Collection med-366 - Esplanade Archives Unknown Donor collection

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Esplanade Archives Unknown Donor collection

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CA MED med-366

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41 cm of textual records. -- 39 technical drawings. -- 1 map

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The Esplanade Archives was previously part of the Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery.

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The collection consists of: a souvenir postcard album (undated); pamphlet "Alberta's Golden Jubilee" (1956); postcard with five caricatures on the front enclosed in the letters "HENRY" (undated); O.S. blueprint of the Ajax Coal Mine (1961); C.P.R. booklet "General, Train and Interlocking Rules" (1938); booklet "C.P.R. Rules and Regulations" (1893); "Slaon's Handy Hints and Up to Date Cookbook" (1901); magazine article entitled "The World of Women" (1930); booklet "Battle of the Aleutians" (1942-1943); booklet "The Rare Old City of Chester" (undated); magazine article "Start of the Bank of Commerce" (1958); biography of Chief Shot Both Sides (undated); 8 cent coupon from Medicine Hat Coin Club (1968); Cash Meal Tickets from the Redcliff Hotel (undated); milk tickets from the Slesser Dairy (undated); cash quarter purchase from Pingle's Drug Co. (undated); meal ticket from the American Hotel (undated); milk tickets from the Slesser Dairy (undated); programs (3) from "Medicine Hat Centennial Musical" (1967); banquet program from Southern Alberta Pioneer and Old Timers' Association Diamond Jubilee 1883-1943 (1943); program from the Order of Public Worship for the Coronation Service (1937); promotional pamphlet "Medicine Hat Gas City of the West" (ca. 1950); Medicine Hat Telephone Directories (3) (1932, 1939, 1956); Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede Agricultural Prize List (1975); booklets (3) entitled "Original Cooking Recipes" (1924), "How to Cook Vegetables" (1912), and "Home Canning" (1929); Table of Contributions-Unemployment Insurance (undated); biography of Chief Crowfoot, by Albert Hughes (undated); O.S. blueprint of High Pressure Gas System (undated); "My Creed" (1931); transcript of recorded interview with Gabe Leveille (1957); clothing store sale flyer from Eskin and Naimark, Leader, Sask. (1937); Rawleigh's Good Health Guide and Cookbooks (2) (1922, 1927); cumulative record of Judy Gailey (1946-1952); O.S. bound blueprints of Medicine Hat and District (ca. 1915); Seniority List of Telegraphers in Alberta and District (1932); correspondence re: County School Funds (1906); O.S. Cummins Alberta Land Maps (2) #10 and #11; O.S. blueprint of Townships and Sections; biography of Lord Beresford and Lady Flo (1968); O.S. scrapbooks (2) of assorted greeting cards (undated); address book (undated); review entitled "West of Yesterday" (1965); receipt for $80.00 in the name of the Postal Club Association (1918); report and pamphlet entitled "Fort Walsh National Historic Park" (1977); pamphlet entitled "Cypress Hills Massacre (1974); calendar (1917); card from Green Gables Inn (undated); proposal for the Medicine Hat Centennial Centre (1964); O.S. blueprint of the Centennial Museum (1965); signs (2) saying "Notice to Minors" and "Observe The Liquor Act" (undated); programs (2) from the Medicine Hat Operatic Co. for "The Country Girl" (1921); program for the Medicine Hat Amateur Operatic Society for "The Toreador" (1922); order form from the Medicine Hat Baking Co. Ltd. (undated); sight draft notice from the Imperial Bank of Canada, Redcliff Branch (1932); newsletters (10) entitled "The Gergely Gazette" a monthly real estate pamphlet (1978-1979); newspaper supplements (2) of the Medicine Hat News showing photographs (1900); O.S. blank purchase sheets from the Medicine Hat Milling Co. (undated); 50th anniversary brochure of the Redcliff Hotel (1960); booklets (2) entitled "Number of Households at Rural Post Offices and on Rural Routes in the Western Provinces" (1929); agreement for sale of cattle between the Creswell Cattle Co. and Harris Franklin and Co. (1901); O.S. Certificate of Army and Navy Veterans (1918); O.S. Certificate of the Great War Veterans Association (1919); O.S. pictoral history of the N.W.M.P. (1966); O.S. ledger of the C.P.R. (1926-1939); birth registration of Robert Mill Morris (1903); prize list of the Medicine Hat Stampede (1917); modern reproduction of a C.P.R. poster saying "Homeseekers Fares to Western Canada" (undated); postcard of "Milkriver Centennial Cairn" (1965); purchase agreements (3) between Fleming and Turnbull (1911), Fleming and Porter (1911), Rodie and Fleming (1911); sheet music for "Joanne" by Lawrence Bruce (1930), for "It Must Be Love" by George P. Stimson (1939); envelope, note and handwritten dialogue firstly appearing to condemn the Protestant faith from the Roman Catholic perspective; then condemnation of the Roman Catholic Church itself, and ending with a "statement KKK"(author is not known), a Military Training Pamphlet titled "Operations - The Use of Gas in the Field (No. 23 Part V) (1940); St. John's Presbyterian Church Ruby Walker Guild Cookbook (1955), Quota Club Cookbook (1957); blueprints showing subdivisions of Medicine Hat and Ajax Mine (1912-1913, 1939); illustrated map of NWMP RCMP History (undated).

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Gifts of unknown donors, at specified and unspecified dates.

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  • The material is in English.

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Record No. M74.39-.40;M74.52-.60;M74.73;M74.80;M74.93-.96;M74.108-.109;M74.112;M74.114;M74.118;M74.125;M74.128-.129;M74.452;M75.13.1;M76.36.1-.3;M76.26.1;M77.44.1;M77.15.1;M77.17.1;M78.12.1;M78.32.19-.21;M78.38.7;M78.38.14;M78.38.16-.17;M78.40.2B & C;M78.40.3;M78.40.5-.6;M78.41.1;M78.41.4-.5 ;M78.46.1A & B ;M78.46.2;M78.51.1;M78.58.7-.8;M78.58.18;M78.120.1;M78.121.1;M78.122.1-.3;M78.135.1;M78.137.1;M78.141.1-.2;. M79.9.1;M80.10.1-.2;M84.43.9-.18;M85.19.1;M84.3.1;M84.41.1;M88.6.1-.2;M88.73.1;M93.45.1-.2;M2000.3.1;M2000.15.1;M2000.19.1-.2;P 0525<br><br>

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