Series 2

Personal and farm records. — 1917-2008. — 1.3 m of textual records. — 10 photographs. — This series predominantly consists of Lorne Proudfoot’s personal correspondence with family and friends. Also includes business correspondence related to his farming operations, insurance agency, other ventures, and community organizations. Includes records of his estate following his death. Files have been arranged alphabetically, by names of correspondents or by subjects.

Series 3

Village of Chinook. — 1913-1968. — 66 cm of textual records. — The Village of Chinook was incorporated on October 21, 1913. It was disincorporated 1977 and thereafter its municipal services were provided by the Special Areas. Lorne Proudfoot was appointed Secretary-Treasurer of the Village in 1943 and retired in 1968. — This series consists of Council minutes (drafts, incomplete), by-laws (incomplete), correspondence, annual reports, census records, financial records, etc., retained by Proudfoot in his official capacity. Includes assessment roll of Peyton School District No. 2855. — Arranged alphabetically by subject or correspondent. — The Assessment and Tax Rolls of the Village of Chinook, 1915-1940, are in the John C. Charyk fonds at the Provincial Archives of Alberta in Edmonton.

Series 4

Chinook Consolidated School District No. 16. — 1910-1961. — 1.7 m of textual records. — 1 photograph. — 7 maps. — The Chinook Consolidated School District No. 16 was formed in 1916 from the amalgamation of Bison, Popular, Buffalo Plains, Crocus, and Carpathia school districts. The District operated a four-room brick school in the village of Chinook, with a system of vans and sleighs to transport students. The District was amalgamated into the Acadia School Division No. 8 in 1950, but its Board continued to exist in an advisory capacity until it was dissolved in 1961. In 1957-1958 the District unsuccessfully sued to withdraw from the Acadia School Division over the issue of the closure of high school classes in Chinook. Lorne Proudfoot was Secretary-Treasurer of the District during the entire period of its existence. He served on the Board of the Acadia School Division for one year, 1951. John C. Charyk was Principal of Chinook Consolidated School, 1938-1954. — This series consists of minutes, assessment and tax rolls, cash books, correspondence, and records of the dispute with Acadia School Division. The Correspondence sub-series includes inspectors’ reports on teachers, contracts with teachers, and students’ matriculation exam results. — Arranged alphabetically by subject, correspondent, or record type. — Includes records of Buffalo Plains and Popular school districts.

Series 5

Chinook Consolidated Snow Plow Club. — 1953-1970. — 2 cm of textual records. — The Chinook Consolidated Snow Plow Club was incorporated in 1956. Its purpose was to maintain roads in the Chinook district in winter. It became inactive around 1965 when the Special Areas Administration began operating its own winter road maintenance equipment, and was dissolved in 1970.  Lorne Proudfoot was Secretary-Treasurer of the Club throughout its existence. — This series consists of by-laws, minutes, and financial records.

Series 6

Chinook Mutual Telephone Company. — 1935-1970. — 8 cm of textual records. — 7 maps. — The Chinook Mutual Telephone Company was incorporated in 1935 for the purpose of providing telephone service to residents of the rural area surrounding and south of the village of Chinook. It became inactive in 1966 when Alberta Government Telephones revoked its service agreement and began providing telephone service directly to residents. Lorne Proudfoot was President of the Company from around the 1950s until 1970, when he purchased its remaining assets from the other two remaining shareholders. — This series consists of minutes, correspondence, financial records, and maps.

Series 7

Farmers’ Union of Alberta. Chinook F.U.A. No. 1107. — 1919-1970. — 10 cm of textual records. — 1 map. — The Chinook Local No. 611 of the United Farmers of Alberta (U.F.A.) was formed in 1919. In 1949 the U.F.A. merged with the Alberta Farmers’ Union to become the Farmers’ Union of Alberta. At that time, Chinook Local No. 611 became Chinook F.U.A. No. 1107. It was a part of Sub-District 4 of District 11 of the F.U.A. In 1970 the F.U.A. merged with the Alberta Federation of Agriculture to form a new organization known as Unifarm. The local organization in Chinook apparently ceased to function at that time. Lorne Proudfoot was either President, Secretary, or Delegate for Chinook throughout its history. — This series consists of minutes and correspondence.

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Series 8

Goose Lake Livestock Co-operative Ltd. — 1941-1955. — 20 cm of textual records. — 1 photograph. — The Goose Lake Livestock Co-op was incorporated in 1941 and became inactive in 1955. The district along Highway 9 from Hanna to the Saskatchewan border was locally known as the Goose Lake Line. The Co-op was organized to market cattle, hogs, and sheep and was affiliated with the Alberta Livestock Co-operative Ltd. Lorne Proudfoot served as its Manager. — This series consists of by-laws, minutes, correspondence, and financial records.

Series 9

Handhills-Acadia Independent Political Association. — 1962-1970. — 13 cm of textual records. — 2 posters. — The Handhills-Acadia Independent Political Association grew out of local farmers’ and ranchers’ dissatisfaction over taxes and grazing fees charged by the Special Areas Administration. It nominated a candidate for the 1963 provincial election, Lyall Curry. In spite of tacit support for his candidacy from the Progressive Conservative, Liberal, and New Democratic parties, the campaign was unsuccessful. Lorne Proudfoot was Secretary of the Association. — This series consists of correspondence, minutes, financial records, newsclippings, posters, and lists of electors for the Hand Hills-Acadia constituency.

