John James Bowlen fonds

Series 1 | Family and personal papers. — 1893-1960. — The series consists of family correspondence, personal correspondence, notebooks, and memorabilia. |
Family correspondence. — 1903-1959. — Consists of letters from brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, sons and daughters about family issues and family business. | |
M-118-2 | Family correspondence. — 1903-1943 |
M-118-3 | Family correspondence. — 1944 |
M-118-4 | Family correspondence. — 1945 |
M-118-5 | Family correspondence. — 1946 |
M-118-6 | Family correspondence. — 1947-1949 |
M-118-7 | Family correspondence. — 1950-1959 |
M-8516-6 | Miscellaneous family letters. — 1911, 1937, 1949-1957 |
Personal correspondence. — 1897-1959. — Consists of letters predominantly from acquaintances requesting personal favours, or congratulating “J.J.” on certain appointments. | |
M-118-8 | Personal correspondence. — 1897-1939 |
M-118-9 | Personal correspondence. — 1940-1944 |
M-118-10 | Personal correspondence. — 1945 |
M-118-11 | Personal correspondence. — 1946 |
M-118-12 | Personal correspondence. — 1947-1948 |
M-118-13 | Personal correspondence. — 1949-1957 |
M-118-14 | Personal correspondence. — 1958 |
M-118-15 | Personal correspondence. — 1959 |
M-8516-7 | Miscellaneous personal and business letters. — Includes a letter from Guy Weadick. |
Miscellaneous personal and family papers. — 1893-1957 | |
M-3889 | Biography of John J. Bowlen by O.S. Longman. — 1957 |
M-117 | Miscellaneous personal and business papers. — 1893-1951 |
M-8516-18a | Early papers, family and business letters. — 1898-1934 |
M-8516-21b | J.J.Bowlen’s certificates. — 1935-1955 and n.d. — Re medals from Buckingham Palace (1935, 1937), life membership in Martitime Provinces Association of Edmonton (1955), Boreas Rex X!V (n.d.), Kiwanis Club Legion of Honor (n.d.), Northwest Orient Airlines flight club (n.d.), and Shriners Hospitals Crippled Children (n.d.). |
M-9681-oversize | Unprocessed records. — This material has not been catalogued. Please consult with an archivist before requesting. Consists of Bowlen’s certificates and 3 large portrait paintings of him. [accession 2014.068] |
Notebooks. — 1896-1947 | |
M-118-117 | Notebooks. — 1896-1947. — 10 volumes. — Consists of small notebooks kept by Bowlen in which he recorded acitivities, appointments, accounts, and notes to himself. |
M-8516-19 | Notebooks. — 1912-1943. — 9 volumes. — Consistsof small notebooks kept by Bowlen in which he recorded activities, appointments, addresses, accounts and notes to himself. |
Memorabilia: invitations, programs, greeting cards, etc.. — 1912-1960 | |
M-118-16 | Miscellaneous personal papers, membership cards and an article about W.F. Bowlen. — 1931-1959 |
M-8516-3 | Handmade invitation to diner at Edmonton Club |
M-8516-4 | Memorabilia. — 1920-1953 and n.d. — Includes 1953 Coronation itinerary; greeting cards, Trans-Canada Airlines ticket folder; social invitations; 1920 income tax assessment notice; and Christmas card sent out by the Bowlens. |
M-8516-5 | “Coronation Trip”. — 1953. — Consists of a diary kept by “Jessie”, wife of a Calgary lawyer. The couple attended the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. |
M-8516-8 | Memorabilia. — 1952-1957. — Includes items related to the Junior Hospital League of Edmonton’s “Folies” (1952, 1955); Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium dedication (1957); and an advertisement for the Dominion Drama Festival (1957). |
M-8516-9 | Memorabilia. — 1950-1960. — Includes items related to the following: Farewell dinner for James M. MacArthur (1950) |
M-8516-10 | Memorabilia. — 1940, 1953 and 1957. — Consists of speech by Sir Edward Beatty (1940); “Scope”, published by the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews (1953); “The Outlook” (1953); and roll of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, the Priory of Canada (1957). |
