Here are detailed file-by-file descriptions of the contents of specific fonds and/or links to scanned documents.
![]() Ken Liddell and friend, [ca. 1960s]
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| Series 1 | Alphabetical reference files (for articles). -- 1936-1975 |
| M-676-1 | Archives of the Canadian Rockies. -- 1968. -- Newspaper clipping. |
| M-676-2 | "The Arrow Lakes". -- n.d. -- Article by Elsie G. Turnbull. |
| M-676-3 | Athabasca Region. -- 1961. -- Newspaper clippings re history. Includes information about Amber Valley, Blacks, Jeff Edwards and Reverend Albert Lacombe. |
| M-676-4 | Archives in Calgary. -- 1959-1960. -- Correspondence with Mayor Harry Hays. |
| M-676-5 | "A Thimbleful of Seed". -- 1967. -- Program for historical production. |
| M-676-6 | Alberta Resources Railway. -- 199-1970. -- Pamphlet, etc. |
| M-676-7 | Alberta Revisited. -- 1959-1960. -- Correspondence re publication. |
| M-5678 | Bankhead, Silver City and Anthracite. -- 1953. -- Transcript of a radio program by Liddell about various western Canadian towns. |
| M-676-8 | Barr Colony. -- 1968-1969. -- Correspondence. Includes information about F. Ivan Crossley. |
| M-676-9 | Brooks area. -- 1955-1969. -- Correspondence re history. |
| M-676-10 | Louis Riel. -- 1969. -- Newspaper clipping. |
| M-676-11 | Bow River. -- 1956-1961. -- Newspaper clippings. |
| M-676-12 | Banff National Park and Jasper National Park. -- 1957-1960. -- Pamphlets, etc. Includes information about sanatoriums. |
| M-676-13 | British Columbia History. -- 1970-1975. -- Correspondence. |
| M-676-14 | Battleford, Saskatchewan. -- n.d. -- Pamphlets. |
| M-676-15 | Big Horn Dam. -- 1969. -- Newspaper clipping. |
| M-676-16 | Buffalo. -- 1959. -- Newspaper clippings and notes. Includes information about E.J. "Bud" Cotton. |
| M-676-17 | Barbed wire. -- 1965. -- Newspaper clipping. |
| M-676-18 | Snow Ridge Ski resort. -- 1971. -- Correspondence. Includes information about Brewster Transport Company and skiing. |
| M-676-19 | Lethbridge Chinook Club. -- n.d. -- Notes. |
| M-676-20 | Church of the Brethren (Irricana and Arrowwood). -- 1961. -- Pamphlets. |
| M-676-21 | Book publication. -- 1969-1971. -- Correspondence. Includes information about Canadian Railway News Company. |
| M-676-22 | Cariboo Region, British Columbia. -- 1962. -- Correspondence. |
| M-676-23 | Columbia River Dam projects. -- 1961-1967. -- Correspondence. |
| M-676-24 | Canadian Government Travel Bureau. -- 1966-1967. -- Correspondence. Includes information about Fort Langley, British Columbia. |
| M-676-25 | Champion United Church, Saskatchewan Summer School of the Arts. -- 1966-1968. -- Correspondence. |
| M-676-26 | Cypress Hills and Fort Walsh. -- 1944-1965. -- Newspaper clippings. |
| M-676-27 | Royal Canadian Mounted Police Museum, Regina. -- 1975. -- Correspondence. |
| M-676-28 | St. Mary's Church, Ponoka & Charyk family. -- 1961-1974. -- Newspaper clippings. |
| M-676-29 | Canadian National Railways. -- 1947-1973. -- Pamphlets. Includes information about Alberta Resources Railway, radio, and silk trains. |
| M-676-30 | Gas Companies in Calgary. -- 1958-1959. -- Notes. Includes information about petroleum industry. |
