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Town of Jasper Place fonds
CA EDM RG-101 · Fonds · 1906-1972; predominant 1952-1964

This fonds consists of records created and collected by the Town of Jasper Place. It includes the following series:

  • Series 1: Engineering Department
  • Series 2: Recreation Commission
  • Series 3: Office of the Secretary-Treasurer
  • Series 4: Fire Department
  • Series 5: Census and Enumeration
  • Series 6: Council Minutes
  • Series 7: Tax Assessment Records
  • Series 8: Financial Records
  • Series 9: Bylaws
  • Series 10: The Citizen
  • Series 11: The Suburban Times
  • Series 12: Development
Town of Jasper Place
Town of Beverly fonds
CA EDM RG-102 · Fonds · 1913-[ca.1976], predominant 1913-1962

This fonds consists of material generated as a result of the operations of the Town of Beverly from its incorporation as a village in 1913 until shortly after its annexation by the City of Edmonton in 1961. The records include minutes, correspondence, reports, debentures, contracts, agreements, voters lists, tax assessment rolls, building permits, and petitions, and includes 85 ledgers.

An order has been imposed on the material. The arrangement includes 5 series. The series are as follows:

  • Series 1: Administrative Records
  • Series 2: Financial Records
  • Series 3: Planning Records
  • Series 4: Engineering Records
  • Series 5: Correspondence
Town of Beverly
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.
Sturgeon County fonds
CA EDM RG-105 · Fonds · 1906 - 1993

This fonds consists of material related to land titles and related correspondence in the parts of Sturgeon County that were eventually annexed by the City of Edmonton. The records detail changes pertaining to the land such as the sales, recovery of taxes, building permits, and changes of ownership.

Sturgeon County
CA EDM MS-575 · Collection · 1900-1902

The collection consists of tax notes and receipts from 1900 to 1902 sent to Daniel Brown of Regina, Saskatchewan for land owned in the City of Edmonton.

Saskatchewan Family Foundation
Peter Hawker fonds
CA EDM MS-542 · Fonds · 1864-1995
  • The fonds consists of materials created or collected by Peter Hawker. This fonds consists of a manuscript biography of Richard Secord
  • a copy of a proclamation "uniting the Provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
  • a copy of the 1918 "Globe and Mail" Winnipeg General Strike edition
  • and other souvenir newspaper editions. There are also maps showing: electric generating systems and stations, dated 1961-1962 and oil and gas fields in Western Canada, dated 1975. There are two books: "John Rowand" and "Fort Edmonton: Fur Trade Entrepot "[warehouse] and special edition anniversary postal envelopes transported by dogsled and York boat.
Hawker, Peter
Parkland County fonds
CA EDM RG-106 · Fonds · 1954 - 1958

This fonds consists of land records and development permits for properties later annexed by the City of Edmonton. Some have correspondence, site plans, or architectural drawings included.

Parkland County
Nicholas D. Beck fonds
CA EDM MS-231 · Fonds · 1893 - 1906

The fonds consists of personal papers of Nicholas Beck, including:

  • 8 pages of Beck's account with John Cameron General Wholesale and Retail, from 9 Feb 1893 to 1 Aug1894 (itemized list with the prices each item)
  • 2 pages of Beck's account with John Cameron General Wholesale and Retail for August & September 1894 (itemized list with the prices each item);
  • 2 cancelled cheques, Imperial Bank of Canada, 1906;
  • employment contract between the Town of Edmonton and Nicholas Beck, as Solicitor and Advocate for the Town of Edmonton, dated 28 Feb 1900.
Beck, Nicholas D.
Nancy Cheyne collection
CA EDM MS-576 · Collection · [1943?]

This fonds consists of a document entitled "Civil Defense Instructions for the City of Edmonton" created in 1943.

Cheyne, Nancy
Louis Day fonds
CA EDM MS-305 · Fonds · 1907 - 1990

The fonds consists of materials created or collected by Louis Day of Edmonton and dating from 1907 to 1990. The fonds consists of correspondence and contracts relating to the purchase of fire fighting equipment for the Edmonton Fire Department between 1907 and 1913, as well as pension and group life insurance arrangements for the Fire Department between 1956 and 1974. The published works include the Fire Department's annual reports to Mayor and Council and reference materials for fire fighting.

Day, Louis