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Place: Unusually, the letter is undated and does not include the location of the writer, but the envelope is postmarked Regina

From: T.A. Patrick

To: Mrs. T.A. Patrick, Yorkton

Delivery: Canada Post, postmarked April 6 and April 7

Details: 1 pp on North West Territories lined letterhead, watermarked, & an envelope

Notes: In a short letter to his wife, Marion, T.A. Patrick expresses his pleasure that his daughter Edith is taking her medicine without complaint. He writes "I enjoyed witnessing the opening of the Manitoba Legislation. Gillis and I had seats on the floor of the House."

Place: Regina [N.W.T.]

From: T.A. Patrick

To: Mrs. T.A. Patrick, Yorkton, N.W.T.

Delivery: Canada Post, postmarked

Details: 4 pp; paper watermarked with crown, crest, and “Antique Parchment Note Paper;” & an envelope

Notes: T.A. Patrick writes to his wife that he is pleased that George [his brother] has sold eight cattle. Patrick thinks that they can afford to keep the rest of the cattle. He asks his wife to apply the money "on notes coming due at the bank." The Brome Grass seed, which Patrick mentioned in his last letter, was profitable for both Patrick and George. This money is to go towards payments on accounts around town.

He writes that he "got the registered letter. It's another homestead affair. I sent it back to Grenfell [to Mr. Fitzgerald from the business letter] for corrections. When it reaches you deal with it as with the others."

He then writes that he has enclosed the key to his drawer within his brother Dick's safe. He asks his wife to "get the certificate of title for block 18 Yorkton. I wish to get the survey or town plot registered. Don't forget this."

Patrick mentions going to Moose Jaw on Saturday to visit friends and that his son George's picture "has many admirers." He asks if the mill is going up and how the girls are getting on in school. He asks if they are forgetting their German.

Place: Regina [N.W.T.]

From: T.A. Patrick

To: Mrs. T.A. Patrick, Yorkton, N.W.T.

Delivery: Canada Post, postmarked

Details: 3 pp on paper watermarked with crown, crest, and “Antique Parchment Note Paper;” & an envelope

Notes: T.A. writes one of his frequent letters to his wife that he has work "to do today as chairman of the "Cooked Accounts" Committee reporting the refusal of Mr. Bennett to attend the Committee when requested to attend and give evidence" and Patrick writes of moving for an order to compel Mr. Bennett's attendance.

He then mentions letters from his mother and sister, Maud, and meeting with the new boiler inspector. He states that "the estimates were brought down yesterday Yorkton District fares fairly well - about $3500 altogether." He continues that "this will do quite a little to improve our roads and bridges." Additionally, he states that he has sent 14 letters to the district "advising people as to the grants for particular works."

Patrick finishes his letter writing "I think my letter to Mr. Magee [from the last letter] settled a good deal of his chatter. I wonder if Mrs. Magee will come to see you [Patrick's wife] again."

Place: Regina [N.W.T.]

From: T.A. Patrick

To: Mrs. T.A. Patrick, Yorkton, N.W.T.

Delivery: Canada Post, postmarked

Details: 3 pp on paper watermarked with crown, crest, and “Antique Parchment Note Paper;” & an envelope

Notes: T.A. Patrick writes one of his frequent letters to his wife, Marion. He writes that the Budget Debate is on and that Bennett and Sifton spoke the day before. He writes that he thinks "it likely the apposition will move an amendment in which case [Patrick] may speak to both motion and amendment."

He indicates that Marion will have seen Patrick's edition of The Standard. He states that "at my suggestion the Queen's Printer who appeared before the Committee on Public Accounts was to write me who printed these accounts saying that he would be afforded an opportunity by the Committee to explain the cause of an error. Therein the Queen's Printer instead wrote him a letter requiring him to furnish an explanation. Well he got mad. He was also angry about the motion respecting the Select Committee."

Patrick finishes his letter stating that "he [Mr. Bennett] appeared before the Public Accounts Committee yesterday and I examined him."

Place: Regina, [N.W.T.]

From: T.A. Patrick

To: Mrs. T.A. Patrick, Yorkton, Assa.

Delivery: Canada Post, postmarked

Details: 1pp on lined North West Territories letterhead, watermarked “Old Hampden;” and an envelope

Notes: T.A. Patrick writes a short letter to his wife, Marion. He writes that "Mr. Meredith arrive last night and leaves this afternoon. We had a hot dinner yesterday and more hot weather in the House is promised. Mr. Meredith came up to the House with me but seems to have gone again. He promised to go with me to Government House to call on the Governor."

Place: Regina [N.W.T.]

From: T.A. Patrick

To: Mrs. Marion G. Patrick, Yorkton, Assa.

