Archives Finding Aids
Here are detailed file-by-file descriptions of the contents of specific fonds and/or links to scanned documents.
![]() Portrrait of Thomas Usher, [ca. 1942]
|
Series 1 | Usher Ranch - Letterbook. -- 1905-1920. |
M-9711-1 | Letterbook. -- 1905-1920. |
Series 2 | Usher Ranch - Annual meetings and legal papers. -- 1932-2011. |
M-9711-2 | Annual meetings. -- 1976-1991. |
M-9711-3 | Annual meetings. -- 1992-2000. |
M-9711-4 | Annual meeting. -- 2001. |
M-9711-5 | Annual meeting. -- 2002. |
M-9711-6 | Annual meeting. -- 2003. |
M-9711-7 | Annual meeting. -- 2004. |
M-9711-8 | Annual meeting. -- 2005. |
M-9711-9 | Annual meeting. -- 2006. |
M-9711-10 | Legal. -- 1932-2008. |
M-9711-11 | Legal. -- 1975-2010. -- Part 1. |
M-9711-12 | Legal. -- 1982-2010. -- Part 2. |
M-9711-13 | Legal. -- 1976-2011. |
Series 3 | Usher Ranch - Financial records. -- 1904-2010. |
M-9711-14 | General ledger. -- 1904-1928. |
M-9711-15 | General ledger. -- 1927-1945. |
M-9711-16 | Bow Valley Dipping Association ledger. -- 1928-1945. |
M-9711-17 | Investments ledger. -- 1940-1970. |
M-9711-18 | Investments ledger. -- 1944-1945, 1954. |
M-9711-oversize box 1 | General ledger. -- 1946-1957. |
M-9711-oversize box 1 | General ledger. -- 1952-1953. |
M-9711-oversize box 1 | General ledger. -- 1954-1959. 1967. |
M-9711-oversize box 1 | General ledger. -- 1960-1964. |
M-9711-oversize box 1 | General ledger. -- 1965-1971. |
M-9711-20 | General ledger. -- 1966-1971. |
M-9711-21 | General ledger. -- 1972-1974. |
M-9711-oversize box 2 | General ledger. -- 1970-1983. |
M-9711-22 | General ledger and Tom Usher estate ledger. -- 1973-1988. -- General (1975-1988) and estate (1973-1974). |
M-9711-oversize box 2 | General ledger. -- 1984-1986. |
M-9711-oversize box 2 | General ledger. -- 1987-1989. |
M-9711-oversize box 2 | General ledger. -- 1990-1993. |
M-9711-oversize box 2 | General ledger. -- 1994-1997. |
M-9711-oversize box 2 | General ledger. -- 1998-2002. |
M-9711-oversize box 2 | General ledger. -- 1999-2003. |
M-9711-oversize box 2 | General ledger. -- 2004-2006. |
M-9711-oversize box 2 | General ledger. -- 2007-2010. |
M-9711-23 | Financial statements. -- 1974-1978. |
M-9711-24 | Financial statements. -- 1979-1983. |
M-9711-25 | Financial statements. -- 1984-1988. |
M-9711-26 | Financial statements. -- 1989-1994. |
M-9711-27 | Financial statements. -- 1995-1999. |
M-9711-28 | Financial statements. -- 2000-2004. |
M-9711-29 | Financial statements. -- 2005-2009. |
M-9711-30 | Restructuring. -- 1981-1995. |
M-9711-31 | Receipts, lists, etc. -- 1910-1927. |
M-9711-32 | Chequebook. -- 1911-1969. |
M-9711-33 | Banking correspondence. -- 1921. |
M-9711-34 | Tax returns. -1940-1970. -- Tom and Margaret Usher. |
M-9711-35 | Tom Usher assets. -- 1955-1960. |
M-9711-36 | Municipal taxes. -- 1959-1964. |
M-9711-37 | Chequebook. -- 1967-1968, 1971-1972. |
M-9711-38 | Tom Usher investments. -- 1968. |
M-9711-39 | Lease accounts. -- 1969. |
M-9711-40 | Ranch appraisals. -- 1997-2007. -- Part 1. |
M-9711-41 | Ranch appraisals. -- 2003. -- Part 2. |
Series 4 | Western Stock Growers' Association. -- 1944-2007. |
M-9711-42 | Annual conventions (1946-1954), minutes (1971), programs (1944-2001), etc, . -- 1944-2001. |
M-9711-43 | Information. -- 1947-1998. |
M-9711-44 | Directors meetings. -- 1951-1972. |
M-9711-45 | Briefs and submissions. -- 1946-2007. |
M-9711-46 | Committee reports and meetings. -- 1946-1968. |
M-9711-47 | Correspondence. -- 1946. |
M-9711-47A | Correspondence. -- 1947. |
M-9711-47B | Correspondence. -- 1948-1972. |
M-9711-47C | Clippings. -- ca. 1948-1974. |
M-9711-47D | Miscellany. -- ca. 1972-2006. |
M-9711-48 | Correspondence, clippings, etc. -- 1946-1972, 1983. |
