File consists of Reports and Statistics presented at Alberta Co-operative Wholesale Association Limited annual meetings; and a program for the 1948 Annual A.C.W.A. Meeting and School.
File consists of annual and financial reports for the Alberta Co-operative Wholesale Association, including a balance sheet, financial statements, Annual Reports, a Directors' Annual Report and an abridged version of the Financial Statements and Annual Reports for 1955.
Fonds consists of financial reports, annual reports, and bylaws pertaining to the Alberta Co-operative Wholesale Association, as well as speeches and pamphlets related to A.C.W.A.’s attempt to amalgamate with the UFA.
Administrative History
Alberta Co-operative Wholesale Association Ltd. (A.C.W.A.) was incorporated in 1928 by several local consumer co-ops, for the purpose of improving efficiency through large-scale purchasing and warehousing. In 1938 it reorganized, and was owned by 9 local co-ops. It expanded rapidly, and by 1951 it managed 56 co-op stores by arrangement with their local boards of directors. By 1958 it managed over 100 stores. It dealt in groceries, hardware, dry goods, lumber, coal, petroleum products, fertilizers, feeds, and farm supplies.
The A.C.W.A. was headquartered in Edmonton, and J. Russel Love was its President from the 1940s to 1961. Negotiations to amalgamate A.C.W.A. with UFA Co-op were undertaken in 1958, but was unsuccessful due to differences in strategies and financing structures. In 1961 it amalgamated with Federated Co-operatives Ltd. (FCL), a wholesaler operating in Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
Custodial History
Records were collected by officers of United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative who attended A.C.W.A. annual meetings.
Creator
Alberta Co-operative Wholesale Association
Related Material
There is A.C.W.A. material in Fonds 4 & Fonds 8, Series 8, File 1 including agreements, transfers of shares, and amalgamation with Federated Co-operatives Ltd.
File consists of documents (copied) related to the Alberta Co-operative Wholesale Association Limited including financial reports and statistics from annual meetings, a Board of Directors report, information on district representation and organizational history.
Creator
Alberta Co-operative Wholesale Association
Related Material
Cross-reference with Fonds 27 - Federated Co-op Ltd. (FCL)
File consists of a pamphlet containing an address on the amalgamation of the ACWA and the UFA by John Russell Love, President of the Alberta Co-operative Wholesale Association, at the ACWA General Meeting.
Creator
Alberta Co-operative Wholesale Association
Subjects
Co-operatives
Speeches, addresses, etc.
Names
Alberta Co-operative Wholesale Association
United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative
Love, John Russell
Places
Edmonton
Accession Number
UF 2005.0049.98
UF 2005.0049.97
Can I use it?
Images are provided for research and reference use only. Written permission to publish, copy or otherwise use these images must be obtained from United Farmers' Historical Society.
File consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings: original, related to the United Farmers of Alberta, Alberta Federation of Agriculture (AFA), Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) and the Farmers' Union of Alberta (FUA), regarding mergers, wheat pools, income tax, freight rates and other topics.
Creator
United Farmers of Alberta
Subjects
Agricultural issues
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Coal
Livestock
Taxation
Names
Alberta Farmers' Union
Canadian Federation of Agriculture
Farmers' Union of Alberta
Accession Number
73-23
Can I use it?
Images are provided for research and reference use only. Written permission to publish, copy or otherwise use these images must be obtained from United Farmers' Historical Society.
Date
1947 - 1955
Notes
Several articles discuss the U.F.A. and A.F.U. merger
File consists of a pamphlet containing an address on the amalgamation of the ACWA and the UFA by George E. Church, President of UFA, at the Alberta Co-operative Wholesale Association Ltd. general meeting.
Creator
Alberta Co-operative Wholesale Association
Subjects
Co-operatives
Speeches, addresses, etc.
Names
Alberta Co-operative Wholesale Association
United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative
Church, George E.
Places
Edmonton
Accession Number
UF 2005.0049.131
UF 2005.0049.133
UF 2005.0049.134
Can I use it?
Images are provided for research and reference use only. Written permission to publish, copy or otherwise use these images must be obtained from United Farmers' Historical Society.
File consists of a script for a speech delivered to the 1958 Annual Meeting of the Alberta Co-operative Wholesale Association by George E. Church, President of the UFA, on the topic of amalgamating the two groups.
Creator
Alberta Co-operative Wholesale Association
Subjects
Co-operatives
Speeches, addresses, etc.
Names
Alberta Co-operative Wholesale Association
United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative
Church, George E.
Places
Edmonton
Accession Number
UF 2005.0081.124
Can I use it?
Images are provided for research and reference use only. Written permission to publish, copy or otherwise use these images must be obtained from United Farmers' Historical Society.
File consists of a script for a speech delivered to the 1958 Annual Meeting of the Alberta Co-operative Wholesale Association by George E. Church, President of the UFA, on the topic of amalgamating the two groups.
Creator
Alberta Co-operative Wholesale Association
Subjects
Co-operatives
Speeches, addresses, etc.
Names
Alberta Co-operative Wholesale Association
United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative
Church, George E.
Accession Number
UF 2003.0081.124
Can I use it?
Images are provided for research and reference use only. Written permission to publish, copy or otherwise use these images must be obtained from United Farmers' Historical Society.