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Item · 1918
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Book titled: "Bramshott Souvenir Magazine, The Maple Leaf for Ever." Front cover is decorated with a large ink drawing of a soldier holding an early Canadian flag, with a military camp in the background. The border on the front cover contains the various coats of arms for Canadian provinces along with maple leafs. The interior contains 128 pages depicting the various battalions and regiments at Bramshott Camp, poems and songs, and many b&w photographs of soldiers and regiments, as well as advertisements. Printed by the Press Bureau.

Item · unknown
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Typewritten letter to members of Aleph Zadik Aleph (AZA) sent by Sam Beber. Contents include a listing of the Supreme Advisory Council members of the Aleph Zadik Aleph of the B’Nai B’rith. The letter implores the visiting members of the A.Z.A. to comport themselves properly during their visit. The letter is in good condition and includes the A.Z.A. seal on the bottom left corner.

Item · 1940-1942
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Collection of documents related to the creation of the nurses registry in Calgary during the Second World War.

  • Typed letter to “The graduate nurses of Calgary” from Kathleen Connor, Chairman of the Calgary District #3 Alberta Association of Registered Nurses, dated Feb. 5, 1942. Introduces the idea of creating a community nursing registry in order to support the war effort.
  • Typed documents with the heading “The following is condensed from the Report of the Committee on the Formation and Re-Organization of Registries, Province of Ontario, Ottawa, 28th March, 1940.”
  • Recommended by-laws of the Nurses Registry of Calgary District #3, typed, with the name “Mrs. F. Honeywell written in handwriting. No date.  
Item · January 3, 1911
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

These three volumes contain 847 pages of transcript recording the Supreme Court of Alberta, Macleod Judicial District's coroner's inquest into the Bellevue Colliery Explosion. The third volume also contains the coroner's ruling. The inquest was held at Bellevue, Alberta on January 3, 1911. The cave-in incident under investigation occurred at a mine owned by West Canadian Collieries Company at Bellevue on December 9, 1910. The coroner, Frederick M. Pinkney, ruled that 30 men died of carbon monoxide poisoning and 1 man died of a combination of carbon monoxide poisoning and a fractured skull.

Item · 1939
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Advertising poster for a stunt driving show by Flash Williams, to be held on May 24, 1939 at the Regina Exhibition Grounds. The poster contains promotional text about the upcoming performance, a photo of a car crashing through a burning structure, and admission prices.

Item · [19-?]
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Poster advertising ‘Saskatchewan’s Greatest Rodeo’, to be held at the exhibition grounds in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The poster includes two photographs, taken from the Calgary Stampede, depicting horseback riding and wagon events.

Item · 1984
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Catalogue and poster for the Against Great Odds: Posters of Nicaragua exhibition held at the Peter Whyte Gallery in Banff, AB. Catalogue features a reproduction of a poster made by the Nicaraguan Ministry of Culture from a Solentiname painting, and a description of the exhibition’s source material written by curator Elizabeth Brown. Details the Sandinista revolution, criticizes the CIA-backed Contras that opposed it, and describes the emergence of a popular artistic movement from this political climate, which included the creation of the posters displayed in the exhibition. A large sticker on the poster side reads “please return to the Edmonton Art Gallery.”

Item · 1982
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Poster advertising exhibitions being shown at the Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery, at the University of Victoria, in Victoria, BC from May to August, 1982. Exhibitions listed: The Victorian Toy Theatre, Chinese Art from the Maltwood Collection, Furniture Designers and Craftsmen in the Victoria Region, Pasquale Verdicchio: photographs, Vrian Grison – Paintings and Alan Brooks – Wildlife Art. Includes an image of a Ming-dynasty era artwork, Spring in the Woods at Dawn, attributed to Ch’iu Ying.

Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery
Item · 1985
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Poster for the Separate Spaces art exhibition held at the Second Storey Gallery in Calgary AB from Jan 16-27, 1985. Artists featured: Peter Ackerman, Mirian Fabijan, Amy Gogarty, Deborah Brown-Ridley and Norman White. Poster appears to be an original screen print.