Series 5 | General - Ranch operations and Usher family. -- 1904-2011. |
M-9711-49 | Agriculture lease review committee. -- 1997-1998. |
M-9711-50 | Special areas.- 1993-1997. |
M-9711-51 | Rumsey Ecological reserve. -- 1984-1998. |
M-9711-52 | Land titles.- 1908-1976. |
M-9711-53 | Public lands. -- 1992-1993. |
M-9711-54 | Maps. -- ca. 1904-1990. |
M-9711-55 | Prairie Conservation Coordinating Committee Award. -- 1992-1993. |
M-9711-56 | 100th Anniversary. -- 2004. |
M-9711-57 | Lease sale. -- 1985-1999. -- Part 1. |
M-9711-58 | Lease sale. -- 1999. -- Part 2. |
M-9711-59 | Home place sale. -- 2007. |
M-9711-60 | Shareholders' correspondence. -- 2006-2011. |
M-9711-61 | Share certificates. -- ca. 1982-2006. |
M-9711-62 | Inventory of assets. -- 2006. |
M-9711-63 | Sale. -- 200. -- Greg Cripps, realtor. |
M-9711-64 | Sale and severance for Allen Jacobson. -- 2007-2008. |
M-9711-65 | Ranch sale proceeds. -- 2008-2009. |
M-9711-66 | Sale to Robert Bilben. -- 2007-2008. |
M-9711-67 | McIntyre and OH Ranches. -- 1995-2008. |
M-9711-68 | Clippings and other materials re ranch. -- ca. 1948-1996. |
M-9711-69 | Clippings and other materials re Alberta ranches. -- ca. 1973-1997. -- Includes Bar U, Maurice King ranch, CL Ranches, Douglas Lake, LK Ranches, EP ranch. |
M-9711-70 | Historic sites. -- 1977-2004. |
M-9711-71 | Ranchland preservation. -- 2004-2008. |
M-9711-72 | Western Heritage Centre. -- 1994-1999. |
M-9711-73 | Stockmen's Foundation. -- 1981. |
M-9711-74 | Ranch personalities. -- 1982-2008. |
M-9711-75 | Tom Usher clippings. -- ca. 1961-1965. |
M-9711-76 | Clipping. -- 196. -- Re government house, Edmonton. |
M-9711-77 | Clippings, etc re ranches. -- 1921-1982. |
M-9711-78 | Clippings, etc. re Charle and Harriet Usher. -- 1959-1984. |
M-9711-79 | Clippings, etc. re Thomas Usher Jr. -- 1963-2001. |
M-9711-80 | Clippings. -- 1989. -- Re closing of Calgary stockyards. |
M-9711-81 | Philanthropy. -- 1918-1972. |
M-9711-82 | Family documents and correspondence. -- 1965-1973. |
M-9711-83 | Death of Tom Usher. -- 1972. |
M-9711-84 | Tom Usher estate. -- 1972-1973. -- Assets. |
M-9711-85 | Tom Usher estate. -- 1972-1974. |
M-9711-86 | Margaret Usher estate. -- 1974-1976. |
M-9711-87 | Old Time Rangemen's Dinner. -- 1953-1968. |
M-9711-88 | Lost River Ranch letter. -- no date. -- Newspaper column by George Ross. |
M-9711-89 | E. W. Thistlewaite ranching sketches. -- no date. |
M-9711-90 | Christmas cards. -- no date. |
M-9711-91 | Usher family history. -- ca. 1830s-1970s. |
M-9711-91a | Eliza Jane Usher's diary (photocopy only). -- 1904-1905. -- Consists of entries about ranch activities. The diary has been transcribed.![]() |
M-9711-92 | Receipts, etc. -- ca. 1904-1911. |
M-9711-93 | Purchase receipts. -- 1904-1909. -- Particularly from H. R. Foulger, Lacombe. |
M-9711-94 | Livestock sales and records. -- ca. 1904-1921. |
M-9711-95 | Cattle sales. -- ca. 1902-1917. |
M-9711-96 | Cattle sales. -- ca. 1904-1917. |
M-9711-97 | Cattle purchases. -- 1904-1905. |
M-9711-98 | Ranch management. -- 1904-1970. |
M-9711-99 | Dominion land receipts. -- 1906-1908. |
M-9711-100 | Hay contracts. -- 1908-1969. |
M-9711-101 | Land titles. -- 1911-1932. |
M-9711-102 | Scollard townsite properties. -- 1914-1918. |
M-9711-103 | Land transactions. -- 1918-1963. |
M-9711-104 | Cattle shipment to Britain. -- 1921. |
M-9711-105 | Telephone agreement. -- 1926-1930. |
M-9711-106 | Correspondence re birth certificates. -- 1933. -- Margaret Gertrude and Charles Leslie. |
M-9711-107 | Brand registrations. -- 1934-1958. |
M-9711-108 | Insurance. -- 1935-1970. |
M-9711-109 | Basic herd (herd inventory). -- 1935-1970. |
