The glass plate slides, also known as lantern slides, were used by the Faculty of Extension, the Department of Entomology, and E.H Strickland for lecture purposes. The 121 slides feature photographs and illustrations of beetles, ants, flies, and many other insect specimens, as well as charts, graphs, and material from textbooks, research, and field work.
Department of EntomologyThe series consists of six leatherbound books. Each letterbook numbers over 600 pages of handwritten correspondence. Correspondence represents copies of incoming and outgoing commmunication relating predomiantly to Pearce's professional work as a surveyor for the Department of the Interior. The hand copied letters are in chronological order and each letterbook has a subject index.
The series title is based on the contents of records.
Consists of sketches, glass plate negatives, photographic prints, and patent applications.
The series title is based on the contents of records.
Between 1882 and 1884, Pearce's duties as the Inspector of Dominion Lands Agencies made him the field agent for the Dominion Lands Board, based in Winnipeg. The Board's most important function was to rule on uncertain claims and on schemes not covered by normal routine. William Pearce's involvement began with the land claims of the Metis and white settlers who had settled along the North Saskatchewan River prior to the Institution of surveys. Pearce was subsequently called on to deal with similar problems at such diverse localities as Morley, Pincher Creek, Lee's Creek (Cardston), Lac la Biche, and Lac Ste. Anne.
Pearce's interest in settlement extended beyond his land claims work. As statistician for the Canadian Pacific Railway, he served as an advisor to the Natural Resources Department of the company. In fulfilling that role, Pearce collected extensive material on the twin questions of settlement and immigration, particularly after his work with the Economic and Development Commission in 1916.
The series title is based on the contents of records.
William Pearce began promoting irrigation development in 1885, when he first commented on its potential value in his annual report to the Deputy Minister of the Interior. This series of files documents his interest in irrigation between the years 1890 and 1927. It is probable that material prior to 1890 no longer exists. The surviving files offer evidence on the drafting of the Northwest Irrigation Act, the early development of significant irrigation projects, and the activities of related special interest groups. The series contains records concerning the Canadian Pacific Railway's irrigation project; the Pearce's Calgary Irrigation Company (1893); and his scheme to divert the North Saskatchewan to water land in eastern Alberta and western Saskatchewan. Mr. Pearce was an active supporter of the Western Canada Irrigation Association and left considerable correspondence concerning its activities.
The series title is based on the contents of records.
William Pearce began his education in engineering in 1869 at the University of Toronto. After one semester he abandoned his studies at the University of Toronto to take a three-year surveying apprenticeship with Wadsworth and Unwing, a Toronto land surveying firm. During his apprenticeship Pearce worked on surveying assignments in the woods of northern Ontario. His apprenticeship inspired his life-long interest in natural resource and wilderness development, confirmed his professional surveyor's career, and brought him to Western Canada.
In 1873 Colonel J.S. Denis, Canada's Surveyor General, approached Pearce with an offer to join his staff in the newly-created Dominion Department of the Interior as it began to absorb the vast North American regions of Rupert's Land and the North-West Territories. Pearce began his surveying position in the Department of the Interior in Winnipeg, in May 1874. He was responsible to progress with surveys addressing what commonly known as the Outer Two-Mile claims. Under the Manitoba Act (33 Victoria, c.3, Canada, 1870) Metis land grants along the Red and Assiniboine Rivers included undetermined and pre-survey settlement claims. The Manitoba Act gave Metis settlers access to hay two miles beyond their defined holdings to feed their livestock. In the shifting settlements, squatting, and rampant land speculation, Pearce attempted to stake out these claims. The outer two miles question was not settled until 1877, and claims were not staked until 1881 (Dept. of the Interior Annual Report, Canada Sessional Papers, 1882). Following the outer two miles assignment, in 1878 Pearce moved on to locating township grids, surveying meridians in Manitoba, and determining the International Boundary in the Turtle Mountain area. In October 1881, Pearce accepted his recommendation as Inspector of Dominion Lands Agencies in the Dominion Lands Board. He moved into the position of Superintendent of Mines in 1884. He returned to a full-time surveying position when Clifford Sifton appointed him Chief Inspector of Surveys in 1901.
