The file consists of a report presented to the 1958 Farmers' Union of Alberta by President A. Platt; a memo to the UFA Co-op Board of Directors; and a resolution brought before the UFA Co-op annual meeting, November 1959.
File consists of executive meeting minutes for the Farmers' Union of Alberta and Farm Women's Union of Alberta, as well as correspondence relating to board meetings.
File consists of executive meeting minutes for the Farmers' Union of Alberta and Farm Women's Union of Alberta, as well as correspondence addressed to Locals.
File consists of correspondence and questionnaires to Farmers' Union of Alberta Locals and district secretaries relating to egg, livestock and grain marketing, Political Action Programs, car insurance pool, membership drives, a Jr. F.U.A. queen contest, and more; as well as convention correspondence including a F.W.U.A. convention programme.
Item consists of the Constitution and By-Laws of the Farmers' Union of Alberta, adopted at the joint convention held in Calgary 11-15 January, 1949, and revised at the First Annual Convention of the Farmers' Union of Alberta, held in Calgary, 6-10 December, 1949.
Item consists of the Constitution and By-Laws of the Farmers' Union of Alberta, adopted at the joint convention held in Calgary 11-15 January, 1949, and revised at each Annual Convention held since.
File consists of a bound volume of United Farmers of Alberta Annual Convention Minutes for the years 1947 to 1949 for the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth and fortieth annual conventions, with the President's Address, the UFWA President's Address, Report of the Board of Directors and the UFA Central Co-operative Association, and Junior U.F.A. President's Report, Program and resolutions passed for each year appended before the minutes of the year in which it was given.
Creator
United Farmers of Alberta
Subjects
Congresses and conventions
Minutes and proceedings
Reports
Speeches, addresses, etc.
Names
Church, George E.
Lowe, Vera
Proudfoot, Lawrence
Hart, Orrin
Farmers' Union of Alberta
Alberta Farmers' Union
Places
Calgary
Edmonton
Accession Number
UF 2014.0012.24
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
1947-1949
Notes
Includes the minutes of the joint convention of the U.F.A and A.F.U. to amalgamate the two organizations.
This file consists of correspondence between two successive General Managers of the UFA, W. J. Hoppins and William McCartney, with the Farmers Union of Alberta and the financial institutions involved with providing a loan of $15,000.00 from the UFA for Camp Goldeye.
The series consists of letters, news clippings, reports, radio addresses, convention reports, resolutions, and a canvassers' workbook from the Farmers' Union of Alberta. It includes documentation of the 1951 controversy, when some former U.F.A. members of the F.U.A. Board demanded the expulsion of former A.F.U. members who were considered to be Communists.
Administrative History
The Farmers' Union of Alberta (F.U.A.) was formed in January 1949 from the amalgamation of the advocacy and educational functions of the United Farmers of Alberta with the Alberta Farmers' Union. The United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative Ltd., meanwhile, had been formed in December 1948 through the renaming and restructuring of the United Farmers of Alberta. The leaders and senior staff of UFA Co-op maintained close ties and interlocking leadership with the F.U.A. in its early years. The F.U.A. amalgamated with the Alberta Federation of Agriculture in 1970 to form Unifarm.
File consists of a Draft Constitution of Reorganized Farm Bodies for a proposed organization created by the amalgamation of the United Farmers of Alberta and the Alberta Farmers' Union.
Creator
United Farmers of Alberta
Subjects
Congresses and conventions
Constitution
Names
Alberta Farmers' Union
Farmers' Union of Alberta
Accession Number
UF 2003.0090.0277
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
1948-1949
Notes
Likely drafted by A.F.U. Contact Committee.
This draft constitution was used as the basis for a constitution for an amalgamated organization - discussed at a joint convention of the two organizations in January 1949.
0.39m of textual records - 1 cartographic material - 2 photographs (rolled)
Scope and Content
Accession consists of documents, reports, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and handwritten notes related to the Farmers’ Union of Alberta, Farm Women's Union of Alberta, and Junior Farmers' Union of Alberta; FUA Annual Convention programmes, reports and minutes, constitution and bylaws; convention materials for FUA District 12; FWUA cook books; as well as materials related to Camp Gold Eye; and government publications related to farming, farm workers, children, and health.
Administrative History
The Farmers’ Union of Alberta was established on January 14, 1949 when the United Farmers of Alberta and the Alberta Farmers’ Union amalgamated. It ceased to exist in January 1970 when it amalgamated with the Alberta Federation of Agriculture; the new organization was known as Unifarm.