Delivery: Canada Post, postmarked

Details: 1pp on lined North West Territories letterhead, and envelope

Notes: T.A. Patrick writes to his wife, Marion, that he had "a very effective speech" yesterday "on the amendment to the motion to go into supply." Bennett also made an effective speech. However, Patrick writes that "the result in the House of course was not effective whatever effect it may have in this country." He tells his wife that "the Standard publishes my Autonomy Speech in full this session, also I believe the Caribou."

Patrick finishes his letter "wondering how things are in Yorkton." He writes that "papa will soon be back."

Place: Collingwood, Ont[ario]

From: Alf [T.A. Patrick]

To: Mrs. Marion G. Patrick, Byron, Middlesex Co., Ont.

Delivery: Canada Post, postmarked

Details: 1pp on lined Grand Central Hotel, Collingwood Ont. letterhead. The envelope is printed with “Great Northern Exhibition, Collingwood, Ont. – September 22, 23, 24, 25, 1903.” in red ink.

Notes: T.A. Patrick writes one of his frequent letters to his wife while in Ontario. He writes that he "arrived at Collingwood last night to find that owing to a smash-up or a break-down or a break-up or a smash-down the boat I decided to sail on has been taken off the route and there is none until Tuesday so I leave at noon for Meaford then by stage to Owen Sound where I hope to catch a C.P.R. boat leaving there tonight at 5:30."

Place: Fort William, Ont[ario]

From: T.A. Patrick

To: Wife, [Marion G. Patrick]

Details: 1pp typewritten on “J.J. Wells, Clerk of the Third Division Court. Notary Public. Real Estate and Insurance.” Letterhead. Paper is watermarked with a Victoria Cross-style icon and the words “Standard, Pure Linen.”

Notes: T.A. Patrick sends his wife a typewritten letter to inform her that he has arrived in Fort William and has been visiting John Wells and Ida Momtague Bloomfield. He writes that "Mrs. Bloomfield lives near and neither of them are far from the C. N. R. station where we entered Fort William. Perhaps you remember walking past an office which stood along and which had a sign "Men Wanted.""

Place: Regina [N.W.T.]

From: Alf [T.A. Patrick]

To: Mrs. Marion G. Patrick, Byron, Lucan, Middlesex Co., Ont[ario]

Delivery: Canada Post, postmarked

Details: 4 pp on Alexandra Hotel, Regina, N.W.T. letterhead. Envelope is printed with “Return to The Alexandra Hotel, F. Nash, Proprietor, Regina N.W.T.” in black ink.

Notes: T.A. Patrick writes a letter to his wife, Marion, while she is away in Ontario. He writes, "it is Sunday morning, again, and we have for the first time in, about, a month a completely overcast sky. Last night there was a slight flurry of snow but only a flurry. The weather is warm and the ground not yet frozen up. I do not recollect seeing the freeze-up delayed so late in the season before. I had instructions sent to Mr. Goodacre to dig the ditch to lower the level of the lake three feet, and I am wondering what progress has been made. Mr. Thomson surveyed and laid out the ditch. It is to be about a mile long and about nine feet deep for a short distance just where it comes out of the lake. I am anxious to get it well started this fell whether completed or not."

He informs his wife that he intends to go back to Yorkton to hold "a service of meetings all over the electoral district of Yorkton (not Mackenzie district) to explain the municipal ordinance, and generally the work of the session. This will mean a lot of travelling and will take two or three weeks." He mentions this now "because it may affect [Marion's] home coming," but if she desired "to prolong [her] visit it will be much less lonesome for [Patrick] if [he is] away through the country on political business than if [he was] at home." He states, "I have not visited my constituency since my election and have no yet seen the new town of Sheho."

Patricks thinks that he will go to Edmonton to visit his brother Emerson and to see Edmonton, Strathcona, and Wetaskiwin since his old pupil John Brown lives there. Patrick then updates his wife that his bronchitis is improving but that the "hotel life is wearying." However, he sees his brother, Jack, everyday. He writes about Jack, "if the benches of the Law Society meet at Brandon this month he may go there as acting Secretary of the Law Society with some prospect of being chosen permanent Secretary were Mackenzie resigned. The position is wroth $400 a year at least, and would exalt him very much in his profession but he is somewhat handicapped by the fact that Yorkton is somewhat remote and not directly connected by rail and mail routes with the rest of the Territories. However, next year will remedy this condition, and it may not ban him." Patrick continues that "Jack has ordered his library from the Canada Law Book Co. of Toronto. It will be more extensive than that of any other Yorkton lawyer. They give him all the time he wants to pay for it."

Patrick then changes the subject of his letter, explaining that "hotels all over the Territories are overcrowded, and many can not get beds. All signs point to an extraordinarily heavy immigration," with 6000 Mennonites going just north and west of Beau and Burch.

