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AR-MS-1256 · Corporate body · 1899 -

The Ladies Hospital Aid Society was established in 1899 as a fundraising body to help pay for Edmonton's first hospital at Boyle Street and Namao Avenue. The Women's Aid Society arranged for all the furnishings, as well as the food, employees salaries, hospital clothing and any other necessities. The name was changed in 1906 to the Women's Aid of the Royal Alexandra Hospital in anticipation of the new hospital being built at 111 Avenue and 102 Street. They were tasked with raising $50,000 to furnish the hospital, and would hold the mortgage. The Ladies Aid had two seats on the hospital board and would assist the hospital board when needed. Over the years the Society continued to raise funds for the hospital and provide furnishings and other necessities such as clothing and supplies for women, children and the elderly. By the 1960s the Auxiliary was running programs and established a gift shop to assist with their endeavours. The Women's Auxiliary supports the Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation in their building and equipment initiatives, purchases art and decorations for the hospital, helps with patient emergency clothing and necessities, and supports the staff's continuing education and well-being.

Hagan, Elvina
AR-MS-1254 · Person · 1929 - 2011

Elvina Olive Hagan (nee Fleming) was born January 16, 1929 in Edmonton to Una May Barnhouse and William James Fleming. She attended Sherbrooke, Norwood, Spruce Avenue and McDougall Commercial High schools. Elvina married Donald Graham Hagan in 1948 at Norwood United Church. An active member of the Alberta Genealogical Society, she passed away October 5, 2011.

Card, Annie
AR-RG-200-12-26 · Person · 1867 - 1959

Annie Worswick Card was born in 1867. She moved from West Virginia to Innisfail with her husband Rev. Gerald Card in 1904. After losing everything to a prairie fire in 1906, the couple moved briefly to Vegreville, then to Fort Simpson in the Northwest Territories, where Rev. Simpson served as an Indian Agent. Upon his death in 1932, Annie Card moved back south, settling in Edmonton. Although she had been painting since the 1880s, it was at this time that she could concentrate on her art.

Working in both watercolor and oil (though preferring the later), she painted a lot of still lifes and scenes with Indigenous subjects. Annie Card was a member of the Edmonton Art Club (joined in 1933), the Alberta Society of Artists, and the Canadian Federation of Artists. She passed away in 1959 and is interred at the Edmonton Municipal Cemetery.

Field, Ethel
AR-MS-1249 · Person · [189-?] - 1975

Ethel Field was born in Teewater, Ontario. She was educated and began her teaching career in that province before moving to Edmonton with her father in 1914. Ethel taught at schools in the Highlands, Beverly and North Edmonton for 30 years. She was best known as an artist, and joined the Edmonton Art Club in 1929, later becoming an honorary member. She was also a member of the Canadian Federation of Artists. Unlike many members of the Edmonton Art Club, she rarely offered her works for sale at club exhibitions. When she died in 1975, over one hundred of her paintings in pastel, oil, and watercolour were sold at auction. She was survived by her sister Myrtle Field Burrill.

Edmonton & Area Land Trust
AR-MS-1250 · Corporate body · 2007-present

The Edmonton & Area Land Trust was founded in 2007 by the City of Edmonton, Edmonton Community Foundation, Edmonton Nature Club, Land Stewardship Centre of Canada, Urban Development Institute, and Legacy Lands Conservation Society. [MELISSA - FINISH]

Tait, Margaret
AR-MS-1146 · Person · [ca. 192-?] - unknown

Margaret Tait is the daughter of Winnie Martin Tait, a member of the Edmonton Grads basketball team.

Michel, Harold
AR-MS-1248 · Person · 1884 - 1974

Harold Michel is believed to have been born in India to a father in the civil service. By the 1940s he was farming near Stony Plain. By the mid-1940s he was living in Jasper Place, working as a carpenter and caretaker. His wife Minnie passed away in 1951, and he retired the following year. He moved to central Edmonton in 1954. He exhibited his artwork in at least one local art show, and it was exhibited at the Edmonton Historical Exhibit around 1961.

Evans, Meredith
AR-MS-1247 · Person · 1919 - 1996

Meredith Evans was born in London, England in 1919 and immigrated to Edmonton with his family in 1921. In 1939 he received a scholarship to study at the Banff School of Fine Arts. While serving in Vancouver in the Second World War, he set up art workshops for fellow servicemen. Following the war, he sought jobs where he could continue his artistic pursuits, such as heading a program for patients in military hospitals called Diversional Therapy, working as a pictorial artist for Hook Signs Limited in Calgary, and as a film animator creating demonstrations of heart surgery procedures for the University of Alberta, which organized art workshops and encouraged art development throughout the region. Meredith Evans worked in oils, line and wash drawings, focusing on landscape and buildings. He started a gallery in St. Albert, which led to the formation of an artists' group called Academy Six, and was a member of the Edmonton Art Club, Alberta Society of Artists, and Federation of Canadian Artists. He died in Edmonton in 1996. His works are present in many public and private collections across Canada.

Foster, Hilda Vincent
AR-MS-1246 · Person · 1896 - 1970

Hilda Vincent Foster was born in Nottingham, England in 1896. She studied art at the Nottingham Municipal School of Art with her father, H. Wilson Foster, before crossing the Atlantic and moving to Edmonton in 1927.

She quickly entered the local art scene and was considered a “newcomer of promise” by the Edmonton Journal (July 17, 1929). She joined the Edmonton Art Club in 1930 and served as its President from 1930-1934. Around 1942 Hilda and her life partner Edith Forester moved to Cobble Hill, British Columbia on Vancouver Island.

Hilda Foster was active in many arts groups, including the Alberta Society of Artists, the Women’s Lyceum Art Association, the Women Sketch Hunters of Alberta, and the Victoria Sketch Club. She exhibited with these groups, as well as with the Royal Canadian Academy and the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Light Opera of Edmonton
AR-MS-433 · Corporate body · 1947 - [after 1964]

The Light Opera of Edmonton began as "The Teen Aged Girls Chorus" in 1947 as a form of entertainment during the Second World War. The group was formed by Mr. and Mrs. Herbert G. Turner. Instead of disbanding after the war ended the group recruited male voices and produced light operas, especially the works of Gilbert and Sullivan. Musical Direction was provided by Eileen Turner and her husband Herbert Turner acted as producer. The group continued to encourage the musical training of young local singers recruited from Edmonton high schools. The Light Opera of Edmonton ended after 1964.