In 1904 Pearce left government service to join the Natural Resources Department of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The series therefore includes his reports on the placement of railway branch lines and his study of the possibilities for settlement of the Peace river and Athabasca River districts. His recommendations on both matters were based on the trained surveyor's detailed observations of the topography and prospective resources of the areas in question. He assisted in the establishment of professional standards for surveyors and served on the Examining Board for the Province.
The series includes 91 maps, most Mr. Pearce collected as working documents, with notes and observations. They include a track survey, drawn in the winter of 1878 using an upturned toboggan as a table; a sketch map of the Peace River district drawn for Mr. Pearce on two sheets of Hudson's Bay Company stationery; and the 3-mile and 6-mile sectional maps of the Department of the Interior. Two sheets of G.M. Dawson's maps are also in the diaries for 1915. These maps cover an inspection of Canadian Pacific Railway land grants.
The series title is based on the contents of records.
Series consists of recorded interviews with McInness documenting his career as an RCMP officer in the Northern Service. Interviewer is unkonwn.
McInnes, FinleyThe series title is based on the contents of records.
The series title is based on the contents of records.
Consists of 432 black and white negatives in two leather bound albums documenting the field trips Cameron undertook for the Department of Mining Engineering and the Alberta Research Council.
Series contains pencil sketches, ink designs and watercolour paintings concerning architecture, landscapes, plants and insects, home furnishings, utensils and abstract patterns and decortations. Sketches depict Burgess's concern for the Arts and Crafts design movement during his student years and the practicle, design work of his professional career in Québec and Alberta.
Title based on content of the series.
Series consists of handwritten diaries and notebooks documenting daily and significant events in McInnes's life. Period covers McInnes's World War One experiences and 1920s voyages on the C.G.S. Stanley and Arctic. Notes also describe patrols from RCMP detachments in the North covering such areas as Kevetuk, Port Burwell, Ponds Inlet, Lancaster Sound, Cumberland Island, Nugsvak Peninsula, and Baffin Island.
The series title is based on the contents of records. Notes are kept in pocket journals and three ring binders.
McInnes, FinleySketch and article.
The series title is based on the contents of records.
Includes drafts of chapters, typescripts, bound copies, correspondence and looseleaf notebooks concerning L.A. Romanet's literary work. The files are in chronological order taking into account some uncertainty in date of origin.
The series title is based on the contents of records.
Photographs depict L.A. Romanet as a explorer, manager and writer throughout his life. The formats include black and white prints, glass plate negatives, safety negatives, postcards and slides. The images aere housed in inidividual sleeves and where possible Romanet's thematic organization and titles for the material has been maintained.
The series title is based on the contents of records.
Contains postcards of paintings, corresdondence and travel, arcitecture, sculpture, and a mix of other related topics of interest.
Title based on contents of series.
Includes documents from L.A. Romanet's work with the Hudson's Bay Company, Revillon Freres Trading Company, North Star Oil Company, and Abasand Oils Ltd. Most of the material is typed and includes company letterhead. A small amount of material is handwritten. The documents are in chronological order by employer.
The series title is based on the contents of records.
Various certificates and notes that L.A. Romanet collected during his life.
The series title is based on the contents of records.
Series consists of a handbook, constitution, and minutes.
Title based on the contents of the series
Maps of Alcan Highway, Canadian weather stations, Northwest Service Command.
The series title is based on the contents of records.
Contains a First World War army cap.
Includes letters concerning his publication work, military service, northern expeditions, lectures, and personal letters. The letters are unbound, some are typed and some handwritten.
The series title is based on the contents of records.
Texts of presentations.
The series title is based on the contents of records.
Series consists of a handbook, constitution, and minutes.
Title based on the contents of the series
Contains information and correspondence regarding railway design and construction, including design of model railway at Lake Edith.
