This series consists of periodicals in the City of Edmonton Archives' collection. The material comes from a variety of sources and is arranged alphabetically by title.
This series is comprised of microfilmed copies of local newspapers.
Robert Wesley Hedley (1871-1965) was born in Ontario and taught at a rural school before earning a high school teacher’s certificate in mathematics. He moved to Edmonton in 1912, where he became the art supervisor of public schools. In 1922 he developed the art course for Alberta high schools and taught art in summer sessions at the University of Alberta. He was hired as a mathematics and art teacher at the Edmonton Normal School in 1929, and retired in 1937. He continued working in the arts, and became Director of the Edmonton Museum of Art in 1943. He was also the art critic for the Edmonton Journal for many years.
This series is comprised of local directories. It includes:
- Telephone directories listing individuals' and businesses' address and telephone number arranged alphabetically (1895-2019)
- Henderson's directories listing individuals' and businesses' address and telephone number arranged alphabetically and by address. These directories also include the person's occupation, and may include name of spouse and ownership status of the property (1895-1987).
- Numerical directories listing individuals' and businesses' address and telephone number arranged by address and by telephone number (1967-1999).
Painting features the James Macdonald Bridge over the North Saskatchewan River with downtown Edmonton in the background.
Ivan Salisny was born in 1921 in Ukraine, and moved to Edmonton with his wife Helen in 1953. He attended NAIT, and worked at the City of Edmonton as a draftsman until his retirement in 1984. He passed away in Edmonton in 2016.
Burnt out coal mine on Ellerslie Road west of Highway 2, Whitemud Valley
This item consists of a thematic finding aid compiling Local Histories in the City of Edmonton Archives Collection. There are many different publications which reveal some aspect of the histories and stories of Edmonton. There are general histories of Edmonton, neighbourhood histories, organization and business histories, biographies, monographs on buildings, cookbooks, collections of photographs and particular subject histories.
This series contains posters that were either anonymously sent to the Archives or found in the collection of the City of Edmonton Archives. The posters had no provenance, and were therefore combined into a single series. The posters relate to festivals, theatre productions, community events, and fundraisers held in the Edmonton area.
Based on a map by Lieutenant Vavasour of the Royal Engineers, 1846.
This sub-series consists of over 10,000 clippings files related to individuals and families.