He then asks what is wrong with their friends Maude and Thompson, inquiring about the wedding, and discussing Mrs. Merriam's [Maude's mother's] reluctance to see her daughter marry. Patrick states that "nineteen years old is hardly old enough" but, then, jokes, "tell Leslie that if he had only decided to marry a Doukhobor or a Galician or Hungarian there would have been no delay."

Typed header reads: “Extracts from reports of Officers of the N.W. Mounted Police for 1888 on the subject of the liquor laws. / 1888. / Commissioner L.W. Herchmer.” Officers include the Commissioner, Assistant Commissioner and Superintendents Cotton, McIllree, Neale, Deane, Steele, Perry, Griesbach, and Antrobus.

Commissioner Herchmer:
“There is a feeling, however, among the farmers, and naturally, that the sale of good beer should be allowed, and that it should be brewed in the country out of the home-grown barley, the present regulations allowing a wretched apology for beer to be brewed in the country out of grape sugar and other poisons, while the brewing from home-grown malt of an article of equal intoxicating power is strictly prohibited.”
“… I unhesitatingly affirm that under the permit system and the North-West Act, as then interpreted by our judges, there was less intoxication among the whites, according to population; and there can be no comparison between the quantity of liquor then supplied to Indians and the quantities they have obtained since that portion of the Province was, as certain people call it, emancipated.”
“In the days when the Act was first introduced there were no lawyers in the Territories and appeals were almost unheard of . . . Since the advent of lawyers everything has changed.”
“A saloon keeper of any experience keeps about enough liquor on his premises to fill his permits, and whenever ‘pulled’ by the Police he produces his permits, or those of his friends, and keeps his reserve stock of contraband liquor in hay stacks and manure heaps, closets and other hiding places of the same sort”
“The profits of the trade being enormous our men are all the time subject to the temptation of, to them, immense bribes, to pass a cargo, and who can wonder, under such conditions, that they sometimes fall.”
“I think it would be advisable to permit the establishment of breweries of sufficient capacity to support an Inland Revenue officer, as small concerns without much at stake are liable to be tempted to evade the law, particularly as regards Indians.”p.2
“In Calgary I may safely say we have captured more liquor consigned to two druggists than to any two saloon keepers in that town.”p.2

Assistant Commissioner:

“The liquor law is not working at all satisfactorily, and is no doubt being evaded, and would be, even if there were five times as many police as there are. The law is unpopular. This accounts for the great difficulty we experience in connection with it. It is almost impossible, under the existing state of the law, to get a conviction.” p.2

Superintendent Neale:

“Nearly all classes of the community in this district are antagonistic to the existing liquor laws, and there are very few indeed who will not assist in the smuggling of liquor.” p.4

Superintendent Steele

“The reason for passing the Act was to prevent the sale of intoxicants to Indians, and for that purpose answered very well, . . . . no serious trouble has been caused since from the drunkenness of the Indians; but when the same law is applied to the whites it is quite another thing.” p.5
“Under the system of smuggling, which prevails, the dealer brings in pure alcohol, and by the admixture of pernicious drugs and water makes it into an article resembling whiskey in color but most dangerous in its effects.” p.5

Two page typed memo written by an unnamed Comptroller. Dated in Ottawa, 31st January, 1890.

“Until recent years a permit was understood to cover liquor imported into the North-West for the use of the person named therein, but it has been ruled in Court that both the permit and the liquor may be held in the possession of a person other than he to whom the permit was issued.
Under the protection of this ruling, saloons are supplied freely with permits and liquor, and it is quite a common occurrence for the Police to find in the same house liquor covered by permits in the names of half a dozen or more different persons.
Liquor is smuggled into the country to replenish the kegs or jars protected by the permits, and it is impossible to prove that the liquor found in such kegs or jars is not that which was originally imported into the country under permits_ a permit may thus be used as a perpetual license unless a case of selling can be established.
If the permit system is to be continued, the undersigned suggests that the law should be amended in such manner as will forbid the transfer of permits and restrict the custody and use of liquor imported there-under to the residence and household of the person to whom the permit is issued.”

Typewritten, “1888: Whiskey informers & detectives: Newspaper articles re. Extract from the Medicien (sic) Hat ‘Times’ of Sept 10, 1887. THE INFORMER: Considerable consternation was imminent in the city Monday over the rumour that a whiskey informer was at large.”

Pencil notation, “1889 – no. 401: Liquor question N.W.T. General Memorandum.”

Dealer believes this is a Letter to the Editor written by Commissioner L.W. Herchmer.

