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Description archivistique
Library Reports and Journals
AEU-MAC 7.2.2 · Sub sub series · 1980-1986
Fait partie de Dr. Margaret Mackey Collection

This sub-series consists of materials dealing public and school libraries in the United States and Canada that were collected by Dr. Margaret Mackey and donated to the University of Alberta Libraries. The reports deal mainly with library services as they pertain to teaching and the availability of reading materials.

Education Reports and Journals
AEU-MAC 7.2.1 · Sub sub series · 1979-1991
Fait partie de Dr. Margaret Mackey Collection

This sub-subseries consists materials dealing with the quality of education (mainly English and literature) and school curriculum in the United Kingdom and North America. Which were collected by Dr. Margaret Mackey and donated to the University of Alberta Libraries.

Pièce · 1 Nov. 1944
Fait partie de Prairie Ephemera Collection

Report on co-operative and collective farming published by the Canadian Economic Research Bureau (C.E.R.B.) in response to the election of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (C.C.F.) government in Saskatchewan. The report discusses Mennonites, Hutterites, and "Other Collective Farming Experiments" in Canada, as well as the "Collective Farm Experiment in Russia", to make their position.

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Pièce · June-July 1914
Fait partie de Prairie Ephemera Collection

Preface [pp. 5-6]

Chapter 1 - Introduction [p. 7]
Origin and Purpose of the Survey.

Chapter 2 - Economic Conditions [pp. 8-16]
General [Tendency to Large Farms; Land Valuation; Tenantry and the Share System of Rent; Methods of Farm Practice; Clover and Corn; Stock; Summer Fallow; Farm Labour; Noxious Weeds; Power Machinery; Capital]; and Co-operative Organizations [Beef Rings; Grain Growers' Associations; Farmers' Co-operative Society].

Chapter 3 - Social Conditions [pp. 17-31]
General [Population; Tenantry; Housing and Household Conditions; Means of Communication; Social Equality; Informal and Community Gatherings; Farmers' Reading]; Community Organizations [Secret Orders; Home Economics; Athletic Clubs; Moral Conditions; Social Life and Attendance]; and Special Community Study [the Marsden District].

Chapter 4 - Educational Conditions [pp. 33-47]
Function of the School; Material Equipment; School Sanitation; A Standard School; Organized Play; Religious Exercises; Educational Expenditure; Enrolment and Attendance; Few Obtain Common School Education; Need for Compulsory Education; Children's Act; School Garden; Consolidation of Rural Schools; Influence of Schools on Vocational Desire; Consolidation at Geographical Centre.

Chapter 5 - Religious Conditions and Activities [pp. 49-72]
Distribution of Population and Religious Services; Material Equipment; Horse-sheds; Ministerial Support and Finance; Missions and Benevolences; Local Expenses; Ministry; Economic Classes in the Open Country; More Intensive Church Work Needed; Comparison of Growth in Population and Church Membership; The Tenant, the Hired Help, and the Church; Tenantry and Church Membership; Church Growth; Church Membership and the Teen Age; Methods of Evangelism; Pastoral Visitation; Church Attendance; Overlapping; The Church and Recreation; Church Membership by Families; Other Organizations in the Church [Women's Missionary Societies and Mission Bands; Ladies' Aid Societies; Young People's Societies; Sunday Schools]; and Country Church Programme.

Appendix [pp. 75-77]
Reports of Committees on Social Service and Evangelism; and List of Books.

The ffep is a map of district showing churches with and without resident Ministers [denominations included: Methodist, Presbyterian, Anglican, Holiness Movement, and Roman Catholic] and schoolhouses with and without church services in schools.

Photographs cover agriculture, farm buildings, horses, houses, roads, cemeteries, town buildings, Métis living conditions, "Country White" living conditions, schools, horticulture, and churches.

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Pièce · May 11, 1888
Fait partie de Prairie Ephemera Collection

A report titled “The Abortive Fenian Raid on Manitoba” which was written by the Honourable Gibert McMicken in 1888. The report was delivered to the Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba on May 11, 1888. The subject of the report is “An Irish Republic in Manitoba planned but crushed early” and McMicken outlines the series of events that led to the avoidance of a raid by the Fenian Brotherhood, an Irish republican organization.

