This file consists of two books containing transcripts of addresses presented at sessions of the Alberta Institute of Co-operation held in Lethbridge, Olds and Vermilion in 1929 and 1930. Speeches are from notable leaders in the co-operative movement in Canada and the U.S.A. The 1929 record includes an address on the Arrowwood Purchasing Pool by Milton Ward.
Administrative History
The Alberta Institute of Co-operation was formed in 1928 for the purpose of promoting education in co-operative principles.
Creator
MIlt Ward
Publisher
Edmonton : Legislative Buildings
Publisher Series
1929
1930
Parallel Title
Record of Proceedings
Names
Ward, Milt
Alberta Institute of Co-operation
Accession Number
UF 2003.0081.57
UF 2003.0081.58
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This file consists of a promotional notepad produced by Alberta Livestock Co-Operative.
Creator
Milt Ward
Names
Alberta Livestock Co-operative
Ward, Milt
Accession Number
UF 2003.0081.68
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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.
This file contains 3 documents: Robert Gardiner's address to the Thirty-third annual UFA Convention; a copy of a letter from Robert Gardiner to Mr. H. J. Flock; a copy of a letter from Robert Gardiner to the Rt. Hon. W.L. Mackenzie King.
This file contains two documents: Overall Water Authority, A Study as Prepared by Mr. Carl Anderson and Mr. R. Dahl acting as an Alberta Federation of Agriculture Committee (1956); Statement in Support of the Proposal of "A Great Plain Water Authority" by Jack Sutherland for the Officers and Delegates who attended the Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the Alberta Federation of Agriculture (1958).
This file contains the New Program and Handbook (1954) and; Policy Handbook (1966).
Creator
Milt Ward
Publisher
Edmonton : Co-op Press
Names
Farmers' Union of Alberta
Ward, Milt
Accession Number
UF 2003.0081.90
UF 2003.0081.111
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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.
This file consists of an Informational sheet regarding a contract between the Co-operative and the Belgain government to supply 10,000 tons of pickled horse meat for approximately $5,000,000.
Administrative History
The Horse Co-operative Marketing Assocation Limited was formed by 600 Saskatchewan livestock producers in March 1944 under the Saskatchewan Co-operative Marketing Act.
This file contains: Summary Of Recommendations - Royal Commission on Co-operatives and; Supplementary to Questionnaire and Documents submitted by the U.F.A. Central Co-operative Association submitted to Royal Commission on Taxation of Co-operatives, Ottawa, April 1945.
This file contains a handwritten notebook by Milton H. Ward on topics such as farm income, freight costs and the percentage of the population engaged in agriculture, etc.
Creator
Milt Ward
Names
Ward, Milt
Accession Number
UF 2003.0081.112
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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.
This file consists of two copies of the Alberta Wheat Pool newsletter The Budget (1933; 1961) and a copy of Alberta Wheat Pool's Silver Anniversary (1948).
This file contains an invitation to the 1980 Alberta Agriculture Hall of Fame Awards Presentations from the Honourable Dallas W. Schmidt, Minister of Agriculture; and a handwritten letter from Hans, the District 12 Director of the Farmer's Union of Alberta from Twin Butte, to Milton and Myrtle Ward. The lack of unity between the Alberta Federation of Agriculture, the Farmers Union of Alberta and the National Farmers' Union is addressed in the letter.
Subjects
Farmers Union of Alberta
Alberta Federation of Agriculture
Accession Number
UF 2003.0081.126
UF 2003.0081.133
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A form letter to Milton H. Ward advising that Series 'A' Preferred Shares are to be redeemed; includes a record of his shares and the declaration of terms of redempton.
This file contains: the text of a speech by Sr. M. Thomas More to the FUA convention advocating unity among farm organizations (1969); The Farm Movement in Alberta, a history of the farm movement in Alberta by Norman Priestley, printed by the Alberta Federation of Agriculture (1949); For This We Stand, a Farmers Union Policy Leaflet (No. 11); Alberta Co-operative Leaders produced by the Alberta Livestock Co-operative containing articles by leaders in the co-operative movement advocating the purchase of Victory Bonds (ca. 1945).
