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CA EDM MS-1212 · Fonds · 1989 - 1999

The fonds consists of the records of the Avenue of Nations Business Association from its creation until its disestablishment by City Bylaw. The records include minutes, agendas, budgets, project files, and photographs of events held or attended by the Association. These events included Annual General Meetings, Heritage Days Parades, Children’s Carnivals, Lunar New Year Celebrations. and Green Day Cleanup events. Also included are two street lamp banners bearing the Avenue of Nations logo that were hung on street lamps in the BRZ when the Association was active.

The Avenue of Nations Business Association
CA EDM RG-24 · Fonds · 1914 - 1997

Fonds reflects the evolution of the Community and Family Services Department and the responsibilities it was tasked with during its existence. The textual records consist of: annual reports, statistics, financial statements, correspondence, policy statements, newsletters, minutes, photographs, forms, mission statements, lists of citizens, and other material. The original record order as found in 2016 has been retained, though an intellectual arrangement has been provided in the finding aid.

Community and Family Services Department
CA EDM MS-680 · Fonds · 1963-1996

The fonds consists of records pertaining to the Edmonton Opera Association from 1963 to 1996. The materials include programs from Edmonton opera productions, along with invitations, brochures, and newsletters. The fonds also consists of letters wishing congratulations and sending regrets for the Edmonton Opera Association's 25th anniversary celebration in 1988. Also included in the fonds are issues from 1981 to 1983 of Encore, the official publication of The Edmonton Symphony Society, The Alberta Ballet Company, and The Edmonton Opera Association, and a poster of the 1990-1991 Edmonton opera season.

Edmonton Opera Association
Douglas Glenn Runté fonds
CA EDM MS-1221 · Fonds · 1948 - 1996

The fonds consists of the records created and gathered by Douglas Glenn Runté including playbills, programs, membership cards, ticket stubs, brochures, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and minutes of numerous theatre and dramatic societies in and around Edmonton.

Runté, Douglas Glenn
Wankel, Dornan Family fonds
CA EDM MS-515 · Fonds · 1910 - 1996

The fonds consists of records pertaining to the Kellet, Wankel, and Dornan families, St. Anthony's Parish and School, Strathcona, and the Catholic community in Edmonton.

Included in the records are Mary's family scrapbooks and the scrapbook-cum-manuscript, 'The First Fifty Years', covering life in early Strathcona and Edmonton, 1860-1991, predominantly 1890-1955.

The fonds also includes photographs of family, friends, St. Anthony School groups, and neighbours from the Strathcona area, and an album of photographs from the play 'The Lass of Limerick Town' presented by St. Anthony's choir and youth group for the church's 50th anniversary in 1955.

Wankel, Dornan Family
CA EDM MS-399 · Fonds · 1944 - 1995

The fonds consists of records both collected and created by the ERRS.

The collected records include ‘cancelled notices’ likely from the office of the Superintendant of the Edmonton Radial Railway. These notices cover a variety of topics and issues, including behavior of drivers, changes to routes and services, driving instructions, repairs to trolley cars and employee events. These records reflect the daily operations of the Edmonton Radial Railway.

The records created by the ERRS include proposals for buildings at Fort Edmonton Park, correspondence, and the group’s newsletter ‘The Trip Sheet’.

The photograph was used for an Edmonton Historical Board award given to the ERRS in 1990.

Edmonton Radial Railway Society
Edmonton Art Club fonds
CA EDM MS-726 · Fonds · 1921-1995

This fonds consists of the records of the Edmonton Art Club, including administrative material (meeting minutes, correspondence, membership books, and financial statements), pamphlets and notices from their annual exhibitions, and scrapbooks.

Edmonton Art Club
CA EDM MS-669 · Collection · 1939 - 1995

The collection consists of personal items, photographs, stories, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings and memorabilia relating to the experiences of some Edmontonians in the Second World War. There are also two books – ‘The Royal Canadian Legion 1926-1986’ (369.271 ROY SWI 1986) and ‘Valour Remembered: Canada and the Second World War 1939-1945’ (940.540 GIE c. 2).

Edmonton Remembers VE Day
CA EDM MS-1211 · Fonds · 1985 - 1995

The fonds consists of administrative and operational records of The Council of Canadians of African and Caribbean Heritage. Such records include minutes, agendas, correspondence, project files, reports, and the first four editions of the Council’s newsletter, Black Voices.

Council of Canadians of African and Caribbean Heritage
CA EDM MS-686 · Fonds · 1964 - 1995

The fonds consists of the administrative records of the Edmonton Folk Arts Council from 1965 to 1996. The records include correspondence, bylaws, executive and general meeting minutes, and membership lists. Also included are posters from Council-sponsored events, such as Canada Day celebrations, and commemorative plaques and pins from various events.

Edmonton Folk Arts Council