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The letters of John McLoughlin from Fort Vancouver to the governor and committee
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Item contains the first series of John McLoughlin's letters from Fort Vancouver covering 1825-1838.
Letters from Hudson Bay, 1703-40
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Item contains letters from various employees of the Hudson's Bay Company describing the many problems faced in this period of consolidation such as defence, indigenous relations, recruitment, and supply lines.
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Item contains Isham's observations on the Hudson's Bay and his comments on the book "A voyage to Hudsons Bay in the Dobbs Galley & c 1746 & 1747" by Henry Ellis.
Hudson's Bay copy booke of letters commissions instructions outward 1688-1696
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Copy-book of letters outward &c : begins 29th May, 1680, ends 5 July, 1687
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Item contains the Hudson's Bay Company's letters outwards, which are a counterpart to the Minutes of the Committee, and contribute to an understanding of the company's administrative system.
Minutes of council northern department of Rupert Land, 1821-31
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Hudson's Bay miscellany, 1670-1870
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Item contains Albany Fort journal, 1705-06. -- "Remarks" on the French Raids of Churchill and York, 1782. -- James Tate's journal, 1809-12. -- The "Character Book" of George Simpson, 1832.
The history of the Hudson's Bay Company 1670-1870
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Item describes the history of the Hudson's Bay Company from 1763-1870.
The history of the Hudson's Bay Company 1670-1870
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Item describes the history of the Hudson's Bay Company from 1670-1763.
Andrew Graham's observations on Hudson's Bay 1767-91
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Item contains Graham's observations, based on 25 years experience, on natural history, indigenous peoples, and trade of Hudson's Bay area. Item also includes a biographical sketch of Graham and a history of Thomas Hutchin's plagiarism of his work.
Fort Victoria letters : 1846-1851
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Item contains the letters of James Douglas, the Chief Factor of the Hudson's Bay Company Pacific headquarters at Fort Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
Cumberland House journals and Inland journal, 1775-82 : second series 1779-82
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Cumberland House journals and Inland journal, 1775-82 : first series 1775-79
Part of Western Canadiana collection
London correspondence inward from Eden Colvile, 1849-1852
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Item contains the letters of Eden Colvile as Governor of Prince Rupert's Land, and mostly concerns settlement along the Red River. Includes an appendix of Eden Colvile's letters to Sir George Simpson from 1849-52.
The letters of Charles John Brydges 1883-1889 : Hudson's Bay Company Land Commissioner
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Item documents the activities of Charles John Brydges, land commissioner of the Hudson's Bay Company, during the period of agricultural settlement on the Prairies and re-organization of the fur trade.
The letters of Charles John Brydges, 1879-1882, Hudson's Bay Company Land Commissioner
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Item documents the activities of Charles John Brydges, land commissioner of the Hudson's Bay Company, during the period of agricultural settlement on the Prairies and re-organization of the fur trade.
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Item is an account of the author's journeys over western Canada, over a three year period, and were originally prepared for and published in Harper's Magazine.
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Hudson's Bay company, incorporated 2nd May 1670 : a brief history
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Item is a detailed account of the physical features, vegetation, drainage, soils, minerals and climate of the Canadian West and the Northwest Territories was compiled in order to encourage settlement and exploitation of these areas.
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Item is an account of Hassell's missionary tours through the Canadian Northwest on a Sunday school caravan from 1926-1929.
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Item is a published collection of travel letters originally written for and published in the Toronto Globe newspaper. Item describes a trip the author took across western Canada in the company of Lord Lorne, also known as John Campbell, the 9th Duke of Argyll, and Governor General of Canada.
A second expedition through the barren lands of northern Canada
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Impressions of a tenderfoot during a journey in search of sport in the far West
Part of Western Canadiana collection
By track and trail : a journey through Canada
Part of Western Canadiana collection
The great fur land or Sketches of life in the Hudson's Bay Territory
Part of Western Canadiana collection
From home to home : autumn wanderings in the North-west, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884
Part of Western Canadiana collection
When the West was young : historical reminiscences of the early Canadian West
Part of Western Canadiana collection
The great North-West and the Great Lake region of North America
Part of Western Canadiana collection
The wild northland : being the story of a winter journey, with dogs, across northern North America
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Item is an account of a winter journey across northwestern Canada undertaken by William Francis Butler and his dogs.
