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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.

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.

The fonds consist of meeting minutes, agreements, financial records, personnel records, correspondence, and other material generated through the business conducted at the Municipal Airport.

An order has been imposed on the material. The arrangement includes three series.

• Series 1 – Administration
• Series 2 – Correspondence
• Series 3 – Airport Tenants

This fonds consists of an information brochure on the Council, annual report (1974), list of presidents (1962-1976) and an operational summary as of July 1975 including a history and list of accomplishments to that date.

The fonds consists of research papers written by Raymond Corley on the history and development of the Edmonton Interurban Railway and the Edmonton, Yukon and Pacific Railway.

The Edmonton Interurban Railway ran between Edmonton and St. Albert. The line opened on September 30, 1913, and was partially phased into the Edmonton Radial Railway System in 1916. In 1920, the system was purchased by the City of Edmonton.

The Edmonton, Yukon & Pacific Railway was the first railway built into Edmonton, before amalgamation with Strathcona. The EY&P railway connected with the Calgary and Edmonton Railway (C&E) and eventually became part of the Canadian North Railway.

The records include the original research papers, with subsequent revisions.
Note – the later revisions are only the pages that were changed, not the entire paper.

File List:
File 1. Edmonton Interurban Railway - original paper 1970/1971 (2 c.), revised 1983; revised pages 1987.
File 2. Edmonton, Yukon & Pacific Railway, original paper – original paper 1968, revised pages n.d., revision 1970/1971, revision Dec 1971, revised pages 1972, revised pages 1987.

The 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.

The collection consists of a Transport Canada flyer and the booklet, "Eleven steps to survival."

The 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.