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 Marriage certificate of Edith and Hugh Cooper, 1907
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Series1 |
Hugh Cooper. -- 1900-1961 |
| M-8371-1 | Will. -- 1955 |
| M-8371-2 | Genealogical notes from Bible. -- nd |
| M-8371-3 | Correspondence. -- 1900-1920 |
| M-8371-4 | Correspondence. -- 1921-1939 |
| M-8371-5 | Correspondence. -- 1940-1958 |
| M-8371-6 | Sydney Cooper estate. -- 1923-1948. -- Correspondence regarding farm land, houses and other assets of the estate of Hugh Cooper's brother, who died in 1923. |
| M-8371-7 | W. Allen Cooper estate. -- 1918-1933. -- Correspondence, predominantly with the Administrator of Estates for the Mentally Incompetent and the Public Trustee, regarding the farm land of Hugh Cooper's brother, who was hospitalized until his death in 1950. |
| M-8371-8 | W. Allen Cooper estate. -- 1935-1957. -- Correspondence, predominantly with the Administrator of Estates for the Mentally Incompetent and the Public Trustee, regarding the farm land of Hugh Cooper's brother, who was hospitalized until his death in 1950. |
| M-8371-9 | C.J. Duggan estate. -- 1937-1944. -- Correspondence with the Canadian Farm Loan Board about the purchase of land held by the Duggan estate. |
| M-8371-10 | Income tax returns. -- 1919-1920. -- 1944- 1957 |
| M-8371-11 | Tax notices and receipts - M.D. of Beddington No. 250. -- 1914-1942 |
| M-8371-12 | Tax notices and receipts - M.D. of Conrich No. 44. -- 1940-1947 |
| M-8371-13 | Tax notices and receipts - Airdrie School District No. 918, 1907-1944 |
| M-8371-14 | Tax notices and receipts - City of Calgary. -- 1911-1912, 1915-1961 |
| M-8371-15 | Grain - Canadian Wheat Board and Alberta Wheat Pool. -- 1937-1959. -- Consists of C.W.B. permit books, A.W.P. grain storage tickets, final payment notices, etc. |
| M-8371-16 | Livestock. -- 1938-1952. -- Consists of records of cattle sales at the Alberta Stockyards and to Burns and Company. |
| M-8371-17 | Brands. -- 1915-1958. -- Consists of applications for registration of the family horse and cattle brands. |
| M-8371-18 | Farm machinery. -- 1915-1949. -- Consists of agreements to purchase various agricultural equipment. Includes 1945 and 1946 catalogues for the dealership of Hugh Cooper's brother, W.S. Cooper. |
| M-8371-19 | Farm and household account books. -- 1928. -- 1943-1948 |
| M-8371-20 | Farm and household account books. -- 1949- 1957 |
| M-8371-21 | Bankbooks. -- 1911-1912. -- 1920-1935. -- 1943-1957 |
| M-8371-22 | Farm and hail insurance. -- 1922. -- 1925- 1926. -- 1938-1958 |
| M-8371-23 | Car and truck insurance. -- 1949- 1958 |
| M-8371-24 | Motor vehicle licences and registrations. -- 1917-1957 |
| M-8371-25 | Canada Registration Board certificate. -- 1918 |
| M-8371-26 | Rent receipts from Calgary rental property. -- 1944-1949 |
| M-8371-27 | Ration books. -- 1943-1945 |
| M-8371-28 | West Airdrie Rural Electrification Association. -- 1953. -- Consists of electric service contract. |
| M-8371-29 | Western Petroleum Company Ltd. share certificate. -- 1914 |
| M-8371-oversize | Alberta Golden Jubilee Senior Citizen Award. -- 1955 |
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Series 2 | Isabella Edith Cooper. -- 1907-1965 |
| M-8371-30 | Correspondence. -- 1941-1958 |
| M-8371-31 | Correspondence. -- 1959-1965 |
| M-8371-32 | Sympathy cards on Hugh Cooper's death. -- 1957 |
| M-8371-33 | Cards from flowers at Hugh Cooper's funeral. -- 1957 |
| M-8371-34 | Will. -- 1959 |
| M-8371-35 | Marriage certificates - original and official copy. -- 1907. -- 1951 |