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Pièce · 1931
Fait partie de Prairie Ephemera Collection

Reprint of research report by Henry M. Leppard of the University of Chicago, originally published in the Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science, regarding the geography and agriculture of the Peace River Country in Alberta and British Columbia.

Includes 5 black and white [B&W] figures illustrating the location, settlements, and crops [Field Crops; Spring Wheat, and Oats] of the Peace River District ca. 1926, and 2 tables: 1 recording the classification of land [as either improved or unimproved/raw] in occupied farms, and 1 recording the distribution of the total acreage in field crops among the major crops grown in 1926, in the Peace River Block.

Pièce · 1916
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Report of the proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Convention of the Alberta Agricultural Fairs Association, held 1 and 2 March 1916 in at the Hotel McDonald in Edmonton, Alberta.

Contents include:
List of names of officers [Honorary President; Honorary Vice-President; President; Vice-President; Directors; Secretary-Treasurer]; list of names of convention attendees; "Minutes of Last Meeting"; "Address by Mr. Galbraith" [Superintendent of Fairs and Institutes]; "Financial Report of the Alberta Agricultural Fairs Association - Statement of Receipts and Disbursements for the Twelve Months Ending 31st December, 1915"; "Report of the Executive Committee"; "Letter from Shorthorn Breeders' Association"; "Address by Premier [A. L.] Sifton"; "Address by Hon. Duncan Marshall" [Minister of Agriculture - first of two addresses]; "Discussion on Dairy Shorthorns"; "Address by Professor Reynolds" [Manitoba Agricultural College - first of two addresses]; "Address by Professor Bracken" [Saskatchewan University]; "Address by Mr. Hunter" [President of the Provincial Poultry Association]; "Address by Mr. [E. L.] Richardson" [President of the Alberta Agricultural Fairs Association] on "An Improved System for the Payment of Prizes at Exhibitions"; "Address by Deputy Mayor Frith" [Acting Mayor of the City of Edmonton]; "Address by Professor Howes" [Dean of Alberta Agricultural College]; "Address by Professor Reynolds" [second of two addresses]; "Address by Hon. Duncan Marshall" [second of two addresses]; "General Discussion"; "Resolution" [No. 1]; "Report of Fair Dates Committee"; "Schedule of Fair Dates for 1916"; "Resolutions No. 3 - No. 8"; "Rules and Regulations" [regarding Resolution No. 8]; "Resolution No. 9 - No. 10"; "Place of Next Convention" [Claresholm, Alberta]; "Election of Officers" [Honorary President and Vice-President; President; Vice-President; Directors]; and "Directors' Meeting".

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Pièce · Feb. 12, 1901
Fait partie de Prairie Ephemera Collection

A report titled “Notes and Observations of Travels on the Athabasca and Slave Lake Regions in 1899” written by W.J. McLean, an ex-factor of the Hudson’s Bay Company, in 1901. The report was presented to the Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba on February 12, 1901. The report, labelled transaction no. 58, was published by the Manitoba Free Press Company. The report details W.J. McLean’s experiences travelling in the north such as hiking, fishing, hunting, and interacting with locals.

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Pièce · 1953
Fait partie de Prairie Ephemera Collection

The first annual report of Logan Neighborhood House (294 Ellen Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba), a drop-in and programming centre affiliated with The Community Chest designed to provide social and recreational services for community members, from preschool-aged children to senior citizens. The report suggests that 154 families [as many as 750 individuals] took out $1.00 family memberships to Logan Neighbourhood House in its first year of operation, and those memberships were used an average of 1800 times each month.

Contents:
History of Logan Neighbourhood House - 1953; The President's Report, 1953; The Executive Director's Report, 1953; Programme Report - 1953; Statement of Cash Receipts and Disbursements For period of September 16, 1952 to December 31, 1953; Balance Sheet As on December 31, 1953; Board of Directors of Logan Neighbourhood House 1952-1953 [Officers; Chairmen of Committees; Other Board Members].

