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Johan A. Siden fonds
CA EDM MS-143 · Fonds · 1929 - 1946

The fonds consists of family and homesteading records belonging to Johan A. Siden. The family correspondence includes letters to “Dad” (from Tony), “Mom and Dad” (from Nora, includes references to brother Tony and husband Bill), “Mr & Mrs Siden” (from Mary and Carl, with references to Nora and Bill, Fritz and Edmond), and “Sir” (from Edmond).
There is also an invoice from Dr. Peter Farney & Sons, Co., Chicago, and an advertising card for ‘Davis & Lawrence Asparagus Kidney Pills’.
The homesteading documents relate to obtaining entry for homesteading, record of road work in lieu of taxes, requests for information from the Dominion Bureau of Statistics including agricultural surveys (Survey of Crops and Live Stock June 1944; Live Stock and Poultry Survey, December 1944), receipt for medications, record of special grant payment.

Siden, Johan A.
Hilltop House fonds
CA EDM MS-525 · Fonds · 1965, 1988

The fonds consists of materials relating to the establishment and history of Hilltop House and a plaque from the building, and family history information on Catherine (Humphrey) Stalker.
File List:
File 1. Correspondence (photocopies), including history of Hilltop House written by Catherine Stalker, 1965-1968, 1985;
File 2. Correspondence (photocopies) 1985;
File 3. Hilltop House info and fact sheets, n.d.;
File 4. Hilltop House plaque;
File 5. Biographical information on family history of R.J. Humphrey family of Kinisteno, Saskatchewan, father of Catherine (Humphrey) Stalker (photocopies, includes pictures and annotations).

Hilltop House
Nicholas D. Beck fonds
CA EDM MS-231 · Fonds · 1893 - 1906

The fonds consists of personal papers of Nicholas Beck, including:

  • 8 pages of Beck's account with John Cameron General Wholesale and Retail, from 9 Feb 1893 to 1 Aug1894 (itemized list with the prices each item)
  • 2 pages of Beck's account with John Cameron General Wholesale and Retail for August & September 1894 (itemized list with the prices each item);
  • 2 cancelled cheques, Imperial Bank of Canada, 1906;
  • employment contract between the Town of Edmonton and Nicholas Beck, as Solicitor and Advocate for the Town of Edmonton, dated 28 Feb 1900.
Beck, Nicholas D.
CA EDM MS-232 · Fonds · 1891 - 1902

The fonds consists of the minute books of the Edmonton Electric Light & Power Company Limited, 1891-1902 and other papers relating to the operation of the company.
File List:
File 1: Minute book, September 23, 1891 – December 12, 1899. Includes minutes of organizational meeting (pp 1-2) and by-laws (pp. 16-28).
File 2: Documents extracted from Minute Book (file 1), includes list of shareholders (inside front cover) and By-law – re: borrowing, January 30, 1894 (pp. 79-80).
File 3: Minute book, January 2, 1900 – May 8 1902. Includes list of shareholders 1902 (inside back cover).
File 4: Letters and notes 1900-1902, includes: Jackson& Grierson, proprietors Alberta Hotel to Manager, Electric Light Co., May 5, 1900; and notes, re: share values, 1902 (on note pad of St. George Jellett, Secretary-Treasurer).
File 5: Letters of Patent for Edmonton Electric Light & Power, Northwest Territories, granted by His Honour Joseph Royal for Queen Victoria, 23 October 1891; granting one thousand shares of ten dollars each ($10,000.00).
Includes names of shareholders: Arsemous Delton Osborne (Postmaster), Richard Secord (Merchants Clerk), Donald Ross (Hotel Keeper), Alexander Taylor (Government Telegraph Operator), John Alexander McDougall (Merchant), William Johnston Walker (Merchant), Stanislas Larve (Merchant), Joseph Henri Picard (Merchant), Alexis Francois Degagne (Carpenter), Herbert Charles Wilson (Physician), Frederick Ross (Merchant), Luke Kelly (Hotel Keeper), Alfred Everard Johnston (Forest Ranger), Daniel Robert Fraser (Lumber Merchant), Sydney Stockton Taylor (Advocate), Xavier St. Jean (Hotel Keeper), Luke Arthur (Carpenter), John Walters (Ferryman), Kenneth Archibald McLeod (Carpenter), Colin Ferrie Strang (Financial Agent), James Ross (Merchant), George Robert Foster Kirkpatrick (Bank Manager), George Thompson (Druggist), Emmanuel Raymer (Jeweler), William Fielders (Implement Agent), Campbell Young (Insurance Agent), Frederick Sache (Merchants Clerk), Nicholas Dominic Beck (Adovcate) and Patrick McNamara (Adovcate), all of Edmonton in the District of Alberta; Henry Goodbridge, of Miners Flats near Edmonton aforesaid; Charles Bremner of Clover Bar near Edmonton aforesaid, and Richard George Hardisty of Sturgeon River near Edmonton aforesaid.
(o/s folder in map cabinet)

Edmonton Electric Light & Power Company
CA EDM MS-84 · Fonds · 1974 - 1976

This fonds consists of a historical sketch of the Edmonton Big Sisters Society, annual report for 1975, brochures and a poster.

