Hugh Dempsey, 1981
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Hugh A. Dempsey fonds

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Table of Contents

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Series 1	Published books - Correspondence, drafts, etc. - 1959-1995
Series 2	Other research projects and writings. - 1956-1975
Series 3	Lectures and speeches. - 1955-1984
Series 4	Photographs. - 1875-1980s

Inventory

Series 1	Published books -- Correspondencen, drafts, etc.. - 1959-1995. -- Arranged in order by publication date.
	Historic Sites of Alberta / Hugh A. Dempsey. -- Edmonton : Alberta Government Travel Bureau, Dept. of Industry and Development, 1952, with revised versions up to 1970.
M-8452-1	Drafts, correspondence, and sources. -- 1962
	Crowfoot, Chief of the Blackfeet / Hugh A Dempsey; foreword by Paul F. Sharp. -- 1st ed. -- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 1972.
M-8452-2	Correspondence. -- 1960-1974
M-8452-3	Correspondence. -- 1972-1976
M-8452-4	Bound manuscript. -- 1959. -- Includes copy of letter from John C. Ewers about the manuscript.
M-8452-5	Bound manuscript. -- 1959
M-8452-6	First draft. -- 1972
M-8452-7	Second draft. -- 1972
M-8452-8	Final draft. -- 1972
M-8452-9	"Off press", final editing. -- 1972
M-8452-10	Galley proofs, 1972
	North with Peace River Jim / Leroy Victor Kelly; with introd. and editing by Hugh A. Dempsey. -- Calgary : Glenbow-Alberta Institute, 1972.
M-8452-11	Notes, drafts, and sources. -- 1970
	A Winter at Fort Macleod / Richard Barrington Nevitt; edited by Hugh A. Dempsey. -- Calgary : Glenbow-Alberta Institute, McClelland & Stewart West, 1974.
M-8452-12	Research material. -- 1974
M-8452-13	First draft. -- 1974
M-8452-14	Final draft. -- 1974
M-8452-15	Index. 1974
M-8452-16	Galley proofs. -- 1974
	Men in Scarlet / edited by Hugh A. Dempsey. -- Calgary : Historical Society of Alberta, McClelland & Stewart West, 1974.
M-8452-17	David Breen chapter original. -- 1974
M-8452-18	Mrs. C.E.C. Daw chapter original. -- 1974
M-8452-19	Hugh Dempsey chapter original. -- 1974
M-8452-20	Ian Getty chapter original. -- 1974
M-8452-21	Dick Harrison chapter original. -- 1974
M-8452-22	S.W. Horrall chapter original. -- 1974
M-8452-23	John Jennings chapter original. -- 1974
M-8452-24	Henry C. Klassen chapter original. -- 1974
M-8452-25	R.C. Macleod chapter original. -- 1974
M-8452-26	W.R. Morrison chapter original. -- 1974
M-8452-27	Colin Poole chapter original. -- 1974
M-8452-28	G.F.G. Stanley chapter original. -- 1974
M-8452-29	C. Frank Turner chapter original. -- 1974
M-8452-30	Correspondence, notes, and biographies of authors. -- 1974
M-8452-31	Galley proofs. -- 1974
	Canadian Portraits - Mel Hurtig, the publisher, asked Hugh A. Dempsey to do this book. It was not published. In 1974 he sold the rights to Hurtig, who handed the manuscript over to another author.
M-8452-32	Correspondence. -- 1973-1974
M-8452-33	Manuscript
	The Best of Bob Edwards / Robert Chambers Edwards; edited by Hugh Dempsey. -- Edmonton : Hurtig, 1975.
M-8452-34	Correspondence. -- 1974-1976
M-8452-35	Reviews of book. -- 1975-1976
M-8452-36	Eye Opener excerpts - general
M-8452-37	Eye Opener excerpts - The Fair Sex
M-8452-38	Eye Opener excerpts - Relgion
M-8452-39	Eye Opener excerpts - Politics
M-8452-40	Eye Opener excerpts - Graft
M-8452-41	Eye Opener excerpts - Peter McGonigle
M-8452-42	Eye Opener excerpts - The Sexes
M-8452-43	Eye Opener excerpts - Englishmen and Remittence Men
M-8452-44	Eye Opener excerpts - Buzzard-Cholomondeley
M-8452-45	Eye Opener excerpts - Those Other People
M-8452-46	Eye Opener excerpts - Show Business
M-8452-47	Eye Opener excerpts - Life and Death
M-8452-48	Eye Opener excerpts - City Life
M-8452-49	Eye Opener excerpts - Purely Personal
M-8452-50	Eye Opener excerpts - Booze
M-8452-51	Eye Opener excerpts - Rural Life
M-8452-52	Eye Opener excerpts - Sports
M-8452-53	Eye Opener excerpts - Personalities
M-8452-54	Eye Opener excerpts - Business World
M-8452-55	Eye Opener excerpts - Pure Philosophy
M-8452-56	Eye Opener excerpts - War
M-8452-57	First draft, part 1. -- 1975
M-8452-58	First draft, part 2. -- 1975
M-8452-59	First draft, part 3. -- 1975
M-8452-60	Second (?) draft. -- 1975
M-8452-61	Galley proofs. -- 1975
	The Wit & Wisdom of Bob Edwards / Roberts Chambers Edwards; edited by Hugh Dempsey, with a number of drawings by David Shaw. -- Edmonton : Hurtig, 1976.
