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Related subjects Alberta--History--Sources Northwest, Canadian--History Northwest, Canadian--History--1870-1905 Publication information Calgary, Alberta: Alberta Records Publication, 1979	The formation of Alberta : a documentary history Owram, Doug
	Table of Contents Cover Table of Contents Preface Introduction - Lewis H. Thomas and Lewis G.Thomas Footnotes to Introduction Section I - Early Constitutional Development 1670-1897 I -1 The Royal Charter Incorporating the Hudson's Bay Company, 1670 I - 2 Peter Fidler Visits the Athabasca District, 1791 I - 3 Paul Kane Visits Edmonton: Wanderings of an Artist Among the Indians of North America I - 4 British North America Act, Section 146 I - 5 Address to Her Majesty the Queen from the Senate and House of Commons of the Dominion of Canada, Canada Journals of the House of Commons, 1867-68 I - 6 Rupert's Land Act, 1868 I - 7 An Act for the Temporary Government of Rupert's Land and the Northwestern Territory when United with Canada: Statutes of Canada, 19\869 I - 8 The Manitoba Act, Statutes of Canada, 1870 I - 9 Order of Her Majesty in Council admitting Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory into the Union I -10 The North-West Territories Act, 1875 I - 11 The Creation of the Provisional Districts: Memorandum by J.S. Dennis, October 15, 1881 I - 12 The Creation of Provisional Districts: Orders in Council, May 8, 1882 I - 13 The Naming of Alberta: Princess Louise to J.D. Higinbotham, September 18, 1924 I - 14 "Our Province": The Edmonton Bulletin, July 1 , 1882 I - 15 An Act respecting the representation of the North-West Territories in the Parliament of Canada: Statutes of Canada, 1886 I -16 An Act to Amend the Revised Statutes of Canada, chapter fifty, respecting the North-West Territories: Statutes of Canada, 1888 I -17 Two Views of the North-West Territories Act of 1888: David Mills, House of Commons Debates, 1888 I -18 The Constitutional Question: Extract from Address in reply to Lieutenant-Governor Royal, Novemeber 14, 1890 I - 19 The Financial Question: Statement on behalf of the Executive Committee by Mr. Haultain, August 23, 1892 I - 20 Autonomy versus Provincial Status. Corespondance between F.W.G. Haultain and T. Daly I - 21 Clifford Sifton on Responsible Government for the North-West I - 22 An Act further to amend the Acts respecting the North-West Territories: Statutes of Canada, 1897 Section II - The Growth of the Demand for Provincial Status, 1890-1900 II - 1 "Wanted - A New Territory - The Territory of Alberta" Calgary Herald, Sept. 20, 1890 II - 2 "The Question of the Hour": Calgary Herald, Oct. 1, 1890 II - 3 "A Very Previous Scheme": Lethbridge News, Oct. 1, 1890 II - 4 "Alberta Territory": Macleod Gazette, Oct. 9, 1890 II- 5 Resolutions of Meeting of Oct. 21, 1890 II - 6 Calgary Herald, July 6, 1891 II - 7 "Insatiable": Calgary Herald, Jan 9, 1895 II - 8 Letter to the editor from James Reilly: Calgary Herald, Feb. 16, 1895 II -9 "The Question of the Hour": Calgary Herald, Feb. 19. 1895 II - 10 "The Mass Meeting": Calgary Herald, March 27, 1895 II - 11 Provincial Government for Alberta, Its Meaning and Necessity II -12 "Hog Like Propensities": Edmonton Bulletin, April 15, 1895 II - 13 Edmonton Herald, 'Home Rule for Alberta' : Cited in Calgary Herald, Nov 18, 1895 II- 14 Edmonton Bulletin, Jan 30, 1896 II -15 Alberta's North: Edmonton Bulletin, Mar 5, 1896 II - 16 'Provincial Autonomy': Edmonton Bulletin, Mar 12, 1896 II - 17 'Provincial Autonomy': Macleod Gazette, Feb 14, 1896 II - 18 Opposition to Autonomy: Lethbridge News, Nov 18, 1896 II - 19 Haultain and Brett on Provincial Status in the Lethbridge Assembly Debate