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Pièce · 1958
Fait partie de Prairie Ephemera Collection

The annual report of the Alberta Protestant Home for Children [10621 92nd Street], for the year ending of December 31, 1958.

Contents:
Report for the Year Ending December 31, 1958; "Others" [a poem by Mr. and Mrs. N. A. McPherson, Superintendent and Matron]; Report of President; Secretary's Report; Auditors' Report; Treasurer's Report [Receipts; Disbursements]; Cash Donations; Endowment Fund [Receipts; Assets; Home Improvement Fund]; Gifts in Kind (Food, Clothing, and Services); Committees (1959); Officers; Board of Directors.

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Pièce · 1906
Fait partie de Prairie Ephemera Collection

A collection of documents reporting on the cost, production, delivery, location, bylaws, and other details associated with development in order to provide hydro-electric power to the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, dated from April 25 to July 3, 1906. Front cover reads "Vote And Use Your Influence To Make Winnipeg a Manufacturing Center."

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Pièce · 1898
Fait partie de Prairie Ephemera Collection

Promotional account by the Canadian government in the German language regarding immigration, settlement, farming and industrial possibilities, specifically in Western Canada. Some brief mentions of other provinces [Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, and Ontario]. Includes a section on German immigrants to Canada who settled in the Waterloo County of Ontario, as well as reports by German immigrants who settled in Western Canada on the prairies.

Map:
"Kanada und Seine Verbindungen mit Europa und den Vereinigten Staaten" [Canada and Its Connections with Europe and the United States] [J. Johnston, cartographer] published by the Department of the Interior.

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Pièce · 1899
Fait partie de Prairie Ephemera Collection

Collection of reports by government delegates and by settlers, regarding the prospects and viability of various districts in Western Canada and the prairies for homesteading, including suitability for mixed farming; climate; soil type; and natural resources.

Pages 104-109 are dedicated to survey answers provided by various settlers who had settled in their present locations between 1878-1894.

Contents:
Delegates' Reports [pp. 3-81]; Settlers' Experiences [pp. 83-142].

Illustrations:
"Harvesting in Western Canada"; "Ranching Scene in Western Canada"; "Reaping Wheat in Western Canada"; "Sheep Ranching in Western Canada"; "Reaping Wheat in Western Canada" [alternate view]; "Grain Shipping Station in Western Canada"; "Oats in Western Canada"; "R. Turner's "Shropshires" in Western Canada" [2 photographs]; "R. J. Robinson's Corrals in Western Canada"; "Freight Wagons at Yale, British Columbia"; "View of Kaslo, British Columbia"; "Flax and Wheat in Western Canada"; "Harvest Scene in Western Canada"; "Extensive Reaping in Western Canada"; "Ready for the Thresher"; and an untitled illustration of a white-bearded man standing in a field of tall crops.

Pièce · 1906
Fait partie de Prairie Ephemera Collection

A booklet about Regina, the capital of Saskatchewan and “its advantages as a commercial and residential centre” in 1906. The booklet highlights some of the notable buildings and developments in Regina, the growing industry, and the general progress of the city. The photographs included in the booklet depict different parts of the city such as farm scenes, government buildings, banks, residential homes, and various street scenes. The final page of the booklet is a fallout panoramic printed photograph of a bird’s eye view of Regina. The booklet was published by The Regina Board of Trade and printed by The Leader Press in Regina, Saskatchewan.

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Pièce · 1883
Fait partie de Prairie Ephemera Collection

Report regarding agricultural products from Manitoba exhibited at the Dominion Exhibition, held in Saint John, New Brunswick, and at the American Exposition, held in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1883. Includes lists of the products exhibited, the names of exhibitors, and flattering "Press Comments on Manitoba Exhibits" [from both N.B. and Mass. news sources].

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Pièce · Aug. 1930
Fait partie de Prairie Ephemera Collection

An August 1930 issue of the Orange Home News, containing the Annual Report of the Orange Benevolent Society of Saskatchewan for the year ending December 31, 1929.