M-8516-11 | Memorabilia. — 1937-1954. — Consists of the following: Canadian Thoroughbreds yearbook (1951) |
M-8516-12 | Memorabilia. — 1941-1957. — Consists of the following: Invitation to sod turning for new Edmonton International Airport (1957) |
M-8516-13 | Memorabilia. — 1945, 1955-1957. — Consists of the following: Edmonton Rodeo program (1956) |
Series 2 | Agriculture, ranching and cattle. — 1907-1953. — The series consists primarily of Bowlen’s correspondence about his agricultural activities. |
Agricultural correspondence. — 1907-1953. — Consists of letters re Bowlen’s lessees and their problems; irrigation of Bowlen’s land; agricultural clubs; land sales, etc. | |
M-118-17 | Agricultural correspondence. — 1907-1929 |
M-118-18 | Agricultural correspondence. — 1930-1934 |
M-118-19 | Agricultural correspondence. –1935-1939 |
M-118-20 | Agricultural correspondence. — 1940-1941 |
M-118-21 | Agricultural correspondence. — 1941-1942 |
M-118-22 | Agricultural correspondence. — 1943 |
M-118-23 | Agricultural correspondence. — 1944 |
M-118-24 | Agricultural correspondence. — 1945 |
M-118-(25-27) | Agricultural correspondence. — 1946 |
M-118-28 | Agricultural correspondence. — 1947 |
M-118-29 | Agricultural correspondence. — 1948 |
M-118-30 | Agricultural correspondence. — 1949-1953 |
Other agricultural records. — 1915-1953 | |
M-118-1 | Printed matter. — 1946, 1950. — Consists of miscellaneous agricultural and Maritime pamphlets. |
M-118-31 | Agricultural maps. — 1949-1953 |
M-118-32 | Ranch receipts. — 1938-1939 |
M-118-33 | Registration of cattle. — 1915-1940 |
M-118-115 | Horse purchase for export overseas. — 1945-1946 |
Series 3 | Legal documents and correspondence. — 1906, 1913-1953. — The series consists of indentures, mortgages, caveats, land titles, claim deeds, transfer of brands, leases, case against P.D. Bowlen (brother), citizenship records, and last will and testament. |
M-118-34 | Legal documents. — 1906, 1913 |
M-118-35 | Legal documents. — 1914-1916 |
M-118-36 | Legal documents. — 1917 |
M-118-(37-38) | Legal documents. — 1918 |
M-118-39 | Legal documents. — 1919 |
M-118-40 | Legal documents. — 1920 |
M-118-41 | Legal documents. — 1921 |
M-118-42 | Legal documents. — 1922-1925 |
M-118-43 | Legal documents. — 1926-1929 |
M-118-44 | Legal documents. — 1930 |
M-118-45 | Legal documents. — 1931-1932 |
M-118-46 | Legal documents. — 1933-1934 |
M-118-47 | Legal documents. — 1935 |
M-118-48 | Legal documents. — 1936-1938 |
M-118-49 | Legal documents. — 1939 |
M-118-50 | Legal documents. — 1940-1941 |
M-118-51 | Legal documents. — 1942-1943 |
M-118-52 | Legal documents. — 1944 |
M-118-53 | Legal documents. — 1945 |
M-118-54 | Legal documents. — 1946 |
M-118-55 | Legal documents. — 1947-1948 |
M-118-56 | Legal documents. — 1949-1953 |
Series 4 | Financial, investment and tax records. — 1903-1959 |
M-118-57 | Tax receipts. — 1929-1935 |
M-118-58 | Tax receipts. — 1936-1937 |
M-118-59 | Tax receipts. — 1938-1939 |
M-118-60 | Tax receipts. — 1940-1942 |
M-118-61 | Tax receipts. — 1943-1944 |
M-118-62 | Tax receipts. — 1945-1951 |
M-118-63 | Receipts, including farm receipts. — 1903-1914 |
M-118-64 | Receipts. — 1920-1929 |
M-118-65 | Receipts. — 1930-1937 |
M-118-66 | Receipts. — 1938-1939 |
M-118-67 | Receipts. — 1940-1941 |
M-118-68 | Receipts. — 1942-1943 |
M-118-(69-70) | Receipts. — 1944 |
M-118-(71-72) | Receipts. — 1945 |
M-118-73 | Receipts. — 1946-1947 |
M-118-74 | Receipts. — 1948-1959 |
M-118-108 | Stocks and bonds and related correspondence. — 1917, 1924-1939 |
M-118-109 | Stocks and bonds and related correspondence. — 1940-1944 |
M-118-110 | Stocks and bonds and related correspondence. — 1945-1947 |