of 1896 II - 20 'Manitoba Extension':Edmonton Bulletin, Jan 18, 1897 II -21 Annexation to British Columbia: Calgary Herald, Nov 2, 1896 II - 22 'Desperate': Macleod Gazette, Nov 13, 1896 II - 23 The Regina Leader Comments on Annexation to British Columbia: Regina Leader, Dec 31, 1896 II - 24 Premier Haultain on the financial limitations of Territorial Government: Budget Speech of 1897 II - 25 R.B. Bennett supports provincial status for Alberta: Calgary Herald, Sept 28, 1898 II - 26 Correspondance Concerning the Federal Grant for the North West Territories during 1899 II - 27 James Ross and R.G. Brett on the growing financial problems of the Territories: The 1899 Budget Debate II - 28 Haultain comes out in favour of provincial status: Yorkton, Oct 7, 1899 II - 29 An Alberta paper comments on Haultain's Yorkton speech: The Alberta Tribune, Nov 4, 1899 II - 30 Haultain on the Resolution of May 2, 1900: Consitutional and Financial Questions Affecting the North-West Territories II - 31 Memorial from the Legislative Assembly of the North-West Territories to the Dominion Government May 2, 1900 Section III - Waiting for an Answer from Ottawa 1900-1902 III - 1 Haultain to Sifton, Jan 30, 1901 III - 2 Sifton to Haultain, Mar 21, 1901 III - 3 Walter Scott, Liberal MP, supports autonomy, House of Commons Debates, Mar 25, 1901 III - 4 The Territorial Treasurer. A.L. Sifton, presents a deficit budget, June 6, 1901 III - 5 Calgary Herald comments on A.L. Sifton's budget III - 6 The Meeting on the question of Provincial Autonomy takes place, Oct 27, 1901 III - 7 Memorandum of F.W.G. Haultain to Wilfrid Laurier with a proposed draft bill for the establishment of a Province in the North-West Territories, Dec. 7, 1901 III - 8 F. Villeneuve, M.L.A. for St. Albert, on the number of Provinces III - 9 T.O. Davis, Saskatchewan M.P., supports two Provinces: Macleod Gazette, Nov 8, 1901 III - 10 The Regina Leader supports one Province: Regina Leader, Nov 21, 1901 III - 11 Haultain opposes Manitoba extension and supports the one province idea, Indian Head, Dec 18, 1901 III - 12 The Provincial Question, The Macleod Gazette, Jan 10, 1902 III - 13 Haultain urges the Dominion Government to Respond to Request for Provincial Status, Mar 1902 III - 14 Clifford Sifton to Haultain, Mar 27, 1902 III - 15 Haultain to Sifton, Apr 2, 1902 III - 16 "The Betrayal of the West" : Calgary Herald, Apr 9, 1902 III - 17 The North West Territory Assembly replies to Clifford Sifton, Apr 16, 1902 III - 18 The House of Commons Debates the Future of the North-West Territories, Apr 18, 1902 III - 19 Haultain to A.C. Rutherford, Apr 26, 1902 III - 20 Haultain's Election Address to the Electors of the Macleod District, Apr 30, 1902 III - 21 The Calgary Candidates on Provincial Autonomy, May 13, 1902 Section IV - Political Cross-Currents, 1902-1904 IV - 1 Robert Borden Tours the West, Speech in Lethbridge, Sept 18. 1902 IV - 2 The Calgary Herald attacks the Liberal Party: Calgary Herald, Oct 8, 1902 IV - 3 The Leader Says Provincial Status is Unnecessary: Regina Leader, Jan 6, 1903 IV - 4 Speech if Clifford Sifton in Regina, Jan 1903 IV - 5 Haultain to Clifford Sifton, Jan 31, 1903 IV - 6 Resolutions Passes at the Territorial Liberal-Conservative Convention at Moose Jaw on March 26, 1903 IV - 7 Resolution Adopted by the Lethbridge Board of Trade at a Meeting held on the eighth day of April, A.D., 1903 IV - 8 Resolution of the Okotoks Board of Trade, April 18, 1903 IV - 9 'Home Rule for Ireland but not for the Territories': Calgary Herald, Apr 14, 1903 IV - 10 A.E. Forget to the Secretary of State, Apr 24, 1903 IV - 11 Haultain to Laurier, Apr 15, 1903 IV - 12 W.S. Fielding, Dominion Minister of Finance, to Haultain, Apr 16. 