This subseries contains aerial photographs taken of Edmonton and the surrounding area.
This subseries contains office records, day files, reference materials, promotional materials and photographs produced by Roman Fodchuk and Associates Ltd.
This sub-series consists of:
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Minutes, 1947, 1957-1966. [files 1-8]
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General correspondence files, 1947-1968. These files appear to have been predominantly created by the committee secretaries Margaret Williams (1947-1956) and Garnet Kyle (1957-1962) and may have been continued by M. Gertrude Ragan (1962-1966). [files 9-33]
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Topical files, 1930-1970. The contents of these files appear to have been created primarily by Garnet Kyle and M. Gertrude Ragan, committee secretaries. The series may have been created by M. Gertrude Ragan. [files 34-107]
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Files found in the collection and repatriated to this subseries. [files 108-118]
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Scrapbook, 1951-1966. The contents relate to the activities of the Committee. [file 112]
This sub-series consists of one file created by Albert Edward Ottewell, Chairman, and one file created by Alfred Russell, Secretary. The files contain correspondence relating to the acquisition of information about establishing a civic archives committee, draft and final minutes, and reports.
The subseries contains the following two files:
- File 1 - Chairman's Files (1938-1944)
- File 2 - Secretary's Files (1938-1940)
- File 1: Ballots (1917-1920)
- File 2: Ballots for Mayor (1947-1958)
- File 3: Ballots for Aldermen (1948-1961)
- File 4: Ballots for Public School Trustees (1947-1961)
- File 5: Ballots for Separate School Trustees (1942-1961)
- File 6: Plebiscite Ballots (1929-1960)
- File 7: Money Bylaw Ballots (1922-1960)
- File 8: School Money Bylaw Ballots (1922-1938)
- File 9: Votomatic punch-card ballots (ca. 1968)
- File 10: Plebiscite Ballots (1970-1981)
- File 11: 1992 ballot samples
- File 12: 1995 ballot samples
- File 13: 1998 ballot samples [o/s cabinet]
- File 14: 2001 ballot samples
- File 15: 2010 ballot samples
- File 16: 2013 ballot samples
This sub-series consists of over 10,000 clippings files related to individuals and families.
This subseries contains reports, promotional materials, architectural plans, photographs and artwork related to work done by Roman Fodchuk and Associates Ltd. on the Capital City Recreation Park. This project was completed through a partnership between the City of Edmonton and the Government of Alberta. The project was created to provide the public new accessible ways to access and entertain in nature including hiking, biking, cross country skiing, downhill skiing, snowshoeing, picnic spaces and water sports. Roman also put a great deal of work into protecting the natural wildlife by limiting erosion, creating the wildlife thoroughfare where there was none before, and strategic planting to encourage longevity of the park through native plant species.
Parks covered by this project include: Kinsmen Park, Queen Elizabeth Park, Baden-Powell Park, Cloverdale Park, Grierson Hill Park, Forest Heights Park, Dawson Park, Riverside Park, Kinnaird Ravine, Highlands Park, Capilano Park, Lower and Upper Gold Bar Park, Floden Park, Lower and Upper Rundle Park, Strathcona Science Park and Hermitage Park.
This sub-series consists of minutes, reports, correspondence, burial ledgers, monument and burial applications, agreements, and other records relating to the various functions performed by cemeteries operated by the City of Edmonton.
Most early cemeteries in Edmonton were private or created by religious organizations. It was not until 1914 that the City established Beechmount Cemetery as the first municipal graveyard. At this time there were three other private cemeteries operating within Edmonton's city limits, including Edmonton Cemetery, Mount Pleasant Cemetery, and Little Mountain Cemetery.
The Edmonton Cemetery Company was formed in 1886 and received a charter in the same year. It was a limited stock company with no dividends issued to stockholders. The Board of Directors consisted of many of the city's prominent men including Matt McCauley, Alex Taylor, George D. K. Kinnaird. The company acquired land from the Hudson's Bay reserve and established the grave yard south of 107th Avenue between 117th and 119th Streets. Later acquisitions expanded the grounds west and northward. In 1922 a large expansion to the west included a large reserve for a military field of honor around a Cross of Sacrifice, similar to those found in Europe, erected by the Veterans War Graves Commission. In 1932 a neo-classical Mausoleum was built on the north side of 107th Avenue. By the 1960s issues of financial viability and the need for perpetual care prompted the company to initiate negotiations to surrender their charter to the city. The transfer occurred in 1965.
Mount Pleasant Cemetery was a private burial ground in Strathcona. The first burials were in the 1890s, with the earliest marker showing 1893. The Strathcona Cemetery Company formed in 1900 to administer the cemetery. The City of Edmonton took over operation of this cemetery in 1941.
Little Mountain Cemetery was formed in 1895 as a church graveyard. Land was donated to Little Mountain Cemetery Company in 1900 and it became a public burial ground. After decades of financial struggle, the records were transferred to the City in 1981, and the City took the cemetery over in 1985.
As time progressed the City required more land for cemeteries. In 1972 the City purchased land off St. Albert Trail north of 137 Avenue. It was officially named Sturgeon Heights Memorial Park in 1986, then renamed Northern Lights Memorial Park in 1987. The first burial there occurred in 1989. In 1985 a piece of City owned land was chosen for the site of a future cemetery. It was officially named South Haven Cemetery in 1987 and opened the following year.
The most recent cemetery to come under the City's control is Clover Bar Cemetery, which was established in 1901 behind the Clover Bar Church. Homesteader W.H. Wilkinson donated his land for the cemetery and he and nine other local residents formed a cemetery company. The City of Edmonton took over the running of this cemetery in 1995.
The Health Department was responsible for cemetery operations from 1914 until 1929, at which time responsibility was transferred to the Engineering Department. In 1947 the newly created Parks Department took control. The Parks Department evolved to become the Parks and Recreation Department in 1962, and later the Community Services Department in 1997.
The Charles Camsell Indian Hospital Pictorial Review was an annual publication of the Charles Camsell Hospital. Included in the publication are photos of staff and patients documenting their time at the hospital, as well as photos from some Indigenous communities and residential schools across Canada.
This series contains digitized issues of the Charles Camsell Indian Hospital Pictorial Review that were collected by the Archives from a variety of donors.
This sub-series consists of over 2000 clippings files related to business units in the City of Edmonton. It also includes files on municipal elections, mayors and council, City facilities and parks, roads, utilities, unions, awards, programs and services, and neighbourhoods.