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Jones, David C. and MacPherson, Ian, ed. Building Beyond the Homestead: Rural History on the Prairies. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 1985.

Palmer, Howard and Tamara Palmer. Alberta, A New History. Edmonton: Hurtig, 1990.

Jensen, Bodil J. Alberta's County of Mountain View. Didsbury: Mountain View County No. 17, 1983.

Barnwell Relief Society. Barnwell History. Ann Arbor: Edwards Brothers, 1952. - Mormon history

McNeill, Leishman. Tales of the Old Town. Calgary: Calgary Herald, 1966.

Klassen, Henry C., ed. The Canadian West: Social Change and Economic Development. Calgary: Comprint Publishing Company, 1977.

-essays dealing with various social and economic issues, education, women etc.

Palmer, Howard. Land of the Second Chance: A History of Ethnic Groups in Southern Alberta. Lethbridge: Lethbridge Herald, 1972.

Knupp, Lillian. Life and Legends: A History of the Town of High River. Calgary: Sandstone Publishing, 1982.

Karamitsanis, Aphrodite, ed. Place Names of Alberta: Volume II; Southern Alberta. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 1992.

Loken, Gulbrand. From Fjord to Frontier. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1980.

Card, Brigham Y. et al., ed. The Mormon Presence in Canada. Edmonton: The University of Alberta Press, 1990.

Palmer, Howard. Patterns of Prejudice, A History of Nativism in Alberta. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1982.

Mardon, Ernest G. and Austin A. Mardon. Alberta Mormon Politicians. Edmonton: Fisher House Publishers, 1992.

Palmer, Howard and Tamara Palmer ed. Peoples of Alberta. Saskatoon: Western Producer Prairie Books, 1985.

Hill, Lawrence. Trials and Triumphs: The Story of African-Canadians. Toronto: Umbrella Press, c1993. -for young people

Hooks, Gwen. The Keystone Legacy: Recollections of a Black Pioneer. Edmonton: Brightest Pebble, 1997.

Nzegwu, Nkiru. The Creation of the African-Canadian Odyssey. Toronto: The Power Plant, 1992.

Merritt, Susan E. Her Story II: Women From Canada's Past. 1st ed. St. Catharines: Vanwell, 1995.

Sadlier, Rosemary. Leading the Way: Black Women in Canada. Toronto: Umbrella Press, c1994.

Wood, Vi Alfred. The Alberta Temple, Centre and Symbol of Faith. Calgary: Detselig Enterprises, c1989.

Forsberg, Clyde Revere. The Roots of Early Mormonism: An Exegetical Inquiry. Ottawa: National Library of Canada, c1990.

Godfrey, Donald G. and Brigham Y. Card, eds. The Diaries of Charles Ora Card: The Canadian Years, 1886-1903. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, c1993.

Nelson, Lowry. The Mormon Village: A Pattern and Technique of Land Settlement. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1952.

Gudmundsson, Finnbogi. In Retrospect, Seven Essays. Winnipeg: Turnstone Press, 1982.

Thomson, Colin A. Blacks in Deep Snow, Black Pioneers in Canada. Don Mills: J.M. Dent and Sons (Canada) Ltd., 1979.

Lethbridge Stake Historical Committee. A History of the Mormon Church in Canada. Lethbridge: The Lethbridge Herald Company Ltd., 1968.

Stephansson, Stephan G. Selected Translations From Andvökur. Edmonton: Stephan G. Stephansson

Homestead Restoration Committee, 1982.

Carter, Velma and Wanda Leffler Akill. The Window of Our Memories. St. Albert: B.CR. Society of Alberta, 1981. Agriculture

Corbet, Elise A. The Manufacture of Agricultural Implements in Alberta, 1870 to 1955. Edmonton: Alberta Culture, Reynolds-Alberta Museum, 1984.

Chevraux, Sharleen M. From the Ground Up. Edmonton: Alberta Education, c1979. -for young readers

Wetherell, D.G. and Associates. Mixed Farmyards in Alberta, 1895-1955. Edmonton: Reynolds-Alberta Museum, Alberta Culture, 1984.

Lilley, John. An Analysis of Legislation Affecting Agricultural Land in Alberta. Edmonton: Environmental Council of Alberta, 1982.

Maryn, Sonia. The Chernochan Machine Shed, Ukrainian Farm Practices in East Central Alberta. Edmonton: Alberta Culture, 1985.

Swindlehurst, Edward B. Alberta Agriculture: A Short History. Edmonton: s.n., 1967.

Danysk, Cecilia. Against the Grain: Accomodation to Conflict in Labour-Capital Relations in Prairie Agriculture 1880-1930. Ottawa: National Library of Canada, 1991. -Ph.D. thesis

Danysk, Cecilia. Hired Hands: Labour and the Development of Prairie Agriculture, 1880-1930. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, c1995.

MacEwan, John Walter Grant. Between the Red and the Rockies. Saskatoon: Western Producer Prairie Books, 1981, c1979.

MacEwan, John Walter Grant. Grant MacEwan's Illustrated History of Western Canadian Agriculture. Saskatoon: Western Producer Prairie Books, c1980.

Gleave, Alfred P. United We Stand: Prairie Farmers, 1901-1975. Toronto: Lugus Productions, c1991.

Evans, Simon. Prince Charming Goes West: The Story of the E.P. Ranch. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 1998.

Smith, Cherie. Mendel's Children: A Family Chronicle. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 1998. - Russian-Jewish immigration, stories of four generations

Leonard, David W. & Victoria Lemieux. A Fostered Dream: The Lure of the Peace River Country. Calgary: Detselig Enterprises Ltd., 1997.

Kroetsch, Robert. Alberta. Edmonton: NeWest Press, 1993.

Thomas, Lewis G. Rancher's Legacy. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 1986.

Brado, Edward. Cattle Kingdom. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre Ltd., 1984.

Holt, Faye Reineberg. Settling In First Homes on the Prairies. Calgary: Fifth House Ltd., 1999.

Wetherell, Donald and Irene R.A. Kmet. Homes in Alberta. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 1991.

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