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Alan Rowbotham fonds
CA ACU GBA F1595 · Fonds · 1900-1946

The fonds consists of Alan's First World War and Second World War military papers and photographs; photographs of construction of the Alberta Central Railway and views of Sylvan Lake, Seba Beach, Nordegg and Lesser Slave Lake areas; and Edith's teaching and nursing certificates. Includes correspondence of Edith's sister, Margaret O. Buchanan, regarding her war work.

Rowbotham, Alan Edward
CA ACU GBA F0034 · Fonds · 1910-1913

The fonds consists of patent applications, sales agreements, summary of capital and shares, and minutes (1913 meeting only).

Alberta Mono-Rail Company
CA ACU GBA F0039 · Fonds · 1882-1956, predominant 1882-1909

The fonds consists of correspondence regarding patents and land grants; orders-in-council and schedules; agreements between the CPR and the province of Alberta pertaining to irrigation; North Western Coal and Navigation land sales register; water agreements of the Canadian North West Irrigation Company and the Alberta Railway and Irrigation Company; maps of irrigation projects; telegrams and express ledger of Alberta Railway and Coal Company station at Raymond; coal mine employee register (1908-1924); photograph album accompanying report by Jeremiah L. Head (1898); verbatim report of a hearing into a complaint by Cardston farmers and business interests concerning rates (1909); plan of the right-of-way of Western Dominion Railway from Waterton River to the USA border (1915); and a historical sketch of the company. Includes a microfilm of an ARIC scrapbook.

Alberta Railway and Irrigation Company
CA ACU GBA F0051 · Fonds · 1939-1985

The fonds consists of ATA minutes (1939-1978); Motor Carriers Association of Alberta minutes (1963-1965); ATA Safety Council minutes (1976-1985); submissions to government; financial statements and operating authorities; and photographs of Miles Transport and Richardson's Transport, trucking activities and personalities. Includes recorded interviews with these trucking company owners: John Attrell, Milt Baker, Abe Bergen, Alvin Bietz, John Bill, John Boychuk, Mel Calhoun, Ed Caron, Jim Chapman, Chester Chrzanowski, Jack Devitt, Ken Edwards, Peter Figol, George Friesen, Alan Gehring, Rudy Gehring, Fred Gossett, Jack Gow, Bazil Hindmarsh, Clarence Kenway, Jim Lolacheur, Lyle Lebbert, John Magee, Chris Mikkelson, Harold Richardson, R.R. Robinson, Gordon Taylor, Jack Veitch, and George Waite (Sr.).

Alberta Trucking Association
Alexander Aird fonds
CA ACU GBA F2250 · Fonds · [ca. 1889-1897]

The fonds consists of photographs of the Aird ranch, early Canadian Pacific Railway locomotives, and construction crews.

Aird, Alexander
Alexander Allan family fonds
CA ACU GBA F0070 · Fonds · 1893-1979

The fonds consists of photographs of family and construction of Grand Trunk Pacific Railway into Calgary, and miscellaneous family papers.

Allan family
Alexander Begg fonds
CA ACU GBA F0176 · Fonds · 1843-1914
  • The fonds consists of correspondence (1854-1905) relating to his newspaper businesses, the Temperance Colonization Society, the crofters' immigration scheme, the Alaskan boundary, and the Dunbow Ranche; legal records; diaries (1842-1904); correspondence, minutes and incorporation documents for the railway company; and certificates, appointments and commissions. Includes Emily's correspondence (1853-1914) and photographs of the Begg family.
Begg, Alexander
CA ACU GBA F2333 · Fonds · 1954-1958

The fonds consists of reminiscences about Grande Prairie, Edson trail and bridge building; and photographs of Peace River region.

McQuarrie, Alexander Hugh
Alexander Paul fonds
CA ACU GBA F3150 · Fonds · [ca. 1930s-1940s]

The fonds consists of an album of photographs of drilling rigs in Turner Valley, local ranchers, and James Cartage company delivering heavy equipment to the wells. Also includes loose photos of the Crescent Service Station in Calgary.

Paul, Alexander Liddell
Alfred Price fonds
CA ACU GBA F3270 · Fonds · 1921

The fonds consists of draft biographies of Canadian Pacific Railway employees and their photographs. This was likely a first draft of Price's book Rail Life.

Price, Alfred