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

  • Tom Monto
  • Jun 26
  • 27 min read

Updated: 4 days ago

WORK IN PROGRESS


esp. Labour, Farmer and Socialist

unemployed and poor



bank and monetary reform pre-1935

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

in Weinrich, Social Protest from the Left in Canada, 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) (up to No. 3741)

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

Hathi trust online

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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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Edwards, Henrietta Muir


Farmers Unity League Weinrich 1395



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





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, E.A. "Partridge of Sintaluta"






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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Alberta publications from Weinrich


Deachman worked with Irvine on Western Independent check for his books in Weinrich


Format for use in Candidates, vol 1:

 name year author of [title, published in            by          ].



check Irvine in index against MSWI




Weinrich

In chronological order

33    NWT Indian problems   Weinrich 33


1873 Donald A. Smith (Lord Strathcona?) Robert Cunningham, Speeches on the Indian difficulties Weinrich 0043 



1882

Artique, Jean D' Six years in the Canadian Northwest  Weinrich 0093  Peel 595 [what makes this left?]


Dominion land policy. speculators and land grabbers... the rights of the settler disregarded [by Conservative government]...1882



1883

Winter, William    Call to the Farmers! Brandon, MN, 1883. (Invitation to a convention of farmers...) Weinrich 99  


1884

Manitoba and Northwest Farmers' Union. Resolutions adopted at the convention... 1884 Weinrich 104  (Peel 758)


1885

Mercer, Adam G. From Savagery to Civilization. The Canadian Northwest: its history... 1885. Weinrich 107



[1885 much on 1885 Riel rebellion. Weinrich 107-131, -168b, -185]




[Murray, Norman. The Trial of Sandy Wright 1888. . satire on equal rights. (Weinrich 194)



1890

Bryce, George. Two provisional governments ... four bills of rights... (Weinrich 207)



1891

Patrons of Industry. Constitution, 1891.   Weinrich 221


The true inwardness of the Canadian Northwest rebellion Weinrich 226


x1894

Patrons of Industry. Minutes of the third annual meeting of the Grand Association... 1894. Weinrich 249




Territorial Grain Growers Association Report of the Proceedings 1902 Weinrich 0326


x1895

Alberta

"Provincial government for Alberta, its meaning and necessity". not exactly radical but interesting)

1895, March 22 Mass meeting was held at Calgary to discuss possibility of pressuring the federal government to establish the district of Alberta as a province. The result of the meeting was the formation of a Provisional Committee authorized to "take steps towards the organization of a representative League for the advancement of the movement." This booklet was published to explain the position, saying the population of Alberta might be too small to be a province but also was too large just to be a part of the NWT. (p. 7)

Identity of the committee is not given.

Frederick Haultain, now known as main proponent for a large prairie province, is not even mentioned.


Saskatchewan

1895-1900 Harmony Industrial Association

Will Paynter and his brother Ed Paynter had helped found a 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 former 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"

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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x1900


x1901


x1902

Critic newspaper put out in furtherance of James Reilly's Independent candidacy for the 1902 Territorial election (Strathern, Alberta Newspapers, p. 32)


1903

Bond of Brotherhood newspaper endorsed by Calgary T&L Council (Strathern, Alberta Newspapers, p. 32)


1904


x1905

Mallory, C.A. and Vair, R.J. From a Farmer's standpoint. 1905. Mallory had been president of the PofI.    Weinrich 0343


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

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



1905

(Alberta and Saskatchewan hived off of the NWT and made into provinces)

Alberta



Saskatchewan

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)



x1906


x1907

Alberta



Saskatchewan

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




x1908

Edwards, Henrietta Muir. Legal status of Canadian women. Weinrich 0395  

[first pub. listed in Weinrich that was written by an Albertan and published in Alberta]

Alberta



Saskatchewan


x1909?

496 UFA Constitution and bylaws adopted by convention Jan. 14th 1909 Weinrich 426 (Peel 2087B)

(founding of the UFA at Edmonton through merger of the AFA and the SofE.)



x1910

Blake, F.  The Proletarian in Politics - the Socialist position as defined by C.M. O'Brien in the Alberta Legislature. Vancouver: SPC, 1910. largely transcript of speech by Charlie O'Brien, MLA. 1875 born). Weinrich 430

(Charlie O'Brien was elected for the SPC in the Rocky Mountain district, which contained many coal miners. He got more votes in 1913 but that time did not take the seat.)


available online:

Hathitrust has copy but only for limited search.




John MacDougall. Rural Life in Canada.   (Weinrich 516)

son of George McDougall?

ran in Calgary city election?



