The collection consists of photographs collected by Barend Wissink, which were originally arranged in a scrapbook. The photographs include scenes of Edmonton and the Northwest Territories.
Sans titreThe fonds consists of textual records and photographs created or collected by Hubert A. Hollingworth. The textual records reflect Hollingworth’s business and photography work, as well as his family and household life. There are also records where it is not known how they are specifically related to Hollingworth, so it has been assumed he collected the pieces. These records, as well as the books and maps, reflect Hollingworth's variety of interests.
The photographs cover a wide array of Edmonton including buildings and street scenes, activities and events, as well as people and businesses.
The photograph records are divided into two series:
Series 1 – Hollingworth Photographs.
Series 2 – Glass Slide Photographs.
The fonds consists of photographs of early-20th-century images of Edmonton including stores, streetscapes, and parades.
Sans titreThe fonds consists of textual records, historical documents, photographs, paintings and maps gathered by NAPOTA in support of the association’s goal of preserving the history of Edmonton.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:
- Minutes 1914-1989
- Correspondence files 1926, 1928-1929
. a. Alphabetical file series
. b. Correspondence files - Topical files 1887-2009
. a. Alphabetical file series
. b. Correspondence files - Membership records
- Newspapers and Clippings
- Financial records
- Certificates
- Ephemera
- Maps
- Books
This collection consists of donations accumulated by the City of Edmonton Archives which consist of a limited number of photographs. Often these donations had little or no provenance, however were considered to be historically relevant enough to preserve. Photographs range in subject matter from Edmonton events, buildings, transportation, people, and businesses.
Sans titreThe fonds consists of scrapbooks, photographs and other records pertaining to the construction of the Alaska Highway and the Canol Project and the air facilities related to them and dating from 1942 to 1945.
File list:
File 1: Reports on the Canol project, poetry, menus, bulletin
File 2: Welcome American, The Alaska Highway revised edition, money. Includes 10 coins
File 3: The Story of the tour on the Skagway, Alaska Street Car
File 4: Menus, newspaper clippings, letters, maps, train time table, work feasibility chart
File 5: Scrapbook on the military. 49 photographs : b&w
File 6: Scrapbook on newspaper articles on Alaska Highway and Canol Project. – 1943-1944. Scrapbook extremely fragile, access copy in box.
File 8: Whitepass Railroad. 11 photographs : b&w
File 9: U.S. Army H.Q. Site – Jesuit College. 5 photographs : b&w & sepia
File 10: 3 photographs : sepia & b&w. Alaska Highway, Lt. Col. E.E. Kirkpatrick portrait, unidentified military group portrait.
Library: 665.54 FIN o/s Canol: the sub-Arctic Pipeline and Refinery Project constructed by Bechtel-Price-Callahan for the Corps of Engineers United States Army 1942-1944.
The fonds consists of materials created or collected by Liew Lawrence of Edmonton between 1964 and 1987. The fonds consists of annual reports, transportation studies and management workshops, correspondence, employee newsletters, and other materials relating to Edmonton Transit. Some personal materials are within the fonds as well.
Sans titreThe collection consists of materials collected by Lou Marsh and created between 1939 and 1988. The collection consists of publications relating to the rail transportation system in Alberta. Several brochures relate to the Edmonton Streetcar System. Also included: articles, clippings, brochures and copies of newspapers or magazines relating to the 1987 tornado in Edmonton, Royal visits, sports events, antique collections, trolley cars, railroads, and railway history. There are also minutes, bylaws, correspondence and the newsletter of the Studebaker Drivers Club Inc., Edmonton Chapter.
Sans titreThe collection consists of a Transport Canada flyer and the booklet, "Eleven steps to survival."
Sans titreThe fonds consists of certificates for Halley's Comet 1986 sighting, a copy of the site profile on the 1908 house in downtown Edmonton later converted into a restaurant called Vi's and information on the Oliver area. Another accrual in 2010 contained documents used for site profiles on the Canadian Furniture Company, Armstrong Drug Store, W.W. Arcade, Mike's News, Pantages (Strand) Theatre and the Princess Theatre.
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