The fonds consists of correspondence to Peter Gunn from George Harvey, J.D. Moodie and Ewen Macdonald, and accounting records.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of records related to the life and career of Charles W. Cross. The photographs depict Charles W. Cross and the Cross house in Edmonton, Alberta. The textual records were created and received by Charles W. Cross during his tenure as Attorney General of Alberta and include correspondence, reports and other records related to legislation, prisoners, lawyers and the legal profession, railways, vital statistics, doctors and the medical profession, timber, hunting, liquor, and personal matters such as his letter of resignation and last will and testament.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of a passport issued to Sifton on 17 May, 1916 and renewed on 17 May, 1920. Sifton held this passport during the final years of his tenure as Premier of Alberta. He used the passport to travel to Versailles, France as a member of the Canadian Delegation to the Paris Peace Conference, where the Treaty of Versailles was signed to end the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers of the First World War.
Sem títuloThe fonds predominantly consists of the correspondence of W.J. Blair, including his personal correspondence, correspondence possibly resulting from his involvement in the Northern Alberta Conservative Association, and correspondence from his time as Member of Parliament; also included in the fonds are election returns, voters’ lists, invoices and receipts, and electoral maps.
Sem títuloFonds consists of biographical material, paper clippings, land survey records, provincial election papers, appointment to the Senate records, family and professional correspondence, maps and photographs. Three original photos were returned to the donor; a copy negative of each of these photographs was produced for use by the Provincial Archives of Alberta before the return of the photos to the donor.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of the records used by J.E. Brownlee, including personal photographs, newspaper clippings, and files used while he served as Attorney General of Alberta.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of records related to Alex Ross and his activities during his term as Minister of Public Works, focusing entirely on labour issues. The files include correspondence and newspaper clippings pertaining to wages and hours of work, labour disputes, immigration, unemployment, labour advisory councils, government employment bureaus, and applications for relief.
Sem títuloFonds consists of two Alberta Social Credit Party election posters.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of the records of G.L. MacLachlan as chair of the Alberta Social Credit Board, primarily focusing on the Board's publicity activities. The files include correspondence, pamphlets, transcripts, articles and other records related to the distribution and publication of promotional materials. The records also include some correspondence between MacLachlan and Board members as well as an incomplete transcript of the 1938 proceedings of the Supreme Court of Canada regarding the three Social Credit bills reserved by Alberta Lieutenant-Governor John C. Bowen.
Sem títuloThe 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.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of records created and received during John Hugill's tenure as Attorney General of Alberta. The files include correspondence, minutes of meetings, proposed legislation, policies, financial statements and other records related to the Alberta Liquor Control Board, debt adjustment, health insurance, child welfare, courts, gaols / Jails, the Hillcrest disaster of 1926, the Alberta Provincial Police and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Social Credit, and liaison activities with various organizations. The records also include Northwest Territory Ordinances: Note on Legislative Sessions (1878-1904).
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of correspondence and political papers of Omer Saint-Germain of Morinville, photographs, paper clippings, minutes of meetings of the Saint-Albert Liberal Association, membership lists, election results and other records related to his political career, as well as post-cards addressed to his sister-in-law, Priscille Renaud.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of photographs created by or belonging to James Bismark Holden and include images of a train wreck near Leduc, Leduc scenes, the opening of Alberta's first Legislature, Members of the Legislative Assembly, Elk Island Park, Vegreville scenes, Prime Minister Wilfred Laurier speaking in Vegreville, and a Shriners' convention in the United States.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of the records of Duncan Macmillan created and received during his tenure as the Minister of Public Works. The files pertain to administration of the Department of Public Works, interdepartmental relations, highways, roads, ferries, oil sands, swimming pools, liaison with stakeholder groups such as the Alberta Motor Association and the Canadian Good Roads Association.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of records created and received by William Fallow during his term as Minister of Public Works and Minister of Railways and Telephones, including records of his predecessors Alex Ross and Oran McPherson as Minister of Public Works that Fallow received upon taking office.
Primarily pertaining to his role as Minister of Public Works, the files include correspondence, reports, agendas, minutes, copies of speeches and other records relating to Alberta Government Telephones, Abasand Oil Ltd., agriculture, airports, the Alaska Highway, the Alberta Motor Association, automobiles, bridges, public buildings, the Canadian Good Roads Association, cost of living bonuses, the Debt Adjustment Board, education, ferries, floods, gaols (jails), highways, old age pensions, the Post War Reconstruction Committee, public utilities, railways, the Social Credit Party, the United Farmers of Alberta, the University of Alberta, the Vermilion School of Agriculture, war assets, water resources and the Workmen's Compensation Board.
