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| | LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: | Fonds | | No.: | PR0096 | | TITLE: | James J. Seymour fonds | | CREATOR: | Seymour, James J. | | DATE RANGE: | 1960 - 1989 | | EXTENT: | 57 videotapes and other material | | ADMINISTRATIVE | | HISTORY/BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: | James J. Seymour was born in 1928 to Calgary alderman Joseph Seymour and Mrs. Seymour. James worked in the energy industry until 1971, and was President of a Calgary-based oil service company. At this same time, he became involved in politics. Mr. Seymour was one of the key players in the evolution of the Alberta Progressive Conservative Party in terms of its formation as the Official Opposition in 1965, and subsequently the Provincial Government in 1971. He was Peter Lougheed's personal Campaign Manager in Mr. Lougheed's constituency of Calgary West, and then became responsible for the television advertising spots and was an over-all strategist on election campaigns. He was the Campaign Manager for the Progressive Conservative Party over the course of four elections. From 1971 to 1979, Mr. Seymour was Director of the Southern Alberta Premier's Office. With the advent of the provincial-federal tensions over the proposed National Energy Policy, Mr. Seymour was moved to Ottawa as provincial liaison with the federal government. Following this, the Alberta government opened an office in New York City, to which Mr. Seymour was appointed Agent-General. In 1991, Mr. Seymour retired and returned to Calgary with his wife Claire. | | CUSTODIAL HISTORY: | James J. Seymour gathered this audio-visual material during his time with the Progressive Conservative Party, and deposited it in the Provincial Archives of Alberta. | | SCOPE AND CONTENT: | This fonds consists of 57 3/4" videocassetes, 45 16mm cinefilms and 8 audio reels regarding the Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta. Included are promotional films, campaign advertisements (radio and television), logos and slogans, tribute/retrospective films about Peter Lougheed, recordings of party conventions, conferences, meetings, speeches and rallies, and television broadcasts of current affairs programs, news specials, interviews, public announcements and documentaries. | | CAST: | s of current affairs programs, news specials, interviews, public announcements and documentaries. | | ARRANGEMENT NOTE: | Follows original order of chronology. | | RELATED RECORDS: | Peter Lougheed fonds, Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta fonds. | | GENERAL NOTE: | Biography taken from information provided by James Seymour and Peter Lougheed.FONDS | | RELATED FILES: | Display FileList |
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