Fonds consists of these series: I Addresses, radio talks (1920- 1966. II Correspondence (1921-1967). Alphabetical files. III Genealogy (1742-1971). Shaner and Faust families, 1742-1971; memoirs, 1965. IV Graphic materials (1920-1963). Includes ink drawings for publications; photographs relating mainly to anatomical studies (88 images). V Human evolution (1925-1970). Includes fossils; race studies. VI Publications (1910-1963). Includes a bound collection, 1921-1963, and notes regarding publications, especially materials on the heart. VII Research (1915-1972). Consists mainly of alphabetical subject files relating to anatomical studies; includes notes.
Fonds consists of these series: I Correspondence (1957-1976). Includes day files. II Diaries (1907, 1933-1966). Includes diary of Mrs. E.H. Thomas (mother), Millarville, Alberta, 1907. III Memoirs (1987). Interviews conducted by David Breen (7 sound tape cassettes). IV Personal (1956-1971). Includes St. George's Anglican Church; Bickersteth Fund; St. Aidan's College. V Professional (1954-1974). Includes historical associations and conferences: Canadian Historical Association (CHA); Canadian Church Historical Association; Social Science Research Council of Canada; Historic Sites Advisory Committee; advisory committees on the development of archives; typescripts of papers prepared by Canadian historians at the CHA meeting, 1974, and submitted to Professor Thomas. VI Publications (1948-1973). Includes articles for encyclopedias; book reviews; notes and correspondence for the revised edition of W.L. Morton: History of the Canadian West. VII Teaching (1948-1972). Curriculum development; reading lists; examinations; students' papers (including community histories, History 59, 1950-1952). VIII University of Alberta (1965-1971). Includes committees on matriculation, naming of buildings, the Diamond Jubilee and the Library.
Fonds consists of these series: I Biography (1979). Unpublished manuscript of a biography of Arthur Balmer Watt and Gertrude Balmer Watt. II Poetry (1944-1946). Published copies of Who Dare to Live and Landfall.
Fonds consists of these series: I Administration (1918-1981). Includes policy statement; departmentalization, 1969-1981; manual; correspondence. II Buildings and facilities (1968-1982). Includes blueprints; space planning; opening ceremonies. III Courses and curriculum (1918-1976). Includes course outlines, 1918-1932 and 1975-1977. IV Examinations (1969-1982). V Financial (1918-1937). Includes inventory, 1918-1953. VI History (1953-1980). Includes 50th and 60th anniversaries; photographs. VII Memorabilia (1918- 1982). Includes anniversaries; tributes to Mabel Patrick; social activities; photographs of events. VIII Minutes (1919-1987). Includes meetings of Council and Executive, 1919-1975; Advisory Council (disbanded 1987); staff; committees; Division Chairs. IX Professional activities (1969, 1981). Mainly the Alberta Home Economics Association: conference photographs, history of association. X Staff (1967-1976). Includes workload; statistics; meetings. XI Students (1918-1985). Includes Home Economics Club; yearbooks; awards; student records.
Fonds consists of these series: I Chair's office (1970-1978). Includes steering committee. II Liaison (1971-1979). Includes Departments of Sociology and Elementary Education. III Program (1970-1978). Includes degrees; Five-year Plan. IV Projects (1981- 1986). "Brazil Project." V Space planning (1969-1972). Committee reports and memoranda. VI Unit Review (1982-1983). Includes historical material, 1970-1981.
University of Alberta. Department of Family Studies
The Wilfred Watson fonds span a period of over fifty years, and provide a record of the creative processes of a noted Canadian poet, playwright, teacher and literary theorist. The records have been arranged in eight series: Journals and Notebooks; Literary drafts/Writings; Sketches/Artwork; Correspondence; Student Records; Reference Material; Personal Papers; and Audio-Visual Records. Watson's notebooks are filled with drafts of plays and poems, ideas for further development, excerpts from his own reading, sketches, and jottings about his daily activities. The correspondence is arranged alphabetically by correspondent and includes an important sub-series of letters written between Wilfred and Sheila Watson. The Literary drafts and Writings Series is significant as often several different versions of a particular poem or even an entire play are present in the files. The writing files take on added significance since they provide evidence of, as Wilfred Watson was once described, "a prolific poet who publishes little".
