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Hilda Mary Robinson fonds
CA EDM MS-393 · Fonds · 1965 - 1988

The fonds consists of materials created or collected by Hilda Mary Robinson during her role as a librarian and volunteer. These organizations and institutions include Northwest Industries Limited, the University of Alberta, All Saints Anglican Cathedral, Concordia College, Edmonton Klondike Days, the Library Association of Alberta, the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, and the Royal Canadian Legion. The records of each of these organizations consist of publications, correspondence with members, and some notes Hilda Robinson might have taken while attending a meeting of the organization. Also included are various published materials from institutions that Hilda Robinson was employed by or volunteered for. Most of the materials are Concordia yearbooks which included staff member photos that included Hilda Robinson as a library staff member.

Robinson, Hilda Mary
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-55 · Fonds · 1940 - 1957, 1963

The fonds consists of financial records and correspondence of the Veterans' Volunteer Reserve, South Edmonton Battalion.

File list:
File 1: Notices of reunion and annual meeting, 1952-1956
File 2: Revenues and expenditures, 1950-1957
File 3: Statement of expenditures re: annual reunion, 1950-1955
File 4: Special permit - liquor, 1955, 1956
File 5: Letterhead sample, 19--
File 6: Correspondence re: donation to Edmonton home for ex-servicemen's children, 1957-1963
File 7: Payments and receipts, 1940-1955
File 8: Financial journal, 1941-1957
File 9: Financial journal, 1940-1957

Veterans' Volunteers' Reserve, South Edmonton Battalion Association
CA EDM MS-275 · Fonds · 1939 - 1945

The fonds consists of materials created by Colonel Eric Cormack between 1939 and 1945. The fonds consists of an article on war brides and war time marriages written by Colonel Cormack and based on his own experiences as a commanding officer during the war.

Cormack, Colonel Eric Wyld
CA EDM RG-2 · Fonds · 1926-1974, predominant 1955-1963

The fonds consist of meeting minutes, agreements, financial records, personnel records, correspondence, and other material generated through the business conducted at the Municipal Airport.

An order has been imposed on the material. The arrangement includes three series.

  • Series 1 – Administration
  • Series 2 – Correspondence
  • Series 3 – Airport Tenants
City of Edmonton. Edmonton Municipal Airport
Aitken Family fonds
CA EDM MS-765 · Fonds · 1925 - 1947

The fonds consists of materials largely related to the life and death of Robert M. Aitken. Although his early life in Edmonton is represented through his yearbooks and clippings regarding his sports activities with local leagues, the majority of the records focus on his military career beginning with the Royal Canadian Airforce (R.C.A.F.) through to his transfer to the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy. Besides material created by Robert in the course of his duties, records created by Marjory Aitken, his mother, are present throughout the fonds, most notably in letters received from correspondents regarding her son’s death. The photographs consist of images taken and collected by Marjory throughout Robert’s life, including of his childhood, military service, and eventual gravesite.

Aitken Family
Harold Ross Warren fonds
CA EDM MS-47 · Fonds · 1918 - 1983

The fonds consists of materials created or collected by Harold R. Warren between 1918 and 1948, including an assortment of cartoons relating to Royal Canadian Mounted Police life ca. 1917?; ration books from World War II; a promotional leaflet for Seeds of Pine by Janey Canuck (Emily Murphy), a draft outline of play, possibly based on actual criminal events, 1927; a poem, "Kate (saddle horse regt'l no. 2048)" by Cst. H. McCabe, 1935; news clippings re: mounted police contingent in World War I, 1918 and K Division, RCMP rifle team, n.d. a short story, "How I made the bread and a poem, , "My life in Belvedere Lodge", 1983; photographs of RCMP and other views, Edmonton, Elk Island and Banff National Parks AB, Regina SK, Aklavik and Herschel Island NWT, 1918-1934.

Warren, Harold Ross
Anthony Graham Shute fonds
CA EDM MS-756 · Fonds · 1917 - 1958

The fonds consists of documents and photographs related to Anthony Shute’s police career and activities in the Boxing and Wrestling Commission. .
File List:
File 1: Certificate of military instruction for infantry, non-commissioned officers, for Corporal A.G. Shute, 1917;
File 2: Appointment as Justice of the Peace to Anthony G. Shute, signed by Robert George Brett, Lt. Gov. of Alberta. Sept. 8, 1920 (formerly known as EA-10-3206);
File 3: Citation for Silver Jubilee, Buckingham Palace, May 6, 1935.
File 4: Letter, Anthony G. Shute to Wm. Murphy, Secretary-Treasurer, Edmonton Boxing and Wrestling Commission, January 13, 1958. (Note: given Anthony Shute’s death on January 14, 1958, this is possibly the last letter written by him).
For photograph of Anthony Shute, see EA-10-2784.

Shute, Anthony Graham
William Mair fonds
CA EDM MS-942 · Fonds · 1916

The fonds consists of a panorama photograph of the 202 Overseas Battalion taken at Sarcee Camp on 14 Oct 1916.

Mair, William
Charles Hodson fonds
CA EDM MS-909 · Fonds · 1915 - 1920

The fonds consists of photographs of Charles "Charlie" Hodson's time in the 51st Battalion during the First World War.

Hodson, Charles Edward