| M-676-31 | Elephants in British Columbia. -- 1969. -- Notes. |
| M-676-32 | Canadian Pacific Railway. -- 1967-1974. -- Correspondence re cars, bond issues. |
| M-676-33 | Canadian Pacific Railway. -- 1936-1972. -- Correspondence re Craigallachie and the last spike, Edward Mallandine. |
| M-676-34 | Drumheller and the Badlands. -- 1958-1968. -- Notes. |
| M-676-35 | Doukhobors in British Columbia. -- 1953-1963. -- Newspaper clippings. |
| M-676-36 | Duncan M. Crockford. -- 1960. -- Notes. |
| M-676-37 | Drayton Valley, Howse Pass and David Thompson Highway. -- 1954-1963. -- Pamphlets. Includes information about Central Alberta Chamber of Commerce. |
| M-676-38 | Dinosaur Provincial Park (near Brooks). -- 1945-1967. -- Newspaper clippings, etc. Includes information about pheasants. |
| M-676-39 | Donald, British Columbia. -- 1969. -- Article. |
| M-676-40 | Dominion Telegraph. -- 1963. -- Newspaper clipping. |
| M-676-41 | Bob Edwards. -- 1963. -- Newspaper clipping. Includes information about John Patrick Gillese. |
| M-676-42 | Eastern Rockies Forest Conservation Board, Rocky Mountain Forest Reserve, Bow River. -- 1952-1959. -- Newspaper clippings. Includes information about Kananaskis Valley. |
| M-676-43 | Edmonton area history. -- 1970-1975. -- Correspondence. Includes information about University of Alberta. |
| M-676-44 | Fort Whoop-up. -- 1969-1971. -- Notes. |
| M-676-45 | Fort Steele, British Columbia. -- n.d. -- Articles. |
| M-676-46 | Ryerson Press. -- 1970. -- Correspondence re paperback rights to Alberta Revisited. |
| M-676-47 | Rocky Mountain Forest Reserve, Claresholm District, American Society of Range Development. -- 1968. -- Pamphlets. |
| M-676-48 | Sir Sandford Fleming. -- n.d. -- Articles. |
| M-676-49 | Peter Fidler. -- 1961. -- Article by W. J. Cousins. |
| M-676-50 | Frank Slide. -- 1953-1962. -- Newspaper clippings. |
| M-676-51 | Fort Walsh and Cypress Hills. -- 1958. -- Newspaper clippings. |
| M-676-52 | Glenbow-Alberta Institute. -- 1960-1973. -- Newspaper clippings. Includes information about Robert H. Hougham. |
| M-676-53 | Gray's Publishing. -- 1970-1972. -- Correspondence re family matters, books, Fred Colmer, George F. Griffin, Tom Elden, Fort Steele. |
| M-676-54 | Hutterites, Mennonites, Indians. -- 1954-1956. -- Notes. Includes information about Shot Both Sides (Blood). |
| M-676-55 | Glacier Park and Glacier House, British Columbia, Lake Louise tramway. -- 1970. -- Notes. Includes information about wire-rope transportation. |
| M-676-56 | Mrs. Stan Hoare and Flying 'N' restaurant, Railway building near Claresholm. -- 1958-1973. -- Correspondence. |
| M-676-57 | Mel Hurtig. -- 1972-1974. -- Correspondence re introduction to J. G. McGregor's Northwest of 16. |
| M-676-58 | Hotels in western Canada. -- 1928-1961. -- Newspaper clippings. Includes information about Medicine Hat hotels. |
| M-676-59 | David Thompson Highway, Society of American travel writers. -- 1963. -- Correspondence. |
| M-676-60 | Historic Sites and naming of highways in Alberta. -- 1971-1972. -- Correspondence. Includes information about Travel and Convention Association of Southern Alberta. |
| M-676-61 | Historical Society of Alberta. -- 1967-1975. -- Newsletters. Includes information about Alex Johnston. |