Members of the United Farmers of Alberta and the Alberta Farmers’ Union held a joint meeting in January 1949 to finalize the details of the new organization they were about to form. The new organization, the Farmers’ Union of Alberta (FUA), was to be non-partisan, and the constitution proposed their objectives as being: to advance the interests of farmers and farmers’ co-operative organizations; to coordinate the efforts of the various branches of agriculture to promote their common interests through collective action; to promote and secure necessary and just legislation; to achieve a relationship of price which would ensure agriculture its fair share of national income; to contribute to a high standard of living for all citizens by promoting the highest production over a long period commensurate with sound agricultural practices; to promote social interaction, a higher standard of community life and the study of economic and social questions relating to agriculture and democratic citizenship; and to promote the fullest possible use of credit unions.
The Farmers’ Union of Alberta was incorporated under the Societies Act (R.S.A. 1942, chapter 245) on July 6, 1949, with the objective of advancing the interests of farmers and farmers’ co-operative organizations. Plans to amalgamate with the Alberta Federation of Agriculture had been proposed as early as 1952.
In 1964, members of the FUA resolved to enter into plans and negotiations aimed at achieving a more efficient and unified farm organization. Two possible options were to amalgamate either with the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) or with the Alberta Federation of Agriculture (AFA). In 1968 under the new leadership of Roy Atkinson, the NFU’s objectives and direction changed, and many FUA members were uncomfortable with the refocused organization. When the restructured National Farmers’ Union held its founding convention in Winnipeg, Manitoba in July 1969, the FUA did not pass the necessary resolution to join, the only provincial organization to do so. Subsequently, the FUA and the AFA drafted a constitution in 1969. At the December 9, 1969 meeting of the FUA, delegates were presented with two options: to dissolve and accept the NFU constitution, or to amalgamate with the AFA; of the 11,178 registered delegates, 946 voted against the NFU proposal, and 947 in favour of amalgamation with AFA.
The Farmers’ Union of Alberta was created on January 14, 1949 when the United Farmers of Alberta and the Alberta Farmers’ Union amalgamated. These two groups had attempted to amalgamate for a number of years. The United Farmers of Alberta had also considered amalgamation with the Alberta Federation of Agriculture; an amalgamation with the AFA finally occurred in 1970 when it merged with the Farmers’ Union of Alberta. The Farmers’ Union of Alberta amalgamated in January 1970 with Alberta Federation of Agriculture. The new organization that resulted was Unifarm. Unifarm was reorganized as the Wild Rose Agricultural Producers in 1996.
Farm Women’s Union of Alberta worked in parallel to the FUA. The FWUA had a certain degree of autonomy, and had its own executive. Also working in parallel was the Junior FUA. Like the United Farmers of Alberta and the Alberta Farmers’ Union, the FUA was comprised of a number of locals throughout the province. Many of these locals were a continuation of those from the previous farm organizations. Unlike the UFA locals, a large component of which had been its social activities, the FUA locals were more concerned with policy development at the larger district and regional organizations.
Presidents of the Farmers’ Union of Alberta: Carl Stimpfle, 1949-1950; Henry Young, 1950-1955; Arnold Platt, 1955-1958; Ed Nelson, 1958-1963; Paul Babey, 1963-1970
(Information obtained from the Provincial Archives of Alberta (FUA fonds administrative history) and from the following books that can be found in the UFHS reference library - Furrow, Faith and Fellowship and Unifarm: A Story of Conflict & Change.)
Custodial History
Several records are inscribed with the name Margaret House or Mrs. F.H. House. Many records relate to FUA District 12. New Fonds was created for FUA records, and new records from various donors will be added to the collection.
Creator
Farmers’ Union of Alberta
Related Material
The Provincial Archives of Alberta has a Farmers’ Union of Alberta fonds.
See also the Milt Ward fonds in the UFHS archives.
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
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 convention programs, "Policy Sheets and Supplementary Resolutions" and a "Report of the Committee to Obtain the Facts on a proposed Amalgamation of the U.F.A. Co-op and A.C.W.A." (copy) presented at the F.U.A. convention by President A. Platt.
Creator
Farmers' Union of Alberta
Subjects
Annual meetings
Reports
Programs
Names
Farmers' Union of Alberta
F.U.A.
United Farmers of Alberta
Alberta Co-operative Wholesale Association
Platt, Arnold W.
Places
Alberta
Accession Number
UF 2022.008.16
Date
1958
Notes
There are 2 copies of the program and Policy Sheets - both of these records were kept because there is extensive handwritten notes by Margaret House.