The papers of the Palliser expedition 1857-1860
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Mountain and prairie : a journey from Victoria to Winnipeg via Peace River Pass
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Item is a description of a journey from Victoria, BC to Winnipeg, MB for the purpose of surveying different routes for the Canadian Pacific Railway.
The great lone land : a narrative of travel and adventure in the North-west of America
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Item is a personal narrative detailing the travels of Captain W.F. Butler and his expedition of discovery across the northwestern portions of America and Canada.
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Item is a book of published letters by the author, Catherine Parr Traill, to her family in England describing travel and life in Upper Canada. Traill is the sister of fellow Canadian traveler Susanna Moodie, author of 'Roughing it in the Bush'.
Roughing it in the bush, or Forest life in Canada
Part of Western Canadiana collection
The young emigrants, or, Pictures of Canada : calculated to amuse and instruct the minds of youth
Part of Rare book collection
Item is a work of juvenile fiction about settler life in Canada and Ontario.
24 beautiful views of Canadian Pacific Rockies : the road through the Switzerland of America.
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Item is a history of mountaineering in the Rocky Mountains.
Scenes through the Canadian Rockies : hand colored
Part of Western Canadiana collection
48 specially selected views of the Canadian Rockies on the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Moonlight views of the Canadian Rockies : souvenir post cards
Part of Western Canadiana collection
128 views of the Canadian Rockies
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Glimpses along the Canadian Pacific Railway
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Item is two volumes of loose photographs primarily of mountain views.
Exploration in the Canadian Rocky Mountains
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Item is an article, originally published in an unknown journal, bound in a custom binding.
Exploration in the Rocky Mountains north of the Yellowhead Pass
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Item is an article, originally published in an unknown journal, bound in a custom binding.
Exploration in the Canadian Rockies : a search for Mount Hooker and Mount Brown
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Item is an article, originally published volume XIII no. 4 of The Geographical Journal, bound in a custom binding.
Further explorations in the Canadian Rocky Mountains
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Item is an article, originally published volume XXI no. 5 of The Geographical Journal, bound in a custom binding.
Rocky Mountain views on Canadian Pacific railway
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Item is a portfolio housing loose photographs.
The Canadian Rockies : selected views reproduced in real photogravure
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Item is a book of mounted sepia photographs illustrating the chief points of interest on the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Item contains 31 colour images of the landscape of the Canadian Rockies in British Columbia and Alberta.
Mount Brown and the sources of the Athabasca
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Item contains three articles, originally published in an unknown journal(s), bound in a custom binding.
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Canadian mosaic : the making of a northern nation
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Item is an account of the traditions and cultures of European nationalities that immigrated to Canada. Book includes chapters on the United States, France, England, Scotland, Germany, Ireland, Wales, Scandinavia, Hungry, Russia, and Italy among others.
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Item contains personal narratives by Sierra Club members participating in base camp. Includes images, art, and narratives from the Sierra base camp, Wilderness base camp, and Selkirk base camp.
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Item is issue two of a mountaineering periodical.
California and Alaska and over the Canadian Pacific railway
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Item is an account of the author's trip by rail, along with family and friends, from New York to Omaha, Denver, Colorado Springs, Santa Fe, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, Monterey, Yosemite Valley, San Francisco, Montana, Winnipeg, Kamloops, Vancouver, Victoria, and Alaska.
Report of an expedition down the Zuni and Colorado Rivers
Part of Rare book collection
Item is a report containing tables of distances, geographical positions, and meteorological observations, reports on the natural history of the country, mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, and plants, and a medical report.
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Item is a pictorial history of the buffalo herd at the Flathead reservation in Montana, United States.
The western Avernus : three years' autobiography in western America
Part of Western Canadiana collection
Part of Rare book collection
Chile : its history and development, natural features, products, commerce and present conditions
Part of Rare book collection
Part of Rare book collection
Part of Rare book collection
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
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
Fonds consists of photos, documents, and other items relating to Ronald Smith's time as a student and football player at Mount Royal College.
Ronald Smith
Mount Royal University. Marketing and Communications fonds
Fonds documents the Department of Marketing and Communications' development of Mount Royal's logos and graphic standards.
Mount Royal University. Marketing and Communications
Fonds consists of programs and posters for symposiums and lectures held at Mount Royal University presented by the Department of English, Languages & Cultures and the Enlightenment Group, an interdisciplinary group of MRU faculty with scholarly interests in the eighteenth century.