Contents:
Lists of Officers and Committees of the Orange Benevolent Society of Saskatchewan for 1930; President's Report [Mrs. W. A. Adams, President]; The Grand Mistress; The Grand Master; The Matron; The Secretary Treasurer; The Placement of Children; The School Agreement; Tags and Dime Banks; The Froom Endowment Fund; Remember the Children in Your Will; Financial Report; Revenue Account; Balance Sheet [As at 31st December, 1929]; Liabilities; Contributions; Our Prayer.

Additionally contains print advertisements for various local businesses.

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Pièce · 1875
Fait partie de Prairie Ephemera Collection

Article written for the Canadian Naturalist by George M. Dawson, Assoc. R.S.M., F.G.S. regarding the appearance and migration patterns of locusts in Manitoba and the Northwest Territories in the summer of 1875.

"During the summer of 1875 two distinct elements were concerned in the locust manifestation. First, the insects hatching in the Province of Manitoba and surrounding regions from eggs left by the western and north-western invading swarms of the previous autumn; second, a distinct foreign host, moving, for the most part, from south to north."

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Pièce · July 9, 1900
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A document and cover letter sent by Frank Pedley in Ottawa, Ontario to Rev. J. R. Conn(?) at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. The letter refers the recipient to the document, which outlines the policy on bonuses and commissions to those engaging in "immigration work" with special mention of the Doukhobors, and denies preferential treatment to foreign settlers over Canadian citizens in regards to homesteading land distribution, among other agency-related issues.

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Pièce · 2014-01-11 - 2014-03-29
Fait partie de Prairie Ephemera Collection

The Winter 2014 addition of Alberta Craft, published quarterly by the Alberta Craft Council. Includes a message from the Executive Director, Chair and other reports, staff announcements, gallery schedule, information on and photographs of featured galleries, "Shop Talk," a call for entries, calendar, list of members, and advertisements for local businesses.

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Pièce · 1942 - 1943
Fait partie de Prairie Ephemera Collection

The Saskatchewan Historical Society Annual Report of the Secretary for 1942 to 1943 written by J.M. Hamilton. The report was submitted to J.A. Gregory, the president of The Saskatchewan Historical Society. The report covers many subjects such as the difficulty of finding historically accurate information, information regarding the cattle industry in Saskatchewan, the spending of the Society, collaborations with various organizations and groups, and the locations of temporarily marked historic sites.

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Pièce · 22 Jan. 1940
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Annual financial statement and Auditor's report for the town of Stavely, Alberta, for the year 1939. Lists statistics and figures for the town's finances.

Contents:
Receipts [Balances December 31, 1938; Receipts on Account Municipal Taxation; Municipal Revenue Other Than Taxes; Loans; Trust Moneys Received; Outstanding Cheques, Treasury Branch Vouchers, or Overdraft, Dec. 31, 1939]; Payments [Outstanding Cheques, Treasury Branch Vouchers, or Overdraft, Dec. 31, 1938; Administration; Protection of Person and Property; Social Services; Health, Relief, Etc.; Public Works; Loans; Trust Moneys or Requisitions remitted; Balances December 31, 1939]; Assets [Balances December 31, 1939 (Municipal only); Municipal Taxes; Accounts Receivable; Inventories - Supplies on Hand; Fixed Assets; Trust Assets, Balances December 31, 1939; Uncollected Trust Taxes, December 31, 1939; Uncollected Trust Taxes on Forfeited Lands (not included above)]; Liabilities [Outstanding Cheques, Treasury Branch Vouchers, Dec. 31, 1939 (Municipal only); Accounts Payable; Loans; Trust Liabilities - Outstanding Cheques, Treasury Branch Vouchers, Dec. 31, 1939 (Trust only); Uncollected Trust Taxes and Collections Not Remitted Dec. 31, 1939; Uncollected Trust Taxes on Forfeited Lands (not included above)]; Tax Statement; Method of Levy; Details of Municipal Assessment and Tax Levy; Valuation of Town Property; Services Tax; Statistical Information; Lands Under the Tax Recovery Act; Standing of Lands Finally Acquired by Town; Verification of Cash on Hand at Dec. 31, 1939; Auditor's Certificate.