Series consists of executive and general meeting minutes, correspondence, miscellaneous bulletins, booklets, petitions, membership certificates.
The title is based on the contents of the series.
Consists of 113 black and white negatives documenting the design and building of the International Bitumount Company's tar sands extraction plant in Bitumount, Alberta.
Champion, Lloyd R.Mr. Adkins’ progress reports on the Alberta Oil Sands Project; consulting report on oil sands for Shell Oil Company.
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The series consists of minutes, scripts for radio and theatre, songs, programmes, costumes, and post cards.
The title is based on the content of the series.
The records in this small series consist of Wilfred Watson's student papers while at the University of Toronto and the University of British Columbia. The original file divisions are retained, with added description provided about the file contents. The files consist of typescript and manuscript lecture notes; some essays, and copies of Watson's thesis(s); the papers are in excellent physical condition.
The series title is based on the contents of records.
Contains photos of Professor Burgess, houses and architecture taken in Europe, University buildings, Bowker building, and some civic planning. Contains photo albums of Scottish scenes, houses and churches in Great Britain, and many buildings and lanscapes - especially in Montréal.
Title based on content of series.
Series consists of records documenting Peacock's student career at the University of Alberta. There are also some records from Peacock's graduate studies at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh. The records are in chronological order.
Peacock, GordonContains architectural notes and sketches and notes on hobbies Burgessed pursued.
Title based on content of series
Contains job applications to various schools, universities, lecturing agencies, and biological societies.
Microfilmed scrapbooks on Edmonton drama history and career as a playwright
Series consists of articles McInnes selected from various newspapers and magazines. Most of the material was pasted into a large black leather three ring binder. Loose clippings are scattered throughout the binder.
The series title is based on the contents of records.
McInnes, FinleyContains correspondence regarding art work and designs.
Series consists of Invitations, announcements, letters of acceptance, transcripts and speaking notes.
Title based on the content of the series.
Series consists of Invitations, announcements, letters of acceptance, transcripts and speaking notes.
Title based on the content of the series.
Contains correspondence regarding art work and designs.
Series consists of Invitations, announcements, letters of acceptance, transcripts and speaking notes.
Title based on the content of the series.
Contains correspondence concerning international foreign policy and suggestions on improvements of such. Includes views on nuclear science, biological views of humanity, treatment of humans, religion, politics.
Consists of handwritten notes, cv, and lecture notes concerning military service and work with the department of agriculture.
Title based on content of series
Series contains pencil sketches, ink designs and watercolour paintings concerning architecture, landscapes, plants and insects, home furnishings, utensils and abstract patterns and decortations. Sketches depict Burgess's concern for the Arts and Crafts design movement during his student years and the practicle, design work of his professional career in Québec and Alberta.
Title based on content of the series.
Contains photos of Professor Burgess, houses and architecture taken in Europe, University buildings, Bowker building, and some civic planning. Contains photo albums of Scottish scenes, houses and churches in Great Britain, and many buildings and lanscapes - especially in Montréal.
Title based on content of series.
Consists of diaries, letters, scrapbook and photographs documenting both the family and professional life of Karl Clark.
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Series consists of general correspondence, inquiries; data on collection of specimens, articles, and designs for institutions, stamps, research publications and various otherprojects
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Series consists of general correspondence: Enquiries; information; predatory bird traps; C.I.L. wildlife conservation plan
Title based on the content of the series.
Series consists of Invitations, announcements, letters of acceptance, transcripts and speaking notes.
Title based on the content of the series.
Contains reports and publications concerning town planning, hospital specifications and architecture. Material written during Burgess's tenure as Professor of Archicture and University Architect. Some material includes Burgess's work as a privated consultant after retiring from the University.
Title based on content of series.
The Heber Jamieson photographic records cover the period between 1883 and 1959 and are mainly of pioneer doctors and early nursing and medical students. There are also photographs of doctors offices, hosptials and nursing homes throughout the province, and of people and street scenes in Edmonton, Strathcona, Calgary Lethbridge, Wetaskiwin, Camrose, Bellevue and other Alberta lcoations in the later part of the 19th century or the early 20th century.