The fonds includes one file regarding the Peace River Exploration Party that contains correspondence from Vernor Smith, Fallow's predecessor, and Gordon Taylor, Fallow's successor, as Minister of Railways and Telephones.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of the records created and received by John L. Robinson as Minister of Industries and Labour. The records include correspondence, briefs suggesting changes to legislation, amendments to acts and regulations, reports and newspaper clippings relating to such subjects as the Alberta Federation of Labour, apprenticeship, the Board of Industrial Relations, the Bureau of Statistics, the Canadian Congress of Labour, the Civil Service Commission, Cooperatives, credit unions, hours of work, licensing of trades and businesses, the Alberta Power Commission and the Provincial Marketing Board. The fonds also includes a single file of correspondence from 1953 of his successor, Norman Willmore.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of records relating to the political career of J. William Beaudry during 1917-1954 and include correspondence, newspaper clippings, historical notes and speeches, photocopies of Beaudry genealogy, election publications and lists, Alberta government publications, programmes, invitations, Alberta Social Credit Party publications, envelopes, and photographs.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of records pertaining to James H. Walker's career as a provincial politician. The The records include subject files pertaining to beet growers, boards of trade, the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), credit societies, gas, oil, and petroleum, the Independent group, municipal districts, response to the federal Rowell-Sirois report, school boards, temperance, universities, water conservation, the Alberta Wheat Pool, and other topics. The records also include photocopies of notes and newspaper clippings, originally dating from the 1940s and early 1950s, primarily including notes for speeches given in 1944 in the Legislative Assembly.
Sem títuloFonds consists of records pertaining to J.J. Bowlen’s private and professional life, including letters patent appointing him Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta and a number of diaries.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of a poster with images of a British Columbia Battalion at the Front (First World War), Christmas carols published by the Edmonton Journal, a newspaper article about Peace River and an admittance card to the members gallery of the Alberta Legislature (1910).
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of records created and received by Fred Colborne during his term as a Minister without Portfolio. The records include published annual reports, correspondence, and cabinet documents.
Sem títuloFonds consists of the personal records of J.W. McKinney and Louise Crummy McKinney. Fonds includes records pertaining to Louise Crummy McKinney’s involvement in the WCTU and in the “persons” case, including membership certificates, newspaper clippings, correspondence, articles, and invitations. Fonds also includes records pertaining to J.W. McKinney’s career as an organic chemist and to his service in the RAF and includes membership certificates, personal reminiscences, a copy of his thesis, and correspondence. Fonds contains issues of The Claresholm Local Press and The Canadian White Ribbon Tidings and photographs which depict J.W. McKinney, Louise Crummy McKinney, and other McKinney family members, as well as students of the Claresholm School District No. 764, and the interior of the McKinney Store.
Sem títuloFonds consists of the personal records of F.C. Jamieson pertaining to his affiliation with the 19th Alberta Dragoons and includes correspondence, poems, photocopied newspaper clippings, and a greeting card from the South African War Veterans’ Association.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of the records of Alfred Hooke pertaining to his role as Minister of Economic Affairs as well as Provincial Secretary, including records of the Provincial Secretary, Minister of Trade and Industry, and Premier received from his predecessor Ernest Manning when Hooke took office.
The files include correspondence, newspaper clippings, legislation, speeches, reports and other records pertaining to insurance programs, the Social Credit Party, the Post-War Reconstruction Committee, Alberta's official tartan, departmental operations and liaison with other ministers and departments, libraries, the Civil Service Joint Council, immigration, housing, veterans, motor vehicles and highway traffic, fuel oil, amusements, companies, and the Agent-General at Alberta House (London),
The fonds also includes two files from his successor as Provincial Secretary, A. Russell Patrick.
Sem títuloFonds consists of correspondence relating to Norman Willmore’s work as a Cabinet minister, a stamped personal copy of the rules and proceedings of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, notes for speeches, transcripts of speeches and television appearances, programs for various events, schedule of speaking engagements, map of Alberta produced by the Department of Lands and Forests, a tribute to Normal Willmore delivered at his funeral by Hon. E.C. Manning, photographs, and a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings of Willmore’s achievements from 1944 until 1965.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of records of William Aberhart relating to his involvement in education, religion and Social Credit and includes pamphlets and published material, notes and speeches, audio tapes, correspondence, photographs of family and his public life. The fonds also includes a rubber stamp with the name William Aberhart and Aberhart’s watercolour banner “God’s Blueprint of the Ages” (1918).
Sem títuloFonds consists of a diary, a photo album depicting Rimbey, Alberta, political posters, newspaper clippings, instructions for constructing pillows, invitations, and a receipt book from the family farm auction sale. Fonds also consists of reference letters for Erma Sutton.
Sem títuloFonds consists of records pertaining to Leonard Halmrast’s public and private life, including correspondence, diary entries, submissions and other records of the Hutterite Investigation Committee, newspaper clippings, photographs and an autobiography.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of records pertaining to the personal and professional life of John Lymburn, including records related to his family, legal career, and tenure as the Attorney General of Alberta. The fonds is divided into two series:
- Personal and professional records
- Attorney General office records
The fonds consists of records created and received by Bill Switzer during his term as a Member of the Legislative Assembly. The fonds includes government department annual reports, publications from external organizations, minutes of meetings, and correspondence. The fonds also includes copies of records tabled by Garth Turcotte pertaining to his allegations regarding Alfred Hooke and E.W. (Ted) Hinman.
