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CA EDM MS-401 · Collection · [ca. 1918] - 1939

The collection consists of records transferred from the Greater Vernon Museum and Archives, as better fitting the mandate of the City of Edmonton Archives.

File list:

  1. Sheet music - The Boys of the Great Western Plains, words and music by Pte. W. Watson, 138th Batt., CEF, Edmonton; dedicated to the 49th Canadian CEF Edmonton Alberta Batt'n (Loyal Edmonton Regiment), [ca. 1918].

  2. Postcard - (of Field, BC and Mt. Stephen), addressed to Mrs. Mohr;
    Souvenir Programme - Souvenir to Commemorate the Fortieth Year of the Ministry of Rev. D.G. McQueen, 1927 - annotated with Mrs. Mohr, Vernon.

  3. Souvenir Programme - The Visit of Their Most Gracious Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to the Province of Alberta, Edmonton, 1939.

Greater Vernon Museum and Archives
Edmonton Art Gallery fonds
CA EDM MS-1220 · Fonds · 1892-2003

The fonds consists of records pertaining to the operations of the Edmonton Art Gallery. The fonds includes correspondence, minutes, invitations, scrapbooks, clippings, finances, guest books, reports, photographs, and issues of the Gallery's publications. The fonds also consists of records from the Blow Condell family who donated money to build the Edmonton Art Gallery in 1962.

The fonds is arranged into 7 series:

  1. Administration
  2. Scrapbooks and Invitations
  3. Guest Books
  4. Publications
  5. Minutes
  6. Women's Society of the Edmonton Art Gallery
  7. Photographs
Edmonton Art Gallery
Cyril Geoffrey Wates fonds
CA EDM MS-48 · Fonds · 1916 - 1946

This fonds consists of publications, plays, and newspaper articles written by Cyril Wates, as well as assorted correspondence and records relating to the Edmonton chapter of the Alpine Club of Canada. The fonds also contains an article and correspondence of Helen Adela (Burns) Wates, as well as photographs of Helen Adela (Burns) Wates' family, ca. 1870-1880, Cyril Wates' telescope, 1942 and mountain climbing activities, ca. 1924-1938.

Wates, Cyril Geoffrey
CA EDM MS-364 · Fonds · 1927-1974

The fonds consists of records from the Edmonton Branch of the Dickens Fellowship from 1927 to 1974. Materials include correspondence, minutes, ledgers, invoices, receipts, and clippings. The fonds also includes the Edmonton Branch membership rolls and membership certificates, along with minutes from a 1973 meeting of the Council of the Dickens Fellowship.

Dickens Fellowship (Edmonton Branch)
Monty Cooper fonds
CA EDM MS-584 · Fonds · 1979-1998

This fonds consists of twenty original 4 by 5 inch ink drawings (two matted) of Edmonton landscapes drawn in 1979-1995 and a 63 p. booklet of sketches titled "Edmonton Cityscapes". Later accruals included another 41 "Edmonton Cityscapes" sketches.

Cooper, Monty
Peter C. Arends fonds
CA EDM MS-605 · Fonds · 1912-1972

The fonds consists of research gathered in the late 1960's by Peter Arends pertaining to 20th Century Edmonton architects and includes biographical data, copies of photographs, and building attributes for: R. Percy Barns, C. Lionel Gibbs, Cecil S. Burgess, Richard P. and William Blakey, Alfred M. Calderon, Cauchon & Vautyne, Francis X. Deggendorfer, John K. Dow, David Hardie, Wm. S. Edmiston, James Henderson, Edward C. Hopkins, Allen M. Jeffers, H. D. Johnson, George M. Lang, Frank Lansdowne, Roland W. Lines, George H. MacDonald, Herbert A. Magoon, William P. Major, John Martland, Ernest W. Morehouse, J. H. Rudy, H. Storey, George E. Turner, Edward Underwood, H. M. and W. A. Whiddington [Whiddingdon], Arthur G. Wilson & Herald, and James A. Wize. The fonds also includes a panoramic view of Edmonton in 1912 printed by Hamly Press in 1962, information about various Edmonton landmark buildings, a charcoal copy from a photograph of the First Chapel in Fort Edmonton built in 1869 and detailed notes on St. Joachim Church.

Arends, Peter C.
CA EDM MS-654 · Fonds · 1910-1973

The fonds consists of materials created by the Edmonton Women's Musical Club between 1910 and 1973. The fonds consists of minutes, scores, programs, bylaws, annual reports, scholarship papers, membership information, financial records, scrapbooks and photographs.

Edmonton Women's Musical Club
CA EDM MS-681 · Fonds · 1982-1994

In addition to the records related to the incorporation of the society, this fonds consists of material created and gathered by the Alberta St. George of England Society between 1982 and 1994, including brochures, minutes, newsletters, financial statements, correspondence, membership lists, and related news clippings. There is also information of the society's involvement in Edmonton's Heritage Days festival, including recipes, dances, and pantomime presentations.

Alberta St. George of England Society
Wallace McSween fonds
CA EDM MS-689 · Fonds · 1955-1996

This fonds contains material from Wallace McSween's acting career, including programs and reviews from plays and other performances in Edmonton, Calgary, British Columbia and across Canada. There is also personal remembrances, poetry, prose, letters of appreciation, commendations, his obituary and eulogies.

McSween, Wallace
Thomson, McRae Family fonds
CA EDM MS-168 · Fonds · 1899 - 1913, 1944, [ca. 1970]

The fonds consists of records pertaining to the Thomson and McCrae families.

File 1
Certificate – Letter of Appointment to Postmastership, Mr. George Thomson, 27 September 1907, at Strathcona.

File 2
Manuscript – John Joseph and Flora Anne McRae, a family history that includes details on their first six children – Alexander, Anne, Jeanette, Catherine, Mary Anne, and Annie. Unknown author, [ca. 1970].

The photographs include George Thomson and his drugstore.

McRae Family