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Maude and Harold Riley fonds

  • GLEN glen-3320
  • Fonds
  • 1880-1962

The fonds consists of Maude's personal papers, records as president of the Alberta Council on Child and Family Welfare, and records of the many organizations in which she was involved. The fonds also consists of Harold's personal papers, records as secretary of the Southern Alberta Pioneers' and Old Timers' Association, and his speeches, radio broadcasts, writings and photographs related to the history of southern Alberta.

Riley (family)

David Breen's National Archives Ranching collection

  • GLEN glen-393
  • Collection
  • Photocopied 1971 (originally created 1880-1926)

The collection consists of correspondence, circulars, petitions, and records about land and grazing leases.
Records related to the following subjects are also in this collection. See inventory for details: Agricultural Societies, Sgt. Charles Allen, Thomas Anderson, George Barry, Battle Creek Association, R.B. Bennett, Benton and St. Louis Cattle Co., Bow River Horse Ranch, H.L. Bowyer, British American Ranch Co., J.M. Browning, Brown Ranch Co., Calgary and Edmonton Railway lands, Canadian Agricultural, Coal and Colonization Co., Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) lands, William Carter, Hugh St. Quentin Cayley, J.E. Chipman, George Cloakley, Matthew Henry Cochrane, Cochrane Ranche Co., William F. Cochrane, Collingwood Ranch, Conrad Brothers, Conrad Price Cattle Co., J.M. Conger, A.E. Cox, Crow Indian reserve, Dakota Stock Grazing Co., Hon. Mayne Daly, R. Burton Deane, Col. John S. Dennis, Edgar Dewdney, Insp. Arthur W. Duffus, Charles Elliott, George B. Elliott, Moreton Frewen, J.A. Gemmill, Gilbert Goddard, Charles Grayson, William Antrobus Griesbach, James Hargrave, Alexander Stavely Hill, Walter Ings, William H. Irvine, Sir John Lister Kaye, William Duncan Kerfoot, J.K. Kerr, George Lane, G.H. Lydiard, Dr. Duncan McNab McEachran, Hon. David L. McPherson, Maunsell Brothers, C.R. Mitchell, Mount Head Ranch, Mount Royal Ranch, Augustus Meredith Nanton, New Walrond Ranch, H.A. Noble, Northwest Cattle Co., Northwest Stock Association, Frank Oliver, William G. Oliver, Oxley Ranch, Sgt. D. Paterson, William Pearce, Hon. J.H. Pope, Powder River Cattle Co. prairie fires, Const. A. Purves, Quorn Ranch, Sgt. Major C.C. Raven, 1885 Riel Rebellion (North West Rebellion), Daniel E. Riley, Philips Ross, Saskatchewan Stock Growers' Association, Walter Scott, C. Sharples, sheep, Hon. Clifford Sifton, Spencer Brothers, Charles Stewart, Charles Stimson, Frederick S. Stimson, Thomas Stone, Thomas B. Strange, Samuel B. Steele, William W. Stuart, J.R. Sutherland, E.E. Taylor, Sir Charles Tupper, Twin Butte Cattle and Horse Association, United Farmers of Alberta (UFA), R.A. Wallace, Walrond Ranch, Western Stock Growers' Association, Hon. Thomas White, Winder Ranche, and Wood Mountain Stock Ranch.

Breen, David

Mackid family fonds

  • GLEN glen-1524
  • Fonds
  • 1880-2000

The fonds consists primarily of the records of Harry Mackid and L. Stewart Mackid, including appointment and account books (1906-1920); reminiscences and family tree; medical and masonic certificates (1880-1918); and photographs of the Mackid and Meyer families, Calgary and medical conventions.

MacKid (family)

Paterson, Wilson family fonds

  • GLEN glen-3666
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1880-1980]

The fonds consists of a photograph of the home of William and Clara Paterson; copies of photographs of family members and their businesses; photographs and photocopies of vital events records; photocopies of compiled genealogical information and articles from local history publications.

