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The fonds consists of correspondence, memoranda, reports, agreements, registers, lists, ledgers, plans, drawings, and photographic prints documenting all of the Department's functions except housing. The records are arranged into six series by functional area:;Series I. Administration Files. Series II. Tax Recovery Files. Series III. Sales Files. Series IV. Acquisitions Files. Series V. Property Management Files. Series VI. Development Files. These series have various sub-series under each according to the subject, type of document or arrangement in a filing system. Some of the sub-series posses no identifiable arrangement where as others are arranged alphabetically or chronologically. Between 1963 and 1964, the Land Division introduced a new system for filing its records. Block numbering classifications for sales (8-000), acquisitions (7-000), tax recovery, and development were assigned. The arranging archivist has assigned arbitrary file numbers to the files. Where original file numbers existed, these have been listed as well. Oversize plans have been placed in map cabinets and are identified by a M000nnn number. Photographic prints are identified by a PP000nnn number.

The fonds consists of the City Solicitor's records, as opposed to the records of other divisions within the department as it is currently structured. Most of the records were part of a single central filing system with nine series, numbered 1-9. Each of these series used the same sort of file coding system which is discussed below as part of each of the series descriptions. The records described in this inventory reflect the general legal work which has always been carried on by the City Solicitor and the Law Department. This is the work that is now done by the Law Division of the department. The Archives does not hold any records from the Claims Division or the Insurance Division. General Subject Files (6 series in the Law Department's filing system) comprise the largest portion of the Law Department records in the Archives. These records reflect the general work of the City Solicitor and his department over a period of more than fifty years and subjects reflect a broad range of internal and external issues. Subsequent series are much smaller. The litigation files (1 series) are case files of the City Solicitor and his staff relating to lawsuits in which The City was involved. The extent of these records in the Archives reflects only a small portion of litigation files created over time. Many more remain in semi- active storage. For more information regarding the City of Calgary, Law Department scope/content information, please link to the City of Calgary Archives homepage and click on the "fonds level descriptions" link.

The fonds consists of correspondence and building permit registers of the Planning and Building Department. Series I: General Correspondence, 1952-1981, predominant 1960-1981. To provide information and advice to City Council, the Board of Commissioners and other civic bodies regarding matters of planning, development and construction. To prepare policy proposals on planning, development and construction. To enforce provincial and municipal legislation related to planning, development and construction. Series II: Director's office correspondence, 1974-1982. To supervise the operation of the Planning and Building Department. Series III: General Managers Files, 1970-1981. To supervise the land development process and to implement Council's policies related to planning. Series IV: Building regulations correspondence, 1964-1981. To manage the activities of the Building Regulations Division. Series V: Buildings Permit Registers, 1945-1970. To register the building permit applications. Series VI: Zoning Correspondence, 1942-1964, predominant 1958-1961. To document the applications for amendments to the zoning by-laws of Calgary, Forest Lawn, Montgomery. Bowness and Midnapore. To document the activities of the Zoning By-law Enforcement Officer appointed by the Planning Department. Series VII: Urban Renewal Files, 1966-1975. To manage the urban renewal program. Series VIII: City and community planning files, 1964-1985. To provide research and advice on planning matters. Series X: Land use and miscellaneous maps, 1934-1978, predominant 1972-1978. To describe actual, proposed or allowed land use. Series XI: Artificial series, 1945-1981, predominant 1972-1981. No specific function is described in this series as it has been artificially assembled by the archivist.

The fonds consists of records from several different civic departments and offices dating as far back as the 1880s. These are among the earliest records held at the City of Calgary Archives. The collection was created through a unique custodial history: they were retrieved from a garbage truck after The City disposed of them, and were preserved at the Glenbow Archives. Before construction began on the Civic Administration Building in 1960 and 1961, some civic records were stored in one of the City-owned buildings east of City Hall. When the buildings were emptied to prepare for demolition, a City employee observed workers removing old records and throwing them into a garbage truck. The employee phoned the archivist at the Glenbow, Hugh Dempsey. Dr. Dempsey went immediately to the scene, went into the building and looked at the records on the shelf. Most were in Shannon boxes, and they dated back to the 1880s. He asked the foreman to delay the work so he could take a look through the files. The foreman responded that he had no authority to do so, but agreed to let Dr. Dempsey do whatever he wanted while the men went on coffee break. Dr. Dempsey worked as methodically as he could, selecting boxes simply by the label on the side of the box, tossing the ones he selected from the truck onto the ground. The men took a long break, but when they returned they finished loading and drove off to the dump. Dr. Dempsey took everything he saved back to the Glenbow, and this material became known as the City of Calgary Papers. Sue Baptie of the Glenbow Archives processed the records and produced an inventory in 1970. Series I: Consists of City Council Minutes, 1884-1897. Series II: Consists of petitions to the Mayor and Council, 1884-1897. Series III: Consists of financial records, including assessment and taxation records, 1886-1925. Series IV: Consists of the City Solicitor's files, 1905-1928. Series V: Consists of the City Engineer's correspondence, 1924-1930. Series VI: Consists of the City Comptroller's correspondence, 1925-1941. Series VII: Consists of licence Department records, 1906-1951. Series VIII: Consists of building permit ledger, 1907-1913. Series IX: Consists of those records whose provenance could not be clearly identified, as well as single files from various departments of offices that did not warrant being designated a series unto themselves.

The fonds consists of records from the Parks and Recreation Department which reflect a wide range of responsibilities held by the Department over time including correspondence files, annual reports, financial records, reports, minutes, and publications. The records date from 1905 to 1981, with material from the 1960s and 1970s predominating. For more information regarding the City of Calgary, Parks & Recreation Department scope/content information, please link to the City of Calgary Archives homepage and click on the "fonds level descriptions" link.

The fonds consists of correspondence, memoranda, reports, mechanical drawings, maps, and photographs. This inventory describes the records of the Director's Office and the Traffic Operations Division. It also includes the records generated by the traffic operations function while it was part of the Engineering Department, and the earlier records of the Traffic Engineering Department and the Traffic Division of the Engineering Department. For more information regarding the City of Calgary, Transportation Department scope/content information, please link to the City of Calgary Archives homepage and click on the "fonds level descriptions" link.

The collection consists of a postcard print depicting a Calgary Stampede Chuckwagon race.

The collection consists of sealed Centennial souvenir stamps (two pages) and one booklet of stamps and text.

The collection consists of a hexagonal shaped metal (bronze?) license, number 888 for a "Double Dray", 1912. A dray was a low, heavy cart.

The collection consists of an 8x10 black & white framed photograph of Glenmore Water Supply employees.