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Date(s)
- 1935-1936 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
2 cm of textual records
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Henry B. "Hilly" Hill of Calgary, Alberta was a disabled First World War veteran, and a professed communist. He first met William Aberhart in 1929 through his wife, Letitia "Lettie", who worked at Crescent Heights High School when Aberhart was the principal. Hilly became a personal friend and advisor of the man who soon became the Social Credit Premier of Alberta. Hilly encouraged Aberhart to purchase the Albertan newspaper, to give the Alberta Social Credit League an offical news outlet. He worked for O.C. Arnott and Company from the 1930s to the mid-1940s. During the Second World War he was the public relations officer for the National War Finance board. After the war he worked for Osler, Hammond and Nanton.
Repository
Archival history
These records were donated to the Riveredge Foundation by the Hon. Douglas Harkness, who may have acquired the papers from Hill.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Transferred from Riveredge Foundation.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The fonds consists of his memoirs regarding his relationship with Aberhart, the 1935 provincial election, and the Social Credit government's first year in power; diary entries (1935-1936); letters to Aberhart; radio address given by Aberhart; poems; and correspondence about the Albertan purchase.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
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Conditions governing access
No restrictions on access.
Conditions governing reproduction
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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 memoirs and diary.
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents of records.
Note
Consists of file 36 in M-4843 Riveredge collection