This fonds consists of material collected and created by Reg Appleyard, Doug Matheson, Rev. Harry Meadows, Matheson and Company, and the staff of Meadowcroft Seniors’ Residence through their function of running the Meadowcroft corporations and providing quality affordable housing in Edmonton between 1969 and 2010. It contains legal documents, correspondence, reports, committee minutes, pamphlets, photos, plans and audiovisual material.

An attempt has been made to preserve the original order of the material. The files themselves have been arranged into 5 sous-fonds and various series. The sous-fonds are as follows:

Sous-fonds 1 – Meadowcroft Housing Corporation
Sous-fonds 2 – Meadowcroft Holdings
Sous-fonds 3 – Meadowcroft Housing Society of Edmonton
Sous-fonds 4 – Other Material
Sous-fonds 5 – Personal Correspondence

This fonds consists of correspondence and interviews relating to the research for her historical novel, Fortress North. It also includes a manuscript for the book and her ink and water colour illustrations for each chapter, a series of historical paintings of Edmonton and area, records relating to her work for the City of Edmonton Archives and Landmarks Committee and miscellaneous correspondence, sketches, and notes.