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Toole family fonds

  • CA GLEN glen-2268
  • Fonds
  • 1899-1979

The fonds consists of Phoebe Toole's certificates, diaries, school records, memberships, programs, recorded interview, and correspondence (primarily extensive letters from Archer); Archer Toole's will, First World War papers, memberships and some financial records; and William Toole's school notes and exams, correspondence, memberships and programs. Includes extensive photographs of Toole, Jukes, and Sanders families.
Records related to the following subjects are also in this fonds. See inventory for details: Alberta Military Institute, Calgary and District Beekeepers Association, Elbow Park Residents' Association, Lost Lemon Mine, Montessori School, Peigan Post, Ranchmen's Club, Trinity College School (Port Hope, Ontario), Union Milk Co, and University of Alberta.

Toole (family)

Duncan and Archie Campbell fonds

  • CA GLEN glen-512
  • Fonds
  • 1885-1978, predominant 1893-1919

The fonds consists of Duncan's certificate, letterbooks and railway passes (1887-1906), Duncan's autograph collection, Archie's First World War correspondence and miscellaneous papers, a history of the Campbell family, biography of Z.T. Wood, press release regarding S.T. Wood's retirement, and a history of the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway. Includes photographs of Fort Macleod, North-West Mounted Police (NWMP), military personalities and activities, First Nations people (likely Blood), the Supreme Court of the North-West Territories (1896), and the airplane used for the first airmail flight to cross the Canadian Rockies (1919).

Campbell (family)

Bertram family fonds

  • CA GLEN glen-3904
  • Fonds
  • 1909-1975, predominant 1915-1938

The fonds consists of family photograph albums, loose photos and memorabilia, primarily compiled by Olive Bertram. The photographs document the Burley and Bertram family homes, Salvation Army members including her sister Florence, Sarcee Army Camp and men in uniforms during the First World War, camping trips to the Rocky Mountains in the 1920s, Allan and George as children, the Ford car, and various family members. Includes George’s prize ribbons for running and school exhibition entries for his woodworking.

Bertram (family)

John Shipley fonds

  • CA GLEN glen-3820
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1912-1975]

The fonds consists of Shipley's photographs of Calgary streets and scenic views, air force activities in Alberta, Calgary Stampede rodeo, Royal Visits in 1939 and 1951, and scenes of the Banff area, Edmonton and Saskatoon. Includes an illuminated address presented to Dr. Mills Shipley who served in the Lethbridge prisoner of war camp hospital during the Second World War,1941.

Shipley, John W.B.

Sammy Tomlinson fonds

  • CA GLEN glen-3068
  • Fonds
  • 1917-1973

The fonds consists of papers documenting Tomlinson's military career, including his paybook, will, service record, and discharge papers from the First World War; letters of recommendation, identity card, and will from the Second World War; the "R.F.C. Veterans' Prayer" which he composed; and an obituary.

Tomlinson, Sammy

Clarence John Elder fonds

  • CA GLEN glen-892
  • Fonds
  • 1916-1973

The fonds consists of First World War letters home (1918-1919); reminiscences of First World War experiences and colleagues; military certificates and paybooks; Canadian Corps Association in Alberta membership and handbook (1936); Delco-Light sales book (1917-1921) and list of users (1916-1946); and photographs of 9th Battalion Canadian Engineers, and Delco-Light plants, salesmen and buildings using this lighting.

Elder, Clarence John

Royal Gagnon family fonds

  • CA GLEN glen-3802
  • Fonds
  • 1862-1972

The fonds consists primarily of Mounted Police records including Severe Gagnon's diary of the March West; and Henri Gagnon's police diaries and notebooks, especially while posted at Fort Smith. The fonds also consists of Henri's First World War records; family correspondence between Emma, Henry, Helen and Suzanne; Emma's diaries and scrapbook about her father Joseph Royal; articles and tributes on Henri's death; Helen's papers related to her Scottish family; Suzanne's school records and university notes; Suzanne's WRCNS memorabilia and Quebec Conference scrapbook; and extensive photographs of family members, Mounted Police groups and activities, Fort Smith and northern Canada. Includes Louis Schmidt's Riel Rebellion documents collected by Joseph Royal; and Cortlandt Starnes' photographs of the Hudson Bay and Churchill area.

Royal Gagnon (family)

Joseph Begin fonds

  • CA GLEN glen-224
  • Fonds
  • 1882-1969, predominant 1882-1920

The fonds consists of Joseph's military and other records, Begin family photographs, some of Jean's military records, and scrapbooks and memorabilia relating to Renalde's social activities. RECORDS RELATED TO THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS ARE ALSO IN THIS FONDS: Alexina Begin, Mrs. George H.V. Bulyea, Duncan J. Campbell, Thomas Francis Ennis, Col. T.D.B. Evans, Amedee Emmanuel Forget, Sgt. W.S. Loggin, F. Xavier Mercier, Commissioner Aylesworth Bowen Perry, Fred White, William Whyte, and Winnipeg.

Begin, Joseph

Garnet Joseph Wolseley fonds

  • CA GLEN glen-2463
  • Fonds
  • 1640-1968, predominant 1870-1906

The fonds consists of personal correspondence; manuscripts of his memoirs; his military writings; and extensive awards and recognitions (scrolls, addresses, etc.) presented to him.

Wolseley, Garnet Joseph

John Nisbet Gunn fonds

  • CA GLEN glen-1093
  • Fonds
  • 1900-1966, predominant 1916-1918

The fonds consists of photographs of military activities, Kananaskis logging, George Lane hunting, EP Ranch, and Calgary views; personal and military papers; and a microfilm copy of a family scrapbook.

Gunn, John Nisbet

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