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Kentwood Ford fonds
CA EDM MS-1255 · Fonds · 1970 -

This fonds contains records relating to the opening, sales, and operations of Kentwood Ford. Included are a variety of print and digital advertisements, correspondence, vehicle catalogs, awards, and renovation plans. Also included is a variety of Kentwood Ford ephemera, such as key holders, key tags, enamel pins, coverall patches, stickers, and a Kentwood Ford Sales seal. Additionally, this fonds contains photographs from Employee Awards Nights, and of the dealership itself.

Kentwood Ford
CA EDM MS-1219 · Fonds · 1968 - 2005

The fonds consists of the materials created by the Clifford E. Lee Foundation including minutes, financial statements, grant files, photographs, correspondence, research files, and oral history interviews.

Clifford E. Lee Foundation
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The fonds consists of textual records, historical documents, photographs, paintings and maps gathered by NAPOTA in support of the association’s goal of preserving the history of Edmonton.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
CA EDM MS-1262 · Collection · 1938-1942

This collection consists of a catalogue and ledger book from Campbell's furniture.

File list:

  1. Campbell's Furniture Ltd. summer & fall catalogue, 1934
  2. Campbell's Furniture ledger book, 1938-1942
Campbell's Furniture Ltd.
Lillian Maze fonds
CA EDM MS-486 · Fonds · [ca. 1910] - [ca. 1980]

The fonds consists of the following:

  • File 1: Article titled 'The Big Hotel' by Lillian Maze about the Columbia Stopping House, which was published in the Edmonton Journal (1953) and formed the basis of an article published in the Spring 1964 edition of The Alberta Historical Review. There is also a souvenir booklet 'Souvenir of the Edmonton Schools - Issued at the Opening of the High School, May 9, 1911' (1911). The Edmonton High School was later known as Victoria School.
  • File 2: Painting by Lillian Maze's daughter and Edmonton Art Club member Kathleen Anne Elizabeth (Betty) Hickey titled "Columbia Stopping House". The building was located at the corner of Grierson (101A Avenue) and 96 Street. The painting was formerly described as EAA-66-1.

The photographs include EA-512-1: a portrait of Lillian Maze [ca. 1980] and EA-512: a photograph of Columbia House [ca. 1910].

Maze, Lillian
CA EDM MS-243 · Fonds · 1905 - 1955

The fonds consists records and photographs created or accumulated by the Reed or Clarke families of Reed’s Fine China and Gifts.
The photographs include interiors and exteriors of Reed’s stores as well as photos of William Reed, Russell Clarke and some members of their families and staff.
Item List:

  • a blank sales bill with the original store name “Reed’s Tea & Bazaar Store, Phone 1783, 102-104-106-108 Jasper Ave West”
  • Ledger - Monthly cash book November 1905-December 1908 (with initial note: ‘Edmonton, November 25th, 1905, W.H. Reed this day commences business’).
  • Article: “A Store at the Gateway of Tomorrow: All About a Well Known Western Gift Store”, Gift Buyer, Vol. 5, No. 2, April 1943 (photocopy).
  • Article: “How We Brought China and Glass to Alberta in 1905”, Gift Buyer, Vol. 17, No. 11, November 1955 (photocopy).
    The records include references to Russell Francis Clarke, William Henry Reed, Reed's Fair and Reed's Tea and Bazaar
Reed's China and Gift Shop
Secord Family fonds
CA EDM MS-46 · Fonds · 1877 - 1986

The fonds consists predominantly of textual records of Richard Henry and Annie York Secord, and their son Richard York Secord, and to a lesser extent Margaret Calder Secord (wife of Richard York), Isobel Secord, Lena Secord McFayden and Gene Secord Keltie (sisters of Richard York), and family of Richard David Secord (son of Richard York).

The photographs consist of family and friends, farming and business activities, events and street scenes of Edmonton.

The fonds has been arranged into the following series:
Series 1 - Richard Henry Secord
Series 2 - Annie York Secord
Series 3 - Richard York Secord
Series 4 - Margaret Calder Secord
Series 5 - Lena Secord McFadyen
Series 6 - Isobel Secord
Series 7 - Richard David Secord family
Series 8 - Gene Secord Keltie

Secord Family
CA EDM MS-330 · Fonds · 1886 - 1966

This fonds consists of minutes, ledgers and financial records, shareholders' notices and correspondence of the company dating from 1866 to 1965. There are also copies of the company's indenture documents, certificates, and three corporate seals.

Edmonton Cemetery Company
CA EDM MS-0 · Collection · 1893 - 1967

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.

FIC - Found in clippings collection
CA EDM MS-1215 · Collection · 1857-1951

This collection consists of donations accumulated by the City of Edmonton Archives which consist of a limited number of photographs. Often these donations had little or no provenance, however were considered to be historically relevant enough to preserve. Photographs range in subject matter from Edmonton events, buildings, transportation, people, and businesses.

The City of Edmonton Archives