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Consists of a copy of the agreement between the City of Medicine Hat and Medicine Hat College, minutes and policies of the Cultural Centre Advisory Committee, proposed revisions of use of the Cultural Centre, administrative records of the Cultural Centre Gallery Committee, and records of the Medicine Hat Gallery Art Association and its precursor Medicine Hat Gallery Association.

The fonds consists of: Eight Series:;1. Hope Michael and her family. -- 1908-[ca. 2001]. -- 65 cm of textual records. -- 9 photograph albums;Series consists of: folders containing information on the Sissons family, Nancy & John Fulton, Lorna & Bob Butler, Mary & Rod Harle, John Hargrave, Hope H. Michael, JH Ranch History, Family Recipes, Royal Antler Ranch, Will Hargrave, various friends, St. John's Presbyterian Church, Harry Hargrave Jr., Harry Hargrave Sr., random family members, and Muriel & Joe Gilchrist; three boxes of family letters, photo albums, and family portraits and photographs. 2. Hope Michael's genealogy and family history research. -- [ca. 1783]-2001. -- 1.23 m of textual records. -- 1 audio cassette;Series consists of: genealogical and family history research on the Marlatts, the Sissons, the Whimsters, and the Hargraves; Medicine Hat Genealogical Society material; family portraits. 3. Literary Club material. -- 1911-1967. -- 39 cm of textual records;Series consists of: various Medicine Hat Literary Club material; literary papers written by Hope H. Michael and Mary W. Hargrave. 4. Hope Michael's Teaching Career. -- 1931-[ca. 1989]. -- 13 cm of textual records;Series consists of: school pictures of Hope H. Michael; various documents regarding Hope's retirement; clippings and various documents regarding Hope's teaching career. 5. Mary Whimster Hargrave. -- 1894-1977. -- 52 cm of textual records;Series consists of: clippings taken by Mary W. Hargrave regarding various family members; negatives and photographs; various appointment books; material from the Banff School of Fine Arts; family letters; documents regarding Mary W. Hargrave's death; mementos saved by Mary W. Hargrave. 6. Medicine Hat Historical Society material. -- [196-?]-1990. -- 13 cm of textual records;Series consists of: Medicine Hat Historical Society material; documents regarding Hope H. Michael's Heritabe Merit Award; documents regarding Hope H. Michael's life membership to the Medicine Hat Historical Society. 7. Bert Hargrave material. -- 1956-[ca. 1990]. -- 13 cm of textual records;Series consists of: folders containing information on Bert's government career, Bert's military career, Bert's ranching career, Bert's Honourary degree, and Bert's death. 8. Photographs. -- [ca. 1880]-1999. -- 383 photographs. -- 541 negatives;Series consists of: various photographs of the Hargraves, the Whimsters, the Marlatts, and other random family members from various locations in North America and Europe. Photographs were taken of scenery, people, buildings, family vacations, holidays, and things regarding family history.

The fonds consists of: certificates, autobiographies, personal history, resume, diary as an alderman, civic reports, council meeting minutes on junior college, seminar reports, various correspondence, annual meetings, centennial history publication, draft chapters "All Hell for a Basement" by Ed Gould, honorary degree misc., New Trail publications, Order of Canada correspondence, United Nations reports, Rights of the Child paper, Canadian Senate paper, personal painting list and locations, poetry, creative writing, Medicine Hat & Cypress Hills history, naming of Medicine Hat, invitations, obituary, scrapbook on UN Fellowship, city hall repainting controversy, retirement tributes;Speeches on a variety of topics including: Aldermanic Candidate, Welfare, Junior Chamber of Commerce, Harry Veiner leaving Office, retirement from council, Business and Professional women's Club (BPWC), Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW), United Nations, Medicine Hat Art Club, opening of Lunch Box Theatre, Motivation in Service, history of Carl Beny Family to coin club, Farm Women's Union of Alberta, Oilmen's Association;Correspondence and communications with the following organizations, people and events: CFUW, BPWC, Beta Sigma Phi, U of C senate, University of Alberta, H. G. Glyde painting commission, Medicine Hat Art Club, M. H. Catholic Family Services, Mount Royal College, Muscular Dystrophy association, premiers reception, Women's Liberal Federation, Roland Mitchener visit, Bill 28 and the National Action Committee on Women; images of various prominent Medicine Hat citizens and the Beny and Gibson family (1903-1980); 2 videotape cassettes showcasing community art in Medicine Hat (ca.1950), and 3 Medicine Hat Stamped Parades (1955-1957).

