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The fonds consists of clippings, booklets and correspondence from Reg’s military career and an autobiography.
The photographs are of various groups, including the Rotary Club, Edmonton Historical Board, Northern Alberta Pioneers and Old Timers Association, Northern Alberta Diary Pool Social Club, McKay Avenue School and of the Selkirk Hotel.
The books include Tony Cashman’s “A Moving Story” (388.3 CAS) and “Memories Of A Pioneer Schoolteacher” by Maisie Emery Cook (923 COO).
File List:
File 1:

• a letter of reference from W.T. Henry, Mayor of Edmonton, June 3, 1916;
• correspondence from William John Horner, A.H. Skanfield, N.E. Mackenzie and Tena [?], to William Reginald Horner, during his military training, 1916;
• two military wills, 1916-1917;
• a programme for the 196th Battalion reunion, Feb. 6, 1920;
• an Instruction book for Ford Model T cars, 1913 (reprinted 1954);
• a certificate of meritorious service, City of Edmonton, to W.R. Horner, for his work with the Edmonton Historical Board, May 9, 1973. (o/s – see map cabinets);
• ‘Rest In Peace’, letter (or speech), opposing the move of the Edmonton Cenotaph, by Reg Horner, Signaler, 5th Battn, 1st Div. C.E.F., & Past President of Canadian Corp Association, September 1977.
  File 2:
• autobiography, ‘W. Reg. Horner – The First 80 Years – Everything You Wanted to Know About Him but Didn’t Dare Ask’, signed, [ca. 1979].
  Note – file 2 includes genealogical information on the Horner and Wilkinson families; includes copies of some original records in file 1.

This fonds consists of the administrative records of the Prince of Wales Armoury Foundation, including a Proposal for the Prince of Wales Armoury and site, Minutes, Correspondence, Newsletters, and Memberships, Fund Raising, Accounting Records

The fonds consists of materials created by the Physicians for Social Responsibility between 1985 and 1990. The fonds consists of information videos and brochures, membership lists, accounts, fund raising records, minutes, reports, briefs and newsletters of the society.

The fonds consists of a panorama photograph of the 138th ‘O’ Battalion, C.E.F. Sarcee Camp, taken on 11 Aug 1916.
O.C. Lt. Col. Belcher is seated in the front row, centre.

The fonds consists of material created or collected by Norman Arnold of Edmonton from 1918-1952 and relating primarily to his military career in the First World War. The fonds consists of a quartermaster's ledger, minute book and correspondence as well as copies of "The 49er", the regimental magazine.

The fond consists of butter papers from the Huff Dairy, clippings related to the Huff family history, milk bottle top tabs, posters of the livestock sale in 1951, a souvenir program from the 1940 Edmonton Winter Carnival, a souvenir of the Edmonton Grads Basketball team, and a Royal Air Force Bowden Training School yearbook from ca. 1942. The fonds also includes photographs of Edmonton and the Edmonton area from the 1940s.

The fonds consists predominantly of material relating to Mickey Macdonald's acting career, Alan Fraser Macdonald's legal and military career, and his involvement in community organizations, as well as their family life. The records include theatre programmes, correspondence, personal notes and writings, news clippings, and photographs.

To a lesser extent there are also records relating to other members of the extended Macdonald-Clifton families, particularly John Kenneth Macdonald and Therese Fraser Holland (Alan's parents), Henry Frances Holland and Selina Fraser (Alan's maternal grandparents), Faith Clifton (Mickey's mother), Bruce Fraser Macdonald (Alan's brother), Vernis McCuaig (Mickey's sister), and Brian Macdonald (Mickey and Alan's son).

The fonds has been arranged into series:
Series 1 – John Kenneth Macdonald & Therese Fraser Holland
Series 2 – Donald Walter Macdonald
Series 3 – Henry Francis Holland & Selina Fraser
Series 4 – Faith Clifton
Series 5 – Mickey Macdonald
Series 6 – Alan Macdonald
Series 7 – Bruce Fraser Macdonald
Series 8 – Vernis Clifton McCuaig
Series 9 – Brian Macdonald
Series 10 – General Theatre