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Inventory prepared by Vladimira Zvonik
University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(2003)
Finding aid encoded by Vladimira Zvonik (2003)
Finding aid written in English.
Table of Contents
Administrative History of Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association
Scope and Contents of the Records
Detailed Description of the Records
Palliser Wheat Growers Association
Crow Benefits - Alberta Office, 1990-92
Coalition Against C-4, 1996-98
Reports, Statements, Submissions, 1994-2000
Newsletters, Newspaper Clippings
Administrative History of Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association
The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association is a non-profit, voluntary farm organization founded in 1970 as Palliser Triangle Wheat Growers Association. The first president of the Association was Wally Nelson. The Association helps individual wheat farmers to represent their interest to government and other sectors of the agriculture. The Association head office is in Regina. Revision of the Association name to Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association happened in 1985. The president of the Association at that time was George Fletcher. The Board of Directors is elected at the annual conventions. WCWGA is active and strives for establishment of the flexible system for individual farmers to maximize their profitability. The Association is entirely supported by member contributions.
Scope and Contents of the Records
The fonds consists WCWGA's Regina, Winnipeg, and Calgary office records - minutes of the meetings; financial records, convention records; newspaper clipping; WCWG publications, video and audio tapes.
These records are organized into thirteen series
Three folders have been designated confidential.
Three folders have been designated confidential.
The fonds was donated to the University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections by Dr. Paul Earl (a former policy manager of WCWGA, Winnipeg office) in 2003.
Detailed Description of the Records
| Box | Folder | |
| 1 | 1 | Early Years of the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association by Sam G. Reimche, 1987 |
| 2 | Agricultural Pressure Groups in Saskatchewan by Nancy Welta, 1971 | |
| 3 | Years 1970-1976 | |
| 4 | Years 1979-84 | |
| 5 |
Revision of Association Name, January 3, 1985 Revision: the name of the Association shall be "Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association |
| Box | Folder | |
| 1 | 6 | 1970-1989 |
| 7 |
Between Sam G. Reimche and Wally Nelson (1st President of Association), 1986-87 History of Pallister Wheat Growers Association by D.R. Jaques |
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| 8 |
George Fletcher, President of the Association, 1980-85? Reports, Resolutions,Submissions, etc., |
| Box | Folder | |
| 1 | 9 | 1970-75 |
| 10 | 1976 | |
| 11 |
1977 The Crow Rate and National Transportation Policy, Transportation Agency of Saskatchewan |
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| 12 | 1977-89 | |
| 13 | Conventions, 1979-1982 |
| Box | Folder | |
| 2 | 1 | Transforming the Crow: A discussion paper developed by the ADA, December 1989 |
| 2 | ADA - Agricultural Diversification Alliance, 1991-92 |
| Box | Folder | |
| 2 | 3 |
Correspondence, 1991-92 Transport Coalition |
| 4 |
Western Canada Television, January 12-25, 1992 Media Cost Details |
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| 5 | Grain Transportation Media Kit, 1992 | |
| 6 |
Contract, [1991-92] Contract Contract Terms Insurance Projected Budget for ADA Amending Agreement, Department of Agriculture, August 5, 1992 |
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| 7 | Crow Benefits, 1992 | |
| 8 | Crow Benefits - Chase Clippings |
| Box | Folder | |
| 2 | 9 | Sales, 1990-92 |
| 10 | Western Canada Television, Media Cost Details, 1992 | |
| 11 | Continental PIR - Info, 1992 | |
| 12 | Continental PIR - Finances, 1992 | |
| 13 | Group Benefits, August 1, 1992 |
| Box | Folder | |
| 3 | 1 | Agenda, 1992-95 |
| 2 | Founders' Scholarship Program - temporary abondonment, 1993 | |
| 3 | Correspondence, 1993-95 | |
| 4 | Minutes, 1992- February 1995 | |
| 5 | Minutes, April 1995 | |
| 6 | President's Report, February 1995 | |
| 7 | Minutes, October - November 1995 |
| Box | Folder | |
| 3 | 8 | October 1995 |