A typewritten copy of an extract from the Regina Journal newspaper dated February 16, 1888. The extracted article deals with how the Mounted Police conducted a recent liquor search. Mr. F. Arnold, proprietor of Lansdowne Hotel, accuses four NWMP officers of entering his wife’s bedroom while she was still in bed during their search of his hotel. He does not give names of officers.

“The Northwest Prohibition Farce” newspaper clipping from the Calgary Tribune and dated July 18, 1888.
An editorial piece protesting the exemption granted the Canadian Pacific Railway from the permit-based liquor laws of the time.
“In another column will be found the announcement that permission has been granted to the Canadian Pacific Railway hotel in Banff to import and sell wine and beer as a beverage, and the Mounted Police authorities have received instructions not to interfere with them in the carrying on of that business. . . . The Government at Ottawa (by whom the Lieutenant-Governor of these Territories has unquestionably been authorized in this case) seem to be under the impression that the people of this country are a lot of serfs and nincompoops who have no conception of the rights of freemen . . . ”

The first newspaper clipping headline reads: “Maximum Fine in Reid Case / Pleaded Guilty of Illegal Liquor Selling and Was Fined $500 / Moose Baxter Case was Adjourned / Accused Claimed That He Was Not Proprietor of Turkish Baths”

Bert Reid, proprietor of the Cafeteria, pled guilty before Superintendent Deane of the Royal North West Mounted Police to selling liquor illegally with the understanding that the additional barrel of beer and wine discovered outside did belong to his brother, John, who had the liquor on hand for a planned housewarming party. This version of events was contested by Stanley Jones of the Moral Reform league.

A preliminary to the trial of Moose Baxter was held following the Reid case. Moose Baxter claimed that he was managing the Turkish bath house which the police raided, but that it was his brother Hector Baxter who actually owned the business. The rest of the article is not included.

The second newspaper clipping headline reads: “Sleuth Grimsdall Hadn’t Authority to make Arrests”

Detective Grimsdall arrested “Moose” Baxter in two assault cases, but both cases were dismissed by Col. Walker who said that in neither case did Grimsdall have the authority to arrest Baxter in the Barracks court.

The daily journal kept by Douglas Musgrave Rourke, first husband of Louise Rourke and an accountant working at the Fort Chipweyan Hudson's Bay Company Fur Trading post, from January 1, 1926 to January 7, 1927. The journal accounts each days events, including weather, business conditions, the arrivals and departures of government agents, HBC traders, RCMP, Indigenous peoples, and other visitors.

The journal is preceded by a page of comments by Louise Rourke and a carbon typescript of a short biography of Louise Rourke. The journal also contains three additional pages included as memoranda, with detailed notes.

Place: Saltcoats, Assiniboia

From: Alf, T.A.P. [Thomas A. Patrick]

To: Miss Marion Griffith, Byron, Ontario, Canada

Delivery: registered Canadian Post, via London, postmarks

Details: 11pp + envelope, note on envelope “240” and “246”

Notes: Alf tells of a party he attended, an abscessed knee he treated, his good opinion of Bishop Anson of Qu’ Appelle, and an eyebrow he sutured. Alf enjoys teaching and is pleased to also be paid for it. He is unhappy at the unexpectedly high taxidermy bill for the mounting of a pelican. Alf had news of the death by consumption of his cousin, Mary Ann Hobbs, and it is expected that her father and sister will also pass soon. Alf has arranged to rent a house owned by Mr. Fisher, with plans to live in one bedroom while sub-renting part to Mr. and Mrs. Lauder and part to Mr. Cumming. A suit Marion selected for him arrived and Alf is very pleased with it. Writing again later, on returning from Crescent Lake to treat Mr. Kent, Alf believes the man to die soon and will not be charging the family as they are in financial straits.

Place: Byron [Ontario]

From: Marion [Griffith]

To: Alf / T.A. Patrick, M.D., Saltcoats, Assiniboia, N.W.T.

Delivery: Canada Post, postmarked

Details: 10 pp + envelope, note on envelope “No. 236”

Notes: Marion writes to her fiance, Alf [Dr. Thomas A. Patrick]. Her Grandpa is doing poorly. He surprised Marion by giving her and her sister Annie a gift of $175.00 the morning after speaking with his doctor. She finishes writing the letter while in Strathroy. She received Alf's photograph and is surprised that he grew a moustache. Marion and Annie continue to make plans to move to Saltcoats in the near future.

Souvenir program for the Glenora Figure Skating Club's 1946 Ice Show, held from 28 February - 2 March 1946.

Contents:
Lest We Forget; Foreword; Glenora Figure Skating Club [Officers and Directors; Ladies' Committee; Ice Show Committee; Acknowledgements]; The Ice Show Orchestra Under the Direction of Mrs. J. B. Carmichael [pictured]; Programme [The Toymaker's Dream - Act I; Act II; Act III].

