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Edmonton Zoological Society fonds

  • CA EDM MS-104
  • Fonds
  • 1961 - 1973

The fonds consists of records of the Edmonton Zoological Society including correspondence, financial statements, and minutes of meetings.
File List:
File 1. Correspondence – general. Includes list of officers and directors. 1960-1973
File 2. Correspondence – Edmonton Zoo Advisory Board. Includes news clippings. 1966-1969
File 3. Financial statements. 1961-1967
File 4. Financial records. 1962-1970
File 5. Cheque stubs, deposit slips. 1961-1966

Edmonton Zoological Society

Isabel Perrin collection

  • CA EDM MS-105
  • Collection
  • 1899, 1927

The collection consists of a brochure (2 copies) for the "Patriotic Day Service" for Edmonton schools, held Thursday June 30, 1927 to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of the Confederation of Canada.
The collection also includes a set of books – ‘The Principles and Practice of Modern House-Construction (1899) Including Water-Supply and Fittings-Sanitary Fittings and Plumbing-Drainage and Sewage-Disposal-Warming Ventilation-Lighting-Sanitary Aspects of Furniture and Decoration-Climate and Situation Stables-Sanitary Law’ (6 volumes – 690 SUT).

Perrin, Isabel

Royalty collection

  • CA EDM MS-106
  • Collection
  • 1912 - 1959

The collection consists of commemorative programmes, pamphlets, and souvenirs, related to the British Royal family including coronations and Royal visits to Edmonton.

File List
File 1: Fan - Greater Edmonton, Souvenir of the Royal Visit of Their Royal Highnesses, 1912.

File 2: Christmas Greetings - Card with salutation from Flora McCrea Eaton - Painting by Frank O. Salisbury, "The Heart of the Empire" with a separate page key to the official Picture of the Jubilee Service at St. Paul's, 1936.

File 3: Programme - The Coronation of Their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, May 12th, 1937 - Official Programme, Issued by Edmonton Coronation Celebration Committee, 1937.

File 4: The Royal Visit to Alberta, 1939:
~ pamphlet – The Royal Visit, Edmonton Alberta, Songs for Everyone,
~ newspaper – Radio Flashes, “Their Majesties – God Bless ‘em”,
~ booklet – Royal Visit Pictorial Review Commemorating the Alberta Visit of their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth,
~ booklet – The Royal Visit 1939,
~ booklet – Pictorial Souvenir of the Royal Visit to Canada,
~ booklet – Official Souvenir of the visit to Calgary of Their Majesties, The King and Queen, May 26, 1939.

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Kathleen Waddell fonds

  • CA EDM MS-1060
  • Fonds
  • 1915, 1943 - 1945

The fonds consists predominantly of records from Kathleen Waddell’s time in the Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service. They include one menu card for the Christmas Dinner 1943 of HMCS Stadacona and photographs of Kathleen as a Wren (EA-557-1 to EA-557-11).
There are also photographs of the 1915 flood of the North Saskatchewan River taken by Kathleen’s father, Robert Waddell (EA-557-12 to EA-557-14).

Waddell, Kathleen

Hazel Rutherford McCuaig fonds

  • CA EDM MS-107
  • Fonds
  • 1899 - 1976

The fonds consists of materials created or collected by Hazel McCuaig. It includes correspondence, a scrapbook collection containing news clippings on members of the Northern Alberta Pioneers' and Old Timers' Association and other prominent people and places in Alberta's history, brochures and programs relating to historical groups and cultural events in Edmonton and Strathcona. The photographs include the Rutherford home, Edmonton and district buildings, events, family members and friends as well as a military panorama (EA-82, EA-10-353, EA-10-2251). There are also maps and books on Edmonton and one watercolour drawing of McKay Avenue School (EAA-92-1).

McCuaig, Hazel Rutherford

H. Jack Conway fonds

  • CA EDM MS-1070
  • Fonds
  • 1941-1977

The fonds consists of photographs of Edmonton buildings and street scenes taken by Jack Conway.

Conway, H. Jack

Edmonton Bulletin fonds

  • CA EDM MS-1071
  • Fonds
  • 1911, 1947-1951

The fonds consists of photos taken by Eric Bland for the Edmonton Bulletin in the last five years of the Bulletin’s existence (April 1947-January 1951) (EA-600). The photos include Edmonton personalities, accidents, events, clubs and societies, buildings (including churches, schools and hospitals), commerce, industry, transportation and military.
The fonds also includes images used in the publication 'Edmonton Bulletin Special Edition 1911' (EB-26). This publication gave a history of Edmonton to that point. The photographs include people, houses, buildings businesses, street scenes, bridges and transportation.

Edmonton Bulletin

David Mellec collection

  • CA EDM MS-108
  • Collection
  • [ca. 1910]

The collection consists of two tickets from Edmonton’s first movie theatre, the Bijou Theatre (John Hazza – Manager).
The Bijou Theatre, located at 10134 – 101 Street, opened around 1910. It was remodeled in 1938 with plans designed by the architectural firm Rule, Wynn, Rule and reopened at the Rialto Theatre. The Bijou theatre closed around 1987.

Mellec, David

Bishop Henry Allen Gray fonds

  • CA EDM MS-1083
  • Fonds
  • 1983, original created [ca. 1900]-[ca. 1931]

The fonds consists of copies of photos from the Gray family photo album.
The photographs include photos of the Gray family, including Bishop Gray in his professional capacity, as well as local Boy Scouts and All Saints’ Anglican Cathedral.

Gray, Henry Allen

John D. Ellinger fonds

  • CA EDM MS-1085
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1915], 1919

The fonds consists of military photographs including the Officers of the 66th Overseas Battalion in 1915 and the 49th Battalion’s return to Edmonton in 1919.

Ellinger, John D.

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