From http://www.truck.ca/blog/1985/1/16/seperate-space:
In late November, 1984, Second Story Gallery was forced to cancel their 1985 exhibition schedule due to a lack of funds. As a result, five of the artists scheduled to show got together and organized an alternative exhibition. What evolved was a cooperative effort between Suzanne Agopsowicz, Director of Second Story Gallery, Miriam Fabijan, Exhibition Coordinator, and four other Calgary artists - Peter Ackerman, Amy Gogarty, Deborah Bornw-Ridley, and Norman D. White. In order to accomodate all the artists involved, the studio spaces were incorporated with the gallery to enlarge the exhibition area. Each artist has selected her/his own space - hence the title: Separate Spaces. A wide variety of work and varying concerns will be presented.

Second Storey Gallery
Item · 1984
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Poster for the “Exhibition of Structurist Reliefs” held at the University of Saskatchewan’s Snelgrove Gallery in Saskatoon, SK, from May 17-31, 1984. “Featuring works from the Art Dept. Structurist Area, 1983-1984.”

Structurism was a school and theory of art and art criticism founded by Eli Bornstein at the University of Saskatchewan, ca. 1960. See https://bookstore.usask.ca/structurist.php#About.

University of Saskatchewan
Item · 1991
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Poster advertising the Mackenzie Outreach art exhibitions for 1991-92. Describes a program put on by the Mackenzie Art gallery in Regina SK, where they would transport travelling exhibitions and provide interpretive materials and the services of an art educator to rural communities that provided a space. Includes a form for applying to hold the exhibitions. Exhibitions advertised for the year: Travel and Identity; If the Walls Could Talk: Images from the Interior; Connie Freedy – Signs Along the Way; and Storm Warning.

Mackenzie Art Gallery
Item · 1900
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A segment taken from the book “The Engineers Club of Philadelphia Volume XVII, No 2”, and published separately as “The Canadian Pacific Railway, from Laggan to Revelstoke B.C” by William S. Vaux Jr. in 1900. The book outlines the construction, the history, and the current course of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The book includes several maps and graphs demonstrating the ground conditions and varying elevations of the railway route.

Vaux, William S., Jr.
Item · 1929
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Souvenir book produced by the Royal Canadian Golf Association [R.C.G.A.] for the 1929 golf season, including the Open Championship, the Amateur Golf Championships, and the Lesley Cup Matches.

Contents:
C. E. Harvey, President R. C. G. A. [p. 9]
Past Presidents, R. C. G. A. [p. 11, 13]
Executive Committee R. C. G. A. [p. 15]
Open Championships R. C. G. A. [p. 17]
Kanawaki - A Championship Test [p. 19, 21]
Officers of the Kanawaki Golf Club [p. 23]
Historic Kanawaki [p. 25, 27]
Professional Golfers' Association [p. 29, 31]
Amateur Championships, R. C. G. A. [p. 33]
The Canadian Amateur Champion (by Ralph Reville) [p. 35]
Jasper National Park Golf Course (by A. J. Hills) [p. 37]
The Amateur Championship at Jasper (by B. L. Anderson) [p. 39]
His Excellency the Governor-General of Canada [p. 40]
Interprovincial Matches [p. 41]
Provincial Associations [pp. 43-45, 53]
Canadian Ladies' Golf Union [C.L.G.U.] [p. 47]
Championships of the C. L. G. U. [p. 48]
Lesley Cup Matches [p. 49, 51]
History of the R. C. G. A. [pp. 52-53]
"Our Advertisers" [p. 54]
The Canadian Open Champion [p. 54]
A Page of Champions [p. 55]

Also includes list of entry requirements, entrant list, and tournament bracket for the 1929 Amateur Golf Championship at Jasper, Alberta.

Royal Canadian Golf Association
Item · 2014-12-06 - 2014-12-07
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A pamphlet advertising Hardcover, Edmonton’s artist’s book and zine fair on December 6th and 7th, 2014. The pamphlet advertises various workshops occurring at Snap Printshop, some talks occurring around the city, and the various participants in the book and zine fair. When the pamphlet is unfolded to a half and trifold, there are instructions for some zine and bookbinding techniques as well as some book terminology. When the pamphlet is fully unfolded, there is a poster on the back that reads “I have always imaged that paradise will be a kind of library” which is a quote by Jorge Luis Borges.

