Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1930-1939 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
2 cm of textual records
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Edith Blanche Cox, 1894-1985, was born in Upper Stewiacke, Nova Scotia. She came to Alberta in 1913. She was a teacher for several years, then worked as a clerk for the Bank of Montreal, 1918-1923. In 1923, while living in Killam, she married William Wright Rogers. They had no children. They moved to Calgary in 1929 and became involved in the Social Credit movement in the early 1930s. She was elected to the Alberta Legislature as a Social Credit member in 1935, defeating ex-Premier John E. Brownlee in the Ponoka constituency. She sat until her defeat in the 1940 provincial election. She was a school trustee in Edmonton, 1959-1974, and an Edmonton school is named in her honour.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Purchased, 1989.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The fonds consists of Social Credit related letters, speeches, posters and broadsheets. The items relate primarily to Social Credit's monetary ideas and dislike of the traditional banks
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
Digital content is available for the broadsides and posters
Related units of description
Other Edith Rogers records are held by the Provincial Archives of Alberta.
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents of records.