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John Nilson fonds

  • CA GLEN glen-3443
  • Fonds
  • 1935-2007

The fonds consists of two postcards written to John Nilson from his sister in Norway (with translation); his Soldier’s Service Paybook; a portrait assumed to be of him; inventory of his personal effects at the time of his death; and a letter from Claire McMordie explaining the provena

Nilson, John

Tom Baines fonds

  • CA GLEN glen-176
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1874]-1998

The fonds consists of notebooks, personal correspondence, a transcript and recorded of interviews about his life, sound recordings of his presentations to school children, broadcasts from the Calgary Zoo, newsclippings, share certificates, records and souvenirs of his military service, a brief history of the early Calgary Parks Department, and notes regarding the Calgary Public Museum. Includes photographs of Calgary, St. George's Island and the zoo, and a slide of Billy Henry's 100th birthday.

Baines, Tom

Jerry Puckett fonds

  • CA GLEN glen-3858
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1915-1991]

The fonds consists of photographs of the Calgary Mounted Constabulary, Puckett family and White Spot Restaurants; and newspaper clippings about the family and their activities.

Puckett, Jerry

Percy Harrison fonds

  • CA GLEN glen-3775
  • Fonds
  • 1985

The fonds consists of his memoirs of life in Alberta and his activities in the Air Force.

Harrison, Percy

Cecil Rice-Jones fonds

  • CA GLEN glen-1945
  • Fonds
  • 1894-1980

The fonds consists of family correspondence (1894-1980), South African War diary transcript and discharge certificate (1900-1901), biographical sketch, farm statements (1920, 1921), and miscellany. Includes photographs of the Rice-Jones farm, and Cecil in Strathcona's Horse (1900) and as UGG director (1916-1922).

Rice-Jones, Cecil

Grace Gough fonds

  • CA GLEN glen-2888
  • Fonds
  • Copied 1980 (originally created 1960-1980)

The fonds consists of correspondence and newsclippings regarding veterans groups (1960-1980); an interview with Grace Gough about her life and activities (October 24, 1980); and photographs of the Gough family, Army and Navy Club, Legion ladies national bowling team, visit of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, and Calgary women's organizations (1917-1960).

Gough, Grace

Arthur Rice-Jones fonds

  • CA GLEN glen-3769
  • Fonds
  • 1926-1979

The fonds consists of Art’s personal material from his hockey career, and military service in World War Two. This includes scrapbooks about his hockey and military careers, correspondence with his Father Cecil and other family members and friends during his various tours overseas and in Calgary, and photographs of various hockey teams including the Elmwood Millionaires, Winnipeg Monarchs, Calgary Stampeders, and Victoria Army hockey Team.

Rice-Jones, Arthur

Fred Smithers fonds

  • CA GLEN glen-3801
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1960s-1970s]

The fonds consists of his detailed First World War memoirs of the 8th Canadian Field Ambulance from its departure from Calgary in 1916 through demobilization in 1919. He discusses the crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, Ypres, The Somme, the Anzin Arras front, Vimy Ridge, Passchendaele, Loos and Hill 70, influenza (flu), Domart, Arras, Cambrai, Canal du Nord, Valenciennes and Mons.

Smithers, Fred

Riveredge Foundation collection

  • CA GLEN glen-3115
  • Collection
  • 1489-1979

The collection reflects the diverse collecting interests of Eric Harvie and consists of materials from many different sources. Much of the material reflects western Canadian history and military history. It includes many isolated items bearing autographs of statesmen, military leaders, and other famous people. The materials were originally arranged in accession number order by the Riveredge Foundation, but subsequently the order has been lost. Many of the items within the collection have been described separately as fonds or parts of fonds.
The collection includes substantial textual information created by or about the following: Mary Steele, Fred J. Cameron, Alexander Norman Lafferty, Holy Cross Mission (Holy Cross, Alaska), Inuit language, "Peppers" (Guest house, Tyrell Wood, England), Motor Car Supply Company of Canada Ltd., Lloyd J. Edric, J. D. Newton, irrigation, Kathleen Shackleton, Frank Gilbert Roe, William Rodney, G. F. "Hub" Adams, Grant Spratt, Ralph Will, Turner Valley, Canadian Western Natural Gas Co., Alan Edward Rowbotham, Ken Ford, Ernest C. W. Lamarque, the Bedaux Expedition, Frederick Burt-Johns, R. W. Rutherford, Don Woodside, John W. Proctor, G. W. Baird, Alejandro Malaspina, Chief Khalserten Sepass, Brinsley George H. Palmer, George Pocaterra, Upper Thelon River Archaeological Project, The Nickle Arts Museum, Rudyard Kipling, Franz Liszt, Jawaharlal Nehru, Florence Nightingale, Emmeline Pankhurst, Jan Christian Smuts, Thomas Chandler Haliburton, George Bancroft, Henry Wheaton, Canadian War Memorial Exhibition (1919), Maximilian I (Holy Roman Emperor), Alfred Lord Tennyson, P. H. Galt, Ramsay MacDonald, Ernest Thompson Seton, Sir Ernest Shackleton, John Hall, Baron Napier of Magdala, Benjamin Disraeli, Captain Kidd, Henry Davis, Crown Lumber Company Ltd., Murray Christman, Austin Deuel, Donald Cameron, Laurandeau family, Carrie Jacobs-Bond, University of Calgary Department of Archaeology, "Wonderful Group" Mining Co., Nehemiah G. Ordway, Alaric B. Chapin, Albert R. Decuyper, John A. O'Farrell, Charles E. Moss, Harry Cohen, Samuel Anthony Tomlinson, Kemp family, Prince Edward Island, Lord Minto, Alfred Patrick, Edward Cox, Henry Hunt, Mungo Martin, Rudolf Cronau, A. C. Leighton, Thomas Allen.
The collection also includes sound recordings by or about the following: Ethel Baker, Cheyenne tribe, Helen Kihn, Kiowa tribe, Mackenzie River Survival Project, Maori, Rocky Boy Plains Cree Tribe, Grant Spratt, Surinam tribes.
The collection also includes films about Jimmy Simpson, Arctic oil exploration, Turner Valley oil exploration, First Nations of North America, Tom Wilson, and grizzly bears.

Riveredge Foundation

Victor Wheeler fonds

  • CA GLEN glen-2420
  • Fonds
  • 1915-1979, predominant 1963-1979

The fonds consists of war diaries (1916-1919); extensive correspondence with 50th Battalion veterans (1963-1979); First World War memorabilia including programs, menus and picture postcards; reference material compiled for his book; original manuscript and bibliograhy of The 50th Battalion in No Man's Land (1970s-1980); and photographs of the 50th Battalion (1914-1918) and veterans and their families (1960s).

Wheeler, Victor W.

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