Sem títuloFonds consists of the research records of L.J. Wilson and includes correspondence, notes, copies of articles about Perren Earle Baker, and taped interviews with Baker and Richard Reid. Fonds also includes some personal records of Baker including memoranda, correspondence, and speeches.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of records created or received by Henry Ruste during his tenure as the Minister of Agriculture. The files include records generated by the activities of Duncan MacMillian, David Ure, Leonard Halmrast, and Harry Strom as Minister of Agriculture that Ruste received upon taking office.
The files include chronological day files, committee files, reports from divisions and branches, subject files, and other related records .
Sem títuloThe fonds consist of familial and other correspondence of Joseph Miville Déchène, correspondence related his election campaigns, official copies of Joseph Miville Déchène's parliamentary speeches, wills of Joseph and Maria Déchène, Social Credit publications, scrapbooks of newspaper clippings from 1923 to 1970 about the life and career of Joseph Miville Déchène, André Miville-Déchène and their extended family, Academie Assomption yearbooks and other miscellaneous records.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of the records created and received by Ambrose Holowach as Provincial Secretary, including records from his predecessors Alfred Hooke and A. Russell Patrick as Minister of Economic Affairs as well as Clarence Gerhart, Alfred Hooke, and A. Russell Patrick as Provincial Secretary that Holowach received upon taking office.
The files pertain to the Agent General (London, also referred to as Alberta House), arts and crafts initiatives, cultural development, community recreation, grants, the City Provincial Emergency Housing Project, libraries, and recreational facilities. The fonds also includes files pertaining to Alberta's Canadian centennial projects (1963-1970) minutes of Centennial Committee meetings, Alberta Golden Jubilee calendars, and transcripts of the Hooke-Hinman inquiry.
Sem títuloFonds consists of various speeches made by Lee Leavitt as an MLA in the Alberta Legislature.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of the records of Albert Ludwig as the Minister of Public Works, including records received from his predecessors James Hartley and Fred Colborne that Ludwig received upon taking office. The files include administrative and operational subject files pertaining to the Queen's Printer, the Solid Waste Disposal Study Committee, the Space Committee, various provincial buildings in communities throughout the province, publicity, Building Design Department policies, the Building Owners and Managers Association, Canadian Western Natural Gas Company Limited, the Alberta Government Communications study, construction expenditures and overseas recruiting of architects and engineers.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of the records created and received by Raymond Ratzlaff during his term as the Minister of Industry and Tourism. The files pertain to provincial government departments, relations with the federal government, and other ministerial matters.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of the records created and received by Anders Aalborg as a Member of the Legislative Assembly as well as a cabinet minister. The fonds is divided into the following series:
- Constituency records;
- Minister of Education records, which include files received from his predecessor Ivan Casey when Aalborg took office;
- Provincial Treasurer records, which include files received from his predecessor Edgar Hinman when Aalborg took office; and
- Other cabinet records, which may include records received as Minister of Telephones.
The fonds consists of the records of James Henderson created and received during his tenure as the Minster of Health, including files received from his predecessor J. Donovan Ross that Henderson received upon taking office.
Sem títuloFonds consists of records pertaining to Romeo Lamothe's political career as an MLA for Bonnyville, Alberta and includes agendas/itineraries, articles, biographical/historical sketches, briefs, bylaws, correspondence, draft agreements, invitations, maps and hand drawn maps, memorandum, minutes, MLA reports, newsletters, newspaper clippings, notes, petitions, press releases, radio broadcast transcripts, receipts, recommendations, reports, reports from the Legislature, special committee reports, speeches, and survey reports.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of the records of Edgar Gerhart created or received during his tenure as a cabinet minister. The records are divided into the following series:
- Attorney General records
- Minister responsible for Emergency Measures records
- Social Credit leadership records
The fonds consists of records created and received by Raymond Reierson during his tenure as a provincial cabinet minister. The fonds is divided into the following series:
- Minister of Labour records, including records from his predecessors George Hoadley, William Chant, Ernest Manning, Wallace Cross, and Clarence Gerhart as Minister of Trade and Industry as well as John Robinson and Norman Willmore as Minister of Industries and Labour that Reierson received upon taking office;
- Minister of Education records; and
- Minister of Telephones records.
The fonds consists of records created and received by Raymond Speaker during his tenure as a provincial cabinet minister. The records primarily consists of files created while serving as the minister responsible for personnel, including the operations of the Personnel Administration Office. The files include minutes of the Civil Service Joint Council (1923-1971), case files regarding personnel in individual departments, and subject files pertaining to legislation and policy matters. The files include records created by Anders Aalborg, Speaker's predecessor as minister responsible for personnel, that Speaker received upon taking office.
