Forms part of Fonds 2. Series includes City of Winnipeg Council Minute books dating 1874-1971, which briefly recount the happenings of council meetings and are the official, legal record of decisions made by Council. Decisions recorded involve how the city is governed, how resources are allocated, and how services are delivered to residents. Minutes also refer to topics debated, reports considered, by-laws introduced, communications received, decisions reached and votes taken during council meetings. Council minutes are a rich and detailed source of information about the history of the City of Winnipeg, and provide understanding of issues past and present in city politics.

Forms part of Fonds 1. Series includes City of Winnipeg Council Minutes dating 1874-1971, which briefly recount the proceedings of council meetings and are the official, legal record of decisions made by Council. Recorded decisions reveal municipal governance, resource allocation, and service delivery. Minutes also refer to topics debated, reports considered, by-laws introduced, communications received, decisions reached and votes taken during council meetings. Council minutes are a rich and detailed source of information about the history of the City of Winnipeg, and provide understanding of issues past and present in city politics.

Minutes dating up until 1912 are handwritten.

Handwritten indices begin in 1878 for early minute books.

Forms part of Fonds 24. Series D consists of records that were created in the years 1997-2002 in the Division’s efforts to integrate a cultural component into all aspects of the Games. Series includes Cultural Village plans and Committee meeting minutes, Opening and Closing Ceremony plans and meeting minutes, Festival Division records, records relating to entertainers and performances, and information relating to Aboriginal Culture and Customs.

Forms part of Fonds 10. Series consists of files documenting communications between the administrative office and the Police, Fire, and Public Works departments of the Rural Municipality and City of St. Vital. It appears in three groupings, according to department, with files on the Police and Fire department appearing first. Once a single department, Finance Committee recommended dividing the Police and Fire department in a budget meeting on February 25, 1952.

Series includes administrative files that contain correspondence and reports submitted by department heads; correspondence and agreements with various unions and associations as well as miscellaneous project files also appear. Other record types include financial statements, inventories, and copies of committee minutes. Files created after the City’s amalgamation in 1972 removed.

Photos taken of parks, playgrounds, play structures, recreational spaces, and open green space around Winnipeg for projects and working activities of the Public Works Department and its predecessors.

Forms part of Fonds 3. Series consists of development agreements between the Rural Municipality of Charleswood and various developers like Parklands Limited, Quality Construction, Suzuki Brothers, etc. It documents transactions related to residential development and other projects, including the construction of the Westdale Recreational Centre. File contents are predominantly textual (agreements, correspondence, etc.) but contain numerous urban plans as well. Some of the files remained active after the 1971 amalgamation and appear to have been copied and/or maintained by the City Clerk's Department.

Development agreements arranged by archivist into alphabetical order according to developer or project. Agreements between the City of Winnipeg and developers removed.

Consists of digital photographs, institutional records, media releases, reports, and other material related to Bike to Work Day and Bike Week from 2008-2022.

Consists of a digital copy of a poster and a pamphlet for the Bike Dump. Donation courtesy of Macho Philipovich.

Consists of a PDF flyer made by and advertising Olympia Cycle and Ski on Henderson Highway. The flyer also allowed customers to vote on a new name for the store, which became Bikes and Beyond in 2004. Donation courtesy of Katherine White.

Consists of three protest songs by “A Critical Mass Choir” recorded in June, 2006. Donation courtesy of Patrick Krawec.

A Critical Mass Choir – “You Ride Your Bike!” (1:10)

Lyrics: Patrick Krawec, Ian La Rue, Tara Norberg
Music: “You Sing a Song” Ella Jenkins c.1966 (River Bend Music, Inc., N.Y., ASCAO)
Patrick Krawec – ukulele & vocals, Ian La Rue – ukulele and vocals, Tara Norberg – kazoo and vocals

A Critical Mass Choir – “Will You Step On My Head?” (3:37)

Lyrics: Patrick Krawec, Ian La Rue, Tara Norberg
Music: Patrick Krawec, Ian La Rue, Tara Norberg
Patrick Krawec – banjo & vocals, Ian La Rue – guitar & vocals, Tara Norberg – vocals

A Critical Mass Choir – “Frank Talk About Policing” (2:15)

Lyrics: Patrick Krawec, Ian La Rue, Tara Norberg
Music: trad.
Patrick Krawec – banjo & vocals, Ian La Rue – guitar & vocals, Tara Norberg – vocals

Consists of three digital photos, a printed Bike Shop manual, and a Microsoft Word document describing the Elmwood Cycle Project, an after-school bike building program at Elmwood High School that ran between 2011 and 2017. Donation courtesy of John Anderson.

Consist of promotional material (posters, screen prints, and pamphlets) for various cycling organizations and events, particularly the Bike Dump and the W.R.E.N.C.H,, and photos of an earn-a-bike program run by the W.R.E.N.C.H. for a fifth grade class at George V School in November, 2011. Donation courtesy of Geoffrey Heath.

Consists of various material related to Bike to Future, including instutituinal records (minutes, reports, planning documents), promotional material, and photos of events, particularly of Bike to the Future’s early years (2006-2007). Donation courtesy of Kevin Miller.

Consists of the final report report of the Winnipeg 2009 OttoCYCLE report, conducted by the Centre for Sustainable Transportation at the University of Winnipeg for the City of Winnipeg. The report combined GPS and socio-economic data to produce a dataset of cycling activity in Winnipeg that could be use to guide the construction of cycling infrastructure. Donation courtesy of Daniel Gravenor.

Consists of a short promotional video for Bike Valet Winnipeg, a subsidiary of Bike to the Future that parks and watches over bicycles for attendees of festivals and concerts. Donation courtesy of Stephanie Chow.

Consists of promotional posters and videos for the Green Action Centre, as well as active transportation studies. Donation courtesy of Beth McKechnie of the Green Action Centre.

Consist of an autobiographical video created by Tim Brandt about his life cycling in Winnipeg, the “Urban Steed” cycling zine, and a Winnipeg Free Press article about the history of cycling in Winnipeg. Donation courtesy of Tim Brandt.

Consists of digitized “Alleycat” posters, advertising bike messenger races, which were started in 1996 by the Winnipeg Bike Messenger Association, as well as digitized pamphlets for the Bike Dump. Donation courtesy of Glenn MacAulay.

Consist of scans of newspaper and magazine articles about local and competition cycling. Donation courtesy of Neil Grover.

Consists of final sign designs for Winnipeg’s trail system. Donation courtesy of Kirk Warren.