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Tom Monto collection
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0.35 m of textual material
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The material related to Franklin Foster was acquired by Monto from Foster in 2007 when Monto was buying books from Foster for re-sale at Alhambra Books. The NDP material was acquired or created by Monto while he was working in the NDP provincial office in the 1980s.
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<p>The collection consists of records from a wide variety of sources that are all related to progressive movements and the Canadian left. There are particularly large amounts of records from the Alberta New Democrats and the Strathcona NDP constituency association as well as material from the Alberta Federation of Labour, the Woodsworth-Irvine Socialist Fellowship, and the Edmonton Women's Coalition. <p>The NDP material consists of committee files from the Edmonton NDP Anti-War Committee, the Women's Committee, and the Environment Committee; scrapbooks and documents created by Franklin Foster related to his 1975 NDP campaign for the Bonnyville MLA seat; Alberta New Democrat publications, magazines, and reports; and minutes and administrative files from the Strathcona NDP constituency. <p>In addition to the Franklin Foster NDP material, there is also a copy of an abridged version of Foster's PhD dissertation on John E. Brownlee. <p>The non-NDP material consists of a conference packet from the 1965 Summer Seminar of the Woodsworth-Irvine Socialist Fellowship; several papers and research documents published by leftist and progressive organizations such as the Revolutionary Marxist Group (Saskatchewan), the Woodsworth-Irvine Socialist Fellowship, and the Edmonton Women's Coalition; newsletters and pamphlets from the Edmonton Women's Coalition; several issues of The Other Alberta Report, a progressive compendium of Alberta-focused news analysis; and Alberta Federation of Labour publications.</p>
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Tom Monto
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- The material is in English.
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There are no restrictions on access. Permission for use required. Subject to the Copyright Act.
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The Franklin Foster fonds is held by the Glenbow Archives, Calgary. Tom Monto previously donated a photocopy of a pamphlet related to the 1932 Alberta Hunger March (PR1989.0213), an original copy of which was subsequently obtained by the PAA library (323.322 C21). The NDP material adds to the Alberta New Democrats fonds (PR0144), the Franklin Foster material provides context to the Foster books that are already in PAA holdings (The 1921 Alberta Provincial Election, Bordering on Greatness, and John Edward Brownlee), the Woodsworth-Irvine Socialist Fellowship material compliments material held in the Anthony Mardiros collection (PR1129) and the Betty Mardiros fonds (PR2634) as well as books written by William Irvine that are held by the PAA (Co-Operative Government and The Farmer in Politics). The Other Alberta Report issues add to the holdings in the Julie Anne Le Gras fonds (PR0306).
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Record No. PR3630;PR2010.0139;PR1989.0213<br><br>
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- Monto, Tom (Subject)