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Edgar Millen fonds
CA EDM MS-778 · Fonds · 1923 - 1961, predominant 1923 - 1932

The fonds consists of photographs taken by Edgar Millen while serving in Canada’s north as an officer with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
The photographs include images depicting the Arctic, where Millen was stationed, as well as several photos of Millen’s funeral and a cairn erected in his honour.

Millen, Edgar
CA EDM MS-757 · Collection · 1923 - 1987

This collection consists of programmes, scorecards and other publications relating to the Edmonton Commercial Graduates Basketball club.

Edmonton Grads Club
CA EDM RG-29 · Fonds · 1924 - 2007

This fonds consists of records and other material created by the labour and personnel management bodies for the City of Edmonton, namely the Personnel Department, Civic Employment Bureau, Human Resources Department, and Corporate Services Department in the course of their normal operation. It includes the following series:

  • Series 1: Correspondence
  • Series 2: L:abour Relations
  • Series 3: Human Resources Management Team
  • Series 4: Personnel Statistical Report
  • Series 5: Reports
  • Series 6: Service Pins
  • Series 7: Staff Photos
City of Edmonton. Personnel Department fonds
CA EDM MS-9 · Fonds · 1924 - 1967, predominant 1940 - 1966

The fonds consists of administrative and financial records of the Alberta Pensioners' Society, including correspondence, scrapbooks of minutes, news clippings, legislative materials from various jurisdictions and other publications.
The photographs include portraits of Chief Justice William R. Hawson and a photo of the Fred Marshall family.
The material was arranged as follows:

  • Correspondence files
  • News clippings
  • Incorporation and Policy
  • Other Literature
  • Records scrapbooks
  • Financial records
Alberta Pensioners' Society
Ivor Dent fonds
CA EDM MS-157 · Fonds · 1924 - 2001

This fonds consists of material relating to Ivor Dent's World War II service, teaching and educational career, political involvement including his term as Mayor of Edmonton, and his family and personal life. This fonds also covers Dr. Dent's involvement with various Commonwealth Games organizations including minutes, reports, correspondence, bylaws and constitution for both the Commonwealth Games Federation and the Commonwealth Games Assocciation of Canada. On April 11, 1984, Dr. Dent was invested as a member of the Order of Canada. MS 157.9 includes Commonwealth Games Association of Canada material, political correspondence and clippings, business material, M.Ed Thesis, and other ephemera. MS 157.10 includes Commonwealth Games Association of Canada material, primarily related to the Brisbane, Australia games in 1982, the Aukland, New Zealand games in 1990, and the Victoria, British Columbia games in 1994. This also includes some material related to Dent's activities with the CGAC. Also included inthis fonds is some personal material and other ephemera. MS 157.11 includes material regarding Ivor Dent's Order of Canada, his Commonwealth Medal for the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada, his real estate dealings, his political and social activities (including the New Democratic Party, Municipal Politics, Alberta's Senatorial Election, the Alberta Council on Aging, and the Commonwealth Games Association), his father Charles Lionel Dent, his son Charles Dent, and correspondence and other papers. This fonds also contains publications, including two books from Geoffrey Handley-Taylor, What Peace Means to Me, the REport of the Chief Electoral Officer on the Provincial Senatorial Election, 1989, and Kaleidoscope of Nauru, 1983. MS 157.12 contains material for the Alberta Common Front campaign against cuts to social spending, a collection of business cards, political material, and correspondence and other materials related to Dent's volunteer and business activities. MS 157.13 consists of material on the Alberta Common Front activist movement, SOS Children's Villages of Canada, Commonwealth Games Association of Canada, Victoria Commonwealth Games Society. This fonds also includes cards for the Dent's 50th wedding anniversary, material from courses Dent taught at Grant MacEwan Community College, correspondence and other papers, and a certificate commemorating Dent's acitvity as a volunteer for the International Year of the Volunteer.

Dent, Ivor
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
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
CA EDM MS-403 · Fonds · 1926 - 1973

This fonds consists of records from the Royal Lawn Bowling Club from the years 1926 until 1974. The fonds contains correspondence, financial statements, minutes, organization constitutions and by-laws, tournament rules, yearbooks, and meeting minutes for the Royal Ladies Lawn Bowling Club. Also included are two trophies: the Col. Simms Challenger Cup, and the National Home Furniture Trophy. The correspondence includes communications with elected officials, sponsors, other lawn bowling organizations, and members. Also included in the correspondence are several proposed floor plans for the new clubhouse which was built in 1958.

Other lawn bowling organizations mentioned in this fonds include:
Edmonton Lawn Bowling Club
City of Edmonton Lawn Bowling Association
Edmonton Ladies Lawn Bowling Association
Alberta Lawn Bowling Association
Patricia Lawn Bowling Club
Eastwood Ladies Lawn Bowling Club
Garneau Lawn Bowling Club

Royal Lawn Bowling Club
William Lyle fonds
CA EDM MS-35 · Fonds · 1926 - 1939

The fonds consists of business licenses issued to William Lyle by the City of Edmonton, 1926, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, and 1939.

Lyle, William
CA EDM MS-211 · Fonds · 1926 - 1972

This fonds consists of records from the Edmonton Lawn Bowling Club from its creation in 1926 to its dissolution in 1972. The records consist of minutes, financial records, correspondence, trophies, and photographs. Also included is a sheet of song lyrics about lawn bowling and a history of the Edmonton Lawn Bowling Club from its inception to 1961.

The photographs include a photo of the women of the Edmonton Lawn Bowling Club, photos of the winners of various trophies and competitions, and photos of former club president George Buchanan.

Edmonton Lawn Bowling Club