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Series consists of Wynne Francis’ research files referencing Canadian poets and magazine editors during predominantly the 1960’s and 1970’s. The files are maintained in alphabetical order by the name of the individual, and include material such as news clippings, published articles, manuscripts, reviews, bibliographies, posters, and brochures.

Title supplied from file contents.

The records in this series consist primarily of the research files maintained by Wynne Francis related to her collection of magazine and small press ephemera. The later dates with some of the file contents suggest that David McKnight likely added found material to the files. These files arrived boxed together in the alphabetical order that is maintained in the series, so even if a file seems to represent a later period than that which Wynne Francis was collecting in, the file remains with this series. Researchers interested in a specific title should also consult the file lists found in Series 1, David McKnight’s magazine and small press research files.

The files are in alphabetical order by title of the magazine or small press; there was no distinction made between the two formats in the files that arrived with this series. The file contents include some original, but mostly photocopied magazine copies and excerpts; related articles and news clippings; subscription and ordering information; brochures; catalogues; and some correspondence. The file contents are maintained in chronological order.

Title based on contents of series

The Legion of Frontiersmen operate in many divisions across the countries of the Commonwealth. This sub fonds is composed of material geographically related to activities outside of the major areas of operation for the Legion, and is divided into series broken down by item type.

Series consists of illustrations by Ian Sheldon of walking sticks.

The Legion of Frontiersmen operate in many divisions across the countries of the Commonwealth. This sub fonds is composed of material geographically related to Home Command, located in the United Kingdom, and is divided into series broken down by item type.

Series consists of illustrations by Ian Sheldon of insects known as true bugs including leafhoppers, treehoppers, stinkbugs, milkweed bugs,

The Hermes was a periodical student publication put out by the Nutana Collegiate Institute, a high school in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Nutana was the first public high school in Saskatoon and possesses a significant collection of early Canadian art. These publications are from various years between 1911 and 1931. They primarily consist of writing examples from students, and will also feature examples of the art collection, editorials, athletics reports, and advertisements for local businesses. All but the first volume are subtitled "Behold, I bring you good tidings."

An archive of 52 interesting and significant letters by Thomas “Alf” Patrick and his wife Marion (1889-1904). Almost all letters come with their original stamped mailing envelopes (49 envelopes in total). 44 letters are by Thomas and 8 by Marion.
Most of the letters are handwritten and signed, ranging from a single page up to five pages, often closely written. 3 are typed and signed.
In the case of letters by Thomas Patrick, many of the letters to his wife are almost in diary form recording events as they happened [often mailed from Regina]. Some letters are written when Patrick was physically sitting in the Legislative Chambers waiting for events to unfold there. These are usually on embossed North West Territory Legislative stationery.
Three themes run through the archive:

• Significant political matters and events surrounding the period when Patrick served in the North West Territories Legislature
• Historical events on the Prairies
• Issues relating to a lack of infrastructure and a changing societal and political landscape due to heavy immigration into the
  Prairies.
• Life on the Prairies in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
• The close personal relationship and related family matters between two early pioneers in Saskatchewan
  Topics covered include: medical, legislative matters, Indians and half-breeds, railway events, life in Saltcoats and Regina, Saskatchewan, land investments, illnesses on the prairies, people (Clifford Sifton and Frederick Haultain) and related topics, immigration, Mennonites, Hungarians, Doukhobors, infrastructure, visiting patients, and much more.

Stock certificates and bonds held within the Prairie Ephemera Collection.

Collection of paper documents and photographs depicting the life of William Stanger, a general blacksmith and horseshoer in Giroux, Manitoba. Contains records of business, including invoices, cheques, and certificates of loans and shares, and records of daily and family life, including personal correspondence, photographs, calling cards, and newspaper clippings.

Series consists of illustrations by Ian Sheldon of spiders.

Carole Harmon and Stephen Hutchings took over Byron Harmon Photos and changed the name to Altitude Publishing in 1979. The business maintained the same mailing address, PO Box 490, Banff, Alberta, Canada until 1991 when Harmon left the business and Hutchings moved the business to Canmore and used the address 1500 Railway Avenue, Canmore, Alberta, Canada.

Photographs in this series are attributed to Byron Harmon Photos due to the distribution statement crediting 'Byron Harmon, Banff, Alberta, Canada'.

The series includes coiled and stapled souvenir booklets featuring photography of Lake Louise, Banff, and other areas in the Canadian Rockies.

The series includes souvenir postcard packages that were sold as envelope packages, accordion folders, and stapled booklets.

Postcards in this series are either copyrighted, published, or distributed by 'Byron Harmon Photos' or Don Harmon. While many of the postcards feature photos taken by Byron Harmon, most of these postcards feature photographers other than Byron Harmon. All photographers are credited within the subseries descriptions, including Byron Harmon's family members Don Harmon, Carole Harmon, Aileen Harmon, and Stephen Hutchings.

