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CA EDM MS-113 · Fonds · 1973 - 2016

The fonds consists of the administrative and operational records of the Old Strathcona Foundation. These records include minutes, reports, financial information, agreements, bylaws, contracts, correspondence, photographs, audiovisual tapes, and other material pertaining to the Foundation’s efforts at conservation in the Strathcona area.

An order has been imposed on the material. Four series have been utilized in the arrangement of the records. The series are as follows:

  • Series 1: Administration
  • Series 2: Property Files & Inventories
  • Series 3: Publications & Research Library
  • Series 4: Voices of Old Strathcona Oral History Project
Old Strathcona Foundation
CA EDM MS-86 · Fonds · 1935-1936, 1949

This fonds consists of a bank book and deposit slips documenting the fund-raising for the Edmonton Cenotaph and copies of the programmes for the unveiling and re-dedication of the cenotaph.
File List:
File 1: Bank book and deposit slips
File 2: Programmes - Unveiling of the Edmonton Cenotaph, August 13, 1936 (3 c.); Re-dedication of the Edmonton Cenotaph, August 26, 1946 (3 c.)

Citizens' Cenotaph Committee
Hubert A. Hollingworth fonds
CA EDM MS-59 · Fonds · 1897 - 1985

The 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.

Hollingworth, Hubert Alan
Reginald Turner fonds
CA EDM MS-152 · Fonds · 2003 - 2011

The fonds consists of hand painted cards with street scenes of Edmonton painted by Reg and sent to friends and family at Christmas. It also includes the notes sent with the card outlining details of the scenes and Reg’s memories of Edmonton.
Cards and accompanying notes include:

  • 98 St. Looking East Down Jasper Avenue (EAA-25-1),
  • Jasper Avenue Looking North and East, including Brighton Block, Kenmo Lodge, The Hub Hotel, Gem and Georgia Baths (EAA-25-2),
  • Jasper Avenue with the Hub Hotel and Georgia Baths (EA-25-3),
  • 97th Street and Jasper Avenue, including Dreamland Theatre and Mite Block (EAA-25-4),
  • Edmonton’s 5 Way Intersection, including Alex Taylor school and the Checker Lunch (EAA-25-5),
  • Winter Snowfall 1942 (EAA-25-6),
  • C. Woodward Ltd. Building (EAA-25-7),
  • The Tegler Building (EAA-25-8),
  • The Gibson Block (EAA-25-9),
  • Metropolitan Stores (EAA-25-10)
    The accompanying notes are in MS-152, f. 1.
Turner, Reginald
Edmonton Bulletin fonds
CA EDM MS-1071 · Fonds · 1911, 1947-1951

The fonds consists of photos taken by Eric Bland for the Edmonton Bulletin in the last five years of the Bulletin’s existence (April 1947-January 1951) (EA-600). The photos include Edmonton personalities, accidents, events, clubs and societies, buildings (including churches, schools and hospitals), commerce, industry, transportation and military.
The fonds also includes images used in the publication 'Edmonton Bulletin Special Edition 1911' (EB-26). This publication gave a history of Edmonton to that point. The photographs include people, houses, buildings businesses, street scenes, bridges and transportation.

Edmonton Bulletin
Edward Bell fonds
CA EDM MS-155 · Fonds · 1912, 1963

The fonds consists of Edward Bell’s account of becoming a teacher and then principal of Bennett School, including teaching in the school’s temporary accommodations on the second floor of a house in 1912 while awaiting construction of the school building. The Bennett School moved into their new building on Gallagher flats in the spring of 1913.
The photograph is of the temporary classroom that was used before the Bennett School building was opened.

Bell, Edward
Hook Signs Ltd. fonds
CA EDM MS-687 · Fonds · 1912 - 1980

The fonds consists of records created by Hooks Signs Ltd. of Edmonton.
The textural records (1912-1949, predominantly 1912-1919) include 9 invoice books from 21 Oct 1912 to 31 Oct 1919 and 2 Sep 1947 to 31 Jan 1949, as well as Hook Signs labels, certificates, Licenses, administrative records, and materials for an anniversary book.
The photographs (1920-1980) include images of the billboards and signs created by Hook Signs. There are also various street scenes and intersections in Edmonton, with a blank billboard sign in the background. These were used to show advertising opportunities to potential clients.

Hook Signs Ltd
Judge C.W. Morrow collection
CA EDM MS-773 · Collection · [ca. 1900-1910]

The collection consists of photographs of Edmonton, including road construction, residential scenes, Jasper Avenue and the North Saskatchewan River

Morrow, C.W.
Daniel T. Ritchie fonds
CA EDM MS-776 · Fonds · [ca. 1910]-1920

The fonds consists of photographs of buildings, street scenes, construction and bridges in Edmonton, as well as the North Saskatchewan River.

Ritchie, Daniel T.
Maria Roxburgh fonds
CA EDM MS-781 · Fonds · [ca. 1907-1920]

The fonds consists of photographs including the Grave’s house at 295 – 105 St., where Maria Scragg and John Stirling were married in 1907, the home of Maria and John Roxburgh, and the Chisholm Block fire.
The fonds also includes two books, ‘The George McDougall Museum and Shrine: The Little Church at the City’s Heart’ (287.9 MCD 1946), and ‘Rundle in Alberta 1840-1848’ (922.77 RUN).

Roxburgh, Maria Scragg Stirling