Paterson, Wilson family

Perry family fonds

  • GLEN glen-1845
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1880s]-1976

The fonds consists of Thomas' land purchase records, farm diaries (1921-1929, 1934-1942), and marriage certificate (1911); Annie's nursing notebooks, certificates, correspondence, and an album of nursing cartoons (1900-1917); Jessie Perry's scribblers, art sketches, pressed plant album and memorabilia from St. Hilda's School for Girls (1925-1930); a small diary with entries by both Jessie and Lionel Perry as children (1922-1923); photographs of the Perry and Gibson family, nursing, a camping trip to the mountains, and the Balzac area; and various family certificates, greeting cards, programs, postcards and extensive popular and classical sheet music. Includes weather station records kept at Cochrane by Mrs. A.C. Kerfoot (1961-1976).
RECORDS RELATED TO THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS ARE ALSO IN THIS FONDS. SEE INVENTORY FOR DETAILS: Mable Bleakney, Calgary Polo Club, Mary G.H. Dangerfield, Arthur George Hallifax, John Robert Hallifax, and weather.

Perry (family)

Marquess of Lorne fonds

  • GLEN glen-1491
  • Fonds
  • 1881-1883

The fonds consists of a microfilm of newspaper reports, published in The Times and The Scotsman, about Lord Lorne's tour. Includes an 1883 letter from Lord Castletown, describing a trip by CPR from Winnipeg to Calgary. The fonds also consists of photographs of sketches done during the 1881 trip, along with original 1870s sketches of European castles and scenes (possibly done by Princess Louise), which had been glued to the back of these photos. Includes a scrapbook of newspaper clippings written by Reverend James MacGregor who accompanied Lorne.

Lorne, Marquess of

Canadian Pacific Railway, Right-of-Way Department fonds

  • GLEN glen-3869
  • Fonds
  • 1881-1985, predominant 1881-1930

The fonds consists of 3400 case files of land transactions relating to the building of branch lines across the Canadian West, particularly in Manitoba. Also consists of plans of railway stations and their grounds; "title record" plans recording the names of individual land owners throughout the west; ledgers of townsite land sales, primarily in Alberta and British Columbia; and ledgers of land leases in western Canadian communities, including Winnipeg Beach, Manitoba.

Canadian Pacific Railway, Right-of-Way Department

Ezra Riley (family) fonds

  • GLEN glen-1955
  • Fonds
  • 1881-1984

The fonds consists of the family scrapbook (1887-1934), photograph albums, loose photographs, family correspondence, letters from Bishop Cyprian Pinkham (1907-1914), some of Ezra's political correspondence, Dorothy's scrapbook of her university career (1927-1932), typescripts of Louise's published and unpublished children's books and adult novels (1950s), newsclippings and memorabilia.

Riley, Ezra (family)

Godsal family fonds

  • GLEN glen-2573
  • Fonds
  • 1882-1887, 1909, 1922

The fonds consists of microfilms of: letters of Fred to his father, P.W. Godsal (1882-1887); manuscript by Fred entitled "Memories of the Far West" (1922); and letters of Byam to his father (1883-1887). Also consists of photographs of the F.W. Godsal ranch (1909).

Godsal (family)

Joseph Begin fonds

  • GLEN glen-224
  • Fonds
  • 1882-1969, predominant 1882-1920

The fonds consists of Joseph's military and other records, Begin family photographs, some of Jean's military records, and scrapbooks and memorabilia relating to Renalde's social activities. RECORDS RELATED TO THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS ARE ALSO IN THIS FONDS: Alexina Begin, Mrs. George H.V. Bulyea, Duncan J. Campbell, Thomas Francis Ennis, Col. T.D.B. Evans, Amedee Emmanuel Forget, Sgt. W.S. Loggin, F. Xavier Mercier, Commissioner Aylesworth Bowen Perry, Fred White, William Whyte, and Winnipeg.

Begin, Joseph

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