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Isaac Sanford Freeze fonds

  • GLEN glen-989
  • Archief
  • 1883-1921

The fonds consists of personal letters to his wife, and family photographs. The letters were written to his wife Evelyn in New Brunswick, before she came to Calgary to join him. The letters describe his trip across Canada, his early life in Calgary, the establishment of his grocery store, and the arrival of the railway to Calgary (page 32). Some letters are missing pages.

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Boorne and May fonds

  • GLEN glen-281
  • Archief
  • 1883-1907

The fonds consists of traveller's sample book of photographs of mountain scenes, the British Columbia interior, CPR points and railway bridges, tunnels, trains and workers (1889). Includes photographs of native people and a Blood sun dance (1887); of May, his wife, family and ranch (1885-1907); of Boorne, his Manitoba homestead, and the Calgary studio; and experimental photographs (1883-1884). Includes his article, "With the Savages in the Far West", published in the Canadian Photographic Journal, 1893. Also includes a diary of Boorne's cousin Ernest May (1897).

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Charles S. Noble fonds

  • GLEN glen-1759
  • Archief
  • 1886-1986, predominant 1912-1969

The fonds consists of biographical, personal and family papers (1886-1982); records about the establishment and promotion of the Noble Foundation (1912-1921); material compiled in 1957 by Glenbow staff member O.S. Longman about the Noble Foundation, Cameron Ranch, Sir Roderick W. Cameron, etc.(1913-1957); Noble Farms records including correspondence about farming operations, and the development, manufacture, patenting and marketing of the Noble Cultivator ((1933-1940); Noble Cultivators Ltd. patent records, promotional literature, patent infringement correspondence, financial ledgers, employee timesheets, and films (directed by Carly Stewart) featuring Noble agricultural implements (1937-1986). Includes extensive photographs of agricultural activities on the Cameron Ranch and Grandview Farm, the farm implements factory, family members, and Nobleford (aerial views).
Records related to the following subjects are also in this fonds. See inventory for details: agricultural machinery, Alberta Pacific Grain Company, Sir Roderick W. Cameron, Annie Delameter, George W. Gareau, Robert Gratz, R.J. Hutchings, John Deere Plow Company, Johnson Farm Machine Company (Barons), Ralph Kooy, Lethbridge Iron Works, Matthews Manufacturing Co. (Red Deer), Oscar A. Olson, Perfection Machine Works (Calgary), Riverside Iron Works (Calgary), Ralph and Daisy Vennum, and Victory Equipment Company (Lethbridge).

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Taylor Signs Ltd. fonds

  • GLEN glen-2245
  • Archief
  • 1886-1961

The fonds consists of designs and sketches, samples, pricelists, cashbook (photocopy only), photographs of signs and buildings, and catalogues. Includes some personal papers of George and Ernest Taylor.
Sketches of signs for the following businesses are in this fonds. See inventory for details and a more comprehensive list: Alexander News Stand, Calgary Clothing Co., Canadian Fairbanks Morse Co., Carlton Cafe, Grunwald Hotel, King George Hotel, Matthew's Music House, Ruth Beautifiers, Strand Cigar Store, and White House Ice Cream Parlour.

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Richardson family fonds

  • CA MED 744
  • Archief
  • 1886-1952

Fonds consists of: map of tourist areas of interest (ca. 1965); copies of Cradle Roll Certificates for Harold Bertram Richardson and Melvin Fraser Richardson (1915); two examples of artwork from D. Richardson and Jack Richardson (1915-1920); one scrapbook page of photographs and bakery receipts (1940?); copy of two drawings from D. S. Richardson (1926); Richardson's Bakery calendar (1959); Richardson's Bakery Cheese Bread Advertisement (undated).

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Byron Harmon fonds

  • GLEN glen-1126
  • Archief
  • 1887-1949, predominant 1900s-1920s

The fonds consists of photographs of Banff and area including bridges, buildings, businesses, institutions, personalities, events, and sports activities and clubs. Includes photographs of Alberta mountains (1930s), and of Calgary (1910-1926).

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Queenstown collection

  • CA MILO QTN
  • Collectie
  • 1887 - ?

Around 1887, an Irish surveyor planned to organize a colonization company in the Snake Valley, and he named his chosen site Queenstown, after his birthplace in Ireland. Of the 3 settlers who came with him in 1889, only Mr William Brown stayed in the area. By 1907, he and his family had been joined by several other homesteaders, including Willard F. Durston, Nels Nelson and Peder Solis, and within a year there was an official Post Office and the area’s first school, Queenstown School District #1798.

