Here are detailed file-by-file descriptions of the contents of specific fonds and/or links to scanned documents.
![]() Barclay family, Meadowbrook, Alberta, 1907
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Series 1 | Family correspondence. - 1901-[1980s] |
| M-7963-1 | Correspondence. - 1901, 1910 and 1914 |
| M-7963-2 | Correspondence. - 1915-1919 |
| M-7963-3 | Correspondence. - 1920-1921 |
| M-7963-4 | Correspondence. - 1922-1923 |
| M-7963-5 | Correspondence. - 1924 (January to June) |
| M-7963-6 | Correspondence. - 1924 (July to December) |
| M-7963-7 | Correspondence. - 1925 (January to June) |
| M-7963-8 | Correspondence. - 1925 (July to December) |
| M-7963-9 | Correspondence. - 1926-1927 |
| M-7963-10 | Correspondence. - 1928-1929 |
| M-7963-11 | Correspondence. - 1930-1932 |
| M-7963-12 | Correspondence. - 1933-1934 |
| M-7963-13 | Correspondence. - 1935-1936 |
| M-7963-14 | Correspondence. - 1937-1939 |
| M-7963-15 | Correspondence. - [1940s] |
| M-7963-16 | Correspondence. - [1950s] |
| M-7963-17 | Correspondence. - [1960s] |
| M-7963-18 | Correspondence. - [1970s] and [1980s] |
| M-7963-19 | Greeting cards. - 1911-1940 |
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Series 2 | Elsie Catherine Barclay (Cathie). - 1902-1967 and n.d. |
| M-7963-20 | Birth, citizenship and passport records. - 1902-1969 |
| M-7963-21 | School report cards and diplomas. - 1912- 1920 |
| M-7963-22 | University of Alberta. - 1923-1926. - Includes student identification cards, examinations, and convocation programmes. |
| M-7963-os | Degrees and certificate. - 1926-1953. - Includes University of Alberta Bachelor's degree(1926); Colombia University Master's degree(1946); and Universite de Paris Institute de Phonetique certificate(1953). |
| M-7963-23 | International House, Columbia University. - 1936 and 1946. - Includes newsletters, directories, and post cards. (Cathie Barclay studied at the Teachers' College at Columbia). |
| M-7963-24 | Teacher's certificates. - 1921-1946 |
| M-7963-25 | Teaching contracts. - 1921-1935 |
| M-7963-26 | School inspectors' reports. - 1923- 1927 |
| M-7963-27 | Letters of recommendation. - 1925- 1957 |
| M-7963-28 | Teachers' Retirement Fund. - 1939-1956. - Pension records. Includes record of schools in which Cathie Barclay taught. |
| M-7963-29 | Banff School of Fine Arts. - 1934, 1936-1938. - Calendars for summer courses in theatre. |
| M-7963-30 | Banff School of Fine Arts. - 1940. - Course material (plays and readings). |
| M-7963-31 | News clippings regarding Banff School of Fine Arts drama courses. - 1938-1940 |
| M-7963-32 | Theatre programmes, Calgary, Banff and Edmonton. - 1934-1945 |
| M-7963-33 | East Calgary Little Theatre. - 1936 and n.d. - Includes school theatre bulletins, programmes and ticket. |
| M-7963-34 | Short story. - n.d. |
| M-7963-35 | Financial records. - 1922-1955. - Includes list of expenses incurred at University of Alberta(1923) and income tax return(1936). |
| M-7963-36 | Miscellaneous. - [ca. 1909-1967]. - Includes Expo 67 passport, title cemetery plot, student teacher lesson assignment. |
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Series 3 | Mary Belle Barclay. - 1912-1983 |
| M-7963-37 | School report cards and diplomas. - 1912- 1920 |
| M-7963-38 | Departmental exams, grades 10 to 12. - 1917-1920 |
| M-7963-39 | University of Toronto. - 1941-1946. - Includes class lists and exam schedules. |
| M-7963-40 | Essays, University of Toronto courses. - 1940-1946 |
| M-7963-os | University of Toronto Bachelor's degree. - 1946 |
| M-7963-41 | Teacher's certificate. - 1958 |
| M-7963-42 | Teaching contract, and school inspector's reports. - 1924-1936 |
| M-7963-43 | Mary Barclay's Christmas circular letters. - 1954-1978 (incomplete) |
| M-7963-44 | Retirement. - 1966. - Includes letters, cards and news clippings. |
| M-7963-os | Retirement card from fellow hostellers and naturalists. - 1966 |
| M-7963-os | Scrapbooks of trips to Europe and the Middle East. - 1967 |
| M-7963-45 | Speeches and articles. - [1960s-1980s]. - Primarily regarding youth hostelling. |
| M-7963-46 | Honorary degree nomination. - 1980. - Includes biography. |
