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Canadian Pacific Breakfast and A-La-Carte Menu with price list.

An article from Vol. 33, No. 4 of the Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists that has been "reprinted for private circulation." Includes information on the history, stratigraphy, formation, development, and yield of the Leduc oilfield in Alberta, with a focus on paleontological characteristics. It is signed "Compliments of D.B. Layer" on the front cover.

2 price list booklets [No. 7 and No. 8] published by the Calgary Saddlery Company Limited. "Applying to Saddle Catalogue No. 4. All Previous Lists Cancelled."

Includes prices for:
Stock Saddles; Chaparejos; Cuffs; Stirrup Leathers [to Buckle; Lace; with Fenders]; Blankets; Spur Straps; Saddle Tie and Buckle Latigos; Short Latigos to Buckle; Saddle Strings; Latigo Leather Bridle Reins; Men's Belts [Plain; Stamped]; Gloves, Leggings, Etc.; Bridles; Stock Whips and Quirts; Lariats; Lariat Rope in Coils; Hondas; Conchas; Patent Rigging Dees; Bits; Spurs; Rowels; Cinchas; Stirrups; Pommel Slickers; and Oiled Suits.

"This Directory has no connection in any way with that issued by the Alberta Government Telephones."

Numerical Calgary telephone directory published by National Advertising Ltd. Includes a section of "Numbers Frequently Used" [Fire Department, Long Distance, Information, Trouble, Rural, Electric Light Trouble, Morning Albertan, Water Works Trouble, Herald, Ambulance, and Hospitals], other residential and business telephone numbers [organized into "M", "W", "E", "H", and "L" sections], and blank Memorandum pages.

Also includes print advertisements for various local businesses.

Two handwritten letters from Charles French to his wife and children. The first letter dated May 29th, 1907, was sent from Calgary, Alberta, and was written on Grand Central Hotel stationery. Charles French writes about the current state of Calgary and opportunities for making money there. He describes Calgary in a favourable light. The second letter dated May 30th, 1907, was sent from Edmonton, Alberta, and was written on The Hotel Cecil stationery. In this letter, he writes that he does not like the area at all and does not think he will stay there. The third letter, which is typed on C.A. French & Sons Grain, Flour, Coal, and Mill Feeds stationery, is written to Charles French from one of his sons, H.G. French. The letter informs Charles that he must purchase more corn. The last item is a business card for Charles A. French in Bellmont, Illinois.

photograph of three men on horseback in polo gear from 1854. The note on the back of the photograph indicates that the men are part of the Beaver Creek Polo League. There is a small crowd of people and several wagons in the background. There is also a very faint mark on the photograph in the bottom right corner listing the photographer’s name: A. S. Smith in Calgary, Canada. Sydney Alfred Smyth was a well-known photographer who was active in the late 1800s.

A cabinet card with a photograph depicting a large herd of horses. The photograph is captioned “1026, Ranching Scenes in Alberta, A Band of Horses.” Underneath the photograph, the photographer’s names “Boorne & May Limited” and the location “Calgary, Alberta” are embossed into the cabinet card.

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.

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.”

A sepia-toned photograph of ten men posing outside on a bench. Caption reads "W. Hanson Boorne, View Artist, Alberta, N. W. T." Date estimate is dealer-provided.

An insurance plan of the city of Calgary, Alberta from September 1954 which was partially revised in 1961 and 1972. This particular plan is marked as Vol. 2. The plan consists of a master title page which includes a key of signs and 55 detail sheets of the city. On the cover of the plan, there is a note indicating that the plan was made by and is the property of the Underwriters Survey Bureau, Limited. The copyright for the plan is registered in Ottawa, Ontario. The plan is listed as Copy No. 166 but there is no issue recipient listed. Each page of the detail sheets displays various streets and buildings in the city of Calgary and the colour of each building indicates the type of construction material used for that particular building. Several pages have new drawings pasted over the originals, presumably due to the revisions. This particular plan consists of residential neighbourhoods as well as industrial and retail complexes.

A collection of 18 assorted postcards all addressed to Mrs. G. A. [Lulu] Dyker, sent between 4 May 1947 and 14 Oct 1960. 1 postcard [date unclear] was sent before 1946.

10 postcards were sent by Mrs. G. A. Dyker's son Hedley "Hed" Dyker; an additional 4 postcards were written and sent jointly by Hedley and his sister Jean during a visit to Edmonton. Of the remaining 4 postcards, 2 were sent by an Olga O'Neail; 1 was sent by her daughter, Margaret "Marg" McFadden née Dyker; and 1 was signed simply "Della". The brief correspondence largely addresses travel, including the senders' arrival and departure to and from various locations and what they have done or will do there; short life and work updates; and general greetings and well-wishes.