Photographs:
Mrs. J. B. Carmichael, Musical Director; By Popular Demand, Betty Atkinson and Chuck Hain, Former Stars "Ice Follies", "Radio City Center Theatre"; The Caley Sisters - Dorothy and Hazel; Fred Astle and Bob Blackett, Our own Glenora Club ever-sensational comedy pair; Stephanie MacDonald, Professional - Greater Edmonton Figure Skating Club; Shirley Martin and "Muffy" McHugh MacKenzie, Stars from Glencoe Club, Calgary; Dorothy and Jimmie Stephens, Professionals Glenora Figure Skating Club; Phyllis Sutton, Ladies' Senior Club Champion; Lillian Munro, Intermediate Ladies' Club Champion; Arlene Jones and Diana Keltie, Girls' Junior "Dance Pair Champions"; Carol Taylor, Champion Preliminary Class; Barbara Park and Xenia English [Juvenile Club Champion]; Donna Knight [Ladies' Junior Club Champion]; Jane Emery, Barbara Blackett, and Peggy Newland; group photograph "Fairies" [Elaine Cross; Donna Webber; Joyce Lumsden; Daurel Mills; Geraldine Morris; Francis Wharton; Arlene Howarth]; group photograph [Barbara Gowan; Nancy Armstrong; Allison Day; Pat. Hall; Jean Huckell; Margaret Roth].

Additionally includes several print advertisements for various local businesses.

Handwritten letter from Clayborne Stewart, at the Buffalo Hotel in Red Deer AB, to Louise Taylor of Calgary. Urges her not to dwell on his past life but for both of them to start anew as partners, with reference to a conversation they had the night before.

Letter from Clayborne Stewart, at the Buffalo Hotel in Red Deer AB, to Louise Taylor of Calgary. Sends well wishes for a friend in hospital and regrets for another friend’s loss. Describes being in a bad mood.

Letter from Clayborne Stewart, at the Buffalo Hotel in Red Deer AB, to Louise Taylor of Calgary. Describes a busy week at work. States how he enjoyed their most recent visit and that he is more contented than he has been in years.

Letter from Clayborne Stewart, at the Buffalo Hotel in Red Deer AB, to Louise Taylor of Calgary. Anticipates a busy week at work, with several banquets planned. Apologizes and expresses embarrassment after some unspecified events that occurred on the weekend.

Letter from Clayborne Stewart, at the Buffalo Hotel in Red Deer AB, to Louise Taylor of Calgary. Mentions having gone to a movie. States that he wants to say some things that have been on his mind, namely how he trusts that they will be able to overcome obstacles together, and how he has been pondering a taxi driver’s words to him that he was lucky to have a girlfriend who looks after him as she did when he was sick in the car.

Letter from Clayborne Stewart, at the Buffalo Hotel in Red Deer AB, to Louise Taylor of Calgary. Mentions playing cribbage and buying a radio and a new pair of shoes. Describes visiting the dentist, who said he was recovering well from his dental problems. Sends well-wishes to acquaintances.

Letter from Clayborne Stewart, at the Buffalo Hotel in Red Deer AB, to his newly-wedded wife Louise in Calgary. Describes looking for a home for them to share in Red Deer, mentioning a particular possibility which did not pan out. “Well dear, I don’t know what to write or say. I guess the last two weeks has spoiled me … so dear this is short and sweet like me.”

Letter from Clayborne Stewart, at Camp Borden Ontario, to his wife Louise Stewart in Red Deer. Describes beginning the course he is taking at the camp. Mentions a planned trip to Toronto, where they will tour Canada Bread Co., Canada Packers, and a large dairy operation. Mentions plans to visit his family. States that some of the men in the mess are Freemasons like himself, which has helped him in getting acquainted. Asks to be sent the Sports Week and Red Deer Advocate.

Letter from Clayborne Stewart, at Camp Borden Ontario, to his wife Louise Stewart in Red Deer, Alberta. Describes test results and his current placement in the officer’s mess. Mentions a bingo game. Writing on clean-up day.

Group photo of students in the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps School Cook Group III Course at Camp Borden, Ontario, in the cohort running from February 2 to April 25, 1953. Clayborne Stewart is in the second row from the front at the far left. Black and white.

Head and shoulders portrait of Clayborne Stewart in military uniform. Black and white.

Black and white studio portrait of a couple. The woman is wearing a blazer and the man a suit and tie. Signed “Love Betty + Les”. Likely the same Betty and Les who sent several greeting cards to the Stewarts, included in this collection.

Black and white photo of a man standing outdoors in front of a hedge, wearing a military-style shirt with a tie.

Christmas card featuring a cartoon bear gawking at an overstuffed mailbox and shocked to find several tax papers within it. “The postbox may be a bit overtaxed, but aren’t we all.” Unsigned and unaddressed.

