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Richard C. Hardisty fonds
CA ACU GBA F0888 · Fonds · 1825-1958, predominant 1845-1894

The fonds consists of R.C. Hardisty's HBC correspondence, related to operations at various posts (1870-1887), and personal correspondence (1845-1889). Also includes some correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and personal papers of Eliza, Richard G., and other family members.

Hardisty, Richard Charles
CA ACU GBA F1451 · Fonds · 1825-1975, predominant 1845-1946

The fonds consists of Murdoch McPherson's diary (1834), McPherson family correspondence (1845-1895), and miscellaneous family and HBC papers (1825-1893); and Patrick family correspondence (1878-1946), Alfred Patrick's diary (1833), and various family certificates, genealogical charts and newspaper clippings. Includes Lillian Morrison's nomination of A.P. Patrick as Calgary's Citizen of the Century (1975).

Patrick family
Maitland Club fonds.
CA ACU SPC F0033 · Fonds · 1828-1850

Fonds consists of four bound volumes with gilt stamp of Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow on front covers. Volumes contain correspondence, minutes of meetings, lists of members and other business papers, as well as printed material such as Club rules and minutes of annual general meetings. Includes photocopied cards indexing manuscript material in the volumes.

Maitland Club (Glasgow, Scotland)
Cameron family fonds
CA ACU GBA F2934 · Fonds · 1829-1848, 1878-1935

The fonds consists primarily of letters from the sons to their mother Isabella in Acton, England until her death in 1913, and then to their sister Isabel. Includes some naval records of James Cameron (1878-1893); South African War (Boer War) letters (1900-1901); letters about homesteading at Last Mountain (1906-1912); and First World War correspondence (1916-1917).

Cameron family
James Evans fonds
CA ACU GBA F2883 · Fonds · Microfilmed 1976-1985 (originally created 1829-1846)

The fonds consists of James Evans’s correspondence inward, diaries, sermons, lectures, notebooks, notes on customs and languages of First Nations, notes on Cree syllabics, and poems. Includes some of his published letters and biographical information published about him.

Evans, James
A.E. Cross family fonds
CA ACU GBA F0609 · Fonds · 1836-1987, predominant 1890-1987

The fonds consists of extensive correspondence between A.E. Cross and Helen Cross (1899-1928); correspondence of A.E. Cross pertaining to the brewery, ranch, personal matters, and organizations in which he was active (1890-1932); correspondence of J.B. Cross regarding the brewery, ranch and personal matters (1933-1937); A7 Ranche business correspondence (1913-1943); Calgary Brewing and Malting Company business correspondence (1892-1906); Helen's correspondence and records of organization in which she was active (1880-1944); correspondence and school records of the Cross children (1912-1948); family memorabilia (1892-1949); correspondence and business records of Sandy Cross and Rothney Farm (1935-1987); and extensive photographs of the Cross family, the A7 Ranche, and Rothney Farm.

Cross family
J.H.R. Thomson fonds
CA ACU GBA F2452 · Fonds · 1836-1971

The fonds consists of Thomson's autobiography; a memoir of his war experiences in Palestine in 1918 and topographical maps of Palestine; scrapbooks containing newsclippings, correspondence, legal documents, photographs and memorabilia documenting Thomson's life, his military and musical careers, his family and his wife's family; and an audio travel diary of a trip to Scotland in 1970.

Thomson, John Henry Reginald
Nisbet family fonds
CA ACU GBA F2482 · Fonds · 1838-1874

The fonds consists of letters to Henry Nisbet from his brother James Nisbet and from other family members. Some of the correspondence describes James's experiences as a missionary in the Red River Settlement and in the Saskatchewan district.

Nisbet family
William Witham fonds
CA ACU GBA F2484 · Fonds · 1839-1842

The fonds consists of petitions of the plaintiff and the defendant to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in the case of Keilley v. Carson; instructions in the case from a committee of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland; a petition from the House of Assembly reporting on its achievements; and a draft of a speech presented in the House of Lords in opposition to the Newfoundland Bill.

Witham, William
Frank Eyck fonds.
CA ACU ARC F0274 · Fonds · 1840-2009; predominant 1949-2004

Fonds consists of scholarly research, lecture notes, presentations, essays, book reviews, scholarly and personal correspondence with noted historians and politicians from the early 20th Century to the post WWII years from Great Britain and Germany, some personal correspondence with his parents during his time as a schoolboy, notebooks from his internment and military training, manuscripts of his scholarly publications, photographs and audio recordings of interviews of himself and his wife about their experiences living in Nazi Germany as well as broadcast recordings of interviews of Dr. Eyck’s research subjects. There is extensive original, transcribed
and photocopied correspondence and other materials Eyck compiled on his research subjects for his book on Prince Albert, the Queen Victoria’s consort, and his biography on George Peabody Gooch.

Eyck, Frank