1903 IV - 13 Haultain to Fielding, Apr 20, 1903 IV - 14 A.C. Rutherford to Laurier, May 22, 1903 IV - 15 Laurier to Rutherford, May 28, 1903 IV - 16 Fielding to Haultain, June 6, 1903 IV - 17 Haultain to Fielding,June 15, 1903 IV - 18 George Bulyea to Laurier, June 16, 1903 IV - 19 Haultain to Laurier, June 2, 1903 IV - 20 Laurier to Haultain, June 8, 1903 IV - 21 Haultain to Laurier, June 15, 1903 IV - 22 Clifford Sifton to William Fielding, Aug 20, 1903 IV - 23 Haultain Speaks to a Conservative Rally in Calgary, Oct 7, 1903 IV - 24 Robert Borden moves that the Territories be granted Provincial Autonomy, Oct 13, 1903 IV - 25 A.E. Forget to the Secretary of State, Nov 21, 1903 IV - 26 "Territorial Autonomy": The Macleod Gazette IV - 27 'The Stigma of Inferiorty': Edmonton Journal, Dec 2, 1903 IV - 28 The Liberals and Autonomy, Edmonton Journal, Jan 20, 1904 IV - 29 'The Old Old Story': Calgary Herald, Mar 21, 1904 IV - 30 Haultain to Laurier, May 19, 1904 IV - 31 Haultain to Laurier, June 1, 1904 IV - 32 Haultain interviewed on the chances for autonomy, Calgary Herald, June 18, 1904 IV - 33 Walter Scott to Clifford Sifton, Sept. 1, 1904 IV - 34 Laurier to Haultain, Sept 30. 1904 IV - 35 Haultain to Laurier, Oct 5, 1901 Section V - The Controversy Over the Terms, 1904-1905 V - 1 'Political Trickery': Calgary Herald, Oct 10. 1904 V - 2 Haultain supports Conservative Candidates in the 1904 election: Edmonton Journal, Oct 14, 1904 V - 3 'Terms of Autonomy' : The Calgary Herald, Nov 29, 1904 V - 4 Calgary Herald Returns to the Two Province Position, Dec 1, 1904 V - 5 The Medicine Hat News Comments on the Various Possible Provincial Alignment V - 6 Haultain and Bulyea Reach Ottawa to Discuss Terms: Calgary Herald, Jan 11, 1905 V - 7 The Toronto News on Autonomy and Schools V - 8 Archbishop Sbaretti to Laurier, Mar 1, 1904 V - 9 Laurier to Sbaretti, Mar 7, 1904 V- 10 Sbaretti to Laurier, Dec 30. 1904 V - 11 Laurier to Sbaretti, Dec 31, 1904 V - 12 Sbaretti to Laurier, Feb 11, 1905 V - 13 Clifford Sifton to Laurier, Jan 22, 1905 V - 14 Laurier to Sifton, Jan 26, 1905 V - 15 Sifton to Laurier, Feb 1, 1905 V - 16 'Control of Crown Lands': Edmonton Journal, Feb 7, 1905 V - 17 'Meddling with the West': Calgary Herald, Feb 9, 1905 V -18 Laurier introduces the Alberta Bill, Feb 21, 1905 V - 19 Robert Borden comments on the Alberta Bill, Feb 21, 1905 V - 20 School Clause No 8, House of Commons debates, Feb. 21, 1905 V - 21 'The New Provinces': Calgary Herald, Feb 23, 1905 V - 22 Haultain Comments on the Autonomy Bill. Toronto Globe, Feb 25, 1905 V - 23 Clifford Sifton to J.W. Dafoe, editor of the Manitoba Free Press, feb 25, 1905 V - 24 Sifton to Laurier, Feb 26, 1905 V - 25 Sifton to Laurier, Feb 27, 1905 V - 26 Sifton explains his resignation to the House, Mar 1, 1905 V - 27 An Eastern Newspaper correspondent comments on the Reaction to the Education Clauses in the West: John Ewan to Laurier, Mar 1, 1905 V - 28 'Without Alberta's Consent' : Calgary Herald, Mar 2, 1905 V - 29 The Reverend G.F. Lloyd to Laurier, Mar 2, 1905 V - 30 R.G. Matthews, Secretary-Treasurer of the Western Stock Growers Association to Laurier, May 13, 1905 V - 31 The Macleod Gazette Complains of the Land Clauses in the Autonomy Bills, Mar 3, 1905 V - 32 Haultain to Laurier, Mar 11, 1905 V - 33 Sifton to Dafoe, Mar 11, 1905 V - 34 Sbaretti to Laurier, Mar 13, 1905 V - 35 Peter Talbot to A.C. Rutherford, Mar 21, 1905 V - 36 Laurier Amends the Schools Clause, Mar 22, 1905 V - 37 Robert Borden on the Second Reading of the Autonomy Bill, Mar 22, 1905 V - 38 Clifford Sifton on the Second Reading of the Autonomy Bill, Mar 24, 1905 V - 39 Frank Oliver on the Second Reading