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Allan Jensen fonds

  • CA MED med-458
  • Fonds
  • 1883-1917

The fonds consists of: a reproduction poster, from a lantern slide housed at the Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery Archives, of a local Stampede poster. Poster reads: "Turn 'er loose" - Medicine Hat Stampede - Wonderful, Exciting, Thrilling - Don't fail to see it. July 10, 11,12, 13, 1917," Manufactured by the Kansas City Slide Co. (1917); CPR "Men Wanted" poster. Reads: "Men Wanted! A number of Men will be wanted by the undersigned during the grading season this year on west end of Canadian Pacific Railway. Wages will be $1.50 per day, Board $4.50 per week, During the Summer Months for good, able-bodied, steady men. Apply on the work at end of track, now near Cypress Hills, about 600 miles west of Winnipeg. Langdon, Shepard and Co. , Contractors - End of Track, April 20th, 1883" (1883); images of early views of Medicine Hat.

Jensen, Allan

Anderson, Erikson, Ibbitson family fonds

  • CA MED med-24
  • Fonds
  • 1917-2008

The fonds consists of: baptismal certificate for Leonard Anderson (1919); CPR Pension Booklet (1936); CPR Seniority List (1938); biographies of Anderson, Erickson, and Ibbitson families; covering letter addressed to Myra Anderson from the Canadian Pacific Archives regarding information on the Walsh C.P.R. station (1993); World War I documents regarding Stanley Ibbitson (1917-1919); thank you note from Buckingham Palace; autobiography of Stanley Ibbitson (7 pgs) (1976); Walsh history book research materials including correspondence (1934), Ibbitson family information by Marion Williams and edited by Myra Anderson, rural cemetery information, CPR station deaths of George Duburga and James Calkins, and copied Cummins Alberta land maps, an LID map of the southwestern portion of Saskatchewan (copies), a MHSD #4 map of sub division No. 2 (undated), photocopy of MH News page titled Medicine Hat Service Men's Honor Roll listing military personnel who served in WW II (June 30, 1942); history of the Salvation Army at Medicine Hat by Dorothy Linfield (1935); history titled Medicine Hat Corps - Corps History written by L.B. (1983); booklet titled 100th Anniversary of The Salvation Army in Medicine Hat (July 1999); travel brochure titled Sunny Alberta Canada Holiday Guide (April 1955); travel brochure titled This Is Alberta Canada (ca. 1950's); images of various views of Medicine Hat and the Anderson family; a book about the history of Grace Lutheran Chuch and a 50th Anniversary Pictorial Directory of Grace Lutheran Church (1953 - 2003); transcribed letter from P.J Omera (1934); photo of and article about 49th parallel marker from 1872 found in 1983.

Erikson( family)

Anderson, Sanderson family fonds

  • CA MED med-155
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1880]-2001

The fonds consists of: a family history entitled "The Anderson's, A Hudson Bay Co. Family" by Theresa Schenk, (60 pgs) ([ca. 1985]); "Notes on the John and Donald McKay Families", (12 pgs) (1986); Book 1, 2, & 3 of the Anderson Family Tree (1985); biographical articles re: Dr. James Owen Gresham Sanderson (1963-1964); images of the Anderson and Sanderson families, ranching scenes and general life at the turn of the century; audio cassettes: an interview with Duncan Sanderson (1954), an interview with Bertha Hogg (1989), and a recording of Howard Anderson's funeral service (2000); 1 videotape cassette featuring an interview with Jim & Howard Anderson, Nelson Hogg, and Dora Kirk (1989). 4 video cassettes recorded by family relation Jim Lavers interviewing: Howard & Winnie Anderson, Nelson & Sharon Hogg, Dora Kirk. Also old time music is performed by various family members. Typed summary of the above 4 videocassettes. Contains photos of various Hogg and Anderson and Sanderson family members playing music in their homes and at events. Two oral histories counducted by Nelson Hogg; one is with his mother Bertha Hogg, the other with his aunt Bella Anderson Sanderson. Winnie Anderson's handwritten account regarding a girl that went missing from Dunmore in 1895, Prairie Rattler news article- "Dunmore Mystery of the 1800s"(1972); 2 grand Ole Opry tickets.

Anderson (family)

Arthur Henry Kyle fonds

  • CA MED med-355
  • Fonds
  • 1914-1921

The fonds consists of: assorted receipts (31) issued to A.H. Kyle, a C.P.R. Engineer, from insurance companies, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, Medicine Hat General Hospital, Hewitt & Black Limited, and City of Medicine Hat Utilities (1914-1921).

Kyle, Arthur Henry

Bomford-Small family fonds

  • CA MED med-696
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1880-1952]

The fonds consists of images of family members, Medicine Hat at the turn of the century and the 1908 train wreck.

Bomford (family)

Brian Bertram fonds

  • CA MED med-51
  • Fonds
  • 1946

The fonds consists of: one City of Medicine Hat license (No. 9832), issued to Paul Brosnikoff to act as "Common Carrier" with one team of horses (1946).

Bertram, Brian

Brian Gale fonds

  • CA MED med-88
  • Fonds
  • Photocopied in 1990 (originally created 1990)

The fonds consists of: script of the play "The Ghost Train of Medicine Hat" (9 pgs) (1990).

Gale, Brian

Briggs family fonds

  • CA MED 794
  • Fonds
  • [1910 - 1968]

The fonds consist of: various personal correspondence & ephemera belonging to James Briggs (1910-1936); various correspondence and ephemera regarding the Greyhound Bus Line operated out of Medicine Hat (1934-1950); various correspondence and documents regarding James Arthur Briggs and his timed served during the Second World War (WWII) (1942-1946); various legal documents such as Last Will and Testaments, marriage certificates, and birth certificates (1910-1936); various correspondence relating to the Medicine Hat Public Library Board (1960-1968); newspaper clippings; 2 scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings; 5 photo albums; 6 photographs.

Briggs (family)

Bruce Herring fonds

  • CA MED med-440
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1942] - 1964

The fonds consists of: an educational wartime board game titled "Carrying the Tools to Britain" produced by the CBC ([ca. 1942]); two 2-sided OS maps of The World and the Western Hemisphere; and Central Europe and Canada and Great Britain ([ca. 1942]); and a historical map of Canada (1964).

Herring, Bruce

Canadian Pacific Railway Company fonds

  • CA MED med-311
  • Fonds
  • 1885-1977

The fonds consists of: trainsmen wage tickets (1938-1950); box car ledgers (1941-1945); ledgers of trainsmen's earnings (1944); ledgers of C.P.R. passenger and freight totals (1945-1949); ledgers of C.P.R. train schedules and weights (1945-1946); C.P.R. tariffs (1911-1949); C.P.R. regulations (1916-1942); C.P.R. timetable (1950); miscellaneous forms (1949-1951); Canadian Pacific Railway freight delivery/receipt book listing date of shipment, number of packages, weight, and fees and associated charges (no names of customers are listed) (November 1904 - July 1905) (M2001.13.1); 1 videotape cassette showing a 1910 promotional silent film for the CPR (1910); history booklets entitled "100-Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" relating the history of the Canadian Pacific Railway on a national scale. Images of CPR engines, crews, repair workshops are also included.

Canadian Pacific Railway

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