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CA EDM MS-1229 · Fonds · 1960 - 2022

This fonds consists of the administrative and operational records of the Northwest Voyageurs Canoe and Kayak Club. The records include incorporation documents, minutes of the executive committee, newsletters, river flow data, research materials, trip schedules and reports, maps, as well as photographs captured during Club excursions.

The Northwest Voyageurs Canoe and Kayak Club
Edmonton Ski Club fonds
CA EDM MS-1233 · Fonds · 1911-1988

The fonds consists of records pertaining to the Edmonton Ski Club.

File list:
File 1: Minute Book - some written in Norwegian, includes English translation. Includes financials, 1911-1921
File 2: Operational records - includes envelope, 1963-1964 season membership booklet, "Memories from the Early '30's" by Ellen B. (Nell) Goodwin, copy of 1987 lease between Edmonton Ski Club and the City of Edmonton
File 3: Ecosign- Mount Recreation Planners Ltd. - includes correspondence, 1986
File 4: Certificate of Thanks - Zigurds T. Skribis, former President of the Edmonton Ski Club, 1987 July 22
File 5: Historical Resources Designation Programme - correspondence, application, 1988
File 6: Clippings, 1987-1988

Edmonton Ski Club
Robert J. Cartmell fonds
CA EDM MS-911 · Fonds · 1912

The fonds consists of photographs of early Edmonton including Fort Saskatchewan, Sturgeon River, and Pendennis Hotel.

Cartmell, Robert James
Whitehouse Family fonds
CA EDM MS-914 · Fonds · 1913-1915

The fonds consists of 3 photographs including Henry "Harry" Whitehouse in the fire department and the Whitehouse family on a C.N.R. observation car.

Whitehouse Family
Daniel G. Revell fonds
CA EDM MS-928 · Fonds · 1907- [before 1967]

The fonds consists of photographs of Professor Dr. Daniel Revell's homes, the University of Alberta campus, and Edmonton. The fonds also consists of photographs of Dr. Revell, his son, and A.E. Hayes.

Revell, Daniel G.
Uncle Ben's Exchange fonds
CA EDM MS-214 · Fonds · 1912 - 1970

The fonds consists of photographs, correspondence, journals, financial statements, and account books relating to the operation of Benjamin Leibovitz’s sporting goods store, Uncle Ben’s Exchange, with a range of dates from 1912 to 1970.

Uncle Ben's Exchange
Lewis Davis Pollard fonds
CA EDM MS-3 · Fonds · 1904-1955

The fonds consists of materials created or collected by L. D. Pollard of Edmonton between 1904 and 1956. The materials include tenders, bills, plans, and building specifications relating to Mr. Pollard's business. There is also correspondence relating to union and labour matters. The fonds also includes personal records (including materials on such diverse topics as the Edmonton Exhibition Association, World War I, the Edmonton Tax Sale of 1920, the Royal Visit of 1939, the Edmonton Labour Temple, utility rates and the birth and schooling of Pollard's son, Stanley and daughter, Blanche, as well as correspondence of the Pollard family. Photographs are catalogued separately.

Pollard, L.D.
Gladys Edith Muttart fonds
CA EDM MS-38 · Fonds · 1919 - 1927

The fonds includes programmes and score cards of the Edmonton Commercial Grads basketball team, programmes of the Edmonton Rotary Minstrel Revue, and an Edmonton Eskimos hockey game, postcards and tickets to an Independent Order of Odd Fellows picnic draw.

Muttart, Gladys Edith
Walter Scott Robertson fonds
CA EDM MS-44 · Fonds · 1899 - 1905

The fonds consists of invoices and receipts from various businesses in account with W.S. Robertson for Robertson Hall.

Robertson Hall, sometimes called Edmonton Opera House, was located on the south side of east Jasper Ave, at approximately 9671 Jasper Avenue, across from the Jasper House Hotel and Mathers’ Photograph Studio. The building was a two-storey frame structure, 45 feet x 65 feet. It had a large cellar, two shops on the main floor with the large hall on the second floor. The hall was entered via a five foot wide stairwell, seated 300 to 350 people, and featured an 18 foot stage with dressing rooms on either side.

Robertson’s Hall was used for a variety of events including town meetings and receptions, dances, musical and dramatic performances, concerts, political debates, charitable events, and variety shows. Robertson himself managed the hall for many years, until Neville White was hired as manager in 1899.

Robertson’s Sheriff office was located in Robertson Hall for many years. Later, Robertson’s son Frederick M. Robertson had a Provisions, Flour and Feed shop in the second office.

Robertson Hall is considered as Edmonton’s first theatre or venue and was in regular use until it burned down on May 23, 1906.

Robertson, Walter Scott
Harold Ross Warren fonds
CA EDM MS-47 · Fonds · 1918 - 1983

The fonds consists of materials created or collected by Harold R. Warren between 1918 and 1948, including an assortment of cartoons relating to Royal Canadian Mounted Police life ca. 1917?; ration books from World War II; a promotional leaflet for Seeds of Pine by Janey Canuck (Emily Murphy), a draft outline of play, possibly based on actual criminal events, 1927; a poem, "Kate (saddle horse regt'l no. 2048)" by Cst. H. McCabe, 1935; news clippings re: mounted police contingent in World War I, 1918 and K Division, RCMP rifle team, n.d. a short story, "How I made the bread and a poem, , "My life in Belvedere Lodge", 1983; photographs of RCMP and other views, Edmonton, Elk Island and Banff National Parks AB, Regina SK, Aklavik and Herschel Island NWT, 1918-1934.

Warren, Harold Ross