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CA EDM MS-55 · Fonds · 1940 - 1957, 1963

The fonds consists of financial records and correspondence of the Veterans' Volunteer Reserve, South Edmonton Battalion.

File list:
File 1: Notices of reunion and annual meeting, 1952-1956
File 2: Revenues and expenditures, 1950-1957
File 3: Statement of expenditures re: annual reunion, 1950-1955
File 4: Special permit - liquor, 1955, 1956
File 5: Letterhead sample, 19--
File 6: Correspondence re: donation to Edmonton home for ex-servicemen's children, 1957-1963
File 7: Payments and receipts, 1940-1955
File 8: Financial journal, 1941-1957
File 9: Financial journal, 1940-1957

Veterans' Volunteers' Reserve, South Edmonton Battalion Association
CA EDM MS-601 · Fonds · [ca. 1910], [ca. 1962]

The fonds consists of a manuscript “Memoirs of Anna Laura” written by Annie Robertson Harrison recounting her life in Edmonton at the end of the 19th century and one photograph of Annie.

The memoir mentions Annie’s family – parents (W. Scott and Harriet Robertson), siblings (Harry, Nell, Carrie, Fred, Robert, Grace), husband (Dr. John Darely Harrison), as well as her children and grandchildren. It also covers family activities and buildings including her father’s Cooking Lake residence, Spruce Lodge, and her father’s opera house, Robertson Hall, including the night the hall burned down.

It also includes references to various events and people: the 1885 Rebellion, 1897 Klondike Gold Rush, construction of the CPR and EY&P railroads, Strathcona, Fort Edmonton, Long Lake, St. Albert, Herschel Island, Athabasca Landing, Eggies Halfway House, Louis Daniels, Grasshopper, Mrs. Grey, Mary Bobsleigh, Kenny McLeod, Colonel Jamieson, Dr. and Mrs. McKay, Casey family, and Muchias,

The memoir describes a number of "firsts" in Edmonton, such as the first: public school (McKay Avenue School), sheriff, women's hockey team, theatrical hall, and piano. There are also references to many original settler families, such as, the Olivers, Walters, Macauleys, Griesbachs, Mckays and McDougalls.

There is also a photocopy of a newspaper article about Annie Robertson Harrison and her memoir, "'It Was Wonderful To Be Young In Edmonton'... As Mrs. Harrison Recalls Settlement 72 Years Ago", by Ruth Bowen, Edmonton Journal, September 1, 1955.

Harrison, Annie Laurie Robertson
HMCS Nonsuch fonds
CA EDM MS-8 · Fonds · 1956 - 1962

The fonds consists of three scrapbooks relating to HMCS Nonsuch activities from 1956 to 1962. Additional materials include 2 copies of a brief history of the unit written by the Rev. J.E. McGrane (Chaplain) in 1962 and the programme from the commissioning of the HMCS Nonsuch in September 1975.

HMCS Nonsuch
Ernest S. George fonds
CA EDM MS-121 · Fonds · 1926 - 1962

The fonds consists of photocopied transcripts of letters and articles written by Ernest S. George and the certificate of membership of E.S. George to the Northern Alberta Pioneers and Old-Timers Association, Dec. 31, 1926. It also includes a photocopied transcript of an article by Barbara Mary George, Ernest George's mother. The photograph is a portrait of Ernest George, ca. 1962 that was used for an Edmonton Historical Board award in 1977.

George, Ernest Scudamore
Edgar Millen fonds
CA EDM MS-778 · Fonds · 1923 - 1961, predominant 1923 - 1932

The fonds consists of photographs taken by Edgar Millen while serving in Canada’s north as an officer with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
The photographs include images depicting the Arctic, where Millen was stationed, as well as several photos of Millen’s funeral and a cairn erected in his honour.

Millen, Edgar
Magee Family fonds
CA EDM MS-439 · Fonds · [ca. 1882]-1961

The fonds consists of textual and photographic records of some of the Magee family members, mostly those who settled in Alberta, and predominantly Hannah Magee.

The records have been arranged into the following series:
Series 1: Sophia Jamieson Magee
Series 2: Jenny Magee
Series 3: William Magee
Series 4: Mary Magee
Series 5: James Magee
Series 6: Hannah Magee
Series 7: Henrietta Magee Haigler

Magee Family
Harry Lowell fonds
CA EDM MS-770 · Fonds · 1957-1961

The fonds consists of photographs of Beverly Town Council and Mayor John Sehn.

Lowell, Harry
George K. Guild fonds
CA EDM MS-170 · Fonds · 1928 - 1936, [ca. 1961]

The fonds consists predominantly of records detailing George Guild’s life and business. It includes:

  • a copy of "The Super Calendar" published by The Pusey and Jones Corporation at Wilmington, Delaware, that includes a letter written by George Guild about being a ‘one man’ mill and a photo of the Pioneer Paper Mill, 1928,
  • certificate of Caveat of Patent for George K. Guild, Dominion of Canada, 1936,
  • sample of paper fibre, presumably created by George Guild, [ca. 1936]
  • clipping re Pioneer Paper Mill, from The Pulp and Paper Mills of Canada and Newfoundland, [ca. 1936],
  • a manuscript, ‘History of George Guild, operator and owner of Canada's "One Man" mill’, [ca. 1961], unknown author.
Guild, George K.
CA EDM MS-12 · Fonds · 1899 - 1960

This fonds includes records of two predecessor fonds, though they are not easily separable in the records. -- minutes and other documents of the Edmonton Public Hospital/City Hospital/Royal Alexandra Hospital and minutes and other documents of the Strathcona General Hospital. There are minutes and other documents of the Edmonton Hospital Board from its inception in 1913 to 1960, including minutes of three organizations created to support the board - the Royal Alexandra Hospital Association (1913-1926), Strathcona Hospital Committee (1913-1915) and Isolation Hospital Committee (1913-1914). There are also materials placed in the cornerstone of the Royal Alexandra Hospital in 1910.

Edmonton Hospital Board
Gladys Hanson fonds
CA EDM MS-124 · Fonds · 1893 - 1960

This fonds consists of song books and sheet music, ranging from 1893 to 1960. It also includes stationery eraser guides marked “John Underwood & Co.” and three Klondike coins.

The photographs include her father William M. Jones at the Rat Creek incinerator, including an interior of the incinerator.

Hanson, Gladys Lillian Jones