This fonds consists of material collected and created by Reg Appleyard, Doug Matheson, Rev. Harry Meadows, Matheson and Company, and the staff of Meadowcroft Seniors’ Residence through their function of running the Meadowcroft corporations and providing quality affordable housing in Edmonton between 1969 and 2010. It contains legal documents, correspondence, reports, committee minutes, pamphlets, photos, plans, audiovisual material and a book, ‘The Meadow’s Story’ (922.77 ROB). The fonds been arranged into five sous-fonds and various series. The sous-fonds are as follows (with overall dates): Sous-fonds 1 – Meadowcroft Housing Corporation Series 1 – Administration (1971-1977) Series 2 – Financial Statements (1974-2009) Series 3 – Letterhead (n.d.) Series 4 – Correspondence (1969- 2001) Series 5 – Meadowcroft Seniors’ Residence Management and Staff (1972-2004) Series 6 – Meadowcroft Seniors’ Residence Renovations (1978-2001) Series 7 – Meadowcroft Seniors’ Residence Mechanical Systems (1980-2007) Series 8 – Events (1973-2002) Series 9 – Meadowcroft Tenants’ Association (1973-2005) Series 10 – Douglas Tower ([ca. 1996]) Series 11 – Matheson and Company (1976-1987) Sous-fonds 2 – Meadowcroft Holdings Series 1 – Administration (1974-2007) Series 2 – Financial Statements (1975-2009) Series 3 – 11115, 11141 and 11145 – 84 Avenue (1976) Series 4 – Sherbrooke Townhouses (2008-2009) Series 5 – Matheson and Company (1974-1985) Sous-fonds 3 – Meadowcroft Housing Society of Edmonton Series 1 – Administration (1977) Series 2 – Financial Statements (1977-2009) Series 3 – Correspondence relating to Brentwood Homes (1976-1979) Series 4 – Brentwood Homes Land Acquistion (1976-1977) Series 5 – Brentwood Homes Renovations (1977-1980) Series 6 – Appraisal of Brentwood Homes (1980) Series 7 – Brentwood Homes Phase II (1978-1983) Series 8 – Mortgage Renewal (1988) Series 9 – Loans to Other Organizations (2003-2008) Series 10 – Matheson and Company (1977-1989) Sous-fonds 4 – Other Material Series 1 – History (2010) Series 2 – Conferences on Gerontology (1976-1996) Series 3 – Research material relating to Seniors (1976-2000) Sous-fonds 5 – Personal Correspondence Series 1 – Doug Matheson (1984)
Fonds consists of minutes, reports, correspondence, invoices, clippings, scrapbooks, bylaws, contracts, minutes, and records relating to voter and census enumeration.
An order has been imposed on the material. The arrangement includes multiple series. The first 10 (RG-8.0 - RG-8.9) were processed in the 1970s and 1980s. Due to the size of the collection, the processing archivist decided to create a new division for each accession. From the 1990s the records were processed and arranged based on function, as reflected from RG-8.10 onwards.
RG-8.0: The Papers of the Edmonton Town/City Secretary (1892-1912)
RG-8.1: Edmonton Financial Accounts (1892-1915)
RG-8.2: Debenture (1897)
RG-8.3: Office of the City Clerk (1891-1913)
RG-8.4: Election Scrapbooks (1918-1963)
RG-8.5: Bylaws regarding Royal Visits (1939-1951)
RG-8.6: Office of the City Clerk (1935-1972)
RG-8.7: Public Affairs Committee (1968-1973)
RG-8.8: Office of the City Clerk (1969-1974)
RG-8.9: Office of the City Clerk (1965-1973)
RG-8.10: Special Committee Reports of the City Clerk (1907-1966)
RG-8.11: Civic Elections and Census Enumeration (1895-1974)
The fonds consists of documents relating to the Dylan Thomas Society's incorporation, its membership, its meeting minutes, and its events and publicity.
This fonds consists of the following series: Governance, Publications, Events, Administrative, Ladies Auxiliary, and Financial. The Governance series is comprised of records relating to minutes and membership; the Publication series is comprised of records relating to the St. David's Welsh Society's Y Negesydd Newsletters and other publications such as postcards; the Events series is comprised of records relating to the publicity, planning and hosting of Society events; the Administrative series is comprised of records relating to general and event specific correspondence; the Ladies Auxiliary is comprised of records relating to the minutes and correspondence of the Ladies Auxiliary; and the Financial series is comprised of records relating to the finances of the Society including treasurer reports, receipts, account books, fundraising, and grant applications.
This fonds consists of material collected by Richard Awid regarding Muslims in the Edmonton Area, including social invitations and correspondence, cultural, religious and educational information. There a a number of leaflets, booklets and newspaper articles including:
Muslims in Canada: A century of Achievement, Malmo Elementary School Arabic-English Bilingual program, A Salute to the Arab Pioneers of Northern Alberta and The bulletin - published by Canadian Arab Friendship Association of Edmonton.
This fonds consists of the personal and family papers and photographs of Mattie (Scaler) MacPhee. The photographic records are separated into 8 albums. These albums are not necessarily divided chronologically, nor are they separated geographically. There are many instances where duplicate images are found in multiple albums. The dates of the images range from the mid 1910s to the mid 1960s. Locations of the photographs are divided between Massachusetts, Alberta, and British Columbia. There are also many photographs from various trips into the United States. The textual records with this fonds consists of letters, cards and condolences regarding Mattie MacPhee's death, newspaper clipping on Louis Scaler and Mattie Scaler's business and careers, Mattie MacPhee's short stories and other writings, material on Lauchie MacPhee, music, and miscellaneous material.
The fonds consists of records relating to the Urban Reform Group of Edmonton (URGE), including production of a 1978 historical calendar, Board minutes, reports and correspondence. It also contains records relating to the Society for the Protection of Architectural Resources in Edmonton (SPARE) and personal correspondence. The photographs consist mostly of buildings and street scenes in Edmonton and Toronto, ca. 1980, taken as part of research into heritage buildings for SPARE. They include the Ross Brothers and Brighton Block in Edmonton, and the St. Lawrence Market and Gooderham Building (flatiron) in Toronto (EA-560). One photograph is a portrait of Elly De Jongh used for an Edmonton Historical Board award in 1984. The artwork consists of an ink drawing of Primrose House, 1979, as part of research on heritage buildings for SPARE (EAA-113).
This fonds consists of material gathered by Don Whidden during his involvement with local and national rugby organisations, including coaching material, newsletters, Edmonton, Alberta, and Canadian Rugby Union records, and correspondence.
