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LaFlèche Bros. Inc fonds
CA EDM MS-737 · Archief · 1906 - 2007

The fonds consists of business records of LaFlèche Brothers Inc. and its predecessors, including LaFlèche Brothers; LaFlèche Brothers, Limited; and LaFlèche Wholesale Tailoring Company, Limited, and of related companies including Westcraft System of Tailoring. The records cover the entire period of the business was open, from 1906 to 2007, although some periods have more surviving records than others. The records provide evidence of the Edmonton operation of LaFlèche Bros. as well as the business' Calgary and Vancouver branches.

The material includes administrative records relating to the Board of Directors, company policies, financial records, ledgers, property records, manufacturing and sales records. There is also a variety of promotional records including print advertisements and newspaper articles, promotional letters, advertisement proofs, radio spot recordings, and metal templates. There is also a series of records relating to the company's 2005-2006 centennial.

The fonds also contains records related to other interests of various members of the LaFlèche family. These include records from J. A. LaFlèche's other business ventures including Claynett Limited, Beauharnois Power Corporation, Limited, and La-Van-Co Limited. There is also records of the Edmonton Optimist Club from Louis F. LaFlèche's 1943 term as club President. There is a few files of Mae E. LaFlèche's personal records.

The fonds has been intellectually divided into seven series.
Series 1: Administration
Series 2: Financial
Series 3: Property and Buildings
Series 4: Manufacturing, Products and Sales
Series 5: Promotion
Series 6: Centennial
Series 7: Personal family records

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H.D. Johnson fonds
CA EDM MS-875 · Archief · [ca.1906]

The fonds consists of 5 photographs pertaining to architect, H.D. Johnson including buildings, his home, and his wife.

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CA EDM RG-11 · Archief · 1906 - 1977, predominant 1926 - 1969

This fonds consists of materials which were collected and created by the City's Commissioners through their function of overseeing all aspects of City administration. The fonds includes correspondence with City staff, provincial and federal representatives, other municipalities, corporations, community groups and the general public. It also contains reports and financial records relating to various departments, memoranda, committee minutes, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, photos, maps, and architectural drawings.

An order has been imposed on the material. The arrangement includes 11 series and multiple subseries. The series are as follows:

  • Series 1: City Clerks and Administrative Records
  • Series 2: Financial
  • Series 3: Development and Planning
  • Series 4: Transportation
  • Series 5: Engineering
  • Series 6: Utilities
  • Series 7: Community Services
  • Series 8 : Wartime
  • Series 9: External Organizations
  • Series 10: Commissioners Reports
  • Series 11: Orphaned Material
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Sturgeon County fonds
CA EDM RG-105 · Archief · 1906 - 1993

This fonds consists of material related to land titles and related correspondence in the parts of Sturgeon County that were eventually annexed by the City of Edmonton. The records detail changes pertaining to the land such as the sales, recovery of taxes, building permits, and changes of ownership.

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CA EDM MS-1037 · Archief · 1905-1921

The fonds consists of photographs from the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce's in-house collection. Many of the photographs are by the Byron-May Company, who were commissioned by the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce to create brochures promoting Edmonton as an up and coming city.

The photographs are of early Edmonton and include buildings, street scenes, city and farm scenes, animals, agriculture, people and events.

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Ross, Thompson Family
CA EDM MS-206 · Archief · [ca. 1905] - 1967

The fonds consists of textual records and photographs of the Ross and Thompson families, predominantly Harold and Winnifred Ross, and Winnifred's brother Hector Thompson.

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Elvina Hagan fonds
CA EDM MS-1254 · Archief · 1905 - 1985

This fonds contains publications from the McDougall Commercial High School and a copy of The Khaki Call which focuses on Edmonton. It also contains material related to Donald Hagan's ancestor Donald Spence McKay.

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CA EDM MS-243 · Archief · 1905 - 1955

The fonds consists records and photographs created or accumulated by the Reed or Clarke families of Reed’s Fine China and Gifts.
The photographs include interiors and exteriors of Reed’s stores as well as photos of William Reed, Russell Clarke and some members of their families and staff.
Item List:

  • a blank sales bill with the original store name “Reed’s Tea & Bazaar Store, Phone 1783, 102-104-106-108 Jasper Ave West”
  • Ledger - Monthly cash book November 1905-December 1908 (with initial note: ‘Edmonton, November 25th, 1905, W.H. Reed this day commences business’).
  • Article: “A Store at the Gateway of Tomorrow: All About a Well Known Western Gift Store”, Gift Buyer, Vol. 5, No. 2, April 1943 (photocopy).
  • Article: “How We Brought China and Glass to Alberta in 1905”, Gift Buyer, Vol. 17, No. 11, November 1955 (photocopy).
    The records include references to Russell Francis Clarke, William Henry Reed, Reed's Fair and Reed's Tea and Bazaar
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Thomas H. MacQueen fonds
CA EDM MS-920 · Archief · 1905-1907

Fonds consists of photographs of Edmonton Cigar Factory and lacrosse team. Thomas H. MacQueen worked at the factory and played on the lacrosse team. Also included in the fonds is a photograph of a skyline view of Edmonton.

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CA EDM MS-174 · Archief · 1905, 1912, 1913

The fonds consists of records belonging to Samuel Williamson and his daughter Margaret Williamson Mann. They include the ceremonial pamphlet for the 1905 Inauguration of Alberta containing congratulatory messages from King Edward VII and Sir Alfred Lyttelton, British Colonial Secretary, as well as the speeches by Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier and Governor General Earl Grey. There is also a metal button for the Children’s Parade of the Inauguration Ceremonies.

The photographs include Samuel and Robert Williamson at the 3rd Annual Alberta-Saskatchewan Excursion to California in 1913.

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