This series contains records from the Edmonton Telephones Corporation shareholders meetings, including minutes, correspondence, and reports.

This series contains correspondence to and from the department. There is also material which relates to later departmental policies and procedures.

This series contains records from the Telephone Department's leadership team. It includes minutes from the Executive Committee, the Executive Policy Committee, the Planning Coordination Committee, and the Steering Committee. It also includes executive action forms, which document decisions made.

This series contains records that were transferred to the Archives from the Telephone Department either individually or in small groups. Because of their lack of context, they were described together as a collection of discrete items.

This series contains reports created and collected by the Telephone Department and it's successor bodies.

This series consists of records related to the proposed privatization of ED Tel in 1994. The records include correspondence, a memorandum, presentations, proposals, and notes relating to different options. The material was used by Allan Bolstad in his capacity as a City Councillor.

The Edmonton Telephones Corporation (ED Tel) was created in 1990 as a result of the provincial Telecommunications Act, which allowed municipalities to provide telecommunications services and products through a wholly-owned subsidiary corporation, but not through a City department. In early 1994 the outgoing ED Tel President publicly raised the idea of selling the utility. Ultimately the Edmonton Telephones Corporation was sold to Telus on March 10, 1995 for $470,221,872.