Images include buildings in Calgary and Edmonton (Alta.), bridges in Edmonton and Vancouver (B.C), landscapes and scenery (mountains, lakes, and rivers) in Banff and Jasper (Alta.), and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police [RCMP].

WWII-era photograph of Private Doris L. Colwell of Calgary (Alta.) working at the Canadian Army Base Post Office in Ottawa (Ont.), for use with the article titled "C.W.A.C. Christmas Mail" published in Canadian Press on Tuesday October 31, 1944. Attached caption reads "Pte. Colwell has been in the Canadian Women's Army Corps for almost a year and has been sorting letters for about six months - a job that requires nimble fingers and a good memory, because every pigeon hole in front of her represents a different unit of the Canadian Army overseas, and she is sorting letters by Military Units."

Stereoscope cards, also called stereoviews or stereograms, depicting sepia-toned street views from 1913. Collection contains three images of Calgary, including the Hotel Alexandra and 9th Street, and six of Edmonton including Jasper Avenue and First Street.

A sepia-toned photograph of a large group of men, many holding various tools and implements, posing in front of a building under construction.

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.

Membership register of the Western Canada Petroleum Association for the year ending December 1950.

Includes:
Officers [President; First Vice-President; Second Vice-President; Executive Vice-President; Secretary-Treasurer]; Directors; Oil Companies (Producing, Refining, Marketing, Exploration); Drilling Contractors [Oil Well Drilling; Core and Shot Hole Drilling Contractors]; Supply Houses; Oil Well Servicing Companies; Geophysical Companies; Corporations; Financial Firms; Engineers, Geologists and Consultants; Travel Agency; Legal Firms; Banks; Accountants; Oilfield Cars and Trucks; Oilfield Insurance; Casing Pulling; Individuals; Advertising Agency; Addenda - Too Late to Classify [blank page].

An advertisement of 28,000 shares of Albertan Publishers Limited, 5% Cumulative Preference Stock of a par value of $25.00. Calgary, Alberta.

Stock certificate for Beaver Oils, Limited.

This certificate represents 1000 shares of stock in Arrow Oil Company. Limited that belong to N. C. Abercrombie.

Certificate number 41568 of Alberta Petroleum Consolidated Limited, certifying that C. MacGregor is the owner of 100 shares at $1 each, numbered 3087851 - 3087950. Dated June 21, 1915.

Certificate No. 39 from Brooks Petroleum Products Company, Limited and the registered office location is listed as Calgary, Alberta. The certificate indicates that Walter Russell of Calgary, Alberta purchased 50 shares at one-dollar each, numbered 511041 to 511090. The certificate was signed on August 1, 1914, by the secretary and the president of the company.

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.

Handwritten letter form Flora in Calgary to her father in Winnipeg. Flora writes about general matters, and comments on the discraceful Judge [James Wilberforce] Longley, and asks her father for clippings from the Winnipeg Gazette. 3pp. Attached is a letter fragment written to SBS from [Flora]; only a few sentences extant with no date provided. 1 pp.

Handwritten letter from Harwood in Calgary to SBS at Fort Osborne; 1 sheet and envelope.

Handwritten letter to SBS in Winnipeg from H.D.B. Ketchen in Calgary.

Two invitations/programs for the 26th and 28th "Annual Round-Up" for the Southern Alberta Pioneers' and Old Timers' Association, which included church services, meetings, banquet, and dance. Both dinners held at the Palliser Hotel in Calgary, Alberta.

Program issued in accordance with the Young Women's Christian Association [YWCA] Calgary chapter's Women of the Year Awards (1979).

The booklet gives a brief history of the Persons case [the 1929 judgment by the Privy Council of England which ruled that Canadian women were to be considered persons], a list of Women of the Year award nominees, a list of 50 women of achievement invited as special guests, the program of events and dinner menu, and brief profiles of the "Famous Five" [Nellie McClung, Henrietta Muir Edwards, Louise Crummy McKinney, Emily Gowan Murphy, and Irene Parlby].

Includes 1 complete sheet of 54 commemorative stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the Persons case judgment.

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.

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.

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.

Program for a 2015 performance of Agatha Christie's "The Mousetrap", directed by Kate Newby.

