The fonds consists of scrapbooks (programs and newsclippings) pertaining to theatrical and musical events (1894-1948), photographs of the family, theatrical productions, Calgary and the Rockies (1920s-1940s), and miscellaneous scripts, poetry, and sheet music.
Bishop, MaxThe fonds consists of constitution, bylaws and minutes; programs, posters, scrapbooks and newsclippings for the productions; financial records; and memorabilia of the 1983 and 1996 reunions. Includes extensive photographs and slides of the plays and theatre school.
The BuskinsThe fonds consists of notebooks, personal correspondence, a transcript and recorded of interviews about his life, sound recordings of his presentations to school children, broadcasts from the Calgary Zoo, newsclippings, share certificates, records and souvenirs of his military service, a brief history of the early Calgary Parks Department, and notes regarding the Calgary Public Museum. Includes photographs of Calgary, St. George's Island and the zoo, and a slide of Billy Henry's 100th birthday.
Baines, Thomas R.The fonds consists of correspondence, certificates, school report cards and diplomas, essays, speeches, newsclippings, awards, photographs, slides etc., primarily of Mary and Catherine. Also includes many hostelling photographs.
Barclay familyThe fonds consists of articles of association and minutes of Odeon (Grand) Theatre Ltd. (1941-1944); correspondence with distributors about movie bookings (1946- 1969); scrapbook of newsclippings about the Grand Theatre (1919-1924); programs for events held at the Grand (1912-1914, 1942-1955); photographs of the Palace and Grand Theatres (1920s-1964); papers regarding relocation of Canadian Pacific Railway in downtown Calgary (1963-1964); and a recorded interview with Jack Barron about his life and business activities.
Barron EnterprisesThe fonds consists of her correspondence with Blackwood's, including her impressions of the Skrine ranch and southern Alberta.
Skrine, Agnes Shakespeare "Nesta" HigginsonThe fonds consists of Frank and Lucy's personal papers including correspondence, financial and miscellaneous material; Frank’s business records related to the Rosedale Coal Mine (including reports from a Pinkerton detective he hired to work undercover at the mine during a time of labour unrest, the Winnipeg General Strike, and the One Big Union), Sentinel Oils, etc.; a recorded interview with Norman Moodie about his father’s career and his own career (1982); miscellaneous papers related to Maggie, including her notes on teaching; Marion's correspondence, poems, sheet music, artwork, and certificates and newspaper clippings related to her nursing career; miscellaneous recipe books, scrapbooks, greeting cards, etc. related to Frank and Lucy’s children and extended family; and extensive photographs of the Moodie family, Calgary General Hospital and early nursing, the Rosedale Mine and the Drumheller area, Sentinel Oils and the Turner Valley area, etc.
Moodie familyThe fonds consists of bylaws and minutes (1972-1987); office files, including booking records (1972-2000); contracts, programs and reviews (1972-1987); architectural plans (1914-1984); photographs of the interior and exterior of Pumphouse (1970s-1980s); videos, primarily of drama day camps (late 1990s); and extensive posters of events held at the theatre (1971-1997).
Pumphouse TheatreThe fonds consists of George's diaries (1935-1969), correspondence (1905-1971), ranching records, reminiscences, obituary, recorded speech and interview; Norma's diaries (1935-1940, 1970-1979), correspondence (1925-1978), musical career records (publicity, programs, recordings of her singing, etc.), reminiscences, her biography of George, and two recorded interviews; and the Pocaterra's financial records, tax returns, scrapbooks, and photographs and slides of Kananaskis, ranches, Italy, opera, and family members. Includes Dr. W.A. Piper's correspondence, speeches, oil company prospectuses and dentistry photographs.
Pocaterra, George WilliamThe fonds consists of correspondence, contracts, programs and newsclippings about career (1951-1953), photographs of country music personalities (1950s), and recordings of "Ramblin Man" (1986) and "Calgary Range Riders" (nd) by Dixie Bill and his band.
Hilton, William Dixon "Dixie Bill"