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Pièce · Jul. 22, 1909
Fait partie de Prairie Ephemera Collection

A French language report titled “Exposition International du Canada et Seculaire de Selkirk” which translates to “Canadian International and Selkirk Secular Exhibition.” The report was written in Winnipeg, Manitoba on July 22, 1909. The report, put together by a committee, is the report that was presented to Sir Wilfred Laurier and members of government regarding the proposed Exposition that was to be held in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1912. The report outlines the details of the proposed Exhibition (which never ended up taking place) such as the finances, the intended results of the exhibition, and notes from various persons of importance in Canada in favour of the exhibition. The report was printed by the Winnipeg Free Press Job Department.

Pièce · 1907-01-23 - 1907-01-24
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A summary of the first convention of the Alberta Provincial School Board held at Unity Hall in Edmonton, dated January 23-24, 1907. Consists primarily of notes on the decisions reached through various discussions, with topics including "Teacher's Salary," "Conveyance of Children," "School Sites," and "Compulsory Attendance and Truancy Act." Also includes a "Chairman's Address," schedule, and a note that Calgary, Alberta was decided upon as the location of the next year's meeting.

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Pièce · [ca. 1944]
Fait partie de Prairie Ephemera Collection

"I herewith submit a general report of the activities of the [Saskatchewan Historical] Society during the period following the annual meeting held on the 28th day of October, 1943." Topics of this report to the President of the Saskatchewan Historical Society include the Society's administrative work and work in acquiring and processing records related to Saskatchewan's pioneers, Indigenous and Métis histories, religious histories, military and Royal Canadian Mounted Police [R.C.M.P.] histories, and other local histories.

Contents:
Expansion; Reciprocal Societies; Authors; Alberta; Public Addresses; Records of the Pioneers; Remarkable Pioneers; Prizes Offered; Maple Creek; Wood Mountain; George Shepherd; Lloydminster; Battleford; Rebellion Territory; Fort Pitt; The Seige [sic] [Siege]; Brave Mr. McLean; The Site of Fort Pitt; Historical Sites; Old Buildings in Battleford District; Old Mounted Police Detachment; Old Government House; Yorkton; Prominent Citizens; Wolseley; Public Spirited Citizens; Branch Societies; New Light on the Riel Question; The Archives of Canada; Racial Immigration; Missionary and Church History; Presbyterian Missions in the Early Days of Settlement; The Methodists; Farmers' Organizations; Manuscripts; Lord Tweedsmuir; Their Excellencies [the Earl of Athlone and Her Royal Highness, the Princess Alice]; A Delegation from the Society; War Records; Winnipeg Enlistments; The Air Force; The Files ["large cards filed for Saskatchewan personnel representing at least seventy-five thousand individuals]; Casualty Lists; Military Co-Operation; Inventory; General Index; The Chronicle ["a yearly chronicle of everything that has happened within the boundaries of what is now Saskatchewan since 1819"].

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Pièce · 19-21 Feb. 1895
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Reports and proceedings of the Grand Council of the Royal Templars of Temperance of Manitoba's Twelfth Annual Session in 1895.

Contents:
Officers of the Grand Council 1895; Proceedings; First Day - Opening Sessions: Grand Officers; Representatives; Sessions; Sessional Committees; Appeals and Grievances; Temperance Work; Memorials; State and Extension; Finance; Distribution; White Cross Work; Legislation; Fraternal Courtesies; By-laws; Grand Councilor's Report [Organization]; Grand Secretary's Report [Preface; Membership; Councils Organized; Councils Resuscitated; Councils Dormant; Select Degree; Liabilities; Assets; Amalgamation]; Grand Treasurer's Report [Receipts; Disbursements]; Dominion Representative's Report [Old Per Capita Debt; Templar Mailing Lists; "Weekly Templar"; Representative's Account]; Afternoon Session; Memorials and Letters; Grand Auditor's Report [Grand Secretary's Cash account; Treasurer's books]; Finance Committee's Report [Assets; Expenditure; Liabilities]; series of reporting letters; Evening Session.