Includes:
Vertigo Theatre's 2015-2016 Season [schedule]; A Note from the Artistic Director; Audience Information; About Vertigo Theatre; The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie Directed by Kate Newby [The Cast; Creative Team; Time & Place; Special Thanks]; A Closer Look; Director's Notes; Cast Biographies [with cast photographs]; Creative Team Biographies [with team photographs]; Vertigo Theatre Gratefully Acknowledges the Support of Our Members and Donors; Vertigo Theatre Society [Board of Directors; Directors; Staff]; 2015/2016 Sponsors; advertisements for upcoming plays at Vertigo Theatre; and various advertisements for local businesses.

"Special Collectors Issue" Glenbow-Alberta Institute reproduction of the 9 March, 1912, issue of satirical newspaper the Calgary Eye Opener. Includes political cartoons, short local and federal news updates, and humourous or satirical paragraphs and jokes.

The final edition of The Calgary Albertan newspaper from April 19, 1924. The header indicates it is the twenty-third year of publication and it is newspaper No. 44. The story on the front paper is titled “Many Killed in Chicago Factory Fire.” The newspaper is filled with articles, numerous advertisements for businesses in Calgary, Alberta, and a few cartoon strips. The articles cover topics from world news to movie and actor profiles to automobile news to stories of Easter Sunday Services.

A copy of a speech " Delivered Before the Young Men's Liberal Club of Calgary" by Charles A. Stuart of Osgoode Hall, Toronto, Ontario. He is billed as a "Barrister at Law, Advocate, Sometime Fellow in English and Canadian Constitutional History in the University of Toronto." He discusses the formation of the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan, formerly the Northwest Territories, the financial implications, and relations with the Dominion Government and the British monarchy.

Pocket-style leather memo book; hand-written entries

Consists of the standing orders for Steel's Scouts, and a post-script which reads: "Montreal 11.6.94 Dear Sam, The detail is crude but shows we knew what we were about. J.K.O."

Correspondence, incoming and outgoing, sent to and from SBS in his capacity as Colonel in Command of Military District 13; includes inquiries about military positions and a memo related to the organization of an Infantry Regiment at Edmonton. Handwritten, typewritten

Correspondence sent to SBS in his capacity as Colonel in Command of Military District 13; includes letters from the Department of Militia and Defence, and others. Handwritten, typewritten

Correspondence sent to SBS in his capacity as Colonel in Command of Military District 13; includes letters from the Department of Militia and Defence, and a memo regarding Brigade State, Calgary Camp. Typewritten

Correspondence sent to SBS in his capacity as Colonel in Command of Military District 13; includes letters from the Department of Militia and Defence, and a memo regarding Brigade State, Calgary Camp. Typewritten

Includes an attached invoice for horse

Attached news clipping, re: Steele family's departure for Winnipeg

Handwritten letter with envelope written from Flora in Montreal to her parents in Calgary. Flora describes her Christmas holiday, and lists the gifts she received from family and friends. 6 pp.

Handwritten letter with envelope from Flora Steele at St. Urban's Academy in Montreal to her parents in Calgary. Flora writes about relatives, her excitement at coming home for the summer, the possibility of horseback riding once she is home, and wishes her mother a happy birthday. 3 pp.

Handwritten letter with envelope from Flora Steele at St. Urban's Academy to her parents in Calgary. She discusses the death of her Aunt Jessie who passed away the day before this letter was written. 2 pp.

Handwritten letter with envelope from Flora at St. Urban's Academy in Montreal to her mother in Calgary. She describes having received a long letter from her father, and is anxious to be with all the family at Christmas. 2 pp.

Handwritten letter with envelope from Flora Steele in Ottawa to her mother in Calgary. Flora describes her visit in Ottawa where she is touring the sights with her cousin (Jope), visiting family members, and being shown the Ottawa Library by Mrs. Lampman, widoe of the poet Archibald Lampman. 2 pp.

Handwritten note and official typewritten letter to Marie from D.A. Macdonald of Militia and Defence Canada regarding transport requisitions for the Steele family for their move to Calgary. The letter is dated September 23rd, 1907.

Handwritten letter from Gus to Marie; re: shipments from Africa and other personal family news; the letter is dated November 27th, 1907.

Handwritten letter to Marie in Calgary from her mother in Montreal; Mrs. Harwood discusses the marriage problems Marie's sister Louise is experiencing among other news; the letter is dated December 8th, 1907.

Handwritten letter to Marie in Calgary from her mother in Montreal sharing family news; the letter is dated March 29th, 1908.