1911

Alberta



Saskatchewan


x1912

Alberta



Saskatchewan

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)










x1913

No-Party League of Western Canada. Manifesto. [c. 1913]  prepared by E.A. Partridge, Weinrich 524

(for info on E.A. Partridge, see Montopedia blog)



x1914

Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen.  Canadian union meeting souvenir, City of Calgary, Alberta Canada. Calgary. 1914. 79 pages. Weinrich 534


McClung, Nellie. The New Citizenship. Winnipeg: Political Equality League of Manitoba, 1914.

(McClung had not yet come to Alberta at this point in time.)  Weinrich 547


Wade, F.C. Experiments with the single tax in western Canada   Weinrich 568


Woodsworth and others including Nellie McClung. Studies in rural citizenship designed for the use of grain growers associations, etc. 1914 Weinrich 572


Budden, Alf. The Slave of the Farm – "Being letters from Alf Budden to a fellow farm slave and comrade in revolt" 1914 (Weinrich 655)

two different version with same title.

Weinrich says it was written in 1914 but not published until 1918 he did not notice the two different versions.

Alf Budden was apparently a member of the Socialist Party of Canada who lived in or near Calgary, Alberta. In 1914, the Socialist Party of Canada published The Slave of the Farm – "Being letters from Alf Budden to a fellow farm slave and comrade in revolt" – as a pamphlet. That text is available on the current SPC's website.

The article below is by the same author and has the same title – but the text is quite different from the 1914 pamphlet. It is not known which was written first. 

It was transcribed by Peter Campbell from an undated microfilm copy found at the National Library of Canada.  (see  Socialist History Project website, 2012)

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WWI

Private Peat" (Harold Reginald Peat  (1893-1960)

"Private Peat" lost an arm in the fighting. He became penpals with British writer Louisa Watson Small. They married and co-wrote a book on his wartime experiences under title Private Peat. Later they cowrote The Inexcusable Lie agaisnt war and nationalism. <it was published by Barse & Hopkins, New York, 1923.

Louisa was also author of Mrs. Private Peat, an account of her wartime experiences as a British woman.

Their lives are chronicled in Wikipedia under "Harold Reginald Peat" and "Louisa Watson Peat".






1915

United Mineworkers District 18. Report of the twelfth annual convention held at Lethbridge Alberta, Feb. 15, to 23rd 1915. 1915. published at Fernie by District Ledger.  Weinrich 588



1916

Edmonton Board of Public Welfare. Mothers' pensions or charitable relief. Which? 1916. Edmonton. Weinrich 593 


R. Parm Pettipiece and E.T. Kingsley. The genesis and evolution of slavery. Showing how chattel slaves of pagan times have been transformed into the capitalist property of today. 1916.  Vancouver BC Federationist.

(Pettipiece had been the editor of an Edmonton area newspaper in 1890s)


Woodsworth, J.S. and R.C. Henders. Bureau of Social Research, governments of Manitoba, Sask and Alberta. 1916.  letter outlining the new Bureau of Social Research.



x1917

Canadian League for Taxation of Land Values. (Our purpose, our method, our explanation, our desire, our ambition, our goal) 1917. single tax proposals endorsed by H.W. Wood, Nellie McClung, and others.  Weinrich 622


 The UFA. The UFA  - what it is, what it has done, what it aims to do. 1917   (later edition in 1922)    Weinrich 648


Budden, Alf. The Slave of the Farm – "Being letters from Alf Budden to a fellow farm slave and comrade in revolt" [1918?]

two different versions with same title, one published in 1914 and the other in 1918

Weinrich (no. 655) says it was written in 1914 but not published until 1918 -- he did not notice the two different versions.


Alf Budden was apparently a member of the Socialist Party of Canada who lived in or near Calgary, Alberta. In 1914, the Socialist Party of Canada published The Slave of the Farm – "Being letters from Alf Budden to a fellow farm slave and comrade in revolt" – as a pamphlet.

The version on the Socialist History Project website is by the same author and has the same title – but the text is quite different from the 1914 pamphlet. 

This 1918? edition was transcribed by Peter Campbell from an undated microfilm copy found at the National Library of Canada.  (see  Socialist History Project website, 2012)

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Stevenson, Jean C. Homesteads for women. 1918.  Calgary: UFWA. Weinrich 692



x1919

Alberta Report of the coal mining industry Commission. 1919. Edmonton J.W. Jeffrey. Weinrich 697


Canadian Council of Agriculture. The Farmers platform c. 1919 Weinrich 711


Canadian Council of Agriculture. A new national policy. 1919  Weinrich 712


Good, W.C. Production and taxation from the farmers' standpoint. 1919. Toronto: J.M. Dent.  Weinrich 725


McKinney, Louise 1919 delivered a speech entitled "The Farmers' Opportunity" at the UFA convention, which was published in pamphlet form by the Non-Partisan League Weinrich 0744 


The Origin of the One Big Union: a Verbatim report of the Calgary Conference Weinrich 0764


