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Item · 1883
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A pair of sepia toned photographs of coal miners and mining equipment around Galt Mines. The North Western Coal and Navigation Company, formed by Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt, operated in the area of what is now Lethbridge, Alberta. Captioned photo reads "Job of Coal Chutes and part of Lethbridge."

Item · 1890
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

One close-up photograph, of of COALDALE LETHBRIDGE N. W. T. showing the front portion of the home of Elliot T. Galt. Lethbridge (Alta.)
Some subject matters on the porch including seven chairs (including two rocking chairs).
Elliot T. Galt. was a prominent figure in Lethbridge's early coal mining industry.

Coaldale Lethbridge N. W. T.
Item · [ca. 1910]
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Panoramic photograph of Galt Gardens in Lethbridge ca. 1910. Shows trees, green spaces, and paths leading to the gardens in the centre. A white building [bandstand] is visible in the background at the centre right. City buildings with advertisements reading "Chemists" and "Hardware" are visible in the background at the left.

Item · 1912
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Promotional booklet published by the Lethbridge Daily Herald largely about the city of Lethbridge, including its schools, banks, homes of prominent citizens, agricultural and industrial opportunities, hotels, energy products [coal, natural gas] and farming and ranching opportunities [wheat production, livestock raising]. Shorter segments on other Southern Alberta municipalities [Warner, Stirling, Taber, Magrath, Cardston, Raymond, Carmangay, New Dayton, and Medicine Hat] featured as well.

'Why I Love the West" by J. D. Higinbotham [poem]; "Southern Alberta - Past and Present" by E. N. Barker, Cardston; "Lethbridge Coal Fields - Among Largest and Richest in the World"; "Lethbridge City Council, 1912"; "Canadian Board of Control - Executive and Committeemen of the Seventh International Dry-Farming Congress"; "Mayors of Southern Alberta Towns"; "Our Fine Schools - Lethbridge has Buildings and Equipment equal to the Best"; "Our Civic Progress - Gratifying Story of Municipal Development"; "Transportation - Lethbridge, Strategically Situated, will be Important Railway Centre"; "Lethbridge Exposition - Story of Growth as told by the Secretary"; "Lethbridge Parks and Boulevards" by H. J. Goode, Chairman Parks and Boulevards Committee, of City Council, 1911; "Industrial Lethbridge - Splendid Vantage Point for Manufacturers"; "Lethbridge in Summer Time"; "Southern Alberta - An Agricultural Paradise"; "The Lost Mounted Policeman" by J. D. Higinbotham [poem]; "Our Natural Resources - Their Conservation an Imperative Patriotic Duty"; "Farm Woman's Problems - What the New Movement Means to the Farmer's Home"; "Women as Farm Owners" by Clinton M. Shultz; "The Dry-Farming Congress - What it Means to the Future of Southern Alberta"; "Southern Alberta - Land of 12 Hours a Day Sunshine"; "Lethbridge in 1911 - Essay by Lethbridge School Boy which won premier honors in Board of Trade Contest"; "Warner - A Town that Keeps Growing"; "Stirling - A Town With a Future"; "Thriving Taber - One of the coming big places of the South"; "Magrath - The Garden City"; "Cardston - Situated in one of the richest belts in Alberta"; "Raymond - The Home of Opportunity"; "Carmangay - Leading Centre of a Populous District"; "New Dayton - One of the Garden Spots of the South"; "Will Transform Vast Country - South Alberta Land Company"; "Medicine Hat, Alta. - The Industrial Centre of the Great North West, and the Centre of the Largest Field of Natural Gas in the World"; "Woman's Activities - Lethbridge Ladies do much for advancement of the City"; and "Story of Progress - Told by Statistics".

Also includes approximately 170 black and white [B&W] photographs, portraits, and illustrations.

Lethbridge Herald
Item · 1912-10-21 - 1912-10-26
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Pamphlet for the International Dry-Farming Congress and its auxiliary, the International Congress of Farm Women. The seventh annual session is being held in Lethbridge, Alberta on October 21 to 26, 1912. The pamphlet explains the basic concept of dry-farming and covers other topics about the organization such as institute work, remittances, the official organization magazine, and the organization’s general rules.

International Dry-Farming Congress
Item · August 11, 1914
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A letter from "S. P. Grosch, Commissioner, The Local Government Board" to William Duncan Livingstone Hardie, Mayor of Lethbridge, dated August 11th, 1914. An enclosed copy of a speech given by Grosch at a convention of the Union of Saskatchewan Municipalities is enclosed, as per Hardie's apparent request. The speech is entitled "Methods of Repayment of Loans and the Administration of Sinking Funds in Saskatchewan."