The fonds also includes press releases issued in 1969 by the Ministry of Social Development and photographs of past Ministers of Public Welfare and Ministers of Social Development.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of records created and received by Bob Clark during his terms as Minister of Education, Minister of Youth, and as a cabinet minister generally. The files include correspondence, newspaper clippings, submissions, and reports pertaining to teachers as well as education and youth issues.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of published reports of Alberta's Ombudsman regarding various investigations undertaken by the office.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of Len F. Werry’s records from his time as a member of the opposition from 1967 to 1971, and includes correspondence, notes, reports, legislation, publications, pamphlets, newsletters and newspaper clippings regarding a variety of issues including adoption, education, health insurance, mental health, pollution, public welfare, roads and highways, strip mining, taxation and trade-unions.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of the records of Harry Strom. The fonds is divided into two series:
- Premier's Office records; and
- Personal and constituency office records
The fonds consists of the records of Clarence Copithorne during his tenure as the Minister of Highways and Transport, including records from his predecessor Gordon Taylor as Minister of Highways and Minister of Highways and Transport that Copithorne received upon taking office.
Sem títuloThe 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.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of the records of Winston Backus as the Minister of Public Works, including records received from his predecessors Alfred Hooke, James Hartley, Fred Colborne, and Albert Ludwig, that Backus received upon taking office. The files include correspondence relating to the development of provincial government buildings in various cities and towns throughout the province as well as subject files concerning the administration of the department. It contains a single letter from Bill Yurko.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of the records of Gordon Miniely created and received during his tenure as Provincial Treasurer, including records from his predecessor Anders Aalborg that Miniely received upon taking office.
Sem títuloThe fonds includes correspondence, reports, financial records and notes regarding the development of a report which would assist in the development of the Alberta Haansard.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of the records of Frank Sidney Grisdale. The fonds is divided into the following three series: Diaries; General files; and Farm records.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of records created and received by Bob Dowling during his career as an MLA as well as Minister Without Portfolio responsible for Tourism, Minister of Consumer Affairs and Minister of Business Development and Tourism. It includes records of his predecessors Raymond Ratzlaff and Fred Peacock as Minister of Industry and Tourism as well as Minister of Industry and Commerce that Dowling received upon taking office.
The records consist of correspondence files concerning associations, businesses, corporations, other government departments, cabinet, caucus, the legislature, councils, task forces, committees, inter-provincial and federal-provincial relations; general correspondence files; chronological files; subject files concerning such matters as international marketing, tourism, communal property, the Alberta Economic Mission to Japan, requests for loans, the Grande Cache Tourism Study Team, industrial development, consumer affairs and the Summer Student Temporary Employment Program, and requests for cabinet decisions from other government departments.
The fonds also includes records related to Dowling's membership on the Select Committee of the Legislative Assembly on Communal Property, including minutes of meetings and copies of briefs submitted to the Select Committee.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of records pertaining to Dickie's term as the Minister of Mines and Minerals. The files include correspondence, minutes, development policies, legal opinions, and reports related to cabinet committees, Dome Petroleum, Husky Oil, Syncrude, oil sands, gas and oil prices, coal mines and companies, Middle Eastern oil producing countries, oil and gas royalties, exploration, foreign investment, legislation, federal energy policies, the National Energy Board, and other records related to energy and natural resources.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of records created and received by Bill Yurko during his time as Minister of the Environment (1971-1975) and Minister of Housing and Public Works (1975-1978) . The files include outgoing mail / day files (1973-1978), speeches (1971-1979), news releases for Ministry of the Environment (1971-1975) and the Ministry of Housing and Public Works (1975-1978), and minutes of board meetings for the Alberta Housing Corporation and the Alberta Home Mortgage Corporation.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of the records of Bert Hohol created and received during his tenure as an MLA (1971-1979), Minister of Labour (1971-1972), Minister of Manpower and Labour (1972-1975) and Minister of Advanced Education and Manpower (1975-1979).
The files include correspondence with other government departments; correspondence with divisions and branches within the department; day files, reports, subject files relating to meetings, councils, delegations to cabinet; and general subject files relating to a wide range of issues, including labour legislation, strikes, colleges and universities. The fonds also includes Hohol's constituency files; speeches; personal files; invitations; and appointment books.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of five images copied from a photograph album and includes undated images of a maternity hospital and a Baptist church in Edmonton, and Duggan Street School, Grandin Street School and Lover's Lane in Strathcona. The fonds also includes an invitation to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Spencer for the opening of the first session of the first Legislative Assembly.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists primarily of Roy Ells’s constituency records from his time as Member of the Legislative Assembly for Grouard, as well as records from his time as chairman of the Legislative Committee on Automobile Insurance; these includes correspondence, certificates, reports and minutes, pamphlets and newsletters, invitations and programs, newspaper clippings, financial statements, speeches and copies of bills.
