Radical and reform-minded books and other writings in Alberta and Saskatchewan pre-1954

WORK IN PROGRESS

esp. Labour, Farmer and Socialist

unemployed and poor

bank and monetary reform pre-1935

(in Peel's PP pre-1935 means no. 1 to no. 5828),

in Weinrich it means no. 1 to no. 1689)

(for info on Edmonton radicals and reformers, see Montopedia blog "Progressive history of Edmonton)

Main sources for this information:

Peter Weinrich Social Protest from the Left in Canada 1870-1970 A Bibliography (UofT Press, 1982)

Peel's Bibliography of the Canadian Prairies to 1953 (revised and enlarged)

Hathi trust online

example https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiuo.ark:/13960/t20d1b94z&seq=1

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(Banking and monetary reform pre-1935

(in Peel's PP pre-1935 means no. 1 to no. 5828),

in Weinrich it means no. 1 to no. 1689.

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CAMPBELL

Campbell, A.C. (PPP has no info on this author, perhaps of Edmonton)

Public Ownership of natural resources the present great opportunity of the Prairie Provinces [1927] (Peel's PP)

CESSNA (P.W. Cessna of Kinistino, SK)

The co-operative commonwealth A concise analysis of the world Depression, its cause and its remedy [1931?] (PPP 5532)

The co-operative commonwealth The proposed system at work [1932] (PPP 5605) Weinrich 1385

Edwards, Henrietta Muir

Farmers Unity League Weinrich 1395

Fay, C.R. Agricultural co-operation in the Canadian west (1925) Weinrich 1104

Hunt, John D.

Present electoral system condemned (1921)

UFA published excerpt from his official report on electoral reform, which was suppressed by the Liberal government.

(no copies apparently exist of his report)

(also au,thor of The Dawn of a NEw PAtriotism and other peiecs on PR and STV and eletora relform.

Manitoba and Northwest Farmers’ Union

William Winter, Call to the Farmers! Notice of a convention of farmers (26 November 1883) Convention to be held

"to consider the political situation of Manitoba and the North-West Provinces and to adopt such measures as may be deemed expedient to secure redress of the grievances under which those provinces are suffering." Brandon, MB, 1883 (Weinrich, Left bibliography No. 99)

Manitoba and Northwest Farmers' Union resolutions adopted at the farmers convention held in the City of Winnipeg 19th and 20th December 1883. Instructions as to the formation of branch unions, etc.  (Peel 1260; Weinrich No. 104) [text available]

PARTRIDGE

T.A. Patrick of Yorkton Member of the NWT Legislature 1894-1904

The Five Province Heresy a Menace to National Unity (1905) (Weinrich)

Our Senate Problem and its Solution [1924?] (available at PAA) [my own photos]

The County System for Saskatchewan (Peel's PP)

Pierce, Herbert Chandler (1869-1940) of Saskatoon

Our money system and what it is doing to us: It is sure doing a plenty: The remedy and how to apply it, inject gently to prevent shock (1925)

Saskatchewan Grain Growers Association 1923 (Weinrich)

Stirling, Geo. F. (Saskatoon) 1926 Weinrich 1171 see Weinrich 1404

Unemployed Association of Alberta Report of conference between ... (1925) (Weinrich 1123)

William, Weinrich 1412

Wood, Henry Wise Weinrich 1174

George Stirling

Stirling, Geo. F. (Saskatoon) 1926 Weinrich 1404 (see Weinrich 1171)

Workers Unity League Weinrich 1415, 1416, 1417

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timeline

1895

1895-1900 Harmony Industrial Association

Will Paynter and his brother Ed Paynter had helped found an utopian community in 1895 at Birtle, Saskatchewan. The Harmony Industrial Association raised cattle and produced butter and lime for whitewash. It survived until 1900 when it disbanded. some members settled in the nearby towns of Tantallon and Spy Hill. The two Paynter brothers went on to be farmers, businessmen, leaders in co-operative organizations, and utopian writers .

