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Ella May Walker fonds
CA EDM MS-52 · Fonds · 1887-1952, predominant 1943-1952

The fonds consists of correspondence and interviews relating to the research for her historical novel, 'Fortress North'. It also includes a manuscript for the book and her ink and watercolour illustrations for each chapter, a series of historical paintings of Edmonton and area, records relating to her work for the City of Edmonton Archives and Landmarks Committee, and miscellaneous correspondence, sketches, and notes.
The photographs include various Edmonton scenes, the Walker family and friends as well as photographs of her paintings and woodcut prints of images used for her book.
The artwork includes her original paintings and two sculptures.

Walker, Ella May Jacoby
CA EDM MS-669 · Collection · 1939 - 1995

The collection consists of personal items, photographs, stories, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings and memorabilia relating to the experiences of some Edmontonians in the Second World War. There are also two books – ‘The Royal Canadian Legion 1926-1986’ (369.271 ROY SWI 1986) and ‘Valour Remembered: Canada and the Second World War 1939-1945’ (940.540 GIE c. 2).

Edmonton Remembers VE Day
CA EDM MS-1209 · Fonds · 2003 - 2010

The fonds consists of the records of The Edmonton Women’s Film Society from prior to its formal incorporation in 2004 until shortly after the Reel Femme ‘10 festival in 2010, after which the society dissolved. The records include administration records from the society’s operations, such as grant applications, meeting minutes, society bylaws, and correspondence. Additionally, many records relate to the Reel Femme film festivals including flyers, programs, news clippings and publicity, film adjudication notes, and film classification exemption records. Also included are large posters advertising the Reel Femme film festivals.

Edmonton Women's Film Society
HMCS Nonsuch fonds
CA EDM MS-8 · Fonds · 1956 - 1962

The fonds consists of three scrapbooks relating to HMCS Nonsuch activities from 1956 to 1962. Additional materials include 2 copies of a brief history of the unit written by the Rev. J.E. McGrane (Chaplain) in 1962 and the programme from the commissioning of the HMCS Nonsuch in September 1975.

HMCS Nonsuch
CA EDM MS-326 · Fonds · 1946 - 2010

The fonds consists of materials created by the Edmonton & District Cricket League including minutes, bylaws, constitutions, booking documentation, correspondence, financial records, equipment orders and inventory, fixtures, schedules, statistics, team and club lists, administrative documents, and photographs. The photographs consist of an undated team photograph, an image of the Victoria Park Club house in 1983, and a photograph of the site of the demolished Victoria Park Club House in 1983 October.

Edmonton & District Cricket League
Edna Kells fonds
CA EDM MS-10 · Fonds · 1921-1946, 1967

The fonds of materials created or collected by Edna Kells, including fiction and non-fiction manuscripts as well as notes and clippings pertaining to these manuscripts. There are numerous short manuscripts and two book size manuscripts; one a source book of early Alberta history and one entitled "Those Wonderful McDougall Women". Most of the material deals with the pioneer history of Alberta.

Kells, Edna
Joseph Seely McCallum fonds
CA EDM MS-14 · Fonds · 1918-1932, predominant 1927-1931

The fonds consists of records created by Joseph McCallum including correspondence, legal papers, bills and invoices relating to his businesses, particularly McCallum Agencies and McCallum Motors. The records offer a view of commerce during the late 1920s and early 1930s. A great deal of the correspondence reveals the effects of the Great Depression on business, being composed of demands for overdue payment, and letters to and from lawyers and collection agencies concerning outstanding debts.

McCallum, Joseph Seely
Gilda Rath fonds
CA EDM MS-43 · Fonds · 1870 - 1971

The fonds consists of research materials collected or created by Gilda Rath. The records generally relates to three themes: excerpts from the Edmonton Bulletin 1880-1882, and the Saskatchewan Herald, 1879-1882; the story of the Lamoureux family from their origins in Quebec to their settlement in the Edmonton district; and translations of correspondence from the Oblate Archives relating to members of the order and to the history of the Edmonton area.
Also included is information on First Nations, Metis, steamboat transportation on the North Saskatchewan, and notes and excerpts from other sources. The research material appears to have been accumulated for a book on the history of French settlement in North America and the Canadian northwest, focusing on the Lamoureux family. A partial typescript of this work is included in the fonds. Some of the notes are transcripts from tape recordings, but the original tapes are not present.

Rath, Gilda
CA EDM MS-713 · Fonds · 1935 - 1936

The fonds consists of fifteen speeches made by George Van Allen during his political career on topics including agriculture, the oil industry, social services, provincial debt, the Depression, a reply to the Speech from the Throne, the Social Credit Party, the provincial budget, and the Prosperity Certificates Act of 1936. Also included are laser copies of photographs of George Van Allen as well as a black and white copy of a photograph Van Allen at his desk.

Van Allen, George Harold
Karen Rowswell collection
CA EDM MS-1210 · Collection · 1964 - 1994

This collection consists of material collected by Karen Rowswell through her involvement in social movement organizations. The collection includes newspaper clippings, magazine articles, journal publications, photographs, posters, booklets, resource guides, and pamphlets relating to feminism, the anti-war movement, and political ideologies. The material is largely from the 1960s and 1970s, with some records dating between 1980-1994.

Rowswell, Karen