Antoine Eche
Fonds consists of materials from Dr. Linda Many Guns' research project, "The Ten Grandmothers Project" (initially called "The Ten Old Ladies Project"), based on Many Guns' interviews with traditional Blackfoot elders in southern Alberta and the United States. The research project was focused on the elders' teachings about the role of women in Blackfoot society and was carried out while Many Guns was Executive Director of the Nii Touii Knowledge and Learning Centre.
The fonds consists of one series containing audio recordings of the interviews, as well as transcripts, release forms, notes, correspondence, a draft manuscript of a book Many Guns intended to publish, drawings, fabric samples, and photographs. Also included are other audio recordings of Blackfoot language lessons, songs, and dances.
Linda Many Guns
Fonds reflects Steadward's work as the first President of the International Paralympic Committee and his involvement in the development of fitness and competitive sport opportunities for people with disabilities. Fonds is divided into six series: S1 - University of Alberta and the Research and Training Centre for Athletes with Disabilities, S2 - International Paralympic Committee (IPC), S3 - Paralympic Games, S4 - Non-Paralympic disability sporting events and associations, S5 - Speeches, presentations, interviews, and publications, and S6 - International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Olympic Games.
Fonds contains correspondence, reports, minutes, speeches, presentations, papers, newspapers, agendas, meeting notes, policies, bylaws, newsletters, press releases, competition results, handbooks, budgets, rules, photographs, videos, manuals, and guides.
Robert Steadward
Mount Royal University Library fonds
This fonds documents public events hosted by the Mount Royal University library, library staff social events, educational displays, and a library renovation project.
Fonds documents Francis Turner's time as a student in the secretarial program at Mount Royal College. Fonds contains a diploma.
Francis Turner
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
Fonds documents Spencer's time as a student and teacher at the Mount Royal College Conservatory. Fonds consists of a scrapbook containing programs from local speech and drama productions, newspaper clippings, and correspondence.
Audrey Spencer
Fonds illustrates Bertram's time as a student at Mount Royal College. Fonds contains a convocation pin and a proficiency medal.
Margaret Bertram
Fonds documents Hunter's career as a novelist, poet, and writer of short stories. Fonds consists of correspondence, books, poems, short stories, manuscript drafts, research notes, contracts and agreements, posters, articles, reviews, interviews, photographs, and diaries. Fonds is arranged into 4 series: letters; writing and publications; family history; and articles and reviews.
Bruce Hunter
Font reflects Jack Kenyon’s career at Mount Royal College as a successful basketball coach. The fonds consists of trophies, plaques, pins, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and a basketball jacket.
Jack Kenyon
Fonds documents Armstrong's time as a student at Mount Royal College in the Provincial Health and Recreation Youth Training Programme. The objectives of the Programme was to promote physical health and develop "good citizenship". Fonds consists of leader's manuals, photographs, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and correspondence.
Violet Armstrong
Fonds reflects Paterson's career as a teacher of speech arts and drama at Mount Royal University and independently, as well as his work as a performer, director, and adjudicator. The fonds is arranged into five series: adjudication, teaching, performances, education, and local speech and music festivals. Fonds consists of performance and festival programs, newspaper clippings, photographs, audio and video recordings, correspondence, cards, scripts, brochures, tickets, and schedules.
Grant Paterson
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
Fonds documents Wilks' work as the coordinator and photo page editor of the Mount Royal College History Project. Wilk worked with author Robert MacDonald on the project to research and write an unpublished book as part of Mount Royal's 90th anniversary celebration titled: "An Institution and its Communities: A History of Mount Royal College 1910-2000." Fonds contains one series of audio recordings of interviews with Mount Royal faculty, staff, and students. Fonds also contains correspondence, book drafts, research notes, brochures and promotional material, newspaper articles, photographs, project proposals, timelines, and progress reports.
Stephen Wilk
Fonds relates to Nordstrom's career as a faculty member and administrator in the School of Nursing at Mount Royal University.
Pam Nordstrom
Fonds documents Heinzmann's time as a nursing student at Mount Royal College, as well as the development of the College's new Diploma of Nursing program and the Department of Nursing Education.
Gloria Heinzmann
Fonds documents Paterson's career as a teacher of speech and drama at Mount Royal College, her adjudication work at festivals across Canada, her involvement with Knox United Church, and her work as director of the Mount Royal College Conservatory.
