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City of Edmonton. Parks and Recreation Department fonds

  • CA EDM RG-21
  • Fonds
  • [ca.1828]-2017, predominant 1959 - 2000

This fonds consists of minutes, reports, correspondence, ledgers, and other records relating to the various functions performed by the Parks and Recreation Department and its successors.

An order has been imposed on the material. The arrangement includes 6 series and multiple sub-series. The series are as follows:

  • Series 1: Administration
  • Series 2: Heritage
  • Series 3: Parks
  • Series 4: Facilities
  • Series 5: Agencies and External Community Groups
  • Series 6: Photographs

City of Edmonton. Parks and Recreation Department

City of Edmonton. Business Development Department fonds

  • CA EDM RG-23
  • Fonds
  • [ca.1871]-1989, predominant 1946-1989

This fonds consists of agreements, brochures, correspondence, manuals, meeting minutes, newsletters, press clippings, media releases, and promotional material relating to the Business Development Department.

The fonds has been divided into five series. Wherever possible this division was done with respect to the original order of the fonds. These five series are as follows:

  • Series 1: Business and Industrial Records
  • Series 2: Departmental Records
  • Series 3 Government Records
  • Series 4: Media and Public Relations Records
  • Series 5: Photographs

Business Development Department

Simon John Clarke fonds

  • GLEN glen-662
  • Fonds
  • 1876-1945

The fonds consists of Mounted Police diaries (1876-1886); biographical leaflet re S.J. Clarke; Queen's Hotel records; family scrapbooks and newspaper clippings; and photographs of S.J. Clarke, the family, Mounted Police, Banff scenery, and Calgary scenes including street construction, electrical cable installation, and streetcars.

Clarke, Simon John

Beth LaDow fonds

  • CA MED 760
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1877 - 1920]

The fonds consists of: 32 oral history audio cassettes, research notes, articles, portions of copied publications, census and homestead records for Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Montana, historical reports, reminiscences and historical accounts (including copies of diaries), source notes and bibliographic data, illustrations, and maps.

LaDow, Beth

George Murdoch fonds

  • GLEN glen-1713
  • Fonds
  • 1883-1886

The fonds consists of petition and letter regarding the incorporation of Calgary (1884); microfilm of transcripts of his diary and papers related to duties as mayor (1883-1886); photograph of his log house (1883); and biographical notes about the family.

Murdoch, George

William A. Griesbach fonds

  • CA EDM MS-209
  • Fonds
  • 1891 - 1974

The fonds consists of William Griesbach’s political, military, and personal papers, as well as numerous books from his personal library.

Political papers consist of reports, correspondence, contracts, and financial documents concerning the City of Edmonton and the City of Strathcona between 1892 and 1935. There is also a 1912 Edmonton Subdivision map (EAM-178).

Military papers include correspondence, clippings, programs, pamphlets and other materials related to Major-General Griesbach's military career, created between 1919 and ca.1943.

Personal papers include correspondence, financial documents, theatre programmes and other materials relating to Griesbach's personal activities and interests. It includes correspondence on the memorial window in the Cathedral Church of All Saints in Edmonton.

The books reflect the various aspects of Griesbach’s life, career, and interests covering military, political, diplomatic, economic, and historical topics. It should be noted that the books published after Griesbach’s death in 1945 were added by the Western Command HQ Library.

Griesbach, William A.

City of Edmonton. Edmonton Fire Department fonds

  • CA EDM RG-70
  • Fonds
  • 1892 - 1997, predominant 1942 - 1994

Fonds consists of minutes, reports, correspondence, speeches, log books, scrapbooks and other records relating to the various functions performed by the Edmonton Fire Department.

An order has been imposed on the material. The arrangement includes 7 series. The series are as follows:

  • Series 1: Administrative Records
  • Series 2: Communications
  • Series 3: Correspondence
  • Series 4: Fire Prevention
  • Series 5: Fire Fighting
  • Series 6: Affiliated Organizations
  • Series 7: Reports

Edmonton Fire Department

City of Edmonton. Office of the City Clerk fonds

  • CA EDM RG-8
  • Fonds
  • 1892 - 2016

Fonds consists of minutes, reports, correspondence, invoices, clippings, scrapbooks, bylaws, contracts, minutes, and records relating to voter and census enumeration.

An order has been imposed on the material. The arrangement includes multiple series. The first 10 (RG-8.0 - RG-8.9) were processed in the 1970s and 1980s. Due to the size of the collection, the processing archivist decided to create a new division for each accession. From the 1990s the records were processed and arranged based on function, as reflected from RG-8.10 onwards.

  • RG-8.0: The Papers of the Edmonton Town/City Secretary (1892-1912)
  • RG-8.1: Edmonton Financial Accounts (1892-1915)
  • RG-8.2: Debenture (1897)
  • RG-8.3: Office of the City Clerk (1891-1913)
  • RG-8.4: Election Scrapbooks (1918-1963)
  • RG-8.5: Bylaws regarding Royal Visits (1939-1951)
  • RG-8.6: Office of the City Clerk (1935-1972)
  • RG-8.7: Public Affairs Committee (1968-1973)
  • RG-8.8: Office of the City Clerk (1969-1974)
  • RG-8.9: Office of the City Clerk (1965-1973)
  • RG-8.10: Special Committee Reports of the City Clerk (1907-1966)
  • RG-8.11: Civic Elections and Census Enumeration (1895-1974)
  • RG-8.12: Bylaws (1892-2014)
  • RG-8.13: Contracts (1893-1989)
  • RG-8.14: Minutes (1892-1991)
  • RG-8.15: Committee Minutes
  • RG-8.16: Bylaw Committee Reports
  • RG-8.17: Finance Committee Reports
  • RG-8.18: Reports and Publications
  • RG-8.19: Petitions
  • RG-8.20: Executive Committee
  • RG-8.21: Rules and Procedures Committee
  • RG-8.22: Procedures Review Committee
  • RG-8.23: Airport Study Committee
  • RG-8.24: Audit Committee
  • RG-8.25: Land Sales Committee
  • RG-8.26: Legislative Committee
  • RG-8.27: Utilities and Engineering Committee
  • RG-8.28: Economic Affairs Committee
  • RG-8.29: Council Communications
  • RG-8.30: City Crest Committee

Office of the City Clerk

City of Edmonton. Assessors' Department fonds

  • CA EDM RG-3
  • Fonds
  • 1892 - 1974

This fonds contains the records of the City Assessor's Department and its predecessor body, the Office of the City Assessor, including correspondence, forms, and tax assessment and tax collector's rolls.

An order has been imposed on the material. The arrangement includes 2 series, which are as follows:

  • Series 1: Administrative Records
  • Series 2: Assessment Records

City of Edmonton. City Assessor's Department

Nicholas D. Beck fonds

  • CA EDM MS-231
  • Fonds
  • 1893 - 1906

The fonds consists of personal papers of Nicholas Beck, including:

  • 8 pages of Beck's account with John Cameron General Wholesale and Retail, from 9 Feb 1893 to 1 Aug1894 (itemized list with the prices each item)
  • 2 pages of Beck's account with John Cameron General Wholesale and Retail for August & September 1894 (itemized list with the prices each item);
  • 2 cancelled cheques, Imperial Bank of Canada, 1906;
  • employment contract between the Town of Edmonton and Nicholas Beck, as Solicitor and Advocate for the Town of Edmonton, dated 28 Feb 1900.

Beck, Nicholas D.

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