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Ivor Dent fonds

  • EDM edm-103
  • Fonds
  • 1924-2001

This fonds consists of material relating to Ivor Dent's World War II service, teaching and educational career, political involvement including his term as Mayor of Edmonton, and his family and personal life. This fonds also covers Dr. Dent's involvement with various Commonwealth Games organizations including minutes, reports, correspondence, bylaws and constitution for both the Commonwealth Games Federation and the Commonwealth Games Assocciation of Canada. On April 11, 1984, Dr. Dent was invested as a member of the Order of Canada. MS 157.9 includes Commonwealth Games Association of Canada material, political correspondence and clippings, business material, M.Ed Thesis, and other ephemera. MS 157.10 includes Commonwealth Games Association of Canada material, primarily related to the Brisbane, Australia games in 1982, the Aukland, New Zealand games in 1990, and the Victoria, British Columbia games in 1994. This also includes some material related to Dent's activities with the CGAC. Also included inthis fonds is some personal material and other ephemera. MS 157.11 includes material regarding Ivor Dent's Order of Canada, his Commonwealth Medal for the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada, his real estate dealings, his political and social activities (including the New Democratic Party, Municipal Politics, Alberta's Senatorial Election, the Alberta Council on Aging, and the Commonwealth Games Association), his father Charles Lionel Dent, his son Charles Dent, and correspondence and other papers. This fonds also contains publications, including two books from Geoffrey Handley-Taylor, What Peace Means to Me, the REport of the Chief Electoral Officer on the Provincial Senatorial Election, 1989, and Kaleidoscope of Nauru, 1983. MS 157.12 contains material for the Alberta Common Front campaign against cuts to social spending, a collection of business cards, political material, and correspondence and other materials related to Dent's volunteer and business activities. MS 157.13 consists of material on the Alberta Common Front activist movement, SOS Children's Villages of Canada, Commonwealth Games Association of Canada, Victoria Commonwealth Games Society. This fonds also includes cards for the Dent's 50th wedding anniversary, material from courses Dent taught at Grant MacEwan Community College, correspondence and other papers, and a certificate commemorating Dent's acitvity as a volunteer for the International Year of the Volunteer.

Dent, Ivor

Murray Davis collection

  • EDM edm-1039
  • Collection
  • 1948-1987

The collection consists of materials collected by Murray Davis of Edmonton between 1948 and 1997. The fonds contains programs and magazines pertaining to the cultural life of Edmonton and Canada. Programs of such groups as the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, the Edmonton Opera Association, the Citadel Theatre, and the Alberta Ballet are included. There is also a collection of Canadian cultural magazines such as Encore, Update, Celebrity News, and Arts West. In addition, there are programs and brochures of special social, cultural, and sporting events in Edmonton.

Davis, Murray

Charlotte Daws fonds

  • EDM edm-1043
  • Fonds
  • 1929-1934

The fonds consists of materials created or collected by Charlotte Daws of Edmonton and dating from 1929-1934. The fonds consists of a 1930 British Empire Games program; 1932 Canadian Olympic Trials program; 1934 British Empire Games Canadian Trials program; 1933 Canadian Women's Track and Filed Championships program; newspaper clippings; and assorted medals won by Charlotte Daws.

Daws, Charlotte

Edmonton Exhibition Association Limited fonds

  • EDM edm-106
  • Fonds
  • 1906-1994

This fonds consists of material dating from 1906, however, the majority of the correspondence dates from 1913. There is a large amount of material relating to agricultural exhibits, reflecting one of the major focuses of the organization. The fonds has been divided into different classes based on the administrative functions of the Exhibition Association and itd successor, Edmonton Northlands. The photographs from this collection have been catalogued separately under the number EA 45. The majority of photographs deal with events relating to judging of livestock. However, they also cover a variety of subjects such as hockey games, horse racing, and special events. Photographs in the collection date from 1918, however a vast majority cover a ten year period from 1950 to 1960.

Edmonton Exhibition Association Limited

Edmonton Cycle Club fonds

  • EDM edm-1121
  • Fonds
  • 1963-1966

The fonds consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings, photographs, promotional material, and minutes of the Edmonton Cycle Club created between 1963 and 1966.

Edmonton Cycle Club

Edmonton Lawn Bowling Club fonds

  • EDM edm-1135
  • Fonds
  • 1926-1972

This fonds consists of a complete set of the minutes of the Edmonton Lawn Bowling Club, 1926 to 1972, financial records, year books, and miscellaneous correspondence. Also included are a number of trophies and plaques presented by the club.

Edmonton Lawn Bowling Club

Thomas McMinn collection

  • EDM edm-1177
  • Collection
  • 1926-1927

The collection consists of two "Organ Recital" programs for the Edmonton First Presbyterian Church, March 1927; One National Council of Education concert program; One song recital program by Amelia Galli-Cucci for the Women's Musical Club of Edmonton; one Edmonton Commercial Grads basketball program and scorecard, October 1927.

McMinn, Thomas

Gladys Edith Muttart fonds

  • EDM edm-130
  • Fonds
  • 1919-1927

The fonds includes programmes and score cards of the Edmonton Commercial Grads basketball team, programmes of the Edmonton Rotary Minstrel Revue, and an Edmonton Eskimos hockey game, postcards and tickets to an Independent Order of Odd Fellows picnic draw.

Muttart, Gladys Edith

Cyril Geoffrey Wates fonds

  • EDM edm-134
  • Fonds
  • 1916-1946

This fonds consists of publications, plays, and newspaper articles written by Cyril Wates, as well as assorted correspondence and records relating to the Edmonton chapter of the Alpine Club of Canada. Also contains an article and correspondence of Helen Adela (Burns) Wates and photographs of Helen Adela (Burns) Wates' family, ca. 1870-1880, Cyril Wates' telescope, 1942 and mountain climbing activities, ca. 1924-1938.

Wates, Cyril Geoffrey

Edmonton Klondike Days Association fonds

  • EDM edm-1433
  • Fonds
  • 1968-1978

This fonds consists of 3 sets (last one incomplete) in the series of the annual coins issued by the Klondike Days Association after 1968 to honour the pioneers of Edmonton. Also one mint set of 1978 coins.

Edmonton Klondike Days Association

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