W.C. Paynter settled in Tantallon. (see 1921)

from Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan online "Harmony Industrial Association"

https://esask.uregina.ca/tmc_cms/modules/customcode/includes/print_entry.cfm-entryid=734A550C-1560-95DA-43F9D8A3EE193035.html

see “Practical Utopians: Ed and Will Paynter and the Harmony Industrial Association,” by A. MacDonald, A. 1995. Saskatchewan History 47 (1), pages 13-26.

see Herperger, Joseph H. Edward Alexander Partridge and W.C. Paynter" unpub. paper for History N435, Univ. of Regina

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1900

1905

E. A. Partridge, Shall we co-operate to secure legitimate value for our wheat. pamphlet United Grain Growers Archives

(other books by Partridge:

Partridge, A People's Road to Hudson's Bay. no date. pamphlet United Grain Growers Archives;

many other works listed in Weinrich)

see also "That Man Partridge" E.A. Partridge, His Thoughts and Times by Murray Knuttila (Canadian Plains Research Centre, Regina, 1994)

1907 E. A. Partridge, A Farmers Trade Union. pamphlet United Grain Growers Archives

1910

1911

1912

Ed Paynter (see 1895)

Spectres of the Night and morning light 1912.

(see MacDonald, Alex.  Practical Utopians; The Lives and Writings of Saskatchewan Cooperative Pioneers Ed and Will Paynter (Published by Canadian Plains Research Center/University of Regina) (see 1941)

1913

Partridge, Edward Alexander, 1862-1931. Manifesto of the No-Party League of western Canada. 1913

1915

1917

John D. Hunt The Dawn of a New Patriotism (1917) hardcover book

Much on proportional representation

Using the City of Winnipeg, his home before coming to Edmonton in 1915, as an example, he stressed the need for a city-wide multi-member district and fair voting in the new larger district.

As clerk of the legislative council in the Alberta government, he was in position to press for electoral reform and succeeded, with Alberta adopting partial PR in 1924 and the City of Edmonton adopting PR for election of city councillors in 1923.

(The Dawn of a New Patriotism not in Peel's PP, nor in Weinrich)

see Montopedia blog

https://montopedia.wixsite.com/montopedia/post/pantheon-of-electoral-reformers-john-d-hunt-clerk-of-the-alberta-legislative-council-and-advocat

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1920

Deachman, R.J. Deachman before the Tariff Commission - a destructive criticism of the fallacies of protection. Calgary: The Westerner, 1920. (Weinrich 830)

Irvine, William Farmers in politics. 1920 (Weinrich 830)

(foreword by H.W. Wood)

Labor church (Weinrich 846

Non-Partisan League Grain Growers Saskatoon (Weinrich 857

Saskatchewan Grain Growers Assoc. Weinrich 869

J.A. Stevenson was a writer for the Council of Agriculture.

J.A.S. (J.A. Stevenson) Proportional representation. Weinrich 876 (PAA info folders)

J.A.S. (J.A. Stevenson) Where the farmer touches city labor. Weinrich 877

1921

Bergen, N.J. L. The Farmers union of Canada (1923) (resident of Wetaskiwin)

(see Weinrich)

W.C. Paynter of Tantallon, SK. of the British Banking Reform League (see 1895)

Will Paynter, Canadian money and progress 1921

(reprinted in 1931 as The Trumpet Call of Canadian money and progress : an ideal handbook of monetary reform.) (Peel's PP 4710) (Weinrich

(see MacDonald, Alex. Practical Utopians; The Lives and Writings of Saskatchewan Cooperative Pioneers Ed and Will Paynter. published by Canadian Plains Research Center/University of Regina)

1922 UFA Political awakening...

1924

Bolton, A.E. The Dawn of freedom for farm slaves (1924) (weinrich 1042)

1925

E.A. Partridge "Partridge of Sintaluta"

he lived near Sintaluta, Saskatchewan.

