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This fonds consists of materials created by the Sache and Christie families between 1890 and 1940. The records document the professional and personal lives of the members of the Sache and Christie families. Material includes correspondence, business papers, engineering papers, books, postcards, and blueprints. The first 43 files primarily concern the Sache family while the remaining files primarily concern the Christie family. The records contained in this fonds provide insight into how real estate and construction business was conducted in Edmonton's early history. In addition, these records showcase how very interconnected the prominent families of Edmonton's early history were.

This fonds consists of records pertaining to the Lady Aberdeen League from 1964 to 1996 including meeting minutes, correspondence, insurance records, and financial records. Also included in the fonds are correspondence with children the League sponsored through the Foster Parents Plan of Canada. The financial records include ledgers, receipts, invoices, and statements. These records align with the main function of the League, which was to provide financial support to charitable organizations. The fonds also consists of an Ice Capades program the League sold, certificates, and a history of the League.

This fonds consists of the administrative records of Orlando Books, including invoices, rental agreements, correspondence, a visitor log book, newspaper clippings and records relating to the opening and closing of Orlando Books. Additionally, this fonds contains substantial records relating to Edmonton’s queer community, including the Vriend v. Alberta case, activism in Edmonton, the OK Awareness Campaign, the EPOCH project, and the development of the “Safe and Caring Schools for Lesbian and Gay Youth: A Guide for Teachers” pamphlet distributed by the Alberta Teachers Association. Also included in this fonds are a number of photographs, as well as newspaper clippings and articles about the bookselling and publishing industries.

This collection consists of the records of Womonspace from their formal incorporation in 1982 until the last newsletter was published in 2011. The records include meeting minutes, monthly newsletters, event planning, and financial reports. Additionally, numerous records relating to the local and national LGBTQ+ communities are included, such as the GALA Human Rights Committee and GALA Week, as well as LGBTQ+ business guides. Also included are numerous newspaper clippings related to Womonspace and the LGBTQ+ community.

The fonds consists of a historical and biographical narrative handwritten by Frank Bernard Jamerson regarding Black immigration into western Canada as well as the Black experience in the prairies, specifically northern Alberta Black communities. The first file in the fonds consists of this narrative while the second file consists of newspaper clippings, family photographs, an anniversary booklet of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, and correspondence used by Jamerson in the creation of his narrative.

This fonds consists of the records generated by the Trans Canada Yellowhead Highway Association in their work to advocate the development, maintenance, and use of the Yellowhead Highway. The records consist of minutes of the various boards and committees, annual general meetings, meetings of the highway areas, correspondence, running files consisting of a mixture of correspondence and research material, resolutions, financial statements, membership information, strategic plans, bylaws, photographs, promotional apparel, and a book.