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City of Winnipeg (1874-1971) Series
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Civic Charities Endorsement Bureau, City of Winnipeg (1874-1971).

Forms part of Fonds 1. The series consists of reports, forms and documentation submitted by organizations seeking permission to solicit funds from the citizens of Winnipeg. Included are application forms, annual and financial reports of organizations, correspondence directed to and sent from the Civic Charities Endorsement Bureau, minutes and verbatim reports of Bureau deliberations, telephone poll results regarding requests from organizations, and police reports on unsanctioned solicitation or suspected cases of fraud. For the most part, files are arranged alphabetically by organization name and cover a wide range of organization types from community clubs to service clubs, health care agencies, hospitals, homes for seniors and orphaned children, and organizations formed in aid of disasters in other countries. A secondary series of files labeled “Miscellaneous, ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’” etc. contains alphabetical files and correspondence from obscure groups or organizations. Bureau minutes are in chronological order, with minutes numbered sequentially each year. Early files of the Bureau were destroyed.

City of Winnipeg (1874-1971), Civic Charities Endorsement Bureau.

Special Committee on Arrangement of Committees for Incoming Council, City of Winnipeg (1874-1971).

Forms part of Fonds 1. The series consists of information gathered from departments and other jurisdictions in Canada regarding committee roles and the alignment of departments to council committees. Included are: Report of the Special Committee on Survey of Civic Administration and Question of Consolidation of Departments, 1918; organizational charts showing: Suggested Plan of Re-Arrangement of Committees and Supervision of Departments; Present Council and Committees of Civic Departments; draft by-law to amend By-Law No. 9351, being a By-Law of the said City to regulate the proceedings in Council and in the Committees thereof.

City of Winnipeg (1874-1971), Special Committee on Arrangement of Committees for Incoming Council.

Special Committee on Consolidation of By-Laws Defining Duties of Council and Committees and Officers of the City, City of Winnipeg (1874-1971).

Forms part of Fonds 1. The series consists of information gathered from departments relating to proposed amendments to by-laws defining duties of council, committees and civic officers. Reports from department heads outline their primary responsibilities and the number of staff under their jurisdiction, as well as duties that may be more suitably assigned to another department. Included are several departmental organization charts and rough minutes of the committee.

City of Winnipeg (1874-1971), Special Committee on Consolidation of By-Laws Defining Duties of Council and Committees and Officers of the City.

Special Committee on Organization and Administration of Civic Departments, City of Winnipeg (1874-1971).

Forms part of Fonds 1. The series consists of information gathered from departments and other jurisdictions in Canada and the United States by the Special Committee on Organization and Administration of Civic Departments. Information requested of other jurisdictions was laid out in a questionnaire and covered such things as the form of administration employed for protecting persons and property, health and sanitation, transportation, education, recreation, public charities and financial management – a sample of the questionnaire is contained in the file. Included are an Organization Chart for the City of Winnipeg, revised 1923; Statement of Employees Shown on August Paylists 1923; Statement of Number of Employees and Amount Paid in Salaries, 1915, 1922, 1923; Statement of Number of Employees and Amount Paid, 1915-1923.

City of Winnipeg (1874-1971), Special Committee on Organization and Administration of Civic Departments.

Special Committee to Investigate Inspection Services, City of Winnipeg (1874-1971).

Forms part of Fonds 1. The series consists of information gathered from departments by the Special Committee to Investigate Inspection Services. Information in departmental reports includes the names and salaries of inspectors, duties performed, statistics regarding infractions and charges under the various by-laws governing city markets and food vendors, licensing of premises, sewer and water connections, scavenging (solid waste pick-up), and sanitary conditions in commercial buildings and housing stock.

City of Winnipeg (1874-1971), Special Committee to Investigate Inspection Services.

City Clerk’s Department, City Hall Press Cards, City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)

Forms part of Fonds 1. Series consists of a handwritten list of the names of journalists issued press cards from circa 1959 until 1977. Included are thumbnail photographs of radio, print and television journalists and a few signed press cards. The entries are chronological.

City of Winnipeg (1874-1971), City Clerk’s Department, City Hall Press Cards

City Clerk’s Department, Statutory Declarations, City of Winnipeg (1874-1971).

Forms part of Fonds 1. Series consists of statutory declarations signed by incoming aldermen, mayors and civic officials. Most declarations are made on printed forms and contain the name and position of the person signing the declaration, as well as information on land ownership in the case of persons elected to council. Included in the series are declarations for the first Mayor of the City of Winnipeg, Francis Cornish, and the first City Clerk for the City of Winnipeg, Alexander MacDougall Brown. The series is not complete. Declarations are also found in Series 2, Election Records.

City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)

Special Committee on Amalgamation (of Departments), City of Winnipeg (1874-1971).

Forms part of Fonds 1. The series consists of detailed reports on responsibilities and staffing complements for all city departments, draft Report of the Special Committee on Survey of Civic Administration and Question of Consolidation of Departments. The departmental reports contain staff lists including years of service and salary by position as well as detailed information on departmental responsibilities.

City of Winnipeg (1874-1971), Special Committee on Amalgamation (of Departments).

Special Committee on Investigation of the Fire Department, City of Winnipeg (1874-1971).

Forms part of Fonds 1. The series consists of communications and detailed reports regarding staffing levels and equipment in use by the Fire Department during this period, as well as the availability and pressure of water required to fight fires in various districts of the City. The file includes: a 1916 report on domestic water supply; copy of recommendations following the Stovel fire in 1916; copy of recommendations following the Enderton fire of 1918; blank application for employment with the Fire Department; transcript of meeting held in March of 1920 with statements from firemen who had been dismissed for going out on strike in 1919; departmental organization chart; map sheets showing location of water supply (in poor condition); detailed drawing of sewer structure. The records are contained in one folder and are in chronological order.

City of Winnipeg (1874-1971), Special Committee on Investigation of the Fire Department.

Special Committee to Enquire into the Employment of Married Women, City of Winnipeg (1874-1971).

Forms part of Fonds 1. The series consists of communications and detailed reports from City Departments noting the names of all City employees, identifying in particular married women employed by the City and City employees who were not residents of the City. The records are contained in one folder and cover the period July – September of 1924.

City of Winnipeg (1874-1971), Special Committee to Enquire into the Employment of Married Women.

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