| M-676-62 | Heritage Park. -- 1974. -- Correspondence. |
| M-676-63 | Harvest excursions, trains, etc. -- 1965-1966. -- Correspondence; also deals with publication of I'll Take the Train. |
| M-676-64 | Alex Johnston. -- n.d. -- Research paper "Man's utilization of the flora of the Northwestern Plains". Includes information about ethnobotany. |
| M-676-65 | Jewish settlers in the west. -- n.d. -- Notes. |
| M-676-66 | Kicking Horse river. -- 1959. -- Newspaper clipping. |
| M-676-67 | Fred Kanouse. -- n.d. -- Notes. |
| M-676-68 | Mart Kenney. -- 1971. -- Correspondence. |
| M-676-69 | Lloydminster Development Company and Lloydminster Gas Company. -- 1946-1950. -- Annual reports. Includes information about the petroleum industry. |
| M-676-70 | Lake O'Hara Lodge. -- 1961. -- Correspondence. Includes information about Lillian Gest. |
| M-676-71 | Herman Linder. -- 1973. -- Newspaper clippings. |
| M-676-72 | Cypress Hills Massacre & Petroleum industry. -- 1951-1960. -- Newspaper clippings. |
| M-676-73 | Mountain View Coat factory, Historical Society of Alberta, railroads, other story leads. -- 1968-1975. -- Newspaper clippings. |
| M-676-74 | John Ware. -- 1958. -- Correspondence re book. |
| M-676-75 | Lloydminster and Barr Colony. -- n.d. -- Notes. |
| M-676-76 | David Katz murder case. -- n.d. -- Manuscript; case involves Herman Revinsky from 1928 to 1930. |
| M-676-77 | Dr. Francis McGill, Dr. Maurice Powers. -- 1975. -- Correspondence. |
| M-676-78 | Moose Jaw. -- 1946-1968. -- Newspaper clippings. |
| M-676-79 | Medicine Hat & petroleum industry. -- 1919-1961. -- Newspaper clippings. Includes information about William Lokier. |
| M-676-80 | Book on homesteaders. -- 1971-1972. -- Correspondence. |
| M-676-81 | William Pearce, corn flakes. -- 1974. -- Correspondence. |
| M-676-82 | Nemiskam National Park. -- 1970. -- Correspondence. |
| M-676-83 | "Moyie", steamboat. -- n.d. -- Article. |
| M-676-84 | Northern Alberta Railway. -- 1936-1975. -- Newspaper clippings. Includes information about John Cullaghan, Lac la Biche hotels, and Kenneth R. Perry. |
| M-676-85 | Okanagan parks. -- 1970. -- Newspaper clippings. Includes information about Okanagan-Similkameen Parks Society. |
| M-676-86 | Percy Two-Gun. -- 1951. -- Newspaper clippings. |
| M-676-87 | Pacific Great Eastern Railway. -- 1958-1960. -- Newspaper clippings. |
| M-676-88 | Railway postal clerks. -- 1971. -- Correspondence. |
| M-676-89 | Steveville, ideas for stories. -- 1971-1974. -- Correspondence. |
| M-676-90 | Song "Red River Valley". -- 1951-1960. -- Notes. |
| M-676-91 | Railways. -- 1952-1959. -- Newspaper clippings. Includes information about Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian National Railways, and Pacific Great Eastern Railway. |
| M-676-92 | Saskatchewan history. -- n.d. -- Newspaper clippings. |
| M-676-93 | Sandstone quarries. -- 1969. -- Notes by George Edworthy. |
| M-676-94 | Sweetgrass hills. -- 1961-1970. -- Notes. |
| M-676-95 | John B. Stetson Company. -- 1965. -- Booklet. |
| M-676-96 | Salmon. -- 1962-1966. -- Newspaper clippings. |
| M-676-97 | Sandon, British Columbia. -- 1961. -- Article. |
| M-676-98 | Trans-Canada Highway. -- 1957-1961. -- Newspaper clippings. |
