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Programme of Competition for a new city hall

Similar to a request for proposals, this programme, titled, "Programme of Competition for the Selection of an Architect for the Erection of a New City Hall, Winnipeg, Man.", invites architects and architectural firms to bid for the contract to construct a new city hall. It contains information about design and administrative requirements, as well as funding, and includes a rough map of the new city hall's location. This iteration of a new city hall was never built and the project was scrapped.

Winnipeg (Man.)

Survey of Refuse Collection

A survey conducted by J.D. Woods and Gordon Limited and submitted to the Special Committee on Efficiency at the request of City of Winnipeg Engineer W.D. Hurst with the purpose of comparing Winnipeg's refuse collection services to a similar survey conducted by the University of California.

The survey examines several refuse collection routes and draws conclusion about their efficiency and costs. The survey makes reference to appendices, such as the initial letter sent by Hurst, but no appendices are attached.

Winnipeg (Man.). Special Committee on Efficiency

Organizational Development of the City of Winnipeg

A report prepared by Thomas J. Plunkett, who was the chief advisor on the amalgamation of the Greater Winnipeg Metropolitan Area. The report was created to aid Council members with organizational questions Plunkett assessed they would be confronted with. He described it as a first attempt at setting out a working model of the organizational development of the newly unified City of Winnipeg.

Plunkett, Thomas J.

City Clerk's Library collection

  • c00012
  • Collection
  • 1874-

Collection consists of current and historic material that documents the development of the City of Winnipeg and amalgamated municipalities. It includes hard-to-find published and unpublished reports, many of which did not receive wide distribution.

Election Papers, Synopses of Events 1874-1937

Handwritten timeline and miscellaneous notes about the history of Winnipeg municipal elections from 1882 to 1937, presumably written by the City Clerk or someone within the City Clerk's Department. Includes a small number of inserts (documents, newspaper articles) amidst the handwritten notes.

Winnipeg (Man.). City Clerk's Department

Report on Housing Survey of Certain Selected Areas

Survey of housing in select areas of Winnipeg, prepared by Ernest W.J. Hague, Assistant Chief Health Inspector in the City of Winnipeg Health Department. Survey contains demographic, economic, geographic, and other information about housing and its effect on overall health.

The file was listed as containing maps and photographs, but no such records were found with this survey.

Winnipeg (Man.). Committee on Public Health and Welfare

Housing Situation

Correspondences and reports to and from the Committee on Public Health, the City's Health Department, and others related to housing within the City Winnipeg.

Winnipeg (Man.). Committee on Public Health and Welfare

Special Publicity Committee

Forms part of Fonds 1. Series consists of communications referred to the Special Publicity Committee between 1919 and 1920 regarding a proposed advertising campaign for the City of Winnipeg.

Winnipeg (Man.). Special Publicity Committee

Artwork

Forms part of Fonds 27: This series contains a small amount of artwork donated to the Fort Garry History Society (FGHS) by residents of Fort Garry. This series includes artwork by Pat Wheeler, a long-standing member of the FGHS, and her mother, Gwen Highmore. This collection depicts the historical landscape of Fort Garry, including important landmarks.

Fort Garry Historical Society Inc.

  • f00027
  • Fonds
  • 1910-2017, predominant 1971-2017

This fonds consists of a range of materials created and collected by Fort Garry Historical Society members. The materials include minutes, agreements, reports, publications, photographs, and artworks. The collection documents the activities of the Fort Garry Historical Society from its creation to its end in 2017.

Correspondence

Forms part of Fonds 27: This series contains general correspondence between the Fort Garry Historical Society and its members, government agencies, and the public. It covers a wide range of topics, including correspondence relating to the governance of the Society, the St. Norbert Provincial Park, genealogical inquiries, and requests for information regarding the history of Fort Garry.

Minutes

Forms part of Fonds 27: These records contain the regular board minutes for the society, annual general meeting minutes, and special board meeting minutes. The minutes cover all the board and Fort Garry Historical Society members' activities and decisions.

Administration

Forms part of Fonds 27: These records contain the administrative records of the Fort Garry Historical Society (FGHS). The documents contain background information on the creation of the FGHS, including the society’s constitution, agreements, and board member lists.

Projects

Forms part of Fonds 27: This series contains records of the different projects the Fort Garry Historical Society worked on through the decades. It includes subject files and non-society publications relating to people and life in Fort Garry. Examples include the Fort Garry Historical Society (FGHS) newsletters, publications by the FGHS, and other projects taken on by the Society.

Clark’s Department Store at Highway 59 panorama

View of Clarks at Highway 59, southwest corner of Panet Road and Nairn Avenue, 8.5 acres. From left to right: B/A gas bar, Loblaws, Clarks Discount Store and Auto Centre, B/A gas bar, Kavanaugh's Hamburgers. Consists of 3 separate photographs pasted together on cardboard to create a panorama. The cardboard is a scrap made from an old sign of the Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg (visible on the reverse). The cardboard is numbered “4”, presumably as part of a compilation with other shopping centre panoramas.

Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg (Man.). Planning Division

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