Autodrome garage, Calgary, Alberta, [ca. 1921-1925]
NA-2190-17

Okey Strain fonds

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Table of Contents

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Series 1	Personal papers. -- 1907-1954
Series 2	Photographs. -- 1886, 1904-1932

Inventory

Series 1	Personal papers. -- 1907-1954. -- 25 cm of textual records. -- The series includes autobiography, correspondence, greeting cards, certificates; and records about the garages he worked for and his oil industry investments.
M-1193-1	Autobiography. -- n.d. -- Consists of handwritten notes.
M-1193-2	Didsbury homestead - Land patent correspondence. -- 1907-1910
M-1193-3	Personal correspondence. -- 1911-1935. -- Includes letters from family and friends in the United States.
M-1193-4	First World War correspondence. -- 1916-1918. -- Consists of letters from friends serving in England.
M-1193-5	Car papers and mortgage. -- 1930-1934. -- Re return of car to the United States.
M-1193-6	Motor Car Supply company correspondence. -- 1938-1939. -- Re debts.
M-1193-7	Miscellaneous correspondence. -- 1907-1954. -- Re sheet music, railway tickets and payment for crops.
M-1193-8	Naturalization papers. -- 1908
M-1193-9	Steam boilers. -- 1906-1913. -- Includes apprenticeship papers and copy of the steam boiler act.
M-1193-10	Bailiff certificate. -- 1917. -- Appointing Okey Strain bailiff to keep charge of car.
M-1193-11	Department of Transport, Private Receiving Station licences. -- 1934-1940
M-1193-12	Miscellaneous bills and accounts. -- 1917-1952
M-1193-13	Letter of reference from former employer J.H. Braun. -- 1913
M-1193-14	Tax papers. -- 1912-1950. -- Includes tax assessments, receipts and income tax forms.
M-1193-15	Insurance papers. -- 1923-1952. -- Includes policy certificates, form letters, insurance for property and life insurance.
M-1193-16	Notebooks. -- 1900-1915. -- Consists of diaries of work, weather, rough notes, etc.
M-1193-17	Land sale agreement. -- 1929. -- Consists of sale of land to Okey Strain by John Cyril Rooper King of York, England, formerly of High River, Alberta.
M-1193-18	Land lease agreement. -- k1911. -- Between H.C. Stain and J. Wallin.
M-1193-19	Deed transfer. -- 1913. -- Between D.F. Strain and A. Strain.
M-1193-20	Estate of Thomas Strain. -- 1945
M-1193-21	Universal Repair Shop, Calgary. -- 1914-1916. -- Consists of records of automobile garage [service station] owned by Strain, including bill of sale; distributor's agreement with Good Year Tires; lease for lot owned by William Roper Hull; and dissolution of partnership.
M-1193-22	Siegel Auto Company bulletins. -- 1919
M-1193-23	Autodrome garage, Calgary. -- 1923-1925. -- Consists of records of automobile garage [service station] re parts, finances, and bankruptcy,
M-1193-24	Aurora Oilfields Ltd. - Prospectus. -- 1924
M-1193-25	Western Ridge Oil Company Ltd. - List of holdings and share certificates. -- 1926
M-1193-26	New Illinois-Alberta Oils Ltd. - Share certificates. -- 1926-1930
M-1193-27	Monalta Oil Company Ltd. - Share certificates and circulars- 1926-1933. -- Includes correspondence re bankruptcy.
M-1193-28	Anaconda Oil Company - Prospectus and circulars. -- 1928-1948
M-1193-29	Weymarn Petroleums Ltd. - Prospectus and correspondence re shares. -- 1929
M-1193-30	Beaver Oils Ltd - Stock certificate. -- 1946
M-1193-31	Miscellaneous oil papers. -- 1926-1927. -- Re Coast to Coast Oil Holdings (prospectus); Continental Oil Company of Canada (circulars); and New Federal Oils (circulars).
M-1193-32	McMurray Oilfields Ltd - Tar sands [oil sands] circular. -- 1924.
M-1193-33	Bituminous Sand Extraction Company Ltd. -- 1924-1938. -- Includes correspondence re Athabasca tar sands [oil sands]; circulars; receipts for shares; account statements; and reports.
M-1193-34	Clark Specialty Manufacturing Company. -- 1921-1925. -- Includes patents, J.Y. Clark and Okey Strain application for shares.
M-1193-35	Vitomen Cereal Ltd. -- 1928-1930. -- Includes circulars to shareholders; share certificates; prospectus; and newspaper clippings.
M-1193-36	Idaho Copper Company - Share certificates. -- 1928
M-1193-37	Dominion Air Industries, Calgary - Brochure. -- 1930
M-1193-38	Miscellaneous investment papers related to Spiral Groove Bearings Ltd; Foundry Engineers Ltd.; McKinnon Expansion Engines Ltd.; and Lee-See Company.
M-1193-39	Pamphlets and brochures. -- 1912-1949. --Regarding cars, Calgary Stampede (1912, 1928); Calgary's transportation system (1943); information for prospective settlers; soldier song sheet; Hotel Canada (Vancouver); and Calgary voters' list (1949).
M-1193-40	Programs and booklets. -- 1909-1928. -- Consists of premium list of Alberta Provincial Exhibition; Capitol Theatre souvenir program; Westerner Oil Examiner Year Book, etc.
M-1193-41	Christmas cards and New Year's cards. -- 1884-1918
M-1193-42	Postcards. -- 1906-1928. -- Includes leather postcards.
M-1193-43	Thanksgiving cards and Easter cards. -- 1912-1924
M-1193-44	Birthday cards. -- 1924-1925
M-1193-45	Miscellaneous greeting cards and invitations. -- 1927
M-1193-46	Programs, calling cards. -- 1946-1947
M-1193-47	Valentine cards. -- n.d.
M-1193-48	Ribbon of Highland Grange, Fairfax, Kansas.-- n.d.
M-1193-49	Perpetual calendar
M-1193-50	Broadsides. -- 1907. -- For H.C. Strain auction sale; warning of prairie fires; and cartoon.
M-1193-51	Newspaper clippings. -- 1919-1939. -- Re Okey Strain (as employee of Siegel Garage); fire at the Strain home; and the 1939 Calgary Stampede.
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Series 2	Photographs. -- 1886, 1904-1932. -- 84 photographs. -- The series consists of views of Okey Strain, pioneering near Didsbury, automobile garages, Exshaw cement plant, sawmill, and other views. Some of these photographs have been scanned. View now.
PA-1185	Views of Banff and area; Okey Strain; machinery; Calgary garages; and military views. -- [ca. 1914-1930]. -- 43 photographs
PA-1192	Universal Garage; gateway to Rockies; decorated wagon. -- [ca. 1906-1916]. -- 4 photographs
PE-44	1st Depot Battalion, Alberta Regiment, CEF. -- [ca. 1914-1918. -- 1 panoramic photograph
NA-1918	cyclone at Didsbury; changing a tire; Didsbury rural views; Calgary Stampede; Banff dog team races; hunting; hauling wood, etc. -- 1909-1932. -- 16 photographs
NA-2190	Geronimo; James and Otterbine Sawmill; Exshaw cement plant construction; Universal Repair Shop; Autodrome garage. -- 1886, 1904-1927. -- 20 photographs