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Simon John Clarke fonds

  • CA GLEN glen-662
  • Fonds
  • 1876-1945

The fonds consists of Mounted Police diaries (1876-1886); biographical leaflet re S.J. Clarke; Queen's Hotel records; family scrapbooks and newspaper clippings; and photographs of S.J. Clarke, the family, Mounted Police, Banff scenery, and Calgary scenes including street construction, electrical cable installation, and streetcars.

Clarke, Simon John

Samuel Adams fonds

  • CA GLEN glen-11
  • Fonds
  • 1897-1975, predominant 1970-1974

The fonds consists of postcards to his father (1906, 1909), letters to grandson, Nicholas K. Booth (1970-1974), memoirs (ca. 1970-1974), and family photographs (1897- 1975). Includes Booth's manuscripts based on Adams' memoirs (1972).

Adams, Samuel H.

Robert Arthur Brown fonds

  • CA GLEN glen-358
  • Fonds
  • 1913-1942

The fonds consists of scrapbooks and reports about City of Calgary power, electricity and street railways, and Turner Valley oil; photographs Bowness Park; personal financial records of Mrs. Christina Brown; business records of United Oils and United Electric and Engineering Company.

Brown, Robert Arthur

Margaret Gilkes fonds

  • CA GLEN glen-1021
  • Fonds
  • 1928-1986, predominant 1940s-1986

The fonds consists of manuscripts of Calgary's Finest (1975), Soldier Girl (1986), and Ladies of the Night (1946-1961); research material including photographs of Calgary police chiefs from 1885-1973; and her articles on Strathmore (1976). Includes photographs of Margaret and Gordon (1926-1958), Calgary police facilities and members (1940s-1960s), and Strathmore personalities (1928, 1933); and recorded interviews with Richard Stanton, H.K. Pat Williams, and Katherine Dowling (1976).

Gilkes, Margaret

Nose Hill Park Communities Board fonds

  • CA GLEN glen-1769
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1960-2010]

The fonds consists of historical information, briefs, plans, proposals, reports, submissions, copies of legal papers and maps relating to the preservation and development of Nose Hil Park. The fonds also consists of executive papers including minutes, membership lists, financial statement, newsletters, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and photographs relating to the Nose Hill Park Communities Board and various other groups with an interest in Nose Hill, including the Nose Hill Park Management Advisory Committee and the Friends of Nose Hill Society.

Nose Hill Park Communities Board

Pansy Pue fonds

  • CA GLEN glen-1904
  • Fonds
  • 1969-1973

The fonds consists of a speech about Nellie McClung (one of the Famous Five [Famous 5]), a recorded interview and interview transcript about her life, and photographs of various professional Calgary women.

Pue, Pansy

Anne Burke fonds

  • CA GLEN glen-3810
  • Fonds
  • 1992-2011

The fonds consists of minutes, correspondence, financial material, reports, newsletters, plans, etc. relating to the Ranchlands Community Association, Federation of Calgary Communities, Calgary Ward 2 Advisory Committee, Calgary North West Progressive Conservative Association and other groups with which Anne Burke was involved.

Burke, Anne

Tom Ward's Calgary history collection

  • CA GLEN glen-3576
  • Collection
  • 1909-[ca. 1975]

The collection consists of essays by Tom Ward, "Chronological History of Calgary, 1875 to 1959", "The Salvation Army", and "History of Calgary Seals, Crests and Logos". Includes a photocopy of the 1905 annual report of Calgary Public Schools; and a copy of a poem by Harry Hutchcroft, "The Spirit of Calgary". Includes postcards from southern Alberta, photographs of City of Calgary seals and coat of arms designs, the 1925 Calgary jubilee medallion, historic Calgary personalities, public events, the 1915 Calgary flood, city Waterworks and Municipal Railway views and construction activities, Midnapore, Fish Creek, the Lacombe Home, personalities and activities in the petroleum industry (ca. 1942-ca. 1955), examples of Tom Ward's artworks, Tom Ward's military career, RCMP officer Doug Johnson, and Tom Ward. Includes album of views of the site of the Bowness subdivision and bridge construction start ceremony (ca. 1912). Includes an ink sketch of a West Coast totem.

Ward, Tom

Town of Pincher Creek fonds

  • CA GLEN glen-1865
  • Fonds
  • 1899-1965

The fonds consists of bylaws (1909-1911); general correspondence (1911-1919); election records (1912-1919); waterworks and sewer records (1914-1915, 1951-1962); influenza epidemic records (1918-1919); register of town lots (1940-1942); general ledgers (1909-1915, 1941-1950); audited financial statements (1913-1914, 1918, 1934-1937); town plans (ca. 1910-1917, 1957); aerial photographs (1953); and miscellany (1899-1963). Includes minutes of the Pincher Creek Public Library (1949-1963) and the Home and School Association (1963-1965), and correspondence of the Boy Scout troop (1949-1953).

Pincher Creek, Town of

Town of Trochu fonds

  • CA GLEN glen-2288
  • Fonds
  • Photocopied 1987 (originally created 1911-1968)

The fonds consists of minutes (1925-1966), bylaws (1915-1968), financial statements (1934-1945) and municipal inspectors' reports (1934-1943) [all at M-7763]; and a tax receipt book (1911-1912) [at M-2821].

Trochu, Town of

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