Fonds consists of records of the department created through the performance of the following mandated activities:;creating policies for the development of the advanced education system in Alberta, including the development of individual institutions,;planning and evaluating programs of study at various educational institutions,;administering the delivery of vocational and trades training programs through post-secondary institutions,;certifying and licensing private vocational schools,;coordinating programs between public institutions,;coordinating adult further education programs offered by outside agencies,;planning and providing special educational programs, such as second-language education and education of inmates of correctional facilities in Alberta,;providing career counseling services, including information, counseling, planning and testing services to assist individuals in making career choices,;providing employment placement and training services,;administration and operation of Alberta Vocational Centres and Career Development Centres,;providing employment, training and settlement services to immigrants,;providing resettlement counseling services to Albertans,;providing skills training programs and coordinating private provision of skills training,;certifying individuals engaged in trades designated under Part 3 of the <em>Manpower Development Act</em>,;developing apprenticeship training programs in consultation with various external committees,;coordinating apprenticeship training for trades designated under Part 3 of the <em>Manpower Development Act</em>,;performing strategic planning functions,;performing financial and other administrative support services, and;representing the Government of Alberta in intergovernmental committees and boards concerned with adult or advanced education and manpower development, and coordinating the Government of Alberta's participation in international education projects. The fonds includes records of the Deputy Minister's office, the offices of various Assistant Deputy Ministers, and various divisions and branches of the department. The fonds is made up of administrative and operational records, including correspondence and subject files, samples of various types of case files containing application forms, testing results, counseling notes and application assessments, records of departmental, inter-departmental, and intergovernmental committees and task forces, including minutes, agendas and reports, policy and position papers, forms, licenses and certificates, contracts and agreements, registers of apprenticeship contracts, requests for decision, planning papers, statistical reports, reference material collected and retained by various department offices, and audio and videocassettes. The records have been arranged into the following series. Many of these series continue from Department of Advanced Education and Department of Career Development and Employment series. Administrative services executive records;Adult education programs administrative and operational records;Apprenticeship contract registers;Apprenticeship committee minutes;Apprenticeship programs correspondence;Career Development Centre Athabaska sample client case files;Career Development Centre Bonnyville sample client case files;Career Development Centre Calgary administrative records;Career Development Centre Calgary sample client case files;Career Development Centre Camrose sample client case files;Career Development Centre Edmonton general operational records;Career Development Centre Fort McMurray sample client case files;Career Development Centre Grande Prairie sample client case files;Career Development Centre High Level sample client case files;Career Development Centre Hinton sample client case files;Career Development Centre Lethbridge sample client case files;Career Development Centre Lloydminster sample client case files;Career Development Centre Medicine Hat sample client case files;Career Development Centre Peace River sample client case files;Career Development Centre Pincher Creek sample client case files;Career Development Centre Red Deer sample client case files;Career Development Centre Slave Lake sample client case files;Career Development Centre Vermilion sample client case files;Career Development Centre Whitecourt sample client case files;Career planning and job search instructional videos;Communications and public relations records;Department executive records;Department finance operational records;Employment Initiatives Programs sample client case files;Hire-A-Student program administrative and operational records;Immigration and settlement services sample client case files;Immigration and settlement services administrative and general operational records;Innovative Projects Fund project reports;Institutional support executive records;Intergovernmental education initiatives administration and operational records;Legislative services operational records;Nursing program coordination administrative records;Nursing research support administrative records;Operations executive records;Policy and planning executive records;Policy and program development operational records;Post-secondary program development records;Post-secondary programs for the disabled records;Post-secondary institution financing records;Post-secondary institution planning and development project records;Program coordination administrative records;Second language education programs records;Training and employment programs sample client case files;Vocational training programs administrative records