This file contains Certificate number B 61625, one Class "B" preferred four per cent share.
Creator
Calgary Co-Op
Subjects
Share certificates
Names
Ward, Milt
Calgary Co-op
Accession Number
UF 2003.0081.131
UF 2003.0081.132
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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.
This file contains 3 newspapers clippings: 2 on the Reform Party; and 1 on government and deregulation of oil prices.
Creator
Milt Ward
Names
Ward, Milt
Accession Number
UF 2003.0081.141
UF 2003.0081.142
UF 2003.0081.149
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Photograph of the 1934 UFA Board of Directors. Robert Gardiner is situated on the 2nd row, 3rd from the left.
Subjects
Board of Directors
Executives
Names
Gardiner, Robert
Accession Number
UF 2003.0081.32
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This file contains handwritten notes by Milton H. "Milt" Ward on the Crows Nest Pass Agreement for a speech; and reminiscences about the past.
Creator
Ward, Milt
Names
Ward, Milt
Accession Number
UF 2003.0081.52
UF 2003.0081.53
UF 2003.0081.54
UF 2003.0081.84
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This file contains nine pages of handwritten notes for a speech or article by MIlton Ward, detailing the set up and running of the Spruce Ranching Co-operative Ltd. incorporated on July 29, 1956 by farmers in the Parkland and Nanton areas of Alberta. Ward notes that this highly successful cooperative inspired other farmers to form the Waldron Ranching Co-operative.
Creator
Ward, Milt
Names
Ward, Milt
Accession Number
UF 2003.0081.55
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This files consists of two Series "B" Participation Certificates issued to Milton "Milt." Ward: certificates number 285 and number 6139.
Creator
U.F.A. Central Co-operative Association
Subjects
Share certificates
Names
Ward, Milt
U.F.A. Central Co-operative Association
Accession Number
UF 2003.0081.82
UF 2003.0081.83
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This file contains a notebook with notes concerning the Arrowwood UFWA local. Pencil written notes state the local was organized March 2, 1923 and records committees, charitable works, etc. such as: "We with other locals were instrumental in getting a District Nurse with the assistance of the Municipal officers, we helped furnish her home. And after that sponsored pre-school clinics."; "Another time we had a bared wire telephone connected to a family with scarlet fever. The University week for Farm Young People is mentioned.
The fonds consists of photographs, correspondence, and other records documenting Milton Ward's involvement in the co-operative sector.
Custodial History
Milton Henry "Milt" Ward, 1890-1994, was born in Nogies Creek, Ontario. In 1905 he migrated with his family to Arrowwood, a community east of High River, Alberta. He assisted his father, and established his own homestead in the district at an early age. He also worked as a ranch hand and blacksmith. He became a manager in the Crowsnest Pass coal mining industry during the First World War, but returned to farming and ranching in the Arrowwood district. He served on the council of the Municipal District of Marquis from 1916 to 1941. He was an active member of the United Farmers of Alberta, serving as a director from 1932 to 1969, a delegate to the Alberta Wheat Pool, and a director of the Arrowwood Co-operative Association. In 1977 he was inducted into the Alberta Agriculture Hall of Fame. He was married twice, to Lena Steiner, ?-1923, and to Myrtle Foreman, 1903-1995. He had six children: Ruby Della (Fletcher), Audrey Helen (Neubauer), Shirley Margaret (Hood), Jack Foreman, George Alan, and Beverly Joan (Weeks).
This file consists of: Look! Read! Learn! Report to its Members on Wheat Policy, published by Inter-Provincial Farmers' Union Council [ca. 1945]; The Case Against the Speculative Marketing of Grain by Leonard D. Nesbitt, published by the Alberta Wheat Pool (1952); Canadian Farm Problems: What Should We Do About It?, published by the Canadian Association for Adult Education, (March 1941); Submission by the National Farmers Union to the Government of Canada, (March 1965); Agricultural Problems and Price-Support Programs, a speech by W.I. Myers delivered at the 46th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Animal Production and an attached covering letter from an executive of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, (1954); Review of Economic Conditions and the Farmers' Position, a paper by Dr. E.C. Hope delivered to the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, (1951); A Short History of the Hudson Bay Route, the Seaport of Churchill and the Hudson Bay Route Association, authorized by The Hudson Bay Route Association, (1966); and, The Railway and Grain: Moving Grain, A series of articles dealing with the Grain Transportation System in Canada, reprinted from CP Rail News, (1975) and an attached covering letter from Karl __.
