The fonds consists of one map created by the Archives and Landmarks Committee to depict historic sites in Edmonton and one photograph of the 51st Battalion (Edmonton), CEF.
This photograph consists of the 51st Battalion conducting a bayonet exercise on the Edmonton Exhibition grounds.
This map was created by The City of Edmonton Archives and Landmarks Committee for the purposes of public education as well as to solicit donations of records to begin building the City's heritage collection.
Zonder titelThis series contains items and attachments from City Council meetings. The meeting minutes have been digitized and indexed, and are available under RG-8.14.
This series includes the minutes of Edmonton Town Council from 1892-1904, and from Edmonton City Council from 1904-1991, as well as agendas from 1913-1945.
Fonds consists of minutes, reports, correspondence, invoices, clippings, scrapbooks, bylaws, contracts, minutes, and records relating to voter and census enumeration.
An order has been imposed on the material. The arrangement includes multiple series. The first 10 (RG-8.0 - RG-8.9) were processed in the 1970s and 1980s. Due to the size of the collection, the processing archivist decided to create a new division for each accession. From the 1990s the records were processed and arranged based on function, as reflected from RG-8.10 onwards.
- RG-8.0: The Papers of the Edmonton Town/City Secretary (1892-1912)
- RG-8.1: Edmonton Financial Accounts (1892-1915)
- RG-8.2: Debenture (1897)
- RG-8.3: Office of the City Clerk (1891-1913)
- RG-8.4: Election Scrapbooks (1918-1963)
- RG-8.5: Bylaws regarding Royal Visits (1939-1951)
- RG-8.6: Office of the City Clerk (1935-1972)
- RG-8.7: Public Affairs Committee (1968-1973)
- RG-8.8: Office of the City Clerk (1969-1974)
- RG-8.9: Office of the City Clerk (1965-1973)
- RG-8.10: Special Committee Reports of the City Clerk (1907-1966)
- RG-8.11: Civic Elections and Census Enumeration (1895-1974)
- RG-8.12: Bylaws (1892-2014)
- RG-8.13: Contracts (1893-1989)
- RG-8.14: Minutes (1892-1991)
- RG-8.15: Committee Minutes
- RG-8.16: Bylaw Committee Reports
- RG-8.17: Finance Committee Reports
- RG-8.18: Reports and Publications
- RG-8.19: Petitions
- RG-8.20: Executive Committee
- RG-8.21: Rules and Procedures Committee
- RG-8.22: Procedures Review Committee
- RG-8.23: Airport Study Committee
- RG-8.24: Audit Committee
- RG-8.25: Land Sales Committee
- RG-8.26: Legislative Committee
- RG-8.27: Utilities and Engineering Committee
- RG-8.28: Economic Affairs Committee
- RG-8.29: Council Communications
- RG-8.30: City Crest Committee
This series contains artwork that was collected by the Archives as discrete items, or artwork from that collection which has no provenance.
This work, created by Alexander Fraser, previously hung in the Mayor’s Office, before being transferred to the City of Edmonton Archives in 1983. Alexander Fraser (1827-1899), also known as Alexander Fraser the Younger, was a Scottish landscape painter.
Qaqaq Ashoona, also known as Kaka, was a renowned hunter and sculptor. He was born on August 18, 1928 in Ikerrasak camp, Baffin Island, NWT, and was the eldest son of Inuk artist Pitseolak Ashoona. Qaqaq's sculptures gained recognition for their monumental and powerful portrayal of animals, humans, and spirits. Notably, his works were characterized by their compactness and bold forms. In 1953, his sculptures were showcased at the Coronation Exhibition in London, England, marking his first international exposure. Subsequently, he held his first solo exhibition at the Gallery of the Arctic in Victoria, British Columbia in 1973. His artistic achievements continued to be widely exhibited and celebrated both in Canada and internationally. He died November 2, 1996 in Cape Dorset, NWT.
This is an architectural rendering of Centennial Plaza, located south of the Stanley Milner Library. It was done by Dale Lewis, a graphic designer for the Planning and Building Department.