Hardcopy Edmonton
Item · Sept., 1911
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A souvenir book commemorating the 27th Annual Convention of Trades and Labour Congress in Canada. The convention was held in Calgary, Alberta, in September 1911. The book includes various portraits and short biographies of members of the council. The book also includes group photographs of various labourer groups and short reports about each group, as well as various advertisements for local businesses. The book was published by the Calgary Trades and Labour Council and printed by the Typographical Union Label company in Calgary, Alberta.

Calgary Trades and Labour Council
Item · 1909
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"A Handbook of Manitoba and the City of Winnipeg" prepared by the Publication Committee of the Winnipeg Local Executive Committee to present to the members of the British Association for the Advancement of Science for their visit from August 25 to September 1, 1909 (with options for extension based on member interests). Includes a proposed program and tentative itinerary, photographs, meteorological observations, information on locations within Winnipeg, Manitoba including a map marked with "probable meeting places," and another fold-out colored map of Canada.

Publications Committee of the Winnipeg Local Executive Committee
Item · 1930
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The fourteenth annual Vegreville Summer Fair Prize list and Exhibition Guide which was held in Vegreville, Alberta, from July 28 to July 30, 1930. The guide includes two entry forms, one for livestock and one for all departments aside from livestock, that could be submitted to the exhibition before July 25, 1930. The book includes information about the rules and regulations for the exhibition, prize options for the different livestock categories, and prize options for the various agriculture and horticulture categories. The booklet also includes various advertisements for local businesses.

Item · 3-8 April 1961
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Catalogue of art pieces included in the Edmonton Art Club's 40th Annual Exhibition, held 3-8 April 1961. Includes "President's Message" digitally signed by Miss Berangere Mercier [President]; list of Executive Members; Catalogue of art pieces for sale and not for sale [alphabetical list by artist's last name]; "Selections from the Edmonton Art Club Exhibition 1961" [reproductions of 7 paintings included in the exhibit]; Acknowledgement of annual donation from Hudson's Bay Company Retail Store; list of Province of Alberta Scholarships 1961 [in Visual Arts, Music, Drama, Recreation, Handicrafts, Librarianship]; and various print advertisements for local businesses.

Edmonton Art Club
Item · Sep. 2016
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Commemorative booklet produced in honour of the September 2016 opening of Rogers Place Arena in Edmonton, Alberta. Construction on the multi-use arena began in March 2014 and was completed on 8 September 2016. The arena is the home of the Edmonton Oilers [NHL] and the Edmonton Oil Kings [WHL] hockey teams.

Contents:
"The Journey"; "This Is Your Building" [comments from Edmonton mayor Don Iveson and Oilers Entertainment Group CEO Bob Nicholson]; Ford Hall [entrance]; "Tsą Tsą Ke K'e - Iron Foot Place" [mosaic art piece by Alex Janvier]; "Pure Entertainment" [Centre-Hung Scoreboard; 1,200 TV Screens; Wi-fi]; "Food Fix" [food and beverage options in Rogers Place]; photograph captioned "The First Skate - Connor McDavid and a few of his teammates joined some local minor hockey players for the first informal skate in Rogers Place history."; 5 maps showing Rogers Place Main Concourse; Mezzanine Level [Mezzanine Clubs]; Scotiabank Suite Level [Scotiabank Suites; Theatre Boxes]; PCL Loge Level [Sportsnet Club]; Upper Concourse [Sky Lounge]; "Rogers Place - By the Numbers" [figures and fun facts about some of Rogers Place's features]; Downtown Community Arena; Public Art ["Figures in Motion" sculpture and painting by Al Henderson; "Skater's Arch" sculpture by Douglas Bentham; "Essential Tree" sculpture by realties:united].

