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CA EDM RG-21 · Fonds · [ca.1828]-2017, predominant 1959 - 2000

This fonds consists of minutes, reports, correspondence, ledgers, and other records relating to the various functions performed by the Parks and Recreation Department and its successors.

An order has been imposed on the material. The arrangement includes 6 series and multiple sub-series. The series are as follows:

  • Series 1: Administration
  • Series 2: Heritage
  • Series 3: Parks
  • Series 4: Facilities
  • Series 5: Agencies and External Community Groups
  • Series 6: Photographs
City of Edmonton. Parks and Recreation Department
CA EDM MS-207 · Fonds · [ca. 1885] - [ca. 1935]

The fonds consists predominantly of photographs covering three generations and five of the six branches of the W. Scott Robertson family. The photographs include Frederic’s parents (Robert and Isabel Robertson), siblings, as well as aunts, uncles, and cousins.

There are also many unidentified photographs but it is likely these belonged to Frederic’s mother-in-law, Cassie Bain Foley, as ‘C.B.’ is written on the back of the photos.

The textual records consist of one birthday card from Alice J. Wright (Frederic’s maternal grandmother) to Bob, likely Robert Robertson (Frederic’s father) (n.d.) and a calendar card from Isabel Wright Robertson (Frederic’s mother) to ‘Dolly’ (1939).

Frederic B. Robertson Family
CA EDM MS-56 · Fonds · [ca. 1885]-2009, predominant 1914-2009

The fonds consists of textual records, historical documents, photographs, paintings and maps gathered by NAPOTA in support of the association’s goal of preserving the history of Edmonton. The fonds also includes the records of the association including minutes, membership records, correspondence, financial documents and news clippings.
The fonds is arranged as follows:

  1. Minutes 1914-1989
  2. Correspondence files 1926, 1928-1929
    . a. Alphabetical file series
    . b. Correspondence files
  3. Topical files 1887-2009
    . a. Alphabetical file series
    . b. Correspondence files
  4. Membership records
  5. Newspapers and Clippings
  6. Financial records
  7. Certificates
  8. Ephemera
  9. Maps
  10. Books
Northern Alberta Pioneers and Old Timers' Association
Lyman Delmar Parney fonds
CA EDM MS-41 · Fonds · 1888 - 1942

The fonds consists of private letters, business correspondence, documents relating to the L.D. Parney Estate, and a scrapbook relating to various subjects.

File List:
File 1: General correspondence - includes
~ letter and envelope, John McDougall, Methodist Church, Dept. of Missions to Mrs. L.D. Parney, Ridgetown, Ontario, 29 Feb 1904, re - books;
~ letter, addressed to Fred (L.D. Parney's son), likely by L.D. Parney, 9 Apr 1935, re - family and business activities

File 2: Correspondence - re: Warehouse, 10256 - 107 St., rental by Wilson Transit and Distributing Co. Ltd., installation of railway spur, 1933-1941

File 3: Accounts, L.D. Parney estate, 1943-1948

File 4: Scrapbook news clippings - re: new London telephone exchange, with illustration of Canada House, 1933; members of the Parney family; poetry; Royal family; World War I and II; Jenny Morris, (“mother” of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry); pencil drawing, duck with nest of eggs; deaths of Wilfred Grenfell, Thomas Alva Edison, Wilfrid Laurier, 1898-1942.

File 5: News clippings - loose clippings from scrapbook, include:
clippings re: World War I and II; Jenny Morris (“mother” of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry); poetry; inspirational stories; royal family; cartoons, 1918-1942.

Parney, Lyman Delmar
Edmonton Hockey Club fonds
CA EDM MS-598 · Fonds · 1896-1911

This fonds consists of records produced by the Edmonton Hockey Club during its existence from 1896 to 1910. Materials include correspondence, player contracts, minutes, receipts, and postcards. Also included in the fonds are photographs of various sports clubs and athletes in Edmonton such as the bowling team, baseball players, skiers, and track runners. Records also relate to hockey in Alberta and the Alberta Amateur Hockey League.

Edmonton Hockey Club
Edmonton Club fonds
CA EDM MS-628 · Fonds · 1899 - 1994

The fonds consists of the records of the Edmonton Club and includes minutes, correspondence, membership registers, maps, building plans, constitutions, rule books, reports, menus, acts of incorporation, and financial statements. The photographs consist of headshots of the Presidents of the Edmonton Club, as well as a few images of the Club’s annual general meetings and of the Imperial Bank of Canada both as it was being built and when it was completed in 1907. Large membership registers and bound guest books are also included.

Edmonton Club
CA EDM MS-1083 · Fonds · 1983 (original created [ca. 1900]-[ca. 1931])

The fonds consists of copies of photos from the Gray family photo album.
The photographs include photos of the Gray family, including Bishop Gray in his professional capacity, as well as local Boy Scouts and All Saints’ Anglican Cathedral.

Gray, Henry Allen
Thomas H. MacQueen fonds
CA EDM MS-920 · Fonds · 1905-1907

Fonds consists of photographs of Edmonton Cigar Factory and lacrosse team. Thomas H. MacQueen worked at the factory and played on the lacrosse team. Also included in the fonds is a photograph of a skyline view of Edmonton.

MacQueen, Thomas H.
CA EDM MS-404 · Fonds · 1907 - 2006

This fonds consists of records from the Garneau Community League (G.C.L.) beginning in 1952 and ending in 2006. The records within document the history, activities, and changing role of the G.C.L. within the community. The records include correspondence, administrative records, reports, programmes, minutes, financial statements, ledgers, reports, newsletters, and photographs. The fonds provides insight into how the G.C.L. operated and interacted with other organizations at the municipal, provincial, and national levels.

The fonds is organized into 10 series:
1- Administration
2- Financial
3- Casino / Bingo
4- Garneau Community Centre
5- Tennis Club
6- Garneau Lawn Bowling Club
7- Garneau Planning Committee
8- Garneau Guardian
9- Photographs
10- Publications

Garneau Community League
CA EDM MS-89 · Fonds · 1909-2013

The fonds consists of textual records relating to the administration of the Edmonton Horticultural Society and the events of the organization.

This fonds is divided into six series:

  • Series 1 - Administrative records: including incorporation documents, insurance, leases and rental agreements, documents related to board activities, minutes of the Board of Directors, annual reports and membership information.
  • Series 2 - Financial records: including audits, financial statements and general ledgers, fundraising records, grants and budgets.
  • Series 3 - Program and Event records: including those relating to programs such as the annual bench shows, the annual garden competition, the vacant lot gardening program, the monthly speakers' program and others. Of note are the vacant lot rental records.
  • Series 4 - Publications: of the society, including histories, newsletters and annual prize lists. Of note is the almost continuous collection of annual bench show prize lists from 1921 to the present.
  • Series 5 - Miscellaneous and oversize documents and artifacts: includes guest books, ribbons and posters.
  • Series 6 - Other Societies: material related to horticultural organizations, primarily in Alberta, that are linked to the Edmonton Horticultural Society through partnerships, affiliate ties or through common interests. These include the Alberta Horticultural Association, the Edmonton Exhibition Association and various horticultural and gardening organizations around the city.
Edmonton Horticultural Society