Easter card from Louise Stewart to her husband Clayborne. Inscribed “To my Dear, all my love, Louise.”

Valentines Day card from Clayborne Stewart to his wife Louise. Inscribed “Love, Clay.”

Birthday card inscribed “Best wishes, Marj + Bill.” Recipient not named, but presumably Clayborne or Louise Stewart. Features a cartoon depiction of a hotdog expressing pun-filled birthday wishes.

Christmas card to Clayborne and Louise Stewart, inscribed “To Mr + Mrs. Stewart from Mr. + Mrs. Mar.”

Christmas card, inscribed “Love and Best Wishes, [illegible].” Recipient not named, but presumably Clayborne or Louise Stewart, or both.

Christmas card inscribed “Best wishes, Ruth Cane.” Recipient not named, but presumably Clayborne or Louise Stewart, or both.

Wedding anniversary card for Louise and Clayborne Stewart, inscribed “To Louise + Clay, from Dolly, Les + Trudy.”

Birthday card inscribed “All my love, Janet.” Recipient not named, but presumably Louise Stewart.

Birthday card, unsigned and not addressed. Features cartoon illustrations of a chicken consoling another, and then running together from moths with nets. Text reads “Cheer up! Another birthday should be no cause to fret- We may not be spring chickens, but the moths ain’t got us yet!”

Christmas card from Louise Stewart to her husband Clayborne. Inscribed “To the best. Love, Louise.”

Valentine’s Day card from Clayborne Stewart to his wife Louise. Inscribed
“All my [?], Clay.”

Fourth wedding anniversary card from Clayborne Stewart to his wife Louise. Inscribed “All my love, Clay.”

Advertising document from the HBC, which lists the benefits to trappers of selling their furs to the HBC.

Advertising document from the HBC, which lists the benefits to trappers of selling their furs to the HBC. The document includes a simple street map, showing the location of the HBC's Raw Fur Buying office in Toronto.

A blank piece of HBC letterhead. Additionally enclosed is a postal envelope from the HBC, also unmarked.

An informational and advertising booklet, issued by Simpson's Raw Fur Marketing Service. Includes information and tips on trapping, both in general, and for individually for several types of animal, as well as instructions on packing pelts for shipping. Additionally enclosed is a postal envelope from Simpson's Raw Fur Marketing Department; the reciepient name on the envelope has been scribbled out.

Advertising brochure from the HBC, which contains a catalogue of items intended for fur trappers, including traps, as well as general utility items such as snowshoes and knives.

8. Social Credit candidate Harry Strom’s political campaign poster. The poster prominently features a colour portrait of Harry Strom, where the subject is surrounded by presumably identifiably Canadian imagery such as the Alberta seal, hockey players, grain elevators and other farm items, cattle, the wild rose, bison, and a representation of an Aboriginal figure as well as one of an RCMP official. The caption below it reads "Harry Strom; A New Kind of Leader." On the back side there are 6 black/white photographs of Strom in various settings: with his family, horseback riding, partaking in a meeting, with his wife and children, walking, and a shot of a supporting crowd. The captions provide a background narrative to the images. There is a handwritten note on top right corner that reads "A doctor son of Harry Strom operated on Graydon Arksey at the Royal Alex Hopital (sic) Edmonton May 1976." Published by the Alberta Social Credit League.

13. Various articles pertaining to Social Credit members:

A) 11.5 x 21.3 cm article from the Edmonton Journal, dated September 22, 1988, titled: "Social Credit Leader resigns." Contains one b&w photograph of Martin Hattersley.

B) 4.7 x 23.5 cm article titled: "Edmonton Ma Admitted To Bar." Contains one b&W photograph of J. M. Hattersley.

C) 8.7 x 10.5 cm clipping titled: "Solon Low Leaving Politics, Classroom." Contains one b&w photograph of Solon Low.

D) 12.4 x 37.7 cm article from Southam Newspapers in the Calgary Herald titled: "Reform MP juggles farm life, politics." Article is concerning Reform MP Ray Speaker. Contains one b&w photograph of Ray Speaker and a herd of cows. Photo credited to The Calgary Herald. A handwritten note at the top dates the article to February 26, 1996.

E) 22.3 x 12 cm article titled: "Book review doesn’t do Aberhart justice." Article is regarding a book review done by Dr. Kenneth Munro for the book: "Bible Bill: A Biography of William Aberhart by David Elliot and Iris Miller."

F) 31.5 x 25 cm article from the Edmonton Journal, dated May 3, 1998, titled: "At least 'Bible Bill’ cared about people." Contains two b&w photographs: one is a portrait of a man, the writer, located at the top of the article and captioned "Alan Kellogg." The other, located on the right side, contains a photo of William Aberhart, captioned "'Bible Bill' Alberhart on the hustings." Photo courtesy of The Glenbow Archives.