| M-8371-36 | Canada Registration Board and National Registration certificates. -- 1918. -- 1940 |
| M-8371-37 | Accounts - butter, chickens, eggs, etc.. -- 1919-1924. -- 1932-1940, 1943-1947 |
| M-8371-38 | Income tax and financial papers. -- 1953- 1961 |
| M-8371-39 | Bankbook. -- 1927-1939 |
| M-8371-40 | Balzac Ladies Aid. -- 1959-1960 and nd. -- Programs of meetings and various get-well cards. |
| M-8371-41 | Miscellaneous. -- nd. -- Patriotic quilt patches and poem, "Star of the North". |
M-8371-oversize |
Alberta Golden Jubilee Senior Citizen Award. -- 1955 |
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Series 3 | Hugh Harold Cooper. -- [ca. 1918]-1969 |
| M-8371-42 | Correspondence. -- 1936. -- 1944- 1969 |
| M-8371-43 | Income tax returns. -- 1947-1951. -- 1953- 1969 |
| M-8371-44 | Tax notices and receipts - M.D. of Conrich (later Rockyview) No. 44. -- 1938-1968. -- For land farmed jointly by Hugh H. Cooper and his brother, George S. Cooper. |
| M-8371-45 | Tax notices and receipts - Airdrie School District No. 918. -- 1941-1944. -- For land farmed jointly by Hugh H. and George S. Cooper. |
| M-8371-46 | Grain - Canadian Wheat Board permit books. -- 1941-1942, 1954-1957, 1959-1969. -- For Hugh H. and George S. Cooper (1941-1957) and for Hugh H. Cooper (1959-1969). |
| M-8371-47 | Grain - Canadian Wheat Board and Alberta Wheat Pool. -- 1940-1967. -- Consists of grain storage certificates, final payment notices, etc. |
| M-8371-48 | Livestock. -- 1945-1967. -- Consists of records of cattle sales at the Alberta Stockyards, and brucellosis certificates. |
| M-8371-49 | Poultry. -- 1959, 1962-1965. -- Consists of egg sales records and membership list of Alberta Poultry Marketers Cooperative. |
| M-8371-50 | House and car insurance. -- 1958- 1972 |
| M-8371-51 | Motor vehicle licences, registrations and insurance cards. -- 1940-1967 |
| M-8371-52 | Investments. -- 1944-1969 |
| M-8371-53 | Oil leases and permits. -- 1944-1945, 1951, 1963. -- Re: companies interested in access to Cooper family land. |
| M-8371-54 | Rent receipts for Memorial Drive house, Calgary. -- 1958-1960 |
| M-8371-55 | West Airdrie Rural Electrification Association. -- 1964. -- Consists of electric service contract. |
| M-8371-56 | Holy Cross Hospital - discharge diets (H.H. was diabetic). -- 1945, 1956 |
| M-8371-57 | National Registration certificate. -- 1940 |
| M-8371-58 | School notebook, ca. 1918 |
| M-8371-59 | Farming notebooks. -- 1940, 1946-1948 and nd |
| M-8371-60 | Hugh Cooper and Sons account books. -- 1947-1951. -- Kept by Hugh H. Cooper for the joint farming operation with his father and brother, George. |
| M-8371-61 | Prairie Farmers Income Tax Guide books. -- 1947-1950. -- Contain Hugh H. Cooper's farm accounts. |
| M-8371-62 | Farming and personal account books. -- 1950-1953 |
| M-8371-63 | Farming and personal account books. -- 1954-1958 |
| M-8371-64 | Farming and personal account books. -- 1959-1962 |
| M-8371-65 | Farming and personal account books. -- 1963-1965 |
| M-8371-66 | Farming and personal account books. -- 1966-1969 |
| Note | For estate records and funeral book see M-8371-69 and M-8371-70. |
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Series 4 | George Sydney Cooper - General. -- [ca. 1920s]-1989 |
| M-8371-67 | Correspondence. -- 1934-1989 |
| M-8371-68 | Letterbooks. -- 1968-1969 |
| M-8371-69 | Hugh H. Cooper estate. -- 1969-1983. -- George S. Cooper was executor of his brother's estate. |
| M-8371-70 | Funeral book for Hugh H. Cooper. -- 1969 |