M-118-111 | Stocks and bonds and related correspondence. — 1949-1953 |
M-8516-20 | Bank passbooks. — 1912-1919. — For Bowlen’s accounts with the Quebec Bank, Union Bank of Canada, and Merchants’ Bank of Canada. |
M-8516-21a | Bank passbooks. — 1922-1950. — For Bowlen’s accounts with the Bank of Montreal, Bank of Nova Scotia, Imperial Bank of Canada, and Royal Bank of Canada. |
M-8516-16 | Miscellaneous financial records. — 1946-1958. — Consists of household bills, radio licences, income tax assessments, property tax statements, etc. |
M-8516-17 | Miscellaneous household bills, Edmonton. — 1950-1959. — Includes Macdonald Hotel bills. |
M-8516-18b | Miscellaneous financial and tax records. — 1940-1958 |
M-8516-22 | Bank statements and cancelled cheques. — 1912, 1917, 1921-1922, 1924-1935, 1939-1957. — 30 cm of textual records |
Series 5 | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). — 1947-1958. – – The series consists of letters of congratulation for appointment to CBC Board of Governors, business letters, and notices of meetings. |
M-118-(75-76) | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation correspondence. — 1947 |
M-118-77 | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation correspondence. — 1948 |
M-118-78 | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation correspondence. — 1949 |
M-118-78A | Box of CBC pamphlets and other records. — 1947-1958. — Consists of recommendations to the Licensing Authority; pamphlets re Report of Joint Technical Committee; agenda of meeting 55 of the Board of Governors; agenda of meeting 61 of the Board of Governors; Radio Edmonton’s application for licence; “Development of the National System”; “Broadcasting in Canada”; and “Report on Television”. |
Series 6 | Member of the Legislative Assembly / Lieutenant-Governor. — 1935-1959. – – The series consists of offical duties and speeches of J.J. Bowlen, first as a Liberal MLA in the Alberta Legislature, and later as the Lieutenant-Governor of the province. Includes invitations to events, dedication of plaques and memorials, etc. |
Official duties (mostly ceremonial). — 1935-1959 | |
M-118-79 | Official duties as Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). — 1935-1945 |
M-118-80 | Public duties. — 1944-1949. — Note: Bowlen was not in political office during this period of time. |
M-118-81 | Official duties as Lieutenant-Governor. — 1950 |
M-118-82 | Official duties as Lieutenant-Governor. — 1951 |
M-118-83 | Official duties as Lieutenant-Governor. — 1952 |
M-118-84 | Official duties as Lieutenant-Governor. — 1953-1956 |
M-118-85 | Official duties as Lieutenant-Governor. — 1957-1959 |
Speeches and broadcasts. — 1939-1958 | |
M-118-86 | Speeches from the Throne. — 1939, 1940, 1942 and 1951. — Of Lieutenant-Governor Bowlen (1951) and his predecessors. |
M-118-87 | Speeches of interest to J.J. Bowlen. — Consists of speechse by other politicians, and an article on ranching. |
M-118-88 | Speeches by J.J. Bowlen. — 1949. — Consists primarily of political and dedication speeches. |
M-118-89 | Speeches by J.J. Bowlen. — 1943-1956. — Consists of political, Lieutenant-Governor, and club speeches, written on the backs of envelopes. |
M-8516-14 | Speeches by J.J. Bowlen. — [ca. 1936]-1950. — Consists of notes for speeches, many written on the backs of envelopes; speech given as the leader of the opposition during Aberhart’s premier-ship [ca. 1936-1937]; and a speech given as a radio broadcast over CFCN radio while a Citizens’ Slate candidate (1940). Includes letters from groups inviting him to make speeches, including a letter from Guy Weadick re High River homecoming celebration (1950). |