Creator
MIlt Ward
Names
Ward, Milt
Inter-Provincial Farmers' Union
Alberta Wheat Pool
National Farmers Union
Canadian Association for Adult Education
Canadian Federation of Agriculture
Hudson Bay Route Association
Canadian Pacific Railway
Accession Number
UF 2003.0081.69
UF 2003.0081.71
UF 2003.0081.91
UF 2003.0081.95
UF 2003.0081.103
UF 2003.0081.105
UF 2003.0081.115
UF 2003.0081.144
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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.
This file consists of newspaper obituaries of: Winnifred Ross; E.J. "Ted" Garland and; Jack Sutherland; a newsclipping on Roy C. Marler and; The Social Philosophy of Henry Wise Wood The Canadian Agrarian Leader by W.L. Morton of the University of Manitoba.
Creator
Milt Ward
Names
Ward, Milt
Ross, Winifred
Garland, Edward Joseph
Sutherland, Jack
Wood, Henry Wise
Marler, Roy
Accession Number
UF 2003.0081.76
UF 2003.0081.86
UF 2003.0081.96
UF 2003.0081.121
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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.
This file contains 2 documents: The Truth About The Records, volume 1, issued by the Independent Association of LIttle Bow on behalf of E.H. Griffin and; a newspaper clipping from the Province, Aberhart Takes Power to Enforce Social Credit (1936).
This file contains: How To Organize And Carry On A Local Of The United Farmers of Alberta (ca. 1919); Nine Years Of Achievement, The Best Promise of Good Government (1930); Politics and Economics From the Farmers' Standpoint in 1935; Some Facts - Important Information for Alberta Farmers, No. 11 (1935); Agriculture and the Post-War Years, an address delivered by J.E. Brownlee to the convention of United Farmers of Alberta (1946); Address Delivered to the 39th Annual Convention of the United Farmers of Alberta by D.W. Clapperton (1948); Reports and Addresses to the Fortieth Annual Convention of the United Farmers of Alberta (1948); Submission to the Alberta Postwar Reconstruction Committee by the United Farmers of Alberta (ca. 1943); Report on Resolutions presented to the full Cabinet of the Government of Alberta on February 19th, 1945.
This file contains: When Computer Really Grow Up!; a page from a book containing quotes from Goethe, Mark Twain and Wordsworth; a page from a book containing notes on Oneota; an invitation to a banquet at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (1968); Western People, the magazine insert for the Western Producer (November 1988) including an article on the 1918 influenza epidemic in Milo; Our Purpose and Our Pledge, a reprint of an editorial from the New York Times (January 1941); Unemployment Insurance for Farm Workers (Statement forwarded by Alberta Federation of Agriculture) (1958).
Creator
MIlt Ward
Names
Ward, Milt
Alberta Federation of Agriculture
Canadian Federation of Agriculture
Places
Milo
Accession Number
UF 2003.0081.137
UF 2003.0081.139
UF 2003.0081.143
UF 2003.0081.145
UF 2003.0081.191
Date
1941-1988
Notes
When Computers Really Grow Up! was originally assigned accession no. UF 2003.0081.120 by Gord Tolton. July 2010 the number was changed to UF 2003.0081.191 to avoid confusion with the photograph UF 2003.0081.12.
This file contains photographs of: Milton Ward; Robert Gardiner, the UFA annual meeting in 1954; meetings of the UFA board of directors 1934, [ca. 1962[, [ca. 1967]; a meeting of the Farmers Union of Alberta; an unknown convention at the provincial legislature of Alberta; and an unknown youth convention.