The fonds consists of materials created between 1892 and 1976 by the Finance Department of the City of Edmonton. The fonds consists of these series: 1. Assessment rolls (1892-1952) The series consists of 106 m of tax assessment rolls. 2. Administrative materials (1968-1976) The series consists of sales tax returns, contracts, and Uniterm financial documents.

The fonds consists of materials created by the City of Edmonton's Fire Department and its successor, the Emergency Response Department between 1907 and 1996. The fonds consists of correspondence, scrapbooks, ledgers, photographs, personnel files, records of alarms and other materials.

The fonds consists of materials created by the City of Edmonton's Land Department between 1918 and 1977. The fonds consists of these series:;1. Correspondence (1956-1977) The series consists of correspondence both to and from the department arranged chronologically by subject. 2. Property Sales Reports (1951-1958) The series consists of reports concerning the sale of city property. Financial Documents (1922-1966) The series consists of ledgers containing capital accounts, rent information, land transfers, and other material related to the financial administration of the department. 3. Transfer of Land (1923-1956) The series consists of land transfer documents arranged by surname. Miscellaneous (1918-1976) The series contains a wide variety of material related to the department including materials on personnel, replots, subdivisions, and building information.

The fonds consists of materials created or collected by the City of Edmonton Management Services Department between 1969 and 1976. The fonds consists of these series: 1. Correspondence (1917-1976) The series contains official correspondence arranged chronologically. 2. Miscellaneous (1969-1974) The series consists of census sheets, traffic tickets, parking passes, ballot cards, payroll system functional specifications, meter reader's book and aperture cards of gas plans.

The material in this fonds covers the terms of office of Mayor Harry Ainlay (1946-1949), Sidney Parsons (1950-1951), William Hawrelak (1952-1959, 1963-1965, and 1974-1975), Elmer Roper (1959-1963), Vincent Dantzer (1965-1968), Ivor Dent (1968-1974), Terry Cavanaugh (1975-1977), and Cecil Purves (1977-1983). Records for Mayors Ainlay, Parsons, and Dantzer are limited, consisting of speeches, invitations, and miscellaneous correspondence. Significant quantities of Mayor's office records from 1969 to 1978 are organized into subject headings representative of the various organizations and challenges facing the city. The fonds has been organized into 8 separate classes according to the terms of each mayor: Mayor Harry Ainlay's records 1945-1949; Mayor Sidney Parson's records 1949-1952; Mayor William Hawrelak's records 1951-1975; Mayor Elmer Roper's records 1959-1963; Mayor Vincent Dantzer's records 1965-1968; Mayor Ivor Dent's records 1968-1974; Mayor Terry Cavanaugh's records 1975-1977; Mayor Cec Purves' records 1977-1980.

The fonds consists of materials created by the City of Edmonton's Municipal Airport between 1926 and 1974. The fonds consists of wide variety of materials and includes a copy of the original air harbour licence, general ledgers, financial documents, employee information, union materials, landing and take-off data, studies, correspondence, and other materials.

This fonds consists of correspondence; agreements; brochures; administrative materials, photographs, official reports; newspaper clippings; newsletters, financial records and other materials relating to the daily operation of the Parks and Recreation Department. Processed materials have been divided into five series. Wherever possible this division was done with respect to the original order of the fonds. The five series are Administrative records (1945-1972); Facilities and Programs records (1924-1969); Community League records (1946-1967); Cemetery records (1918-1966); and Universiade '83 records (1977-1984).

The fonds consists of materials created by the City of Edmonton Planning Department from 1910 to 1961. The fonds consists of these series: Plancheckers (1910-1974) The series consists of blueprints, photographs and correspondence from the Plancheckers files of the Planning Department. Some of the more extensive records deal with alterations to and/or construction of major municipal buildings or facilities such as the 1957 City Hall, the Fire Department Garage, the Municipal Golf Course, the Royal Alexandra Hospital, the Cloverdale Incinerator, the Police Station, and Electrical Sub-Stations. Additionally, some early bylaws are available. Blueprints range in date from 1910 to 1966, but residential records date primarily from 1946 to 1951, except for extensive Beverly residential records dating from 1952 to 1961 transferred with the amalgamation of the Town of Beverly. Most other records in this fonds are of local business buildings or multi-unit residential construction. Names of architects or architectural firms have been noted to facilitate searches by that topic. Also located in this series are sign permits for various businesses from 1968. An additional section of this series consists of varying degrees of building history (lease information, additions and alterations, repairs, fires, signage, and appraisals before demolition permits have been issued). These records date primarily from the 1960s. 2. Miscellaneous (ca. 1960- ca. 1990) The seers consists of uncatalogued materials created by the Planning Department. The series consists of replots, reports, Town Planning Commission minutes, Names Advisory Committee minutes, Winter Cities 1988 convention documents and other materials.

The fonds consists of materials created by the City of Edmonton's Police Department between 1914 and 1938. The fonds consists of a fire insurance map from 1914 and pawnshop ledgers from 1918 to 1938.

The fonds consists of materials created by the City of Edmonton Public Works Department and its predecessors between 1946 and 1982. The material is unprocessed and includes material from the following branches or departments: Property Building Management, Purchasing, Realty Development, Real Estate and Housing. It also includes 2 copies of <i>Atlas: Coal-Mine Workings of the Edmonton Area</i>.