A War on Poverty -- The One War that Can End War. (1925) (Weinrich)

1926

 Brownlee, J.E. (Premier) five years of progress 1926

Clarke, Joe 1926 Weinrich 1143

Bennett, Annie D. The local council of women of Regina 1926 weinrich 1132

1927

Alberta Co-operative Wheat Producers 1927 Weinrich

Can. Farmers Educational League Manifesto 1927 Weinrich

Sun Yat Sen Calgary 1927 Weinrich

1928

Society of Named Doukhobors 1928 Saskatchewan Weinrich 1247

1930

Adshead Weinrich 1300

Regina and Saskatoon Labour Councils. The Saskatchewan all-Canadian labour annual   Weinrich 1336

Shapiro, Aaron. 100% control by legislation. Weinrich 1337

Saskatchewan Farmer Political Assoc. Constitution. Regina Weinrich 1338

1931

W.C. Paynter of Tantallon, SK (see 1895)

 The Trumpet Call of Canadian money and progress : an ideal handbook of monetary reform. (Peel's PP 4710) (Weinrich 1400)

(see MacDonald, Alex. Practical Utopians; The Lives and Writings of Saskatchewan Cooperative Pioneers Ed and Will Paynter (published by Canadian Plains Research Center/University of Regina)

AB Wheat Pool Weinrich 1370

Bergen Weinrich 1373

1932

CCF founding convention, Calgary 1932 Weinrich 1436 Weinrich 1437

1935

United Farmers of Canada. Land Nationalization programme of the UFC. Saskatoon, c. 1935 (Weinrich 1802)

1940

1941

Ed Paynter (see 1895)

The New World Order 1941

see MacDonald, Alex.  Practical Utopians; The Lives and Writings of Saskatchewan Cooperative Pioneers Ed and Will Paynter (published by Canadian Plains Research Center/University of Regina)

(not in Weinrich)

(not available in Hathitrust)

1945

1950

1953

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a bit outside the stated range:

Gerry Wright, The Immorality of the Motor-Car...

Discussions on The Road Ahead -- Strategies for Democratic Socialism

Report on "The Road Ahead" Conference, September 9-11, 1988. UofA Campus, Edmonton.

Keynote Speech by Tony Benn.

(compiled by Tom Monto; published by the Woodsworth-Irvine Socialist Fellowship)

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ATB Peel 6252

AB SC platform  Peel 6341

AB SC platform A democratic platform advocating the principle of of true democracy  Peel 6341

AB Co-operative leaders  Peel 6707

AB experiment an interim survey  Peel 6081

AB has the sovereign right to issue  Peel 5945

AB plan of co-operating  Peel 4721

AB's road to freedom 1935-1942. The record of seven years of government without borrowing money.  Peel 6508

1927:

Alberta Co-operative Wheat Producers. Alberta Wheat Pool rally. Calgary: Dept. of Education, Alberta Co-operative Wheat Producers, 1927. 46 pages. (The rally was held in Calgary on June 7, 1927.) Peel 5128

Alberta Co-operative Wheat Producers. The Alberta Pool and the grain trade  Peel 5127

Alberta Co-operative Wheat Producers. Wheat Pool lectures... Peel 5129

United Farmers of Canada, SK section. Do you know this? Peel 5116

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Internet Archives:

The B.N.A. Act and Social Credit: Does the Canadian constitution prevent a province from solving its problems? Should good government stultify freedom in a crisis? In times of political development absolute control is seldom sought. Does Clause 138 of Bank Act forbid Social Credit? Good and welfare should be supreme then By: Alberta Social Credit League (author)

Published: 1934. Internet Archives

The Bill of Rights: Introduction, summary, the Act, questions, & answers: Alberta's charter of freedom By: Alberta. Legislative Assembly (author)

Published: 1946. Internet Archives

This thing called freedom By: Douglas, T. C.

