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CA EDM RG-3 · Fonds · 1892 - 1974

This fonds contains the records of the City Assessor's Department and its predecessor body, the Office of the City Assessor, including correspondence, forms, and tax assessment and tax collector's rolls.

An order has been imposed on the material. The arrangement includes 2 series, which are as follows:

  • Series 1: Administrative Records
  • Series 2: Assessment Records
City of Edmonton. City Assessor's Department
James Finlay Falconer fonds
CA EDM MS-70 · Fonds · 1911 - 1974

This fonds consists of correspondence, brochures and pamphlets relating to James Finlay Falconer’s civic activities and historic events in early Edmonton and Alberta.

Falconer, James Finlay
CA EDM RG-12 · Fonds · 1908 - 1995

Fonds consists of minutes, reports, correspondence and other records relating to the various functions performed by the Edmonton Health Department and its successor bodies.

The material retains its original order, and has been described as two separate series:

  • Series 1: Health Department Administrative Records
  • Series 2: Nursing Records
  • Series 3: Reports
Edmonton Health Department
William A. Griesbach fonds
CA EDM MS-209 · Fonds · 1891 - 1974

The fonds consists of William Griesbach’s political, military, and personal papers, as well as numerous books from his personal library.

Political papers consist of reports, correspondence, contracts, and financial documents concerning the City of Edmonton and the City of Strathcona between 1892 and 1935. There is also a 1912 Edmonton Subdivision map (EAM-178).

Military papers include correspondence, clippings, programs, pamphlets and other materials related to Major-General Griesbach's military career, created between 1919 and ca.1943.

Personal papers include correspondence, financial documents, theatre programmes and other materials relating to Griesbach's personal activities and interests. It includes correspondence on the memorial window in the Cathedral Church of All Saints in Edmonton.

The books reflect the various aspects of Griesbach’s life, career, and interests covering military, political, diplomatic, economic, and historical topics. It should be noted that the books published after Griesbach’s death in 1945 were added by the Western Command HQ Library.

Griesbach, William A.
Kenneth Wayne Tingley fonds
CA EDM MS-610 · Fonds · 1986-1994

The fonds consists of certificates for Halley's Comet 1986 sighting, a copy of the site profile on the 1908 house in downtown Edmonton later converted into a restaurant called Vi's and information on the Oliver area. Another accrual in 2010 contained documents used for site profiles on the Canadian Furniture Company, Armstrong Drug Store, W.W. Arcade, Mike's News, Pantages (Strand) Theatre and the Princess Theatre.

Tingley, Kenneth Wayne
CA EDM MS-651 · Fonds · 1954-1988

The fonds consists of biographical materials collected by Antony Sheppard concerning his grandfather William Henry Sheppard and dating from 1954 to 1988. The collection consists of biographical information on Mr. William Henry Sheppard and a MacDonald's Brier program for 1954.

William Henry Sheppard Family
Alfred Blyth fonds
CA EDM MS-775 · Fonds · 1908-1968

The fonds consists of composites and photographs taken by Alfred Blyth Studios of City of Edmonton police, fire department, school board, and departments. Several of the composites were created for the City of Edmonton's centennial celebrations in 1967. Also included in the fonds is a photograph of the Edmonton police in 1908.

Blyth, Alfred
John Paterson fonds
CA EDM MS-860 · Fonds · [ca. 1950]

The fonds consists of photographs of City of Edmonton employees who worked with John Paterson.

Paterson, John
CA EDM MS-40 · Fonds · 1901, 1904

The fonds consists of records belonging to Kenneth William MacKenzie. They include:

  • An Address to Governor-General, Sir Gilbert John Elliott Murray Kynnymond [sic], 4th Earl of Minto, signed on behalf of Town of Edmonton, Kenneth William MacKenzie, September 1901;
  • A petition requesting Kenneth MacKenzie to stand as Mayor of the City of Edmonton, 1904.
MacKenzie, Kenneth William
CA EDM RG-0 · Collection · 1908-[ca. 1972], predominant 1942-1953

The collection consists of original material removed from the City of Edmonton Archives Clippings collection.

FIC - Found in clippings collection