Photographs in this series are attributed to Byron Harmon due to the photography credits or a 'Byron Harmon, Banff, Canada' copyright or distribution statement. Once Byron Harmon was deceased his son Don Harmon took over the family business and those cards were copyrighted as 'Byron Harmon Photos, Banff, Canada' or were attributed to Don Harmon.

Series documents some of the travels of Pocock and consists of photographs, postcards, and negatives. Images are primarily of the Canadian North-West along with portraits of Pocock and others, and photos of Mexico, Canadian Prairies, and Noway. Images were either taken by Pocock or purchased during his travels and usually correlate to the places he visited, as documented through his scrapbooks, diaries, and published autobiographies. Series is arranged chronologically into nine subseries: Portraits, Images of British Columbia, Journey from Fort Macleod to Mexico City, Journey with Randle Cecil, Images of the Canadian Prairies, Journey to Spitzbergen, Images used in Chorus to Adventurers, Semi-Retirement at Charterhouse, and Trip to Canada.

Publications in this series are attributed to Byron Harmon due to the photography credits or a 'Byron Harmon, Banff, Canada' copyright or distribution statement. Once Byron Harmon was deceased his son Don Harmon took over the family business and those cards were copyrighted as 'Byron Harmon Photos, Banff, Canada' or were attributed to Don Harmon.

Series documents some of the published works by Pocock, about Pocock, of about the Legion of Frontiersmen. It includes books, articles, and a musical score by Pocock, as well as biographies about Pocock and articles and handbooks from the Legion of Frontiersmen. Series is arranged into three subseries: Books by Pocock, Other publications by Pocock, and Publications by others.

Postcards in this series are attributed to Byron Harmon due to the photography credits or a 'Byron Harmon, Banff, Canada' copyright or distribution statement. Once Byron Harmon was deceased his son Don Harmon took over the family business and those cards were copyrighted as 'Byron Harmon Photos, Banff, Canada' or were attributed to Don Harmon.

The series includes books published by Oxford University Press and Altitude Publishing.

The series includes souvenir accordion folded booklets featuring photography of Jasper, Lake Louise, Banff, and other areas in the Canadian Rockies. It also includes blank cards featuring images of Byron Harmon's original photography.

The series includes souvenir stapled booklets featuring photography of Lake Louise, Banff, and other areas in the Canadian Rockies. Photography credits include Carole Harmon, Don Harmon, Stephen Hutchings, and several photographers unrelated to the Harmon family.

Series documents the travels and occupations of Roger Pocock and consists of the personal papers of Pocock, including scrapbooks, diaries, correspondence, and other miscellaneous documents such as correspondence and contracts regarding the publication of his books, ephemera about his lecture series or from his travels, and documents from his services with the North-West Mounted Police and British fishing fleets. The geographical coverage of these records is global but primarily covers North-West Canada.

Postcards in this series are attributed to Byron Harmon due to the photography credits or a 'Byron Harmon, Banff, Canada' copyright or distribution statement. Once Byron Harmon was deceased his son Don Harmon took over the family business and those cards were copyrighted as 'Byron Harmon Photos, Banff, Canada' or were attributed to Don Harmon.

Series consists of 291 issues from Secret Service.

Publisher: Varies: Frank Tousey (nos. 1-1207), Harry E. Wolff (nos. 1208-1374)

Date of First Issue(No. 1): Jan. 27, 1899
Date of Last Issue(No. 1374): May 22, 1925

First in Collection (No. 58): Mar. 2, 1900
Last in Collection (No. 732): Jan. 31, 1913

Secret Service is a weekly publication. The format is 8 x 11 inches, with 32 pages. Issues cost 5 cents. Pictorial covers are coloured. All stories after issue no. 726 are reprints of earlier issues. Consists primarily of mystery and detective stories. With issue no. 442, short stories and serials appear following the title story; with issue no. 671 the phrase "And Other Stories" appears on the cover.

The bulk of this collection of correspondence was written between 1838 and 1862, and addressed to Reverend John Smithurst, “Indian Settlement, Red River, North America.” The “Indian Settlement” was the home of Chief Peguis and his people, the Saulteaux, located at Netley Creek, a branch of the Red River south of Lake Winnipeg. Following his resignation in 1851, Rev. Smithurst immigrated to Canada West and settled in Elora and then Minto in what is now Ontario.

Rev. Smithurst was an Anglican missionary sent by the Church Missionary Society from England to Rupert’s Land to convert the First Nations and Metis peoples of the area known broadly as the Red River Settlement; modern-day Winnipeg, Manitoba encompasses many sites that made up the settlement. Ministering to the “Indians” and “Half-Breeds,” Rev. Smithurst was one of the handful of missionaries west of Canada during a period of social and political unrest, economic upheaval, starvation, disease, racism and classism. Rev. Smithurst was in contact with many influential people of the time, including Henry Budd and James Settee, the first Indigenous men to be ordained by the Anglican church in North America; Reverend William Cockran; Reverend Ezekiel Gilbert Gear, chaplain at Fort Snelling in modern-day Minnesota; Reverend William Mason, Rossville Mission Press printer; David Anderson, first bishop of Rupert’s Land; and Duncan Finlayson, governor of Assiniboia.