Wednesday Morning: Committee on Temperance Work; Memorials; Afternoon Session; Temperance Work; Memorial Committee; Legislative Committee; State and Extension; Appeals and Grievances; White Cross Work; Evening Session; Communications; R. D. Rorison's Report.

Thursday - Morning Session; Communications; Finance Committee's Report No. 2; Fraternal Courtesies; By-laws; Afternoon Session; W.C.T.U.; Select Degree; Legislative Committee, 2nd Report; Independent Order of Oddfellows; State and Extension; Finance Committee, 3rd Report; District Deputy's Report; Election of Officers; Trustees; Representatives to Dominion Council; Evening Session.

Appendix I - By-laws. Grand Council of Manitoba.
Preamble; Art. I - Sessions; Art. II - Memorials and Resolutions; Art. III - Reports; Art. IV - Finances; Art. V - Organization; Art. VI - Whine [sic] [White] Cross Work; Art. VII - Cadet Work; Art. VIII - Bonds; Art. IX - Finance Committee; Art. X - Amendments; Art. XI - Miscellaneous; Memo; Election of Grand Councillor.

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Pièce · 1882
Fait partie de Prairie Ephemera Collection

List of short descriptions of townships in Manitoba, Keewatin and the North-West Territories extracted from surveyors' reports in 1882. The descriptions generally relate to the geographical features and the suitability for farming of each township. The townships are located in the electoral districts of Provencher, Lisgar, Selkirk, Keewatin, Marquette East, Marquette West, and the North-West Territories. Many, but not all, of the townships in the listed ranges are described and listed in numerical order.

Contents:
Ranges East of the 1st Principal Meridian [Range I - Range XXXI]; Ranges West of the 1st Principal Meridian [Range I - Range XXXIV].

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Pièce · 1983
Fait partie de Prairie Ephemera Collection

Brief illustrated report on the Alberta Heritage Fund for the years 1982-1983 produced by the Alberta Treasury. The report explains what programs the Heritage Fund has invested in over these years and what it provides to Albertans. "The spectrum of projects includes agricultural research, irrigation upgrading, food processing development, oil sands and oil field research, forest replenishment, occupational health and safety, public parks, community air terminals, and educational learning aids."

Contents:
"Building the Economy" - "the Heritage Fund is strengthening our overall economy" [Vencap Equities Alberta; Interest Shielding for Albertans; Alberta Opportunity Company; Alberta Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority; Conventional Oil Enhanced Recovery Program; Airport Terminal Buildings];
"Agriculture" - "Fund programs are increasing production and ensuring long-term viability" [Alberta Agricultural Development Corporation; Farming for the Future; New Rail Hopper Cars; Prince Rupert Grain Terminal; Irrigation Rehabilitation and Expansion; Grazing Reserves Development; Food Processing Centre];
"Health" - "the Fund helps ensure that our programs remain among the most modern and comprehensive in North America. It is also helping Alberta become the medical research capital of Canada" [Applied Cancer Research; Applied Heart Disease Research; Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Endowment Fund; Southern Alberta Cancer Centre and Specialty Services Facility; Walter C. Mackenzie Health Services Centre; Alberta Children's Provincial General Hospital];
"Education" - "The Fund education program helps Albertans of all ages gain basic knowledge, learn new skills and develop their talents" [Alberta Heritage Scholarship Fund; Alberta Heritage Learning Resources Project; Library Development Grants; Occupational Health and Safety Grant Program];
"Housing" - "providing affordable housing for seniors, low to middle income families, and other Albertans" [Alberta Housing Corporation; Alberta Home Mortgage Corporation];
"Recreation" - "helped to create a series of urban and rural parks for family and community activities" [Kananaskis Country Recreation Development; Capital City Park, Edmonton; Fish Creek Provincial Park, Calgary; Urban Parks Program];
"Environment" - "helping reclaim wasteland, control flooding, release more agricultural land, improve water distribution and replant forests" [Land Reclamation; Lesser Slave Lake Outlet; Paddle River Basin Development; Alberta Reforestation Nursery; Forest Maintenance; Irrigation Headworks and Main Irrigation Systems Improvement];
Balance Sheet [Assets; Deemed Assets; Liabilities and Fund Equity]; Investments [Commercial Investment Division; Alberta Investment Division; Canada Investment Division; Energy Investment Division; Deposits and Marketable Securities; Capital Projects Division].

