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A City Called Home - Stories
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A City Called Home - Stories
List of Contributors
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A "healer" in Edmonton in the 1930s: The story of Howard Kelly
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A child's perspective on The Hunger March, Edmonton, 1932 by Ann Krahulec
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A Christmas Baby, by Johanna Wishart; An Edmonton mother's memoir
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A Cow Roamed the Hudson's Bay Reserve, by Helen Richards [Norwood memoir]
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A ghost story from Mill Creek, by Jean Connor
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A ghost! -- A story from the Calder Railway Yards
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A Greek-Canadian story from the 1940s: Our family of families, by Nicholas Spillios
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A hot air balloon ride over Edmonton: a 78th birthday present, "Up, Up and Away!" by Beatrice Daily Huser
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A Journey Into Hope by Aliyah M. Shivji
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A Librarian from Kazakhstan by Alla Nejat
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A man who worked to build modern Edmonton: A profile of Heinz Rueck, construction worker and contractor
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A nurse's tribute to Edmonton: 1952-1972, by Isabel Pangrass
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A nursing student's memoir: The Royal Alexandra Hospital, Class of '56, by Dorothy Sande
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A pioneer family's story about early Edmonton: We Never Locked Our Doors, by Kathleen Rutledge
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A shopping story: Nylon stockings come to Edmonton, 1940s, by Audrey Engley
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A short and tall story of pioneer Ismaili Muslims to Edmonton
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A Sleigh Ride to Granny McDonald's, Calder neighbourhood, Edmonton, Christmas 1944, Gwen McDonald Halabisky
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A Snowball Encounter: Edmonton boys vs. U.S. soldiers, 1943, by Harley Reid
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A story about Edmonton's "Rat Hole" -- a memorable Edmonton Underpass, by Nan Morrison
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A story of connection: Overseas parcels, from Edmonton to the United Kingdom, 1930 to 2000, by Phyllis Ellis
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A Street Urchin in Downtown Edmonton, around 1930, by Ralph Ethier
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A Student Nurse's Escapade at University of Alberta Hospital, early 1950s, by Bess Marshall
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A suspension: The pledge of allegiance controversy in Edmonton schools, 1942, by Harley Reid
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A Teacup Reading at the Silk Hat restaurant, 1941by Donalda Lloyd
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A tribute to an African-American pioneer in Amber Valley, Willie Mae Hamilton, 1902-2003, by Myrna Wisdom
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Alex Decoteau Historical Timeline, contribution from Izola Mottershead, niece of Alex DeCoteau
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Alex Decoteau: A Tribute to a Cree Athlete, Police Officer and War Hero, by Alex Latta, his nephew
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Alex Decoteau:More notes on an Edmonton champion, by Alex Latta
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Alex Mair: Edmonton's champion storyteller, by Bruce Ibsen
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Alf Hutchings'Family Story, 1885-1913
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Alfred and Agnes Hutchings Come West, 1875-1905
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All Those Other Guys and Me; An Edmonton boy's encounters with the Depression by John Reid
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An Afghani teacher moves to Canada by Sharifa Sherzad
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An anecdote about children and religion
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An Edmonton Blizzard Baby, 1958, by Vernon Wishart, [See separate account by Joanne Wishart]
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An Edmonton childhood in the 1930s and 1940s, by Phyllis Ellis
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An Edmonton Father's Wisdom, 1944 by Harley Reid
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An Edmonton Flyers Hockey Game, by Betty Millman
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An Edmonton memoir, by Muriel Kuchison
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An Edmonton memoir: Kathryne Faye Bielby
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An Energetic Emigrant, excerpt from 'Edmonton Daily Bulletin.'1911
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An English immigrant family in Edmonton: 1957, by Mary F. Cavill
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And the Wind Blew: A Boy at Borden Park, 1932, by John Reid
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Anne Yuill's childhood memories of Edmonton
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Atlantic #3, September 1948, A story by Sterling Haynes
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Avenue of Memories
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Bingo and Other Contests in Edmonton, 1950s, by Helen Mahoney
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Bishop Grandin to Tache, Letter from St. Albert, 13 October 1870
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Blizzard of 1942: My Memories of Edmonton's Worst Snowstorm, by Nan Morrison
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Blizzard: Edmonton's 1942 Snow Storm, a story by Nan Morrison
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Blowey Henry, 1908
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Blue Bin Loudin: A humorous look at recycling in Edmonton
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Boom! A bomb in Norwood! by Bob Davies