In the correspondence within this collection, missionaries privately share personal frustrations with their efforts to “civilize” and convert Indigenous peoples, while struggling to survive the landscape and navigate social conflicts.

Acquired with Rev. Smithurst's letters, and included here, are several miscellaneous letters, as well as correspondence for the Reverend C.E. Thomson, who succeeded Rev. Smithurst at the Elora parish, and correspondence for the Reverend Adam Townley, step-father to Rev. Thomson. Correspondents include: John Strachan, first bishop of Toronto; Alexander Neil Bethune, second bishop of Toronto; F.D. Fauquier, first bishop of Algoma; and George Whitaker, first provost of Trinity College in Toronto.

This is the largest series, documenting the research and reference material related to the history of Canadian little magazines and publications. Included in the files are imprints, guides, dissertations and off-prints of individual magazine and press studies. There are catalogs from book dealers, and information about regional presses, including several files devoted to the literary arts scene in Quebec, as well as other regions of Canada. Material was listed in this series if it appeared to be largely maintained as a reference file, containing information relevant to David McKnight’s research interests.

Alphabetically-arranged files on a range of topics pertaining to the Legion of Frontiersmen. Includes correspondence, historical summaries, photocopies of photographs and documents

A collection of 7 unique pieces of printed ephemera, including a notebook; a student magazine [1931]; a grocery price list [1945]; a program for Glenora Figure Skating Club's Ice Show [1946]; a history of Edmonton Motors [from 1924-1951]; a commemorative booklet for the Province of Alberta's 75th anniversary [1980]; and an Alberta Heritage Fund Report [1982-1983].

Series consists of publications related and/or which feature the work of Ian Sheldon.

Series includes typescript drafts and author's proofs for several of Livesay's publications.

Programs for community events, theatre productions, church dinners, and reunions. Held within the Prairie Ephemera Collection.

Photographs and images created prior to 1900. Held within the Prairie Ephemera Collection.

This series contains all items in the collection created prior to 1700.

Series consists of an illustration by Ian Sheldon of a praying mantis.

Photographs and images dated post-1968. Held in the Prairie Ephemera Collection.

This series consists of approximately 1,470 poems, which are represented as typescripts and/or manuscripts. File titles within this series reflect the arrangement of poems, which are grouped together based on the year and time frame in which those poems were written or, in the case of poems with no recorded date, the year and alphabetical span of those poems.
While nearly all of the poems are typescript, most poems in this series are in both typescript (ts) and manuscripts (ms) form. Many poems have multiple typescript copies and some have multiple manuscript copies. It is not clear whether Livesay herself created the typescripts, but many have handwritten notes, edits, or signatures from Livesay. When there is one or more typescript and one or more manuscript of a single poem, the materials are arranged together (ts/ms). Rarely, two different poems are written on one manuscript and therefore not all manuscript poems are arranged with their respective typescript.
This series also consists of clippings and photocopies of published poems (p), which are arranged with the typescript and/or manuscript of the same poem.

2 notebooks of Livesay's poetry written between the years of 1926 and 1931.

This series is composed of assorted physical objects either created by or relating to the Legion of Frontiersmen with relation to the Canadian Division.

This series is composed of assorted physical objects either created by or relating to the Legion of Frontiersmen with relation to the New Zealand Division.

Various photographs from 'Punch Dickins' days with Western Canada Airways, Canadian Pacific and de Havilland

Photographs of the north, particularly the Northwest Territories, during the time 'Punch Dickins' was employed by Western Canada Airways.

This series is composed of photographic items relating to members of the Frontiersmen operating out of, or relating to, Home Command, located in the United Kingdom.

This series is composed of photographic items relating to members of the Frontiersmen operating out of, or relating to, the Canadian Division.

Photographs from 'Punch' Dickins' time in the military.

Photographs of 'Punch' Dickins, his family and friends, as well as landscapes and airplanes.

This series is composed of the personal papers of members of the Legion of Frontiersmen who were based out of Home Command, located in the United Kingdom.

This series is composed of the personal papers of members of the Legion of Frontiersmen who were based out of the Canadian Division.

This series is composed of the personal papers of members of the Legion of Frontiersmen who were based out of the Australian Division.

This series is composed of periodicals, journals, and magazines published either by or relating to the Legion of Frontiersmen with relation to Home Command, located in the United Kingdom.

This series is composed of periodicals, journals, and magazines published either by or relating to the Legion of Frontiersmen with relation to the Canadian Division.

This series is composed of periodicals, journals, and magazines published either by or relating to the Legion of Frontiersmen with relation to the New Zealand Division.

This series is composed of periodicals, journals, and magazines published either by or relating to the Legion of Frontiersmen with relation to the Australian Division.

Photographic negatives partially matched to items in the archive.

The donation of the family of Frank and Mary S. Parker, these scrapbook collections of newspaper articles, greeting cards, and photographs cover four (4) decades of Alberta political history, seen from inside the Social Credit party.