The fonds also holds some personal papers of Roy Ells, including minutes, reports, correspondence, programs and pamphlets relating to his membership in the Alberta Hotel Association, the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, the Alberta Social Credit League and the Grouard Constituency Association; a photograph of High Prairie’s first town council and other photographs featuring Rimbey, High Prairie, Fort Vermilion, Swan Hills, and other constituency locations, and includes the 1948 High Prairie flood, the High Prairie Fire Department, the Spaulding Hotel, the High Level Hotel, ribbon cutting ceremonies, and Legislature tour groups; and audio recordings of speeches by Roy Ells, interviews conducted by Roy Ells of Mr. Leesrud and Sid (Bud) Brown, the Social Credit Grassroots theme song and the opening of the High Level Hotel.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of the records of Jim Foster pertaining to his terms as a provincial cabinet minister. The records are divided into the following series:
- Minister of Advanced Education records, including records received by Foster from his predecessors Anders Aalborg, Hugh McKinnon, Raymond Reierson, and Bob Clark as Minster of Education when the advanced education function was part of the Ministry of Education; and
- Attorney General records, including records from his predecessor Merv Leitch that Foster received upon taking office.
The fonds consists of the records of Allan Warrack created and received during his term as the Minister of Lands and Forests. The records include correspondence with other cabinet ministers, MLAs, and the general public as well as files pertaining to committees and associations related to his role.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of materials relating to Art Dixon’s political career and dates from 1945-1979. The fonds includes Social Credit pamphlets, election pamphlets for Dixon, committee files, clipping files, correspondence, Social Credit meeting minutes and banners used by William Aberhart in election campaigning.
Sem títuloThe fonds pertains to Roy Farran's term as Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the Conservative Party of Alberta from 1971 to 1978 as Minister of Telephones and Utilities and Solicitor General. The fonds consists of alphabetical office files consisting of correspondence, briefings, articles, surveys, questionnaires, reports, agendas, transcripts, circulars, letters of congratulation, speeches, notes, and bills. The fonds also includes material relating to the personal life of Roy Farran dating from the 1940s to the 1970s including correspondence, scrapbooks, farm accounts, financial correspondence, photographs, a draft of an autobiography, drafts of non-fiction stories and articles related to his military service, and clippings documenting his political and military career.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of records created or received by Ernest C. Manning during his tenure as the Premier of Alberta. The files include records generated by the activities of Herbert Greenfield, John E. Brownlee, Richard G. Reid, and William Aberhart as Premier that Manning received upon taking office.
The fonds also includes materials relating to Manning's external activities of the Premier, including speeches, radio broadcasts, correspondence, as well as records pertaining to the Prophetic Bible Institute, the Alberta Social Credit League, as well as Aberhart's and Manning’s constituency records.
The records contain correspondence, memorandum, reports, meeting minutes, agendas, legislation, submissions from organizations, newspaper clippings, invitations, registers of incoming mail, and other records containing diverse information regarding all aspects of government administration, including:
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Agriculture, including schools, livestock, dairying, wheat and other crops, relief plans, the Alberta Wheat Pool, marketing, land settlement, cooperatives, and agricultural colonies, drought, soil erosion and conservation;
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Justice, including acts and legislation, police, judges, gambling, prisons, and law enforcement generally;
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Education, including schools, teachers, organizations, universities, agricultural colleges, other post-secondary and technical institutions, school districts, school buildings, students, school boards and trustees, and school finance;
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Executive Council, including the British monarch, the Governor General, the Lieutenant-Governor, civil service, consular services and Agent-General positions;
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Environment, including soil and water conservation, flood control, and dry areas;
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Mines, minerals and other resources, including electricity, fisheries, forestry, timber, hydropower, coal, natural gas, pipelines, oil and oil sands;
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Legislative Assembly, including meetings of the caucus, library administration, sessional papers, acts and legislation, speeches from the throne, reports, printing, and elections;
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Labour, including minimum wage issues, disputes and strikes, unemployment, working conditions, and the Worker’s Compensation Board;
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Municipal affairs, including cities, villages, towns, irrigation districts, special districts, improvement districts, planning, and local taxation and assessment;
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Provincial Secretary, including corporations, theatres, motor vehicles, airplanes, historic sites, licensing, tourism, movies and censorship;
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Public health, including hospitals, nurses, doctors, communicable and other diseases, mental health, sanatoriums, vital statistics, child welfare;
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Public works, including roads, highways, parks, public buildings, and transportation;
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Public welfare, including relief and unemployment projects and programs, mother’s allowances, and pensions;
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Publicity and advertising, including government advertising, government publications, the Publicity Commissioner, films, television and radio broadcasts, exhibitions, and CKUA Radio;
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Treasury, including provincial finances, bank policy, taxation, public debt, free trade, auditor’s reports, statistics, and audits;
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Telephone and railway matters, including Alberta Government Telephones, the Canadian Pacific Railway, the Canadian National Railway, and other railways;
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Trade, commerce and industry, including economic plans, freight rates, tariffs, free trade, marketing, licensing, and trade organizations;
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Interprovincial issues, including relief efforts, commerce, Premier’s conferences, and liaison between provinces;Dominion and national issues, including constitutional matters, federal royal commissions, federal-provincial conferences, immigration and citizenship;
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Celebrations, commemorations, and visits of dignitaries, including royal visits and those of Governors-General;Imperial, British, and international matters, including imperial conferences;
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Alberta political parties, including the United Farmers of Alberta, the Alberta Social Credit League, Social Credit organizations in other provinces, and other political groups in Alberta; and
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Other issues, including immigration and specific immigrant groups, wars and veterans, religion and the creation of the United Church, civil defense, alcoholism, and women’s rights.