Reed, John and A.R. Williams. Shall socialism triumph in Russia. 1919.  Edmonton SPC. 15 pages. (Edmonton publication of SPC by non-AB authors) (Weinrich  0775)

(John Reed was famous for his book Ten Days that Shook the World)




Socialist Party of Canada A Reply to the Press Lies concerning the Russian Situation. pub. by SPC in Edmonton Weinrich 0785


Thompson, Bram. Canada's Suzerainty over the West. Weinrich 0793


United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. Trade rules (Peel 2683) 0794


UFA organizational instructions 0795


UFA Objects 796


UFA Resolution re: political action passed by UFA annual convention 797


UFWA Young People's work 0798


Western Labour News. Western Convention Report WCLC held at Calgary, March 13-5, 1919 0802


Wood, Henry Wise. Political Action in Alberta. 1919         0807



x1920

Geeson, John Relations between government and labour movement during the war. UofA Thesis 0838


Irvine, William The Farmers in Politics 1920 (hardcover book) 0846


Labor Church Hymns and Songs 0847


NPL (Sask.) not AB 0857 


UFA Provincial platform and declaration of principles. 0881


UFWA Working hints for local unions 0883



x1921

Edwards, Henrietta Legal Status of women… 0913


Hunt, John D.

Present electoral system condemned (1921)

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

(no copies apparently exist of his full report)

(also author of the hardcover The Dawn of a New Patriotism and other pieces on PR and STV and electoral reform.)



ILP Declaration of Principles of the Edmonton Branch 0916

ILP ILP's appeal to all labor for support. Edmonton branch of ILP 0917


Parlby Progress or reaction? Ottawa government's attitude towards needs of Canadian people contrasted with the aims and aspirations of the farmers' movement, 1921. (published in Calgary by the UFA). 0929 


Raymond, A. Pauline. Gathered Sheaves from the National Council of Women. published in Calgary. 0932


UFA publications (no author identified),  much on group government 940-8


UFWA Calgary Rest Centre. 0954


UFA. Method of Organizing for Political Purpose. 0985


x1923

Bergen, N.J.L. Farmers' Union of Canada. 0997


CLP Shall the Bankers or the citizens rule the City of Edmonton? 0999


farmers' movements 1024 


x1926 

Brownlee, J.E. Five Years of Progress. published in Calgary by the UFA. 1134 


CLP Over the Top! broadside published in Edmonton 1926. 1139 


Clarke, Joe. [1926 campaign broadside: Something to Think Over!] To aid in his 1926 campaign, a broadside was produced, saying, "Something to Think over! When the 1920 increases were given Joe Clarke was not an officially nominated labor mayor - just a human being. Vote for Joe Clarke - the square dealer", published in Edmonton by "members of organized labor." 1143 


Coote, G.G. 1926 author of The Issues in the coming election, published in Calgary by the UFA, and Speech on Proposed Tariff Reductions on Automobiles and Motor Trucks, Delivered in the House of Commons, published in pamphlet form. 1146-7 


Labor News Stand, Edmonton. Price list 1155 


R.C. Owens (Old Man Owens) The Bridge to Liberty Weinrich 1166  (see 1072)


Wood UFA President's Address, 1926 1174 



x1927

Alberta Co-operative Wheat Producers. The Wheat Pool. Wienrich1177


Campbell, A.C.

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

(PPP has no info on this author, perhaps of Edmonton)


McPhail in AB, Education for the new social order. (written version of her speech delivered speech "Education for the new social order.") 1193 

MWUC Constitution, district no.1 pub. in Calgary. 1194 

Roper 1927 author of Personal Stuff and Christmas Greetings. (Weinrich ) 1205 

Chinese pamphlet in Alberta (Chinese National League) 1210 

UFA You see more from the bleachers than from the diamond. no author identified 1213 

Wood Annual Presidential Address, 1927. 1222 



x1928

Alberta Cooperative Wheat Producers Ltd. Pooling Alberta's Wheat. 1223

AFL Constitution. 1224 

CLP. Fifth Convention, Alberta Section. 1229 

Wood Annual Presidential Address 1252 

Lloydminster Farmers Economic Group 1277 


Saskatchewan

Society of Named Doukhobors 1928 Saskatchewan (Weinrich 1247)



x1929


Saskatchewan

Sharrard


UFC proposed gas franchise


x1930

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 John Whitnah Leedy, of 10278 89th Street.

author of The proposed provincial banking law for the province of Alberta [1930?]. published in Edmonton by the author. 30 pages.

"Prepared for attachment to petition as provided by the Direct Legislation Act of the Province of Alberta asking a plebiscite on the question of whether or not this proposed banking act shall be enacted into law in the Province of Alberta."

(Internet Archives:


no newspaper mention of Leedy's 1930 petition has been found; no referendum on banking was held.

