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Archival description
Womonspace collection
CA EDM MS-1214 · Collection · 1982 - 2011

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.

Womonspace
CA EDM MS-358 · Fonds · 1978 - 1984

The fonds consists of the records of The Whale Society of Edmonton from shortly before its formal incorporation in 1979 until shortly after its dissolution in 1983. The records include correspondence, newsletters, briefing notes, public presentations, posters, financial records, and minutes of meetings. Also included in the records is a T-Shirt designed by a Society member and sold as a fundraising item at public events. The banner used by the Society to identify their booth at public events is also included. There are also information files initially created by Dr. Dennis Wighton of the Department of Genetics, University of Alberta. These files were used by the Society in the development of their newsletters, merchandise, and briefing notes to government officials.

The Whale Society of Edmonton
CA EDM MS-1209 · Fonds · 2003 - 2010

The fonds consists of the records of The Edmonton Women’s Film Society from prior to its formal incorporation in 2004 until shortly after the Reel Femme ‘10 festival in 2010, after which the society dissolved. The records include administration records from the society’s operations, such as grant applications, meeting minutes, society bylaws, and correspondence. Additionally, many records relate to the Reel Femme film festivals including flyers, programs, news clippings and publicity, film adjudication notes, and film classification exemption records. Also included are large posters advertising the Reel Femme film festivals.

Edmonton Women's Film Society
CA EDM MS-156 · Fonds · 1938 - 1982

This fonds consists of correspondence, minutes, and reports relating to the historical interests of Samuel Archibald Dickson, particularly his involvement in the campaign to restore/replicate Fort Edmonton in association with the Northern Alberta Pioneers and Old Timers Association (for which he also served as legal counsel), the Historical Society of Alberta, the Edmonton Museum Committee and the Edmonton Archives and Landmarks Committee. Also includes documentation regarding Samuel's appointment as commissioner to investigate political partisanship by government employees.

The photographs include Indigenous men, women and children as well as some scenes of Edmonton such as the official opening of Fort Edmonton Park in 1967, minstrel shows ca. 1921 and the demolition of the Tegler building in 1982.

This fonds also contains material related to the Rotary Club of Edmonton. Such material includes correspondence, histories, financial reports, membership information, and events.

Dickson, Samuel Archibald
CA EDM MS-403 · Fonds · 1926 - 1973

This fonds consists of records from the Royal Lawn Bowling Club from the years 1926 until 1974. The fonds contains correspondence, financial statements, minutes, organization constitutions and by-laws, tournament rules, yearbooks, and meeting minutes for the Royal Ladies Lawn Bowling Club. Also included are two trophies: the Col. Simms Challenger Cup, and the National Home Furniture Trophy. The correspondence includes communications with elected officials, sponsors, other lawn bowling organizations, and members. Also included in the correspondence are several proposed floor plans for the new clubhouse which was built in 1958.

Other lawn bowling organizations mentioned in this fonds include:
Edmonton Lawn Bowling Club
City of Edmonton Lawn Bowling Association
Edmonton Ladies Lawn Bowling Association
Alberta Lawn Bowling Association
Patricia Lawn Bowling Club
Eastwood Ladies Lawn Bowling Club
Garneau Lawn Bowling Club

Royal Lawn Bowling Club
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
CA EDM MS-1226 · Fonds · 1981 - 2018

This fonds consists of the records of the Northern Alberta Wood Carvers Association. The records consist of the Association's History Record Book scrapbook, newsletters, carving guides, administration documents, meeting minutes, photographs of carving show entries, and cartoons designed for the Association's newsletter. The electronic records have been transferred from their original carriers. For access, please consult the Reference Archivist.

Northern Alberta Wood Carvers Association
CA EDM MS-56 · Fonds · [ca. 1885]-2009, predominant 1914-2009

The fonds consists of textual records, historical documents, photographs, paintings and maps gathered by NAPOTA in support of the association’s goal of preserving the history of Edmonton. The fonds also includes the records of the association including minutes, membership records, correspondence, financial documents and news clippings.
The fonds is arranged as follows:

  1. Minutes 1914-1989
  2. Correspondence files 1926, 1928-1929
    . a. Alphabetical file series
    . b. Correspondence files
  3. Topical files 1887-2009
    . a. Alphabetical file series
    . b. Correspondence files
  4. Membership records
  5. Newspapers and Clippings
  6. Financial records
  7. Certificates
  8. Ephemera
  9. Maps
  10. Books
Northern Alberta Pioneers and Old Timers' Association
Muttart Foundation fonds
CA EDM MS-588 · Fonds · 1953 - 2022

The fonds consists primarily of individual grant files relating to funding from the Muttart Foundation and its cooperating partners. Depending on the grant type, these files are generally related to bursaries, training grants, or discretionary and matching / special grants. There are also general files relating to the administration of the Muttart Foundation and some of its programs, individual grantees and funding issues, miscellaneous files, and objects relating to the Foundation. Also included are photographs of Foundation board members, staff, fellows, funding ceremonies, and various organizations that received grants.

Muttart Foundation
Minus One Club of Edmonton
CA EDM MS-1218 · Fonds · 1964 - current

The fonds consists of newsletters, minutes of both general and executive meetings, financial statements, annual general meetings, bylaws, and scrapbooks of the Minus One Club of Edmonton. The scrapbooks consist of photographs, copies of newsletters, and ephemera created by members of the Club in the curation of the Club's history.

Minus One Club of Edmonton