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Thomas H. Jones fonds
CA EDM MS-489 · Fonds · 1900 - 1907

The fonds consists of records from Thomas Henry Jones life in Edmonton, Lizzie Boyle and the Edmonton Exhibition.

File 1:
Municipality of the Town of Edmonton Tax Assessment for T.H. Jones of lots 83 & 84, 3 block HBR (Hudson’s Bay Reserve), 1902;
Northwest Territories Summon For Jurors to Thos. H. Jones, to appear at Court in Edmonton Wednesday October 1, dated September 19, 1902;
City of Edmonton Voter’s List 1904 (includes Jones, T.H.).

File 2:
Dominion Lands receipt, issued to Lizzie Boyle for scrip purchase of land, SE ¼ and E ½ of SW ¼, of Section 4, in Township 56, Range 24, west 4 Meridian, December 19, 1900 (land is near Morinville);
Envelope addressed to Miss Lizzie Boyle, c/o Harry Jones Esq (likely for Dominion Lands receipt).

File 3:
Printed programme – Alberta’s Grand Summer Fair, July 1 to 4, 1901, Edmonton (includes Citizens’ Day, Old Timers’ Day, Farmers’ Day, Americans’ Day), by the Edmonton Industrial Exhibition Association Limited;
Printed programme – Edmonton’s Annual Exhibition, 1907 (July 1-4), Official Race Programme.

Jones, Thomas H.
William A. Griesbach fonds
CA EDM MS-209 · Fonds · 1891 - 1974

The fonds consists of William Griesbach’s political, military, and personal papers, as well as numerous books from his personal library.

Political papers consist of reports, correspondence, contracts, and financial documents concerning the City of Edmonton and the City of Strathcona between 1892 and 1935. There is also a 1912 Edmonton Subdivision map (EAM-178).

Military papers include correspondence, clippings, programs, pamphlets and other materials related to Major-General Griesbach's military career, created between 1919 and ca.1943.

Personal papers include correspondence, financial documents, theatre programmes and other materials relating to Griesbach's personal activities and interests. It includes correspondence on the memorial window in the Cathedral Church of All Saints in Edmonton.

The books reflect the various aspects of Griesbach’s life, career, and interests covering military, political, diplomatic, economic, and historical topics. It should be noted that the books published after Griesbach’s death in 1945 were added by the Western Command HQ Library.

Griesbach, William A.
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
Julian Suski fonds
CA EDM MS-341 · Fonds · 1955-1968

The fonds consists of materials created by Julian Suski of Edmonton between 1955 and 1968. This fonds consists of a copy of the Canadian Federation of Municipalities Inquiry on Municipal Administration, reports, surveys of various cities, correspondence, materials gathered during European study tour, materials relating to the Council on Urban and Regional Research, proposals made to the City of Edmonton, booklets, organizational charts, statistics, history of the city and organizational annual reports.

Suski, Julian
David Leadbeater fonds
CA EDM MS-347 · Fonds · 1974-1977

The fonds consists of materials created by David Leadbeater of Edmonton between 1974 and 1977. The fonds consists of minutes, budgets, reports, brochures and other materials derived from City Council committees during the period that Mr. Leadbeater was an alderman.

Leadbeater, David
CA EDM MS-376 · Fonds · 1966-1971

The fonds consists of materials created by the Better Civic Governement Committee of Edmonton between 1966 and 1971. The fonds consists of minutes and correspondence of the Committee as well as biographical information on the candidates supported by the committee. There are also clippings, newsletters, presentations and scrapbooks from the Concerned Citizen's Committee.

Better Civic Government Committee
Helen Ramsay Lindsay fonds
CA EDM MS-521 · Fonds · 1905-[ca. 1950]
  • The collection consists of a copy of the "The Evening Journal", Saturday, September 2, 1905, with headlines 'Alberta, A Province' and 'History in the Making in Alberta's New Capital'.
  • Photographs of Edmonton taken between ca. 1905 and ca. 1950, including Legislature Building and Grounds, Victoria Park, Whitemud, Rossdale Power Plant, Whitemud Bridge, River Valley Road, Central Skating Rink, Helen Ramsay at Ramsay Home, 11008 - 100 Avenue CPR Overpass c. 1914, Robertson Church, High Level Bridge under construction, Legislature Building Under Construction, North Saskatchewan View, Streetcar on High Level Bridge, Macdonald Hotel, Hudson's Bay Store, T. Eaton Co., Pantages Theatre, Welcome Home of 49th Battalion in 1919 and aerial of Edmonton Looking North from Saskatchewan Drive.
Lindsay, Helen Ramsay