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CA EDM MS-56 · Fonds · [ca. 1885]-2009, predominant 1914-2009

The fonds consists of textual records, historical documents, photographs, paintings and maps gathered by NAPOTA in support of the association’s goal of preserving the history of Edmonton. The fonds also includes the records of the association including minutes, membership records, correspondence, financial documents and news clippings.
The fonds is arranged as follows:

  1. Minutes 1914-1989
  2. Correspondence files 1926, 1928-1929
    . a. Alphabetical file series
    . b. Correspondence files
  3. Topical files 1887-2009
    . a. Alphabetical file series
    . b. Correspondence files
  4. Membership records
  5. Newspapers and Clippings
  6. Financial records
  7. Certificates
  8. Ephemera
  9. Maps
  10. Books
Northern Alberta Pioneers and Old Timers' Association
CA EDM MS-1208 · Fonds · 1984 - 2008

This fonds consists of minutes, agendas, financial statements, project reports, research files, grant information, correspondence, program documentation, posters, photographs, and certificates created by the Edmonton Bicycle Commuters Society. Some electronic material is present in the fonds. A note in the file title has been added where a digital carrier is present. A note has also been added to the titles of files that may contain photographic images or negatives.

In addition to the administrative files of the Society, there are also records of the various programs and initiatives that the Society spearheaded or participated in. These files include the Bike Registration Program, Lunar Cycle and Bike Month, Bike Workshops, Bikes on Buses, Cycle-Able City, and Rails to Trails (R2T).

Three posters from File 131 have been digitized and described separately. To see the other seven posters in File 131, please contact the Reference Desk.

Edmonton Bicycle Commuters Society
CA EDM MS-1216 · Fonds · 1966 - 2008

The fonds consists of the minutes, bylaws, financial statements, correspondence, photographs, memorabilia, and newsletters of the Klondike Trailer Club, the Coachmen Travel Club, and the Klondike Coachmen RV Club. The majority of the records were generated by the Klondike Trailer Club from its establishment in 1966 until its amalgamation with the Coachmen Travel Club in 2000. Also included are records generated during the Klondike Trailer Club’s membership with the Alberta Travel Trailer Association and its successor, the Camping Club of Alberta.

Some of the objects included with the records are signs meant for placement on recreational vehicles to signify membership with the Club, a picket sign of the Klondike Trailer Club’s mascot ‘Klondike Mike’ which denotes the trailer unit’s membership number, a patch, a hat, and pins.

The photographs include images of Klondike Travel Club events from both summer and winter gatherings. The photographs have been processed in the albums in which they were donated in order to provide context for the unlabelled and unidentified images.

Klondike Coachmen RV Club
Cariwest Festival fonds
CA EDM MS-728 · Fonds · 1985 - 2007

This fonds consists of the administrative records of the Western Carnival Development Association, including annual reports, invoices, board meeting minutes, grant applications and strategic planning. Additionally, this fonds contains promotional material, cultural information, photographs, and press clippings from the Cariwest festival.

Cariwest Festival
CA EDM MS-396 · Fonds · 1921 - 2007

This fonds includes records dealing with the Edmonton Eskimo Football Club, including game programs, media guides and fact books, bound hardcover team scrapbooks with media clippings dating from 1880-2007, ephemera including material relating to Peggy Miller (a CJCA promotion manager and an advocate for the Eskimos) as well as Canadian Football League publications such as rules manuals, statistics books, records manuals, and media guides for various Canadian teams.
The audio-visual material includes a video of highlights from Eskimos' 1954-55-56 Grey Cups and four films of the 1973, 1974, and 1981 Grey Cups and 1978 Schenley Awards. The photographs include various players, teams and games from 1892 to 1985.
The fonds is arranged as follows:

  • Series 1 – Canadian Football League
  • Series 2 – Ephemera
  • Series 3 – Media Guides
  • Series 4 – Program Guides
  • Series 5 – Publications, Newspapers and Scrapbooks
  • Series 6 – Audio-Visual
  • Series 7 – Objects
Edmonton Eskimos Football Club
Edmonton Kennel Club fonds
CA EDM MS-638 · Fonds · 1926 - 2006

The fonds consists of minutes, financial statements, newsletters, photographs, objects, moving images, and catalogues of events and dog shows the Edmonton Kennel Club held, and helped organize, throughout the twentieth century. The fonds also consists of commemorative material created to celebrate achievements of the Club’s members, such as for birthdays or anniversaries, in the form of scrapbooks and certificates. Also included are objects gathered by Edmonton Kennel Club members who performed judicial duties for dog shows hosted by the Edmonton Kennel Club, as well as for other organizations across the world.

The photographs of the fonds are images primarily taken of the Club’s dog shows with a smaller number of images drawn from the Club’s various social activities.

Edmonton Kennel Club
CA EDM MS-1237 · Fonds · 1977 - 2005

This fonds consists of the administrative records of the Jazz City Festival Society, including year-end financial statements, grant applications, venue and musician contracts, musician immigration and payment records, sponsorship correspondence and contracts, volunteer reports, and many festival planning documents. Additionally, this fonds contains press coverage from Jazz City, Jazz City programs, and several records relating to the promotion of Jazz City including t-shirts, posters, pins, and felt patches. Also included are photographs of artists and the festival, as well as VHS tapes with interviews and advertisements for Jazz City.

Jazz City Festival Society
CA EDM MS-701 · Fonds · 1940 - 2003

The fonds (or collection) consists of meeting minutes, correspondence, member obituaries, initiation ceremony scripts, membership lists, and some constitution and bylaw booklets of the main Canukeena Club organization that were distributed to its smaller branches. Also included are three lapel pins that were given to members in good standing upon their initiation. The photograph consists of the last meeting of the Canukeena Club of Edmonton’s members.

Canukeena Club of Edmonton
Edmonton Grads Club fonds
CA EDM MS-604 · Fonds · 1915-2003

The fonds consists of correspondence, brochures, scrapbooks, photographs, video cassettes, publications and news clippings, and memorabilia relating to the Edmonton Commercial Graduates Basketball Club and its alumnae reunion organization, the Edmonton Grads Club.

Edmonton Grads Club
Douglas Glenn Runté fonds
CA EDM MS-1221 · Fonds · 1948 - 1996

The fonds consists of the records created and gathered by Douglas Glenn Runté including playbills, programs, membership cards, ticket stubs, brochures, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and minutes of numerous theatre and dramatic societies in and around Edmonton.

Runté, Douglas Glenn