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Borden Park in the 1930s - A Real Adventure! By Sheila McGugan Petersen
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Borden Park Zoo as I Remember It, by Nan Morrison
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Brighton: Memories of an Edmonton neighbourhood: 1948 - 2003, by Ronnie Morris
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Calder Neighbourhood Memories, 1950s, by Gwen McDonald Halabisky
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CBC Radio, 1948
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Chartrand-Dery, Elise,My Childhood Initiation to Life in Edmonton; Franco-Albertans in Edmonton
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Child's World around the Mill Creek Ravine, 1940s and 1950s, by Jean Crozier
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Childhood Candor about Religion; An Edmonton family story, by Melle Huizinga
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Childhood in Edmonton: Yo-yo's and bolo bats: A story of our toys in the 1930s, by Phyllis Ellis
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Chinatown as I Remember It, 1930s and 1940s, By William Kay
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Chinese settlers in early Alberta, Public attitudes as reflected in the newspapers, by Lydia Low
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Christmas reminiscences, Edmonton, 1920s and 1930s, by Bob Davies
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Colin Case
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Coming to Edmonton by Rahim Jaffer
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Cooking Yorkshire Pudding at 1,300 Feet Above Sea Level: An English immigrant's story, by Mary Cavill
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Curly: A hobo shack dweller in Edmonton in the 1930s, Story by Alex Latta
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D-Day Remembered, Poem by Beatrice Daily Huser
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Daniel Francis: Biography of a Beaverhill Lake homesteader in late 1800s, by grandson Jack Francis
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Day Care in Edmonton: 1908-1930, by Anne Lightfoot
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Days of the American Flight Boots, 1940s, by Bill Hodgson
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Dear Aunt Velma: A letter to Velma Carter, African-American historian in Alberta
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Dolly Freeman, Tea Cup Reader During the Depression, 1930s, By Velma Logan, her daughter
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Dolly Freeman, Tea Cup Reader During the Depression, 1930s, photo
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Dr. E. Ballantyne
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Dr. Herbert "Pete" Coutts, Tribute to a Generous Edmontonian
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Drive-In movies in Edmonton in the 1970s
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Easter Revelation: A memoir about the Aberhart Tuberculosis Sanitorium, 1955, by Beatrice Daily Huser
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Edmonton and Calgary: Reflections on the rivalry, by Muriel Kurchison
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Edmonton Becomes Home, a personal story
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Edmonton Exhibition: Memoir of a country fair in the city, by William Kay
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Edmonton Grads Basketball Team on the Road. Story by Former Player, Edith Stone Sutton
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Edmonton Grads basketball team; Frying Onions; a team story by Edith Sutton
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Edmonton Indian Residential School, Kathleen Steinhauer Recalls Her Childhood, Residential School and the Steinhauer Family
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Edmonton memories: Great characters I remember, by Kathleen Bailey
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Edmonton Ski Club, Memoir by Nell Godwin
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Edmonton's Outskirts in 1948, a family story by Jean Connor
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Edmonton: A Cool City by Vernon Wishart
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Edmonton: A tribute to the city from an appreciative citizen, by Helen Richards
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Edmonton: Why I love this city...
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Edwards'Grocery: Fourteen Hours a Day Without Complaint, By Bob Edwards
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Eighty-Three Years in McCauley, by Marion Robinson
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Elise Chartrand-Dery: Mon initiation de vie a Edmonton - A Franco-Albertan's story of life in Edmonton
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Eulogy of Willie Mae Hamilton
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Family History
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Family Life in Edmonton in the 1950s, by K.F. Bielby
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Finding fun in Edmonton in the 1940s and 1950s, by Gwen McDonald Halabisky
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First Taste of Summer, Edmonton, 1940s, by William Kay
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Five Generations in Strathcona, by Darlene Donald
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Footprints Around the World by Naikbakht Arbabzada
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Fort Carlton Treaty #6 Commemoration
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Fort, Flett and Family: A Journey into our Family Roots at Fort Edmonton, by Vernon R. Wishart and Shirley A Wishart.
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Four Seasons of the Vacant Lot in Old Strathcona
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Frank Hutchings'Letter to Pearl, October 23, 1911
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From Railroad to Rail town
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From the Fox's Den, 1990 - 2001 An Edmonton Christmas memoir by Kevin Fox
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Funny Money: A family memoir of the Social Credit era by Sterling Haynes
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Gambit Products Ltd.
