Fonds MS-486 - Lillian Maze fonds

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Lillian Maze fonds

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  • Textual record
  • Graphic material - photograph
  • Graphic material - artwork

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CA EDM MS-486

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  • [ca. 1910] - [ca. 1980] (Creation)
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    Maze, Lillian

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1 cm of textual records. - 2 photographs. - 1 piece of artwork

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(1899 - 1993)

Biographical history

Lillian Della Armstrong was born in Columbia House in Edmonton in 1899, the daughter of Edgar W. Armstrong. Educated in Edmonton, she became a teacher in and out of the city. For twenty years she wrote the Third Column of the Edmonton Journal under the name of Lillian Armstrong Maze, telling stories of many of the old timers and of early events. She was made an Honorary Life Member of the Canadian Author's Association as a contributor to the Edmonton Branch. Some of her articles have appeared in the Alberta Historical Review and in the Alberta Golden Jubilee Anthology. With her father she joined the Northern Alberta Pioneer's and Old Timers' Association and was made a Life Member. She received and Edmonton Historical Board Recognition Award in 1983 for her contribution to preserving Edmonton's past (see RG-21 series 2.4 file 242). She died in 1993 and was buried in Edmonton Municipal Cemetery alongside her husband, Robert Maze (1897-1959).

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The fonds consists of the following:

  • File 1: Article titled 'The Big Hotel' by Lillian Maze about the Columbia Stopping House, which was published in the Edmonton Journal (1953) and formed the basis of an article published in the Spring 1964 edition of The Alberta Historical Review. There is also a souvenir booklet 'Souvenir of the Edmonton Schools - Issued at the Opening of the High School, May 9, 1911' (1911). The Edmonton High School was later known as Victoria School.
  • File 2: Painting by Lillian Maze's daughter and Edmonton Art Club member Kathleen Anne Elizabeth (Betty) Hickey titled "Columbia Stopping House". The building was located at the corner of Grierson (101A Avenue) and 96 Street. The painting was formerly described as EAA-66-1.

The photographs include EA-512-1: a portrait of Lillian Maze [ca. 1980] and EA-512: a photograph of Columbia House [ca. 1910].

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The collection was donated to the City of Edmonton Archives by Lillian Maze in 1964, 1983 and 1985.

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Photographs were given item numbers starting with the prefix EA-512.

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      Accession numbers: A64-152, A83-68, A85-29

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      City of Edmonton Archives

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