| M-8371-71 | School art and lettering notebook. -- [ca. 1920s] |
| M-8371-72 | Calgary Normal School yearbook. -- 1931- 1932. -- George S. Cooper was in class 1B. |
| M-8371-73 | Canadian Institute of Business. -- 1934. -- Consists of lessons and assignments |
| M-8371-74 | Farm construction course. -- 1941. -- Consists of notes and exams for course taken at the Provincial Institute of Technology and Art, and a yearbook |
| M-8371-75 | Income tax returns. -- 1965-1969 |
| M-8371-76 | Grain - Canadian Wheat Board permit books. -- 1958-1959, 1974-1975. -- For earlier permit books see M8371/46. |
| M-8371-77 | Grain - Alberta Wheat Pool. -- 1957-1987. -- Consists of membership lists (1960, 1985 and 1987); correspondence about being an AWP delegate (1985); and miscellaneous brochures. |
| M-8371-78 | Grain - Wheat Acreage Reduction program. - - 1941-1945. -- Consists of statements of claim and correspondence for land farmed jointly with Hugh H. Cooper. |
| M-8371-79 | Livestock. -- 1973-1978. -- Consists of newsletters, annual reports, research papers, etc. from the Alberta Cattle Commission, cattlemen's courses, and the Beefalo, Charolais and Maine-Anjou associations. |
| M-8371-80 | Plans for farm buildings and structures. -- 1953-1966. -- Consists of plans for cattle shed, cattle guard, all purpose building, self-feeder for swine, wind mill, and working corral. |
| M-8371-81 | Hail insurance. -- 1939-1945. -- For land farmed jointly with Hugh H. Cooper. |
| M-8371-82 | Investments. -- 1969-1987 |
| M-8371-83 | Hired help wages book. -- 1970-1974. -- Includes some greeting cards and letters. |
| M-8371-84 | Farm and personal account books. -- 1944, 1948-1950, 1958-1969, 1972-1976 |
| M-8371-85 | M.D. of Rocky View No. 44. -- 1956-1983. - - Consists of annual financial statements, secondary road study, report on proposed municipal building, etc. |
| M-8371-86 | Department of National War Services. -- 1942-1945. -- Re: exemption from military service. |
| M-8371-87 | Cemetery plot certificate of title. -- 1958 |
| M-8371-88 | West Airdrie Rural Electrification Association financial statements. -- 1969, 1979, 1983; and service contract, 1952 |
| M-8371-89 | Airdrie and District Chamber of Commerce. -- 1970s, 1982-1983. -- Consists of membership list and Town of Airdrie promotional books. |
| M-8371-90 | Airdrie Volunteer Fire Department membership list and circular. -- 1967 and nd |
| M-8371-91 | Airdrie annexation. -- 1980-1986. -- Consists of correspondence and agreements regarding proposed annexation of Cooper land to the City of Airdrie. |
| M-8371-92 | Airdrie annexation - Local Authorities Board exhibits. -- 1986 |
| M-8371-93 | Airdrie annexation - Local Authorities Board exhibits. -- 1986 |
| M-8371-94 | Airdrie annexation - Local Authorities Board exhibits. -- 1986 |
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Series 5 | George S. Cooper - Airdrie FUA/Unifarm Local no. 1001. -- 1960-1986 |
| M-8371-95 | FUA/Unifarm constitution, bylaws and policies. -- 1962, 1970, 1976, 1978 |
| M-8371-96 | Minutes. -- 1962-1966 |
| M-8371-97 | Correspondence. -- 1960-1965 |
| M-8371-98 | Correspondence. -- 1966-1970 |
| M-8371-99 | Correspondence. -- 1973-1978 |
| M-8371-100 | Applications for membership. -- 1961 |
| M-8371-101 | Applications for membership. -- 1962 |
| M-8371-102 | Applications for membership. -- 1963 |
| M-8371-103 | Applications for membership. -- 1964 |
| M-8371-104 | Membership list. -- 1967 |
| M-8371-105 | Membership canvasser's package. -- 1973 |
| M-8371-106 | Membership list. -- 1974 |
