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Daily Diary, Personal - 1907
2008.1.1.2.43 · Item · Jan. 1907 - Jan. 1908
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Large bound daily diary; hand-written entries London to Calgary Two loose items placed in folder behind diary; list of payments

Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919
2008.1.1.2.49 · Item · 1908, Jan. 1909 - Jan. 1910
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Large bound daily diary; hand-written entries Printed information at front of diary Diary entries at the top of page are dated 1908; entires on the bottom of the page are from 1909.

Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919
2008.1.1.3.1.3 · Item · 14 Apr. 1885 - 29 Jun. 1894
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Pocket-style leather memo book; hand-written entries, inscribed: "Throughout - I organized the Cavlary along with SBS 11 6 94"

Consists of hand-written standing orders for Steele's Scouts; dictated memo from [G.H.] Dale, Brigade Major, and a post-script which reads: "In compliance with your request [Steele's] - I send you all these Memo books. They recall old times but little else, except a heartfelt God bless you & may we be together when the Trumpet calls - Yours ever, J.K. Oswald 11 6 94".

A nominal troop roll is recorded at the back of the book.

Oswald, J.K.
PE001490 - 4 Hotel Envelopes
Item · 1919
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

4 Hotel Envelopes from Hotel Saskatchewan (Regina, Saskatchewan), Hotel Palliser (Calgary, Alberta), The Merchants' Hotel (Selkirk, Manitoba), and Fort Garry Hotel (Winnipeg, Manitoba)..

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 · 1935-1936
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Catalogue of plays and songs intended for purchase by "Schools, Associations, Little Theatre Groups and Dramatic Societies".

Items listed for order include: Books on Production and Stagecraft; Collections of Plays; One Act Plays; Three Act Plays; Dialogues; Monologues; Recitations for Children; Drills and Marches; Specialties for Women; Specialties; Party Fun; Minstrel Material and Songs; Song Books; Operettas; Specialties for Seasons; Christmas; Properties; Crepe Paper Accessories; Make-up Materials; and Hats, Noise Makers, and Balloons.

Item · 14 Feb. 1921
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

"The President and Members of the Calgary Kiwanis Club request the pleasure of the company of Mrs. F. J. Taylor at a Valentine Party in honour of the Lady Old Timers to be held in the Elizabethian [sic] Room at the Hudson's Bay Company on Monday the fourteenth of February nineteen hundred and twenty-one at seven o'clock, p.m."

Calgary Kiwanis Club
Item · 1893
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A collection of cabinet cards depicting notable Calgarian figures posed in front of the same background which consists of a wolf head mounted on the wall, and various photographs hanging over a table with some books and flowers on it. All of the men in the photographs are sitting in a chair. All of the photographs were taken in Calgary, Alberta in 1893 by [R. Randolph Bruce]. These four cabinet cards and photographs are from a series of photographs taken of members of the Calgary organization known as the Pack of the Western Wolves. The first card depicts D.H. Andrews with the caption “I have used no other.” The second card depicts Dr. Lorne Campbell and the caption reads “$10 or 40 days!!” The third card depicts J. Stone and the caption reads “The farming sportsman.” The fourth and final card depicts R.W. Richardson and the caption reads “The Agricultural Monopolist.”

Bruce, Robert Randolph
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 · Jul., 1892
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A holiday cabinet card that reads “Wishing You A Merry Christmas And A Happy New Year” embossed in gold with small embossed designs around the words. The photograph depicts a large herd of sheep and two herders on horseback in the background. The creators' names, “Boorne & May,” are listed on the back of the card. They were photographers in Calgary, N.W.T., and there is handwriting on the back stating the photograph was taken in July 1892.

Boorne, William Hanson
Item · [189-?]
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A photograph depicting two horses hauling ice across the frozen Devil’s Lake. Two people are pictured using the iceboat and a third person is standing on the frozen lake. There is snow on the mountains and the hillside in the background. The photograph was taken by S.A. Smyth who was located in Calgary, N.W.T. The caption in the lower left corner of the photograph reads “602, Raising ice on Devil’s Lake.”

Smyth, S. A.
Item · 1 Aug. 1946
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Military bulletin published by the Calgary Headquarters of Military District 13 in Canada (Western Command).