| 9 | Saskatchewan Report, 1995 | |
| 10 | Sales Reports, 1992-1995 | |
| 11 | Pro-Farm Report, 1993-94 | |
| 12 | Manitoba Reports, 1992-95 | |
| 13 | Executive Director's Report, 1992-95 | |
| 14 | Alberta Report, March 1995 |
| Box | Folder | |
| 4 | 1 C | Association Proposal, April 12, 1996 |
| Box | Folder | |
| 4 | 2 | January - February, 1996 |
| 3 | March 1996 | |
| 4 | February - April 1997 | |
| 5 | July 1998 | |
| 6 | November 1998 | |
| 7 | January 1999 | |
| 8 | February 1999 | |
| 9 | April 1999 |
| Box | Folder | |
| 5 | 1 | May 1999 |
| 2 | June 1999 | |
| 3 | July 1999 | |
| 4 | November 1999 | |
| 5 | February 2000 | |
| 6 | April 2000 | |
| 7 | June 2000 | |
| 8 | July 2000 | |
| 9 | October 2000 | |
| 10 | November 2000 | |
| 11 | December 2000 | |
| 12 | February 2001 | |
| 13 | April - May 2001 | |
| 14 | June 2001 | |
| 15 | July 2001 | |
| 16 | October 2001 |
| Box | Folder | |
| 6 | 1 | November 2001 |
| 2 | February 2002 | |
| 3 | April 2002 | |
| 4 | July 2002 | |
| 5 | October 2002 | |
| 6 | November - December 2002 | |
| 7 | February 2003 |
| Box | Folder | |
| 6 | 8 | Financial Statements, Budget, November 1991-1995 |
| Box | Folder | |
| 6 | 9 | Year to October 1996 |
| 10 | Year to October 1997 | |
| 11 | June 1998 | |
| 12 | 11 months to September 1998 | |
| 13 | Accounting Reports, 3 months to December 1998 | |
| 14 | year to September 1999 | |
| 15 | Accounting Reports, 5 months to February 1999 | |
| 16 | 3 months to December 1999 |
| Box | Folder | |
| 7 | 1 | Accounting Reports, pt. 1, 2000 |
| 2 | Accounting Reports, pt. 2, 2000 | |
| 3 | Accounting Reports, pt. 3, 2000 | |
| 4 | Accounting Reports, pt. 4, 2000 | |
| 5 | 5 months to February 2000 |
| Box | Folder | |
| 7 | 6 | 1999-2002 |
| 7 | 1999-2000 | |
| 8 | 2000 | |
| 9 | Finances, Budget 2001 | |
| 10 C | Memorandum, State of the Wheat Growers, June 15, 2001 | |
| 11 | Budget 2001, Memos | |
| 12 | Financial Analysis, Budget, 2002 | |
| 13 C | Special Audit Report - Office of the Auditor General, February 27, 2002 |
| Box | Folder | |
| 8 | 1 |
Conventions, 1979-80 Ninth Annual Meeting and Convention, 1979 - Regina Tenth Annual Meeting and Convention, 1980 - Calgary |
| 2 | Twelfth Annual Meeting and Convention, 1982 - Winnipeg | |
| 3 | Fourteenth Annual Meeting and Convention, 1984 - Regina | |
| 4 | Fifteenth Annual Meeting and Convention, 1985 - Winnipeg | |
| 5 | Sixteenth Annual Meeting and Convention, 1986 - Calgary | |
| 6 | Seventeenth Annual Meeting and Convention, 1987 - Saskatoon | |
| 7 | Eighteenth Annual Meeting and Convention, 1988 - Winnipeg | |
| 8 | Nineteenth Annual Meeting and Convention, 1989 - Calgary | |
| 9 | Twentieth Annual Meeting and Convention, 1990 - Regina | |
| 10 |
Conventions, 1991-92 21st Annual Convention & Meetings, 1991 - Brandon Wheat Grower Convention 1992 - Calgary |
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| 11 |
Conventions, 1998-2002 Convention '98 - Kananaskis, Alberta Convention '99 - Saskatoon Convention 2002 - Regina |
| Box | Folder | |
| 9 | 1 | Transportation Reforms - Correspondence (Farmer Railcar Coalition), 1996 |
| 2 | United Grain Growers Takeover by Alberta Wheat Pool and Manitoba Pool Elevators, 1997 | |
| 3 | Coalition Against C-4: Memorandums, News releases, Faxes, Submissions |
| Box | Folder | |
| 9 | 3 | 1997 |
| 4 | January - February 1998 | |
| 5 | March 1998 | |
| 6 | April - June 1998 |
| Box | Folder | |
| 9 | 7 | Canadian Wheat Board Act - Submission to Joint Commission, 1994-95 |
| 8 |
1996-97 Future Focus: From Vision to Reality - Submission to Western Grain Marketing Panel, February 1996 Blueprint for a Commercial, Least Cost, Logistics Management System - Prairie Farm Commodity Coalition, July 1996 Brief to the Canadian Transportation Agency re: Railway Interswitching Charges, 1996 Presentation to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, re: Bill C-72 " An Act to Amend the Canadian Wheat Board Act", March, 1997 A Proposed Plan for an "Implementation Secretariat" to Progress discussions on the Estey Report, 1997 |
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| 9 |