Grosch, S. P.
Item · 1917
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Informative promotional booklet produced by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company containing information intended for prospective settlers regarding the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

Contents:
Answers to Some Settlers' Questions; Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba; The World's Greatest Field of Opportunity; For Those Who Are Not Farmers; Twenty Years to Pay $2000 Loan for Improvements; Advance of Live Stock on Loan Basis; Assistance of Experts; Western Canada's Climate; Handling the Grain Trade; Flour Milling; Grain Prices; Alberta; Alberta's Progress; Climate; Forage and Root Crops; Live Stock in Alberta; Saskatchewan; Grain Growing in Saskatchewan; Climate; Forage and Root Crops; Fruit Culture; Live Stock; Manitoba; Grain Growing in Manitoba; Fodders and Roots; Climate of Manitoba; Live Stock in Manitoba; Dairying in Manitoba; Poultry-Raising; Raising Small Fruits; Irrigation in Western Canada; "Ready-Made" Farms; What Is a Ready-Made Farm?; Loans to Home-Makers; General Terms of Sale; Townsites; Terms of Payment for Town Lots; Naturalization; Title; General Information [Public Worship; School System; Agricultural Education; Railway Facilities; Public Roads; Taxation; Voting Regulations; Rural Telephones; Domestic Water Supply; Fuel; System of Land Survey; Implements and Buildings; Investment in Live Stock; Capital Required; Cost of Living]; A Final Word; Cities and Towns [Alberta; Manitoba; Saskatchewan]; Experiences of Some Settlers' in Western Canada; and Information for Settlers [Timely Pointers on Customs, Quarantine and Transportation Regulations Affecting Settlers and Settlers' Effects Entering Canada].

Images:
Some Farm Operations [7 photographs]; Fodder Crops and Dairy Cows [9 photographs]; Western Canada Harvest Scenes [7 photographs]; The Stockman's Paradise [9 photographs]; Glimpses of Some Settlers' Gardens [10 photographs]; Scenes in the Irrigation Districts [10 photographs]; Some Settlers' Homes [11 photographs]; Typical Canadian Churches and Schools [11 photographs]; Good Sport and Good Health [7 photographs]; and "Map showing location of Western Provinces of Canada with chief railway connections".

Canadian Pacific Railway
Item · 1917
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Informative promotional booklet produced by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company containing information intended for prospective settlers regarding the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

Contents:
Answers to Some Settlers' Questions; Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba; The World's Greatest Field of Opportunity; For Those Who Are Not Farmers; Twenty Years to Pay $2000 Loan for Improvements; Advance of Live Stock on Loan Basis; Assistance of Experts; Western Canada's Climate; Handling the Grain Trade; Flour Milling; Grain Prices; Alberta; Alberta's Progress; Climate; Forage and Root Crops; Live Stock in Alberta; Saskatchewan; Grain Growing in Saskatchewan; Climate; Forage and Root Crops; Fruit Culture; Live Stock; Manitoba; Grain Growing in Manitoba; Fodders and Roots; Climate of Manitoba; Live Stock in Manitoba; Dairying in Manitoba; Poultry-Raising; Raising Small Fruits; Irrigation in Western Canada; "Ready-Made" Farms; What Is a Ready-Made Farm?; Loans to Home-Makers; General Terms of Sale; Townsites; Terms of Payment for Town Lots; Naturalization; Title; General Information [Public Worship; School System; Agricultural Education; Railway Facilities; Public Roads; Taxation; Voting Regulations; Rural Telephones; Domestic Water Supply; Fuel; System of Land Survey; Implements and Buildings; Investment in Live Stock; Capital Required; Cost of Living]; A Final Word; Cities and Towns [Alberta; Manitoba; Saskatchewan]; Experiences of Some Settlers' in Western Canada; and Information for Settlers [Timely Pointers on Customs, Quarantine and Transportation Regulations Affecting Settlers and Settlers' Effects Entering Canada].

Images:
Some Farm Operations [7 photographs]; Fodder Crops and Dairy Cows [9 photographs]; Western Canada Harvest Scenes [7 photographs]; The Stockman's Paradise [9 photographs]; Glimpses of Some Settlers' Gardens [10 photographs]; Scenes in the Irrigation Districts [10 photographs]; Some Settlers' Homes [11 photographs]; Typical Canadian Churches and Schools [11 photographs]; Good Sport and Good Health [7 photographs]; and "Map showing location of Western Provinces of Canada with chief railway connections".

Canadian Pacific Railway
Item · 1920 - 1946
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A guestbook belonging to John D. Higinbotham that contains dozens of pasted-in newspaper clippings, letters, notes, and printed photographs. At the beginning of the guestbook, there is an inscription that reads “John D. Higinbotham from his sister Alice. May 1920.” The guestbook is full of signatures of various people along with their addresses, although some sections have been cut out of the book. Most of the pasted-in newspaper clippings, notes, and letters are adhered closest to the signed name of the person they are in reference to. The names signed in the guest book were signed between the years 1920 and 1939, although some of the materials are dated as late as 1946. Nearly every included letter and note is addressed to John D. Higinbotham.

