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James Hector fonds

  • GLEN glen-2549
  • Fonds
  • Microfilmed 1970 (originally created 1857-1860)

The fonds consists of correspondence, geological notes, and other records created while a member of the Palliser Expedition.

Hector, James

Riveredge Foundation Ships' Logs collection

  • GLEN glen-3094
  • Collection
  • 1790-1872

The collection consists of ships' logs, a shipboard newspaper, and a seaman's diary from merchant and naval sailing vessels. Includes the diary of John Bartlett (1790-1795), a member of the crew of the Massachusetts, an American merchant ship sailing from Boston to Vancouver Island and the Queen Charlotte Islands and back to Canton via the Sandwich Islands. Bartlett then joined the American whaling ship Elenoro, bound back to the USA via Madagascar. Includes the log (1805-1806) of the Royal George, a British merchant ship sailing from England via India to China and back. Includes a manuscript newspaper published aboard the British naval vessel Alceste in 1816. Also includes logs kept aboard British naval vessels as training exercises by junior officers George Buck Keene (1844-1848), G. T. L. Bolton (1860-1865), and Collingwood Fenwick (1870-1872). These logs feature watercolour views of ports visited, profiles of coastlines, and manuscript maps.

Riveredge Foundation Ships' Logs collection

Esplanade Archives Postcard collection

  • CA MED MED-740
  • Fonds
  • 1880-[200-]

Contains various postcards that pertain to the history of Medicine Hat and its surrounding area.

Esplanade Archives, collector

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

W.S. Caine fonds

  • GLEN glen-398
  • Fonds
  • 1887-1888

The fonds consists of scrapbook of published letters regarding Caine's trip. Includes other newsclippings from English newspapers about emigration, various colonization schemes, and conditions in the Canadian West.

Caine, W.S.

Charles Harris fonds

  • GLEN glen-2569
  • Fonds
  • 1886-1892

The fonds consists of Charles account of the 1882 trip from Halifax to Fort Macleod, written in 1892; and a photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Harris at the hot springs in Banff (1886).

Harris, Charles E.

Readings family Fonds

  • CA MED 798
  • Fonds
  • 1911

Informally published transcribed diary of Tom Readings: "My Canadian Journey"; biographical notes on Tom Readings; 2 black and white photographs relating to Tom Readings and his Canadian Journey.

Readings (family)

Lawrence Drury-Lowe fonds

  • GLEN glen-3855
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1911-1913]

The fonds consists of a photo album containing some family photographs and images of their travels, as well as greeting cards and other miscellany. The bulk of the images however, show a trip to Alberta around 1911-1913, including views of Calgary, Lethbridge, Crowsnest Pass, Banff and other Alberta locales. Several dozen of the Lethbridge images were taken by Arthur Rafton Canning, 1865-1952, who operated the British & Colonial Photographic Company in Lethbridge from 1907 to 1913.

Drury-Lowe, Lawrence

Robert Terrill Rundle fonds

  • GLEN glen-2013
  • Fonds
  • 1840-1916, predominant 1840-1848

The fonds consists of Robert's journal which includes his diary, notes, and baptism and marriage registers (1840-1848); a small amount of correspondence (1841-1892); extracts of the journal, possibly transcribed by daughter (nd); obituary; missionary publications (1911, 1916); and photographs of Banff (1911). Records related to the following subjects are also in this fonds. See inventory for details: Bow River, Fort Pitt, William Flett, J. E. Harriott, Oxford House, Red Deer River, and Stoneys.

Rundle, Robert Terrill

Survey Map collection

  • PEACE F024
  • Collection
  • 1918 - 1919

The collection contains 29 survey maps between Township 81-87 and Range 18-26, West of the 5th Meridian.

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