The fonds consists of brochures and pamphlets on the history and promotion of the Alberta All Girls Drum and Bugle Band, photocopies of newspaper clippings and correspondence of trips to Paris (1973) and Germany (World Cup Championship 1974), and the Edmonton Journal “The Canadian Magazine” (Feb 1975) with a feature article on the band.
Alberta All Girls Drum & Bugle BandThe fonds consists of a Royal souvenir booklet "Coronation Souvenir of Our King and Queen with Princess Elizabeth & Princess Margaret Rose" (published by Sankey, Hudson & Co., Manchester, 1937), typed list of attendees to the Royal dinner held in Edmonton, 2 June 1939, and one copy of "Alberta Folklore, Vol. 1, No. 2", (published by the University of Alberta under the provisions of the Alberta Folklore and Local History Project, June 1945).
Flach, BettyThis fonds contains records relating to the construction and opening of Eatons in Eaton Centre. This includes various newspaper articles about the grand opening of the new store, as well as photographs of the construction of Eaton Centre and the demolition of the original Eaton’s. This fonds also contains issues of the Edmontonian newsletter from 1944 - 1962, as well as newsletters from Eaton’s stores in Calgary, Saskatchewan, and Winnipeg. Additionally, this fonds includes a scrapbook of news clippings related to Eaton’s operations across Canada from 1958 - 1968. Finally, this fonds contains the items from the 1987 Eatons time capsule. This includes a pair of Levi’s jeans, a Phil Collins CD, an autographed Wayne Gretzky photograph, news clippings, and other items that were viewed as representative of Edmonton and Eatons in 1987. Records titled "Eaton's" are related to the original location, while records titled "Eatons" are related to the second location in Eaton Centre.
Eatons, Eaton CentreThe fonds consists of minutes, bylaws, financial statements, event planning files, annual reports, budgets, and photographs created during the operation of the Edmonton Boys’ Pipe Band. A small number of regalia worn by members during parade is also included. Two electronic records are also present: a music CD featuring a selection of the Pipe Band’s performances, as well as a DVD of the Edmonton Celtic Festival that features a video recording of the Pipe Band’s performance.
Edmonton Boys' Pipe Band AssociationThe fonds consists of photos taken by Eric Bland for the Edmonton Bulletin in the last five years of the Bulletin’s existence (April 1947-January 1951) (EA-600). The photos include Edmonton personalities, accidents, events, clubs and societies, buildings (including churches, schools and hospitals), commerce, industry, transportation and military.
The fonds also includes images used in the publication 'Edmonton Bulletin Special Edition 1911' (EB-26). This publication gave a history of Edmonton to that point. The photographs include people, houses, buildings businesses, street scenes, bridges and transportation.
The fonds consists of photographs from the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce's in-house collection. Many of the photographs are by the Byron-May Company, who were commissioned by the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce to create brochures promoting Edmonton as an up and coming city.
The photographs are of early Edmonton and include buildings, street scenes, city and farm scenes, animals, agriculture, people and events.
Edmonton Chamber of CommerceThe collection consists of photographs used by the Edmonton Historical Board (EHB) for their recognition awards. The EHB began giving out recognition awards starting in 1975 and required a photograph of the individual receiving the award for their awards ceremony. The photographs in this collection are from individuals who don't have a personal fonds at the City of Edmonton Archives and received a EHB award.
City of Edmonton ArchivesThe fonds consists of a play written by Elizabeth Wilson named Raiders on the Wind. The work was commissioned by the Civic Centennial Committee of the City of Edmonton through the Junior Arts Council to mark the celebration of the Centennial of Canadian Confederation.
Wilson, ElizabethThe Gay and Lesbian Archives captures many aspects of Edmonton’s gay and lesbian population, ca. 1970 to the mid-2000s and the growth of organizations and groups to facilitate and serve them. The primary organizations represented in the fonds, and described as the first four series of the fonds are: the Gay Alliance Toward Equality (GATE), Gay and Lesbian Awareness (GALA), the AIDS Network of Edmonton Society, and the Gay and Lesbian Community Centre of Edmonton (GLCCE). Within each of these organizations, are administrative records including bylaws, constitution, meeting minutes and documents, financial statements, and correspondence, as well as any type of activity or committee records maintained by the said organization.
There is inter-relatedness to many of these organizations, and the boundaries between their activities and mandate can be hard to distinguish from one another. Series 5, as an example, is the Edmonton Pride Festival Society records, which had origins with both GALA and GLCCE but outgrew both organizations to form its own society in 1999, and is concerned with numerous on-going annual pride events organized for Edmonton. Other series in the fonds that have origins in earlier organizations include Series 9: Civil/Human Rights; Series 12: Organizations; and Series 13: Resources and References. Responsibilities for collecting in these series shifted as organizations and their committees closed and reopened under new names and structures, and so the decision was made to organize the records within separate series to better describe them and capture this evolution.
The remaining series in the fonds represents a way to organize the records to reflect what has already been donated, but also allow for expansion as further accruals are received.
Smaller series in the fonds include series 6, the University of Alberta Gay organizations; series 7: Sporting Associations; and Series 10, Youth Related Organizations and Resources. While relatively small yet in extent, there is the potential for growth within each of these series as new University-related groups, sporting organizations, and youth-focused associations relating to Edmonton’s GLBQT population form. Gay cultural and social organizations were also established in Edmonton, and two of the series in the fonds relate directly to these: Series 8 is records of the Vocal Minority Music Society which later became Edmonton Vocal Minority, and Series 11 contains records from some of the clubs and entertainment venues that operated in Edmonton. The connection between series is again obvious, as for example, the gay entertainment clubs often hosted events and activities as fundraisers for the Aids Network of Edmonton. Continued expansion in these series is also likely.
A final series was created to capture those files created by Michael Phair, a well-known Edmontonian and activist for the gay community of Edmonton. His name is connected with many of the groups represented in this fonds, and he was a prime mover behind the gathering and preserving of the Gay and Lesbian archive.
Series are as follows:
- Series 1 – Gay Alliance Toward Equity (GATE)
- Series 2 – Gay and Lesbian Awareness (GALA)
- Series 3 – AIDS Network / HIV Edmonton
- Series 4 – Gay and Lesbian Community Centre of Edmonton (GLCCE) / Pride Centre of Edmonton
- Series 5 – Edmonton Pride Festival Society / Pride Events
- Series 6 – University of Alberta Gay Organizations
- Series 7 – Sporting Associations
- Series 8 – The Vocal Minority Music Society / Edmonton Vocal Minority
- Series 9 – Civil / Human Rights
- Series 10 – Youth Related Organizations / Resources
- Series 11 – Clubs / Entertainment Venues
- Series 12 – Organizations
- Series 13 – Resources and References
- Series 14 – Michael Phair records
The fonds consists of a handwritten account by G.D. Clark on the first fireworks display in Edmonton, held 1 July 1893 at the racetrack on the Hudson’s Bay Reserve lands. It includes references to Tommy Lauder and Bill Ibbotson.
Clark, G.D.