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Varshicom 1951

CA MRUASC C0008-S2-0156-01
File
1950-1951

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

File contains two copies of the 1950-1951 edition of the student yearbook Varshicom.

Prospectus 1950-1951

CA MRUASC C0008-S1-0138-01-0001
Item
1950-1951

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

Medieval and early modern manuscript collection

CA MRUASC C0003
Collection
[11--]-[19--?], predominant [12--]-[15--]

Collection consists of manuscript (written by hand) books, book fragments, and documents, predominantly from the medieval and early modern periods. Most items were produced in western and southern Europe (France, England, Flanders, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, and Spain), while others originated in Asia, northern Africa, the Middle East, and Russia. Many leaves are illuminated and feature decorative initials, borders, line fillers, marginal illustrations, etc.

The collection is arranged in series by manuscript type: books of hours and prayer books, liturgical books (containing leaves from psalters, breviaries, antiphonals, and graduals), charters (legal records), Bibles, and canon law.

Varshicom 1950

CA MRUASC C0008-S2-0155-04
Item
1949-1950

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

Varshicom 1949

CA MRUASC C0008-S2-0155-03
Item
1948-1949

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

Item is a copy of the 1948-1949 student yearbook Varshicom.

Margaret Plewis fonds

CA MRUASC F0042
Fonds
1948-1949

Fonds documents Margaret Plewis's time as a student in the Commercial Department at Mount Royal College, and contains registration records and student identification.

Margaret Plewis

Doris Annear fonds

CA MRUASC F0050
Fonds
1947-1949

Fonds documents Annear's time as a student at Mount Royal College in the 1940s. Fonds contains photographs, a program, invitation, and a membership card.

Doris Annear

Calendar 1948-1949

CA MRUASC C0008-S1-0140-07
File
1948-1949

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

File contains two copies of the 1948-1949 academic calendar.

Varshicom 1948

CA MRUASC C0008-S2-0155-02
File
1947-1948

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

File contains two copies of the 1947-1948 edition of the student yearbook Varshicom.

Calendar 1947-1948

CA MRUASC C0008-S1-0140-06
Item
1947-1948

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

Varshicom 1947

CA MRUASC C0008-S2-0155-01
File
1946-1947

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

File contains two copies of the 1946-1947 edition of the student yearbook Varshicom.

Calendar 1946-1947

CA MRUASC C0008-S1-0137-03-0005
Item
1946-1947

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

Calendar 1945-1946

CA MRUASC C0008-S1-0137-03-0004
Item
1945-1946

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

Varshicom 1946

CA MRUASC C0008-S2-0154-04
File
1945-1946

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

File contains two copies of the 1945-1946 edition of the student yearbook Varshicom.

Margaret Bertram fonds

CA MRUASC F0048
Fonds
1945-1946

Fonds illustrates Bertram's time as a student at Mount Royal College. Fonds contains a convocation pin and a proficiency medal.

Margaret Bertram

Muriel Sanderson fonds

CA MRUASC F0003
Fonds
1944-1945

Fonds documents Sanderson's time as a student in Mount Royal College's Secretarial Arts program. Fonds consists of photographs, an annotated yearbook, convocation program, diploma, academic transcript, award, and certificate.

Muriel Sanderson

Calendar 1944-1945

CA MRUASC C0008-S1-0140-05
Item
1944-1945

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

World War II roll of honour

CA MRUASC C0004-OS-0063
Item
[ca. 1945]

Part of Mount Royal College photograph collection

Item is a roll of honour commemorating Mount Royal Junior College students, faculty, and staff who served in the Canadian armed forces during World War II. The names of soldiers who died in the war are marked with a cross. Roll was designed by Canadian artist A.J. Casson.

World War II roll of honour

CA MRUASC C0004-OS-0062
Item
[ca. 1945]

Part of Mount Royal College photograph collection

Item is a roll of honour commemorating Mount Royal College students, faculty, and staff who served in the Canadian armed forces during World War II. The names of soldiers who died in the war are marked with a cross. Roll was designed by Canadian artist A.J. Casson.

