Here are detailed file-by-file descriptions of the contents of specific fonds and/or links to scanned documents.
![]() Examining sugar beets, 1956
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Series 1 | Biographical. -- 1953-1973 |
| M-6880-1 | Biographical material, 1958 and no date. -- Includes annotated transcript of interview. |
| M-6880-2 | Honours. -- 1968-1973. -- Includes Calgary Exhibition and Stampede tribute, Utah State University distinguished service award, University of Lethbridge honourary degree and Agricultural Hall of Fame appointment. |
| M-6880-3 | Newsclippings. -- 1953. -- Re: Palmer's career. |
Series 2 | Correspondence. -- 1922-1977 |
| M-6880-4 | Correspondence. -- 1922-1950 |
| M-6880-5 | Correspondence. -- 1957-1977 and no date. -- Includes correspondence re: Ranchland Recreation subdivision. |
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Series 3 | Articles and books (written by A.E. Palmer). -- 1925-1978 |
| M-6880-6 | Notes for articles and speeches. -- no date |
| M-6880-7 | Articles. -- no date and 1925-1938 |
| M-6880-8 | Articles. -- 1939-1952 |
| M-6880-9 | Articles. -- 1956-1978 |
| M-6880-10 | "When the Winds Came". -- 1965-1977. -- Correspondence, reviews, orders for books etc. -- Includes copy of book. |
Series 4 | Dominion Experimental Station, Lethbridge. -- 1921-1977 |
| M-6880-11 | Dominion Experimental Station, Lethbridge. -- 1937-1938. -- Dyking project worksheets. |
| M-6880-12 | Dominion Experimental Station, Lethbridge. -- 1921-1977. -- Includes progress report (1937-1946), 50th anniversary programme (1956), frost and precipitation data sheets. |
Series 5 | Peshawar Agricultural Research Station, Pakistan. -- 1953-1955 |
| M-6880-13 | Employment agreements. -- 1953- 1954 |
| M-6880-14 | Correspondence. -- 1953-1955 |
| M-6880-15 | Director's report. -- 1955. -- By A.E. Palmer. |
| M-6880-16 | Journals and publications. -- 1954-1955. -- Re: Peshawar agriculture. |
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Series 6 | Associations. -- 1936-1979 |
| M-6880-17 | Agricultural Institute of Canada. -- 1971, 1979. -- Membership lists. |
| M-6880-18 | Alberta Agricultural Research Trust. -- 1966- 1967. -- Correspondence, minutes, financial statements, etc. |
| M-6880-19 | Alberta Agricultural Research Trust. -- 1968. -- As above. |
| M-6880-20 | Alberta Agricultural Research Trust. -- 1969. -- As above. |
| M-6880-21 | Alberta Agricultural Research Trust. -- 1970. -- As above. |
| M-6880-22 | Alberta Agricultural Research Trust. -- 1971. -- Correspondence, minutes, financial statements, etc. |
| M-6880-23 | Alberta Institute of Agrologists. -- 1959- 1978. -- Reports, annual meeting proceedings (1959), correspondence and membership lists. |
| M-6880-24 | Canadian Council of Resource Minister. -- 1971. -- Correspondence, agenda, reports re: Prairie Water Seminar (first tier). |
| M-6880-25 | Canadian Council of Resource Minister. -- 1971. -- Discussion topics and background material for Prairie Water Seminar (second and third tiers). |
| M-6880-26 | Canadian Water Resources Association, Drought Committee. -- 1969-1972. -- Correspondence, minutes and reports. |
| M-6880-27 | Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce, Agriculture Committee. -- no date and 1956-1969. -- Briefs (by A.E. Palmer), annual reports and promotional literature. |
| M-6880-28 | Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration. -- 1936-1939. -- Reports. |
| M-6880-29 | Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration. -- 1940-1944, 1948. -- Reports and minutes. |
| M-6880-30 | Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration. -- 1956-1968. -- Reports and promotional literature. |
| M-6880-31 | Western Canada Conservation and Reclamation Association. -- 1961-1968. -- Report, newsletters, resolution. |
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Series 7 | Reference material (publications and papers). -- 1928-1978 |
| M-6880-32 | Irrigation. -- 1946-1978. -- Includes report on Oldman River basin. |
| M-6880-33 | Water. -- 1956-1971 |
| M-6880-34 | Dugouts and canals - linings. -- 1965-1967 and no date |
| M-6880-35 | NAWAPA (North American Water and Power Alliance). -- 1964-1972 and no date |
| M-6880-36 | NAWAPA (North American Water and Power Alliance). -- 1965-1966. -- Reports by Ralph M. Parsons Company. |
| M-6880-37 | Soil drifting. -- 1940, 1953, 1976 |
| M-6880-38 | Mormon settlement. -- 1928, 1930 |
| M-6880-39 | Agriculture. -- 1953-1959. -- Papers by Mormon agriculturalists, collected by the General Church Welfare Committee. |
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Series 8 | Miscellaneous. -- 1937-1972 |
| M-6880-40 | Canada Water Act. -- no date. -- Includes Minister's policy statement. |
| M-6880-41 | American Water Resources Symposium, Banff. -- 1969. -- Programmes and participants list. |
| M-6880-42 | Manyberries Experimental Station - progress report. -- 1937-1947 |
| M-6880-43 | Utah State University - proceedings of Agricultural Experiment Station Research Day. -- 1966 |
| M-6880-44 | Saskatchewan Rivers Development Association - president's address. -- 1959 |
| M-6880-45 | Alberta Transplant. -- 1958-1959. -- Financial statements. |
| M-6880-46 | Historical Society of Alberta, Lethbridge Branch. -- 1963-1976. -- Newsletters, souvenir programmes, etc. |
| M-6880-47 | Special Areas Board Report. -- 1943 |
| M-6880-48 | University of Lethbridge - site selection report. -- 1967 |
| M-6880-49 | Programmes. -- 1933, 1951. -- For World's Grain Exhibition and Conference, Regina (1933) and agricultural short courses. |
| M-6880-50 | Miscellaneous. -- 1950-1972. -- Includes newsclippings, bylaws and constitution of the Alberta Sugar Beet Growers' Association, articles on weather modification and the mental health of Hutterites, Utah population map and speech by Walter Straley. |
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Series 8 | Photographs. -- 1933-1956
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| PA-2612-(1-19) | Dry land farming techniques. -- 1933-1956. -- 19 photographs. -- Six of these images have been copied as NA-4704-(1-6). |
| PE-117 | Agricultural Institute of Canada convention. -- nd. -- 1 panoramic photograph |
| NA-323 | Adelbert Cazier - Portrait and irrigation outfit. - - nd. -- 2 photographs |


