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It had been common practice to put small amounts of original material in clippings files. However, in 2015 the City of Edmonton Archives established a clippings committee to follow best practice and remove original archival material from the clippings files. The committee created a new classification within the private records (MS) collection and the government records (RG) collection to hold this material and make it accessible.

In 1936 Sherman Maxwell Smith founded Smith's Ambulance Service. The company signed a contract with the City of Edmonton in 1953 and continued to provide ambulance services throughout the city. Mr. Smith passed away in 1975. The company was sold to the city in 1981, at which time the Edmonton Ambulance Authority was established.

The Edmonton Board of Trade, a community-based volunteer organization, was established in February 1889 to promote practical growth opportunities to support and enhance the prosperity of Edmonton’s business community with the goal of attracting settlers to the district. At the time of the Chamber's formation, Edmonton's economy was more rooted in agriculture than energy.

It was renamed the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce in 1928, retaining its mandate of contributing to the growth and development of Edmonton and its business community. In 2014, the Edmonton Chamber celebrated its 125th year of serving businesses in Edmonton.

The Edmonton Zoological Society was first proposed in 1926 in association with the Borden Park Zoo, which operated in the city until 1941. In 1953 a committee was formed to re-establish the society and noted Edmonton naturalist, Al Oeming, was elected President. The society worked in conjunction with City Council and the Parks Department in the development of the Laurier Park Children's Zoo, which opened in 1959. The Society also appointed members to the Edmonton Zoo Advisory Board, as well as conducting lectures and lobbying on various wildlife issues. The Society was disbanded in 1970.

The ‘Edmonton Bulletin’ was the first newspaper published in Alberta. It originally appeared as ‘The Bulletin’ on December 6, 1880, and its owners were Alexander Taylor and Frank Oliver. It first appeared as a weekly but changed to twice weekly in May 1892. The name was changed to ‘Edmonton Bulletin’ in 1881.
Alexander Dunlop took over from Taylor that same year, and Frank Oliver became sole owner in 1884. Oliver's company, Bulletin Publishing Co., was publisher from 1898 to 1923. An evening daily was published as the "Daily Edmonton Bulletin" from January 3, 1903 to January 16, 1906, and as the "Edmonton Daily Bulletin" from January 17, 1906 to January 30, 1923. A morning daily was published as the "Edmonton Daily Bulletin" from May 2, 1910 to November 8, 1915, and the "Morning Bulletin" from November 9, 1913 to January 28, 1924.
Oliver sold his interest in the Bulletin Publishing Company and the company was reorganized under George B. O'Connor as the Edmonton Bulletin Ltd. on January 1924. The name was changed to Edmonton Publishing Ltd. in December 1924. The "Edmonton Bulletin" was published as a morning and evening daily from January 29, 1924 to June 19, 1925. After suspension of printing due to a labour dispute which ended December 3, 1925, the paper became an evening paper only.
In October 1925 it was sold to Charles E. Campbell and published by Alberta Free Press Ltd. In January 1948 it was sold to the Edmonton Bulletin Ltd., directed by G. Max Bell and published and edited by Hal Straight. Eric Bland was hired as staff photographer ca. 1947. Previously the paper's photographs had been taken by commercial photographers. The paper ceased publication on January 20, 1951.

The Images Alberta Camera Club (IACC) began on February 6, 1975 when 44 people signed up for the IAAC in a guest book. In their first constitution the IACC stated their goal was to provide services and give back to the community.

Throughout the years the IACC took part in various community activities and outreach events such as seminars, an exhibit at Muttart, and partnered with charitable organizations. They also produced slideshows and publications using their photographs for notable Edmonton events such as the Pope’s visit in 1984, Y2K, festivals, and sports events. IACC publications and slide shows include, A Day in the Life of Edmonton, Edmonton Focus 2000: Images Alberta Camera Club Millennium Project, and their newsletter Imagery.