RCD-1 and RET-29-1 | Sound recordings of speeches by Lieutenant Governor John J. Bowlen. — 1950-1958. — 23 audio discs. — Includes speeches made at the opening of the Alberta Legislature (1950, 1951, 1952 and 1954), and his Christmas messages (1953, 1957 and 1958). Please use the audio tape copy at RET-29-1. Note: Both the discs and audio tape reels are obsolete formats and may be difficult to use. |
RET-29-2 | Kainai Chieftain ceremony with John Bowlan and Ernest Manning. — n.d. — 1 audio reel. — Copied from original audio discs in RCD-1. Note: Both the discs and audio tape reels are obsolete formats and may be difficult to use. |
RET-29-3 | J.J. Bowlen radio broadcasts. — n.d. — 1 audio reel. — Conssits of broadcast “This is Canada” re Bowlen’s ranching experiences; and speech by Bowlen re the National Capital Plan exhibit. — n.d. — 1 audio tape. — Copied from original audio discs in RCD-1. Note: Both the discs and audio tape reels are obsolete formats and may be difficult to use. |
RET-29-4 | Broadcast: “A Message from our Leader”, by W.L. Mackenzie King. — August 1948. — 1 audio reel. — Copied from original audio discs in RCD-1. Note: Both the discs and audio tape reels are obsolete formats and may be difficult to use. |
Series 7 | Political and party correspondence. — 1930-1959. — The series consists of Bowlen’s correspondence as MLA, Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta, and as a member of the Liberal party. |
Political correspondence. — 1932-1959 | |
M-118-90 | Political correspondence. — 1932, 1937-1939. — Includes correspondence with, or related to, R.L. MacMillan, Stanley Huston, Paul Farnalls, W.L. Mackenzie King, James G. Gardiner, W.H. McGuire, Charles Burchill, Hugh John Macdonald, and Bowlen’s possible appointment to the Senate. |
M-118-91 | Political correspondence. — 1940-1943. — Includes correspondence with, or related to, James G. Gardiner, George Woytkiw, Ernest Manning, James Angus MacKinnon (Minister of Trade and Commerce), Fred White, J.L. Ralston, Manley Justin Edwards, and W.G. Anderson. |
M-118-92 | Political correspondence. — 1944. — Includes correspondence with, or related to, James Angus MacKinnon, Percy Maddux, W.L. Mackenzie King, Louis St. Laurent, W.A. Buchanan, adoption, and Hutterites in Alberta. |
M-118-93 | Political correspondence. — 1945-1946. — Includes correspondence with, or related to, James Angus MacKinnon, W.A. Buchanan, Orland Thomas Dean, C. Irving, N.V. Buchanan, Supreme Court appointment, J.H. Tremblay, and leadership of Alberta Liberals. |
M-118-94 | Political correspondence. — 1947-1948. — Includes correspondence with, or related to, James A. MacKinnon, J.H. Tremblay, W.A. Buchanan, Major P.J. Jennings, August Hesse, Senator Dan Riley, Harold W. Riley, and James G. Gardiner. |
M-118-95 | Political correspondence. — 1949-1952, 1959. — Includes correspondence with, or related to, James A. MacKinnon, P.J.J. Norris, August Hesse, James G. Gardiner, Bowlen’s appointment as Lieutenant-Governor, Clinton James Ford, W.A. Buchanan, and N.E. Tanner. |
Liberal Party correspondence. — 1932-1950 | |
M-118-96 | Party correspondence. — 1932-1934. — Includes correspondence with, or related to, R.B. Bennett, Farmers’ Creditors Arrangment Act, Manley Justin Edwards, Saskatchewan Anit-Tubercular Scheme, Western Canada Conference, W.R. Howson, W.L. Mackenzie King, Dorothy A. Anderson, J.F. MacMillan, J.H. Woods, Frank Amidon, and J.S. Woodsworth. |
M-118-97 | Party correspondence. — 1936-1937. — Includes correspondence with, or related to, James A. MacKinnon, James G. Gardiner, L.E. Fairbairn, Liberal convention, J.M. Dechene, and F.M. Gainor. |
M-118-98 | Party correspondence. — 1938. — Includes correspondence with, or related to, James G. Gardiner, W.C. Barrie, C.D. Howe, J.K. Cornwall, Charles S. Conquest, and P.D. Bowlen. |