| M-8371-107 | Membership list. -- 1975 |
| M-8371-108 | Membership list. -- 1976 |
| M-8371-109 | Membership list. -- 1977 |
| M-8371-110 | Membership list. -- 1978 |
| M-8371-111 | Membership list. -- 1980 |
| M-8371-112 | Reports, newsclippings, promotional material. -- 1961-1963 |
| M-8371-113 | Region 10 annual convention proceedings. - - 1962, 1969, 1974-1975, 1977-1979, 1986 |
| M-8371-114 | Provincial annual convention proceedings. - - 1963 |
| M-8371-115 | Provincial annual convention proceedings. - - 1964 |
| M-8371-116 | Notice of provincial annual convention. -- 1969 |
| M-8371-117 | Provincial annual convention proceedings. - - 1973 |
| M-8371-118 | Provincial annual convention proceedings. - - 1974 |
| M-8371-119 | Provincial annual convention proceedings. - - 1975 |
| M-8371-120 | Provincial annual convention proceedings. - - 1976 |
| M-8371-121 | Provincial annual convention proceedings. - - 1978 |
| M-8371-122 | Provincial annual convention proceedings. - - 1981 |
| M-8371-123 | Provincial annual conventions. -- 1984, 1986, nd. -- Consists of George S. Cooper's delegate's ribbon (1984), discussion papers (1986), and a reel-to-reel sound recording of a Unifarm "convention summary" (nd).. |
| M-8371-124 | Unifarm District Forums. -- 1977-1978. -- Consists of topics for discussion at the local level. |
| M-8371-125 | FUA/Unifarm briefs, submissions and reports. -- 1957-1978. -- Includes annual submissions to the provincial cabinet. |
| M-8371-126 | Other farm organizations. -- 1965-1978. -- Consists of reports, circulars, etc. |
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Series 6 | George S. Cooper- Airdrie United Church. -- 1957-1981 |
| M-8371-127 | Airdrie-Balzac-Columbia (ABC) United Church yearbooks, 1958-1960 |
| M-8371-128 | ABC United Church newsletters. -- 1960, 1969, 1981 |
| M-8371-129 | ABC United Church programs of services. - - 1957, 1960-1961 |
| M-8371-130 | United Church, Calgary Presbytery Sector Plan. -- 1960-1961 |
| M-8371-131 | United Church Visitations Committee. -- 1960-1961 |
| M-8371-132 | ABC United Church Manse building permit and construction receipts. -- 1957 |
| M-8371-133 | ABC Manse Fund Committee. -- 1957- 1960. -- Consists of receipts, cashbook and bankbook. |
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Series 7 | Eleanor M. Cooper. -- 1942-1985 |
| M-8371-134 | Correspondence (miscellaneous). -- 1962- 1968 |
| M-8371-135 | Journals. -- 1980-1985. -- Largely about bringing Vietnamese refugees to Canada. These journals are written in a form of speed writing. |
| M-8371-136 | Journals. -- 1985. -- Largely about bringing Vietnamese refugess to Canada. These journals are written in a form of speed writing. |
| M-8371-136a | Airdrie New Start Committee. -- 1979- 1982. -- Minutes, correspondence, etc. about refugees, especially Vietnamese. |
| M-8371-137 | Christmas cards from Vietnamese immigrants. -- 1982-1985 |
| M-8371-138 | Farm house architectural plans. -- 1942 |
| M-8371-139 | Receipts for purchases for new home. -- 1945-1946 |
| M-8371-140 | Program. -- 1944. -- For a play attended with George S. Cooper before their marriage. |
| M-8371-141 | Holy Cross Hospital baby book for John S. Cooper. -- 1952 |
| M-8371-142 | Home and School workshop. -- 1961. -- Includes her notes. |
| M-8371-143 | Invitation to George McDougall High School opening. -- 1963 |
| M-8371-144 | Programs for Christmas concerts. -- 1942- 1943. -- Clements Hill School (1942) and Golden Rod School (1943). (She was the teacher.) |