Contents:
Editorial - Citizenship [p. 1]
D.O.C.'s Corner by Colonel T. E. Snow O.B.E. [pp. 2-3]
Report on Reserve Force Committees from Western Command Bulletin, Colonel T. E. Snow [pp. 4-8]
Biographies of Reserve Force Committee Chairman; Lt-Col [Lieutenant-Colonel] H. Pryde E.D. Calgary; Lt-Col H. C. L. Gillman V.D. Edmonton; Mr. E. L. Skerritt Bassano [pp. 9-13]
Lacombe Community Hall [p. 14]
Notes for Talks on Citizenship by "Andy" [pp. 15-17]
Reserve Force "Circus" [p. 18]
The 68th Light Anti Aircraft Regiment [p. 19]
Innisfail - Military History - from the Innisfail Province [pp. 20-23]
Notes from Committees, War and Peace - Major H. J. Towerton E.D. [pp. 24-25]
The 19th Medium Regiment R.C.A. [p. 26]
Camp Notes - Winterburn 1946, The Loyal Edmonton Regiment - By Capt. [Captain] E. M. Mason [pp. 27-30]

Cover and illustrations by S/Sgt. [Staff Sergeant] Inman H.Q. Western Command.

Headquarters Military District 13, Calgary
Item · [189-?]
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A cabinet card with a photograph depicting Devil’s Lake. The photograph was taken by S.A. Smyth who was located in Calgary, N.W.T. The caption in the lower left corner of the photograph reads “137, Devil’s Lake, from the west, winter.” Snow can be seen on the ground and there is a small iceboat on the lake.

Smyth, S. A.
Item · [19-?]
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies maps and constitution booklet. The booklet lists the council members of the organization and outlines the various articles of the constitution such as meetings, funds, by-laws, notices, and amendments. The booklet also includes several maps of locations in the Canadian Rockies such as Emerald Lake and Yoho Valley, trail routes to Mount Assiniboine, and trails around Lake Louise, Moraine Lake, Lake Wapta, and Lake O’Hara. The booklet was printed in Canada.

Item · 1912-07-01 - 1913-04-01
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A bound collection of handbooks from the Canadian Pacific Railway company, each titled the “Canadian Pacific Handbook of Information Regarding Business and Industrial Opportunities in Western Canada.” The handbooks were published monthly. The handbooks were published by the Department of Natural Resources located in Calgary, Alberta. This collection of handbooks, published monthly starting in July 1912, lists the positions needed in dozens of towns in Western Canada which are organized alphabetically. The collection includes handbooks published from July 1912 to April 1913.

Canadian Pacific Railway
Item · May 1, 1920
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A Canadian Pacific Railway Company Social and Athletic Club caution card no.2. The card is a pass for the final dance and whist drive of the organization at the Palliser Hotel on May 1, 1920, in Calgary, Alberta. Inside the card is the order of scheduled dances and on the back of the card is a list of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company Social and Athletic Club officers.

Canadian Pacific Railway
Item · Jun. 23, 1947
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A program for the Governor’s Banquet in the Fairholme Dining Room at the Banff Springs Hotel in Banff, Alberta on June 23, 1947. The guest speaker of the evening is listed as Mr. Maurice Brown of Calgary, Alberta. The program outlines the order of events such as the invocation, several songs, introductions, and presentations. The program also includes the evening’s menu and the lyrics for the songs. The program was printed by General Printing and Bookbinding Limited in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Item · Sept., 1911
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

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 · 1923-07-09 - 1923-07-14
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Calgary Exhibition official catalogue and programme booklet of livestock entries. The Calgary Exhibition was held from July 9th to July 14th, 1923. The catalogue lists various kinds of livestock entered into the exhibition and the order of events. The booklet was printed by A.R. Littlebury, a printer in Calgary, Alberta.

Littlebury, A. R.
Item · 2000
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A satirical twenty dollar bill for Ralph Bucks from Calgary, Alberin 2000. The writing on the bill states that it is for use in private hospitals and is a “legal tender for increased administration costs, advertising, unnecessary treatments, and profit.” On the front of the bill, there is an unflattering cartoon illustration of Ralph Klein, former premier of Alberta who was in office from December 14, 1992, to December 14, 2006. The bill is meant as a satirical commentary on rising private healthcare costs. On the back of the bill are several phone numbers for key political figures in Alberta whom people are encouraged to call to oppose hiked health care costs. The bill is presumably a response to the Klein government’s decision to cut healthcare spending by 21% between 1994 and 1996 and the increase in the privitization of healthcare systems.

Item · [ca. 1920]
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Old-Fashioned Gospel Meeting Starts April 30.
Miss Zelma Argue, a gifted Trombonist and Song Leader will assist her father throughout the campaign.

