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William Berry family fonds
CA ACU GBA F0197 · Fonds · 1856-1964, predominant 1909-1964

The fonds consists of George's correspondence, receipts, legal records, and insurance policies; Ada's correspondence with her children, her short stories and poems; family photographs (1901-1916); and records related to other members of the family including school work, military certificates, farm correspondence, receipts and legal records

Berry, William family
Albert Playdon fonds
CA ACU GBA F1488 · Fonds · 1856-1965, predominant 1910-1965

The fonds consists of diary (1911-1914), personal correspondence (1910-1965), legal and military papers, programs, photographs of the contracting business and family, and catalogues (Beaver Lumber and Western Planing Mills). Includes some records and photographs of Hubert's family.

Playdon, Albert
CA ACU GBA F1212 · Fonds · 1856-1959, predominant 1877-1919

The fonds consists of J.F. Macleod's certificates and commissions (1856-1887); letters to his wife (1874-1894); records as police magistrate (1882-1894): correspondence, Blood treaty documents, naturalization papers, petitions, appeals and Metis claims; and correspondence regarding Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) liquor problems in British Columbia (1885). Includes Mary Macleod's correspondence (1887-1919); Norman T. Macleod's (son) reminiscences (1959) and some correspondence; Norman T. Macleod's (brother) letters to his daughter, Bessie (1880-1885); photographs of the family, NWMP and Bloods; and biographical notes.

Macleod, James Farquharson
Mooney family fonds
CA ACU GBA F2954 · Fonds · [ca. 1857-1948]

The fonds consists of Canadian Pacific Railway and financial papers of Arthur W. Mooney (1900-1921); will of M.E. O'Dell (1895); teaching certificates and agreements of Sarah Hassard (1907-1911); poem, letter and program re events in Biggar. Also consists of photographs of Biggar, Saskatchewan including Bennett buggy, streets, schools, theatrical productions, Royal Visit (1939), Boy Scouts at the University of Alberta, Canadian National Railway engines, railway station, swimming class, views of early oil wells in Saskatchewan and Alberta, homesteading at Fabyan Lake, Alberta, buffalo and elk, and views in Edson and Brule areas.

Mooney, Arthur Wright
James Hector fonds
CA ACU GBA F2019 · Fonds · Microfilmed 1970 (originally created 1857-1860)

The fonds consists of correspondence, geological notes, and other records created while a member of the Palliser Expedition.

Hector, James
William J. Tregillus fonds
CA ACU GBA F1811 · Fonds · 1858-1982, predominant 1858-1918

The fonds consists of photographs of the Rosscarrock Ranch house, his family in England, the clay plant at Brickburn; and the Dominion Exhibition; biographical information; business cards; medical prescriptions; and membership cards.

Tregillus, William J.
J. Douglas Leechman fonds
CA ACU GBA F1137 · Fonds · 1858-1956, predominant 1924-1956

The fonds consists of alphabetically arranged subject files created while anthropologist at the National Museum. These contain Leechman's correspondence, articles and research notes on various native peoples topics; articles and reports collected for reference purposes; and circulars, convention proceedings, etc., of organizations to which he belonged. Includes photographs of British Columbia and Yukon native peoples, native villages and petroglyphs.

Leechman, John Douglas
William Baddeley collection
CA ACU GBA C0182 · Collection · 1858-[ca. 1945]

The collection consists of James G. Bain’s notebook and papers concerning his work with the British Columbia Provincial Police and gold mining ventures in Quesnel Forks, B.C. (1892-1899); correspondence, receipt books, and insurance policy of the Sandon Miners’ Union, affiliated with the Western Federation of Miners (1901-1915); journal and payroll sheets of mining operations in Sandon; waybills, share certificates, and mining lease agreement from Quesnel Forks; personal correspondence of James P. Delahunty of Barkerville, B.C.; will of James Francis Ford of 150 Mile House, B.C.; diaries of C. Walverson, western USA; time book of the Whit Grouse Co. (timber company of Quesnel Forks?, 1874); Elizabeth Ann Palmer’s food ration book from the Second World War, Waldo, B.C.; letterbook of the Provincial Police constable, Arrowhead, B.C. (1908-1916); facsimile of the signatures on the Treaty of 1831 which established the independence of Belgium; posters for the Baddeley Bros. 3 Ring Wild Animal Circus; and fragments of circus posters.

Baddeley, William Statham
Laurie, DeGear family fonds
CA ACU GBA F0662 · Fonds · 1859-2012, predominant 1870-1959

The fonds consists of P.G. Laurie's Owen Sound diary (1859), correspondence, accounts, and business records related to the Saskatchewan Herald newspaper (1878-1891); Jessie DeGear's brief autobiography, correspondence, and 15 extensive scrapbooks about Battleford, Saskatchewan, pioneers, and the Riel Rebellion (1890-1965); Mabel Reid's wedding certificate and three scrapbooks which include memorabilia and war articles compiled while the Reids lived in London, plus articles about the Laurie family and western history (1888-1948); R.C. Laurie's correspondence; William Laurie's reminiscences; Mary Eliza Laurie's recipe and sermon book; and J.C. DeGear's letters and diary extracts. Includes a photograph of P.G. Laurie, and views of the Battleford area.

Laurie family
Traill family fonds
CA ACU GBA F1807 · Fonds · 1859-1976, predominant 1859-1914

The fonds consists of photocopies of: William's correspondence (1863-1893), HBC records (1886-1892), land documents, financial records (1864-1912) and reminiscences (1911); Harriet's diaries (1889-1893); and Walter's correspondence (1866-1914). Includes two recorded interviews with Mary Traill (1970s) and extensive family photographs.

Traill family