The fonds contains: scrapbooks, daily date books, speech arts theory exams, scripts, travel diaries, programs for speech and drama festivals, photographs of Mount Royal faculty and Paterson's friends and family, Knox United Church records, speeches, toasts, poems and scripts collected by Theresa M. Siegel, audio reels of performances, interviews with Leona Paterson, and original poetry by her husband Harold "Pat" Paterson. The fonds is arranged into the following series: scrapbooks, professional activities, teaching, Harold Paterson, Theresa M. Siegel, personal records, and audiovisual materials.
Leona Paterson
Fonds documents Taylor's career as a nursing faculty member at Mount Royal College, including her committee work and involvement with the Centre for Health Studies and the Calgary Conjoint Nursing program. Fonds consists of brochures, a yearbook, and records related to nursing programs.
Donna Taylor
Mount Royal University. School of Nursing and Midwifery fonds
Fonds reflects the development and evolution of the Mount Royal University's School of Nursing and Midwifery and the academic programs it offered. Fonds is arranged into twelve series: photographs, the Diploma Nursing Program and nursing certificate programs, Calgary Conjoint Nursing Program, Athabasca University at Mount Royal College, Bachelor of Nursing, awards, convocation, alumni, external organizations and governing bodies, institutional reports, administration, and course outlines and learning materials.
Fonds contains correspondence, memoranda, minutes, agendas, reports, curriculum development documentation and proposals, surveys/questionnaires, photographs, brochures and pamphlets, student and faculty handbooks, policies, procedures, articles, financial statements and budgets, course modules, and newsletters.
School of Nursing and Midwifery (Mount Royal University)
Mount Royal University Conservatory fonds
Fonds reflects the establishment and evolution of the Mount Royal University Conservatory, including its academic programs, concerts, performances, and special events. Fonds is arranged into five series: Branch Teachers Association; concerts, recitals, competitions, and special events; administration, Morningside Music Bridge; and marketing, promotion, and press.
Fonds contains concert, recital, and event programs, correspondence, promotional materials, advertisements, brochures, press releases, performer/student/faculty biographies, program information, news articles, grant applications, photographs, agendas and minutes, calendar and event schedules, and recording logs.
Mount Royal University Conservatory
Fonds illustrates the construction of Mount Royal College's Lincoln Park Campus, which Jim Cameron was contacted as a photographer to document. Fonds consists of negatives, slides, photographic prints, and albums which primarily document the weekly progress of the project, as well as some related ceremonies and events, from the groundbreaking to the grand opening of the completed building. Most materials relate to the Lincoln Park Campus, although there are several photos of the original downtown campus, as well as aerial photos of the Churchill Park Campus (now Bow Valley College), and Old Sun College in Siksika, Alberta. Fonds is made up of three series: negatives and slides, prints, and photo albums.
Jim Cameron
Fonds reflects Dyment's career as the Director of the Learning Resource Centre, Dean of Academic Services, and his roles on various committees and advisory groups within the Division of Academic Affairs. The fonds in arranged in seven series: Learning Resource Centre, Academic Council and Board of Governors, Faculty and staff, Division of Academic Affairs, College planning and development, Program development and maintenance, and Recruitment, admission, and convocation. Fonds contains, correspondence, memorandums, reports, proposals, organizational charts, minutes, and newsletters.
Alan Dyment
Fonds illustrates the military service of Douglass Smith Kirkwood, a former student of Mount Royal College, in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. Fonds contains a university diploma, photocopies of military paperwork, and research about Kirkwood's military service.
Douglass Smith Kirkwood
Fonds illustrates the military service of two members of the Purdy family; Gordon Purdy and his son Douglas Gordon Purdy. Fonds consists of military medals from World War I and World War II, a book about the battle of Dieppe, and reproductions of photographs and military records.
Purdy family
Mount Royal University. Cougars Athletics and Recreation fonds
Fonds documents the development and achievements of the athletics program at Mount Royal University. Fonds largely consists of photographs (of athletes, coaches, and teams), as well as score sheets, posters, athletics magazines, newspaper clippings, and audio and video recordings. The fonds is arranged into the following five series: photographs, publications, audiovisual materials, score sheets, and media clippings.
Cougars Athletics and Recreation (Mount Royal University)
Mount Royal University Foundation fonds
Fonds documents the fundraising efforts and other activities of the Mount Royal University Foundation. Fonds is arranged into three series: financial statements, Foundation reports, and the Minding the Future speaker series. The fonds also contains supper invitations, brochures, a strategic plan, and other material.
Mount Royal University Foundation