City of Edmonton
Item · Feb. 22, 2020
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A note card for the Freeze Your Cask Off Event on February 20, 2020, at the Ritchie Community League in Edmonton, Alberta. The event featured 16 winter-inspired cask ales from around Alberta. Inside the card is a list of each featured brewery along with their respective beers, a brief description of each beer, and a lined, blank section next to each beer for written notes. On the verso of the card, the price of beer tokens is listed as $3.50, which could be exchanged for a 10oz beer.

Ritchie Community League
Item · Mar. 1945
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Account titled "The Story of Canadian Wheat" written by Saskatchewan Cooperative Producers Limited.  Details the processes and stages involved in wheat production in Canada. It includes black and white photographs of working farmers to complement the text. The cover contains the title against a background sepia photograph of farmers ploughing.

Saskatchewan Co-operative Producers
Item · Sept. 28, 1943
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Pamphlet titled “The Story of Canadian Wheat” and published by the Saskatchewan Cooperative Wheat Producers Limited after a policy change was issued in order to suspend trading in wheat on the Winnipeg Grain Exchange, while allowing the Canadian Wheat Board to take delivery of all wheat and to make an initial advance to farmers of $1.25 per bushel for “No. 1 Northern wheat.” Pamphlet is 8-pages long and extolls the quality of Canadian wheat and describes the various stages of its production; it also includes illustrations to complement the text.

Saskatchewan Co-operative Producers
Item · 1943
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Pamphlet titled “A Call to Action” providing a review of the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool objectives by the Saskatchewan Cooperative Producers Limited since 1924.  Sections include:

  • the on-to-Ottawa delegation,
  • efforts to make pool facilities available to membership,
  • the problem of car allocation,
  • the return to the grower from pool earnings,
  • the implications of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Saskatchewan Co-operative Producers
Item · 1946-1961
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Pamphlets, titled: "Wheat Pool Committee Program," or simply "Committee Program," issued by the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool in Regina, Saskatchewan. Some are tri-fold, some quad-fold, and some are booklets. Topics range, and include: organization and operation of the wheat pool, meeting minutes, pool elevator deliveries, livestock pool, pool policies, Co-operative education and studies of the co-operative movement, relations with other co-operative associations and junior organizations, The Western Producer Circulation, The Saskatchewan Federation of Agriculture, committee conventions, boxcar allocation, flour sales.

Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Item · Jan. 1936
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Booklet titled: "Addresses by Junior U.F.A. President and Vice-President to the U.F.A Convention." Below this is written: "Masonic Temple, Edmonton-January, 1936." Cover is printed on plain white paper with black writing. Front cover contains a black border with the title within this border, and a small image consisting of a torch with a ribbon wrapped around it and tied in a bow. The five (5) pages that follow detail the addresses given by the Junior President and Vice-President of the United Farmers Association Co-op at the convention. A small publishing mark on the back cover noted: Allied Printing Edmonton-Trades Council-Union Label. 

Item · 1916
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Booklet titled: "United Farmers of Alberta Annual Convention, 1916-Calgary-Annual Address." Below this is written: "Delivered by S.S. Dunham. L.L.B., Lethbridge-Second Vice-President." 

Cover is printed on light brown paper with blue flecks. Front cover features a black decorative border surrounding an image of a torch entwined with a ribbon alongside the title. The back cover contains only the union label for printing, and notes: Quick Print, Calgary. The interior contains fifteen (15) pages denoting the address given by S.S. Dunham at the annual U.F.A. Convention in Calgary. There is also a b&w portrait of S.S. Dunham on the second page.

Item · 1926-?
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Booklet titled: "Report of the Investigation in to the Milling Industry," by George F. Edwards, Director of Research Department, United Farmers of Canada, Saskatchewan Section. Booklet is eleven (11) pages in length, with a simple white cover. Contains the Allied Printing Trades Council stamp on the front page.

United Farmers of Canada
Item · 1948
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Pamphlet titled “The Search for Security” that describes “vital points about the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool and its policies.” The document provides an overview as to the way in which the Pool was created and organized, its purposes, and its relationship with farmers and governments, as well as a brief account of its financial records and the industry’s impact on Canadians’ living standards. Published by the Saskatchewan Co-operative Producers Limited. The cover is printed on blue paper and contains an illustration comprised of a farmhouse, a barn, a grain elevator, a boat, a train, and the legislature.