Higinbotham, John D.
Item · June 21, 1924
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Front page title reads "Macleod - Jubilee, Anniversary of the Arrival of the Northwest Mounted Police"
Extensive promotion of the Jubilee celebration commemorating the 50th anniversary of the entry of the N. W. M. Police into Western Canada. Article topics include the early days of Fort Macleod, an exploration of the Waterton Park area, stories of pioneer women on the frontier, and other historical narratives.

Item · 17-18 Nov. 1924
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Program for the Fourth Annual Lethbridge Rotary Minstrels Show held at the Majestic Theatre on 17-18 November, 1924.

Contents:
Present Membership list; The Rotary Service Fund; Musical Programme; Staff [Musical Director; General Committee Chairman; General Director; Stage Manager; Master of Properties; Chairman Second Half of Programme; Electrician]; Interlocutor; End Men; "O, Canada"; Programme (Part One) [list of songs and music selections: "For There'll be Warm Coons a-prancing"; "Doodle, Doo-Doo"; "My Old Kentucky Home"; "De wes' wind blows from de wes'"; "In Wrong So Long"; "The Pirate Bold"; "Bringing Home the Bacon"; "Georgia Lullaby"; "You can take me away from Dixie, but you can't take Dixie from Me"; Closing Chorus]; Programme (Part Two) [Scotch Dances (Highland Fling; Shein Truibhas); Bronze Statuary; "I'd Like to Live to Ninety-Nine"; "Isn't It Exciting" - A Farce in One Act; "They're In Again" - A Scene on Fifth Street; Closing Chorus].

Additionally includes print advertisements for various local businesses.

Lethbridge Rotary Club
Item · 1932
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A brochure from 1932 celebrating 50 years of the Campbell Bros. & Wilson, Limited Company, a wholesale grocery and provision business. The brochure states that the company was founded in 1882 in Winnipeg, Manitoba and expanded to cities such as Saskatoon, Regina, Swift Current, Moose Jaw, Calgary, Lethbridge, Edmonton, Red Deer, and Grande Prairie. The brochure consists of various profiles of employees of the company and information about the different establishments in different cities.
Also includes an envelope for the brochure with a blue shield-shaped logo that says "Royal Shield Brand of Goods 50 Years."

Campbell Bros. & Wilson, Limited
Item · 1936
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

"The object of this pamphlet is to provide material for a study of one of Canada's most vital and urgent national problems - of the present day and the future - her population problem."

Contents:
Introduction; Part One - Canada's Need of More People; Part Two - Britain's Empire Migration Policy; Part Three - A Plan for British Family Farm Settlements in Canada; Part Four - Summing Up; Appendix - Supporting Documents.

Part One:
The Objective of Canada's Development in the Past; Three major Economic Problems now demanding solution; What the new immigrant really means to Canada; Our Manufacturers' and Merchants' interest in immigration; Some objections to more immigration now - and a reply.

Part Two:
Parliament's favourable outlook on organized Overseas Settlement [The 1922 Empire Settlement Act; Report of the Parliamentary Migration Committee (1932); A Bill (1932) to Amend the 1922 Empire Settlement Act; Report of the Empire Development and Settlement Research Committee (1933); Proceedings in the House of Commons at Westminster (1934)]; A discordant note - The Report of the Inter-departmental Committee on Migration Policy (1934); The Newcastle-on-Tyne Empire Voluntary Migration Conference (1935); Summary of the United Kingdom situation.

Part Three:
The mistakes of the past; Selection of immigrants; A brief outline of the "Hornby Plan"; Steps taken in Canada to give effect to the "Hornby Plan"; Final settlement; The Parent Organization; Table showing the security offered for the expenditures to be made; Cost and value of settlement; A National Investment for the United Kingdom.

Part Four:
Balance Sheet Changes - Liabilities become Assets - Mutual economic advantages; Canada's contribution to settlement, and the chief obstacle; Canada's opportunity.

Appendix - Supporting Documents:
Exhibit A - The Report of the Parliamentary Migration Committee (1932); Exhibit B - Extracts from the Report of the Empire Development and Settlement Research Committee (1933); Exhibit C - Orders of the Day of the House of Commons (Westminster) of January 29th, 1934; Exhibit D - The Newcastle "Brief" (1935); Exhibit E - List of representatives who attended the Newcastle Conference (1935), and messages received; Exhibit F - Resolutions passed in Canada in 1935 in favour of an early resumption of British Immigration, and of the "Hornby Plan".

Hornby, M. L.
Item · 1939
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Newsletter issued by the Motor Car Supply Company of Canada Limited themed as a Christmas greeting card.

