This series is comprised of microfilmed copies of local newspapers.

The series consists of family and business records of Matthew McCauley and his family. The family records include biographies on Matthew McCauley and his family. There are also family history narratives, family tree sheets, and some photocopies of photographs.

The business records are for Matthew McCauley’s butcher shop and cartage businesses. The ledgers list the daily transactions or general accounts of the businesses, which include the names of many (now well known) Edmonton families and the costs of the material, product or service provided (ex: hay, meat, livery, hauling and cartage).

The photographs include the first train across the North Saskatchewan River, Matthew’s children, and the First Presbyterian Church Choir.

The series consists of records pertaining to Hannah Magee, predominantly regarding her teaching career. Photographs include Hannah, the family home at 6422 – 106 Street, and other members of the Magee family.

This series includes correspondence relating to taxation, legislation, building construction, Council, and the Bouillon Investigation. This series contains the following classes:

• Class 1: Correspondence, 1891-1913
• Class 2: Scrapbook

This series comprises repealed municipal bylaws.

This series contains records created through the administration of the Fire Department. The series has been divided into the following six subseries:

• Subseries 1: Reports, minutes, general orders and record keeping
• Subseries 2: Finance
• Subseries 3: Agreements
• Subseries 4: Buildings
• Subseries 5: Human Resources
• Subseries 6: Ephemera

The series consists of family and business records for Samuel McCauley and his family.

The family papers include a family tree page and family history narratives.

The business records include booklets with the costs and amount of construction material used for various projects and clients, and photographs of some of the construction and hauling work done by Samuel McCauley and his crew.

The City Assessor's Department was responsible for raising the funds necessary for basic municipal services through the collection of taxes. The department assessed the value of businesses, land, real estate, and local improvements, maintained the records of tax assessments and payments for individual properties, and initiated action to collect overdue taxes.

This series contains records related to the assessment and collection of various municipal taxes. Aside from property taxes, the City also collected a service tax (essentially a municipal income tax), and a business tax, which was calculated as a percentage of the rental cost of certain business' commercial space or offices. When property taxes went into arrears, the City had the option of buying the property from the owner, or auctioning them off to collect taxes owed through tax sales.

An order has been imposed on the material. It includes the following four sub-series:

• Subseries 1 - Property Tax Records
• Subseries 2 - Business Tax Records
• Subseries 3 - Service Tax Records
• Subseries 4 - Arrears and Tax Sales

This series includes the minutes of Edmonton Town Council from 1892-1904, and from Edmonton City Council from 1904-1991.

This series includes all incoming and outgoing correspondence and several administrative registers. The correspondence deals with all matters involving the Town, in particular municipal elections, water and sewer extensions, electric lighting, the street railway system, immigration, the sale of Town debentures, taxation, property alterations, and numerous petitions for extended services. The records have been classified according to subject and provided with an index.

This series contains the following classes:

• Class 1: Outgoing correspondence, 1892-1894
• Class 2: Outgoing correspondence, 1894-1896
• Class 3: Incoming correspondence, 1895-1896
• Class 4: Outgoing correspondence and census report, 1896-1899
• Class 5: Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1902-1903
• Class 6: Plumbing undertaken for private citizens, 1902-1906
• Class 7: Debentures sold, 1893-1906
• Class 8: Electric metre recordings and payments, 1903
• Class 9: Receipts and disbursements, 1903-1905
• Class 10: Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1904
• Class 11: Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1905
• Class 12: Register and index of new buildings, 1905-1911
• Class 13: Outgoing correspondence to various school districts, 1905-1907
• Class 14: Electric light register, 1905-1906
• Class 15: Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1906
• Class 16: Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1907
• Class 17: Debenture register, 1906-1910
• Class 18: Electric metre books, 1907
• Class 19: Electric metre books, 1908
• Class 20: Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1908
• Class 21: Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1909
• Class 22: City Council Finance Committee, recommendations for payment, 1909-1911
• Class 23: Disbursements, 1909-1911
• Class 24: Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1910
• Class 25: Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1911-1912