The series title is based on the contents of records.
Contains certificates, programmes, news clippings and reports and other material documenting Rowan's non-professional activities.
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Lectures Burgess gave concerning silverwork, jewellry, ornaments, metal work, Ancient Greece, Rome, Celtic, German, and French Renaissance. Includes lectures on architectural styles, history, and civic planning and talks given on architects and architecture, art and art history, and town planning. Series also includes material from a Faculty of Extension lecture series on libraries given by several librarians and Dr. E.P. Scarlett and Dr. E.J. Thompson. This latter material is mimeographed
Title based on content of series.
The Heber Jamieson textual records consist of correspondence, articles in typed or published form, bound volumes of the history and minutes of University medical clubs, news clippings, and publications. The records pertain chiefly to pioneers in the medical field who spent at least part of their lives in Alberta, and to the places and institutions with which they were associated. There are also some typed and printed records outlining the careers of medical practitioners in wetern and northern Canada during the 19th century, as well as histories of medical schools or associations in British Columbia, Manitoba, and Quebec. The records were created predomintly between 1900 and 1947.
The series title is based on the contents of records.
Series consists of general correspondence concerning printing and publishing arrangements, copies of drafts of manuscripts, newspaper and journal articls.
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Series consists of general correspondence concerning printing and publishing arrangements, copies of drafts of manuscripts, newspaper and journal articls.
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Contains personal correspondence with family members (mostly immediate).
Series consits of
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Series consists of a handbook, constitution, and minutes.
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The series includes by-laws, meeting minutes, committee notes, reports and other submissions.
Title is based on the content of the series.
The University of Alberta Alumni Studio A was registered as a Society on May 4th, 1956. Membership was open to any person who was an alumnus of the University of Alberta provided their membership was approved by a majority vote of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors, consisting of a President, Vice-President, Secretary-Treasurer, and two directors met monthly, while general meetings were planned annually. The head of the Studio Theatre was an ex-officio member of the board during his term of office. Studio Theatre provided rehearsal space, underwrote the expenses of the plays, and had a share of Alumni Studio's profits. The alumni who joined this organization were often Drama Department graduates who wished to remain involved with the University theatre scene. The Alumni Studio players staged productions during the Studio Theatre season, Alumni Players acting alongside current University of Alberta drama students in regular season productions. The Alumni Studio A Society appears to have functioned until the mid-1960's, and gradually dwindling out as Studio Theatre focused more on students in the drama program filling all the positions related to the production. While very brief, the Alumni Studio A records that follow provide a variety of information on the Society.
Torches Theatre opened in June of 1962 as an outdoor summer theatre. It was an idea of Gordon Peacock's, based on his experience of seeing Shakespeare staged in the open at Central Park in New York. Torches Theatre was situated in the south courtyard of Corbett Hall, which permitted access to the Studio Theatre switchboard for lights and power. The entrance to the courtyard was marked with two burning torches that prior to the performance were placed on either side of the stage; hence the name "Torches" Theatre. The outdoor stage was a raised platform, four feet high with steps up to it and levels above it for a second story. The audience, which could number over 200, sat on wooden chairs on the lawn; in case of rain, the theatre was moved indoors to the Studio Theatre stage. Productions played nightly and were usually staged from early July until mid-August. Productions staged in the first summer at Torches included Dark of the Moon, Under Milkwood, and Our Town.
Torches was a semi-professional theatre; a 1967 press release states that: "each acting fellow will be paid $75.00 per week for the performance period and $50.00 per week for the rehearsal periods." This press release advertises pay rates for positions in acting, production and box office. By 1967, the Torches productions were touring the province, performing in a number of communities in Alberta prior to their regular summer season.
The Torches records consist of eighteen production books dating from 1962 to 1969. They provide valuable information about the Torches summer productions, and are listed below.
The files are arranged chronologically by date of production.