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Pièce · May 4, 1888
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A printed copy of a speech delivered to the Historical Society of Manitoba by vice-president Charles N. Bell on May 4, 1888. It consists mostly of quotes and summaries from a work titled "Journal of Alexander Henry to Lake Superior, Red River, Assiniboine, Rocky Mountains, Columbia and the Pacific, 1799 to 1811, to establish the fur trade" and focuses on the time period between July 1800 and June 1801 and Henry's interactions with the Saulteaux (Ojibwa, Nakawe) First Nations people. There is a second document included in the booklet between the cover and first page titled "Transactions and Proceedings of the Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba, from it's Organization in 1879 till the close of the Society's Year 1888-89; being Transactions Nos. 1 to 34, and Annual Reports for the Years 1880-1888." It consists only of the first leaf of what was presumably another booklet and contains the table of contents.

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Pièce · July 25, 1912
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Two reports detailing the work done and expenses accrued of maintaining the gardens and grounds of various railway stations throughout Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, and the supplying nursery. Contains 32 b&w photographs of the station gardens and nursery plants, all captioned. Photograph locations include Moosejaw, Portage la Prairie, Virden, Oak Lake, and Saskatoon. Issued by the Forestry Branch of the Natural Resources Department of "C. P. Ry. Co."

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Pièce · 1965-1974
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Two printed booklets outlining the history and activities of the Regina Council of Women. The first book (1895-1965) outlines council histories, activities, meetings, and participations, commemorates Saskatchewan’s 60th Jubilee, and contains Part I to Part IV. The second book (1966-1974) outlines council activities, meetings, and participations, commemorates the Council’s 80th anniversary, and contains Part V.

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Pièce · 1911-10-04 - 1913-01-27
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A report from Winnipeg’s City Planning Commission from October 4th, 1911 to January 27th, 1913. The report is addressed to the mayor of Winnipeg and the members of the city council. The report first investigates and discusses the conditions of the city and then makes recommendations for infrastructure updates and expansions.

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Pièce · May 5, 1958
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The Report and Account of the 289th Annual General Court of the Hudon’s Bay Company which was held on May 2, 1958 at Beaver Hall in Garlick Hill, London. At the beginning of the report, there is an introductory letter written by E.F. Newlands, the Secretary of the Canadian Committee in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The report includes an outline of the events of the meeting, a list of board members, a consolidated financial summary of the company, and an address and report to proprietors, both written by W.J. Keswick, Governor of the Board. The report also includes a consolidated profit and loss account of the Hudson’s Bay Company.

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Pièce · August, 1948
Fait partie de Prairie Ephemera Collection

A manuscript of a report for the Game and Fisheries Branch of the Department of Mines and Natural Resources, dated August, 1948 and compiled of data gathered in May, July, and August of 1947. The report examines the potential effects of the Manitoba Central Basin Project on the birds, fish, and "fur animals" along the Saskatchewan River, and includes information on topography, geology, soils, climate, hydrology, and vegetation, as well as a description of the project, and conclusions and recommendations. 48 b&w numbered and captioned photographs, primarily of terrain and river-related facilities and activities, have been mounted onto various pages, and a large fold out map of the Manitoba central basin is laid-in after the last page.

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Pièce · 1955
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Information on the Historic Sites program, launched to commemorate Saskatchewan's Golden Jubilee in 1955. The program placed "rustic-style" markers at historically significant sites throughout the province, including trails, river crossings, fur trade posts, and locations associated with the territorial government and the North-West Mounted Police.

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