The fonds consists of records created by the Board of Commissioners. The records can all, with the exception of the Convention Centre files, be described as correspondence or subject files. From their establishment until the present, the Board of Commissioners have used simple file classification systems to arrange their files. These systems changed over time and the series, determined by the archivist, reflect changes to the classification system rather than changes in the types or nature of the records created. The first series consists of records created from 1909-1931 (predominant 1909-1921), the second from 1923-1945 (predominant 1923-1929), the third from 1945-1949, the fourth from 1950- 1959, the fifth from 1960-1970, and the sixth from 1971-1980. A separate series has been created for the records relating to the Calgary Convention Centre. For more information regarding the City of Calgary, Board of Commissioners scope/content information, please link to the City of Calgary Archives homepage and click on the "fonds level descriptions" link.

The fonds consists of Council minutes, by-laws, agreements, drawings, plans, correspondence, and some artifacts. The records have been arranged into 3 series which are described in the printed inventory. For more information regarding the City of Calgary, City Clerk's Department scope/content information, please link to the City of Calgary Archives homepage and click on the "fonds level descriptions" link.

For more information regarding the City of Calgary, Finance Department scope/content information, please link to the City of Calgary Archives homepage and click on the "fonds level descriptions" link.

The fonds consists of the following records:;Series I: Chief's correspondence, records, reports, orders etc., 1899-1970. Series II: Miscellaneous correspondence and records, 1919-1954. Series III: Union dispute briefs, 1932-1950. Series IV: Union minutes, records, agreements, etc., 1919-1957. Series V: Calgary Federation of Civic Employees, 1917-1952. Series VI: Calgary Trades and Labour Council, minutes, 1947-1952. Series VII: Canadian Labour reports, 1947-1951. Series VIII: Miscellaneous union records and correspondence, 1929-1952. Series IX: Convention proceedings, 1919-1958. Series X: Annual Reports, 1908-1971. Series XI: Pension fund papers, 1932-1943. Series XII: Salary and pension records, 1934-1950. Series XIII: Workmen's compensation correspondence and form, 1921-1949. Series XIV: Volumes - 100 Journals and Record Books, 1885-1968. Series XV: Oversize - Card Catalogues, Blueprints, Volumes and Scrapbooks, ca. 1911-1955. Series XVI Transferred to Library, Pamphlets, Periodicals, etc, see list in inventory. For more information regarding the City of Calgary, Fire Department scope/content information, please link to the City of Calgary Archives homepage and click on the "fonds level descriptions" link.

The fonds consists of correspondence, memoranda, reports, agreements, registers, lists, ledgers, plans, drawings, and photographic prints documenting all of the Department's functions except housing. The records are arranged into six series by functional area:;Series I. Administration Files. Series II. Tax Recovery Files. Series III. Sales Files. Series IV. Acquisitions Files. Series V. Property Management Files. Series VI. Development Files. These series have various sub-series under each according to the subject, type of document or arrangement in a filing system. Some of the sub-series posses no identifiable arrangement where as others are arranged alphabetically or chronologically. Between 1963 and 1964, the Land Division introduced a new system for filing its records. Block numbering classifications for sales (8-000), acquisitions (7-000), tax recovery, and development were assigned. The arranging archivist has assigned arbitrary file numbers to the files. Where original file numbers existed, these have been listed as well. Oversize plans have been placed in map cabinets and are identified by a M000nnn number. Photographic prints are identified by a PP000nnn number.

The fonds consists of the City Solicitor's records, as opposed to the records of other divisions within the department as it is currently structured. Most of the records were part of a single central filing system with nine series, numbered 1-9. Each of these series used the same sort of file coding system which is discussed below as part of each of the series descriptions. The records described in this inventory reflect the general legal work which has always been carried on by the City Solicitor and the Law Department. This is the work that is now done by the Law Division of the department. The Archives does not hold any records from the Claims Division or the Insurance Division. General Subject Files (6 series in the Law Department's filing system) comprise the largest portion of the Law Department records in the Archives. These records reflect the general work of the City Solicitor and his department over a period of more than fifty years and subjects reflect a broad range of internal and external issues. Subsequent series are much smaller. The litigation files (1 series) are case files of the City Solicitor and his staff relating to lawsuits in which The City was involved. The extent of these records in the Archives reflects only a small portion of litigation files created over time. Many more remain in semi- active storage. For more information regarding the City of Calgary, Law Department scope/content information, please link to the City of Calgary Archives homepage and click on the "fonds level descriptions" link.

The fonds consists of records from the Parks and Recreation Department which reflect a wide range of responsibilities held by the Department over time including correspondence files, annual reports, financial records, reports, minutes, and publications. The records date from 1905 to 1981, with material from the 1960s and 1970s predominating. For more information regarding the City of Calgary, Parks & Recreation Department scope/content information, please link to the City of Calgary Archives homepage and click on the "fonds level descriptions" link.

The fonds consists of council minutes, assessment rolls and tax rolls. Series I: Consists of council minutes, 1908-1911. Series II: Consists of assessment and tax rolls, 1909-1910.

The fonds consists of 34 ink drawings, 16 x 20 in size, of Calgary's Mayors from 1884-1994.

The fonds consists of correspondence, memoranda, reports, mechanical drawings, maps, and photographs. This inventory describes the records of the Director's Office and the Traffic Operations Division, It also includes the records generated by the traffic operations function while it was part of the Engineering Department, and the earlier records of the Traffic Engineering Department and the Traffic Division of the Engineering Department. These records document the activities of the divisions of the Department other than Calgary Transit and divisions functionally related to it, For records of Calgary Transit, LRT Construction Division, the Protective Services Division, and the Marketing and Community Relations Division, see the "Inventory to the Records of Calgary Transit". Series I: Consists of the Annual Reports of the Department and its predecessors. Series II: Consists of the correspondence for the Director of the Department, not yet processed. Series III: Consists of the correspondence of the Manager of the Traffic Operations Division, which was previously part of the Engineering Department, and prior ro that was the Traffic Engineering Department. These records date from 1956 to 1969. Series IV: Consists of the correspondence of the Manager of the Traffic Operations Division from 1970 on, not yet processed. Series V: Consists of files on inquests into fatal accidents which occurred on Calgary streets, 1964-1974. Series VI: Consists of files on Calgary's traffic signal installations, originating from the Signals Section of the Traffic Operations Division. Series VII: Contains various reports produced by the staff of the Traffic Engineer, 1956-1966. Series VIII: Consists of photographs used to document traffic operations, ca. 1960-1972.