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Calgary Board of Education Centres Aerial View

The item consists of a photograph of an aerial view of the Calgary Board of Education Centres;photograph was taken from the air at 6th Avenue and Macleod Trail, S.E., Calgary;Stamped in black on the verso is "Property of City Clerk, Oct 1/70, EB, Kindly Return;photograph appears to have been taken duing the spring or summer of 1970;Written in pencil on the verso "School Education Centres;Other buildings of note in this photo include Cathedral Church of the Redeemer, Fire Hall No. 1, part of the NW Traveller's Building, the Cecil Hotel, and the various buildings which were replaced by Rocky Mountain Plaza. The Bow River, Langevin Bridge are also in view, as well as construction of the YWCA

Edmond Francis Purcell fonds

  • GLEN glen-1906
  • Fonds
  • 1911, 1932, 1969

The fonds consists of a 1969 interview about his experiences in Alberta and Manitoba, including stories about R.B. Bennett and Nellie McClung (one of the Famous Five [Famous 5]); a photograph of the Brooks general store (ca. 1911); and a copy of the 1932 Conservative Party Blue Book.

Purcell, Edmund Francis

William Berry family fonds

  • GLEN glen-245
  • Fonds
  • 1856-1964, predominant 1909-1964

The fonds consists of George's correspondence, receipts, legal records, and insurance policies; Ada's correspondence with her children, her short stories and poems; George and Ada's family photographs (1901-1916); Herbert's school work books, notes, exams, military certificates, notebooks and photographs (primarily of Canadian military hospital on Lemnos); Hugh's farm correspondence, receipts, legal records, school reports, political material, and postcards; A. Gladys' correspondence, receipts, and legal records; P. Harold Morgan's insurance policies and irrigation and farm prices notebook; and H. William's contest entries. Includes correspondence, account books and sales agreement of the Strathmore Hardware Co. (1911-1924); Strathmore Sorosis Society minutes and correspondence (1934); Gleichen Conservative Constituency Association minute book (1958-1962); Oat Huller Coop agreements and receipts (1943-1945); Chinook Yellowknife Gold Syndicate agreements, minutes, correspondence and receipts (1946-1948); and Wheatland Weather Modification Association minutes and agreement (1962). Also includes one file of Henry Guy Stanger Cole's legal papers (1914).
Records related to the following subjects are also in this fonds. See inventory for details: Alberta Associated Oil Fields Ltd., Alberta Hail Suppression Association, Alberta Steam Laundry Co., R.B. Bennett, Bow River Conservative Association, Crowfoot High Spirits Club, Arthur Dowse, Richard Garnett, George H. Gooderham, Heppner brothers, Spence Hughes, Lakeside Collieries, Isobel McNaughton, Pembina Coal Co., Pincher Creek Club, E.W. Pust, Frederic Remington, Victor Sifton, Strathmore Agricultural Society, Frank E. Sugden, Cecil Townshend, Joseph Van Tighem, Jack Waddy, and Eldon Woolliams.

Berry (family)

Ernest Watkins' R.B. Bennett Research collection

  • GLEN glen-2376
  • Collection
  • 1963

The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, and radio broadcasts of R.B. Bennett (1890-1947). Includes manuscript notes (1963) by E. Watkins.
Records related to the following subjects are also in this collection. See inventory for details: Conservative party, Bank of Canada, Lord Beaverbrook (Max Aitken), John E. Brownlee, Lord Byng of Vimy, Canadian Navy, C.O. Card, John Diefenbaker, George A. Drew, elections, Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, Charles F. Harris, Frederick Haultain, George A. Ings, William Lyon Mackenzie King, labour camps, League of Nations, James A. Lougheed, Massey Harris Co., Arthur Meighen, radio broadcasts, Reconstruction Party, Canadian Red Cross, Regina riot, St. Lawrence Seaway, Social Credit, H.H. Stevens, and USA-Canada relations.

Watkins, Ernest

Several linemen on power lines.

