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Records of the Canadian Circumpolar Institute, including correspondence of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, and various departments of the Government of Canada, and Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut governments. Also included are records related to consultant contracts, Arctic Summer and Winter Schools, research grants, training grants, manuscripts, publications, and northern development records.

Fonds consists of records from the Population Research Laboratory in the Sociology Department at the University of Alberta.

Fonds consists of records from the Surgical-Medical Research Institute.

Fonds consists of office files, project files, budget summaries, statistics, reports, ledgers, and data books.

Fonds consists of records created during the operations of the Office of the Comptroller at the University of Alberta.

Fonds consists of records related to the operations of the University of Alberta Development Office, formerly known as the Fund Development Office.

Fonds consists of records pertaining to Museum and Collections Services at the University of Alberta.

Fonds consists of records pertaining to the Office of the Ombudsman at the University of Alberta.

Fonds consists of records pertaining to Personnel Services and Staff Relations at the University of Alberta.

Fonds consists of the records from the University of Alberta's Office of Public Affairs.

The fonds consists of the records created by the Office of the Registrar and Student Awards in the performance of Office's principal responsibilities: admissions, scheduling, recordkeeping, awards, and other discretionary authority.

Fonds consists of records from the Office of Research Services at the University of Alberta.

Fonds consists of records pertaining to the University of Alberta's Publications Office.

Fonds consists of records pertaining to Technical Services at the University of Alberta.

Fonds consists of records pertaining to the operations and functions of the University of Alberta Archives.

Fonds consists of records related to the history and operations of University Computing Systems at the University of Alberta.

Fonds consists of records related to the operations of libraries at the University of Alberta, including the Rutherford Library, Cameron Library, H. T. Coutts Education Library, John W. Scott Health Sciences Library, Winspear Business Library, and John A. Weir Memorial Law Library.

The University of Alberta Press fonds consists of office records, as well as numerous publications.

Fonds consists of records pertaining to St. Joseph's College and its operations.

Fonds consists of records pertaining to St. Stephen's College and its operation.

Fonds consists of records pertaining to Bruce Peel Special Collections at the University of Alberta.

Fonds consists of records pertaining to the Universities Coordinating Council.

Fonds consists of office files, correspondences, publications, minutes, and administrative documents related to the Alberta Institute of Agrologists (AIA).

Fonds consists of records pertaining to the Alberta Women's Bureau.

The Assiniboia Community Housing Cooperative (ACHC) fonds document the history and function of the Cooperative, and its predecessor, the Campus Co-operative Association. The records span the years from the inception of the Co-operative in 1967, through its existence 21 years later when the records to that date were deposited with the University of Alberta Archives.

The records, largely textual, required a fair amount of sorting when received at the Archives. Papers were removed from binders, and duplicate records disposed. There was a lot of duplication of records, as individual executive members along with each ‘house’ in the Cooperative maintained a set of minutes, audited financial statements, policies and procedures manuals, along with forms for completing maintenance checks and house inventories. As well, the collection was weeded of financial ephemera (invoices, returned cheques, bills, etc) since summary financial records existed. An original listing provided by a then member of the ACHC aided the arrangement and description process.

The records have been sorted into ten series, including: the Cooperative Movement; Executive Committee Records; Minutes (Board and General); Financial Records; Membership Records, Property Management Records; Property Expansion Records; Legal Advice Records; Historic Records; and the Newsletter (The Cooper). Some of the series are very small, while others like the Financial records series and Property Management records series are necessarily arranged into sub-series to better organize the material. There is a complete set of minutes from the 1960s through to January of 1987. Membership records are particularly complete for the mid-1970s to the early 1980s; earlier membership records, particularly for the 1960s, are sketchier. The records are in good physical shape.

The Assiniboia Community Housing Cooperative records reflect an interesting alternative to standard student housing arrangements available on the University of Alberta campus in the mid-1960’s. It was, writes Rod Olstad in a 1988 Gateway article, “the first organized, yet unofficial, co-ed housing at the U of A.” Principles of democracy were essential to the Cooperative, with their elected executive, membership votes on all matters of house policy and operation, and safeguards to protect individual members from potential financial liability, etc. Co-op members were instrumental in lobbying the University in 1973 to abandon plans to demolish much of the low-cost housing in the North Garneau neighbourhood, demanding instead that this housing be retained and renovated to ensure that low-cost, alternative housing was available for students.

The ACHC records can also be viewed as a part of the larger national Co-operative housing movement emerging in the same period. The unique living arrangement that is the Cooperative, with its accompanying problems and triumphs, is well documented in these records.

Fonds consists of minutes, files from the President's office, and other records related to the Association of Professional Librarians of the University of Alberta and the Committee on Library Governance.

Fonds consists of records pertaining to the Association of Academic Staff of the University of Alberta.

Fonds consists of materials related to CKUA radio.

