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Jennie Ottewell Smith fonds
Jennie Ottewell Smith fonds
CA EDM MS-225 · Fonds · 1920-[196-?]

The 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.

 Smith, Jennie Ottewell
Boulanger Family fonds
CA EDM MS-747 · Fonds · 1918 - 1942

The fonds consists of records for various members of the Joseph Boulanger family.
File List:
File 1: Dr. Joseph Boulanger

  • a letter confirming post-graduate work by Joseph Boulanger in 1919 at The Society of the Lying-In Hospital, New York NY, April 5, 1937
  • business cards - Dr. Joseph Boulanger, Edmonton, Alberta - annotated on back; P.J.F. Thiel, Archivista, Roma; Dr. Charles Puybaret, Brive
    File 2: Valerie Phaneuf Boulanger
  • a lithographic print of a poem, ‘The Unknown Warrior’, by Valerie Phaneuf-Boulanger, 1922, possibly printed in The Western Warrior.
    File 3: Dr. Jean-Baptiste Boulanger
  • letterhead of Le Petit Jour : Journal de la Jeunesse, published by Jean-Baptiste Boulanger, ca. 1936, (4 pages, blank);
  • programme, souvenir card and news clippings re: award of medaille de vermeil to Jean-Baptiste Boulanger, awarded December 1935, presented 1936;
  • letter, from Jean Iltis [?] in France, requesting assistance in finding a Canadian pen pal, 1939.
  • diploma, from the National College of Electro-Therapeutics.

The photographs reflect Dr. Joseph Boulanger’s medical career and Jean-Baptiste Boulanger’s scholastic achievements.

 Boulanger Family
Elmer E. Roper fonds
Elmer E. Roper fonds
CA EDM MS-11 · Fonds · 1959 - 1967

The fonds consists of political papers relating to Dr. Roper's tenure as Mayor of Edmonton from 1959 to 1963.
The photographs are from an album, presented to Elmer Roper by Chief Constable M.F.C. Anthony, commemorating the official opening of Police Headquarters Building, October 16, 1962.
The textual material was arranged as follows:

  • Speeches, includes proclamations, briefings and other statements.
  • General Correspondence, containing invitations and acknowledgements; complaints and compliments, and general commentaries on civic business; also includes files created by his immediate predecessors as mayor, William Hawrelak, mayor until his resignation in September 1959 and F.J. Mitchell, acting mayor until the municipal election in October 1959.
  • Miscellaneous Papers, including new clippings, reports, and incidental documents
 Roper, Elmer E.
James H. Botz fonds
CA EDM MS-1200 · Fonds · 1911

The fonds consists of photographs of Edmonton taken by James Botz, including various buildings, river valley scenes, coal mines and possibly James H. Botz with friends or other Botz family members.

 Botz, James H.
Caine Family fonds
CA EDM MS-1164 · Fonds · 2001 (originally created [between 1938 and 1941])

The fonds consists of photographs from the Caine family photo album. The photographs include images of the Pleasantview area before development and the Caine family.

 Caine Family
David Mawhinney fonds
CA EDM MS-983 · Fonds · [ca. 1910]-[ca. 1952], predominant 1915 – [ca. 1935]

The fonds consists of photographs of the Mawhinney family, sports teams the Mawhinney’s were part of, the family home in Rossdale, the Arctic Ice Company, the Ross Flats clubhouse, the North Saskatchewan River, and damage from the 1915 flood.

 Mawhinney, David
Charles Henry Lane fonds
CA EDM MS-1183 · Fonds · [ca. 1910]

The fonds consists of two photographs found in the home of Charles Henry Lane. They include horse and carriage team and the wood yard of Mr. A. Friedrich in Edmonton.

 Lane, Charles Henry
Bishop Henry Allen Gray fonds
CA EDM MS-1083 · Fonds · 1983 (original created [ca. 1900]-[ca. 1931])

The fonds consists of copies of photos from the Gray family photo album.
The photographs include photos of the Gray family, including Bishop Gray in his professional capacity, as well as local Boy Scouts and All Saints’ Anglican Cathedral.

 Gray, Henry Allen
Johnston Family fonds
CA EDM MS-111 · Fonds · 1927 - 1938

This fonds consists of letters, greeting cards, a normal school evaluation, property financial documents, three issues of The Gateway (University of Alberta student newspaper) featuring articles on socialism.
The photographs include family members, the Johnston home and automobile.
The books include the 'Gold Medal Flour Cookbook', 1910 (641.5 WAS) and 'The Eugene Field I Knew', by Francis Wilson, 1898 (811.4 WIL).
File List:
File 1. Provincial Normal School, Edmonton – evaluation for Miss Pauline Johnston, n.d.;
File 2. Correspondence - Letter from Pauline to her father, Jan. 17, 1934; Letter from National Institute of Music and Arts to Mrs. Johnston, re Ben’s music lessons, Sept. 7, 1938.
File 3. Cards including Christmas and Valentine’s Day (hand made)
File 4. Financial records - City of Edmonton taxes, 1927; American Express travel insurance, 1937; Invoice for Electrolux vacuum cleaner, 1938
File 5. The Gateway (University of Alberta student newspaper), Nov. 16, 1934; Nov. 20, 1934, Nov 23, 1934.

 Johnston Family
Wankel, Dornan Family fonds
Wankel, Dornan Family fonds
CA EDM MS-515 · Fonds · 1910 - 1996

The fonds consists of records pertaining to the Kellet, Wankel, and Dornan families, St. Anthony's Parish and School, Strathcona, and the Catholic community in Edmonton.

Included in the records are Mary's family scrapbooks and the scrapbook-cum-manuscript, 'The First Fifty Years', covering life in early Strathcona and Edmonton, 1860-1991, predominantly 1890-1955.

The fonds also includes photographs of family, friends, St. Anthony School groups, and neighbours from the Strathcona area, and an album of photographs from the play 'The Lass of Limerick Town' presented by St. Anthony's choir and youth group for the church's 50th anniversary in 1955.

 Wankel, Dornan Family