Items consist of one negative, one original print and one contact print showing the rubber insulating blankets. Title is taken from the subject matter of the photograph;Linemen covered some of the power lines with rubber insulating material in order to protect themselves from accidental electrical contact;85mm negative located in Box 08, Bay 222, Shelf 05

Gust Family fonds

  • CA MED 817
  • Fonds
  • (1900-1960)

Scrapbook contents regarding the accomplishments of Lillian Gust as well as the Gust grocery stores. Two pages of biographical information regarding Samuel and Lillian Gust, written by daughter, Frances Woywitka (nee Gust). A report drafted by Lillian Gust to the Quota Club, after her attendance at a conference in Victoria as a delegate. Newspaper Clipping: "Ald. Gust Discusses Govt. Career Women". Student paper: "Women of the Medicine Hat City Council". A framed Medicine Hat Chapter Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire certificate made out to Frances Gust.

Gust (family)

John James Bowlen fonds

  • GLEN glen-299
  • Fonds
  • 1893-1959, predominant 1903-1959

The fonds consists of family correspondence and personal papers; agricultural correspondence; legal records; receipts; account books (1912-1917, 1929, 1930); diaries (1923, 1934-1947); correspondence of official Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) and Lieutenant-Governor duties; political and Liberal party correspondence (1922-1959); speeches; CBC board of governors correspondence (1947-1949); City of Calgary Library Board correspondence, monthly and annual reports (1945-1948), and financial statements (1945, 1947); and newsclippings. Includes radio broadcast recordings of political speeches given by John J. Bowlen, Mackenzie King, and Ernest C. Manning; and family, political and official photographs, and photographs of the Klondike gold rush (1897-1902). Also includes some of Maurice's personal papers.
Records related to the following subjects are also in this fonds. See inventory for details: William Aberhart, A.C.L. Adams, D.M. Allan, W.C. Barrie, R.B. Bennett, Nels V. Buchanan, William Ashbury Buchanan, Calgary Library Board, C.H. Conquest, James Kennedy Cornwall, T.A. Crerar, Frank Cusack, J.M. Dechene, A. Dunton, Manley Justin Edwards, P.R. Farnalls, Clinton James Ford, H.F. Francis, Frederick Fraser, T.M. Gainor, James G. Gardiner, S.S. Garson, Fred William Gershaw, J.A. Glen, C.H. Grant, Herbert Greenfield, S.J. Helman, August Hesse, C.D. Howe, J.J. Howson, Hutterites, C. Irving, P.J. Jennings, A.W. Lewis, Solon Low, Hugh John MacDonald, W.H. McGuire, A.A. MacKenzie, James Angus MacKinnon, A.G. MacLachlan, J.F. MacMillan, H. Millican, J. Percy Page, Neil Paterson, M.M. Porter, J. Harper Prowse, Page Rideout, Harold William Riley, G.H. Ross, Gordon Dunbar Ross, A.C.L. Smith, Wesley Stambaugh, Charles A. Stewart, Louis St. Lauren, J.H. Tremblay, Burton J. White, John H. Woods and J.W. Woodsworth.

Bowlen, John James

Iris MIller's William Aberhart collection

  • GLEN glen-3837
  • Fonds
  • 1954-1956

The collection consists of transcripts of interviews related to William Aberhart, undertaken for her biography. Interviewees included Jessie Aberhart, Earl Ansley, J.E. Brownlee, L. Denis Byrne, Stewart Cameron, Mr. Cartwright, Charles Cockcroft, J.B. Cunningham, Professor Farris, James D. Ferguson, Reverend E.G Hansell, Mrs. W.P. Harvey, John William Hugill, Cyril Hutchinson, William Irvine, N.B. James, Fred Kennedy, E.C. Manning, John McLellan, Charles Palmer, Charles Read Pearce, Norman Priestley, R.G. Reid, Clive Wilmott, Dr. Victor W. Wright, and many others. The collection also consists of various research material she compiled in the mid-1950s, including transcripts of radio broadcasts, a copy of Fred Kennedy's "black book" of Social Credit happenings (1934-1939); an episode of "The Man From Mars" radio broadcasts; excerpts from New Age Club correspondence and Westbourne Baptist Church minutes; and notes on Social Credit campaign methods.

Miller, Iris

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