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Alexander Cameron Rutherford fonds
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0.96 m of textual records and other materials
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Lawyer, Politician, Chancellor, 1857-1941. Alexander Cameron Rutherford came west to the Northwest Territories (now Alberta and Saskatchewan) to practise law. He was Deputy Speaker of the N.W.T. Assembly from 1902 to 1905; from 1905 to 1910 he served as the first premier of the new province of Alberta. It was he who in 1906 introduced the bill for the establishment of the University of Alberta. He was elected Chancellor of the University in 1927, an office he held until his death. The Rutherford Library is named for him, in recognition of his services to the University and his gift of books which established the first Library.
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Fonds consists of these series: I Clippings (1902-1940). II Correspondence (1899-1941). Communications with constituents; politicians; business people. III Family and business matters (1897-1940). Includes clippings; correspondence; land transfers. IV Government of Alberta (1905-1913). Includes memoranda and notes relating to departments and offices; founding of the province; general business; office of the premier. V Intergovernmental business (1905-1910). VI Library ([19þ]). Includes inventory; lists of pamphlets. VII Memorabilia (1907- 1912). Consists mainly of invitations. VIII Northwest Territories, Strathcona, Edmonton (1898-1931). Includes agreements; correspondence; estimates; memoranda; reports. IX Personal (1902-1936). Includes correspondence, memoranda, notes, and speeches; minutes and correspondence of the McGill Graduates' Society of Northern Alberta (A.C. Rutherford, President), 1920- 1936. X Photographs (1907). Alberta and Great Waterways Railway construction (5 images). XI Railroads (1906-1910). Includes memoranda, notes, regulations, and reports relating to railway construction and rail transport in Alberta. XII University of Alberta (1905-1936). Includes agendas; calendars; reports. Consists mainly of incoming correspondence.
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See also: Hazel (Rutherford) McCuaig