The fonds also includes a file of financial accounts of the Alberta Hotel Licenses "Help Win The War Fund" administered by Manning as well as letters patent appointing Manning as Provincial Treasurer (1944), Minister of Mines and Minerals (1952) and Attorney General (1955). It also includes a small volume of records created by Manning after leaving office.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of the records of Tom Chambers as the Minister of Housing and Public Works, including records received from his predecessors James Hartley, Fred Colborne, Albert Ludwig, Winston Backus and William Yurko that Chambers received upon taking office.
The files include correspondence relating to the development of provincial government buildings in various cities and towns throughout the province as well as subject files concerning the administration of the department.
Sem títuloThe fonds primarily consists of the records of John Campbell Bowen, but also of his wife, Edith Bowen and daughter, Ruth Bowen, and includes correspondence, sermons, notes, speeches and broadcasts, reports, memoranda of information, pamphlets, programs, certificates, diplomas and scrolls, newspaper clippings, diaries, daily journals while John Campbell Bowen was Lieutenant Governor including a number of materials from the 1939 royal visit, Government House visitors book, visitor calling cards, appointment cards, photographs including John C. Bowen and his family as well as the interior of Government House and a First World War propaganda poster. There is also a transcription disk of John C. Bowen receiving the Legion of Merit for encouraging the cooperation of American and Canadian Forces during the Second World War recorded by CKUA in 1948.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of records created and received by Bud Miller during his term as the Associate Minister of Public Lands and Wildlife within the Department of Energy and Natural Resources.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of the records Stewart McCrae pertaining to his constituency activities as an MLA as well as his activities as the Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Calgary matters.
The files include correspondence with constituents as well as subject files pertaining to ministerial activities pertaining to annexation and growth, economic development, the Calgary Board of Education, the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede, Foothills Hospital, light rail transit, the University of Calgary, and various Calgary organizations, societies, corporations, foundations and other organizations.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of the records of Merv Leitch that were created or received during his tenure as a provincial cabinet minister. The fonds includes the following series:
- Attorney General records, including some records of his predecessors Ernest C. Manning and Edgar Gerhart;
- Minister responsible for the Personnel Administration Office; and
- Provincial Treasurer records.
The fonds consists of records created and received by Bob Bogle during his terms as an MLA and provincial cabinet minister. The fonds is divided into the following series:
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Minister without Portfolio records; including some records of his predecessors Ira McLaughlin, Adolph Fimrite and Al Adair that Bogle received upon taking office; and
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Minister of Social Services and Community Health records, including records of his predecessors Helen Hunley as well as Neil Crawford as Minister of Health and Social Development that Bogle received upon taking office.
The fonds consists of records created and received by Julian Koziak during his tenure as a provincial cabinet minister. The fonds is divided into the following series:
- Minister of Education records, including records received from his predecessors Bob Clark and Lou Hyndman when Koziak took office; and
- Minister of Municipal Affairs records, including records received from his predecessors Edgar Gerhart, Harry Strom, Fred Colborne, David Russell, Dick Johnston and Marvin Moore when Koziak took office.
The fonds consists of records relating to the lives of Edith and William Rogers, and includes correspondence, speeches, newspaper clippings, posters, cards, constitutions and bylaws for groups such as the Rebekah Assembly of Alberta, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Canadian Protestant League, Edmonton Branch and the Social Credit Party, notebooks, diary/scrapbooks, financial statements for Sun Valley Apartments, education manuals, programs, minutes, reports, speeches and correspondence regarding Edith's time as Member of the Legislative Assembly, trustee for Edmonton Public School Board, member of the Alberta School Trustees' Association, and member of the Metropolitan Edmonton Educational Television Association, and photographs used by Edith Rogers in Pioneers of the West, and includes the photographs of John Diefenbaker, R.B. (Richard Bedford) Bennet, Alexander Cameron Rutherford and Reverend Leonard Gaetz, D.D
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of records created and received by Les Young during his term as the Minister of Labour. The records include correspondence and briefs related to labour disputes, labour legislation, mediation services, building standards, and liaison activities with labour and employer associations in Alberta such as the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees, the Human Rights Commission, the Alberta Federation of Labour, and the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association. The fonds also contains reports related to labour issues in Alberta.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of the records created and received by Neil Webber as Minister of Social Services and Community Health, including records from his predecessor Bob Bogle that Webber received upon taking office. The records include correspondence, action requests, and reports pertaining to social services programs and issues within the department, including abortion, Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH), adoptions, widows pensions, and other subjects.
The records also include child welfare agreements correspondence; a Tri-partite agreement between the Federal Gov., Gov of Manitoba, and the Four Nations Confederacy; a Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council proposal; files from the Métis Association on disability pension and client needs; files on building the Riel Centre in Lloydminster; and counselling Service Wage parity records.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of records of Grant Notley, primarily from his time as Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Spirit River-Fairview Constituency. The records have been divided into the following series: Legislature records (PR1560.0001), Constituency records (PR1560.0002), New Democratic Party records (PR1560.0003) and Personal records (PR1560.0004).