(but that Leedy was pushing in this way for that purpose fits the pattern.

(see Montopedia blog: Social Credit in Alberta)

As well, one reference (Golden Province?) says the 1930 election was a referendum on the creation of a publicly owned bank.

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


Saskatchewan

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

Saskatchewan Farmer Political Assoc. Constitution. Regina (Weinrich 1338)

Sask. Coop Wheat producers Weinrich 1286

Doris Nielsen




1930


Alberta

Adshead Facing Both Ways: Conservative Immigration Policy, published in Calgary by the Dominion Labour Party (1930) 1300 

CP Manifesto to the Workers and Poor Farmers of Alberta       published in Edmonton 1313 

Coote Speech on Tariff on Motor Trucks, Delivered in the House of Commons, 3 March 1930 (published in pamphlet form.) 1318 

MWUC Fifth Annual Convention, published in Calgary. Weinrich 1331 

Organization of 900 Unemployed Workers of Edmonton. Manifesto of the unemployed workers of Canada re: the press and immigration (broadside published in Edmonton ca. 1930) 1334 

UFA Nine years of Achievement, published in Calgary. Weinrich 1347  




x1931

Alberta

Alberta Wheat Pool. A Defence of Canada's Wheat Pool A Reply to Gampbell. (see Peel 3177) 1370

CPC Celebrate the November Anniversary. Weinrich 1388 

UFA Federal Affairs in Review. Weinrich 1409

UFA Memorandum to annual convention. Weinrich 1410 



Saskatchewan

Bergen, H.J.L. Songs for the times (Weinrich 1373)

Stirling

Williams


x1932

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


x1932

CCF A Call to the People of Canada Weinrich 1436

CCF An Outline of its Origins, Organization and Objectives. (first draft of Regina Manifesto.) Weinrich 1437 

Gardiner Speeches on the Address, in reply to the Speech from the Throne (speech transcribed and published in a pamphlet) 1931 (Weinrich ) Weinrich 1440

Coote   Speeches on the Address, in reply to the Speech from the Throne  1931 (speech transcribed and published in a pamphlet) (Weinrich ) Weinrich 1440

Irvine   Speeches on the Address, in reply to the Speech from the Throne 1931 (speech transcribed and published in a pamphlet). (Weinrich ) Weinrich 1440

UFA Declaration of Ultimate objectives. Weinrich 1476

UFA Declaration of Ultimate objectives, definition of Co-operative commonwealth … Weinrich 1477

UFA Provincial Platform. Weinrich 1478

UFA UFA Government's Record. Weinrich 1479 



x1933

Campbell, Annie The Social Services published in Calgary by CCF. 1933 Weinrich 1492

CLDL. The Alberta hunger-march and the trial … published in Edmonton. Weinrich 1494

CLDL Call for Western Conference against Section 98. pub. in Calgary. Weinrich 1496

CLP Report of Executive Committee, publ in Edmonton. Weinrich 1507

CCF Manifesto and Program. pub. in Calgary. Weinrich 1515b

Davies, Stanley Socialization of the credit and banking system of Canada. published in Calgary by the CCF. 1933   Weinrich 1518

Irvine Political Servants … Weinrich 1530

Leisemer, Aylmer.  The Need of Today 1933 (Feb. 20, 1933 radio address, published in leaflet form under title "The Need of Today") published in Calgary by the CCF. (Weinrich  1539)

Price, Harvey S. The Menace of a Dictatorship (1933 Feb. 13, 1933 radio address, published in leaflet form). Published in Calgary by the CCF. (not candidate but husband of Roberta MacAdams) Weinrich 1554

Priestley, Norman Unity Weinrich 1555

Priestley, Norman What the CCF Means to Agriculture. Weinrich 1556

Smith, W. Norman. Co-operation between Social Units  19 33 (April 3, 1933 radio address, published in leaflet form). published in Calgary by the CCF. (Weinrich  1565)

Turner, Amelia.   The CCF - Development and Purpose  1933 (Feb. 27, 1933 radio address, published in leaflet form). Ppublished in Calgary by the CCF. (Weinrich )  1570

Vogel, C.H.    Facts and Fallacies in Economics. Weinrich 1575

White, F.J. (Fred White),  What the CCF Means to Labor, published in Calgary by the CCF. (Weinrich ) Weinrich 1576






x1934

Alberta



Alexander, W.H. (Doc Alex)    Taking the Fortress. Weinrich 1590


Barritt, Mrs. R.W. History of the United Farm Women. 1934 Weinrich 1591


Bronson, H.E. [Harold] Power Lines Should Be Installed Free! 1934 published in Edmonton by the CCF. (Weinrich 1595)

(referendum in 1948 went against provincla governmetn take over of electricty produciton and distribution ,.

but still to fill in hole left by inactive private companies , farmers formed Rural Electricity Areas (REAs).


