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The fonds consists of materials created and gathered by Richard Awid in his research on the Arab pioneers of Northern Alberta and of Muslim families in the Edmonton area. The records include correspondence, a flyer for his election run for alderman, booklets on Muslim pioneers in Northern Alberta, and cultural and religious association communications.

The collection consists of original material removed from the City of Edmonton Archives Clippings collection as well as records found within the collections that either lack clear provenance or exist as discreet items.

This file consists of photographs originally intended to go in the book "Old Trails and Baer Tales."

This file consists of Tony Baer's autobiography and family history covering what he knew of his parents life in Austria starting in 1878, to their immigration with their oldest kids to Canada, up to his own adult life up to the late 1950's. The first section of the book has been digitized and is available above.

This series is comprised of local directories. It includes:

• Telephone directories listing individuals' and businesses' address and telephone number arranged alphabetically (1895-2019)
• Henderson's directories listing individuals' and businesses' address and telephone number arranged alphabetically and by address. These directories also include the person's occupation, and may include name of spouse and ownership status of the property (1895-1987).
• Numerical directories listing individuals' and businesses' address and telephone number arranged by address and by telephone number (1967-1999).

This subseries consists of the original ledgers used to record information regarding Civic Elections and Census Enumeration throughout the City of Edmonton's polling districts. Each ledger corresponds to one polling district within the City and were carried by City staff to each address in the district to record information regarding the occupants. The ledgers from 1945 onwards include name, address, if they are a British subject, if they own property, their section of either Protestant of Catholic for school taxes, their marital status, the name of their employer, the number of people in the residence under the age of 21 and their gender, and the type of dwelling in which they reside.

This series consists of photographs Eva had collected throughout her life. They include photographs of life in Edmonton, including of groups such as the Irish Canadian society, the Drew Machine Co. that her family worked at, Fort Edmonton Refurbishers, holidaying at Riviere Qui Barre and Elk Island Park, and schools and students that she or her family members taught at. The schools include a Teacherage near Myrham, Alberta in 1915, Victoria High School in Edmonton in 1911, Cecilia Jeffrey Boarding School (Residential School) near Shoal Lake or Lake of the Woods by Kenora, Ontario in 1905-1906, a school in Stirling Alberta in 1906-1908 and the Llanarthney School for Girls in Edmonton from 1933-1939.

The girls at the Turnip Lake School 1917-18. Dorothy Danard, Grace Huff, Margaret Laughton, Lily Marshall, Eva Laughton, Gertrude Huff, Luella Danard, and Lillian Bruce.

Grades 1-3 in the Turnip Lake School on the Namao Road (now about 149 Ave in Dickensfield) in 1917-1918. They are Luella and Lorne Danard, Sidney and Leonard Hodges, Rufus and Muriel Fearn, Lillian and Arthur Bruce, Willie Cameron, Ronald, Douglas and Norval Johnstone. They are standing on the steps used to mount horses when they rode them to school.

The Grade 7 class in Turnip Lake School in 1917-1918. Margaret Laughton (Mrs. H. Hodges), Wilbert Burton (dentist), Lily Marshal (Mrs. K. Price) standing on the little bridge to the school over the roadside ditch.