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CA ACU GBA C0168 · Collection · [ca. 1860-1930s]

The collection consists of Civil War records of G. H. Gowen, Nicholas Sheran, Peter Hansen [Peter Korstad], Charles C. Miles, John Glenn, George Marborough Bond, William Hatcher Barnett.

Brown, Kathy
CA ACU GBA C0176 · Collection · [ca. 1845-1968]

The collection consists of posters related to a wide variety of topics including the promotion of immigration to Canada; the sale of Victory bonds and recruitment for the wars; advertisements for rail and steamship travel; and announcements of auction sales, sports meets, and social events.

Glenbow Archives (posters)
CA ACU GBA C0183 · Collection · 1914-1945

The collection consists of posters issued by government agencies and non-profit organizations in the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia, and France during and shortly after the First World War and Second World War. The posters were issued for propaganda purposes, for recruiting, for fund-raising campaigns, and for safety campaigns.

Frewen, Roger
CA ACU GBA C0198 · Collection · Copied 1988 (originally created ca. 1860-1906)

The collection consists of copies of carte-de-visite and cabinet card portraits of members of the Doucet family and Canadian military, social, and political personalities. About two-thirds of the images were created by William Notman & Son. Subjects include Gen. Garnet Wolseley, Frederick H. Brydges, Charles John Brydges, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, General Sir Frederick Middleton, W. M. Muir, Hon. C. Crichton, Charles O’Connor, J. P. Brabazon, Lyman Mills, Sheldon Stephens, Ponsonby Bagot, Hugh Seymour de Grey, Hon. C. Elliott, Lady Sarah Lindsay, H. C. Pemberton, Alex de Lisle, E. H. Griffith, W. Walpole, Miss Starnes, Mrs. T. Hart, Maggie Brown, Mrs. George Desbarats, D. J. Bannatyne, C. H. R. Gossett, Mrs. J. McClimont, H. de Uriarte, John Watkins, H. Meredith, Marie Le Mesurier, Harvey Bawtree, Edward Desbarats, and others unidentified or identified only by surname.

Doucet, Herbert E.T.
CA ACU GBA C0202 · Collection · 1939-1947

The collection consists of a scrapbook (1943-1947) containing newsclippings, 55 photographs, and 2 programs, possibly compiled by a civilian employee, documenting newsworthy events, graduating classes, and social activities of No. 2 A.O.S. and Northwest Air Command, and news related to Air Force involvement in the Second World War in general. The accession also included a scrapbook documenting the Royal Visit of 1939, and a Canadian Wheat Board permit documenting deliveries of grain to elevators at Bulwark, Alberta by W. Bowen in 1942-1943. It is not known whether the latter two items are related to the Station Edmonton scrapbook.

Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force. Station Edmonton
CA ACU GBA C0208 · Collection · Photocopied 2008 (originally created 1930-2005)

The collection consists of a scrapbook containing copies of photographs, documents, correspondence, and genealogical charts documenting the life of Wolfgang Zoepfel.

Fairclough, Phil
CA ACU GBA C0212 · Collection · [ca. 1880-1995]

The collection consists of paper artifacts including advertiques (blotters, paper placemats, etc.); transit and railway tickets; savings coupons from breakfast cereals, tea, coffee, etc.; various licences and certificates; soap wrappers; laundry bills; ration books; and other items.

Glenbow Archives (oddments)
CA ACU GBA C0215 · Collection · 1854-1888

The collection consists of magazine illustrations documenting the 1870 and 1885 Riel Rebellions, Manitoba, the Red River Expedition, Lake Neepigon (Nipigon), First Nations, the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP), The North-West Territories (later Alberta and Saskatchewan), British Columbia, the Marquis of Lorne's and Princess Louise's visit to the West, the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), and the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC).

de Volpi, Charles
CA ACU GBA C0238 · Collection · [ca. 1914-1918]

The collection consists of First World War recruiting and other posters published by the United Kingdom government, Canadian Patriotic Fund, Central Recruiting Committee, Canadian Red Cross, and specific units.

Schwartz, Arthur M.
Alberta military institute
CA ACU GBA C0267-B0001-FL0014 · File · 1921-1930
Part of Glenbow archives program collection
  • Dance card for annual military ball in commemoration of Armistice, held at the Palliser Hotel, Calgary, November 11, 1921.
  • Dance card for the fifth annual ball at the Palliser Hotel, Calgary, November 11, 1924.
  • Dance card for the seventh annual ball at the Palliser Hotel, Calgary, November 11, 1926.
  • Program and menu for dinner in honour of Viscount Willingdon, Governor-General of Canada, held at the Palliser Hotel, Calgary, July 9, 1928.
  • Program and menu for the annual Vimy Dinner, held at the Palliser Hotel, Calgary, April 9, 1929.
  • Program and menu for the annual Vimy Dinner, held at the Palliser Hotel, Calgary, April 9, 1930.