G) 11.5 x 14 cm newspaper article from The Edmonton Journal titled: "Old Guard keeps faith in Social Credit Theory." Article concerns Clover Bar MLA Floyd Baker. Written by Mike Sadava.

H) 21.5 x 28 cm resume for Euan R. A. Temple. Page is very thin and in poor condition, with a rip at the bottom, and several folds along the edges. Page is very yellowed. Very fragile. A handwritten note on the top left says: "Mr. Temple on SC board. Great friend of mom’s."

I) 14.3 x 17.2 cm newspaper article titled: "To travel, will teach in Nigeria." Features a b&w photograph of a woman, captioned: "Miss Ruth Hattersley." Photo credited to Goertz Studio.

J) 31.5 x 17.4 cm newspaper article from the Edmonton Journal, titled: "Greatest Albertan isn’t anyone you might expect." Article contains one small color photograph of the author, David Staples, on the top left, as well as 7 small color photographs in a circle on the right. These photographs include: "Pat Burns, Wayne Gretzky, K. D. Lang, Peter Loughheed, Ernest Manning, Emily Murphy, and Douglas Cardinal."

K) 26.2 x 36.4 cm newspaper article from the Edmonton Journal titled: "Finding a new captain for the sinking Socred ship." Article written by Patrick O’Callaghan.

L) 15.5 x 52.4 cm newspaper article titled: "Social Crediter, 85, Never Misses Rally." Features a large b&w photograph at the top of the page showing two women in conversation. Captioned: "Mrs. F. H. Soper, above left, in her 85th year journeyed to Calgary from Athabasca to attend the convention of the Alberta Social Credit League. She has been present at every convention of the Social Credit party since they commenced 21 years ago. Mrs. Soper is pictured chatting with Mrs. C. M. Hattersley, widow of the late Mr. Hattersley who was author of the widely publicised book 'This Age of Plenty.' Now on the staff of the Canadian Social Creditor, editing the women’s page, Mrs. Hattersley is also vice-president of the Edmonton SC Constituency Association. She was interested in Social Credit even before Mrs. Soper, for she was a student of Major Douglas in England. At the time of this death Mr. Hattersley, a lawyer, was working on the revision of Alberta Statutes, and had been in Edmonton only a few years." Photograph is credited to Jack De Lorne. Above the picture is a line that states: "Attends 21 Consecutive Conventions."

M) 11.5 x 13.7 cm newspaper article from the Edmonton Journal titled: "Old guard keeps faith in Social Credit theory." Written by Mike Sadava.

WWI era French-English dictionary belonging to D. Lamont. 2nd page used as a workspace for mathematical calculations. Inscribed “Fred Bell” on inside of front cover. Includes translation of basic military and general terms and phrases into French.

Real photo postcard depicting two men in partial military uniform standing with horses. Possession of D. Lamont, so likely from the 9th C.M.R.R. in which he was a Corporal. Postcard section on back remains unused.

Depicts two men in military uniform on horses, with another standing in between. There are wagons and buildings behind them. Possession of D. Lamont, so likely from the 9th C.M.R.R. in which he was a Corporal. Post card area on back remains unused. Labelled in French and printed by R. Guilleminot, Boespflug and Co., Paris, so likely from his time in Belgium or France.

Studio portrait of two men in military uniform. One is seated, the other is standing behind him. Names written in pen on the image: “P.C. Gillant and [?]B. Whyte.” Post card area on the back remains unused.

Studio portrait of a man in military dress uniform, wearing a kilt. Postcard area on the back remains unused; labelled in French.

Lists supplies stored in a military wagon. Tools, most likely for trench construction.

Outlines orders for 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade to prepare to move on the evening of July 31, 1918. Gives instructions for loading of baggage.

Pass granting “No. 114094, Sgt. D. Lamont permission to be absent from his quarters from 0900 hours January 16, 1919 to 0900 hours January 19, 1919 for the purpose of proceeding to Brussels.” 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade. Signed by commanding officer [name illegible] and stamped January 1919.

Military note which appears to request supplies. 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade. Stamped May 17, 1917 by Lt. Col.

Message from 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade to 43rd, 52nd, 58th and 166th Battalion’s first officers stating that the Village of Thieulloy is out of bounds to troops due to foot and mouth disease, and that Founcamps and Bussy-Le-Oix are out of bounds due to measles. Handwritten.

Orders stating that casualties to horses due to nails in the Canadian Corps were higher than any other corps, providing the example that a unit of the 20th Division recently picked up 58 lbs. of nails in one hour, and ordering that energetic steps be taken to reduce the number of such casualties.