| M-7963-47 | Nicholas Street Youth Hostel opening. - 1977 |
| M-7963-48 | Banff Youth Hostel opening. - 1983. - Includes address by Mary Barclay. |
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Series 4 | Catherine and Mary Barclay- Awards. - 1946-1983 |
| M-7963-49 | Canadian Youth Hostels Association. - 1946. - Includes honorary life memberships. |
| M-7963-50 | Alberta Teacher's Association. - 1966. - Includes life membership (Mary Barclay's only). |
| M-7963-51 | Centennial Medal certificates. - 1967 |
| M-7963-os | Calgary Jaycees-Citizen of the Year award certificates. - 1973 |
| M-7963-52 | Calgary Jaycees-Citizen of the Year award. - 1973. - Includes news clippings and letters of congratulations. |
| M-7963-53 | Alberta Achievement Award certificate (Mary Barclay's only). - 1973 |
| M-7963-54 | Alberta Achievement Awards. - 1973. - Includes programmes, news clippings, and menus. |
| M-7963-55 | Richard Schirrmann Award certificates. - 1975 |
| M-7963-56 | Richard Schirrmann Award. - 1975. - Includes news clippings, and letters of congratulation. |
| M-7963-57 | Queen's 25th Anniversary medals certificates. - 1977. - Includes invitations to Queen's reception. |
| M-7963-58 | International Youth Hostel Federation certificates of merit. - 1983 |
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Series 5 | George Franklin Barclay (Frank). - 1912-1977 |
| M-7963-59 | School report cards and certificates. - 1912- 1919 |
| M-7963-60 | University of Alberta dance cards. - 1928- 1930 |
| M-7963-61 | University of Alberta convocation programme. - 1930 |
| M-7963-os | Degree and certificates. - 1930-1977. - Includes University of Alberta bachelor's degree(1930); the Certified Public Accountants Association of Ontario certificate(1944); the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario certificate(1962 and 1965); Department of National Revenue retirement certificate(1968); and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta certificate(1977). |
| M-7963-62 | United Nation's posting in Manila. - 1970. - Includes diary, notes and photographs. |
| M-7963-63 | News clipping from The Financial Post. - 1956 |
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Series 6 | George Brown Barclay. - 1919-1940 |
| M-7963-64 | Miscellaneous. - 1919-1940. - Includes certificates of title for cemetery plots, plan for a shoe polish stand, registration of death, and an ink sketch of George B. Barclay. |
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Series 7 | Elsie Ellen Barclay. - 1931 and n.d. |
| M-7963-65 | Miscellaneous. - 1931 and n.d. - Includes business card (dressmaking business), and literature regarding her membership in the First Church of Christ, Scientist. |
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Series 8 | News clippings, cards, programmes and shares. - [ca.1904-1982] |
| M-7963-66 | News clippings. - [ca. 1936-1982] |
| M-7963-67 | Sunday school cards. - [ca. 1904-1913]. - Religious picture cards presented to Mary, Catherine and Frank Barclay. |
| M-7963-68 | Shares. - 1909-1929. - From the estate of family friend Jetret K. Roe. |
| M-7963-69 | Miscellaneous. - [ca. 1910-1932]. - Includes programmes, pamphlets, music and bookmarks. |
Series 9 |
Many of the photographs have been scanned. |
| NA-2468-(1-58) | Views of Canadian Youth Hostels and hostellers at Morley, Canmore, Bragg Creek and Priddis; Barclay family members; schools, teachers and students. - [1880s]-1963 and n.d. - 58 photographs |
| PA-1354-(1-187) | Barclay family, schools and hostels. - [ca. 1880s]-1970s]. - 187 photographs |
| PA-3135-(1-3) | Ivy Devereau, Catherine Barclay with a class, and Youth Hostel old timers. - 1970, 1983 and n.d. - 3 photographs |
| PB-717-(1-2) | Calgary Normal School class; and University of Alberta Students' Council. - 1921 and 1929. - 2 photographs |
| PB-730-1 | Mary Barclay and the Campus Cooperative Residence Inc., University of Toronto. - 1946. - 1 photograph |
| PD-109 | Canadian Youth Hostel Association views. - 1933-1939. - 2 hhotograph albums (233 photographs) |
| S-181-(1-36) | Mary and Catherine Barclay receiving awards and on retirement. - 1966-1975. - 36 slides |