| M-676-99 | Gerald Tailfeathers. -- 1960-1970. -- Notes. |
| M-676-100 | Whooping cranes. -- 1961. -- Notes. |
| M-676-101 | John Ware. -- 1960. -- Newspaper clippings. |
| M-676-102 | Waterton Lakes National Park. -- 1964. -- Booklets, etc. |
| M-676-103 | Windermere Valley. -- 1960. -- Newspaper clippings. |
| M-676-104 | Yellowhead Highway. -- 1968-1970. -- Newspaper clippings. |
| Series 2 | Personal correspondence and papers.—1918-1972 |
| M-676-105 | Personal correspondence. -- 1940-1966. -- Re notes for historical articles, personal business, etc. Includes information about Kenneth R. Perry. |
| M-676-106 | Personal correspondence. -- 1960-1961. -- Re notes for historical articles, personal business, etc. |
| M-676-107 | Personal correspondence. -- 1962. -- Re notes for historical articles, personal business, etc. |
| M-676-108 | Personal correspondence. -- 1963-1964. -- Re notes for historical articles, personal business, etc. |
| M-676-109 | Personal correspondence. -- 1971-1972. -- Re notes for historical articles, personal business, etc. |
| M-676-110 | Personal correspondence. -- 1973. -- Re notes for historical articles, personal business, etc. |
| M-676-111 | Homesteading book. -- 1960-1971. -- Correspondence re possibility of writing book; includes various notes on homesteading. |
| M-676-112 | Homesteading book. -- 1964. -- Notebooks. |
| M-676-113 | Ken Liddell articles. -- 1948-1949. -- Copies of articles. |
| M-676-114 | Ken Liddell articles. -- 1936-1948. -- Copies of articles. |
| M-676-115 | Jimmie's Steakshop, Banff, Alberta. -- n.d. -- Advertising card. |
| M-676-oversize | Certificates. -- [ca. 1918, 1966 and n.d. -- Consists of the following: Certificate of crossing the Arctic Circle (1966); Certificate of visit to Yellowknife (n.d.), and certificate re Liddell's service in the First World War (ca. 1918 or 1919). |
| Series 3 | Scrapbooks of Ken Liddell's articles. -- 1931-1975 |
| M-676-vol.1os | Scrapbook of Liddell's articles. -- 1931 |
| M-676-vol.2os | Scrapbook of Liddell's articles. -- 1939-1943. |
| M-676-vol.3os | Scrapbook of Liddell's articles. -- 1943-1947. |
| M-676-vol.4os | Scrapbook of Liddell's articles. -- 1944-1949. |
| M-676-vol.5os | Scrapbook of Liddell's articles. -- 1947-1948. |
| M-676-vol.6 | Scrapbook of Liddell's articles. -- 1950-1951. |
| M-676-vol.7 | Scrapbook of Liddell's articles. -- 1951-1952. |
| M-676-vol.8os | Scrapbook of Liddell's articles. -- 1953. |
| M-676-vol.9os | Scrapbook of Liddell's articles. -- 1953-1954. |
| M-676-vol.10os | Scrapbook of Liddell's articles. -- 1954-1955. |
| M-676-vol.11os | Scrapbook of Liddell's articles. -- 1955-1956. |
| M-676-vol.12 | Scrapbook of Liddell's articles. -- 1956. |
| M-676-vol.13 | Scrapbook of Liddell's articles. -- 1957. |
| M-676-vol.14 | Scrapbook of Liddell's articles. -- 1957-1958. |
| M-676-vol.15 | Scrapbook of Liddell's articles. -- 1958-1959. |
| M-676-vol.16 | Scrapbook of Liddell's articles. -- 1959. |
| M-676-vol.17 | Scrapbook of Liddell's articles. -- 1959-1960. |
| M-676-vol.18 | Scrapbook of Liddell's articles. -- 1960-1961. |
| M-676-vol.19 | Scrapbook of Liddell's articles. -- 1961. |
