Annual report of the Department of Health for the year 1919. Provides information and statistics on Department initiatives and public health within the City more generally, including diseases (including the “Spanish Influenza” or “Spanish Flu” outbreak), inoculations, education campaigns, food quality, scavenging and waste disposal, deaths, and general saniation. Also includes information about budgets and finances within the Department.

A painted, framed portrait of Mayor Charles Gray (1919-1920), painted by V.A. Long in 1919.

A letter from Mayor Gray to O.E. Payne, Editor of The Hearld, a newspaper out of Hanna, Alberta, responding to the latter's inquiry about the preachers associated with the General Strike and their denominations.

A [partial?] transcript of a meeting of the Special Committee on Investigation of the Fire Department held on March 5, 1920, in which the committee was hearing suggestions for ways to improve the efficiency of the Fire Department. Several firemen let go during the General Strike used this as an opportunity to voice their dissent.

A letter to Mayor Gray from W.G.W. Fortune, General Secretary of the Peoples' Prohibition Association of British Columbia, asking the Mayor to sign a statement that prohibition limited violence during the General Strike.

A letter from G.B. Clarke, Secretary of the Social Welfare Commission, to C.J. Brown, City Clerk, requesting a representative from Ward 5 be appointed to the Commission, in lieu of the continued absence of Aldermen John Queen and A.A. Heaps.

A letter of reference from C.F. Rannard of Rannard Shoe Ltd. To Mayor Gray and members of Council regarding F.H. Ireton, a former firefighter who went out on strike and was not taken back by the Fire Department after the strike ended.

A letter from the City Clerk's Office to Alderman J. Blumberg, informing him that Council appointed him to the Social Welfare Commission during the absence of Aldermen A.A. Heaps and John Queen.

A letter from the City Clerk's Office to G.B. Clarke, Secretary of the Social Welfare Commission, informing him that Alderman J. Blumberg has been appointed to the Commission in the absence of Aldermen John Queen and A.A. Heaps.

A letter from G.F. Richards, Secretary to the Board of Police Commissioners, to C.J. Brown, City Clerk, asking that the Committee approve a $5000 payment for a legal settlement with D. MacPherson, whose employment as Chief of Police was terminated during the General Strike.

A letter from the City Clerk's Offoce to G.F. Richards, Secretary of the Board of Police Commissioners, approving the payment of $5000 to ex Police Chief MacPherson, as part of a legal settlement for his termination during the strike.

A letter from Alex Freeman, a graduate student at Columbia University in New York, and a former student of the University of Manitoba, asking Mayor Gray for sources on the General Strike to assist him in writing his thesis.

A letter from G.F. Richards, Secretary to the Board of Police Commissioners, to M. Peterson, Secretary of the Committee on Finance, enclosing a letter he (Richards) sent to the City Comptroller regarding the settlement payment of $5000 to ex Police Chief Donald MacPherson.

A letter to Mayor Parnell from Frank Yockney, who claims he was injured by the Royal Northwest Mounted Police on June 21, 1919 (Bloody Saturday), and asks for compensation.

A letter from Jules Prudhomme, City Solicitor, to Mayor Parnell, regarding a a letter from Frank Yockney, who had asked for compensation for having been injured on June 21, 1919 (Bloody Saturday) by the Royal Northwest Mounted Police.

A letter from Jules Prudhomme, City Solicitor, to Mayor Parnell, regarding an investigation into the claims of Frank Yockney, who had asked for compensation for having been injured on June 21, 1919 (Bloody Saturday) by the Royal Northwest Mounted Police.

A letter from R.B. Russell, Secretary of the Winnipeg Central Labor Council of the One Big Union, to the City Clerk, requesting the City to donate $500 to the One Big Union to assist with an upcoming convention.

A response from the Legislation and Reception Committee to R.B. Russell, Secretary of the Winnipeg Central Labor Council of the One Big Union, informing him that his request that the City donate $500 to assist with the One Big Union's upcoming convention.

Cropped to show only Alderman John Kerr Sparling of Ward One.

Cropped to show only Alderman Frank Oliver Fowler of Ward One.