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| | LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: | Series | | No.: | GR0005.0006 | | TITLE: | Wheat Board Money Trust Fund records | | CREATOR: | Wheat Board Money Trust Fund | | DATE RANGE: | 1927-1985 | | EXTENT: | 1.00 m of textual records | | ADMINISTRATIVE | | SCOPE AND CONTENT: | The series consists of records documenting the operation and application of the Wheat Board Money Trust Fund, which was set up in 1926 with surplus funds transferred to the Alberta Government from the operations of the Canadian Wheat Board. Money was used to provide grants to agricultural colleges, universities, and 4-H councils in the form of scholarships. The records include minutes of annual meetings of the Board of Trustees of the Wheat Board Money Trust Fund, and correspondence relating to the storage, transportation, marketing and stabilization of the grains and oilseed industries (1927-1975, 1981-1982). Also included are financial statements and reports from the Auditor General, correspondence relating to payment of awards to students, and Trust Fund expenditure distribution (1970-1985). | | RELATED FONDS: | GR0005 (Agriculture, Food and Rural Development fonds)
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