| M-8371-144A | Booklets and circulars. -- 1938-1945. -- Regarding education and child welfare. |
| M-8371-145 | Religious publications sent by W.R. Morrison. -- 1950-1960 |
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Series 8 | John Sydney Cooper. -- 1927-1941, 1960-1995 |
| M-8371-146 | Personal papers and poetry. -- File restricted. Closed until 2023. |
| M-8371-147 | Piano lessons. -- 1964 and nd. -- Consists of music teacher's remarks book, and newsclippings. |
| M-8371-148 | Grade 11 and 12 exams. -- [ca. 1969] |
| M-8371-149 | George McDougall High awards program. - - 1967 |
| M-8371-150 | Greek notebook. -- 1970 |
| M-8371-151 | Opportunities For Youth (OFY) project. -- 1973. -- Consists of sample application form and a note about John S. Cooper's specific project. |
| M-8371-152 | University papers. -- 1978 and nd. -- Entitled "The Fall of the UFA Government" and "The Revolutions in Saskatchewan's Frontier Development Policy, 1930-1940". Includes a review of a UFA thesis (1995). |
| M-8371-153 | Canada Elections Act returns, Derron H. X. Hoover. -- 1980. -- John S. Cooper was the agent for this Rhinoceros Party candidate, who ran in the constituency of Regina East.-- Consists of financial returns and receipts for contributions. |
| M-8371-154 | National Farmers Union. -- 1989-1991. -- Consists of conference proceedings, constitution and bylaws, circulars, etc. |
| M-8371-155 | Excerpts of minutes - Macrorie, Saskatchewan locals of various agricultural groups. -- 1927-1941 |
| M-8371-156 | Macrorie and Tichfield Credit Union annual meeting. -- 1982 |
| M-8371-157 | Genealogical article and notes. -- 1988- 1993 |
| M-8371-158 | Airdrie annexation of Cooper land. -- 1985- 1986 |
| M-8371-159 | Miscellaneous. -- 1960-1986. -- Consists of "My Bible Book", school report on Egyptians, and a Nose Creek Historical Society program. |
| M-8371-159A | Doug Young. -- 1993-1995. -- Consists of notes from an interview with friend and gay activist, Doug Young, who died from AIDS in 1994. Includes obituaries and comments about the Doug Young papers, also held at Glenbow. (See M 8397) |
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Series 9 | Elizabeth Ann Cooper Hollands. -- [1960s], 1983 |
| M-8371-160 | Miscellaneous. -- 1960s. -- Consists of newsclippings, school records, letter, greeting cards, etc. |
| M-8371-161 | How a Mother Copes with Hyperactivity / Elizabeth Ann Hollands. - Altona, Manitoba : Friesen Printers. -- 1983. |
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Series 10 | John Thomas Cooper. -- 1895-1930, 1954 |
| M-8371-162 | Diaries. -- 1895 (two), 1898, 1900-1904. -- See photocopies of 1895, 1898, 1900 and 1901 diaries in M-8371-164. |
| M-8371-163 | Diaries. -- 1913-1914, 1918-1920, 1922- 1924 |
| M-8371-164 | Photocopies of diaries, 1895, 1898, 1900, 1901 |
| M-8371-165 | Miscellany. -- 1903-1930. -- Consists of cancelled cheques (1903), notebooks (1926 and nd), and membership cards (1919-1921, 1930). |
| M-4807 | Letter to J.T. Cooper from Reverend Webb- Peploe. -- 1901 |
| M-8371-166 | Letter. -- 1912 |
| M-8371-167 | Mr. and Mrs. John T. Cooper Christmas card (laser copy). -- 1925 |
| M-8371-168 | Robert Cooper estate. -- 1952-1954. -- [John T. Cooper was probably the executor]. -- Consists of affidavit and property taxes relating to the distribution of the Calgary house. |
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Series 11 | Family - General. -- [1940s]-1993 |
| M-8371-169 | Family photographs (predominantly laser copies) |
| M-8371-170 | Newsclippings about family and friends. -- [1940s]-1993 |