M-8452-62	Manuscript outline. -- 1976
M-8452-63	First draft, part 1. -- 1976
M-8452-64	First draft, part 2. -- 1976
M-8452-65	Second (?) draft. -- 1976
M-8452-66	Eye Opener "items for clipping", part 1
M-8452-67	Eye Opener "items for clipping", part 2
M-8452-68	Eye Opener "items for clipping", part 3
	The Rundle Journals / Robert Terrill Rundle; introd. and notes by Gerald M. Hutchinson; edited by Hugh A. Dempsey. -- Calgary : Alberta Records Publication Board, Historical Society of Alberta, 1977.
M-8452-69	First draft, part 1. -- 1977
M-8452-70	First draft, part 2. -- 1977
M-8452-71	Typescripts of 1840-1841 part of journals
M-8452-72	Typescripts of 1842-1845 part of journals
M-8452-73	Typescripts of 1846-1847 part of journals
M-8452-74	Typescripts of 1848 part of journals
M-8452-75	Edited version, part 1. -- 1977
M-8452-76	Edited version, part 2. -- 1977
M-8452-77	Edited version, part 3. -- 1977
M-8452-78	Rough draft of introduction. -- 1977
M-8452-79	Rough notes for introduction. -- 1977
M-8452-80	Syllabics information. -- 1977
M-8452-81	Corrections. -- 1977
M-8452-82	Index. -- 1977
M-8452-83	Index cards. -- 1977
M-8452-84	Galley proofs. -- 1977
	Indian Tribes of Alberta / Hugh A. Dempsey. -- Calgary : Glenbow-Alberta Institute, 1978.
M-8452-85	Notes and drafts. -- 1978 (?)
M-8452-86	Draft. -- 1978 (?)
	Charcoal's World / Hugh A. Dempsey. -- Saskatoon : Western Producer Prairie Books, 1978.
M-8452-87	Correspondence. -- 1976-1983
M-8452-88	First draft. -- 1975
M-8452-89	Second (?) draft. -- 1976
M-8452-90	Revised version. -- 1977
M-8452-91	Revised version. -- 1978
M-8452-92	Version to editor. -- 1978
M-8452-93	Galley proofs. -- 1978
M-8452-94	Replaced pages, prepared for German translation. -- 1983
	Red Crow, Warrior Chief / Hugh A. Dempsey. -- Saskatoon : Western Producer Prairie Books, 1978
M-8452-95	Correspondence. -- 1979-1989
M-8452-96	First draft. -- 1978
M-8452-97	Second draft. -- 1978
M-8452-98	Version to publisher. -- 1978 (returned to HAD in 1981)
M-8452-99	Galley proofs. -- 1978
	My People the Bloods / Mike Mountain Horse; with editing and introd. by Hugh A. Dempsey. -- Calgary : Glenbow-Alberta Institute; Standoff, Alta. : Blood Tribal Council, 1979.
M-8452-100	Draft. -- 1979 (?)
M-8452-101	Galley proofs. -- 1979 (?)
	History in their Blood : The Indian Portraits of Nicholas de Grandmaison / Hugh A. Dempsey; introd. by J. Russell Harper. -- Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre, 1982.
M-8452-102	Correspondence. -- 1982
M-8452-103	Indian identities. -- 1982
M-8452-104	Reference material, part 1. -- Compiled 1982. -- Includes copies of de Grandmaison papers
M-8452-105	Reference material. -- Compiled 1982
M-8452-106	Draft. -- 1982 (?)
M-8452-107	Manuscript revisions. -- 1982 (?)
M-8452-108	Revisions and galley proofs. -- 1982
M-8452-109	Reviews and publicity. -- 1982
	Christmas in the West / Hugh A. Dempsey. -- Saskatoon : Western Producer Prairie Books, 1982.
M-8452-110	Correspondence. -- 1968-1982
M-8452-111	Sources, part 1. -- Compiled 1979-1982
M-8452-112	Sources, part 2. -- Compiled 1979-1982
M-8452-113	Sources, part 3. -- Compiled 1979-1982. -- Includes photographs.