CLP. Labor Candidates merit your support. Why? Weinrich 1603


CCF. The CCF what it is, and what it stands for. Weinrich 1622


Coote; H.E. Spence; Garland; Wm. Irvine

Speeches on the revision of the Bank Act and on the Act to Incorporate the Bank of Canada, delivered in the House of Commons on Thursday, March 1 and Thursday, March 8, 1934  34 (speech transcribed and published in a pamphlet. (Weinrich  1623)


Economic Safety League      Statement of Reasons for Opposing Social Credit. Weinrich 1624


Gardiner, Annual UFA Presidential Address 1934 (published in pamphlet form). (Weinrich 1630)


Coote 34 gave a speech transcribed and published in the pamphlet 

Speeches on Unemployment Relief, Financing Public Works, National Insurance, Federal Health Policy, etc. Includes speech(es) by Coote, Irvine, Spencer.  (Weinrich  1634)


Irvine Co-operation or catastrophe. Weinrich 1638


Irvine The Forces of Reconstruction. Weinrich 1639


Price, Eleanore. Address of UFWA president. Weinrich 1652


UFA Alberta Government's record … Weinrich 1670



Saskatchewan

Evans, John. A Reply to Motherwell



x1935

Davidson, W.M. Aberhart Plan: A Survey and Analysis of Social Credit Scheme as Placed Before the Electors of Alberta 1935. published in Calgary by the Economic Safety League (Weinrich 1736)


The Aberhart Proposals: An Analysis of the Scheme Offered Alberta in the Name of Social Credit, published in Calgary by the Economic Safety League. 1935 (Weinrich  1737)


Humble, Harry. Social Credit democracy vs. dictatorship. Weinrich 1751


Humble, Harry Social Credit for Alberta? Weinrich 1752


Irvine The Brains We Trust. A play on social kchange Weinrich 1756


Irvine   Can A Christian Vote for Capitalism? Weinrich 1757


Love, J.R. (John R. Love)   Cross Examination of the Aberhart Plan of Social Credit. published in Edmonton by the UFA. Weinrich  1760


Love, J.R. (John R. Love) Some Achievements of the Alberta Government,  published in Edmonton by the UFA. Weinrich 1761


McCool    Some Facts: A Series of 18 Leaflets — Fact Finders Series. 1935 published in Calgary by the UFA. (Weinrich 1763


Irvine and  Grace MacInnis. The CCF and the Liberals: How Old-Age Pensions Came to Canada (and) The Liberals and the Banks, published in Vancouver by The Commonwealth. 1935 (Weinrich  1765)


Macklin, I.V. Politics and Economics from the Farmers Standpoint in 1935 Self-published in Grande Prairie. (Weinrich  1768)


UFA Manifesto Weinrich 1800


UFA Provincial Program. Weinrich 1801


x1936

Alberta Wheat Pool. Tides in the West. Weinrich 1811

(title re-used in Nesbitt's 1962 book)


Wood et al on Wheat pools. Weinrich 1824


Collier, Wesley H. Super-money (1936) published in Edmonton 24 pages (Peel PP 5994)


Margaret Crang.

Her return from Spain was signalled by the publication of the following pamphlet Cunard Line Announced MacLeod on "Queen Mary": Big Toronto Meeting October 11 in Massey Hall to hear Spanish Leaders, A.A. MacLeod, Ald. Crang. published in Toronto by the Committee to Aid Spanish Democracy. (Weinrich  1834


CCF The Way of Reason Weinrich 1851


Economic Safety League. The Dangers of Douglasism … Weinrich 1857

attack on Social Credit


Irvine Open Letters Weinrich 1866


Irvine    Take profit out of War: Suggestions as to how It may be Done in Canada, published in Edmonton by the People's Weekly. 1936 Weinrich 1867


Irvine    You Can't Do That (drama play) Weinrich 1868



x1937

Citizens Defence Movement    News Bulletin pub. in Calgary. Weinrich 1916


Citizens Defence Movement.    Special News Bulletin. pub. in Calgary. Weinrich 1917


Doolan, O.C.    [financial report of the Clarion Publishing Association to the CPC annual Convention] 1937 (Weinrich 1928


Grant Development of co-operation in Western Canada  (thesis)  Weinrich 1950


MacLeod and Ward    Spain trip 1973 not AB although might mention Margaret Crang


Peterson    Social Credit an Analysis Weinrich 1979



x1938

Citizens Defence Movement    Conference for the Repeal of Section 98 held at Calgary Pub. Library, April 16 and 17 Weinrich 2019


Gowan, Elsie Park. The Shop in Toad Lane.  (play about early consumer co-op in Britain, founded by Robert Owen) Weinrich 2066