The fonds consists of: an extensive collection of individual portraiture, family and group sittings, wedding parties, commercial advertising for local businesses, as well as a random photographic record of community events, disasters etc. 4 audio cassettes with interviews giving oral histories of Gainsboro Studios (1986).

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.

The fonds consists of: 12 files and one ledger which include: Constitution and By-Laws, Meeting Minutes (2), Financial Statements, Newsletters, Adhoc Committee meetings, productions expenses & receipts, correspondence, membership, associated arts organizations(2) and ephemera.

The fonds consists of: a British birth certificate for John Henry Barnes (1891); an immigrant's immunization card issued to J.H. Barnes (1911); certificate for Soldier's Homestead Entry (1918); miscellaneous documents re: livestock brands and prices, indenture re: will of Thomas Henry Tinney (1893-1941); a Medicine Hat General Hospital Invoice (1933); cowboy poetry (undated); article "Cow Town Medicine Hat" by L.A. Toole (1977); a biography of Thomas H. Tinney by Olla Barnes (undated); images of the Tinney familly and Tinney Ranch; 1 audio cassette interview with Olla Barnes (undated).

The fonds consists of blueprint of C.P.R. Bridge (1915); cloth map of Medicine Hat Industrial Site (1919); blueprint-City of Medicine Hat (1914); "Consolidated By-Laws" (1912); By-laws No. 366-378 (1913), No. 417-423 (1913), No. 449-454 (1914); Amendments to Charter of City of Medicine Hat (1947); manuscript material gathered in the writing of book "All Hell for a Basement" (1981-83); Medicine Hat Community Profile Booklet (1984); WWII Honor Roll Book (on indefinite loan to the Royal Canadian Legion) (1945); ledger of building permits (1909-1947); receipt book-Town Weigh Scales (1905); Historic Title Search (1903-1975), St. Patrick's Church (1908-1972); photographic views of Medicine Hat (16) (undated); ticket to TeCo Social Welfare Club Dance (1931); Honor Rolls (7): City Employees (1914), Dulce it Decorum ist Pro Patria Mori (ca. 1914), 3rd C.M.R. (ca. 1914), 175th Battalion (ca. 1914), 13th Mounted Rifles (ca. 1914), 10th, 31st and 50th Battalions (ca. 1914), 63rd, 56th and 82nd Battalions (ca. 1914); land survey and blueprint album for City of Medicine Hat (1913); article "Life in Medicine Hat POW [Prisoner of War] Camp" (1945); bound copies re: Medicine Hat Industries-Research Project (1986); Final Report-Historic Resources Impact Assessment S. Railway St. Realignment (1987); report entitled "Specification for a Bridge" (1915); report on conditions at Medicine Hat Pumping and Power Plant (1920); contract and specifications for Bridge, Piers and Abutments (undated); bid and contract specifications for the Concrete Floor of Finlay Bridge (1920); description of land required by Ogilvie Milling Comapny as a Spur Right of Way (1913); City land leases (1926); land transfers (13), to the Society of the Nurses of Jesus (undated), to the Rosery Flower Co. (1927), to Rutherford and Merriam Planing Mill Co. (1907), to Lake of the Woods Milling Co. (undated), to Alberta Clay Products (1911), of the J.H. Bray property (1911), of the Shannon property (1913-1914), to Kennedy and Swan (1918), to the YMCA (1914), to the Prairie City Oil Co. (1913), of the Wm. Cousins property (includes blueprint) (1914), to A.A. Johnson (1914), to the Canadian Farm Implement Co. (1919); description of Alberta Foundry and Machine Co. property (1941); "Medicine Hat News: Industrial Section (1919, 1920); correspondence, letters, leases, etc. of the City of Medicine Hat (1913-1920); public works department statistics (1914-1943); O.S. atlas of the Medicine Hat Region (undated); O.S. plan showing sub-division of a portion of