Edmonton Big Sister Society
CA EDM MS-227 · Fonds · 1889 - 1890

The fonds consists of hand written pages of the school newspaper, 'The Star.'

File 1: 'The Star' Volume 1, No. 1
File 2: 'The Star' Volume 1, No. 2
File 3: 'The Star' Volume 2, No. 1

All three of the files have been digitized and provided online.

Belmont School District No. 23
James East fonds
CA EDM MS-202 · Fonds · 1920 - 1938

The fonds consists of correspondence, political literature and papers relating to his service on the City of Edmonton Council and organizations of which he was a member. There is also some poetry written by James East mostly on political themes. Excerpts of File 2 and File 6 have been digitized. To view the original documents in the full context of their associated files, please contact the reference archivist.

East, James
CA EDM MS-461 · Collection · 1981 - 1982

The collection consists of pamphlets and booklets relating to the formation of Scouts and Guides in Canada, with emphasis on Lord and Lady Baden-Powell, including:

  • graphic novel booklet: B.P's Life in Pictures - The Story of Baden-Powell;
  • pamphlet: The Life of Lord Baden Powell - A brief story of the Founder of the Boy Scout and Girl Guide Movements;
  • newspaper: Le Franco, with a special feature on Guides and Scouts in Alberta (sur le scoutisme et guidisme en Alberta), November 1982, vol. 17, no. 38 (2 copies);
  • pamphlet: Memorial Service - Olave, Lady Baden-Powell, 1889-1977
  • photocopy page of 2 images - Funeral service for Lord Baden-Powell in Kenya, 1941; memorial service held at grave of Lord Baden-Powell in Kenya, 1957;
  • booklet - Olave, Lady Baden-Powell, World Chief Guide, 1889-1977.
    The collection also includes a book ‘I Promise … A History of the Girl Guides in Alberta’ (369.463 GIR).
Girl Guides of Canada - Alberta Council
Olive P. Hoyle fonds
CA EDM MS-418 · Fonds · 1965 - 1984

The fonds consists of correspondence, minutes, reports, news clippings, notes and publications relating to the Citizens' Save Our Parks Association, 1965-ca. 1977; the Plebiscite Committee, 1965-1966; the Urban Reform Group Edmonton (URGE), 1973-1982; the Oliver Community Group, 1975; and her opposition to construction of a roadway in MacKinnon Ravine, 1965-1984.

Hoyle, Olive P.
Meadowcroft fonds
CA EDM MS-744 · Fonds · 1969 - 2010

This fonds consists of material collected and created by Reg Appleyard, Doug Matheson, Rev. Harry Meadows, Matheson and Company, and the staff of Meadowcroft Seniors’ Residence through their function of running the Meadowcroft corporations and providing quality affordable housing in Edmonton between 1969 and 2010. It contains legal documents, correspondence, reports, committee minutes, pamphlets, photos, plans, audiovisual material and a book, ‘The Meadow’s Story’ (922.77 ROB).
The fonds been arranged into five sous-fonds and various series. The sous-fonds are as follows (with overall dates):
Sous-fonds 1 – Meadowcroft Housing Corporation
Series 1 – Administration (1971-1977)
Series 2 – Financial Statements (1974-2009)
Series 3 – Letterhead (n.d.)
Series 4 – Correspondence (1969- 2001)
Series 5 – Meadowcroft Seniors’ Residence Management and Staff (1972-2004)
Series 6 – Meadowcroft Seniors’ Residence Renovations (1978-2001)
Series 7 – Meadowcroft Seniors’ Residence Mechanical Systems (1980-2007)
Series 8 – Events (1973-2002)
Series 9 – Meadowcroft Tenants’ Association (1973-2005)
Series 10 – Douglas Tower ([ca. 1996])
Series 11 – Matheson and Company (1976-1987)
Sous-fonds 2 – Meadowcroft Holdings
Series 1 – Administration (1974-2007)
Series 2 – Financial Statements (1975-2009)
Series 3 – 11115, 11141 and 11145 – 84 Avenue (1976)
Series 4 – Sherbrooke Townhouses (2008-2009)
Series 5 – Matheson and Company (1974-1985)
Sous-fonds 3 – Meadowcroft Housing Society of Edmonton
Series 1 – Administration (1977)
Series 2 – Financial Statements (1977-2009)
Series 3 – Correspondence relating to Brentwood Homes (1976-1979)
Series 4 – Brentwood Homes Land Acquistion (1976-1977)
Series 5 – Brentwood Homes Renovations (1977-1980)
Series 6 – Appraisal of Brentwood Homes (1980)
Series 7 – Brentwood Homes Phase II (1978-1983)
Series 8 – Mortgage Renewal (1988)
Series 9 – Loans to Other Organizations (2003-2008)
Series 10 – Matheson and Company (1977-1989)
Sous-fonds 4 – Other Material
Series 1 – History (2010)
Series 2 – Conferences on Gerontology (1976-1996)
Series 3 – Research material relating to Seniors (1976-2000)
Sous-fonds 5 – Personal Correspondence
Series 1 – Doug Matheson (1984)

Meadowcroft Housing Corporation