Fonds consists of records pertaining to the Edmonton Academy of Medicine.

Fonds consists of records created or collected by the Edmonton Journal, including photographs used for newspaper publications.

Fonds consists of the business records of the Education Society of Edmonton.

Fonds consists of records related to the operations and history of the Office of the Vice-President (Facilities and Services). The fonds includes records created under the office's previous names, the Vice-President (Campus Planning and Development) and the Vice-President (Planning and Development), as well as records created by departments under the control of this office.

Audio recordings of oral histories from the Faculty Women's Club about Women in Sports and women's experiences in campus life in the early years of the University of Alberta. 33 tapes have been digitized.

The University of Alberta Mixed Chorus fonds housed in the University Archives span a period of more than forty years, and provide a valuable record of a long-standing University organization (approaching its 60th anniversary of operation). The Mixed Chorus was, and remains, an active contributor to University society, as well as the broader surrounding community because of its annual province-wide concerts and related public appearances. The Chorus is significant to the history of the development of choral music in Alberta, and its individual members and directors contributors in their own right to the province's musical growth.

The records have been arranged and described in two broad series and several sub-headings, with a basic chronological order maintained within each series. The textual files provide information about the early years of the Chorus' existence, particularly the years from 1946 to about 1971. Files maintained by the executive and directors (Richard Eaton and James Whittle) are significant for the information they provide about the Chorus' yearly operations and activities. Information in the files after the Whittle years is sketchier, and more incidental in nature. The textual files include correspondence, clippings, some meeting minutes, membership lists, the organization's constitution, and evidence of the planning and fundraising required to orchestrate the annual UAMC Spring Tour.

Series 1 consists of the Executive/Director files with sub-series providing information about membership; social activities, commemorative/historical records, and publicity and promotion files. Correspondence to and from members of the executive was filed together (in the form of scrapbooks in the 1940's), with correspondence maintained by the Chorus director. Where possible, the original order of the files was maintained, while the series and sub-series titles were assigned by the archivist to reflect the record function.

Series 2 is the Performance-related records, comprised of printed programs, sound recordings, and photographs. As noted earlier, the sound recordings form the largest component of the Mixed Chorus fonds. They include both taped recordings (cassette and reel-to-reel) as well as disc recordings. The photographs, numbering over 1200 in quantity, include prints, negatives, and a few transparencies and contact sheets. While the photographs do vary in quality, they provide important documentation of Mixed Chorus performances, social activities, and tours. There are excellent images of the Chorus's 40th anniversary activities taken by Hal Kinsey, as well as the annual formal photographs of the Mixed Chorus. Various alumni have sent copies of their personal photographs to the Mixed Chorus executive, adding to the views of the annual Spring tours, and various Chorus social events.

The records do not extend beyond the 1980's, but future accessions from the University of Alberta Mixed Chorus are anticipated. The Mixed Chorus records provide a profile of an aspect of the non-academic life of the University of Alberta student community, as well as make a valuable contribution to musical/performing arts history documentation for both the University of Alberta, and the Province of Alberta.

Fonds consists of records collected or used by the National Film Board of Canada.

The Canadian Encyclopedia fonds provide a comprehensive and detailed record of one of the largest and most important cultural undertakings in Canadian publishing history. The records are extensive, and detail the process involved in producing a large reference publication from the inception stage through to final publication.

The fonds consist of approximately 13 metres of records, excluding illustrative material that is to be returned to the Archives at a later date. The material was donated to the University of Alberta Archives in 1986, and original order was subsequently disrupted in the re-boxing of records from binders, filing cabinets, and closets for transfer to the Archives. As well, some of the records were still active and being consulted in preparation for the second edition publication of The Canadian Encyclopedia. The volume of records has meant that the fonds will be arranged and described in three phases. Phase one, which this inventory represents, involved a complete overview of the entire fonds, the restoration, where possible, of original order, and the file level description of six of eight series.

Within each of these series, sub-series designations were assigned to better organize and describe the records. Each series is further described in an introduction preceding the series listing. Original file titles, if they existed, were retained by the archivist in the description. A subject and name index is found at the back of the inventory to further assist in locating specific information.

These records have tremendous research value. The administrative and financial records provide a complete business history of the project. Based on correspondence, internal memoranda, meeting minutes, and monthly reports, etc. the researcher is able to better understand how the publication was planned, produced, and delivered to the public. The internal operation of The New Canadian Encyclopedia Publishing Ltd. are revealed through the procedures manuals and internal instructions which outline operating practices, guidelines, and editorial methodology. The files also provide an original and comprehensive picture of the publishing business from a Canadian perspective. The article and entry files contain samples of work by top Canadian academic experts. Because the editors were constrained by space and subject limitations, not everything they received could be printed in the encyclopedia. The files complement the published record, indicating how articles were edited, categorized, and sometimes cut altogether. Material, not published in the Encyclopedia, is retained in the files.