Fonds consists of records of the department created through the performance of the following mandated activities:;creating policies for the development of the advanced education system in Alberta,;planning programs of study at various educational institutions,;planning the physical development of post-secondary campuses,;long-term planning of both the post-secondary educational system as a whole and the development of individual institutions,;financing individual post-secondary institutions,;administering vocational and trades training institutions and programs,;overseeing certification of private vocational schools,;coordination of adult further education programs offered by outside agencies,;representing the Government of Alberta in inter-governmental committees and boards concerned with adult or advanced education and manpower development, and;certifying individuals engaged in trades designated under Part 3 of the Manpower Development Act. The fonds includes records of the Assistant Deputy Ministers of Administrative Services and Program Services, as well as records of various divisions and branches of the department. The fonds also contains records which had previously been transferred from the archives of the Southern Institute of Technology to the department. The fonds is made up of administrative and operational records, including correspondence and subject files, records of departmental, interdepartmental and intergovernmental committees, including minutes, agendas and reports, forms, financial records relating to grants to institutions and campus development projects, licenses and certificates, registers of contracts, requests for decision, planning papers, statistics, reference material, publications and press releases. The records have been arranged into the following series (many continue from Department of Advanced Education series):;Administrative services executive records;Alberta Vocational Centres administration records;Apprenticeship and trade certification certificates;Apprenticeship contract registers;Campus development operational records;College programs administration and development records;Further education programs administrative and operational records;Health and social services programs administrative records;Manpower and training requirements assessment records;Nursing education programs records;Personnel general operational records;Private vocational schools administration records;Program planning and development general operational records;Program services executive records;Publicly administered institutions planning records;Southern Alberta Institute of Technology staff and council meeting minutes;Southern Alberta Institute of Technology Trades Advisory Council meeting minutes;Southern Alberta Institute of Technology policy records;Southern Alberta Institute of Technology historical photographs and slides;Southern Alberta Institute of Technology press releases;Southern Alberta Institute of Technology newspaper clippings;Southern Alberta Institute of Technology campus newspapers;Southern Alberta Institute of Technology publications;Southern Alberta Institute of Technology duplicate minutes;Technical and vocational programs development records

Fonds consists of records of the department created through the performance of the following mandated activities:;creating policies for the development of the advanced education system in Alberta, including the development of individual institutions,;planning and evaluating programs of study at various educational institutions,;planning the physical development of post-secondary campuses,;financial planning for the post-secondary educational system and for individual institutions,;administering the delivery of vocational and trades training programs through post-secondary institutions, according to the requirements of the Department of Manpower and Labour (1972-1972) and the Department of Manpower/Career Development and Employment (1983-1992),;certifying and licensing private vocational schools,;coordinating adult further education programs offered by outside agencies,;planning and providing special educational programs, such as second-language education and education of inmates of correctional facilities in Alberta,;representing the Government of Alberta in inter-governmental committees and boards concerned with adult or advanced education, and coordinating the Government of Alberta's participation in international education projects. The fonds includes records of the Deputy Minister's office, the offices of various Assistant Deputy Ministers, and various divisions and branches of the department. The fonds also includes the records of two sous-fonds, the Colleges Commission and Universities Commission. For information on the records contained within these sous-fonds, please consult the respective sous-fonds descriptions. The fonds is made up of administrative and operational records, including correspondence and subject files, samples of various types of case files, records of departmental, interdepartmental, and intergovernmental committees, including minutes, agendas and reports, policy and position papers, forms, financial records relating to grants to institutions, requests for decision, planning papers, and press releases. The records have been arranged into the following series:;Administrative services executive records;Agricultural and vocational college development records;Agricultural colleges program planning records;Agricultural colleges publications;Alberta Foundation for Nursing Research administrative and general operational records;Alberta Foundation for Nursing Research grant case file records;Campus development operational records;Communications and public relations records;Departmental executive records;French language education programs records;Further education programs administrative and operational records;Innovative Projects Fund records;International education programs development records;Learning systems administrative records;Manpower services programs administration records;Metric conversion programs records;Northern Alberta Institute of Technology President's Office records;Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Vice-President Academic records;Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Vice President Administration records;Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Technology Division operational records;Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Business and Vocational Division operational records;Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Industrial Division operational records;Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Student Services Division operational records;Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Continuing Education Division operational records;Nursing education programs records;Non-nursing health and social services education programs records;Personnel general operational records;Post-secondary education programs for the disabled records;Post-secondary institution budget planning records;Post-secondary institution grants records;Private vocational school administration records;Program planning and development general operational records;Program services executive records;Science, technology, trades, and vocational programs records;Southern Alberta Institute of Technology apprenticeship registration records;Southern Alberta Institute of Technology cafeteria records;Southern Alberta Institute of Technology campus development records;Southern Alberta Institute of Technology finance records;Southern Alberta Institute of Technology night school class registers;Southern Alberta Institute of Technology Student Loan Fund Committee operational records;University program administration and development records;Vocational education administrative records