When the railway came through the area in 1926, the CPR was unable to make a deal with the landowner of their preferred depot location. The station was instead built a few miles north and west of the existing school, and the community that sprang up beside it became the village of Queenstown. The school building was moved to the south edge of the town site and expanded to two rooms, and by 1931 the population of the ‘unincorporated hamlet’ had grown to 125. The streets were graded and in good condition, and amenities included restaurants, hardware and general stores; a hotel, barber shop, bank, and butcher; garage, lumber yard, and implement dealership. The post-war years saw the addition of several shops and services, including a branch of the Royal Canadian Legion and a small community lending library. An important contributor to the town and the surrounding area was the Queenstown Seed Cleaning Plant, which opened in 1960.

When Queenstown School closed in 1952, much of the town’s industry relocated to Milo and other communities. A few businesses struggled on, but within a decade they, too, had closed. While some of the buildings were repurposed, such as the Bank building which was moved to Rocky Buttes to serve as a school room, Queenstown’s main street became a virtual ghost town. The abandoned buildings fell into a state of such disrepair, in 1971 the Women’s Institute petitioned Vulcan County to see to their demolition. A large hole was dug and the smaller buildings were bulldozed into it, and then burned. The larger buildings along Main Street were burned, with their rubble then bulldozed into the hole. The grain elevators remained in use until rail service was discontinued in the late 1990s; the Queenstown Seed Cleaning Plant continued operating in its original facility until it was rebuilt near Milo in 1993.

The collection consists of minute books, correspondence, financial information, photographs, a hand-drawn map, a photocopied 1931 insurance survey map and report regarding the village of Queenstown.

The collection has been divided into the following series: Community Hall, Hotel, School, Seed Cleaning Plant, Women’s Institute, Maps.

Jack Barrie fonds

  • CA MED med-40
  • Archief
  • 1889-1990

Fonds consists of: numerous subject and biography files containing transcripts, articles and historical documents on numerous individuals, institutions, industries, and events relevant to southeast Alberta and Southwest Saskatchewan; correspondence and other administrative records related to his participation with author Ed Gould in the writing of “All Hell for a Basement”; notebooks related to thoughts, interviews, and observances on various subjects; various brochures and small publications on this region; notes etc. of speeches and talks; personal papers related to Mr. Barrie’s artistic endeavours as well as his time working for Eaton’s; notebooks and other documents regarding his involvement with the Medicine Hat Art Club; administrative records regarding the Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery of which he served as curator; area maps of the region, dating from the 1880s to the 1980s; and approximately 500 photographs taken by, or gathered by Mr. Barrie in the conducting of numerous research projects, including scrapbooks and a photo album created by Charles Anderson (previously Charles Kraus) highlighting Medicine Hat’s contributions during the First World War.

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Robertson family fonds

  • GLEN glen-1971
  • Archief
  • 1890-1985, predominant 1928-1985.

The fonds consists of a William's business and property records (1890-1934); Nellie's newspaper clippings about the Calgary Women's Hostel, Samaritan Club and the family (1921-1935); William and Nellie's letters of condolence on deaths of children (1892, 1905); Don's business records regarding oil and gas, real estate, restaurants and clothing stores (1914-1985); and Don's family correspondence, memberships, and will (1917-1980).

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I-XL Industries Limited fonds

  • CA MED med-9
  • Archief
  • [ca. 1890]-2006

Fonds consists of business records of various companies that evolved into I-XL Industries. For the following, years stated represent the range to which the records represent rather than the operating years of the entity. Companies include: Purmal Brick Company Limited (1907-1920), Medicine Hat Brick Company (1913-1914) , Gas City Brick Company (1916-1925), Medicine Hat Brick and Tile (1925-1984), Redcliff Pressed Brick (1913-1916), Gas City Clay Products(1921), Ross Clay Products (1920), and Redcliff Premier Brick Company (1939-1982), as well as I-XL Industries (1948-1990).
Records include: stock information; annual reports; financial records; correspondence, including that regarding assets and sales; description of operations; histories, legal documents, including an affidavit; catalogues and price lists plus other promotional materials; articles, blueprints including plants and a proposed Alberta-Hudson Bay Railway line; media clippings; photographs of equipment and operations.

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