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Geoffrey, Profle of a Remittance Man in Edmonton.
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God Save the Queen: A story about the Edmonton Queen riverboat
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Gotcha! A story about children's games in Edmonton during the Second World War
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Grandma's Plates: Edmonton historical story by Gertrude Dahl
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Great Western Garment Company, Edmonton: A former seamstress remembers, Story by Assunta Dotto
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Growing up in Edmonton, 1936 -46, by Denny May
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Growing Up In Edmonton: A memoir by Heather Zwicker
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Growing up in McKernan by Gladys Nagel
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Growing Up in Old Strathcona, 1919, Another story by Ruth Williams
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Growing Up in Old Strathcona, by Ruth Williams
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Growing Up On Boyle Street - A Personal Memoir by Ed Wigmore
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Harley's Humpbacks: Whales in Edmonton by Harley Reid
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Hazeldean School, by Ruth Lane Kanter
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Hoping to Work for Ward Air, a personal story, by Muriel Kuchison
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Horse Barns at 92 Street and Jasper Avenue
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Immigrating from Afghanistan by Imamuddin Saifee
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Improving the Neighbourhood by Razia Jaffer
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Interview with Alva Taylor, Treating tuberculosis at Charles Camsell Hospital
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Interview with Angela and Greg Buteau, former residents of Evergreen Mobile Home Community, Tornado, July 31,1987
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Interview with Calvin Bruneau, Papaschase band councillor, about Fort Edmonton cemetery in Rossdale
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Interview with Charles Anderson, 101-year-old who arrived in 1911 at age of 10
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Interview with Cho Mui Yee, immigrant from China 2004
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Interview with Clara Mintz, Early Jewish life in Early Edmonton,
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Interview with Clare Botsford, Hunger March and the Depression: Childhood memoir
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Interview with Dr. Doug Owram, Historian, University of Alberta
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Interview with Evelyn Hamdon, on: Edmonton's first mosque and early Muslims
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Interview with Fran Gosche, Papaschase and Metis history in Edmonton
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Interview with Fran Rowand: The Rowand family of Fort Edmonton, and their descendants
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Interview with Fred Barns
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Interview with Gee Don Tom, Chinese immigration to Edmonton in the 1950s
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Interview with Mary Chow
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Interview with Mary Kur, immigrant from Sudan, 2003
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Interview with Mieko Ouchi, Actor and director in Edmonton
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Interview with Olive Allen
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Interview with Olive Allen, Childhood memoir of Edmonton in the early 1900s
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Interview with Phil and Mae Cox, regarding memories of the Edmonton Public Library
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Interview with Stanley Milner, on early oil and gas industry in Edmonton
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Interview with Ted Robinson, Age Five, on his favourite places in Edmonton
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Interview with Tony Cashman
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Interview with Tsui Poshu, Immigrant to Edmonton from Hong Kong
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Interview with V. S. Wong (Wong Mun Sing), Immigrant to Edmonton from Hong Kong
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Interview with Violet Southern, Family immigrated to Edmonton in 1903
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Isidore Lamothe and Anne-Marie Galibois
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John Alexander (Jack) Hamilton
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Journal Learn to Ski Lessons
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Latta Family Collection, The Latta Bridge
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Latta Family Collection: The Latta Bridge on Jasper Avenue, 1936, by Izola Mottershead
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Latta Family Collection:Alex Latta Limited
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Leila Laura Adele Case (nee Flaws), wife of Carl Edwin
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Letter from Hamdon and Alley Ltd., Fur trade, Edmonton 1930s
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Looking Back at the First and Last House on the Block
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Lord's Day Act, 1944: An Edmonton grocer is fined for selling a tomato, by Ruth Miller Nolan
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Love Letter to Canada: by Thuc Cong, Vietnamese immigrant to Edmonton
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Mary Bond Collection: Edmonton's River Valley, 1946
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Memories of a Northern Alberta Telegraph Messenger
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Memories of a Northern Alberta Telegraph Messenger
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Memories of a Special House