Includes Christmas and New Year's greetings from Vice-President Colin Mackenzie ["The Old Wish"]; musings on luck in business ["This Thing Called Luck"]; a humourous account of a writer getting into 5 accidents rather than 1 while moving bricks ["Accident or Accidents"]; 5 black and white [B&W] reproductions of photographs of warehouse stocks, display selling service, a storefront, machine shop service, and sporting goods ["Greetings from Our Store to Yours"]; a reproduction of the war poem "In Flanders' Fields" by John McCrae; a list of company personnel [with special mention of staff members currently on military service]; and a holiday poem ["Merry Christmas"].

Motor Car Supply Company of Canada Limited
Item · 1942 - 1946
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

World War II prisoner of war postcards to and from prisoners at Camp No. 132 (Medicine Hat, Alberta) and Camp No. 133 (Ozada, Alberta and Lethbridge, Alberta).

Includes a black and white photo postcard of prisoners in white gym shorts and black tank tops standing in a group behind a barbell. This postcard was mailed to Hannover, Germany on January 10, 1944 from Camp No. 133.

Item · 1946
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

1946 Lethbridge "Native Sons" 77's program and yearbook gives the names and write-ups of the 1946-1947 team, with a black and white [B&W] photograph of each player. Includes the Southern Alberta Junior 'A' Hockey League Schedule for 1946-1947, and a blank score card at centrefold for a game between Calgary and Lethbridge Native Sons. Also present are greetings from Lethbridge's Mayor A. W. Shackleford, Arena Director Gordon A. Frisby, and the President of the Lethbridge Native Sons Hockey Club Ed Bruchet, and various local advertisements and sponsors.

The 1946-47 Penalty Rules are listed throughout the program, with one rule or subsection of rule listed under each player write-up.

1944 Buffaloes versus Stampeders program [No. 2174] gives the player roster, coach, and manager for each team for the 6 Nov. 1944 game. Also advertises a muskrat coat as the draw prize that will be presented to the holder of the program with the number drawn "immediately after the game". Program is missing the middle panel, and only the front and back panels are present.

Lethbridge Native Sons Hockey Club
Item · May 1, 1961
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A collection of small headshots compiled into a large image of members of the Lethbridge Sub-Division of the R. C. M. P. posing in uniform, dated May 1, 1961. The central image is of Inspector P. J. Vaucher. The second and third rows from the bottom also include six men and seven women not in uniform, and addressed as Mr., Mrs., Miss, or "C/M."

Item · 1967 - 1968
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

The cjoc radio Happy Holiday Guide to Lethbridge, Alberta. The guide includes a brightly coloured map of Lethbridge with various illustrated landmarks and tidbits of information. On the other side of the guide, there is information about the city’s population, climate, accommodation options, and various attractions. There is an illustration of the Henderson Park recreation area and several photographs of different gardens and parks around the city.

cjoc Radio
2008.2.1.1.3.122 · Item · 18 Aug. 1907
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Handwritten letter from Marie in Montreal to Minnie in Lethbridge; Marie shares family news and her preparations for moving to Calgary. The letter is dated August 18th, 1907.

Macdonell, Minnie Sophia (Carstairs)
2008.1.1.3.1.16 · Item · 02 Feb. 19[06] - 13 Apr. 19[06]
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Daily journal; hand-written entries; farming and ranching descriptions; retirement activities Inscribed in front with name, address, and memoranda Lethbridge region Cash accounts records at back of diary

Macdonell, Alexander R.
2008.1.1.3.1.14 · Item · 03 Apr. 1889; 31 May 1889 - 31 Dec. 1889
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Daily journal; hand-written entries Inscribed in front with names and addresses and short notations [Lethbridge, Fort Macleod] Cash accounts records at back of diary

Macdonell, Alexander R.
2008.2.1.1.3.99 · Item · 29 Aug. 1902
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Handwritten letter from Minnie Macdonell in Lethbridge to Marie in Montreal, explaining the small gifts she is sending and wishing she could see the family before they depart for South Africa. The letter is dated August 29th, 1902.

Macdonell, Minnie Sophia (Carstairs)
2008.2.1.1.3.42 · Item · 02 Jun. 1898
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Handwritten letter to Marie in Fort Macleod from Alex Macdonell in Lethbridge, speaking of joint mining concerns and inviting Marie to send the children to them while she contemplates a move to join SBS in the Yukon. The letter is dated June 2nd, 1898.

Macdonell, Alexander R.
2008.2.1.1.3.106 · Item · 04 Dec. [1902]
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Handwritten letter from Minnie Macdonell in Lethbridge to Marie, sharing her news and hoping their 'long voyage' went well; the letter is dated December 4th, [1902].

Macdonell, Minnie Sophia (Carstairs)