Varshicom 1945

CA MRUASC C0008-S2-0154-03
File
1944-1945

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

File contains two copies of the 1944-1945 edition of the student yearbook Varshicom.

Varshicom June 1944

CA MRUASC C0008-S2-0154-02
File
1943-1944

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

File contains two copies of the 1943-1944 edition of the student yearbook Varshicom.

Calendar 1943-1944

CA MRUASC C0008-S1-0140-04
File
1943-1944

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

File contains two copies of the 1943-1944 academic calendar.

Varshicom June 1943

CA MRUASC C0008-S2-0154-01
File
1942-1943

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

File contains two copies of the 1942-1943 edition of the student yearbook Varshicom.

Bennie Ehnisz fonds

CA MRUASC F0062
Fonds
1940-1943

Fonds illustrates the military service of Bennie Emil Ehnisz, a former student of Mount Royal College, in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. Fonds contains military medals, correspondence, and objects commemorating Ehnisz's military service and death.

Bennie Emil Ehnisz

Varshicom 1942

CA MRUASC C0008-S2-0153-06
File
1942

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

File contains three copies of the 1942 edition of the student yearbook Varshicom.

1940-41

CA MRUASC C0008-S1-0137-03-0001
Item
1940-1941

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

1939-1940

CA MRUASC C0008-S1-0137-02-0010
Item
1939-1940

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

21st annual session Alberta Tuxis Parliament Calgary - Dec 1940

CA MRUASC C0004-0028-09
Item
1940

Part of Mount Royal College photograph collection

Item is a group portrait of the Alberta Tuxis Parliament on the steps of Calgary City Hall.

Chinook 1940

CA MRUASC C0008-S2-0153-05
File
1939-1940

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

File contains two copies of the 1939-1940 edition of the student yearbook The Chinook.

1937-39 and 1938-39

CA MRUASC C0008-S1-0137-02-0009
Item
1937-1939

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

Apri Huba 1938-1939

CA MRUASC C0008-S2-0153-04
File
1938-1939

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

File contains two copies of the 1938-1939 student yearbook Arpi Huba.

Helen Hartman Smith fonds

CA MRUASC F0002
Fonds
1937-1938

Fonds documents Helen Hartman Smith's time as a student at Mount Royal College, and consists of photographs of student life and an annotated yearbook.

Helen Hartman Smith

Chinook 1937-1938

CA MRUASC C0008-S2-0153-03
File
1937-1938

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

File contains two copies of the 1937-1938 edition of the student yearbook The Chinook.

1936-37

CA MRUASC C0008-S1-0137-02-0008
Item
1936-1937

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

1935-1936

CA MRUASC C0008-S1-0137-02-0007
Item
1935-1936

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

Emory Jackson fonds

CA MRUASC F0063
Fonds
1927 - 1935

Fonds documents Emory Jackson's attendance at Mount Royal College, and consists of a photograph, an autograph book with illustrations, and a digitized photo album.

Emory Jackson

1934-1935

CA MRUASC C0008-S1-0137-02-0006
Item
1934-1935

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

1933-1934

CA MRUASC C0008-S1-0137-02-0004
Item
1933-1934

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

1931-32

CA MRUASC C0008-S1-0137-02-0005
Item
1931-1932

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

1930-1931

CA MRUASC C0008-S1-0137-02-0002
Item
1930-1931

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

Second year university class - 1931-1932

CA MRUASC C0004-0028-04
Item
1931

Part of Mount Royal College photograph collection

Item is portrait of the second year university class on the steps of Mount Royal Junior College.

Calendar 1929-1930

CA MRUASC C0008-S1-0137-02-0001
Item
1929-1930

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

Chinook summer 1930

CA MRUASC C0008-S2-0153-02
Item
1930

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

File contains a copy of the 1930 summer edition of the student yearbook The Chinook.

Chinook Easter 1929

CA MRUASC C0008-S2-0153-01
Item
1929

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

File contains two copies of the bound yearbook The Chinook. One copy is signed and annotated by Emory Jackson.