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Memories of My McKernan Home, by Marion Robinson
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Memories of Old Edmonton, 1930s and 1940s, by Elizabeth McGillivray
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Milkman on the Go, 1952, by Alan Lyons
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Moravian Conscientious Objector in Edmonton,1914-1918, story by Doug Fenske
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Mountain Mover: A Profile of Jean Lauber, Edmontonian
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Movie memories: An Usher at the Capitol Theatre in the 1950s, by Jean Connor
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Moving to Edmonton from Vietnam, by Thuc Cong
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Mr. Davis'water wagon
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Muriel Huchison, Biographical Details
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Murray MacDonald
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Murray MacDonald: A gifted art teacher in Edmonton in the 1930s, by Gladys Nagel
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My Edmonton Memoirs, by Isobell Dittrich -- 1915 - 1993
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My Edmonton, by Nora Moore
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My Father: Edmonton Pioneer Pharmacist, George Thomson
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My First Christmas in Edmonton, by Inge Vermeulen
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My First Edmonton Experience, by Ruth Hamson; Childhood memoir of medical treatment in the 1930s
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My First Encounter of Edmonton. by Jimmy Gin, Immigrant from China in 1950
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My First Experience in Edmonton, by Ronnie Morris, musician and writer
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My memories of Edmonton in the 1950s, by Joyce Maloney
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My Mother's Versatile Laundry Tub, by Harley Reid, Edmonton childhood memoir, 1930s
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Naming of Edmonton
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Night Bell
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Norma Proudfoot Interview
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Normal School Days
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Not Again: An Edmontonian's reflections on the news of war, by Beatrice Daily Huser
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Notes on Another Edmonton: Our connection with Edmonton, United Kingdom
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Oh, Tannenbaum in Edmonton, by Inge Vermeulen
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Oil well fire of Labour Day weekend, 1948, by Bob Davies
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Old Edmonton: Queen Alexandra School memories of the early 1920s
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Olga Halina Chorny: My Life of Volunteering in Edmonton
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One Salamader, Plus One Ten Cent Match Box = Trouble [Edmonton childhood memoir, 1935], by Alex Latta
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Our club, Childhood memoir, 1944, by Alex Latta
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Our homes in Edmonton, by Joyce Burwash
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Papaschase: A family memoir by Dwayne Donald
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Parking Frustrations in Edmonton, by Beatrice Daily Huser
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Phoenix: A Vietnamese immigrant's memoir, by Thuc Cong
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Pioneers of the 1950s: The Reid family moves to Edmonton
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Plane Talk about Blatchford Field: A memoir by Ruth Williams
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Plane Talk, circa 1918
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Playing Trumpet at the Trocadero
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Please: Be Precise! An Edmonton police officer's story from the 1950s, by John Reid
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Prized Painting: A childhood memoir from Cromdale, by Nora Moore
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Push-up-man: Performer Fringe festival 10 years
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Questions and Answers
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Radio crime busters, 1930 to 1949, Childhood memoir, by Phyllis Ellis
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Raising Kids in Edmonton, 1950s, by Kathryne Faye Bielby
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Rations, Victory Gardens, and the Red Cross, by Margaret Matheson
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RCAF Flight Training School
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Recalling Alberta's railways, by Don Gordon
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Residential Schools in Alberta: Emotional and Psychological Effects, A personal story, by Kathleen Steinhauer
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Roles of children and parents in Edmonton in the 1930s
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Roller Drome: roller skating in north Edmonton in the 1940s, by Betty Millman
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Roots and Romance: the David and Marian Duggan family
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Rosie the Riveter: Memories of a Wartime Worker at Aircraft Repair in Edmonton, 1941, by Norah Plumley Hook
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Royal Smile, My Memories of the King and Queen's Visit to Edmonton, 1939, by Rosaline Hupfer
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Royal Tour, "The Wave," a childhood memoir of June 2, 1939 in Edmonton, by Harley Reid
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Royal Visit 1939, Rosaline Hupfer
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Royal Visit to Edmonton, an eight-year-old boy's story, by Bill Hodgson
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Royal Visit, 1939, "To See the Queen." A teacher raises $26 to take students to parade, story by Beatrice Daily Huser.
