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Parks Administration
CA EDM RG-21-3-3 · Subseries · 1961 - 1971
Part of City of Edmonton. Parks and Recreation Department fonds

This sub-series consists of records relating to the provision, operation and maintenance of green space for Edmontonians such as parks, ravines and forestry, cemeteries, playgrounds, golf courses, and playing fields and the river valley. It includes subjects such as concessions, horticulture, boulevards, and weed and pest control. The records include surveys, reports, and studies relating to City lands.

Papal Visit
CA EDM RG-71-3-4 · Subseries · 1983 - 1984
Part of City of Edmonton. Edmonton Ambulance Authority fonds

This sub-series contains records relating to the visit of Pope John Paul II to Edmonton in 1984. The records include planning documents from the Edmonton Ambulance Authority, as well as photographs of the event.

Our Voice
CA EDM RG-200-10-3 · Subseries · 1994-2005
Part of City of Edmonton Archives Collection

This series consists of issues of the Spare Change and Our Voice Newspapers. The first mention of Edmonton's Spare Change was in the March 1994 edition of Vancouver's Spare Change Newspaper, and the first issue of the Edmonton Newspaper being released in April 1994. The final issue was released in May 2005. Early editions were published by Martin Garber-Conrad, before becoming a co-production of the Bissell Centre, the Calgary Urban Project Society, and the Edmonton City Centre Church Corporation (E4C). The partnership lasted until 1997, at which point the papers were published by the Bissell Centre and E4C. By 1999 the sole published listed was the Bissell Centre.

The newspapers were envisioned as a way to provide an income to economically marginalized people while communicating their issues to the public. The publication provided a venue for stories relating to poverty and homelessness in Edmonton and to provide a voice for those who were largely ignored by the mainstream media. Other topics included topical news stories, and articles on prostitution, drug addiction, as well as profiles of members of the community. Licensed vendors would pay a small amount to cover the cost of publication and then sell the papers on the street for a donation.

Many people associated with the paper would play other important rolls in other areas of Edmonton ; editor Michael Walters became a City Councilor, writer Marjorie Bencz became Executive Director of the Edmonton Food Bank. Writer Jim Gurnett became Executive Director of the Edmonton Mennonite Centre for Newcomers, writer Linda Numont went on to publish Edmonton Street News and Alberta Street News as well as being a lifetime housing advocate with the Edmonton Coalition on Housing and Homelessness.

Original Ledgers
CA EDM RG-8-8.11-2 · Subseries · 1895 - 1987, 1945 - 1974
Part of City of Edmonton. Office of the City Clerk fonds

This subseries consists of the original ledgers used to record information regarding Civic Elections and Census Enumeration throughout the City of Edmonton's polling districts. Each ledger corresponds to one polling district within the City and were carried by City staff to each address in the district to record information regarding the occupants. The ledgers from 1945 onwards include name, address, if they are a British subject, if they own property, their section of either Protestant of Catholic for school taxes, their marital status, the name of their employer, the number of people in the residence under the age of 21 and their gender, and the type of dwelling in which they reside.

Operational Reports
CA EDM RG-71-3-3 · Subseries · 1984 - 1986
Part of City of Edmonton. Edmonton Ambulance Authority fonds

This sub-series contains operational reports on major incidents responded to by the Edmonton Ambulance Authority, including the roller coaster accident at West Edmonton Mall, the Namao air crash, the Hinton train collision, and incidents at a Platinum Blonde concert and the Edmonton maximum security penitentiary.

Muttart Conservatory
CA EDM RG-21-4-5 · Subseries · 1976 - 1996, predominant 1989 - 1995
Part of City of Edmonton. Parks and Recreation Department fonds

Established in 1976, the Muttart Conservatory is a botanical garden owned and operated by the City of Edmonton. This subseries contains project files and meeting minutes created by staff at the Muttart Conservatory through the course of caring for the facility and providing programming for the public.

Maps
CA EDM RG-8-8.11-3 · Subseries · 1914, 1945 - 2009
Part of City of Edmonton. Office of the City Clerk fonds

This subseries contains maps that were used by the Office of the City Clerk in its function administering civic elections and census enumeration. In addition to voting and census maps, land use maps and maps of neighborhood and community league boundaries are also included.

Government Infrastructure
CA EDM MS-1207-4-6 · Subseries · 1969-1983
Part of Roman Fodchuk fonds

This subseries contains reports, promotional materials, architectural plans, photographs and artwork related to work done by Roman Fodchuk and Associates Ltd. on various municipal, provincial, federal and international government projects. Included are completed projects and proposals for projects not awarded to Roman Fodchuk and Assoicates Ltd.

Golf Courses
CA EDM RG-21-3-2 · Subseries · 1952 - 1981
Part of City of Edmonton. Parks and Recreation Department fonds

The Edmonton Golf Club opened in 1907 with five holes. The City purchased the land (then known as the Golf Links) in 1912 from the Hudson's Bay Company, and began operating the course as a municipal enterprise - the first municipal golf course in Canada. The Golf Links was renamed Victoria Park and dedicated to public use in 1914. The course expanded in the 1920s from 9 holes to 18, and by 1951 the course offered 27 holes, though by 1954 it had reverted to 18 holes when the City needed some of the land for the Groat Bridge. In 1957 the name was officially changed to the Victoria Golf Course. The Victoria Driving Range opened in 1961.

In 1949 work began on a new municipal golf course. Riverside Golf Course opened in 1951 on the south bank of the North Saskatchewan River just north of the Dawson Bridge. Rundle Park Golf Course became the City’s third course when it opened in 1976.

The subseries consists of correspondence and financial records relating to golf courses operated by the City of Edmonton. The subseries contains the following files:

  • File 1: Golf Courses - Correspondence (February - December 1962)
  • File 2: Golf: Master Plan - Correspondence (June 1968 - January 1969)
  • File 3: Victoria Golf Course Statistical Revenue Ledger (1952-1967)
  • File 4: Victoria Golf Course Statistical Revenue Ledger (1968-1978)
  • File 5: Victoria Driving Range Cash Book (1961-1970)
  • File 6: Victoria Driving Range Cash Book (1970-1972)
  • File 7: Riverside Golf Course Statistical Revenue Ledger (1980-1981)
  • GP-1748-1981-jul: Master plan review: Mill Woods golf course (1981)