The IACC also organized outings for members to photograph various locations and events in Edmonton including the Legislature building, an Edmonton Oilers practice, Fort Edmonton Park, Citadel, Muttart Conservatory, Edmonton Radial Railway, and John Janzen Nature Center.

To align with their goal of “giving back” the IACC used their photography to raise awareness and funds for important causes. Some examples include the “Images of Hope” project for the Hope Foundation, an awareness campaign for the Northern Alberta Brain Injury Society, “Homeless Connect” (taking Christmas portraits for those who couldn’t afford them), Boys and Girls Club workshop, and REDress project.

The IACC is an active photography club with 170 members hosting workshops, outings, and exhibits to align with their three pillars to learn, support the community, and have fun.

Les Soeurs de l’Assomption la Sainte Vierge was founded in the parish of Grégoire-de-Nicolet, Quebec in 1853. In 1891 the order began to offer educational opportunities at boarding convent and day schools in St. Paul, Bonnyville, Maillaig, LaCorey, St. Vincent, Brosseau, and Lafond. In Edmonton they were known for the Assumption Academy, which offered a bilingual education to Edmonton girls from 1928 to 1972.

After the Edmonton Historical Board identified the unique historical character of the former city of Strathcona in 1966, a business and community group named the Strathcona Village Committee was formed to promote the redevelopment of the area as a historical village. The committee, which was briefly known as the Strathcona Historical Group in 1972, was eventually named the Old Strathcona Foundation on November 6, 1974.

The Old Strathcona Foundation’s mandate was to preserve and coordinate the restoration of the historical assets of the community. An agreement between the Foundation, Heritage Canada, and the City of Edmonton in 1976 established a program of heritage preservation and renewal in the area that included the restoration and repurposing of a number of area buildings, most notably the Dominion Hotel, Ritchie Mill, and Princess Theatre, as well as streetscape improvements. Cooperation with other groups operating in the area, such as the Edmonton Fringe Theatre Festival and CKUA Radio, led to successful fundraising activities such as the Canada Day Silly Summer and Christmas Parades.

The Old Strathcona Foundation also published its own newsletter and a periodical focused on longer articles in the form of the Strathcona Plaindealer. Articles that appeared in the Strathcona Plaindealer were written by members of the Foundation staff and were also submitted by members of the wider community, including local historians and long-time residents of Strathcona that had memories from before the community’s amalgamation with Edmonton in 1912.

Dwindling membership led to the Foundation eventually becoming inactive. Before the Foundation became completely inactive, two members gathered together the remaining records left in the offices and then donated them to the City of Edmonton Archives. Although the Foundation never formally dissolved, they ceased operation in 2016 after their records were donated to the Archives.

The Canadian Athletic Club (CAC) was started in 1937 by a group of sports minded community league members who recognized a need for athletes from schools and community leagues to have a more competitive environment in which to play, in order to develop their skills. The club was involved in a variety of sports, such as hockey, baseball, soccer, lacrosse and boxing in the early years. However since the early 1960’s, the club has focused on hockey offering a complete program from Bantam to Junior. In the early 1980s the CAC began a hockey school and in the 1990’s expanded their Kurucz Tournament, as well as established a scholarship fund. The CAC celebrated their 75th Anniversary in 2012.

Ramsay’s Flowers Ltd. is a successor to the company formed by Walter Ramsay. Walter Ramsay was born near London, Ontario, in 1870. He came to Alberta in 1899 and was principal of McKay Avenue School and then Queen's Avenue School.
In 1905 he left the teaching profession and founded the florist firm of Walter Ramsay Ltd, which operated a large array of greenhouses near the General Hospital in Edmonton AB. He was a pioneer in this field and his business grew to become one of the largest in Canada. Walter Ramsay died in 1958.
Ramsay’s Flowers Ltd. was operated by Walter’s son, Donald McRae Ramsay (1904-1974).