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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.

The bulk of this series consists of oversize residential and commercial plans. To impose order, the residential plans were separated according to those with a client name attached (and location if both are present); those with a location only attached, and general plans without identifying details. Within these categories, the plans were further organized chronologically. The same process was used for organizing the proposed commercial plans, although chronology was not as easy to establish. There is one file of advertising material.

With many years of experience with all phases of architectural design and project management, James N. Stephens once again established his own company. He specialized as a building designer, contractor, and remodeler, and took on many residential and commercial projects as evidenced by the plans and documents found in this series of records.

There are five small files of textual records, and two files of photographs related to theme art for basement rumpus rooms, and a residence built for the McQuarrie family in Phoenix, Arizona.

The plans include smaller legal sized plans. Many of the plans in this series bear no identification, and cannot be attached to a particular client or location; in some instances this is because the plans are intended to be generic and built when ordered, but in many other instances, plans have become loose from supporting drawings. The plans have been arranged into plot plans, proposed residential, proposed commercial, and drawings and sketches.

This series consists of drawings with either no company identification or company identification with no known relation to James Stephens. These have been separated into this series and retained for their value as drawing with identifiable locations or other aesthetic value.

This series includes numerous drawings for interior murals which Stephens is known to have done both while working under Golden and in his own firm James Noble Stephens Ltd.

The final file in this series is drawings from C. Talbot Larrington, The Dominion Construction Co. Ltd and Engineering Enterprise. It is not known how or why Stephens came into possession of these drawings.

This series reflects the long career James M. Stephens had with G.W. Golden Construction Ltd. The years that Stephens was with Golden Construction were a time of boom and growth for Edmonton; oil had been discovered, the second world war ended seeing the return of many soldiers to Canadian cities, and home and commercial construction was in demand. It was in this era that James Stephens was employed to draft and design “Golden Homes”, and the Company built homes all around the City of Edmonton.

Included in this series are files detailing advertising, costs, and plot plans of neighborhoods Golden Construction developed. The photographs in this series are primarily of homes designed and built by the Company, and used for promotion and advertising. A female model was hired to pose at one of the homes, and the interior pictures show homes fully furnished and decorated. There is a photograph of G.W. Golden executive, including James Stephens, sitting together at a restaurant table in Phoenix, Arizona.

Oversize architectural drawings comprise the largest component of this series. To establish order, the plans were separated into plot plans, residential plans, and commercial plans. Within the proposed residential plans, further division was based on chronology. Where possible information on client name and location was noted. However, most of these plans were in the tract housing style, where similar designs were made and the client could pick their design and their lot, and plans were not drawn for each house developed. As such, details about the type of house design – one story, two story, split or bi-level, rectangular, l-, h-, or u-shape was noted to distinguish the plans one from the other.

James Stephens worked with Christenson Homes in the mid-1960’s. The Company was started by Lloyd Christenson who began his career as a framer in his father’s business, and then went on to establish his own construction company, focusing on single family custom homes on the higher end of the market. He also built, according to his son Greg, many of the walk-up apartments in Riverbend and other parts of southwest Edmonton. The Company name was later changed to Christenson Developments, and Greg Christenson took over the running of the Company in the early 1980’s.

This series consists wholly of oversize architectural plans which have been sorted into proposed residential (general and with client name indicated), as well as one commercial folder related to plans for the Blue Willow Restaurant.

This series consists of reports and publications not produced by the Edmonton Social Planning Council (E.S.P.C.) or any of its divisions or committees. In its role as a research organization, the Edmonton Social Planning Council maintained an extensive library of records for use in social research. The E.S.P.C. would provide individual members and member organizations with access to these materials. Materials include reports published by both government and non-governmental organizations.

This series consists of periodical publications produced by the Edmonton Social Planning Council (E.S.P.C.). First Reading was a newsletter publication that began in 1982 with the goal of informing members of the E.S.P.C. and the public about social policies under consideration by the government and the potential implications of such policies. The newsletter ran until 1998. Alberta Facts, which later became Edmonton Facts, was an insert in the First Reading newsletter. It later became an insert published four times a year in Vue Weekly, an alternative newspaper published in Edmonton.