| M-676-vol.20 | Scrapbook of Liddell's articles. -- 1961-1962. |
| M-676-vol.21 | Scrapbook of Liddell's articles. -- 1962-1963. |
| M-676-vol.22 | Scrapbook of Liddell's articles. -- 1964. |
| M-676-vol.23 | Scrapbook of Liddell's articles. -- 1964-1965. |
| M-676-vol.24 | Scrapbook of Liddell's articles. -- 1965-1966. |
| M-676-vol.25 | Scrapbook of Liddell's articles. -- 1966. |
| M-676-vol.26 | Scrapbook of Liddell's articles. -- 1966-1967. |
| M-676-vol.27 | Scrapbook of Liddell's articles. -- 1967. |
| M-676-vol.28 | Scrapbook of Liddell's articles. -- 1967. |
| M-676-vol.29 | Scrapbook of Liddell's articles. -- 1967-1968. |
| M-676-vol.30 | Scrapbook of Liddell's articles. -- 1968. |
| M-676-vol.31 | Scrapbook of Liddell's articles. -- 1968-1969. |
| M-676-vol.32 | Scrapbook of Liddell's articles. -- 1969. |
| M-676-vol.33 | Scrapbook of Liddell's articles. -- 1969. |
| M-676-vol.34 | Scrapbook of Liddell's articles. -- 1969-1970. |
| M-676-vol.35 | Scrapbook of Liddell's articles. -- 1970. |
| M-676-vol.36 | Scrapbook of Liddell's articles. -- 1970-1971. |
| M-676-vol.37 | Scrapbook of Liddell's articles. -- 1971. |
| M-676-vol.38 | Scrapbook of Liddell's articles. -- 1971. |
| M-676-vol.39 | Scrapbook of Liddell's articles. -- 1971-1972. |
| M-676-vol.40 | Scrapbook of Liddell's articles. -- 1972. |
| M-676-vol.41 | Scrapbook of Liddell's articles. -- 1972-1973. |
| M-676-vol.42 | Scrapbook of Liddell's articles. -- 1973. |
| M-676-vol.43 | Scrapbook of Liddell's articles. -- 1973-1974. |
| M-676-vol.44 | Scrapbook of Liddell's articles. -- 1974. |
| M-676-vol.45 | Scrapbook of Liddell's articles. -- 1974-1975 |
| M-676-vol.46 | Scrapbook of Liddell's articles. -- 1975 |
| M-676-vol.47 | Scrapbook of Liddell's articles. -- n.d. -- Contains stationery of Alberta Tourist Association with Liddell articles printed on it. |
| M-676-vol. 48 | Scrapbook of Liddell's articles. -- n.d. -- Contains various curiosity articles collected by Liddell. |
| Series 11 | Photographs. -- 1926-1973 Some of these photographs have been scanned.
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| PA-2964 | Views at Dinosaur Provincial Park, Turtle Mountain, Field, Lac La Biche, Ponoka and Fort Macleod; railway trains, personalities, events, etc. -- n.d. -- 105 photographs. |
| PC-134 | Views of railway engines. -- n.d. -- 8 photographs. |
| PC-251 | Photographs presented to Ken Liddell. -- n.d. -- 8 photographs. |
| PE-138 | Civil service group, Regina. -- 1926. -- 1 photograph. |
| NA-2435 | North West Mounted Police group in pharmacy, Regina and farmer mowing with four-horse team, Alberta. -- n.d. -- 2 photographs. |
| NA-4957 | Sign at entry to Kananaskis forest experimental station. -- n.d. -- 1 photograph. |
| NA-5096 | RCMP recruits training at Regina, Royal Visit, 1939, loading wheat at Churchill, Batoche, Fort Ethier, Fort Macleod, etc. -- [a. 1890s-1973]. -- 141 photographs. |
| NA-5109 | Relief camp strikers in On-to-Ottawa trek at Swift Current. -- 1935. -- 7 photographs. |
| NF-33 | Trumpeter at Regina and remains of Fort Steele. -- [ca. 1930s]. -- 2 photographs. |
| S-170 | Fort Ethier, Fort Whoop-up trail. -- [ca. 1950s-1973]. -- 4 photographs. |


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