hodgson describing their trip from England to Canada and their experiences on their brother’s farm. Fonds also consists of business diaries outlining the daily business conducted on the farm including information about livestock, produce and financial accounts, as well as scrapbooks full of newspaper clippings.

The fonds consists of minutes, photos, vouchers, receipts, bills, correspondence, balances, estimates, tax forms, assessments, leases, notices, damage claims, memorandum, profiles, plans, maps, and photographs related to the management and activity of the Holden Drainage District No. 1. The fonds dates from 1917 to 1979.

Fonds is made up of 11 photographs of grain elevators at Compeer, Alberta, including the Alberta Pacific Grain elevator, Home Grain elevator, and Searle Grain elevator.