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of the records created and received by Hugh Planche as an MLA and as Minister of Economic Development (1979-1986). The files include general subject files relating to constituency and personal matters as well as departmental operational matters as industries and trade missions; general and miscellaneous correspondence files; correspondence with businesses, other countries, provinces, provincial government departments and various divisions of the Department; chronological files, including those of Geoff Davey and J. Jenning; subject files, including press releases, and Requests for Cabinet
Decision forms and budgets, relating to the administration of the Department.
This fonds consists of records relating to Cornelia Wood’s work as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Alberta Social Credit Party, publications and pamphlets about the Social Credit movement, photographs of Alberta scenes, particularly around Stony Plain, personal and political correspondence, speeches, newspaper clippings, periodicals, financial records, posters, calling cards, magazines and other records relating to Cornelia Wood’s involvement with various organisations.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of material used, maintained, and created while Mary J. LeMessurier served as Minister of Culture from 1979 to 1986. The fonds includes speeches, correspondence, reports, letters of congratulation, action requests, invitations, itineraries, schedules, booklets, Letters of Concern, and proposals related to the designation of historic sites, cultural events in Alberta, cultural centers such as the Glenbow Museum and Archives, the Banff Centre for the Performing Arts, and other arts foundations. The fonds also includes correspondence regarding personal and political matters.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of the records created and received by Lou Hyndman during his career as a Member of the Legislative Assembly and a cabinet minister. The fonds is divided into the following series:
- Constituency records;
- Minister of Education records, including files received from his predecessors Ivan Casey, Anders Aalborg, Randolph McKinnon, Raymond Reierson, and Bob Clark;
- Minister of Federal and Intergovernmental Affairs records, including files received from his predecessor Don Getty; and
- Provincial Treasurer records.
The fonds consists of personal and legislative records of Dr. Lou Heard, and includes newspaper clippings, correspondence, press releases, Social Credit pamphlets, programs and reports, speeches, notebooks, legislative records regarding seniors housing and fluoridation, a chiropractic exam, a scrapbook of newspaper articles, photographs of chiropractic and MLA events, and records from Lou’s membership in the Canadian Chiropractic Association, the Alberta Chiropractic Association, the Fort Edmonton Historical Foundation, the Optimist Club of Edmonton, and the Sir Winston Churchill Society.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of the records of Milt Pahl created and received during his tenure as the Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Indigenous matters, including records created by his predecessors Bob Bogle and Donald McCrimmon received by Pahl when he took office.
The files include correspondence, reports, minutes of meetings, subject files and other records related to liaison activities with Alberta First Nation communities and organizations, oil and gas revenues, child welfare, education, housing, the Slave River hydro project, and grant proposals and applications.
Sem títuloFonds consists of records pertaining to Lucien Maynard’s political career, to his involvement with ACFA, and to his personal life, and includes affidavits, agendas/itineraries, almanacs, articles, blank cheques, business cards, bylaws, books, certificates of incorporation, correspondence, court transcripts, draft manuscripts, election materials, financial records, historical/biographical sketches, invitations, leases, legislation, maps, member lists, memorandum, minutes, the ACFA newspaper La Survivance, the Social Credit newspaper Today and Tomorrow, newsletters, newspaper clippings, notes, notices, oaths, pamphlets, petitions, plans, poems, postcards, programmes, questionnaires, radio broadcast transcripts, receipts, reports, resolutions, speeches, telegrams, various government commissions reports, voting proxies, wills, and photographs.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of records created and maintained during Edwin LeRoy Fjordbotten's tenure as Minster of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development from 1982 to 1985 and departmental records from the Department Agriculture, Food and Rural Development dating from 1945 to 1974. The fonds contains ministerial correspondence with provincial, federal, and municipal constituents, associations, societies, companies and agencies; pamphlets of minutes and meetings; and reports and correspondence.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of the records of Neil Crawford created and received during his tenure as a cabinet minister for various provincial ministries. The fonds is divided in the following series:
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Minister of Health and Social Development records, including records received by Crawford by his predecessors Wallace Warren Cross, J. Donovan Ross, and James Henderson as Minister of Public Health and Minister of Health as well as Raymond Speaker as Minister of Public Welfare and Minister of Social Development;
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Minister of Labour records, including some from his predecessor Bert Hohol as Minister of Manpower and Labour; and
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Attorney General records.
The fonds consists of the correspondence and working papers of W.F. Purdy while an MLA; the records are arranged into two series: General records and constituency records.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of the records created and received by Horst Schmid in his personal life as well as in his roles as an MLA, cabinet minister, and provincial trade representative. The fonds is divided into the following series:
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Culture, Youth and Recreation ministerial records, including records from his predecessors Ambrose Holowach as Provincial Secretary and Bob Clark and Gordon Taylor as Minister of Youth that Schmid received upon taking office; and
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Personal, constituency, and ministerial records.