Series 10

Independent Electors of the Acadia-Coronation Constituency. — 1940-1945. — 1 cm of textual records. — The Independent Electors of the Acadia-Coronation Constituency was part of a movement to defeat the Social Credit government by nominating independent or coalition candidates supported jointly by the Conservative, Liberal, and social democratic parties. George N. Johnston was the unsuccessful candidate for this organization in 1940 and 1944. Lorne Proudfoot was Secretary of the organization. — This series consists of correspondence and a financial statement.

Series 11

Non-Partisan League / Independent Political Association. — 1916-1919. — 4 cm of textual records. — This series consists of materials on Lorne Proudfoot’s early political career, as the secretary of the Independent Political Association, Constituency of Acadia; and as a candidate of the affiliated Nonpartisan Political League of Canada, Alberta Branch during the 1917 provincial election.

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Series 12

Special Areas. — 1946-1966. — 21 cm of textual records. — 5 maps. — The Special Areas are a region of southeastern Alberta which, due to poor agricultural conditions, became depopulated in the 1920s and 1930s. Municipal government services in the region were taken over by the Special Areas Board, appointed by the Minister of Agriculture (later, Minister of Municipal Affairs). The region was divided into Areas and Subdivisions. Ratepayers of each Subdivision met annually to elect a Roads Committee and a delegate to the Special Areas Board Advisory Committee. Lorne Proudfoot was the delegate from Special Area No. 3, Subdivision No. 5 (the Chinook-Cereal district) from 1939 or earlier until 1954. — This series consists of minutes and related resolutions, correspondence and reports of the Special Area No. 3, Subdivision No. 5 ratepayers’ meetings and Road Committee, and of the Special Areas Board Advisory Committee.

Series 13

Special Areas Lease Rental and Economic Committee. — 1935-1963. — 10 cm of textual records. — The Special Areas Lease Rental and Economic Committee was organized in 1960 to protest increases in property taxes and grazing lease rentals. Lorne Proudfoot acted as its secretary, treasurer, and organizer. It became the nucleus of the Handhills-Acadia Independent Political Association. — This series consists of a minutes and resolutions of meetings, correspondence, and financial records, as well as some of Lorne Proudfoot’s own records of taxes and rentals paid (1935-1962).

Series 14

United Farmers of Alberta Cooperative Ltd. Douglas U.F.A. Co-op Local. — 1932-1970. — 27 cm of textual records. — In 1932 the U.F.A. Central Co-operative Association Ltd., informally known as U.F.A. Co-op, was established to provide wholesaling and other services to local units of the United Farmers of Alberta which wished to develop consumer co-ops. By that year members of Chinook Local No. 611 of the United Farmers of Alberta began participating in the Chinook Agency of the Acadia U.F.A Co-operative Association Ltd. It initially sold bulk goods such as coal, firewood, fence posts, and twine to its members. In 1943 Chinook members purchased the Banner Hardware store, selling hardware and groceries. In 1948 the U.F.A. Central Co-operative Association Ltd. was renamed United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative Ltd. In 1950 the Acadia U.F.A. Co-op was dissolved and the Chinook store became the Chinook U.F.A. Co-op Local. The store closed in the 1950s, and in 1963 the Chinook U.F.A. Co-op Local was renamed Douglas U.F.A. Co-op Local. Lorne Proudfoot was active in his local co-op from the beginning and served as a delegate at annual meetings of the U.F.A. Co-op until his retirement in 1966. — This series consists of minutes, correspondence, and financial records of Douglas U.F.A. Co-op and its predecessors, and some records of U.F.A. Co-op annual meetings. — Arranged alphabetically by type of record.

Series 15

United Farmers of Alberta : political papers. — 1921-1935. — 4 cm of textual records. — 3 posters. — The United Farmers of Alberta was formed in 1909 from the merger of the Canadian Society of Equity and the Alberta Farmers’ Association. It promoted the betterment of farmers’ situation through the principles of cooperation and political advocacy. In 1919 it endorsed political action through the electoral process, and from 1921 to 1935 formed the government of Alberta. In 1939 it withdrew from direct political action. Lorne Proudfoot was an M.L.A. (Member of the Legislative Assembly) in the U.F.A. government from 1921 to 1935. — This series consists of election materials, files on legislation, notes from caucus meetings, and financial records of the Members’ Trust Fund. — Other political records of the U.F.A. are at M-1011, files 1b, 5a, 5b, and 6.

Series 16

United Grain Growers Ltd. Cereal Local. — 1914-1947. — 2 cm of textual records. — The Alberta Farmers’ Co-operative Elevator Company Ltd. was formed in 1913 to market grain on a cooperative basis. Cereal Local No. 53 was organized on July 25, 1914. In 1917 the company merged with the Grain Growers’ Grain Company to form United Grain Growers Ltd. In the 2000s United Grain Growers was involved in a series of mergers and was succeeded by Agricore United and then by Viterra. — This series consists of one minute book.

Series 17

Estates of neighbours. — 1913 -1965. — 62 cm of textual records. — 1 photograph. — Lorne Proudfoot, because of his knowledge of legal and financial matters, was sometimes called upon to act as executor, trustee, or administrator of the estates of residents of the Chinook district. — This series consists of legal and financial documents, correspondence, and personal papers of the deceased. — Arranged alphabetically by name of deceased.

Series 18

Photographs. — 1911-[ca. 1965]. — 30 photographs. — This series consists of photographs that are not specifically part of another series.

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