1928 Boys' hockey team

CA MRUASC C0004-0028-11
Item
1928

Part of Mount Royal College photograph collection

Girls hockey league - 1928

CA MRUASC C0004-0028-03
Item
1928

Part of Mount Royal College photograph collection

Item is a group portrait of the girls hockey team, consisting of 9 uniformed players and a coach.

1927-1928

CA MRUASC C0008-S1-0137-02-0003
Item
1927-1928

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

Chinook staff - 1928

CA MRUASC C0004-0028-10
Item
1928

Part of Mount Royal College photograph collection

Item is a group portrait of the staff of the Chinook, the college yearbook.

Chinook Easter 1928

CA MRUASC C0008-S2-0152-09
Item
1928

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

File contains three copies of the bound yearbook The Chinook.

Girls basketball team 1927

CA MRUASC C0004-0028-12
Item
1927

Part of Mount Royal College photograph collection

Item is a framed photograph of a basketball team, consisting of 14 uniformed female students and a coach, in front of a brick and sandstone building, likely the original Mount Royal College building. First student is holding a ball with "MRC 1927" written on it.

Chinook Easter 1927

CA MRUASC C0008-S2-0152-08
File
1927

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

File contains three copies of the 1927 Easter edition of the student yearbook The Chinook.

MRC Girls' basketball team - 1927-1928

CA MRUASC C0004-0028-08
Item
1927

Part of Mount Royal College photograph collection

Item is a group portrait of the girls' baseball team, consisting of 15 players.

Chinook Easter 1926

CA MRUASC C0008-S2-0152-07
File
1926

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

File contains three copies of the bound student yearbook The Chinook.

Calendar 1922-1923

CA MRUASC C0008-S1-0137-01-0008
Item
1922-1923

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

Calendar 1921-1922

CA MRUASC C0008-S1-0137-01-0007
Item
1921-1922

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

Calendar 1919-1920

CA MRUASC C0008-S1-0137-01-0006
Item
1919-1920

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

World War I roll of honour

CA MRUASC C0004-OS-0061
Item
[ca. 1919]

Part of Mount Royal College photograph collection

Item is a roll of honour commemorating the Mount Royal College students, faculty, and staff who served during World War I in the 191st (Southern Alberta) Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. The roll of honour lists participants and includes symbols noting those killed in action (‘x’) and those who died of injury or other ailments (‘+’). The roll features hand painted illuminated borders, and was designed and illuminated by Stafford & Kent of Calgary, Alberta.

Chinook Christmas 1919

CA MRUASC C0008-S2-0152-06
Item
1919

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

Calendar 1918

CA MRUASC C0008-S1-0137-01-0005
Item
1918-1919

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

Chinook Easter 1919

CA MRUASC C0008-S2-0152-05
Item
1919

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

Chinook 1917

CA MRUASC C0008-S2-0152-01-0007
Item
1917

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

Calendar 1915-1916

CA MRUASC C0008-S1-0137-01-0004
Item
1915-1916

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

Ida Schrader fonds

CA MRUASC F0006
Fonds
1909, 1914-1915

Fonds illustrates Ida Schrader's time as a student at Mount Royal College. Includes a spelling notebook and a silver medal awarded for shorthand and typewriting.

Ida Schrader

Calendar 1914-1915

CA MRUASC C0008-S1-0137-01-0003
Item
1915

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

Chinook Easter 1915

CA MRUASC C0008-S2-0152-04
Item
1915

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

Chinook Christmas 1914

CA MRUASC C0008-S2-0152-03
Item
1914

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

Chinook 1914

CA MRUASC C0008-S2-0152-01-0006
Item
1914

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

Chinook Easter 1913

CA MRUASC C0008-S2-0152-01-0003
Item
1913

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

Chinook Christmas 1913

CA MRUASC C0008-S2-0152-01-0004
Item
1913

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

Mount Royal College basketball team - 1913-1914

CA MRUASC C0004-0028-05
Item
1913

Part of Mount Royal College photograph collection

Item is a portrait of the men's basketball team, consisting of 6 uniformed players and a coach.

