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The fonds consists of a written history of the Edmonton Scottish Society prepared by one of its members in 1976.
Edmonton Scottish SocietyThe fonds consists of 19 Annual Reports of the Edmonton Separate School Board for the years 1913, 1918, 1924, 1945-59, 1961-1963.
Edmonton Separate School BoardThe fonds consists of records pertaining to the Edmonton Ski Club.
File list:
File 1: Minute Book - some written in Norwegian, includes English translation. Includes financials, 1911-1921
File 2: Operational records - includes envelope, 1963-1964 season membership booklet, "Memories from the Early '30's" by Ellen B. (Nell) Goodwin, copy of 1987 lease between Edmonton Ski Club and the City of Edmonton
File 3: Ecosign- Mount Recreation Planners Ltd. - includes correspondence, 1986
File 4: Certificate of Thanks - Zigurds T. Skribis, former President of the Edmonton Ski Club, 1987 July 22
File 5: Historical Resources Designation Programme - correspondence, application, 1988
File 6: Clippings, 1987-1988
The fonds consists of the records from the Edmonton Social Planning Council (E.S.P.C.) from its inception to the early 1990s. The records within the fonds capture the changing activities and functions of the Council throughout its history and its work in social welfare. The records include correspondence, administrative records, reports, studies, minutes, newsletters, publications, financial records, directories, manuals, bylaws, clippings, memorandums and briefs. Also included in the fonds are photographs of an annual meeting and housing in Edmonton.
The fonds provides insight into the history of social welfare in Edmonton and covers a variety of social issues including healthcare, childcare, education, poverty, housing, transportation, disabilities, reproductive rights, legal rights, immigration, Indigenous and Metis people, youth and addiction.
The fonds is organized into 12 series:
1- Communications and Operations
2 - Finance
3 - Board of Directors
4 - Annual Reports
5 - Canadian Welfare Council
6 - Council Projects
7 - Reports and Publications
8 - Youth Services Division
9 - United Community Fund Greater Edmonton
10 - Periodicals
11 - Non-Edmonton Social Planning Council Reports
12 - Photographs
The fonds consists of records pertaining to the operations and functions of the Edmonton Society for Urban and Architecture Studies (ESUAS). The fonds includes correspondence, minutes, financial records, reports, project documentation, grant applications, event programs, and posters. Also included in the fonds are sound recordings of Brian Allsopp's lecture and another architect's lecture given during the ESUAS' Architecture Lecture Series in 1995.
Edmonton Society of Urban and Architecture Studies
This fonds consists of the newsletters, financial statements, minutes, annual general meetings, convention files, correspondence, bylaws, membership lists, budgets, and publications of the Edmonton Stamp Club. Also included are medals won by an Edmonton Stamp Club member during various conventions. The video series, "Uncle Albert's Stamp Collection," is also included. Digitized access copies of the program are available in the Archives Reference Room.
Edmonton Stamp Club
The fonds consists of materials created by the Edmonton Stock Exchange between 1948 and 1973. The fonds consists of correspondence, bylaws, annual reports, clippings, financial and legal records of the Edmonton Stock Exchange. It also includes a photograph of the original directors of the exchange and the stock exchange's seal.
Edmonton Stock Exchange
The fonds consists of records from the Edmonton Street Railway Athletic Association from 1921 to 1958. Records include minutes, a ledger, correspondence, finances, reports and membership lists. Also included in the fonds is a copy of the City of Edmonton Railway Department rules and regulations handbook and minutes from the Civic Fastball League.
Edmonton Street Railway Athletic AssociationThe fonds consists of materials created or collected by the Edmonton Teachers' Wives Association between 1954 and 1961. The fonds consists of scrapbooks, minute books and the President's book.
Edmonton Teachers' Wives Association
The fonds consists of records produced by the Edmonton Weavers' Guild (EWG) from their inception to 2012 and represents the activities and functions of the EWG. The records include minutes, correspondence, reports, membership lists, clippings, applications, financial records, and issues of the EWG’s newsletter, Webs and Wheels. The correspondence highlight the EWG's interactions with various art institutions and organizations including the Alberta Arts Council, Canadian Craftsmen Association, Hand Weavers, Spinners and Dyers of Alberta, University of Alberta's Department of Art and Design, Alberta Art Foundation, Canadian Crafts Council, Association of Northwest Weavers Guild, along with many other weavers' guilds throughout Canada and the United States.
The fonds also consists of the EWG by-laws, a file on the history of the EWG complied by Helen Bentley, and a history of weaving in Alberta from 1945. Included in the fonds are 8 colour photographs of wall pieces designed and woven by Grace Raitt and 1 photograph of a woven design attached to a greeting card.
Edmonton Weavers' Guild