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David Kilgour fonds.
CA ACU SPC F0076 · Fonds

The fonds consists of records produced and collected by David Kilgour, MP for Edmonton Strathcona. Includes personal papers as well as records relating to his parliamentary responsibilities, records pertaining to Kilgour's activities vis a vis External Affairs (re US, Ukraine, Uganda, Turkey, Tibet, Sudan, Vietnam and USSR), Soviet Jewry, human Rights, Trips to Berne and the USSR); and personal records relating to the Liberal Party of Canada, fundraising, official opposition, and the national and northern/western caucus, daily journals which provide details of his daily activity, his reflections on events, and clippings related to his interests and current events, as well as a file on Col. John McCrae who wrote the poem In Flanders Fields, and who was a great uncle of Kilgour's.

Kilgour, David
Morris Surdin fonds.
CA ACU SPC F0031 · Fonds · [194-?]-1990

Fonds consists of manuscript and microfilmed scores of compositions by M. Surdin, including many used to accompany theatrical productions and as incidental music for various Canadian Broadcasting Corporation dramatic series; lyrics and scripts of radio, television and stage plays by numerous Canadian playwrights, such as W. O. Mitchell, Max Braithwaite and Len Peterson, for which M. Surdin composed the accompanying music; sound recordings of radio drama, motion picture themes, symphonic and other music composed by M. Surdin; correspondence; and other miscellaneous material.

Surdin, Morris
CA ACU SPC C0003 · Collection · 19--?-1978

Collection consists of reproductions of paintings, drawings, etchings and photographs of celebrated 14th to 20th century European and North American authors. Items mounted on mattes and identified with authors' names. Pictures occasionally contain information about the original work of art from which the reproduction was made. Includes several pictures of some authors and holograph notes by unidentified author, commenting on the pictures.

Castell, William Rentoul
Joseph Kovach fonds.
CA ACU SPC F0034 · Fonds · 1939-1953

Fonds consists of daily work reports which contain summaries of work done, routes travelled and weather conditions. Also includes two letters between J. Kovach and J. Dexter (1940 July). An introduction and diary excerpts edited by Thomas S. Sadler, Environmental Sciences Centre, University of Calgary, 1973, accompanies the material.

Kovach, Joseph
Marie Jakober fonds.
CA ACU SPC F0022 · Fonds · 1953-2009

Fonds consists of correspondence, manuscripts of novels, short stories, addresses to various organizations and conferences, and essays written by M. Jakober as a university student; published poetry and short stories; and other miscellaneous material.

Jakober, Marie
Grant MacEwan fonds.
CA ACU SPC F0061 · Fonds

Fonds consists of business and personal correspondence, research material, book manuscripts (most published between 1975 and 1990), appointment diaries, photographs and speeches. Also includes articles on G. MacEwan, book reviews, material honouring G. MacEwan and other miscellaneous material. Accession 891/12.8 includes various media that relate to the personal life of G. MacEwan: 2 photograph albums of 'Pioneer Agricultural Scenes' and 'Canadian Livestock'; 3 diaries kep by G. MacEwan, 1902-1931, 1931-1950, 1958-1968; 3 scrapbooks and 3 files containing research, notes and clippings relating to various issues of interest to MacEwan; the diary of Phyllis Cline, 1932-1953.

MacEwan, John Walter "Grant"
CA ACU TMM F0109 · Collection · ca.1940-1977

Collection consists of material relating to the Dieppe raid. Includes taped interviews of veterans of the raid; transcripts of interviews; photographs and slides; war diaries of various Canadian military units participating in the raid; military reports written after the raid; German accounts; correspondence with German veterans; collection of articles, pamphlets, thesis and other published material about the raid; research material for and manuscripts of J. Mellor's book Forgotten heroes : the Canadians at Dieppe; and miscellaneous material.

Mellor, John
CA ACU SPC C0005 · Collection · 19--?-1976

File consists of manuscripts of two works tracing the history of Mennonites in Russia and their emigration to North America; and two booklets about Mennonites. Item 1 titled Vor 40 Jahren in Ruszland (136 p.). Item 2, untitled, explores the history of Russian Mennonites, ca. 1870-1950; item includes table of contents and twenty chapters (ca. 1080 p.); first chapter titled Aus der Volkischen Vorgeschichte der ruszlandischen Mennoniten. Items 3 and 4 titled respectively Eichenfeld-Dubowka by Heinrich Toews and Aus Schwerer Zeit by Jakob F. Isaak; both booklets undated.

Hildebrand, Jakob J.
CA ACU SPC F0052 · Fonds · 1915-1940

Fonds consists of letters of recommendation for W.A.C. Guy, newsclippings regarding Atherstone Senior School where W.A.C. Guy was headmaster and letters from W.A.C. Guy to A.A. "Gus" Tanner regarding his activities and experiences while in the service during World War I.

Guy, William Alexander Charles
Alan Brown fonds.
CA ACU SPC F0039 · Fonds · 1944-1976

Fonds consists of correspondence with Hubert Aquin, Jacques Godbout, Gabrielle Roy, various publishers and other correspondents, relating to A. Brown's translations; and manuscripts of English translations of the following French literature: Hubert Aquin's L'antiphonaire (The antiphonary), Trou de mémoire (Blackout) and Back on April 11...; Anne Hébert's Poèmes (Poems); Jacques Godbout's Salut Galarneau! ( Hail Galarneau!), André Langevin's Une chaîne dans le parc (Orphan Street); Naïm Kattan's Le réel et le théâtral (Reality and theatre); selections from Robert Marteau's Atlante; and Gabrielle Roy's Ces enfants de ma vie (Children of my heart) and Un jardin au bout du monde (Garden in the wind). Some translations include several drafts.

Brown, Alan