UFA Addresses and report 2128




Western Canada

League for Social Reconstruction Pioneers in poverty - some facts for western Canadians today (Peel's PP online)

 (Weinrich 2082). much on unfair price of rail service to Edmonton


xx1939

Anon. Walrus and carpenter pub. in Calgary by the World News. 2129


Forsey Canada and Alberta 2183


German, R.O. Address at Co-operative Conference. (not cand.) 2184

Mullen (SC cabinet minister) case against railway amalgamation 2200



Stapleford   Western Canadian drought relief. 2216

UFC Manifesto pub. in Willingdon 2220


(World War II had started in 1939)



1940

1940 Freeman, J.M.    The Demands of God Today. (not Alberta) 2269


Irvine    Let us Reason together. 2277

Irvine    Trail of a Truth Twister. 2278


Spencer H.E. Banking and Credit: A Study, 1940  published in Edmonton by the CCF. (Weinrich 2309


x1941

Irvine    Strategy of Victory 1941 Weinrich 2347


Saskatchewan

Good, W.C. A world without war. (Weinrich 2342)

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Ed Paynter (see 1895)

The New World Order 1941

(not in Weinrich)

(not available in Hathitrust; not available in Peel's PP/ internet archives)

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)



x1942


Alberta

Irvine    Can Capitalism survive the War? 1942 2428

Irvine Tribute to Mr. J.S. Woodsworth. 1942  (Irvine's memorial address at J.S. Woodsworth's funeral). (Weinrich 2429)


MacPherson, James A. and William Halina, Mobilize Alberta for Canada's War Effort: Statement Issued on the Plebiscite in Answer to a Number of Requests from Albertans who Supported Communist Party Candidates. Vote "Yes" for National Unity, for Total War to Defeat Hitler in 1942! published in Edmonton by the Edmonton Council for Democratic Rights. 1942 2446


MacPherson, James A.   Keep faith with our fighting sons Edmonton:Communist Labor Total War Committee. 1943.  Weinrich 2583 


Roper and William Irvine  Personal Message 1942. (Roper's candidate message for Edmonton by-election, contained the "CCF-Labor" platform and a biography of Roper by Irvine). (Weinrich 2476)

As a CCF candidate, Roper won the by-election. His success helped cause Aberhart and the SC leadership to dislike PR, apparently. Roper was re-elected in 1944, 1948 and 1952. After PR was dropped in Edmonton in 1956, no CCF or NDP MLA was elected in Edmonton until 1982.

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x1943

Alberta

AFU Manifesto 1943. produced in Edmonton. 2494

Farmilo Workmen's Compensation and Implications of the Beveridge Report. 1943 (address published in pamphlet form) (Weinrich 2550

Heaps Engineering The future of Industry? Open letter to political groups. pub. in Edmonton by SC Board. 2559

Macklin Broadcasts on Religion, Economics, Politics. 1943 published in Edmonton. (Weinrich ) 2582

Roper First CCF Speeches in the Alberta Legislature on the Speech from the Throne and the Budget. (some of Roper's speeches in the Legislature) were published in 1943 under title,  (Weinrich ) 2600

UFA Program of Junior Branch. 2614

UFA Report of 25 Farm Young People's Week 2615



Saskatchewan

x1944

1944

Alberta

AFU Action Program 44 2623

Carter 30 years of Progress: Hist. of UFWA 2653 

CCF Platform abbrev. by Irvine 2687

CCF    Farmers Remember What You Got 2692

Irvine   CCF Aims, published in Edmonton by the CCF.

Irvine  CCF Policy, published in Edmonton by the CCF.

Irvine   CCF Provincial Policy: What the CCF Will Do For Alberta, all three published in Edmonton by the CCF. 

Irvine Security or Abundance: The People Must Choose, published by Contemporary Publishers. (Weinrich ) 2747-50

LPP "Forward Alberta" (series of leaflets on different topic, pub. in Edmonton) 1944 2762

Priestley Farmers Should Organize 2803



Saskatchewan


1945

Alberta

Alberta Livestock Co-operative. Alberta Co-operative Leaders. 2840

Alberta Wheat Pool Submission to Royal Comm. 2841

CCF Are You Afraid … publ in Edmonton 2879

CCF CCF Has The Answer pub. in Calgary 2884

CCF CCF Quiz pub. in Edmonton ( and other centres) 2885

CCF CCF Election leaflets, 1945 2887

CCF What Capitalism does to Canadians… pub. in Edmonton 2914

Irvine   Is Socialism the Answer?The Intelligent Man's Guide to Basic Democracy, 1945. published by Contemporary Publishers. 

