Here are detailed file-by-file descriptions of the contents of specific fonds and/or links to scanned documents.
![Mayor George Murdoch, Calgary, Alberta, [ca. 1886]](../../../../images/archpics/murdoch.jpg) Mayor George Murdoch, Calgary, Alberta, [ca. 1886]
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| M-1896 | Petition for incorporation of Calgary. -- April 1884. -- 3 pages. -- Consists of the original draft of a petition from the citizens of Calgary to Lieutenant Governor Edgar Dewdney, requesting incorporation of the town of Calgary. Includes the reply from Dewdney. The petition was signed by 285 owners or occupants of sections 14, 15 and 16, township 24, range 1, west of the 5th meridian. There is a photographic reproduction (negative) at NE-6-1. |
| M-4277 | William Murdoch family. -- 1974. -- 14 pages. -- Consists of biographical information on the Murdoch family, Scotland, New Brunswick and Calgary, covering the period of 1865 to 1974. |
| Microfilm Murdoch-1 | Typed excerpts from George Murdoch's diary. -- 7 pages |
| Microfilm Murdoch-2 | Papers relating to the incorporation of the Town of Calgary. -- 1884. -- Consists of the following: Petition, Calgary to Edgar Dewdney. -- January 225, 1884. -- 7 pages Letter, S.B. Keele to G.C. King re incorporation deposit. -- April 8, 1884. -- 1 page Telegram, A.E. Forget to Inpector S.B. Steele re incorporation deposit. -- April 10, 1884. -- 1 page Letter, A.E. Forget re charges in the Calgary Herald. -- April 21, 1884. -- 2 pages Letter, A.E. Forget re return of the petition because of errors. -- April 24, 1884. -- 3 pages Letter, Clerk of the North-West Territories Council, to Thomas Swan re advertising the incorporation. -- May 12, 1884. -- 2 pages Resolution of public meeting to consider the protest against incorporation. -- June 9, 1884. -- 3 pages Letter, Andrew Henderson to Edgar Dewdney, explaining the meeting. -- July 11, 1884. -- 4 pages |
| Microfilm Murdoch-3 | Miscellaneous memoranda and observations of George Murdoch while Mayor of Calgary. -- 1884-1885. -- Consists of the following: Duties of a Mayor. -- 1 page Fire, water and light. -- 2 pages As a Justice. -- 2 pages In general. -- 2 pages Efforts for. -- 17 pages. -- Consists of review of his work. |
| Microfilm Murdoch-4 | Biography of George Murdoch. -- 3 pages |
| Microfilm Murdoch-5 | Daily diary of George Murdoch. -- April 17, 1883-December 31, 1886. -- The diary includes entries related to the Jim Adams murder; social activities such as balls and dances; Mr. Bannerman (postmaster); Blackfoot; Bow River Masonic Lodge and masons; bridges across the Bow River; first issue of the Calgary Herald; Mr. Clarke; Mr. Dealy; Lieutenant Governor Edgar Dewdney; R. Dixon; Major Dowling; C.H. Field (Saddler and Hardware); prairie fires; Pring Frith; Gilbert murder charge; Mr. Grew; J. House; Dr. Neville Lindsay; CPR townsite lots; Sir John A. Macdonald; Mr. McKelvie (re murder); McLean outfit; Methodist Church; C. Moore; D.C. Robinson; Mr. Roselle; Captain Stewart; J. Travis; Mr. Van Wart; Major Walker; Jesse Williams (murder), and many other topics.  View index. |
| NA-1896 | View of Murdoch's log shack, Calgary. -- 1883. -- 1 photograph View now. |