Saskatchewan Co-operative Producers
Item · 1953-1969
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An equity record booklet for the Central Alberta Dairy Pool that belonged to George Landis in Rose Lynn, Alberta. The organization is based in Red Deer, Alberta and based on the instructions on the slip, the owner is instructed to mail the booklet to Red Deer each year after January 1st to verify all earnings and deductions for the previous fiscal year. George Landis, whose birth year is written as 1916, logged records from 1953 to 1969. Rose Lynn is notable for being a very small town in Alberta.

Landis, George
Item · 1989
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

An Alberta Horticultural Guide pamphlet from the Alberta Horticultural Advisory Committee for the period of 1989 to 1991. The pamphlet was printed by the Print Media Branch in Edmonton, Alberta. The pamphlet provides information to assist the growth of various fruits, vegetables, and ornamental plants. Small advertisement card inlaid in pamphlet for the London and Lancashire Guarantee & Accident Co.

Alberta Horticultural Advisory Committee
Item · 1928
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

"The material in this pamphlet is largely reproduced from a special co-operative issue of The Western Producer, published November 24, 1927. On no occasion prior to the publication of this issue had Saskatchewan Wheat Pool members been given so detailed a review of all the activities and departments of the organization. In view of the reception which was accorded the issue by Pool members, and in view of the fact that newspapers are not adapted to convenient preservation, this pamphlet has been issued in the hope that it will be preserved by Pool members and used for reference purposes whenever the need may arise."

Contents:
Index; The Wheat Pool in Perspective; How the Pool is Organized; Recording Pool Contracts; Field Service Department; The Treasury Department; Recording Reserve Credits; Handling Growers' Assignments; Pool Country Elevators; The Pool Checks Government Grading; Relation With Line Companies; The Central Selling Agency; International Co-operation in Prospect; Large Staff at Pool Head Office; Head Office Staff of Pool Elevators; The Winnipeg Office; The Saskatoon Office; Supplying Information to Pool Members; and A Chart of the Organization.

Images:
The Home of The Saskatchewan Wheat Pool - The Wheat Pool Building, Regina; A View of the Grower's Ledger and Grain Departments of the Pool; Map Showing Distribution of Pool Membership [map]; Inside a New Pool Elevator - Interior of Pool Elevator No. 587 at Austum, Sask.; 2,000,000 Bushel Transfer Elevator at Buffalo; The Smallest Saskatchewan Terminal - Pool Terminal No. 5 at Port Arthur, Owned by the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool; Saskatchewan Pool Elevators Limited at Work - An Interior View of a Portion of the Head Office Elevator Staff at Regina; One of the Latest - Saskatchewan Pool Elevator No. 679; Saskatchewan Poolers Own This Elevator - Pool Terminal No. 4 at Port Arthur, Owned by the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool; Pooling the World Over - Delegates to the Second International Wheat Pool Conference at Kansas City, Missouri, May, 1927; The First Sign of Growth - Saskatchewan Pool Elevator No. 1, at Bulyea, Sask.; At the Summer Fair - Wheat Pool Tent at Weyburn Fair; Twenty Comptometer Operators - Comptometer Department in the Head Office of the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool [photograph]; The Largest Pool Terminal - Pool Terminal No. 6, at Port Arthur; and Organization Chart Sask. Cooperative Wheat Producers Ltd. [fold-out flow chart].

Item · 5-7 June 1928
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Record of the proceedings of the Third International Wheat Pool Conference, which was also the First International Pool Conference [open to other agricultural product cooperatives], held in Regina, Saskatchewan, between 5-7 June 1928.

Index:
Chairman's Address; Secretary's Report; Appointment of Committees; Addresses; Discussions; Sub-Conferences [Discussions on Contracts; Central Sales Agency for Livestock; National Wool Co-operative; Long Term Contract; Marketing Dress Poultry; Marketing Registered Seed; Organizing Local Co-operative Seed Growers' Associations; Financing Co-operative Dairies]; and List of Delegates and Press Representatives.