(Carlyle King wrote "A Discussion Guide to William Irvine's Is Socialism the Answer?" as follow-up) (Weinrich 2945

King, Carlyle. A Discussion Guide to William Irvine's Is Socialism the Answer?" 2952

Priestley Progress in Cooperation. 2992

UFC and AFU Farmers' Action program 3016

AFU and UFC  Farmers' Action program 3016

Irvine "Free Enterprise Exposed", a chapter in Vital Reading, published by Contemporary Publishers. 3057



Saskatchewan


1946

Alberta

Cook CCF Members - Protect Your Democracy, ca. 1946. (the CCF published this broadside on the division between Cook and others in the party.) (Weinrich ) 3067

SC   CCF Social Credit and CCF Federal Election Issues. 3074

CCF SC Social Credit and CCF Federal Election Issues 3074

Macleod, A.A.    Palestine and You! pub. by LPP  46     (not about Alberta but Macleod did run in Edmonton in 1942) 3131

UFA     Strike Newsletter by Central Strike Committee, 46 3168





Saskatchewan




1947

Alberta

AFU    AFU Freight Rate Brief, 47 3175

AFU    Federal Government Resolution, 47 3176

AFU    Constitution, 47 3177

CCF    Provincial Program, pub. in Edmonton 3204

Irvine  Fight for Economic Freedom.   1947 (speech in House of Commons, published in leaflet form). (Weinrich 3231)

Priestley UFA Co-op 3257

Stimpfle, Carl   Address at district 5 convention held in Stony Plain        1947 (June 28, 1947 address at the Stony Plain convention of district 5 of the AFU, which was distributed in mimeograph form by the AFU). (Weinrich ) 3266



Saskatchewan




x1948

CCF Provincial Program, Alberta Section. 3318


CCF Story of the Alberta CCF 1948 3325


CCF Time for A Change 1948 3328


FU and UFC Farmers Action program (not found) 1948 3338


Interprovincial Farmers Union Council Memorandum to Government 3341


Anderson Some Political Aspects of Grain Growers Movement  (thesis)       not AB 3381 


Coldwell    Provincial Convention program 3407


Priestley    Time for Expansion 3444


Young. Speech on an Alberta Oil and Gas Pipe Line to Vancouver 3455


x1950

Alberta Co-operative Union. Alberta Co-operative and Farm Organizations. pub. in Edmonton. 3459


Association for Civil Liberties. A Brief to the Premier of Alberta.   3460


Nesbitt Save our Soil. 3520


Rolph. Henry Wise Wood 3525  biography



x1951

Irvine and Elmer Roper A Personal Message, published by the Battle River-Camrose CCF (Weinrich ) 3566



Saskatchewan

CCF The CCF in the world today a preliminary draft of a statement of CCF principles 3552



LPP Danger The American oil trust threatens the peace and freedom of Saskatchewan. 3570

Regina Peace Council What about Korea? Regina c.1951 3582




x1952

Coldwell Speech on SC 52 3607


CCF Provincial Convention program, Edmonton 52 3614


Nesbitt. The Case Against the Speculative Marketing of Grain. 3646


Roper    (Dec. 5, 1952 address at the Alberta CCF annual convention, which was published in leaflet form) (Weinrich 3649




x1953

CCF Provincial convention program IOOF hall, Edmonton Dec. 3-5, 1953 (20 pgs.) 3696


McKinlay Honorable Irene Parlby (thesis) 3719


MacPherson Democracy in Alberta. The Theory and practice of a quasi-party system. (258-page book) Weinrich 3720


Roper    They Shall Walk and Not Faint, 1953   (six-pg. leaflet). 3730


Saskatchewan

Bright, L.J. Co-operation history and philosophy. Regina: Co-operative Union of Saskatchewan (Weinrich 3674)


(last numbered entry in Weinrich prior to 1954 is 3741)

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for later writings of interest see Montopedia blog

"Radical and reform-minded books and other writings in Alberta and Saskatchewan 1954-1999"

such as

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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Periodicals

AFL Reports of Annual Conventions 

CCF, in Alberta  Reports of Annual Conventions

Bond of Brotherhood newspaper 1903 Alfred Palmer, James Worsley

Calgary Strike Bulletin  1919 Edmonton Free Press Henry J. Roche Roper   

Edmonton Strike Bulletin 1919  

OBU Bulletin pub. in Edmonton 1919 

Searchlight pub. in Edmonton 1919-20 

19?-37? editor of Ukrainski Robitnychi Visti (Ukrainian Labor News) published in Winnipeg by the Winnipeg Trades and Labour Council. (Weinrich )

Western Miner 30-31 pub. in Lethbridge Miners Section , WUL


WUL Western Miner 30-31 pub. in Lethbridge Miners Section, WUL

Unemployed Bulletin, 31-32? Calgary. National Unemployed Workers Association.

CCF Calgary Home News 

CCF Percy Hill  


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Campbell, J.G.


