Fonds F0505 - Century Calgary fonds

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CA ACU GBA F0505

Title

Century Calgary fonds

Date(s)

  • 1972-1976 (Creation)

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Fonds

Extent and medium

75 cm of textual records
135 audio cassettes
217 photographs
52 posters
1 audio disc

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Name of creator

Century Calgary

Administrative history

Century Calgary was formed in the summer of 1972 to promote, organize and coordinate all the city's activities for the centennial celebrations of Calgary, Alberta in 1975. Tom Walsh was named general chairman and Rabbi Lewis Ginsburg executive director. Joseph Schmitz succeeded Ginsburg in 1974. Close to 4000 volunteers were involved in Century Calgary's various projects.

Two of the most notable projects were the publication of an oral history project in which over 100 Calgarians were interviewed, and the six volume Century Calgary Historical Series : Books About Calgary / by Calgary authors. -- Calgary : Century Calgary Publications, 1975. The series covered topics including schools, churches, organized sports, youth groups, city communities, police force, transit system, private service groups, mayors, medical services, military, people, and events.

Repository

Glenbow Archives

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Gifts of Century Calgary, Gerald Brown, Mrs. C.H. Bentall, Mrs. I.G. Gilkes, Helen Goldenberg, Mrs. J.D. Middlemas, Sidney Robbins, Vicki Richards and Sheila Kearns, 1973-2012.

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Scope and content

The fonds consists of manuscripts for the published books; recorded interviews with Calgary personalities, teachers in rural and Calgary schools, and city police officers and chiefs; minutes, reports and correspondence of the History Committee; posters of events, and submitted to logo contest; sheet music for Calgary's centennial song; and photographs of mayors, churches, military, Calgary personalities and the Providence Creche.

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Conditions governing access

Access to oral history records is subject to a privacy review

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      The material is in English.

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      Digital content is available: https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/Package/2R3BF1S33HCLT

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      Title based on provenance and contents of records.

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      Some of NA 3268 are copy negatives of PA 1825. RAD-4 was transferred to the general record album collection and is not described here.

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      Friday, March 13, 2015

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