M-118-99 | Party correspondence. — 1939. — Includes correspondence with, or related to, Page Rideout, A.A. MacMillan, J.A. MacKinnon, James G. Gardiner, Lethbridge Federal Liberal Association, W.C. Barrie, Fred Gainor, and W.A. Buchanan. |
M-118-100 | Party correspondence. — 1940-1941. — Includes correspondence with, or related to, Charles H. Grant, W.H. McGuire, J.C. Mahaffy, Committee of Ten Thousand, James G. Gardiner, Manley J. Edwards, Charles Power, Ernest Manning, Charles Stewart, |
M-118-101 | Party correspondence. — 1943-1946. — Includes correspondence with, or related to, R.M. Mahoney, Manley J. Edwards, Hugh John Macdonald, C.A. Nolan, Land Sales Prohibition Act, James A. MacKinnon, Francis P. Carroll, Harold W. Riley, Louis St. Laurent, Edmonton and Calgary election expenses, Percy Page, and T.B. Windross. |
M-118-102 | Party correspondence. — 1947-1953. — Includes correspondence with, or related to, Ted Manning, Frank Cusack, Wesley Stambaugh, James A. MacKinnon, M.C. Ragan, Percy Page, Fred J. White, Calgary Liberal Association campaign donations. Harold Millican, convention radio broadcasts, James G. Gardiner, D.A. Ure, Social Credit blacklist, Calgary Independent Association, Ernest Manning, J.P. McDonald, Sadie O’Connor and W.A. Buchanan. |
Miscellaneous political papers. — 1930-1959 | |
M-118-103 | Printed political papers. — 1930. — Includes various speeches, election results, and minutes of political meetings. |
M-118-104 | Printed political papers. — 1944-1948 |
M-118-105 | Official stationery of the Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta |
M-118-106 | Printed political papers. — 1930-1947. — Includes speeches, statements, maps of political area, policies and campaign literature. |
M-118-107 | Printed political papers. — 1948-1959 |
Series 8 | Calgary Library Board. — 1932-1949 |
M-118-113 | City of Calgary Library Board. — 1932, 1938, 1945 |
M-118-114 | City of Calgary Library Board. — 1946-1949 |
Series 9 | Scrapbooks and newspaper clippings. — 1919-1959 |
M-118-118 | Newspaper clippngs |
M-118-119 | Newspaper clippings |
M-118-boxes 12 through 19 | Scrapbooks of newspaper clippings. — 1919-1959. — 20 volumes. — Consists of newspaper articles of both a political and personal nature. |
M-8516-1 | Scrapbook. — 1951-1956. — Re term as Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta. |
Series 10 | Miscellaneous. — 1945-1959 and n.d. |
M-118-112 | Letters from school children. — 1959 |
M-118-116 | Washington Newsletter. — 1945-1946 |
M-8516-2 | “Experience in the Klondyke” by Christian Bartsch. |
M-8516-15 | Miscellaneous calendars and greeting cards, sent by businesses. — 1951, 1953 and n.d. |
Series 11 | Photographs. — 1898-1959. — 126 photographsSome of these photographs have been scanned. View now. |
PA-233 | Portraits of J.J. Bowlen and the Bowlen family; and ranching and Klondike views. — 1898-1958. — 77 photographs |
PB-62 | Family and official photographs of J.J. Bowlen. — 1906-1959. — 23 photographs |
PC-30 | Large Calgary Stampede views. — 2 photographs |
PA-4014 PB-1005 PE-223 | Unprocessed records. — This material has not been catalogued. Please consult with an archivist before requesting. — ca. 24 photographs. — Consists of photos of Bowlen carrying out his vice-regal duties. [accession 2014.068] |
NA-367 | Bowlen’s horse herd and the Q Ranch. — 1911, 1917. — 2 photographs |
NA-590 | Clem Gardner competing at the Calgary Stampede. — [ca. 1919]. — 2 photographs. — Copied from PB-62. |
NA-2615 | Chilkoot Pass and Klondike gold rush views; portrait of J.J. Bowlen. — 1898 and [ca. 1955]. — 19 photographs. — Copied from PA-233. |
NA-2679 | Three provincial party leaders. — [ca. 1936]. — 1 photograph. –Consists of photo of W.R. Howson (Liberal), William Aberhart (Social Credit), and D.M. Duggan (Conservative). — Copied from PA-233. |