Here are detailed file-by-file descriptions of the contents of specific fonds and/or links to scanned documents.
![Automobile in southern Alberta, [ca. 1910s]](../../../../images/archpics/rawlins.jpg.gif) Automobile in southern Alberta, [ca. 1910s]
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| Series 1 | Personal papers. -- 1908, 1911 and n.d. |
| Series 2 | Farming. -- 1911-1951 |
| Series 3 | Politics. -- 1911-1944 |
| Series 4 | Education. -- 1936-1957 |
| Series 5 | General. -- 1932-1963 |
| Series 6 | Newspaper clippings. -- 1936-1961 |
| Series 7 |  Photographs. -- [ca. 1900]-1919 |
Inventory
| Series 1 | Personal papers. -- 1908, 1911 and n.d. |
| M-1024-1 | Biographical material, notes and newspaper clippings about Alfred Rawlins. -- n.d. |
| M-1024-2 | Rawlins' homestead receipts, Turin, Alberta. -- 1908 and 1911 |
| Series 2 | Farming. -- 1911-1951 |
| M-1024-3 | Alberta Wheat Pool business and correspondence. -- 1938-1951. -- Consists of The Budget (1938); statements for wheat delivered; growers' statement of reserves; letter from L.D. Nesbitt re G.S. Thorvaldson's anti-Pool speech; and 1950 convention news. |
| M-1024-4 | Alberta Wheat Pool pamphlets. -- [ca. 1926]-1942. -- Consists of the following: |
| M-1024-5 | Albert Wheat Pool and Canadian Wheat Board - Business and correspondence. -- 1938-1943. -- Consists of drafts of letters to the Editor by Rawlins over the grain marketing system; rough draft of essay on the way to handle grain; Canadian Wheat Board permit (1942-1943); complaint again Wheat Board, Ogilvie Flour MIlls and Alberta Pacific Grain Company. |
| M-1024-6 | Canadian Wheat Board and wheat marketing pamphlets. -- [ca. 1927]-1943. -- Consists of the following: |
| M-1024-7 | Correspondence between Rawlins and H.G.L. Strange, Director of Searle Grain Company. -- 1936-1937, 1941. -- Consists of letters of criticism by Strange over Rawlins' essay on the grain industry. Includes reference to evidence given by Strange before the Turgeon Commission. |
| M-1024-8 | Correspondence between Rawlins and United Grain Growers. -- 1919, 1935-1937. -- Includes a stock receipt and discussion of the disposal of the Retlaw grain elevator. |
| M-1024-9 | Turgeon Royal Commission. -- 1937-1938, 1948. -- Consists of pamphlet, "Why the State should Intervene to Help the Farmers", presented to the Commission by J.T. Hull, 1937; Rawlins' brief to the Commission; letters to E.G. Hansell, MP, about this brief; and a speech before the House of Commons discussing the Turgeon Grain Commission. |
| M-1024-10 | Turgeon Royal Commission - Submissions by J.H. Rhodes and John I. McFarland. -- 1937 |
| M-1024-11 | Bow River Drought Area Association, and the Retlaw Agricultural Improvement Association. -- 1937-1938. -- Consists of minutes and business records of both organizations; essay on soil drifting; and addresses by Field Crop Commissioner O.S. Longman to the drought association. |
| M-1024-12 | Irrigation. -- 1937-1938, 1947. -- Consists of correspondence with James Gardiner suggesting irrigation in areas of drought; applications to construct a dam; petition of farmers to federal and provincial governments; speech broadcast on CBC radio about farm conditions in the West; and letters re the proposed Sundial Irrigation District. |
| M-1024-13 | Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration, and Prairie Farm Assistance Act. -- 1937-1942. -- Consists of applications for dugout awards; crop bonuses; plan for wheat acreage reductions; correspondence re PFAA with James Gardiner; and House of Commons speech by Ernest G. Hansell (February 19, 1942). |
| M-1024-14 | Alberta Famers' Union. -- 1941, 1944 and n.d. -- Consists of draft articles re proposed farmers' organization. Includes demand for more stable produce prices, and a eltter from H.E. Nichols re the AFU. |
| M-1024-15 | National Farm Radio Forum. -- 1942-1943. -- Consists of a brochure on the program, letters of complaint by Rawlins, and replies by E.W. Brunsden. |
