Identity area
Reference code
CA ACU GBA F2054
Title
E.P. Foster fonds
Date(s)
- 1927-1961 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
4 cm of textual records. -- 2 photographs
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Edward P. Foster, 1896-1962, was born in Guelph, Ontario and educated at Carstairs, Alberta. He was a school teacher, Imperial Oil agent, and farmed at Three Hills. From 1935 to 1940 he sat in the Alberta Legislature as the Social Credit Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the Didsbury constitutency. He never married.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of Catharine Watson, 1995.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The fonds consists of diaries (1927-1929, 1958-1959, 1959-1961), a composite photograph of the Social Credit government (1935), and a photograph of E.P. Foster (ca. 1950s).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
No restrictions on access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
The material is in English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
No finding aid.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents of records.
Note
The photos are in M 8422.