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William Pearce family fonds

  • GLEN glen-1833
  • Fonds
  • 1885-1975, predominant 1888-1975

The fonds consists of William's correspondence, building plans, and financial statements related to the funding and construction of the Calgary General Hospital (1890-1903); his articles on the Riel Rebellion, National Parks, irrigation, CPR, and oil; report to the Economic and Development Commission on development of the West (1916); a genealogy of the Pearce family; architectural plans for the Pearce home (1888); survey plan of proposed irrigation ditch (1896); and various family certificates, invitations, programs, newsclippings and photographs of the family and the west. Includes Harry Pearce's will and collected articles about his father, as well as seven original watercolour Christmas cards (1895-1901) sent to him by his father.

Pearce, William (family)

William Pitman fonds

  • GLEN glen-1870
  • Fonds
  • 1892-1914

The fonds consists of family and business photographs, and a copy of William Pitman's will (1914).

Pitman, William

William R. Curtis fonds

  • GLEN glen-3149
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1942-1973]

The fonds consists of military records and programs from Ontario and Alberta; booklets and programs from Calgary Highlanders; and course notes from Alberta Emergency Measures School.

Curtis, William R.

William Reader fonds

  • GLEN glen-1921
  • Fonds
  • 1908-1940

The fonds consists of photographs and slides of Calgary, Alpine Club activities, Calgary parks and cemeteries, mountains, Horticultural Society activities, and the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Connaught. Includes chart of Calgary precipitation and temperatures (1915-1940); plans by Reader for gardens at the EP Ranch (1923); and postcard of the interior of Pro-Cathedral decorated for Christmas (1926).

Reader, William

William Roper Hull fonds

  • GLEN glen-1243
  • Fonds
  • 1879-1986

The fonds consists of agreements and specifications for the Grain Exchange building; floor plans of the Hull house; a partnership agreement with F.G. Topp; miscellaneous correspondence, invitations, greeting cards and certificates; and brief biographies. Includes a promotional leaflet for the Chipman Ranch.

Hull, William Roper

William S. Carter fonds

  • GLEN glen-606
  • Fonds
  • 1926-1970, predominant 1928-1940

The fonds consists of photographs taken while serving in the NWT: RCMP detachments, activities and personalities, Slaveys, Inuit, a treaty payment at Fort Rae (Treaty 11), Roman Catholic missions, dog sleds, drying fish, and the RCMP schooner "St. Roch" (1928-1940). Includes photograph of Carter in uniform (1926) and a letter by Carter describing the Albert Johnson hunt (1970).

Carter, William S.

William S. McWilliams fonds

  • GLEN glen-2891
  • Fonds
  • 1905-1919

The fonds consists of ranch records and personal papers; and photographs of ranch.

McWilliams, William S.

William S. Park fonds

  • GLEN glen-3661
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1914-1926]

The fonds consists of three images of the Lacombe Home in Midnapore, Alberta: a view of the building; a view of the interior of the chapel; and a group portrait of young pupils and nuns.

Park, William S.

William Shearer fonds

  • GLEN glen-2091
  • Fonds
  • 1879-1929

The fonds consists of marriage certificates and contract, will, miscellaneous correspondence and personal papers; and photographs of the graduates of Presbyterian College (1879), small Alberta towns and churches (1911-1913), Central Collegiate football team and commerce class (1913-1915) and Thomas Shearer surveying near Banff (1913). Also consists of photocopies of diaries and notebooks regarding his ministerial work (1887-1888, 1910-1914, 1919-1926).

Shearer, William

William Stanley Bates fonds

  • GLEN glen-208
  • Fonds
  • 1896-1948, predominant 1910-1948.

The fonds consists of architectural plans for approximately 100 buildings, and correspondence, specifications, contracts, tenders and account book related to his architectural work. (There are no plans for the Grain Exchange.);RECORDS RELATED TO THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS ARE ALSO IN THIS FONDS. SEE INVENTORY FOR DETAILS: CALGARY BUILDING PROJECTS: Anderson apartments, Argyle court, Bank of Montreal (main and branches), Beveridge-Travis building, Bole Drug warehouse, Bowness school, Burns building, Calgary Albertan, Calgary Golf and Country Club clubhouse, Canada Life building, Canadian Army barracks, Canadian Bank of Commerce, Canadian Fairbanks Morse building, Clarendon block, Costello apartments, Crescent Heights Baptist church, Elbow View Motel, Elma (Lineham) building, Holland Canada Mortgage Co., Hope (Hunt) block, Imperial Bank of Canada, Jenkins Groceteria, Lancaster (Mackie) building, Lawrence Lodge (Lundy block), Merchants Bank of Canada, National Drug Co., Pro-Cathedral, Pryce-Jones Canada Ltd., Roxboro building, St. Edmund's church, St. Joseph's church, St. Mary's Boys school, St. Mary's church, St. Michael's church, Sacred Heart convent, Safeway store, skating rink, swimming pool, C.D. Taprell store, Toole, Peet & Co., Toronto General Trusts building, West Mount Pleasant church, and Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) building. CALGARY HOUSES: Garrington M. Firmstone, Dr. William E. Graham, William Roper Hull (bungalows), R.H. Jenkins, J.R. Jeynes, Mrs. A.M. King, Charles R. Latimer, Rev. Alexander McTaggart, Frederick E. Osborne, Aloysius G. Plunkett, G. Romanes, E.M. Saunders (garage), A. Judson Sayre, James E. Varley, William Legh Walsh, and James H. Woods. BUILDINGS IN OTHER LOCATIONS: Loretto (Allner) building (Drumheller), Bank of Montreal (High River, Medicine Hat, Oakville), Blood Indian reserve church (Cardston), Carstairs hotel, Holland Canada Mortgage residence (Moose Jaw), Imperial Bank of Canada (Cranbrook and Crossfield), Kermaria Convent (Pincher Creek), Rocky Mountain House town offices, and Whitehouse Hotel (Drumheller). ARCHITECTS: Brown and Vallance, George Fordyce, Charles Hay, Langley and Howard, F.J. Lawson, Leonard W. Meanwell, Frances Rattenbury, and James C. Teague.

Bates, William Stanley

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