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Rustic's Confectionery, 1919 - 1952, by Izola Mottershead
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School Days at King Edward Elementary School, 1957 - 1962, by Sheila Thompson
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School Days at Queen's Avenue School, [detailed anecdotes about children's clothing] -- 1920s -- Anne Yuill
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School Days, in Westmount and Glenora, 1940s, Denny May
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School in Cromdale, by Nora Moore, early 1930s
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Second World War memoirs: The Day That War Was Declared, 1939, by Elizabeth McGillivray
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Self's Meat Market in Strathcona, by Darlene Donald
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Shoe napping: An Edmonton Christmas Concert story, 1945, by Harley Reid
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Shopping in Edmonton: Then and Now, by Phyllis Ellis
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Siblings of Ted Case
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Snowstorm: 1942, by Harley Reid
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Summer Days in the Raymond Hotel, on Whyte Avenue, 1948, by Leslie Aitken
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Sunday habits in Edmonton, in the 1920s and 1930s, by Anne Yuill
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Sundays: Childhood memoir of Edmonton in the 1920s and 1930s, by Velma Logan
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Surveying The Canadian West, 1870 to 2004
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Technocracy in Edmonton, 1930s, by John Gregory
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The Arial Painters
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The Bike: A Childhood Memory of 1943, by Izola Mottershead
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The Bramley-Moore family: Notes on photos, 1900 - 1930
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The Clark Family
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The Cram Family Arrives in Edmonton
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The Cruiser's Car Club, A memoir of Edmonton in the 1950s, by Wayne Halabisky
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The Day I Grew Up: An Edmonton family memoir, by Sheila McKay
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The Edmonton Gay Pride Parade, 2003
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The Edmonton Saddlery and Martin's Luggage Shop
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The Facts of Life: A 1942 Edmonton memoir, by Harley Reid
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The Ghosts of Old Vic High, by Nicholas Spillios
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The Great Blizzard of 1887 in southern Alberta, by Vern Wishart
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The Great White Way of Jasper Avenue, [1930s to 2004], by Nicholas Spillios
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The Grierson Dump, 1940s, An Edmonton story, by William Kay
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The Halina Family in Edmonton, 1916 -2004, by Olga Chorny
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The History of Beth Israel Synagogue, by Debby Shoctor
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The Horse That Got Away, Christmas, 1940, by Vernon Wishart
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The Kay Family as told by William Chee (Bill) Kay, 1890 to 2004
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The Margaret Littlewood Story: Edmonton's pioneering flying instructor during the Second World War
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The Milkman, an Edmonton story of the 1950s, by Mary Cavill
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The Pavey Candy Company, 1930 - 1939, A Depression-era child remembers how kids made money, by Alex Latta
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The Perfect Job: Working at the Edmonton Public Library in 1948, by Pat Hewitt
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The Short Cut in Strathcona, by Betty Millman
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The Sportsman, An Edmonton childhood memoir from the 1940s, by Denny May
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The Sunday School Picnic, by Phyllis Ellis
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The Swimming Pool: An Edmonton arrival story, by Thuc Cong
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The Toboggan Slide, An Edmonton childhood memoir from the 1940s, by Helen Murchie
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The Toonerville Trolley, A story about the best-loved streetcar in south Edmonton, Strathcona, by Betty Millman
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The VandenBerg Family
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The W.H. Clark Lumber, Millwork and Family
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The Wolf Man, a childhood memoir of Edmonton in the winter of 1942, by Harley Reid
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Thoughts on Edmonton's architecture, a personal view
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Tomato Soup, A story about the St. Louis Cafe on Jasper Avenue in the 1930s, by William Kay
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Tornado: Day of Darkness
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Tribute to a Proud Edmontonian; Herb Horn, story by Arlene Korzan
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Tribute to the courage of a power lineman: Edmonton City Light and Power Department, by Harley Reid
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Trocadero Ballroom, 1940 to 1959, a story by Phyllis Ellis
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Visits with Elizabeth
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Waiting for Elizabeth, 1924: A childhood memoir by Velma Logan
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Walter Chorny, Second World War air force navigator, and Alberta pharmacist, a tribute by Olga Chorny
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War games, Edmonton 1940, a story by Phyllis Ellis
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Wartime memories; An Edmonton veteran's memoir of the Second World War by Art Smith
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Wartime Military Recruiting in Edmonton,1939 - 1945, by Lillian Gregory
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Whyte Avenue: A Strathcona story by Helen Murchie
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Wild Rose Ramblers (WRR)L An Edmonton walking club, by Pat Wishart
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Winter Boots, A Story by Frank Melchior
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Women in Alberta: A brief historical journey,1890 to 2004, by Phyllis Ellis
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