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Alan Macdonald
CA EDM MS-690-6 · Series · 1931-1982
Part of Macdonald, Clifton Family fonds

The series consists of records pertaining to Alan’s military and legal careers, with a lesser extent to his acting and community involvement activities. The records include programmes, correspondence, writings by Alan, news clippings and photographs.

Macdonald, Alan Fraser
Bruce Macdonald
CA EDM MS-690-7 · Series · [ca. 1945]-1985
Part of Macdonald, Clifton Family fonds

The series consists of records pertaining to Bruce’s military career and family.

File List
File 1: Correspondence, news clippings - includes:

  • news clippings, family life and military career, 1948-1985
  • address, 'Canada's Chemical Industry : A Pattern of Challenge and Concern', by Bruce Fraser Macdonald, President, Canadian Chemical Producers Association, Nov. 19, 1971,
  • news clipping, obituary for Bruce Fraser Macdonald, Feb. 21, 1985
  • photocopies of telegrams of condolence, Feb. 1985,
  • Scrapbook pages - includes clippings and photographs of Bruce Fraser Macdonald in uniform. (O/S Box 1)
Macdonald, Bruce Fraser
Humphreys / Green fonds
CA EDM MS-706 · Fonds · 1855-1944

This fonds primarily consists of military records from Thomas Humphreys from the Crimean War (including a brief family history and a diary) and Lt. P.A. Green from the First World War (including information on his service and his pension). This fonds also contains Lt. P.A. Green's medals and ribbons from the First World War, including his Military cross, Military Medal, and other service medals.

Humphreys, E. (Bunny)
Cdr. W.A. West collection
CA EDM MS-723 · Collection · 1979-1998

This collection consists of material from W.A. West's work on the book "Army of the West" on the history of western Canadian military units and their involvement in various military campaigns. This includes his research, book drafts and proofs, as well as numerous photographs. Also with this collection are files related to updating the chain of office for the Mayor of the City of Edmonton, and a scrapbook and tapes from the second ride of the Alberta Field Force from Calgary to Edmonton in 1979 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the City of Edmonton. Finally, this collection includes files, newspaper clippings and photographs related to the Prince of Wales Armoury Foundations efforts to "save" the Prince of Wales Armouries.

West, W.A.
CA EDM MS-725 · Fonds · 1984-1986

This fonds consists of the administrative records of the Prince of Wales Armoury Foundation, including a Proposal for the Prince of Wales Armoury and site, Minutes, Correspondence, Newsletters, and Memberships, Fund Raising, Accounting Records

Prince of Wales Armoury Foundation
CA EDM MS-746 · Collection · 1922

This collection consists of a menu poster for the 19th Alberta Dragoons Sergeants’ Mess Annual Dinner, April 20, 1922.

19th Alberta Dragoons
Frank William Wiggins fonds
CA EDM MS-754 · Fonds · 1918

This fonds consists of a proclamation, “A la population de Mons”, marking the end of World War I on 11 Nov 1918. It was given to Frank William Wiggins by Jean Lescarts, Burgomaster of Mons, Belgium, on that day in appreciation of the ending of WWI, paying tribute to the soldiers of the Commonwealth.

Wiggins, Frank William
Anthony Graham Shute fonds
CA EDM MS-756 · Fonds · 1917 - 1958

The fonds consists of documents and photographs related to Anthony Shute’s police career and activities in the Boxing and Wrestling Commission. .
File List:
File 1: Certificate of military instruction for infantry, non-commissioned officers, for Corporal A.G. Shute, 1917;
File 2: Appointment as Justice of the Peace to Anthony G. Shute, signed by Robert George Brett, Lt. Gov. of Alberta. Sept. 8, 1920 (formerly known as EA-10-3206);
File 3: Citation for Silver Jubilee, Buckingham Palace, May 6, 1935.
File 4: Letter, Anthony G. Shute to Wm. Murphy, Secretary-Treasurer, Edmonton Boxing and Wrestling Commission, January 13, 1958. (Note: given Anthony Shute’s death on January 14, 1958, this is possibly the last letter written by him).
For photograph of Anthony Shute, see EA-10-2784.

Shute, Anthony Graham
Aitken Family fonds
CA EDM MS-765 · Fonds · 1925 - 1947

The fonds consists of materials largely related to the life and death of Robert M. Aitken. Although his early life in Edmonton is represented through his yearbooks and clippings regarding his sports activities with local leagues, the majority of the records focus on his military career beginning with the Royal Canadian Airforce (R.C.A.F.) through to his transfer to the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy. Besides material created by Robert in the course of his duties, records created by Marjory Aitken, his mother, are present throughout the fonds, most notably in letters received from correspondents regarding her son’s death. The photographs consist of images taken and collected by Marjory throughout Robert’s life, including of his childhood, military service, and eventual gravesite.

Aitken Family