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Cy and Mary Hampson fonds

  • PAA PR3711
  • Fonds
  • 1942 - 2002

The fonds consists of research material (including field journals and dissertation material), copies of publications, original manuscripts, correspondence, scrapbooks of wildlife-related clippings, scrapbooks of Outdoors Unlimited articles, pamphlets for Question Mark Trail, and files of the Hampson owned Cymar Films.

The majority of the photographs and negatives depict flora and fauna from around Alberta and northern Canada, with particular emphasis on birds and Arctic animals. The photos are skillfully composed by Cy Hampson and were developed by Mary Hampson. Many of the images were used by Cy Hampson in his research and teaching.

The films were created by Cy Hampson during the course of his doctoral research and depict flying squirrels and motion studies of other animals such as dogs and horses.

The fonds also consists of poetry journals, an extensive collection of programs from Edmonton and area theatrical productions, unpublished play scripts, and a scrapbook of Alberta drama and dance material created or collected by Mary Hampson.

The fonds also consists of films that were created under the Cymar Films label. There are other films that were co-produced with Mary Hampson and focus on a number of topics related to nature and wildlife. The films are all release prints or answer prints, with the exception of a few reels of work prints that have no corresponding release/answer prints. There are also production files related to these productions including licensing agreements, correspondence, project files, and broadcast agreements.

Hampson family

Cam Finlay collection

  • PAA PR3291
  • Collection
  • 1952-1965

The collection consists of newsletters, notices, manuals, directories, publicity, minutes, and correspondence related to the City of Edmonton Parks and Recreation Department.

Finlay, Cam

Summer Village of Island Lake fonds

  • PAA PR3816
  • Fonds
  • 1958-2010

The records include municipal governance, planning and administrative records including tax documents, property files, financial reports, cash ledgers, minutes, correspondence, environmental studies and development proposals, and other similar documents. These serve as evidence of the regular activities and history of The Summer Village of Island Lake since its incorporation in 1958.

Summer Village of Island Lake

Alberta Provincial Parks Alumni Association fonds

  • PAA PR3623
  • Fonds
  • 1993-2001

The fond consists of the administrative records of the APPAA and includes newsletters, Board and Annual General meeting minutes, and correspondence.

Alberta Provincial Parks Alumni Association

Edgar T. Jones fonds

  • PAA paa-9566
  • Fonds
  • [195-]-1978

The fonds consists of prints of the 26-program run of Adventure Outdoors and prints of several other documentaries that aired on television. The fonds also includes several projects that may not have been completed, or may have been used to supplement other projects (likely raw footage and outtakes).

Jones, Edgar T.

Edmonton Flood 1915 Photographic collection

  • PAA paa-8810
  • Collection
  • 1915

The collection consists of five photographs featuring views of Edmonton during a flood in 1915 including Currie Street, Edmonton Boat Building Co, 5th Street Bridge, Low Level Bridge, and Ross Flats from McDougall Hill.

Federation of Alberta Naturalists fonds

  • PAA paa-7385
  • Fonds
  • 1968-1973

The fonds consists of the records of the of the Federation of Alberta Naturalists and includes incorporation records, agenda, minutes, correspondence, membership lists, briefs, reports, financial statements, and copies of minutes, bylaws and financial statements of the Canadian Audubon Society and its successor the Canadian Nature Federation.

Federation of Alberta Naturalists

Fred Harrison fonds

  • PAA paa-8015
  • Fonds
  • 1910-1965, predominant 1910-1914

The fonds consists of images likely taken by Fred Harrison (he came west with his own photographic equipment) and includes images, primarily from the Whitecourt and Greencourt areas, including images of Walter White, wild game, moose, bears, rabbits, hunting, houses and shacks, homesteaders, post offices, saw mill, pool halls, cards, dances, horses, buildings, schools, stores, Christmas parties, surveying camps, creeks, land guides, breaking ground, as well as the Coal mine near Tofield and images from Coalspur in 1915 and Lovett in 1917. The fonds also includes an excerpt from Fred Harrison's autobiographical reminiscences about his time in Alberta.

Harrison, Fred

G.L. Shanks fonds

  • PAA paa-6852
  • Fonds
  • 1914

The fonds consists of a photograph album containing 45 photographs, taken by J.H. (John Henry) Gano, depicting various flowers and plants from the Wainwright, Alberta area. Identifications of the flowers and plants were made by G.L. Shanks.

Shanks, G. L.

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