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David Mawhinney fonds
CA EDM MS-983 · Fonds · [ca. 1910]-[ca. 1952], predominant 1915 – [ca. 1935]

The fonds consists of photographs of the Mawhinney family, sports teams the Mawhinney’s were part of, the family home in Rossdale, the Arctic Ice Company, the Ross Flats clubhouse, the North Saskatchewan River, and damage from the 1915 flood.

Mawhinney, David
Donald S. McKay fonds
CA EDM MS-154 · Fonds · 1894, 1921

The fonds consists of:

  • draft motion of the Belmont School District no. 23 re: location of school, n.d.;
  • a draft letter of commendation to an unnamed music teacher, signed by Elizabeth Mitchell (on reverse of previous item, includes notations and date, April 4, 1894);
  • tax receipt, Municipal District of Spruce Grove no. 519 to D.S. McKay, November 19, 1921.
McKay, Donald S.
Donald Whitford collection
CA EDM MS-673 · Collection · 1992-1995

The collection consists of materials collected about Donald Whitford between 1992 and 1995. The fonds consists of excerpts from the diaries of Donald Whitford, a family tree of Mr. Whitford, and correspondence about Mr. Whitford and relates to his life as a surveyor, trapper and settler in Western Canada in the mid to late 1800s.

Whitford, Donald
Dora E. Lloyd fonds
CA EDM MS-631 · Fonds · 1994

The fonds consists of Mrs. Lloyd's hand- printed story of the "South Side Swimming Pool" in Edmonton ca. 1950. The later acquisition includes copies of published articles written by Mrs. Lloyd.

Lloyd, Dora E.
Doris Lendahl fonds
CA EDM MS-337 · Fonds · 1895-1904

The collection consists of materials collected by Anna Moran and given to her daughter Doris Lendahl. The collection consists of photograph albums and calendar cards, dated 1895-1904, a copy of "Hill's Manual of Social and Business Forms" and beaded belts. The belts were made for Mrs. Lendahl's mother, Anna Moran, by a native woman.

Lendahl, Doris
Dorothy Matthewson fonds
CA EDM MS-885 · Fonds · 1910

The fonds consists of a photograph of Dr. A.H. Goodwin and family. Dr. Goodwin was the first dentist in Edmonton.
Alexander Hooper Goodwin was born in 1968 to Elizabeth Wells and Cyrus Goodwin in New Brunswick. He married Selena (Lena) A. Taylor on 4 Jan 1898. By the following year, Alexander and Lena had settled in Edmonton and Alexander had established a dental practice on Jasper Ave. They had three children – Eleanor Beatrice, Lilian Alexandra, and William Taylor.
Dr. Alexander Hooper Goodwin died 4 Mar 1964 in Edmonton.

Matthewson, Dorothy
Dorothy May King fonds
CA EDM MS-237 · Fonds · 1977
  • File 1: "Childhood Memories of Edmonton, 1902-1911" written by Dorothy May King in conjunction with Christina McQueen McKnight, and Jean McQueen Siemens (1977)
  • File 2: Portrait of John Rowand painted by Dorothy May King (n.d.)
King, Dorothy May
Dorothy Willmore fonds
CA EDM MS-110 · Fonds · [ca. 1920]

The fonds consists of postcard greeting cards, predominantly Christmas but also Best Wishes, military (“He Served His Country’) and New Year’s. Also includes two lacquer-finished postcards of drawings of Sussex, England countryside.
The records include references to Dorothy Kendall Willmore Quehl, Norman Willmore, John (Jack) Willmore, and Dr. Eby Quehl.
The photograph is a postcard of the Edmonton City Dairy with the milk bottle on the roof.

Willmore, Dorothy Kendall
CA EDM MS-32 · Fonds · 1899 - 1952

The fonds consists of records from Dr. Holmes's professional career and personal life.

File 1: Medical career -
~ 2 letters from patients, re payment, 1917
~ fragment of a note, re patients payments, n.d.
~ Bachelor of Medicine degree, University of Toronto, June 9, 1899 (o/s)
~ Certificate of membership, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario Dec. 14, 1903 (o/s)
~ Certificate of Honorary life membership, Edmonton Academy of Medicine, Oct. 1952 (o/s)

File 2: Physician’s Ledger – account book, 1912-1915

File 3: Personal life -
~ fragment of a family tree, David Hoover, 1791-1910
~ tax assessments, City of Edmonton, 1915
~ permits and registrations to carry a gun 1920, 1945, 1947

The fonds also includes photographs though it is not certain how the photographs relate to Dr. Holmes. The photos include group portraits (University of Alberta Drama Club 1922-1923, Canadian Officers Training Corps 1925-1926, University of Alberta Freshman Class 1921-1922), a panorama photograph of the Al Azhar Convention in Calgary, 1913 and a photograph of the visit of Alice of Athlone to the Colonel Mewburn Hospital, 1941.

Holmes, Dr. Cecil Ulysses Holmes
Dr. David Leonard fonds
CA EDM MS-266 · Fonds · 1976-[ca. 1979]

The fonds (or collection) consists of David Leonard’s research, notes and final manuscript of the book on Richard Secord, ‘A Builder of the Northwest: The Life and Times of Richard Secord’ (1981).
The photographs include a photo of the members of the 1886 N.W.T. Legislature and a portrait photograph of David Leonard that was used for an Edmonton Historical Board Award in 1989.
The vinyl LP is ‘Edmonton’s Klondike Days Exposition – The Official Souvenir Album’, includes “The Klondike Saga – In Song & Story”, Pickwick Records of Canada.
File List:
File 1: Correspondence, re: research for book on Richard Secord.
File 2: Research (includes photocopies), notes, drafts and final manuscript for book on Richard Secord, Chapter 2 – An Edmonton Pioneer 1881-1887, [ca.1979].
File 3: Research (includes photocopies), notes, drafts and final manuscript for book on Richard Secord, Chapter 3 – Beginning In The Fur Trade, [ca.1979].
File 4: Research (includes photocopies), notes, drafts and final manuscript for book on Richard Secord, Chapter 4 – A Foothold In The North, [ca.1979].
File 5: Research (includes photocopies), notes, drafts and final manuscript for book on Richard Secord, Chapter 5 – Edmonton’s Premier Fur Dealer, [ca.1979].
File 6: Research (includes photocopies), notes, drafts and final manuscript for book on Richard Secord, Chapter 6 – McDougall & Secord, [ca.1979].
File 7: Research (includes photocopies), notes, drafts and final manuscript for book on Richard Secord, Chapter 7 – Beginning In Politics 1899-1903, [ca.1979].
File 8: Research (includes photocopies), notes, drafts and final manuscript for book on Richard Secord, Chapter 8 – An Edmonton MLA, [ca.1979].
File 9: Research (includes photocopies), notes, drafts and final manuscript for book on Richard Secord, Chapter 9 – A Federal Contestant, [ca.1979].
File 10: Vinyl LP - ‘Edmonton’s Klondike Days Exposition – The Official Souvenir Album’, includes “The Klondike Saga – In Song & Story”, Pickwick Records of Canada, [ca. 1971].

Leonard, David