Published: 1948

Collections: Peel's Prairie Provinces - Books & Other Print Materials, Peel's Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Library

Caption title. // "From a radio speech delivered Wednesday, March 10, 1948." // Caption title. Transcript of a radio speech delivered by Premier Douglas on Wednesday, 10 March 1948. Internet Archives

Social democracy in Canada

By: Williams, G. H. (George Hara), 1894-1945

Published: 1939. Internet Archives

anti-CCF:

C.C.F. stands for socialism By: North Battleford Liberal Association Published: 1938. Internet Archives

Reconstruction program for Canada

By: Dominion Labor Party (author)

Published: 1919. Internet Archives

Pioneers in poverty: Some facts for western Canadians today

By: League for Social Reconstruction. Winnipeg Branch (author)

Published: 1938. Internet Archives

Individualism versus socialism

By: McTavish, Douglas Craig

Published: 1939

Topics: Politics and Government--General, Canada--Politics and government, Individualism, Individualisme, Philosophy, Philosophie, Socialism, Socialisme, 1939

Collections: Peel's Prairie Provinces - Books & Other Print Materials, Peel's Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Library

McTavish, Douglas Craig was a resident of Telfordville district, Alberta. Internet Archives

[Individualism versus socialism is only book by this author in Internet archives.]

Economic policy

By: Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. Saskatchewan Farmer-Labor Group.

Published: 1933. Internet Archives

A discussion guide to William Irvine's "Is Socialism the answer?"

By: King, Carlyle Albert, b.1907. (author)

Published: 1945

Topics: Politics and Government--General, Canada--Politics and government, Democracy, Démocratie, Socialism, Socialisme, 1945

Collections: Peel's Prairie Provinces - Books & Other Print Materials, Peel's Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Library

King, Carlyle Albert: b.1907. // Promotes the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation. Internet Archives.

See Peel 6752.

Addresses delivered by M.J. Coldwell, Saskatchewan C.C.F. leader and Jacob Benson, C.C.F. candidate for Yorkton: As reported by the Yorkton Enterprise, March 7th, 1935

By: Coldwell, M. J. (Major James), 1888-1974, Benson, Jacob.

Published: 1935. Internet Archives

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Alberta's Fight for Freedom at Alhambra

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Weinrich:

Campbell, Weinrich 1424

Fairchild Weinrich 1439

United Farmers of Canada Saskatoon 1251 Regina 1250

A.J. MacPhail Not unto himself Weinrich 1279

Johnson, Pearl Weinrich 1273

Sherrard Weinrich 1287

UFC Weinrich 1290

MWUC weinrich 1194

William Irvine of Calgary

minister newspaper man, MP

Mardiros biography William Irvine

Non-Partisan League see Peel's PP 4516, 4336

Louise McKinney (see Peel's PP)

(Peel's PP subject headings

socialism

3650

3822

4312

4476

5090

5532

5605

5842

6206

6301

6537

6752

6757

6852

7012

7147

7202

Social Credit pre-1935

Peel 4922 Irvine Purchasing power and the world problem - Social control of credit. [1924?] (Peel PP, no. 4922)

5425 Economic Safety League. Statements of reasons for opposing SC [1930?] [likely 1935 or later]

5597 Aberhart Study group features 1932-1933 (titles of units given in PPP)

5659

5660

5709

5748

5749

5812

social justice

5744 Woodsworth of Winnipeg

A Plea for social justice

6134 Stubbs Lewis St. George of Winnipeg?

Human rights and social justice (1937)

social conditions

3159

3431

3500

3589

4051

4089

4142

5791

5792

5995

6511

public health

1789

6420

6666

6679

6910

6991

public welfare

6982

6983

7084

finance

1222

1273

1304

1681

1705

1746

1813

2119

3157

5093

5451

money

4623

4710

4945

5022

5026

5420

5425

5859

5994

6076

6337

6544

6651

fascism 6073 6510

communism 4696 5742 5860 5953 6100 6515 7024 7090

lots in (Peel's PP) on farmers

ufa political party

on Riel Rebellion

women in politics

Edmonton

John Russel Love in reply to criticism [of UFA government ?] [1930] (Peel's PP)

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