| M-1024-16 | General farming business. -- 1911-1942. -- Consists of a brochure, "The Seed Supply" (1912); receipt from Alberta Farmers' Cooperative Elevator Company (1913); threshing machine registration; amendment to threshers' liens act; draft letters on various topics to the Editor, J. Percy Page, James Gardiner, and H.E. Winch; program of convention of agricultural improvement associations; record of grain threshed; and a farmer's pocket ledger. |
| M-1024-17 | Livestock marketing. -- 1941, 1944 and n.d. -- Consists of memorandum re livestock marketing in Alberta; resolution to censure federal government;and issues of Canadian Cattlemen (No. 17, 20 and 24) issued to Western Stock Growers' Association members. |
| Series 3 | Politics. -- 1911-1944 |
| M-1024-18 | Map of polling divisions in South Central Alberta for the federal election. -- 1911 |
| M-1024-19 | Dominion politics. -- 1931-1941. -- Consists of letters to the editor about federal government policies; letter to R.B. Bennett re the Grain Exchange (1931); letter of protest to W.L. Mackenzie King re war policies (1941). |
| M-1024-20 | Provincial politics. -- 1941-1944. -- Consists of letters to the editor and replies about Social Credit; statement from the electors of Bow West re remaining a Special Area; and transcript of a radio broadcast by Rawlins. |
| Series 4 | Education. -- 1936-1957 |
| M-1024-21 | Education. -- 1936-1957. -- Consists of fourAlberta School Trustees' Association pamphlets; letters to the editor and correspondence re dispute over large school unit, teachers' salaries, and local boards. Includes letters to the Minister of Education and a brief to the British Columbia Education Committee. |
| Series 5 | General. -- 1932-1963 |
| M-1024-22 | General correspondence. -- 1932-1951. -- Consists of letters ot he editor; dispute over Leonard W. Brockington's speech (1932); letters re constructing a dugout; complaints to the CBC; references tothe Canadian silver problem; formation of the Taber Constituency Independent Association; correspondence with the UFA Coop at Turin, etc. |
| M-1024-23 | Seventh Day Adventists. -- 1941-1956. -- Consists of a brochure, "A Message for You"; advertisement for W.R. Foulston's talk entitled "One Government for all Men"; and thank you letter to Rawlins for his tithes. |
| M-1024-24 | Biographical notes about A.E. Palmer, Superintendent of the Dominion Experimental Farm at Lethbridge. -- n.d. -- Also inclues notes about Andy Nairn. |
| M-1024-25 | Milk enquiry by Mr. Justice Clyne. -- [1955]. -- Consists of resolution praising British Columbia dairymen; and broadcasts 1-5 about the milk situation in the Fraser Valley. Includes information re raw vs pasteurized milk. |
| M-1024-26 | Miscellaneous. -- 1939-1961. -- Consists of letters to the editor re war efforts, nurses, roads; brief to J.E. Brown (who was investigating conditions in the Municipality of Surrey); British Columbia Health Committee report (1947); and a ration book (1947). |
| M-1024-27 | Article and talks by Rawlins. -- 1963 and n.d. -- Consists of manuscripts for fictionalized writing re ranch life; religious article; sketch re difficulties as a returning officer in 1908; and script of talk re farming in Alberta. |
| Series 6 | Newspaper clippings. -- 1936-1961 |
| M-1024-28 | Newspaper clippings - Crop news and marketing. -- 1936-1941 |
| M-1024-29 | Newspaper clippings - Alberta Wheat Pool and Canadian Wheat Board. -- 1929-1937 |
| M-1024-30 | Newspaper clippings - Turgeon Commission. -- 1937 |
| M-1024-31 | Newspaper clippings - Education. -- 1937-1944 |
| M-1024-32 | Newspaper clippings - Farm Rehabilitation and irrigation. -- 1937-1938 |
| M-1024-33 | Newspaper clippings - Miscellaneous. -- 1938-1961 |
| Series 7 | Photographs. -- [ca. 1900]-1919. --10 photographs
Some of these photographs have been scanned.
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| PA-1129 | Prince of Wales; Lake Bennett, British Columbia, etc. -- 1919 and [ca. 1900]. -- 9 photographs. -- Consists of views of a visit to Alberta by Edward, Prince of Wales in 1919; and postcards of the north, possibly during the Klondike gold rush [ca. 1900], including caribou in the Yukon River, Lake Bennett, White Horse and Yukon railway, Skagway, and Wrangell, Alaska. |
| NA-2005 | Early car in southern Alberta. -- [ca. 1910s]. -- 1 photograph |