M-8452-114	First draft, part 1. -- 1982 (?)
M-8452-115	First draft, part 2. -- 1982 (?)
M-8452-116	Version sent to publisher. -- 1982. -- Returned by the publisher in 1983
M-8452-117	Material deleted from manuscript by editor. -- 1982
M-8452-118	Material not used. -- Compiled 1979-1982
M-8452-119	Galley proofs. -- 1982
	Big Bear : The End of Freedom / Hugh A. Dempsey. -- Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre, 1984.
M-8452-120	Correspondence. --1983-1984
M-8452-121	Second draft, part 1. -- 1983
M-8452-122	Second draft, part 2. -- 1983
	Gentle Persuader : A Biography of James Gladstone, Indian Senator / Hugh A. Dempsey. -- Saskatoon : Western Producer Prairie Books, 1986.
M-8452-123	First draft. -- 1981
M-8452-124	Second draft. -- 1981
M-8452-125	Third draft. -- 1981
M-8452-126	Edited version, part 1. -- 1986
M-8452-127	Edited version, part 2. -- 1986
M-8452-128	Version returned by publisher. -- 1986
M-8452-129	Galley proofs. -- 1986
Note	See files 167 and 168 for the 1989 publication of Heaven is near the Rocky Mountains
	Treasures of the Glenbow Museum / Hugh A. Dempsey. -- Calgary : Glenbow Museum, 1991.
M-8452-130	Origins of Glenbow. -- Compiled 1990-1991
M-8452-131	Correspondence and design data. -- 1990-1991
M-8452-132	First draft. -- 1991
M-8452-133	"Dummy". -- 1991
M-8452-134	Worksheets and research data, part 1. -- Compiled 1990-1991
M-8452-135	Worksheets and research data, part 2. -- Compiled 1990-1991
	The Amazing Death of Calf Shirt and Other Blackfoot Stories : Three Hundred years of Blackfoot History / Hugh A. Dempsey. -- Saskatoon : Fifth House, 1994.
M-8452-136	Draft entitled "The Reincarnation of Low Horn", part 1. -- 1988
M-8452-137	Draft entitled "The Reincarnation of Low Horn", part 2. -- 1988
M-8452-138	Final version, part 1. -- 1993
M-8452-139	Final version, part 2. -- 1993
	Calgary, Spirit of the West : A History / Hugh A. Dempsey. -- Calgary : Glenbow and Fifth House, 1994.
M-8452-140	Correspondence. -- 1993-1994
M-8452-141	Research notes. -- 1993-1994
M-8452-142	Images. -- 1993-1994
M-8452-143	First draft. -- 1993
M-8452-144	Another "first" draft, part 1. -- 1993
M-8452-145	Another "first" draft, part 2. -- 1993
M-8452-146	First draft readers' comments, part 1. -- 1993-1994
M-8452-147	First draft readers' comments, part 2. -- 1993-1994
M-8452-148	Second draft. -- 1993 (?)
M-8452-149	Revisions of third draft. -- 11 November 1993
M-8452-150	Further revisions. -- 19 November 1993
M-8452-151	Final draft, part 1. -- 20 February 1994
M-8452-152	Final version, part 2. -- 20 February 1994
M-8452-153	Final revision discards. -- 27 March 1994
M-8452-154	Master pages. -- 5 July 1994
	Alberta in the Twentieth Century. -- 1991-1994. -- Hugh A. Dempsey was a consultant and proofreader for this series of books, published by Alberta Report.
M-8452-155	Chapter outline. -- 1991
M-8452-156	Source material, draft entries, etc. -- 1992
M-8452-157	Index cards of sources. -- 1993
M-8452-158	Proofreading, part 1. -- 1993
M-8452-159	Proofreading, part 2. -- 1993
M-8452-160	Proofreading, part 3. -- 1993
M-8452-161	Proofreading, part 1. -- 1994
M-8452-162	Proofreading, part 2. -- 1994
M-8452-163	Proofreading, part 3. -- 1994
M-8452-164	Proofreading, part 4. -- 1994
M-8452-165	Proofreading, part 5. -- 1994
	What's in a Name - Calgary : A Look at the People Behind Place Names in Calgary / Donna Mae Humber. -- Calgary : Detselig, 1995. -- Hugh A. Dempsey proofread the manuscript.
M-8452-166	Proofreading. -- 1995
	Heaven if Near the Rocky Mountains : The Journals and Letters of Thomas Woolsey, 1855-1869 / edited by Hugh A. Dempsey. Calgary : Glenbow Museum, 1989.