Consist of several sous-fonds and series. Records that fall outside the date of founding which were created by the Agricultural Department of the North West Territories have been incorporated into this fonds. The sous-fonds include: Alberta Agricultural Development Corporation sous-fonds from 1957 to 1993; Alberta Agricultural Products Marketing Council sous-fonds from 1965 to 1991; Alberta Crop Insurance Corporation sous-fonds 1964-1969; Alberta Hail and Crop Insurance Corporation sous-fonds from 1969 to 1994; Alberta Women's Bureau sous-fonds from 1928 to 1935; Alberta Women's Institute sous-fonds from 1915 to 1929; and the Irrigation Council sous-fonds from 1921. The series include: Animal Industry Records from 1905-1988; Finance and Administration Records from 1959 to 1979; Rural Development from 1906 to 1985; Deputy Minister Records from 1919 to 1991; Ministerial Records from 1954 to 1984; Marketing Services Records from 1967 to 1993; Grain Commission from 1938 to 1983; Central Program Support from 1985 to 1995; Communications Records from 1970 to 1976; Plant Industry Records from 1941 to 1997; Processing Records from 1972 to 1987; Dairy Records from 1890 to 1981; Economic Services from 1962 to 1988; Personnel Records from 1906 to 1974; Planning Secretariat from 1970 to 1985; Animal Health Records from 1948 to 1958; Wheat Board Monies Trust Records from 1927 to 1975; Research Records from 1977 to 1991; Farmer's Advocate of Alberta from 1972; Policy Secretariat from 1952 to 1990; International Marketing Export Agency Records from 1971 to 1976; Alberta Land Use Forum Records from 1973 to 1977; Agricultural Societies Records from 1987 to 1960.

Fonds consists of executive, administrative and operational records relating to the Department's industrial development, international marketing, and tourism development programs. The fonds is made up of correspondence, reports, studies, minutes and agendas of meetings of departmental committees, boards and councils, directives, architectural plans and sketches and publications. The records have been arranged into the following series. Board and council minutes and reports;Department executive records;Industrial development records;International marketing program records;Tourism development executive records

Fonds consists of records of the department created through the performance of the following mandated activities:;providing career counselling services, including information, counselling, planning and testing services to assist individuals in making career choices,;providing employment placement and training services,;administration and operation of Alberta Career Development Centres,;identifying present and future workplace skills requirements,;recruiting from outside the province workers with skills identified as those in which the province's workforce is deficient,;providing employment, training, and settlement services to immigrants,;providing resettlement counselling services to Albertans,;providing skills training programs and coordinating private provision of skills training,;certifying individuals engaged in trades designated under Part 3 of the <em>Manpower Development Act</em>,;performing research on the Alberta labour market, composition of the province's workforce, and skills needs of the province's economy in support of planning and policy and program development,;creating and administering special manpower development programs and projects for the unemployed and individuals with special training needs,;creating information management systems to support apprenticeship training and tradesman certification programs,;performing strategic planning functions, and;performing financial and other administrative support services. The fonds includes records of the Deputy Minister's office, the offices of various Assistant Deputy Ministers, and various divisions and branches of the department. The fonds is made up of administrative and operational records, including correspondence and subject files, samples of various types of case files containing application forms, testing results, counselling notes and application assessments, records of departmental, interdepartmental, and intergovernmental committees and task forces, including minutes, agendas and reports, information systems manuals, policy and position papers, briefing notes and issues books, forms, licenses and certificates, contracts and agreements, registers of apprenticeship contracts, requests for decision, planning papers, statistical reports, reference material, publications, and press releases. The records have been arranged into the following series (many continue from Department of Advanced Education and Manpower series):;Apprenticeship contract registers;Career centres administrative records;Career Development Centre Calgary sample client case files;Career Development Centre Edmonton sample client case files;Career Development Centre Hinton sample client case files;Career Development Centre Red Deer sample client case files;Career Development Centre St. Paul administrative records;Career Development Centre Whitecourt administrative records;Career planning and job search training videocassettes;College program development records;Communications and public relations records;Counselling and relocation services sample client case files;Department executive records;Employment Initiatives Programs sample client case files;Program delivery administrative records;Hire-a-19Student Program administrative and operational records;Immigration and settlement services administrative and general operational records;Manpower services executive records;Personnel administrative records;Personnel grievance records;Special manpower programs administrative records;Systems development records;Training and employment programs administrative records;Training and employment programs sample client case files;Training and employment programs task force records;Program planning administrative records;Vocational training programs development records

Fonds consists of records created, used and maintained by the Department through the performance of the following activities:;management and administration of the health care system as a whole;administration of mental health services;administration of the <em>Vital Statistics Act</em>. The records have been arranged into the following series:;1. Rosehaven Home for the Aged patient records from 1964 to 1977;2. Vital statistics registers from 1895 to 1987;3. Eugenics board case files from 1925 to 1971;4. Eugenics board minutes from 1929 to 1972;5. Eugenics board administrative records from 1929 to 1972