Studio TheatreIncludes two letterpress copybooks composed in Canada prior to coming to the University of Alberta. Most of the correspondence relates to Burgess's professional career including the University of Alberta's offer of employment and acceptance; design work at Boy's Farm at Shawbridge, Quebec; also includes University correspondence on awards, recognition, and some private correspondence.
Title based on content of series.
Series includes meeting minutes, correspondence, financial records, resolutions, briefs, membership lists, speeches.
The series title is based on the contents of records.
Series consists of bound notebooks and looseleaf writings. Some notebooks are handwritten; most have been transcribed. Soper illustrated some of the notebooks with colour pencil sketches and occaissionally pasted in a photograph. The original reports are in chronological order. They are organized as a manuscript draft and were written for the National Museum, Canadian Wildlife Service or the University of Alberta Department of Zoology. Serveral groups of reports are bound in single hard cover and were destined for a discrete office. The sketches, narratives and other manuscripts are less organized and lack a cover page, index, or at times, pagination.
The series title is based on the contents of the records.
Series consists of handwritten notes, phonetic translations of Inuktitut, RCMP reports, sketches, observations on RCMP activities. Significant events include the Janes Murder Investigation, exploratory voyages, on the C.G.S. Arctic, and patrols of northern regions. Notes concern various northern regions including Pangnirtung, Port Burwell, Inuvik, Nottingham Island, and Pond Inlet.The material is predominatly textual: RCMP reports are typed; notes on local culture and correspondence is handwritten.
The series title is based on the contents of records.
The series consists of 563 photographs in print and negagtive formats. All photographs are in black and white. The series is arranged into fourteen sub-series. Each sub-series documents a particular event or subject in McInnes's career or private life. Photographs were predominantly created during McInnes's career as an Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer serving in the Canadian Arctic.
McInnes, FinleySeries consists of scripts actors used when rehearsing productions. The prompt scripts are from nine productions in chronological order according to year of production. The scripts are unbound photocopies. Many prompt scripts include margin notes, script editing, and other production comments concerning the set and overall stage management. Intermixed with many of the prompts are pages of handwritten comments concerning all aspects of the production.
Series includes black and white prints, glass plate negatives, black and white negatives and 35mm colour negatives. The graphic images document L.A. Romanet's private and professional life in Canada from his early twentieth century service with Revillon Freres to personal photographs of his retirement in Edmonton.
The series title is based on the contents of records.
Series consists of contact sheets, slides, negatives, colour and black and white photo prints arranged chronologically by production.
Series consists of contact sheets, slides, negatives, colour and black and white photo prints arranged chronologically by production.
Series consists of newspaper clippings attached to letter-sized paper, photocopies of newspaper items concerning Theatre 3, and press releases regarding approaching productions. Records are organized by season and within seasons chronologically by production. The predominant source for newspaper clippings is the Edmonton Journal but sources also include The Rag Times (a local independent press) and The Gateway (University of Alberta student newspaper).
Series consists of programs, news clippings, reviews and seasonal programs in chronological order according to their accumulation.
Series includes drafts and edited versions of memoires, original and photocopied newsclippings concerning waterways and northern transportation, correspondence and some professional documents. Most of the memoires and letters are typed.
The series title is based on the contents of records.
The series consists of photographs in print and negagtive formats. All photographs are in black and white. The series is arranged into fourteen sub-series. Each sub-series documents a particular event or subject in McInnes's career or private life.
The series title is based on the contents of records.
Series consists of a handbook, constitution, and minutes.
Title based on the contents of the series
Series consists of bound notebooks and catalogues, some in loose leaf form. Some notebooks are handwritten; most have been transcribed. The catalogues list in columns the flora and fauna observed on specific dates and locations. Soper illustrated some of the notebooks with colour pencil sketches and occaissionally pasted in a photograph. The notebooks are in roughly chronological order and document both his private naturalist studies and his professional work for the federal government and the University of Alberta. These books are the raw data of his work as a naturalist researcher in the Candian Arctic and Prairies.
The series title is based on the contents of the records.