File consists of an annual F.U.A. convention "Supplementary Program", a page of supplementary resolutions, and a report titled "A Look at China" by J. Russell Love.
File consists of documents related to the Farmers' Union of Alberta 20th Annual Convention, including reports, supplementary resolutions, Constitution and Bylaws, and an F.U.A. sticker; District 12 Annual F.U.A. Convention Minutes from 28 June, 1968 in Granum; and materials and correspondence related to agriculture training and seminars.
The file consists of a transcript of an FUA radio broadcast regarding automobile tariffs (Page 1 is missing); and a broadcast read by Eileen Birch discussing the Canadian Federation of Agriculture annual meeting held in Calgary in 1951.
File consists of various newspaper clippings: original, related to the F.U.A. and F.W.U.A. elections, finances, operations and conventions, as well as on the topics of farming, wheat exports, taxes, and government policy. Also included is a sports article on Deacon Allen and George Chuvalo.
File consists of various newspaper clippings: original, related to the Farmers Union of Alberta delegates, events, programs, meetings, annual convention, Junior F.U.A., as well as ads to join the F.U.A.
File consists of various newspaper clippings: original, related to the Farmers Union of Alberta and public utilities, taxes, family-owned farms, the alleged rivalry between FUA and AFA; and the Farm Women's Union of Alberta.
File consists of a scrapbook and various newspaper clippings: original, related to the Farmers Union of Alberta Board of Directors, operations, annual convention, Camp Gold Eye, farming policy, the F.W.U.A., and delegation to Ottawa. Also included are pages from a F.U.A. Annual Convention program, 8-12 December, 1958 and F.U.A. Annual Convention 1958 name tag for Mrs. A Parslow, Vulcan, Alta.
Item consists of a letter (copy) to all Locals of the Farmers' Union of Alberta and United Farmers of Alberta Co-op regarding the relationship between the organizations and issues that have arisen.
Creator
Farmers' Union of Alberta / United Farmers of Alberta
The file consists of an essay on the historcal background of the relationship between the United Farmers of Alberta and United Farmers of Canada (Alberta Section) and the proposed merger of the two organizations; and a draft constitution of the reorganized farm bodies.
File consists of meeting minutes, income statements, correspondence and other information relating to meetings of the Farmers' Union of Alberta and Farm Women's Union of Alberta, including the organization of a "March to Ottawa" delegation.
Creator
F.U.A. District 12
Subjects
Minutes and proceedings
Annual meetings
Correspondence
Names
Farmers' Union of Alberta
Farm Women's Union of Alberta
Parslow, Annabel
Turnbull, O
Places
Alberta
Vulcan
Ottawa
Accession Number
UF 2022.008.43
Date
1958 - 1959
Notes
Records contained in an envelope with the writing: "Minutes - Speaker (Ole Turnbull) - March to Ottawa Meeting in I.O.O.F. Hall, Vulcan". F.U.A. District 12 Secretary Treasurer - Mrs. Annabel Parslow.
File consists of handwritten notes related to vertical integration, farm producers management and marketing, farm credit and expansion, the future of farming and immigration policy [possibly notes from speeches/speakers at FUA meetings]. Also included is a budget form, information on budgets; an "Income Statement and Brief Business Analysis of Four Farms Participating in the Leduc-Wetaskiwin Farm Management Study for the Year 1953"; and a document titled "The Process of Wise Decision Making in Farm Business Management".
Subjects
Note pads
Reports
Names
Farmers' Union of Alberta
House, Margaret
House, F.H.
Places
Alberta
Arrowwood
Accession Number
UF 2022.008.48
Date
1953 - 1958
Notes
Some documents are inscribed with the name Margaret House. Records were stored in an envelope addressed to Mr. Forrest H. House, Arrowwood, Alberta, Canada from L.P. "Cy" Tonner, Representative House of Representatives, Helena, Montana. - postal stamp dated Feb 9 1957.
File consists of correspondence from the University of Alberta Faculty of Extension on agricultural publications, correspondence to Farmers' Union of Alberta districts and officials relating to membership, leadership courses, feed mills and other topics; F.U.A. Advisory Committee Meeting notes; correspondence on the Junior F.U.A. debating competition, and brochures including for the 43rd Annual Farm Young People's Week.
File consists of a Farmers Union of Alberta membership card for Mrs. Myrtle Ward for Local No. 1201; and an invitation addressed to Mrs. M.H. Ward to attend a reception for the Eleventh Triennial Conference of the Associated Countrywomen of the World.