Burnell, C. H.
Item · 1956
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A foldout map and pamphlet titled “Varieties of Grain Crops for Saskatchewan 1956” from The Saskatchewan Advisory Council on Grain Crops. The pamphlet was published under the authority of the Saskatchewan Co-operative Agricultural Extension Programme. The pamphlet discusses bread wheat, durum wheat, winter wheat, oats, rape seed, field peas and beans, barley, rye, and flax. The included map displays the Cereal Variety Zones of Saskatchewan, and there is a list of variety recommendations for each zone in 1956.

Saskatchewan Advisory Council on Grain Crops
Item · [c. 1912]
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Information on the grain trade in Canada, prior to World War I but after the establishment of the Grain Act, and in-depth proposals for its improvement. Subtitle reads "Conditions which make such a system necessary. A detail of the system showing its practicability. Results of such a system in operation."

De Montfort Press
Item · 23-26 Aug. 1910
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Prize list and regulations for the Edmonton Provincial Stock Show and Race Meet held by the Edmonton Exhibition Association Limited in 1910. Also includes program of events and blank entry form tucked in centrefold of booklet. Categories to be judged include livestock, agricultural products, manufactured products, and horse races.

General Index [alphabetical]:
Advertiser's, List; Butter; Cattle; Committees; Dates of Other Fairs; Dairy Products; Delivery of Exhibits; Directors in Charge; Domestic Manufacturers; Dogs; Entrance Fees for Stock; Entry Rules; Fire Protection; Horses - Directors in Charge; Horses - Regulations; Horses; Horticulture; Judges and Judging; Manufacturers and Industrial Department; Miscellaneous Rules; Officers; Programme General; Poultry; Police Protection; Races; Rules and Regulations; Tickets, Price of; Sheep; Special Prizes, Names of Donors and Conditions; Swine.

Additionally contains several print advertisements for various local businesses, indexed by type at the back of the booklet.

Edmonton Exhibition Association
Item · 1912
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

The share certificate indicates the share amount of the company Price Jones, which was founded in the 1860s in Newton, Wales. It sold locally produced Welsh flannel and eventually expanded and became the first mail-order shop in the world (Queen Victoria was known to be a customer), and issued catalogues in Canada as well. In 1911 the company erected a store in Calgary but it ultimately went out of business in 1916. 

Item · Nov. 30, 1912 – Dec. 29, 1913
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Two documents issued by Kindersley (Saskatchewan) Farm Lands Ltd.

  • A signed stock certificate, No. A0297, for ten shares of stock in the company, owned by Liang & Cruickshauk.
  • A signed mortgage debenture certificate, No. B1014, for £100, owned by the Canadian and Empire Investment Trust Ltd., and later resold to Charles James Proud on Dec. 29, 1913. Text on the back refers to the original terms of the debenture; a stamp on the back indicates changes made to the repayment terms.
File · 1888-1891
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The items included are regarding the formation and ending of the Canadian Pacific Colonization Corporation Ltd (CPCCL) which was formed in 1888 with the intent of founding a town in Alberta.
l) (Prospectus): Dominion of Canada, Province of Alberta. Canadian Pacific Colonization Corporation Limited. To found the town of Queenstown, North-Western Canada. Capital £500,000. Nov, 1888. 8 pages. 23 x 18 cm.
m) Reproduced letter: From Henry Hayman D. D. President of the CPCCL issued Feb. 21 1889. 24 x 19 cm.
n) Share Certificate: 25.5 x 22.5 cm for 10 shares in the CPCCL issued Feb. 21 1889
o) Broadside: 36.5 x 23 cm. Choice Lands in Alberta. Advert to induced people to move out and colonize Queenstown.
p) Transcript: 32.5 x 20 cm. Discusses circumstances of Queenstown which included a prairie fire, which destroyed the hay crop for the coming winter and caused the loss of several hundred head of cattle.
q) Notice: 20 x 25 cm. Notice of a CPCCL meeting to be held on 24 Dec 1890. Issued 15 Dec 1890.
r) 4 Resolutions: 33 x 20.5 cm. Enumerates the four resolutions o be ratified at the Dec. 24th 1890 meeting.
s) Letter from Maddisons: (open: 25 x 40.5 cm, closed: 25 x 20.5cm) dated Dec 19 1890, acting on behalf of 50 shareholders to wind up the corporation.
t) Letter from the CPCCL: 20 x 26.5 cm. Issued Dec. 20 1890. Rebuffs the Letter from Maddisons.
u) Report of Proceedings: 8 pages. 33.5 x 21 cm. Report of the Dec 24th 1890 meeting.
v) The Companies (Winding-up) Act 1890: The winding up act is in four pieces.
a. No. 23/ Notice: 40.5 x 25 cm. A notice that a meeting of the contributories will be held on March 25 1891 which encloses with it two forms: The General (blue paper, 40.5 x 25 cm) and Special Proxies(yellow paper, 40.5 x 25 cm)
b. A summary of the affairs of the company was included (closed: 40.5 x 25 cm)