1998-99 Submission to the Estey Review of Grain Transportation, March 9, 1998 Submission to the Estey Review: the Implementation of a Contractual System to Control Grain Movement, September 1998 Working Model for a Voluntary Canadian Wheat Board, October 1998 Policy Statement and a New Blueprint for Grain Transportation Reform, the Prairie Farm Commodity Coalition, November 19, 1999. Canada's Position at the 1999 World Trade Organization Agriculture Negotiations - Presentation to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, December 1, 1998 Eight Point Plan for Improving Farm Profitability - Presentation to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, December 1, 1998 |
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| 10 | Transportation Reforms - Correspondence, 1998-99 |
| Box | Folder | |
| 10 | 1 |
Submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Transportation re: Bill C-34 Amendments to the Canada Transportation Act in Respect of Western Grain, June 8, 2000 Correspondence included |
| 2 | Submission to the Canadian Transportation Agency's Hearing re: Ferroequus Railway Company's Application for Running Rights on CN Lines, May 5, 2002 | |
| 3 | Resolutions, 1997-2002 |
| Box | Folder | |
| 10 | 4 | George Fletcher |
| 5 | 1979-1994 | |
| 6 | pre 1977 | |
| 7 | Saskatchewan Business Journal, Winter 1970 | |
| 8 | Transportation Talks, 1992 | |
| 9 | News Releases, 1990-92 | |
| 10 | Wheat Growers Weekly, 1992-95 | |
| 11 | Info Pamphlets (Brochures) |
| Box | |
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11 12 |
Pro-Farm: the Official Publication of the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association, v.2, no.3,1986 - v.18, no.3, 2002 (incomplete) WheatGrower, February 1981 - November 1994 (incomplete) |
| Box | Folder | |
| 1 | 1 |
Palliser Wheat Growers Convention 1983, 10 tapes |
| 2 | Issues Facing North American Agriculture: How will we cope? by Dale Miller, January 7, 1992 | |
| 3-10 |
Sustaining Our Future, January 7, 1992, 8 tapes |
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| 11-25 |
WCWG Convention, January 8-10, 1992, 15 tapes Tape 1 & 2 of the set sent to Marilyn Florences on July 16, 1992 |
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| 26 | Farmer's Rally, October 20th, 1994 | |
| 27-31 |
WCWGA Quotas or Contracts, 5 tapes |
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| 32 | Implications to the Livestock Industry by Dr. Red Williams |
| Box | Folder | |
| 2 | 33 | WCWG Annual Meetings, January 4, 1990 |
| 34-39 |
Joe Halow - Reaction to Cartels, 6 tapes |
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| 40 | McCalla, Schmitz, Thomson - Moose Jaw | |
| 41 | Hookenson - Weyburn, Devine - Gasohol | |
| 42 | Joe Halow - Market Update, McCalla, Schmitz - Cartels | |
| 43 | Roy Jensen, Unifarm President - re: M.O.P., August 3, 1993 | |
| 44 | 25th Anniversary of Wheat Growers - History | |
| 45 | Ralph Child, January 5, 1983 | |
| 46-49 | Palliser Convention, January 5, 1983, 4 tapes | |
| 50 | Elected Board of Directors, Palliser Convention, January 6, 1983 | |
| 51-54 | Palliser Convention, January 6, 1983, 4 tapes | |
| 55 |
Palliser Wheat Growers broadcasts: "There's a Story Behind It", 4 reels Palliser Wheat Growers Association tour to Winnipeg, November 21, 1971 Copy of broadcast for Palliser Wheat Growers, 1730 Scarth St. Regina, February, 1972 Don Ja Ques, Palliser Wheat Growers Association, June 11, 1972 Doug Campbell, Research Director, September 18, 1977 |
| Box | Folder | |
| 1 | 1 |
TV tape, January 1977 Videocassette KCA 30 |
| 2 |
Hyland interview by Bill Story, CFQC, Summer 1978 Videocassette KCA 30 |
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| 3 |
C.N.R. Grain Train - Rivers M.B., September 12, 1986, VHS |
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| 4 | WCWG Regional Meetings - Biotechnology and the Canadian Farmer Monsanto Canada Inc., VHS | |
| 5 |
Farmer's for Fair Marketing Rally, October 20th, 1994, VHS |
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| 6 |
Crow Debate - Larson vs Maquire, January 16, 1992, VHS |
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| 7 | Going with the Grain - The Canadian Grain Transportation System, June 1985, VHS | |
| 8 | George Brinkman and Andy Schmitz, VHS | |
| 9 | WCWGA - Agency: Continental PIR, January 8, 1992, Beta | |
| 10 |
WCWGA - Agency: Continental PIR, January 13, 1992, VHS |
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| 11 | WCWGA - Agency: Continental PIR, January 10, 1992, VHS | |
| 12 | Crow Benefit Ad - MTN (TV Ad), January 12, 1992, VHS | |
| 13 | Against The Grain - rough cut, 1 hr 17 min, VHS |