M-9711-110 | Cattle awards. -- 1937, 1993. |
M-9711-111 | National Selective Service. -- 1942-1945. |
M-9711-112 | Magazine articles. -- 1951-1971. |
M-9711-113 | Department of Lands and Forests. -- 1957-1971. -- Includes correspondence re Rowley Grazing Association. |
M-9711-114 | Road allowance. -- 1962. |
M-9711-115 | Clippings. -- 1964-2007. |
M-9711-116 | Lease on home place. -- 1967. -- Tom Usher Jr. |
M-9711-117 | Road accident. -- 1967-1969. |
M-9711-118 | Cattle feeding. -- 1967-1971. |
M-9711-119 | Stock registrations. -- 1969. |
M-9711-120 | Cattle sales. -- 1969-1970. |
M-9711-121 | Lease rental appeal. -- 1970. |
M-9711-122 | General correspondence. -- 1970-1972. |
M-9711-123 | Ranch assets. -- 1993-1996. |
M-9711-124 | Alberta Tour by Ministers and Deputy Ministers of Agriculture. -- 1963. -- For photographs see PA-4040-241 to 249. |
Series 6 | Photographs. -- 1904-2008. -- 372 photographs. -- The series consists of extensive views of the ranch, Scollard, Alberta, Usher family and Western Stock Growers' Association events. Many of the photos have been scanned. ![]() |
PA-4040-(1-250) | Prints. -- 1904-2008. -- 250 photographs |
NA-5736-(1-119) | Negatives. -- 1904-2008. -- 119 photographs |
PB-1013-1 | Oversize print. -- 1946. -- 1 photograph |
PB-1013-(2-3) | Oversize prints. -- [ca. 1904]. -- 2 photographs. -- Portraits of Thomas and Charles Usher. -- Copied and returned. -- (we have high resolution digital copies). |
Series 7 | Maps. -- 1910-1967. |
M-9711-os | Maps. -- 1910-1967. -- 4 oversize items. -- Consists of the following: Map. -- 1917. -- Canadian Northern Railway lands leasd to Thomas and Charles Usher at Scollard, Alberta. Map. -- 1910. -- Scollard, Alberta. Map of soil zones of Alberta. -- 1945. Topographical map of Rumsey region, Alberta. -- 1967. -- Showing Usher ranch lands. |
Series 8 | Interviews with Tom and Harry Usher. -- [ca. 1965-early 1970s]. -- 8 sound recordings. -- 3 films. |
Interviews - Sound recordings. -- [ca. early 1970s] | |
RCT-991-8 | Tom Usher. -- n.d. -- Interview by Les Usher. -- Includes boyhood days in Scotland, trip around the world in 1897-1898 to find opportunities for sons, trip to Canada in 1904. |
RCT-991-9 | Tom Usher. -- n.d. -- Interview by Les Usher |
RCT-991-10 | Tom Usher. -- n.d. -- Interview by Les Usher. -- Work on the 25 ranch west of Nanton in 1903, searching for a place of their own 85 miles SE of Lacombe, purchase from Charlie Mott in spring 1904, and building their home |
RCT-991-11 | Tom Usher. -- n.d. -- Interview by Les Usher. -- Wide-ranging interview |
RCT-991-13 | Harry Usher. -- Interview by Les Usher re his years in Canada.- Mentions sister Gertrude Usher who would come out from Scotland to give her sister Lizzie help on the ranch |
RCT-991-14 | Country calendar intervew. |
RCT-991-15 | Tom Usher. -- n.d. -- Interview by Les Usher. -- Life on the ranch. |
RCT-991-16 | Tom Usher. -- n.d. -- Interview by Les Usher. -- Life on the ranch, continued. |
Interviews - Film. -- [ca. 1965] | |
F-213-1 | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Country Calendar series. -- October 8, (?. --- Interview with Thomas Usher in house and at corral; interviewed by Al Richardson of CBC. |
F-213-2 | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Country Calendar series. -- October 8, (?. -- Interview with Thomas Usher in house and at corral; interviewed by Al Richardson of CBC. [Caption calls program "Dean of the Cowboys] |
F-213-3 | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Country Calendar series. -- October 8, (?. -- Interview with Thomas Usher in house and at corral; interviewed by Al Richardson of CBC; production elements, no sound. |