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P R E F A C E
Here is another valuable
contribution to the growing list
of books on Western Canadian
historv and culture. I write as
one who was privileged to be
an observer of the patient and
worthy efforts that were
expended to produce this
Pictorial History. I shall
remember with particular
admiration the many and long
hours that Mrs. Norma
Christie, Chairman of the
Pictorial History' Committee,
gave so cheerfully to the work.
The assembling of the
pictures — thousands of them
— and then the judging of
collections, final selections for
publication, and planning for
presentation in book form,
required more work and
consumed more time than
most people who see and enjoy
the book will ever realize. For
those upon whom the burdens
fell, apreciation for the finished
work will be the best reward.
The quality of the pictures
which came from the far parts
of the province was high, and
the judges remarked again and
again: " It's too bad that all
cannot be included in the
book." Such, of course, in the
light of the great number of
pictures, would have been
impossible, and numerous
good pictures had to be
excluded.
I would wish to be among
the first to congratulate the
Alberta Women's Institutes on
the imagination and
perseverence that brought the
book to reality. Some of us will
not forget the big part the
Institutes played in the
preparation and publication of
some of the earliest of local
history books in Alberta. Now,
another triumph of similar
kind, a fitting tribute to
Alberta on the occasion of its
75th Anniversary. M a y the fine
contribution represented by the
following pages find
appreciation from the
book- loving public.
Grant MacEwan
viii
Object Description
| Rating | |
| Title | Yesterday |
| Subject | Publications; AWI; Agriculture ; Rural |
| Description | Yesterday - A Pictorial History of Agriculture in Alberta |
| Language | en |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Type | text |
| Source | Alberta Women's Institutes |
| Identifier | awi0811107 |
| Date | 1980 |
| Collection | Alberta Women's Institutes - Collective Memory |
| Repository | AU Digital Library |
| Copyright | For Private Study and Research Use Only |
Description
| Title | Page 10 |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | AWI Collection |
| Collection | Alberta Women's Institutes - Collective Memory |
| Repository | AU Digital Library |
| Copyright | For Private Study and Research Use Only |
| Transcript | P R E F A C E Here is another valuable contribution to the growing list of books on Western Canadian historv and culture. I write as one who was privileged to be an observer of the patient and worthy efforts that were expended to produce this Pictorial History. I shall remember with particular admiration the many and long hours that Mrs. Norma Christie, Chairman of the Pictorial History' Committee, gave so cheerfully to the work. The assembling of the pictures — thousands of them — and then the judging of collections, final selections for publication, and planning for presentation in book form, required more work and consumed more time than most people who see and enjoy the book will ever realize. For those upon whom the burdens fell, apreciation for the finished work will be the best reward. The quality of the pictures which came from the far parts of the province was high, and the judges remarked again and again: " It's too bad that all cannot be included in the book." Such, of course, in the light of the great number of pictures, would have been impossible, and numerous good pictures had to be excluded. I would wish to be among the first to congratulate the Alberta Women's Institutes on the imagination and perseverence that brought the book to reality. Some of us will not forget the big part the Institutes played in the preparation and publication of some of the earliest of local history books in Alberta. Now, another triumph of similar kind, a fitting tribute to Alberta on the occasion of its 75th Anniversary. M a y the fine contribution represented by the following pages find appreciation from the book- loving public. Grant MacEwan viii |
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