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.

A series of captioned b&w photographs in an accordion style folding strip with an attached mailing envelope. Depicts World War II era soldiers and other personnel inside the United Services Centre in Winnipeg.

Directory lists all available names and addresses of ex-Members of 31st Battalion ("Bell's Bulldogs") C.E.F. [Canadian Expeditionary Force] as of 30 October 1932.

Includes: list of 1931-1932 Executive Committee [Honorary President Brigadier-General Arthur Henry Bell; President Ike Florence; Vice-President A. H. Jones; Treasurer W. C. West; and Secretary R. L. Coulthurst]; lists of Committee, Past Presidents, Ex-Officio Members of Committee, and Out-of-Town Members and District Representatives; The Association's Report [regarding the publication of the directory and general updates on the 31st Battalion Association's previous year]; An Appreciation from President Florence; A Message from Brig.-Gen. A. H. Bell, C.M.G, D.S.O.; alphabetical directory of ex-members; A Few 31st Battalion Statistics [Killed; Wounded; Decorations]; Lest We Forget [list of members who have died after WWI].

Print of drawing of the Battle Creek North-West Mounted Police detachment buildings.

Folder/portfolio containing five (5) prints of works exhibited at the 10th Annual Calgary Graphics Exhibition, as well as an exhibition guide.  Includes works by artists L. Pecknold, K. Hayano, D. Roberts, R. Achtemichuk, and J. Harris. 

A watercolour painting done by E. Chappell, titled: “Goldfields” North Saskatchewan and camp of the “Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co.”

Small scrap of white satin fabric with full colour print of the Alberta shield. Directly beneath the shield is the word "Alberta." printed over a dotted [blue or green] background with rounded edges, within ornamental red borders. Above the shield, at the top left of the fabric, there is a print of the number [43 or 48].

The back side of the fabric is blank.

Printed guide to the art exhibit "Sketching History" curated by Marlena Wyman [City of Edmonton 5th Historian Laureate]. Booklet contains full-colour reproductions of selected sketches included in the exhibit and short histories of the locations depicted in the sketches.

Contents:
Curator's Statement [Marlena Wyman]; Prince of Wales Armouries Heritage Centre; Ortona Armoury Arts Building; Papaschase First Nation History; Metis Land History in Edmonton; Rossdale Burial Ground; Edmonton Bridges; Edmonton's River Valley and Green Spaces; Mill Creek Ravine, Trestle Bridge, and Pool; Mactaggart Sanctuary, Whitemud Creek Ravine; Edmonton Residences; Highlands Streetscape; Owen Residence; John Walter Museum; Buena Vista Building / Glenora Bed and Breakfast; Hangar 11, Blatchford Field; St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral; Al Rashid Mosque; Strathcona Public Library; Strathcona Train Station; Edmonton Exhibition, Borden Park roller coaster; Garneau Theatre; Historic Barns; A. Minchau Blacksmith Shop; Molson Brewery; Acknowledgements; Artists' Biographies.

Participating artists of Urban Sketchers Edmonton include:
Merts Belmes; Julie Daly; Terry Elrod; Jo-Anne Farley; Jimmy Golden; Irina Kruglyakova; Brenda Raynard; Yvonne Rezek; Angie Sotiropoulos; Karen Wall; Joanne Wojtysiak; Marlena Wyman.

An artistic rendition (potentially watercolour) of Batoche's House in Saskatchewan, also known as Letendré House, built in 1879 and originally belonging to François-Xavier Letendré dit Batoche. It was used as a barracks by both the Metis and Northwest Mounted Police during and after the Northwest Resistance of 1885. A note on the back of the frame reads "D. W. Light."

Three page letter from Jean Breadner describing her life as a factory worker building air planes in Fort William, Ontario. Includes a B&W photograph of 1707 Crawford Ave, Ft. William, ON.

One page letter from Jean Breadner, recounting her recent activities. Ft. William, ON.

Two page letter from Sgt. Parrish P.D. of the R.C.A.F., signed “Peter.” Describes the celebration of Canadian Thanksgiving overseas and laments his lack of leisure time. R.C.A.F. Overseas.

Two page letter from “Peter” reminiscing about Western Canada in the Fall. Oct. 14, 1944. R.C.A.F. Overseas.

One page note from “Norma” wishing “Many happy returns.” Edmonton, AB.

Postcard depicting a military camp in Camrose, Alberta. The unnamed author (likely Irma’s cousin Pte. Emerson Knott) offers to send another postcard showing the Canadian Forestry Corps Camp he is stationed in. s.l.

One page letter from Pte. Emerson Knott describing his life “loading pullwood” in Northern Ontario. Letter is written in pencil, which is smudging. Struthers, ON.