the town of Medicine Hat and attached proposed sub-division (2) (undated); O.S. map of Medicine Hat, Dunmore and Redcliff (undated); O.S. map of Redcliff future sub-divisions; O.S. maps of the planned sub-divisions (2) (1883); map of Medicine Hat Land District (1913); booklet of By-Laws from the Medicine Hat Board of Trade (1913); cemetery ledgers (3) (1894-1946); O.S. laminated blueprint maps of "St. Barnabas Cemetery" (2) (undated); O.S. Election Posters (9): Separate School Board (1949, 1951), Municipal (1949, 1950, 1951), Public School Board (1950, 1951), Municipal Polling Stations (1950, 1951); blueprints (5): boundary plan of the POW Camp (1947), POW Camp (3) (1946), Joint Air Training Plan (1940), Final Site Plan-SFTS (1944), slaughter house (1947); O.S. framed petition re: Incorporation of Medicine Hat as a town (1897); map of Redcliff (undated); two horse stand reciept books (undated); gas utility business plan (1989); gas utility business plan workshop presentation (1989); Town and City Council minutes, Committee and Committee of the Whole Minutes (1899-1950); 2 O.S. blueprint ledgers showing gas lines in the SE (M99.19.1), NE/NW areas of town (M99.10.2); one pamphlet from the City of Medicine Hat Natural Gas Department, showing the "schedule of rates for gas service - effective April 15th, 1935" (M99.10.3); City of Medicine Hat Minute Books, 1 tax assessor's notebook (1946-1948); Blueprint showing diversion of Seven Persons creek for CPR spur line (1911); City of Medicine Hat Financial Statements, (1930-1977); Medicine Hat General Municipal Plan (1979); Video Tape of Sept 3, 2002 City Council meeting discussing the Esplanade; O.S. maps (4): East Crescent Heights (undated), Northwest Crescent Heights (1962), Crestwood (1962), City of Medicine Hat (1955); photographs of Medicine Hat ([ca. 1905-1981]). M91.5 .1 to M91.5 ..8 Juvenile Court records from Medicine Hat Community Services Department: M91.5 .1 - Diary of Curtis Hollinger; Probation Officer OS (1917). M91.5 .2 - Juvenile Court register (1923 - 1955), M91.5 .3 Juvenile and family Court record OS (1913 - 1965), M91.5 .4 Case Record Book OS (1965 - 1967), M91.5 .5 Case Number Record Book (1958 - 1967), M91.5 .6 Files Closed Record Book (1958 - 1964), M91.5 .7 Occurence Reports Record Book (1959 - 1967), M91.5 .8 Index of file Numbers and Names (nd). Framed collage (1 O.S.) of portraits of the City Mayor and Council, and two images of a public demonstration in front of City Hall following the signing of the armistice (1918).

The fonds consists of records related to the First World War service of Pte. Lorimer Hamilton Wedderburn and his passing during action; administrative records of the United Farmers of Alberta (UFA) Medicine Hat, held by Phillip Wedderburn as Secretary Treasurer; family history, genealogy and correspondence; 3 pencil sketches done by an unknown POW from Camp 132 for Carol Porter's Grandmother Ethel Beattie (nee Wedderburn); various published materials related to the history and economic development of Medicine Hat and Alberta; images of the 1938 Medicine Hat blizzard, and images of a cattle drive.

The fonds consists of: biographies of, and written by J.W. Morrow ([ca. 1920]); research material collected for the writing of "Early History of Medicine Hat Country" ([ca. 1920]); Irish history research (undated); poetry (undated); newsclippings and record of weddings performed by Reverend Morrow in his home (1924-1927); printer's proof sheets of the reprinted version of "Early History of the Medicine Hat Country" by J.W. Morrow (1974); images of Medicine Hat and Fort Walsh; 2 audio cassette interviews with J.W. Morrow (1950) and Mrs. J.W. Morrow (1955); a locally published copy of "Early History of the Medicine Hat Country" by J.W. Morrow (1974).