Mount Royal College intercollegiate champions 1913

CA MRUASC C0004-0028-07
Item
1913

Part of Mount Royal College photograph collection

Item is a group portrait of the men's hockey team, consisting of 8 uniformed players, a manager, and a president.

Mount Royal College senior rugby team

CA MRUASC C0004-0033-04
Item
1913

Part of Mount Royal College photograph collection

Item is a group portrait of the Mount Royal College rugby team, consisting of 17 players, a coach, and the College's president W. G. Bennett.

Chinook Christmas 1912-1913

CA MRUASC C0008-S2-0152-02
Item
1912-1913

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

Calendar 1912-1913

CA MRUASC C0008-S1-0140-01
Item
1912-1913

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

Mount Royal College rugby team - 1912

CA MRUASC C0004-0028-01
Item
1912

Part of Mount Royal College photograph collection

Item is a group portrait of the Mount Royal College rugby team, consisting of 17 players, and the College's Principal George Kerby.

Calendar 1911-1912

CA MRUASC C0008-S1-0137-01-0001
Item
1911-1912

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

First lacrosse team

CA MRUASC C0004-0028-02
Item
1912

Part of Mount Royal College photograph collection

Item is group portrait of the lacrosse team, consisting of 15 uniformed players, a coach, and Principal Reverend Dr. G.W. Kerby. Players are named in inscription on mount.

First hockey team - Mount Royal College 1911-12

CA MRUASC C0004-0028-06
Item
1911

Part of Mount Royal College photograph collection

Item is a group portrait of the men's hockey team, consisting of 8 players in gear.

Chinook Chistmas 1911

CA MRUASC C0008-S2-0152-01-0001
Item
1911

Part of Mount Royal University publication collection

Early modern Britain collection

CA MRUASC C0015
Collection
1590-1909, predominant 1590-1798

Collection mainly consists of books and pamphlets published in England and Scotland between 1500 and 1800. Collection contains three subject-based series: English Civil Wars, witch trials, and the Popish Plot. Collection also contains satirical prints, daily news periodicals, novels and poetry, religious texts, a cookbook, and a herbal.

Early print collection

CA MRUASC C0001
Collection
1477-1904

Collection illustrates the early development of movable type printing in Europe. Collection consists of printed books including a book of hours, leaves from Bibles, hagiographies, liturgical texts, Japanese woodblock prints, and works of history, literature, and canon law.

Tibetan wooden printing block

CA MRUASC C0001-0320-02
Item
[ca. 1890]

Part of Early print collection

Item is a double-sided wooden printing block from Tibet likely containing the text of a Buddhist sutra.

Gassho Dojikun [combined book of children's textbook]

CA MRUASC C0001-S1-0083-10
Item
1848

Part of Early print collection

Item is an illustrated textbook for children from Edo Period, created by Suaraya Gensuke and six other authors. The textbook covers a wide range of topics and subjects including moral teachings, historical events, times tables, geography, reading, math, and defines important relationships such as those between a feudal lord and followers, father/son, husband/wife, and parents/children etc.

The Temptation of St. Anthony

CA MRUASC C0001-0323-08
Item
[between 1635 and 1700]

Part of Early print collection

Item is a single leaf etched print created by French artist, Jacques Callot, a master printmaker of the Baroque period. The engraving depicts St. Anthony being tempted and tortured in the Egyptian dessert by the devil and a host of demons. The devil, in the form of a monstrous dragon directs the chaos, while St. Anthony cowers near the mouth of a cave in the bottom left corner. Originally created in 1635, this version of the print is Callot's second attempt at capturing the temptation of St. Anthony.

Vestigii delle Terme di Constantino...

CA MRUASC C0001-0323-10
Item
[after 1607]

Part of Early print collection

Item is an etching by the artist Etienne Duperac, depicting the south-west side of the Baths of Constantine. The Baths of Constantine were destroyed and replaced with the Palazzo Pallavicini-Rospigliosi.