Consists of 14 series: Deputy Minister's departmental administrative files, 1940 to 1987; Gasoline Marketing Enquiry Committee report, 1965 to 1968; incorporated companies and societies case files from the Corporate Registry Branch, 1905 to 1985; Rent Decontrol Appeal Board operational files, 1975 to 1980; Cooperatives Branch operational files, 1913 to 1986; case files from the Licensing of Trades and Businesses Branch case files from 1946 to 1968; collectors and collection agencies case files from the Consumer Credit Branch, 1955 to 1978; credit union case files from the Credit Union Branch, 1913 to 1987; tax discounter case files from the Consumer Credit Branch, 1979 to 1988; Debtors' Assistance Board operational files, 1922 to 1964; Insurance and Real Estate Branch operational files, 1948 to 1978; Insurance Program operational files, 1932 to 1986; Real Estate Program operational files, 1950 to 1985; and Companies Branch operational files, 1905 to 1978.

Fonds consists of records created, used and maintained by the Department in the performance of the following functions. Development and delivery of historical resources preservation programs, including oversight of the Archaeological Survey of Alberta, the Provincial Museum of Alberta, the Provincial Archives of Alberta, and the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology; Administration of the Alberta Achievement Awards program; Development and delivery of programs supporting the development of the performing, film, and literary arts in Alberta; Development and delivery of programs supporting the creation and operation of public libraries and library systems; Development and delivery of programs supporting cultural heritage organizations and events in support of the province's multicultural policies; Oversight of the records management program for agencies of the Government of Alberta; Development and oversight of provincial historic sites; Oversight of the province's geographical names program; Provision of assistance to international cultural agencies; Operation of the Northern and Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditoria; Development and delivery of programs to support the building and operation of senior citizens' residences; Development and delivery of youth support and employment programs; Development and delivery of programs concerned with promoting the welfare of women in Alberta; Development and delivery of programs to support creation and operation of senior citizens housing facilities; Administrative support for the Department, including information systems development, human resources, and public relations. The fonds also contains records of programs from the Department of Culture, Youth and Recreation which were transferred to the Provincial Archives of Alberta by the Department of Culture and Multiculturalism, though these records do not relate to its programs. These records include those relating to regional delivery of youth and recreation development programs. The fonds is made up of correspondence, case files from various grant programs, minutes and agendas of various branch, division, board, and departmental committees, briefs and reports, contracts, applications, financial records, ledgers and registers, public records disposition authorities, scripts and booklets, news releases, architectural drawings, and various audio-visual materials. The fonds contains the records of the Alberta Foundation for the Performing Arts sous-fonds. The records have been arranged into the following series: Advisory Board on Objectionable Publications records; Alberta 75th Anniversary Commission records; Alberta Achievement Awards program records; Alberta Art Foundation financial records; Archaeological Survey administrative records; Barrhead regional youth programs records; Brooks regional youth programs records; Calgary regional recreation development records; Community and municipal libraries records; Culture and multiculturalism executive records; Cultural development administrative and operational records; Cultural development administrative records; Cultural development executive records; Cultural Heritage Council administrative and operational records; Cultural Heritage Foundation administrative and operational records; Cultural heritage and multiculturalism grant case files; Cultural heritage and multiculturalism programs records; Department administrative records; Film and literary arts grant programs operational records; Finance and administration executive records; Financial services operational records; <em>Financing the Arts and Historical Resources</em> background material: Government records disposition authorities; Grant audit records; Historic sites development records; Historic sites research and planning records; Historic sites restoration and display records; Historical resources management administrative records; Historical resources management executive records; Human resources records; Information systems development records; International assistance program records; Library support programs administrative records; Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium guest registers; Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium operational records; Performing arts grants case files; Performing arts support programs administrative records; Performing arts promotional films; Performing arts training and exposure programs operational records; Provincial Archives administrative and operational records; Provincial Museum administrative records; Provincial Museum archaeology and ethnology administrative records; Provincial Museum natural history programs records; Provincial Museum security records; Public relations records; Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology administrative and operational records; Senior Citizens Facility Grant Program operational records; Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium booking records; Special programs operational records; Special projects administrative records; Women's programs administrative records.

Fonds consists of records created, used and maintained by the Department of Culture, Youth and Recreation in the performance of the following functions. Creation and administration of cultural development programs, including programs providing support to public libraries, and organizations and individuals involved in the performing and visual arts ; Administration of youth programs, including support of provincial 4-H associations and volunteer services ; Administration of programs supporting recreational development;Operation of the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium;The fonds contains correspondence, reports and statistics, minutes and agendas of various committees, and a salary register. The records have been arranged into the following series. Cultural development administrative and operational records;Ministerial records;Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium salary register;Stony Plain regional recreation development records;Youth programs administrative and operational records