Fairchild, Henry Pratt. The Fallacy of profits.

Rosenberg

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Crang [this pamphlet may be of help in her bio., although not by her ]     3234


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timeline







1913

Alberta



Saskatchewan


1914

Alberta



Saskatchewan


j1915

Alberta



Saskatchewan


j1916

Alberta



Saskatchewan  John Whitnah Leedy

author of What’s the Matter with Canada?, A discussion of the credit situation in Canada, published in Edmonton in 1916. 38 pages.

(What’s the Matter with Canada?, Peel 4501 is dated "[1919?]"


j1917

Alberta




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

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j1918

Alberta



Saskatchewan


j1919

Alberta



Saskatchewan


j1920

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


1921?

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

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


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



Alberta



Saskatchewan


j1921

Alberta


Hunt, John D., Present Electoral System Condemned. Edmonton: UFA, [1921] Weinrich 730  [author of other books as well]

Wood Sears Higinbotham (none in Cand. v. 1.) 1032






John D. Hunt, clerk of the Legislative Council of Alberta

researched Proportional Representation

submitted his report to the Legislature in favour of PR but mostly ignored by Liberal government

government did bend to giving Edmonton more seats and to putting them all together in a city-wide district but adopted Block Voting instead of more fair single voting (SNTV or STV).

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Saskatchewan

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

The County System for Saskatchewan [1921?] (Peel's PP)





j1921

Alberta


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

(see Weinrich)




Saskatchewan


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)


j1922

Alberta


UFA Political awakening...


Saskatchewan


j1923

Alberta



Saskatchewan



j1924




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

Ernie Bolton was prime mover in the 1920s-era "Economic and Educative Committee of the Farmers Union of Canada (see Monod Agrarian Struggle, p. 101)


 


Owens, R.C. ("Old Man Owens") People's Financial Catechism 1072 

[author of other books as well]


1925


Pierce, Herbert Chandler (1869-1940) of Saskatoon


Saskatchewan Grain Growers Association 1923 (Weinrich)




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


Alberta

Calgary  by the UFA (mainly concerns Irvine's record). 1126

Wood UFA President's Address. 1129

Coote 25 delivered "Speech on Customs tariff on automobiles and motor trucks delivered in the House of Commons, 16 March, 1925," later published in pamphlet form. 1099 

Fay Agricultural Co-operation in the Canadian west. 1104 


Harding, Cyril (not in Cand. v.1.) and H.M. Bartholomew co-authors)

The Grain Commission Exposed, published in Saskatoon by The Furrow.  1108

Unemployed Association of Alberta.  Report of Conference between… pub. in Calgary 1123

UFA Declaration of principles; Some Facts. no authors identified 1124-5

UFA. The Tariff Issue and East Calgary: why the UFA is in Politics, published in 1925 in


Saskatchewan


E.A. Partridge "Partridge of Sintaluta"

he lived near Sintaluta, Saskatchewan.

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

(see Montopedia blog on him)



Pierce, Herbert Chandler 1869-1940

Published: 1925


Pierce, Herbert Chandler, 1869-1940.

Born in Wisconsin; part of education received in Portage la Prairie; settled at Wadena where secretary-treasurer of H.C. Pierce Land Co.; Saskatchewan MLA, 1908-1916.

(Canadian parliamentary guide, 1908-1915; Who's who in Western Canada ).



1926


Alberta


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


Clarke, Joe 1926 Weinrich 1143



Saskatchewan

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


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



1927

Alberta

Alberta Co-operative Wheat Producers 1927 Weinrich

Can. Farmers Educational League Manifesto 1927 Weinrich

Sun Yat Sen Calgary 1927 Weinrich



Saskatchewan





1929

Alberta



Saskatchewan













1932

Alberta

CCF founding convention, Calgary 1932 Weinrich 1436 Weinrich 1437


Saskatchewan



1935

Alberta

Saskatchewan

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




1951

Alberta






1952



Alberta



Saskatchewan


CCF Facts about CCF government in Saskatchewan Weinrich 3610


Tommy Douglas A big budget for a big job Weinrich 3621



1953

Alberta



Saskatchewan



xx

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a bit outside the stated range:



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:

Published: 1934. Internet Archives


Published: 1946. Internet Archives


Published: 1948

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


Published: 1939. Internet Archives



anti-CCF:


Published: 1919. Internet Archives



Published: 1938. Internet Archives


By: McTavish, Douglas Craig

Published: 1939

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

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


Published: 1933. Internet Archives


Published: 1945

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

See Peel 6752.


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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Some sources of information used to compile the list above


Dave Monod, The Agrarian Struggle - Rural Communism in Alberta and Saskatchewan 1926-1935


Weinirich Social Protest


Peel's Prairie Provinces (3rd edition book form)






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