Here are detailed file-by-file descriptions of the contents of specific fonds and/or links to scanned documents.
 James A. Hornby, February 1895
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| Series 1 | Hornby family and personal papers. -- [ca. 1850s]-1975 |
| Series 2 |  Photographs. -- 1885-1960s |
Inventory
| Series 1 | Hornby family and personal papers. -- [ca. 1850s]-1975 |
| M-6706 | Hornby family. -- [ca. 1850s-1950s]. -- 12.5 cm of textual records. -- Consists of letters, family history, and programs. |
| M-6670 | Hornby family. -- 1895-1959. -- 2 cm of textual records. -- Consists of correspondence, stationery and programs. |
| M-6842 | Hornby family. -- 1895-1975. -- 40 cm of textual records. -- Consists of programs, school papers, yearbooks, and newspaper clippings.. |
| M-5955 | Hornby family. -- 1916 and n.d. -- 6 items. -- Consists of temperance pledge card, election campaing card, etc. |
| M-537-1 | Election campaign pamphlets. -- 1909, 1916. -- For Hornby as alderman (1909) and as mayor (1916). |
| M-537-16 | Election campaign cards and pamphlet. -- 1909, 1916. -- For Hornby as alderman (1909) and mayor (1916). |
| M-537-2 | Correspondence. -- 1895-1939. -- Includes the following: Letter to the editor re garbage disposal in Calgary (n.d.) |
| M-537-3 | Calgary City Council. -- 1908-1909. -- Consists of minutes of Council meetings; handwritten copy of Bylaw 499 to define duties of City Engineer; and report on possible paving materials for Calgary roads (bitulithic, creosote wood block, asphalt). |
| M-537-4 | Appointments. -- 1905-1932. -- Consists of Hornby's appointments as: Member of Court of Revision on Assessment (1905) |
| M-537-5 | City of Calgary property assessments and taxes paid by James Hornby. -- 1902-1936 |
| M-537-6 | House insurance and fire insurance policies. -- 1896-1905 |
| M-537-7 | Hornby's building contracts and property sales. -- 1897, 1903, 1919. -- For the following: City of Calgary for construction of the steel Elbow River bridge (1897) |
| M-537-8 | Account book for contracting business. -- 1898-1899. -- Includes the following accounts: J.G. Templeton |
| M-537-9 | Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) Townsite sales. -- 1898-1903. -- Consists of bills of sale to Hornby for Calgary lots. |
| M-537-10 | Calgary General Hospital subscription fund. -- 1905, 1907 |
| M-537-11 | Invitations, calling cards, business cards, etc. -- 1909-1918. -- Includes a hand-painted invitation to the 3rd annual ball of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (1909). |
| M-537-12 | Western Canada College - Report cards for a Hornby child, and bill for fees. -- 1912-1914. -- Also includes a graduation program from Crescent Heights Collegiate College (1915). |
| M-537-13 | License to operate radio receiving equipment. -- 1931 |
| M-537-14 | List of electors for Calgary East for Dominion election. -- 1938 |
| M-537-15 | Correspondence. -- 1902-1914. -- Re 2nd annual exhibition of the Calgary Horticultural Society (1909), civic committess, Macleod wooden pipe lawsuit, valuation of buildings, and local improvements. Includes invitation to the first Calgary Stampede (1912). |
| M-537-17 | "A Visit to My Old Home" by Alice Hornby (article). -- 1916 |
| M-537-18 | Garbutt Business College programs, typing speeds, etc. -- 1920-1930. -- Miss Hornby attended the College. |
| M-537-19 | Booklets and souvenir programs. -- 1908-1932. -- Includes the followingL Royal Visit program |
| M-537-20 | Calendars, souvenir booklets, etc. -- 1893-1916. -- Consists of the following: Ernest Nister's Art Calendar (1893) |
| M-537-21 | Oil records. -- 1914, 1942. -- Consists of Trenton Oil share certificate (1914), and notice of Franco Oils annual meeting (1942). |
| M-537-22 | Scrapbook. -- 1913-1944. -- Annotated inside the front cover: "Scrap-book of Alice Hornby. Started November 21st, 1913". -- Consists of obituaries for James Hornby and Annie Hornby, and articles about Calgary personalities, royal visits, and art shows. Includes poetry, cartoons, sketches of fashiions, and material related to Fred Birney, Alexander Carr, Duke of Connaught, Joseph McPherson, Sandy Carr, Robert Pearson, Lord Strathcona (death in 1914), and the Women's Hospital Aid Society. |
| Series 2 | Photographs. -- 1885-1960s. -- 179 photographs
Some of these photographs have been scanned. View now. |
| PA-820 | Catharine Stinson and Banff views. -- 1914-1918. -- 5 photographs |
| PA-1665 | Hornby family, friends, victory parade, Liversidge Printing Company, etc. -- 1885-[1960s]. -- 71 photographs |
| PA-2525 | Hornby, McRae and Lebo families and Stampede views. -- 1911-1959. -- 46 photographs |
| PB-621 | Pete Smith Motors and Crescent Heights High School graduation class. -- 1926-1927. -- 2 photographs |
| PB-636 | Ladies Aid from North Hill Presbyterian Church and pupils at Victoria School. -- 1916 and 1918. -- 2 photographs |
| NA-610-1 | Hornby family home. -- 1899. -- 1 photograph |
| NA-1222-1 | Airdrie street scene. -- [ca. 1914-1917]. -- 1 photograph |
| NA-2831 | Various views. -- 1892-1918 and n.d. -- 34 photographs. -- Consists of views of the Hornby family; Calgary groups; Calgary street scenes including stores and buildings; William Sergeant (shoemaker); and laying of cornerstone for new city hall (1908). Some of these were copied from the original prints in PA-1665 and PB-636 above. |
| NA-4554 | Hornby and McRae families; John Diefenbaker. -- [before 1892]-[ca. 1960s]. -- 17 photographs. -- Some are copies of PB-621. |