M-8452-167	Draft. 1989
M-8452-168	Research materials. 1979-1989
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Series 2	Other research projects and writings. 1956-1975
M-3676	Fort Calgary project. -- 1968-1975. -- 3 cm of textual records. -- Consists of reports, plans, correspondence and newsclippings regarding the preservation of the Fort Calgary site; excerpts of theses, sessional papers, and articles about Fort Calgary; and archaeological reports with photographs of the excavation of Fort Calgary. This material was compiled by Hugh A. Dempsey. -- See PA-1999 below for related photographs.
M-3686	Paul Nesbitt Peigan Post article. -- 1973. -- 48 pages. -- Consists of Paul Nesbitt's manuscript about the history of Peigan Post, and correspondence with Hugh A. Dempsey about its contents and possibility of having it published.
M-3782	Cochrane Ranche project. -- 1969-1972. -- 4 cm of textual records. -- Consists of corrspondence with government officials regarding preservation of the Cochrane Ranche site; correspondence to Premier Strom protesting destruction of the site; miscellaneous correspondence and notes about the site; historical information and survey field notes; and report on the Cochrane Ranche. This material was compiled by Hugh A. Dempsey.
M-4371	Jack Low Horn story. -- 1958. -- 5 pages. -- Consists of the story of Doesn't Sit Down Shield (Kutow'opeeowotan) of the Bloods, as told by Jack Low Horn at his home on the Blood reserve, January 15, 1958. James Gladstone interpreted and Hugh A. Dempsey recorded the story. -- See PA 114 below for related photograph.
M-4544	Leavings history. -- 1956. -- 2 pages. -- Consists of a short article by Hugh A. Dempsey on the the history of Leavings (forerunner of Granum, Alberta) from 1869 to 1907.
M-4586	"Regional histories as source materials for Western Canadian studies". -- 1970. -- 16 pages. -- Consists of a typescript of a talk given by Hugh A. Dempsey at the 1970 Western Canadian Studies Conference, held at the University of Calgary.
M-4651	Calgary's establishment. -- 1975. -- 9 pages. -- Consists of Hugh A. Dempsey's article about Calgary's establishment, in which he discusses various sources in an attempt to find the date of Calgary's birth.
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Series 3	Lectures and speeches. -- 1966-1984
RET-14-2	Speech to a group in Winnipeg on the importance of the buffalo in Plains Indian society. -- [ca. 1966]. -- 1 audio cassette
RAT-15	History lectures. -- October 1968. -- 1 audio tape reel. -- Consists of a series of history lectures given by Hugh A. Dempsy, entitled "The Nomadic Era and Early Indian-White Relations".
RET-14-1	Convocation address. -- May 31, 1974. -- 1 audio tape reel. -- Consists of Hugh A. Dempsey's convocation address about the Indian in today's society, presented at the University of Calgary.
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Series 4	Photographs. - 1875-1980s
NA-5, NA-12, NA-43 et al	Family, First Nations (especially Bloods), Mounted Police, Calgary Stampede, etc. -- 1875-[ca. 1973]. -- 65 photographs. -- The other call numbers included are NA-342, NA-517, NA-525, NA-535, NA-584, NA-737, NA-776, NA-971, NA-975, NA-1093, NA-1104, NA-1187, NA-1229, NA-1656, NA-1659, NA-1726, NA-1979, NA-2323, NA-2400, NA-2469, NA-2535, NA-2704, NA-3120, NA-3416, NA-5345. All of these photographs have been scanned. View now.
PA-72	Painted Tipi. -- nd. -- 1 photoprint. -- Consists of a view of the painted tipi of Jack Low Horn. -- See M-4371 for a story by Jack Low Horn.
PA-114	Fort Macleod collection. -- nd. -- 17 photoprints. -- Consists of views of Fort Macleod and District, collected by Hugh A. Dempsey. -- For copies see NA-1656-(1-4) and NA-2704-1.
PA-1999-(1-54)	Fort Calgary collection. -- 1884-1970. -- 54 photoprints. -- Consists of views related to the reconstruction of Fort Calgary. -- See M-3636 for related textual records, and PB-145 for related photographs, about this project.
PA-2975	Indians of Alberta and Yukon. -- [1960s-1980s]. -- 34 photoprints. -- Consists of photographs of events, personalities, and views related to First Nations people.
PB-491-(1-7)	Fort Calgary aerial views. -- [1920s-1960s]. -- 7 photoprints. -- Consists of aerial views of the Fort Calgary site. -- See M-3636 for related textual records, and PA-1999-(1-54) for related photographs, about this project.
PB-491-8	Nora Gladstone. -- 1937. -- 1 photoprint. -- Consists of a portrait of Nora Gladstone, daughter of Hugh A. Dempsey's father-in-law, Senator James Gladstone. -- For copy see NA-5-3.