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Jennie Ottewell Smith fonds
CA EDM MS-225 · Fonds · 1920-[196-?]

The fonds consists of some records and biographical clippings of Richard Ottewell and the Ottewell family as well as correspondence and records of Jennie (Ottewell) Smith and her husband Bliss Simith.
There are also books in algebra, geometry, mechanics and mechanical drawing from the American School of Correspondence, likely used by Bliss Smith for correspondence courses as well as a garden seed and nursery catalogue:
The photographs are of Richard and Fanny Ottewell and their children, including Richard and Fanny Ottewell on their 50th wedding anniversary (1927), as well as the Clover Bar School.

Smith, Jennie Ottewell
Anonymous Donors collection
CA EDM MS-763 · Collection · 1919 - 1947

The collection consists of photographs of buildings, street scenes and people of Edmonton.

Anonymous
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
CA EDM MS-348 · Fonds · 1970 - 1977

The fonds consists of materials collected, researched and created by the Mill Creek Build A Park committee in their efforts, activities and projects to protect, preserve and advocate for the Mill Creek ravine. It includes their research sources, documents and historical notes about the ravine and partners in the projects. Their projects include: the Mill Creek Crusade; Endangered Homes Project; “Mill Crick” and “Everybody’s Mill Creek” story approaches to the social history of Mill Creek ravine; “The Mill Creek Story”, formerly a series of 5 binders with slide/audio presentation for the purpose of developing environmental education in Mill Creek schools; and “It Really Works!”, a model for social action in environmental education in the classroom.

S.T.O.P. - Save Tomorrow, Oppose Pollution
CA EDM MS-227 · Fonds · 1889 - 1890

The fonds consists of hand written pages of the school newspaper, 'The Star.'

File 1: 'The Star' Volume 1, No. 1
File 2: 'The Star' Volume 1, No. 2
File 3: 'The Star' Volume 2, No. 1

All three of the files have been digitized and provided online.

Belmont School District No. 23
CA EDM MS-195 · Fonds · 1936 - 1945

The fonds consists of a scrapbook of clippings and programs relating to the Edmonton Schoolboys' Band, 1936-1945.

Edmonton Schoolboys' Band
Roderick Cook fonds
CA EDM MS-354 · Fonds · 1912-1969

The fonds consists of materials created or collected by Roderick Cook of Edmonton and dating from 1912 to 1969. The fonds consists of programmes from concerts and theatrical presentations including 1912 commencement exercises of the Edmonton Public Schools, the Edmonton Symphony, the Little Theatre, the Empire Theatre, the Edmonton Civic Opera Company, the Edmonton Philharmonic Orchestra, Sunday Musical Series at the Jasper Park Lodge, and air force and navy revues among others collected by Roderick Cook.

Cook, Roderick
CA EDM MS-365 · Fonds · 1954-1981

The 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
CA EDM MS-405 · Fonds · 1910-1990

The fonds consists of materials created by the Mctavish Business School between 1910 and 1990. The fonds consists of a school register, a sample of a stenographer's notebook and a scrapbook of 50 years of the school's history.

McTavish Business College
Bessie McAvoy fonds
CA EDM MS-526 · Fonds · 1922-1992
  • The fonds consists of materials created or collected by Bessie McAvoy of Edmonton and dating from 1922 to 1992. The fonds consists of clippings; a list of the city mayors; a history of the Edmonton school district with documentation from that history's research; a manuscript of Irene Cornwall re: George Hustler and Lotta Dempsey; Miss McAvoy's memoirs and an autobiography, including details of her old neighbourhood - now the downtown core of Edmonton; miscellaneous articles and a copy of "News for Seniors", October 1992; and photocopies and clippings on her life, and her teaching and tennis careers.
  • MS-526.3: This fonds consists of related to the life and career of Bessie McAvoy, including her childhood home, her sister Doris Redman, her tennis career, and her education (including two university papers and a copy of "The Souvenir -- Calgary Normal School, 1925-26". This fonds also includes information on clothing, the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, Dr. Chase's Marvelous Medicinal Almanac, and the Second World War Homefront.
McAvoy, Bessie