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- 1920-1984 (Creation)
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1 m of textual records
147 photographs
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Carl J. Anderson, 1898-1998, was born in Nebraska, USA and came to the Scandia area of Alberta in 1918 to farm. He was instrumental in the formation of the Eastern Irrigation District in 1935, and managed it from 1947 to 1964. He organized the Bow Slope Shipping Association in 1934, and managed it until 1968. He was supervisor of several livestock feeders' associations in the Brooks area, and in 1960 assisted in setting up a feeder association on the Blackfoot (Siksika) reserve near Cluny. He has been actively involved in many agricultural associations including the Canadian Livestock Cooperative, Alberta Livestock Cooperative, and Alberta Federation of Agriculture. He was a member of the Scandia local of the United Farmers of Alberta and its successor, the Farmers' Union of Alberta, and on the local board of Jenny Lind School District. For his significant contributions to Alberta's agricultural development he was inducted into the Alberta Agriculture Hall of Fame in 1974.
For further information see Feasting on Misfortune : Journeys of the Human Spirit in Alberta's Past / David C. Jones. -- Edmonton : University of Alberta Press, 1998; and Groundwork : Carl Anderson, Farm Crusader / Renie Gross. -- Wardlow, Badlands Books, 1998.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of Carl J. Anderson, 1960-1986 and Renie Gross, 1999-2011.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The fonds consists of diaries (1938-1942, 1949-1960), speeches, correspondence, newsclippings and other personal papers, and circulars, reports, minutes and financial statements of organizations to which he belonged. Also consists of photographs of the Anderson family, their home, and various agricultural organizations. Includes minutes of Jenny Lind School District (1946-1954) and minutes, membership lists and cashbook of Scandia UFA/FUA (1920-1954).
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No restrictions on access.
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Language and script notes
The material is in English.
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Existence and location of copies
Digital content is available: https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/Package/2R3BF1S339BFY
Related units of description
There is an interview with Carl Anderson at the Bert Sheppard Stockmen's Memorial Foundation Library & Archives. There is a recorded interview with Anderson in the Irrigation Research Project at Glenbow (RCT-90-11).
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Title based on contents of records.
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There is a copy negative for one of the prints in NA 241.
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- Jenny Lind School District No. 3992 (Subject)
- United Farmers of Alberta. Scandia Local (Subject)
- Bow Valley Livestock Feeders' Association (Subject)
- Brooks Central Feeders' Association (Subject)
- Canadian Red Cross Society. Alberta Bow Slope Branch (Subject)
- Crook, Wesley (Subject)
- East Bow Valley Livestock Feeders Association (Subject)
- Entrup, Helmet (Subject)
- 4-H Club Association (Subject)
- Fukuda, Ray (Subject)
- Hays Feeder Association (Subject)
- Jensen, Lalovee Rogers (Subject)
- Livestock Brands (Subject)
- Murphy, James Lyle (Subject)
- Scott, Robert L. (Subject)
- Sewell, Jack (Subject)
- South Slope Livestock Feeders Association (Subject)
- Tilley-Rolling Hills Livestock (Subject)
- Valli, M.A. "Buck" (Subject)
- Veiner, Harry (Subject)