of the Autonomy Bill, Mar 24, 1905 V - 40 Herni Bourassa on the Second Reading of the Autonomy Bill, Mar 28, 1905 V - 41 Anonymous to Laurier, Apr 5, 1905 V - 42 Frank Oliver's newspaper Comments on Frank Oliver's Appointment as Minister of the Interior, Edmonton Bulletin, Apr 10, 1905 V - 43 Resolution of the Trades and Labor Council of Calgary, Apr 6, 1905 V - 44 An Edmontonian Gives His Views on Autonomy to the Toronto News V - 45 'Autonomy that Insults the West': Calgary Herald, Apr 26, 1905 V - 46 'Ontario Must Speak!': Calgary Herald, May 16, 1905 V - 47 R.B. Bennett campaigns in the Ontario bye-elections Speech in London, Ontario, May 30, 1905 V - 48 Haultain Speaks in the Bye-elections, London, June 6, 1905 V - 49 The Calgary Herald comments on the bye-elections, June 12, 1905 V - 50 Peter Talbot to A.C. Rutherford, June 14, 1905 V - 51'The Bye-Elections' The Edmonton Journal, June 14, 1905 V - 52 The Alberta Act, 1905: Statutes of Canada, 1905 Section VI - The Establishment of the Apparatus of the Provincial Government, 1904-1906 VI - 1 The Herald Predicts Calgary will become Capital, Calgary Herald, Jan 20, 1905 VI - 2 The Journal Predicts that Edmonton will Become the Capital, Edmonton Journal, Jan 21, 1905 VI - 3 C. Peterson, Secretary of the Calgary Board of Trade, to Laurier, Feb 2, 1905 VI - 4 John Moore to Laurier, Feb 3, 1905 VI - 5 Edmonton Sends a Delegation to Ottawa, Edmonton Journal, Feb 4, 1905 VI - 6 Talbot to Rutherford, Feb 16, 1905 VI - 7 C.W. Fisher, M.L.A, for Banff, supports his hometown. Letter to Haultain reported in Calgary Herald, Feb 23, 1905 VI - 8 'Political Reprisals' The Calgary Herald, Feb 21, 1905 VI - 9 'Edmonton Attacked' Edmonton Bulletin, Mar 2, 1905 VI -10 'A Plea for Vegreville' Fred Lawrence to the Editor of the Edmonton Bulletin, Mar 8, 1905 VI - 11 'For Independence in Local Politics' Calgary Herald, Mar 2, 1905 VI - 12 Peter Talbot to A.C. Rutherford, Mar 14, 1905 VI - 13 George Bulyea to Laurier, Apr 4. 1905 VI - 14 C.A. Smart to Rutheford, May 1, 1905 VI - 15 The Herald comments on Gerrymander: Climax of Unfair Tactics, Calgary Herald, May 8, 1905 VI - 16 C.J. Stewart and C.A. Stewart to Laurier, May 10, 1905 VI - 17 Talbot to Rutherford, May 19, 1905 VI -18 Laurier to Bulyea, July 25, 1905 VI - 19 George Bulyea to Laurier, Aug 5, 1905 VI - 20 Laurier to Bulyea, Aug 11, 1905 VI - 21 Peter Talbot to Laurier, Aug 7, 1905 VI - 22 Frank Oliver to Laurier, Aug 18, 1905 VI - 23 'Mr. Haultain's Choice' Edmonton Bulletin, Aug 19, 1905 VI - 24 'Alberta, a Province' Edmonton Journal, Sept 2, 1905 VI - 25 Speeches by Governor General Earl Grey and Sir Wilfrid Laurier at the Ceremonies Inaugurating the Province of Alberta, Sept 1, 1905 VI - 26 'Alberta Premier Sworn In' Edmonton Bulletin, Sept 2, 1905 Vi - 27 The Liberal Party Platform in the 1905 Election, Adopted at Calgary in Aug 1905 VI - 28 The Conservative Party Platform in the 1905 Election, Adopted at Red Deer in Aug 1905 VI - 29 'Capital Location' Edmonton Journal, Sept 29, 1905 VI - 30 'The Capital is Here to Stay' Edmonton Bulletin, Nov 8, 1905 VI - 31 'Coercionists Sweep Province' Calgary Herald, Nov 10, 1905 VI - 32 'Great Day in Red Deer' Red Deer Advocate, Apr 20, 1906 VI - 33 'The Capital Debate Begins Tomorrow' Edmonton Bulletin, Apr 24, 1906 VI - 34 'The Permanent Capital' Edmonton Bulletin, Apr 27, 1906 VI - 35 'Site for Legislature Chosen' Edmonton Journal, Oct 12, 1906 VI - 36 A Quarter Century Later: Alberta Gains Control of its Natural Resources: The Alberta Natural Resources Act, Statutes of Canada, 1930 Appendix - Glossary of Names Index	Go to page: Search this volume search

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