File · July 14, 1938
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection
  • Certificate for 20 units of Northern Salt Syndicate stock, made out to Henry Greenwood Stewart and dated July 14, 1938. No. 204. “Crawford 924 303” written in pencil on the back.

  • Prospectus for Northern Salt Syndicate, located in Winnipeg. Lists board members and other personnel and describes company properties, including geological reports. “Remember, There Is No Substitute For Salt.” Back page states that the company is also considering mining potash.

Northern Salt Syndicate
Item · Jun. 1, 1914
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Two certificates for oil company shares belonging to J. J. McRobbie. The first certificate is No. 757 from the Alberta Pacific Oil Company Limited and the registered office location is listed as Calgary, Alberta. The certificate indicates that McRobbie purchased 20 one-dollar share. The certificate was signed on June 1, 1914, by the secretary and the president of the company. On the back of the certificate is a confirmation section for the number of shares purchased, and a blank transfer of shares notice. The second certificate is No. 8930 from the Prudential Oil and Gas Company and the head office location is listed as Calgary, Alberta. The certificate indicates that McRobbie purchased 25 one-dollar shares in the company. This certificate was signed on June 4, 1914, by the secretary and the president of the company. The back of this certificate is identical to the back of the other.

McRobbie, J. J.
Item · May 6, 1915
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Certificate No. 21238 from Beaver Oils Limited and the head office location is listed as Calgary, Alberta. The certificate indicates that C. A. [Knechtel] purchased 100 shares at 25 cents each, numbered 2617754 to 2617853. The certificate was signed on May 6, 1915, by the secretary and president of the company.

[Knechtel], C. A.
Item · February, 1984
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Biography of Charles and Agnes Chase, written by their daughter, Mrs. Leo McKenzie, and son, Anson Chase. Was submitted as a contribution to a history of Strathmore. Briefly describes their early life and marriage in Michigan, and concentrates on their 1907 move to and subsequent life in the then nascent Village of Strathmore. The family built the first permanent dwelling in Strathmore, and actively led the settlement's development on many fronts. The biography goes on to describe this development, with a focus directed on but not limited to the activities of Mr. and Mrs. Chase. The biography and history cover a timespan from Charles Chase's birth in 1872, to the time of writing, in 1984.

Chase, Anson
Item · 1984
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Autobiographical sketch by Anson Chase, detailing his early life in Strathmore, AB, written for contribution to a history of the town. Chase recounts being the second child born directly in Strathmore, in 1909, where he went on to spend the first 50 years of his life. He describes events that took place in the town, quotidian and exceptional, including visits from a travelling circus, life during the First World War, the celebration of Armistice Day, the arrival of the the CPR line in town, and the formative experiences of his daily life.

Chase, Anson
Item · 1909
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Depicts a couple with a young daughter and baby standing in front of a small house in a prairie setting. Captioned "Our first home in Canada" and "1909." Presumably Charles and Agnes Chase, with their daughter Leo as a child, and son Anson as a baby, in front of their home in Strathmore AB.

Item · Jun. 21, [19-?]
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A note written by F. Munroe on June 21st to Mary Jones thanking Mary for her note of congratulations and good wishes. The note mentions F. Munroe leaving the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Montreal, although the reasons for this departure are not explicitly stated.

Munroe, F.