Subjects for the first week:
Sunday: "The Age Terminus, is it in sight?"
Monday: "And When shall these things be?"
Tuesday: "Jerusalem and the Jews"
Wednesday: "The World's Greatest Message"
Thursday: "Divine Healing Service"
Friday: "The Sky Shout"

Includes 2 black and white [B&W] reproductions of photographs: portrait of Miss Zelma Argue, posing with a trombone; and portrait of Reverend A. H. Argue.

Argue, Andrew Harvey, Rev.
Item · Aug. 23, 1936
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A program for the Thanksgiving service in celebration of the first anniversary of the Social Credit Party victory. The service was held on August 23rd, 1936 in Victory Park, Calgary. The program outlines the order of service which includes several hymns, prayers, and anthems. Several of the songs and their lyrics are listed on the other page. On the back of the program, there are four portrait photographs of Calgary Social Credit M.L.A.s. The program was published by Albertan Publishers Limited.

Albertan Publishers Limited
Item · [ca. 1950]
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Stockmen's Supply Company catalogue.

Contains saddles, harness parts and accessories, riding accessories [halters and hackamores; bridles; stirrups; reins; cutting and riding whips; saddle blankets; chaps, scabbards, slicker; ropes and lariats; bull calf and cow halters; and bits and spurs], Western wear [clothing, roper gloves, cowboy boots, and cowboy hats], Western home goods and gift suggestions, veterinary instruments, and vaccines.

Stockmen's Supply Company
PE002532 - Stampede Luncheon
Item · 8 July 1952
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Program for Stampede Luncheon on 8 July 1952 hosted by the Calgary Branch of the Canadian Women's Press Club at the Palliser Hotel. Illustration of cowgirl riding a rearing horse on ffep.

Includes poem [" 'Sprise Package"] about the lack of official program for the Stampede Lunch, Menu, Presentation of Awards [the Albertan Award for news writing and the CFAC Award for radio writing, and honorable mentions], and poem ["Come Again"] regarding guests returning for the next Stampede Luncheon.

2 full-colour reproductions of photographs including cover image of 3 women and back cover image of industrial building; 5 black and white [B&W] reproductions of photographs on inner covers depicting the city of Calgary and the Calgary Stampede; and approximately 9 illustrations depicting wild roses, a man fishing, horseback riding, saddles, a campfire, cattle brands, and industrial building.

Canadian Women's Press Club - Calgary Branch
Item · [n.d.]
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A book about the benefits of owning an irrigation farm in Alberta. The book, published by the Department of Colonization and Development and the Canadian Pacific Railway, claims that because the railway owns lands in Alberta that are both irrigated and non-irrigated, they represent an unbiased voice on the subject. Throughout the book, there are B&W printed photographs of farmers, different irrigation systems, livestock, and barns.

Canadian Pacific Railway
Item · [19-?]
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Two second-place blue ribbons that were awarded to Mrs W.R. Gibson from the Calgary Horticultural Society. One ribbon was awarded for a Scabiosa plant and is listed as class number 73 and exhibit 5. The other ribbon was awarded for a Double Blue plant and is listed as class number 111 and exhibit 2. The Double Blue ribbon is listed as a Constance Hanson exhibit and on the back of the paper tag is stapled a handwritten note with potting instructions. The paper tags include advertising for garden supplies from Vigoro.

Calgary Horticultural Society
Item · [ca. 1930]
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Undated songbook containing the lyrics to 50 short songs.

Index of Contents:
All Through the Night; Blowing Bubbles; Boys of the Old Brigade; Carry Me Back to Old Virginny; Cockles and Mussels; Come You Back to Mandalay; Comrades; Daisy, Daisy; Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes; Happy Days Are Here Again; Home on the Range; Just a Song at Twilight; I Love a Lassie; I Want a Girl; I'll Be With You in Apple Blossom Time; In the Evening by the Moonlight; In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree; Let Me Call You Sweetheart; Let the Rest of the World Go By; Let's All Sing Like the Birdies Sing; Little Annie Rooney; Little Tommy Tinker; Loch Lomond; Long, Long Trail; My Carolina Rose; My Grandfather's Clock; My Old Kentucky Home; My Wild Irish Rose; Old Black Joe; Old Folks At Home; Pack Up Your Troubles; Pussy-Willow; Roamin' in the Gloamin'; Row, Row, Row Your Boat; School Days; Sidewalks of New York; Sing Along; Sing, Sing; Smile and the World Smiles With You; Smiles; Stout Hearted Men; The Band Played On; The Bells of St. Mary's; Three Blind Mice; The Star-Spangled Banner; Tipperary; Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral; Wait Till the Sun Shines Nellie; Waltz Me Around Again Willie; When Irish Eyes Are Smiling.