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Date(s)
- 1908-1969, predominant 1919-1969 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
38 cm of textual records. -- 39 posters. -- 3 photographs. -- 2 audio cassettes
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Leonard D. Nesbitt, 1888-1969, was born in Lisburne, County Down, Ireland and came to Calgary from Lindsay, Ontario in 1910. He was a journalist and worked for many papers including the Calgary Albertan and the Calgary Herald. In 1912, he bought the Bassano News, started the Langdon Leader and took over the Brooks Bulletin. In the same year, he married Gail Amelia Huffman, and they had four children: Clive, 1913-1981, James, 1914-2005, Lee, 1917-?, Donna (Randall), 1928-2002.
Between 1926 and 1955 he was the Superintendent of Publicity for the Alberta Wheat Pool. In 1927 he instituted radio broadcasts and later was the editor of the Wheat Pool Budget. During this period he wrote extensively on all phases of western agriculture, and was closely associated with the United Farmers of Alberta (UFA) and Henry Wise Wood. He retired in 1955.
In 1960, he was commissioned by the Alberta Wheat Pool to write its history, Tides in the West. - Saskatoon : Modern Press, 1962.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of Leonard D. Nesbitt and George Gooderham, 1965-1969.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The fonds consists of personal papers; correspondence, articles, and news releases produced while AWP publicity director (1926-1955); recorded interview about life; and patriotic, recruiting and war bond posters from the Second World War.
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Conditions governing access
No restrictions on access.
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Script of material
Language and script notes
The material is in English.
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents of records.
Note
NA 3367 does not appear to exist.
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NA 1197 is a copy negative of PA 813.
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M-3973 is attached to multiple fonds; File 5 is Leonard Nesbitt.
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- Alberta Cooperative Wheat Producers (Subject)
- Alberta Farmers' Union (Subject)
- Bredt, Paul F. (Subject)
- Burnell, Charles (Subject)
- Cairns, Andrew (Subject)
- Canadian Cooperative Wheat Producers (Subject)
- Canadian Wheat Board (Subject)
- Crerar, T.A. (Subject)
- Davidson, Noel (Subject)
- Greenfield, Herbert (Subject)
- Hannaford, J.R. (Subject)
- Hutchings, P.J. (Subject)
- Macleod, W.A. (Subject)
- McPhail, Alexander James (Subject)
- Manitoba Pool Elevators (Subject)
- Purdy, R.D. (Subject)
- Ramsay, E.B. (Subject)
- Saskatchewan Wheat Pool (Subject)
- Smith, D.L. (Subject)
- Strange, H.G.L. (Subject)
- Wood, Henry Wise A. (Subject)