This series consists of correspondence, notes, research, architectural drawings, photographs and reports created and compiled by Roman Fodchuk while a student at Berkeley University, Harvard University, associate professor in the School of Landscape Architecture at the University of Guelph, and associate professor at the University of Calgary developing the Environmental Design (EVDS) program.
The fonds consists of the materials created by the Clifford E. Lee Foundation including minutes, financial statements, grant files, photographs, correspondence, research files, and oral history interviews.
Sans titreThis collection contains correspondence, ephemera, a copy of Kostek's book "Looking Back" on the history of Edmonton Public Schools, a photograph of Michael Kostek, and a souvenir folder of Edmonton scenes and buildings from the early 20th century.
Sans titreThe fonds consists of records from the development of the play “This Hour Has Ten Decades”, written, produced and performed at Jasper Place Composite High School, including scripts, correspondence and promotional material.
The photographs are of the play and include the cast and crew.
The fonds consists of records pertaining to the Edmonton Public Welfare Board from 1914 to 1925. The records include minutes, reports, finances, correspondence, and by-law. Also included in the fonds are minutes, reports, and cases dealt with by the Visiting Committee, later known as the Advisory Committee, and minutes from the Committee on Unemployment.
Sans titreThe fonds consists of some records and biographical clippings of Richard Ottewell and the Ottewell family as well as correspondence and records of Jennie (Ottewell) Smith and her husband Bliss Simith.
There are also books in algebra, geometry, mechanics and mechanical drawing from the American School of Correspondence, likely used by Bliss Smith for correspondence courses as well as a garden seed and nursery catalogue:
The photographs are of Richard and Fanny Ottewell and their children, including Richard and Fanny Ottewell on their 50th wedding anniversary (1927), as well as the Clover Bar School.
The series consists of records related to the operational functions of the Edmonton Social Planning Council (E.S.P.C.) and its communications and interactions with external organizations. During the E.S.P.C.'s early years, it acted as a coordinating body for other social agencies, therefore the series includes records pertaining to the council's interactions with a wide variety of organizations, government offices and persons. These include the Canadian Welfare Council, Youth Services, The John Howard Society, University of Alberta, Canadian Mental Health Association in Alberta and the Edmonton School Board, along with many others. Records include correspondence, reports, minutes, news clippings, and reference documentation. Minutes include those from related organizations and councils that the E.S.P.C. worked with, as well as the various committees within the council. Some of the records including, newsletters, programs and bulletins, relate to external organizations, at local, provincial, national and international levels. These records provide context for the E.P.S.C's work and interactions with these external organizations.
The series also includes records pertaining to the United Community Fund of Greater Edmonton (formerly Community Chest) which merged with the E.P.S.C. in 1953 and early correspondence with Charlotte Whitton, who founded the Canadian Council on Child Welfare in 1920.
Sans titreThe series consists of records outlining the Edmonton Social Planning Council and the United Community Fund of Greater Edmonton interactions and work with the Canadian Welfare Council. The series includes correspondence, reports, memorandums, minutes, papers, clippings, statements and recommendations. The series also includes records pertaining to the Canadian Conference on Housing and Community Funds and Councils of Canada conference.
Sans titreThis series consists of textual records pertaining to the Youth Services Division of the Edmonton Council of Community Services (currently Edmonton Social Planning Council). The series highlights the Division's work on welfare issues concerning children and youth in Edmonton beginning a year before its inception in 1955, to when it was absorbed into the Council in 1966. Some records pertain to the Council's continued work with youth after 1966. The series includes minutes, administrative records, correspondence with related organizations and persons, reports, bylaws, articles, clippings, directories and Council newsletters. The series also consists of records pertaining to the Division’s work in providing guidance, training courses, and hosting conferences related to child and youth welfare.
Sans titreThis series consists of a set of service profiles and their priorities created by the United Community Fund of Greater Edmonton. The profiles document social problems and areas of concern while highlighting potential solutions and challenges involved. They define the problem and its significance, list objectives, provide a program, document the volume of services already provided, identify gaps and redundancies in service delivery, effectiveness of service, projection of needs, and identifying patterns of financing for the service. This series is significant as it demonstrates the forward thinking and research conducted by the Community Fund in addition to how the fund prioritized its work and financing. The first file in the series also provides context for the codes used in the service profiles.
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