Series consists of individual photographs and photograph albums documenting Soper's Arctic expeditions for the federal government and his research as a federal wildlife official, University of Alberta commissioned researcher, and independent researcher and naturalist. Soper identified and preserved some photographs by gluing them in albums with captions and others are loose but identified with an accompanying catalogue. Most photographs are black and white with a selection Soper tinted.
The series title is based on the content of the records.
This is a small series of textual records that includes papers written by L.H. Thomas for courses taken during his student years at the University of Saskatchewan, and the University of California. There are also two files related to his doctoral work at the University of Minnesota, with alumni-related correspondence. Two files relate to L.H. Thomas' appointment to the Saskatchewan Archives office, by the Saskatchewan Archives Board of the University of Saskatchewan. The remainder of the records in this series are related to L.H. Thomas' experience as first a lecturer in the History Department and then an Associate Professor of History at the University of Saskatchewan. While at the University of Saskatchewan, L.H. Thomas had the opportunity to lead a summer seminar at the Duke University Commonwealth Studies Center, and files related to this program are found here.
The series is separated into two sub-series: Student records, and University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus records. The files are maintained in chronological order.
The series title is based on the contents of records.
The records in this series are those that were received jointly from Byron Kratochvil and W. E. Harris in 1981, documenting the writing and publishing of their chemistry texts. The text books were among the first books printed via the University of Alberta’s Computer Department. The files contain various working drafts of the texts, documenting the many addendums, additions, and corrections made before their final versions were published. There are computer runs, and related research files and illustrative material used in the writing of the books. Many of the files are oversized and stored in over-sized boxes. The records are in good physical condition.
The records in this series document the writing and publishing of W. E. Harris’s and Byron Kratochvil’s chemistry text books, including: “Teaching Introductory Analytical Chemistry”; “Chemical Separations and Measurements, Background and Procedures for Analysis”; and An Introduction to Chemical Analysis”. The bulk of the records, by far, document the writing of the third text: “An Introduction to Chemical Analysis”. Included in the series are draft chapters for correction and review for all the texts, along with chapter consolidations and suggested art work and illustrative material, and for the ‘Introduction’ text, review copies, page printer outputs and line printer outputs.
The Research and Publication records comprise the largest series in the L.H. Thomas fonds. While primarily textual in format, the series also contains maps, photographs, and imprint items. The photographs and maps are stored separately for reasons of conservation, but are described within the sub-series they relate to L.H. Thomas maintained an extensive set of clipping files which he used as a resource for teaching and writing. The sheer volume of newspaper clippings in these files meant they could not be photocopied at this time, so the acidity level in the files is high. Where possible, the clippings were placed in Mylar to protect the documents surrounding them. Generally, the records are in good physical shape. The Research and Publication files were described in one series because of their inter-relatedness. The research files would have also been important to L.H. Thomas' teaching, as he taught courses in the same areas he researched and wrote about. Only those files, however, that were clearly titled 'lecture note' material were described in the teaching sub-series (2-2). The remainders of the source files are described as part of series 3. Sub-series within the Research and Publication records include L.H. Thomas; Books; Booklets; Volumes; Reviews; Correspondence with Publishers; General Research notes; Source Material; and Talks and Addresses. The series provides a good overview of L.H. Thomas' research methods, and steps necessary to seeing a paper or book published.
The series title is based on the contents of records.
Radio scripts [1930-1960], Stage scripts [1936-1980], TV plays, articles. speeches and personal papers
This series consists of textual records and photographs. The photographs were removed from a sticky plastic sheet album, although original order and annotations were retained. The records are in good shape, and arranged in chronological order within sub-series designations. This series of records includes papers and photographs associated with the various committees, boards, and associations L.H. Thomas was involved with. The largest sub-series of records within this series is the National Historic Sites and Monuments Board on which L.H. Thomas sat as the Alberta representative for two terms (1968-1976). Smaller sub-series include: University of Alberta Committees, Archives-related committees and boards, historical associations, research foundations, funding organizations, and conferences.
The series title is based on the contents of records.