The fonds consists of Mounted Police diaries (1876-1886); biographical leaflet re S.J. Clarke; Queen's Hotel records; family scrapbooks and newspaper clippings; and photographs of S.J. Clarke, the family, Mounted Police, Banff scenery, and Calgary scenes including street construction, electrical cable installation, and streetcars. Also included is a diary entry of John Clarke, S.J. Clarke's grandfather, while working for the Hudson's Bay Company around Lake Athabasca in 1815.
Clarke, Simon JohnConsists of diary entries pertaining to John Clarke's work with the Hudson's Bay Company around Lake Athabasca, likely written by a companion of Clarke's.
Consists of: Alceste weekly chronicle. No. 2, 6 (Oct. 6,1816, Nov. 3,1816). 2 items (14 p.). Manuscript newspaper published aboard naval vessel.
Marriage contract of Antoine Laurandeau and Marguerite Gilbert dit Contois.
Synopsis: approves of father’s marriage; advises brother to think carefully before emigrating to “America”; if brother does come, has written to “Company” to bring him out as a clerk and not a labourer.
Fonds consists of letters from family and friends; memorabilia; material relating to the Ranchmen's Club; diary, 1906-1913, written by Katherine Ballentine Coutts (1854-1929), G.B. Coutts's mother, in the same volume with text on legal matters which is in a different and unidentified hand, possibly that of John B. Coutts, G.B. Coutts's father; and letters and newsclippings removed from books donated to the University of Calgary Library from G.B. Coutts's book collection.
Coutts, George BallentineCorrespondence concerning family matters and scientific discoveries, family coat of arms, address as President of the Royal Society (1867), memoir published following death (1883), map of the Arctic regions (ca.1852), obituaries, news clippings concerning Arctic exploration (1907-1930).
Family history research exploring the ancestors and descendants of William Laidlaw's parents Robert Eric Laidlaw and Annie Clark Laidlaw (nee Chamney).
Fonds consists of material from William Laidlaw's education such as his MSc thesis and PhD dissertation, his professional career including as an employee at the University of Calgary, papers written by him and post-retirement activities, correspondence by or relating to William's sister, Alice Munro, genealogical material for the family of William Laidlaw's parents Robert Eric Laidlaw and Annie Clark Laidlaw (nee Chamney) including many original documents and photographs, and ephemera related to Alice Munro.
Laidlaw, William G.Family history research with many original photographs and documents for William Laidlaw's father Robert Eric Laidlaw including Robert's parents William C. Laidlaw and Sarah Jane Laidlaw (nee Code). Files include: 03.12 Code family history; 03.13-03.16 Laidlaw family history; 03.17 "The McGregors: a novel of an Ontario pioneer family" by Robert Laidlaw; 02.06 "Historical atlas of Halton County, Ontario".