The fonds consists of the correspondence and working papers of Rollie Cook while an MLA; the records are arranged into two series: General records and constituency records.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of records created and received by Gordon Taylor in his personal life and during his career as a Member of the Legislative Assembly, cabinet minister, and Member of Parliament. The fonds includes the following series:
- Constituency and personal records;
- Minister of Highway records, including records received by Taylor from his predecessors Vernor Smith and Duncan MacMillan as Minister of Railways and Telephones that Taylor received upon taking office;
- Camp Gordon records; and
- Member of Parliament records.
The fonds consists of records created and received by Ian Reid during his tenure as Minister of Labour. The files include correspondence, reports, minutes of meetings, budgets, and subject files pertaining to labour relations, unions, legislation, asbestos, departmental administration, employment standards, mediation and arbitration, strikes, pensions, boilers, fire prevention, elevators, the Alberta Human Rights Commission, liaison activities with associations and societies, the Mindbender roller coaster, the construction industry, and other topics.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of records created and received by Jim Dinning during his term as Minister of Community and Occupational Health. The files pertain to acts and legislation, departmental operations, health-related associations and committees, legislative and cabinet activities, liaison with municipalities and provincial government departments, ministerial orders, public relations, budgets, the Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission, mental health services, child care institutions, extended care facilities, public health services, vital statistics, the Worker's Compensation Board, and other related topics.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of the records of Marvin Moore created or received during his tenure as Minister of Hospitals and Medical Care. The records include correspondence, reports, statistics, and subject files pertaining to hospitals, health care insurance and medical benefits, abortion, nurses, liaison activities with health-related organizations, departmental operations, and the Premier’s Commission on Future Health Care for Albertans.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of records created and received by Rick Orman as an MLA, member of the Progressive Conservative caucus, and as Minister of Career Development and Employment. The files consist of ministerial administrative records related to liaison activities, committees, reports, buildings and properties, equipment and supplies, finances, and personnel. The records also includes ministerial operational records pertaining to departmental issues, interdepartmental liaison, labour markets, apprenticeship and trade certification, training and employment services, settlement and immigration programs, as well as lotteries, fairs and exhibitions.
The fonds also contains records related to constituency and caucus concerns, including appointments, invitations, complaints, and subject files related to various constituency matters such as government programs, the University of Calgary, and social issues.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of material used, maintained, and created by Michael Maccagno concerning his provincial political career dating from 1961 to 1968 including speaking notes, correspondence, photographs, films, plaques, a print of the Alberta Legislature Building by Stephen Osler, and clippings; photographs and a film detailing the development of natural gas service to Lac La Biche dating from 1958 to 1960; a photo album featuring images from Maccagno's tour of the Peace River while a Member of the Legislative Assembly in 1959; a daily planner dating from 1984; and images, correspondence, and certificates documenting Maccagno's personal life.
Sem títuloThe fonds pertains to David King's political career including material created, used, maintained, and received while he served as Legislative Secretary in 1972, as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for the constituency of Edmonton Highlands for the Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta, and as Minister of Education from 1979 to 1986. The fonds is divided into the following series:
- Personal and political records;
- Constituency records; and
- Minister of Education records, including records received from his predecessor Julian Koziak when King took office
The fonds consists of the records of Eric Musgreave from his time as Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Calgary-McKnight Constituency. The records have been divided into the following series: Constituency records, Information Service records, Personal records, Speech records, Legislature records, Alberta Research Council records and Issue records.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of the records created and received by David Russell during his tenure as a cabinet minister for various provincial government ministries. The fonds is divided into the following series:
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Minister of Municipal Affairs, including records of his predecessors Lucien Maynard, Clarence Gerhart, Edgar Hinman, Alfred Hooke, Edgar Gerhart, Harry Strom and Fred Colborne that Russell received upon taking office;
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Minister of the Environment, including records of his predecessors James Henderson and Bill Yurko that Russell received upon taking office;
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Minister of Hospitals and Medical Care; and
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Minister of Advanced Education
The fonds consists of the records created and received by Greg Stevens as Minister of Culture and Multiculturalism, including records of his predecessors Mary LeMessurier and Dennis Anderson as Minister of Culture that Stevens received upon taking office. The records include a 1988 cultural cooperation agreement, files relating to boards and foundations, such as the Alberta Cultural Heritage Foundation and the Alberta Library Board as well as action requests from the minister's office.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of records created and received by Larry Shaben during his tenure as the Minister of Economic Development and Trade. The files include correspondence, reports, budgets, minutes of meetings and subject files pertaining to manufacturing construction, engineering, recycling, international trade, tourism, trade missions, transportation, small business, film and television. The fonds also includes Shaben's files pertaining to caucus activities.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of the records of John Gogo created and received during his tenure as Minister of Advanced Education.
Sem títuloThe fonds consists of records related to recreation programs created and received by Don Sparrow during his term as Minister of Tourism, Parks and Recreation, including records of his predecessor Steve West as Minister of Recreation and Parks that Sparrow received upon taking office. The files include correspondence regarding grants, maintenance of sports facilities, and summer and winter games held in Alberta.
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