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Len Bawtree fonds
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- Source of title proper: Title based on the content of the fonds and on the information supplied by previous custodian Enderby & District Museum & Archives (EDMA).
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2m of textual records and other materials
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Len Bawtree (1924-2014) was born and raised in Ashton Creek, east of Enderby, BC. After enlisting in the Royal Canadian Air Force in World War II and marrying Ruth Swaby in 1944, Bawtree came back to the Okanagan and logged and raised cows for beef on his farm. He was a founding member of the North Okanagan Livestock Association and the long-time director of the BC Cattleman’s Association. When regional districts were created in the 1960’s, Bawtree was appointed the first representative from rural Enderby to the North Okanagan Regional District. He was elected to the BC Legislature in 1975 when Bill Bennett’s Social Credit Party defeated Dave Barrett’s NDP government. He was re-elected in the next election but lost the nomination in the following election.
Custodial history
The fonds was moved from the residence of his daughter to Enderby and District Museum and Archives (EDMA). EDMA then donated the fonds to UBCO in 2018.
Scope and content
The fonds consists of records relating to Bawtree’s time on two important legislative committees: The Committee on Crown Corporations and The Select Standing Committee on Agriculture (SSCA). The SSCA was tasked by the Legislature to make a complete review of agriculture in the province, including the production, processing and distribution of food products within the province. As a result, there are reports from numerous meetings taken throughout different cities in BC from various agricultural groups that aided in the different phases of the research report on the entire food system of BC. These records include: bounded reports, transcripts, photographs, correspondence, expense reports, articles, and handwritten notes.
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Good physical condition.
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The fonds has been intellectually arranged into three series: Len Bawtree Papers (series one, OSC ARC 18.1); Select Standing Committee on Agriculture (series two OSC ARC 18.2); Committee on Crown Corporations (series 3, OSC ARC 18.3). The physical sequence as received by the prior custodian has not been altered.
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Summary biography, historical notes, and description of fonds at the box level has been prepared by EDMA and is available upon request.
Series descriptions prepared by UBC Okanagan Special Collections and Archives are available.
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Compiled by Paige Hohmann and Ariel Nicolaides (2023)
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Letter from Bob Cowan to OSC. February 20, 2020.
“Leonard Bawtree” Obituaries, Vernon Morning Star. June 7, 2014. https://www.vernonmorningstar.com/obituaries/leonard-bawtree-5899728