Perry family fonds
Series 1 | Annie May (Gibson) Perry. — 1900-1937 |
| M-7664-1 | Correspondence. — 1911-1917. — Includes of letters from Mary G.H. Dangerfield, former Matron of the Calgary General Hospital, letters from men fighting overseas during the First World War, and an invoice re the birth of daughter Jessie. |
| M-7664-2 | Postcards and greeting cards. — 1904-1911. — Primarily humourous postcards sent to “Nurse Gibson”. Includes five leather postcards. |
| M-7664-3 | Nursing training notebook. — 1901. — Consists of Mabel Bleakney’s notebook, kept while attending the Lady Stanley Institute in Ottawa. |
| M-7664-4 | Nursing training notebooks. — 1905-1906. — 4 volumes. — Consists of Annie Gibson’s notes from lectures at the Calgary General Hospital School of Nursing. |
| M-7664-5 | School exercise book of essays and poetry. — n.d. |
| M-7664-6 | Programs. — 1909-1937. — Consists of the following: Christmas dinner and concert, Pottenger Sanatorium, Monrovia, California, 1909 |
| M-7664-7 | Sketches and caricatures of “Nurse Gibson” by L’Egville. — [ca. 1911]. — Consists of cartoons, drawn by R. d’Embleville during his three-month stay as a patient at the Calgary General Hospital, which depict Nurse Gibson, Nurse Latham, and other hospital staff. Includes a poem about Nurse Gibson, and a tongue-in-cheek letter about his time in hospital. The items were apparently given to Nurse Gibson, who created the album, possibly on her departure from the Calgary General Hospital to marry Thomas Perry. |
| M-7664-8 | Miscellaneous. — 1900, 1918 and n.d. – Consists of newspaper clipping about the Spanish influenza (ca. 1918); marriage announcement of Charles Waddington and Lavinia Chamberlain (1900); and cartoon called “The party line” (n.d.). |
| M-626 | Invitations, hospital rules, health bulletins, and a promotional booklet about Calgary. — 1903-1921. — 9 items. |
| M-6895 | Songbooks and sheet music, both popular and classis. — 1890s-1940s. — 75 cm of textual records. |
| M-6896 | Leather postcards, miniature prayer book, hymn book, and Annie Gibson’s Calgary General Hospital nursing certificate. — n.d. — 15 items. |
| M-7352 | Assorted postcards and greeting cards received by Annie May Perry. — n.d. — 16 items. |
Series 2 | Thomas Lionel Perry. — 1895-1955 |
| M-7625 | Diaries of Thomas Perry. — 1921-1929, 1934-1942. — 30 cm of textual records. — Consists of entries recording the weather, farm expenses, and personal notes about his activities. |
| M-7764-3 | Marriage certificate of Thomas Lionel Perry and Annie May Gibson. — 1911 Second World War ration book. — 1943-1946 |
| M-6949 | Receipts, ownership papers for purchase of Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) land, livestock, etc., Beddington. — 1904. — 5 items. |
| M-7262 | Irrigation, etc. — 1895-1929. — 2 cm of textual records. — 3 blueprints. — Consists of correspondence about mineral rights and irrigation (1910-1929); and irrigation plans for the Cochrane / Calgary area (1895-1919). |
| M-7285 | Family wills; birth, confirmation, marriage and death certificates; bankbooks, etc. — 1871-1928 and n.d. — 2 cm of textual records. |
| M-7664-oversize | T.L. Perry’s Freemason certificate. — 1919 Thomas Perry’s and Annie Perry’s Alberta Jubilee certificates. — 1955 |
| M-7664-9 | Presentation book, The Veterinarian, given to Thomas L. Perry by Central Creamery. — March 20, 1929 |
| M-7432 | Programs, menus, etc. — 1929-1939. — 4 items. — Consists of programs for the Calgary Stampede (1929), Old Timers’ round-up (1938), R.B. Bennett farewell dinner (1939), and a Victory Loan Rally. |
| M-7435-1 | Miscellaneous records. — 1909-1945. — 4 cm of textual records. — Consists of cheque books; Siegel Auto Company bill (1918); International Harvester promissory note (1909); and Victory Loan certificates (1943-1945). |
Series 3 | Jessie Perry. — 1922-1930 and n.d. |
| M-7764-4 | Jessie E. Perry’s scrapbook of bird cards. — n.d. |
| M-7435-os-box | Picture postcard album. — n.d. — [Possibly Jessie Perry’s] Some of the postcards have been scanned. View now. |
| M-7764-8 | Diary (in a scribbler). — 1922-1923. — Consists of entries by both Jessie Perry and her younger brother Lionel. |
| M-7764-9 | “Art Notes and Sketches”. — 1925-1926. — Probably kept while at St. Hilda’s School for Girls. |
| M-7764-10 | Jessie’s agriculture scribbler, grade 8, St. Hilda’s School for Girls. — [ca. 1926-1927] |
| M-7764-11 | Jessie’s “Poultry”, report for school. — [ca. 1926-1930] |
| M-7764-12 | Jessie’s geometry and physics scribblers, grade 10, St. Hilda’s School for Girls. — 1928-1929 |
| M-7764-13 | Jessie’s arithmetic, chemistry, economics, history and literature scribblers, grade 11, St. Hilda’s School for Girls. — 1929-1930 |
| M-7764-14 | Jessie’s undated geometry, history and Latin scribblers, St. Hilda’s School for Girls. — [ca. 1926-1930] |
| M-7764-15 | School exams – Arithmetic, chemistry and geometry. — 1927, 1929 and n.d. |
| M-7764-16 | “Wildflowers”, pressed plant album. — [ca. 1926-1930]. — Probably a school project. |
| M-7764-17 | Jessie’s art portfolio, St. Hilda’s School for Girls. — [ca. 1926-1930] |
| M-7764-18 | Jessie’s pastels workbook, St. Hilda’s School for Girls. — [ca. 1926-1930] |
| M-7764-19 | Jessie’s “Map Drawing Book”, St. Hilda’s School for Girls. — [ca. 1926-1930] |
| M-7764-20 | St. Hilda’s School for Girls memorabilia. — 1925-1984. — Conisists of Christmas card with school crest; letter from her little brother Lionel; Jessie’s reply to a toast on behalf of the prefects; invitation to the Perry’s to attend the 1925 prize night; list of cast of the play “La Dame Noire” in which Jessie acted; French crossword puzzles; programs for 1979 school reuinion; and newspaper clippings re 1984 school reunion. |
Series 4 | Miscellaneous. — 1909-1976 |
| M-7764-5 | Mrs. W.D. Kerfoot’s bill from Muir, Jephson and Adams (lawyers). — 1909 |
| M-7764-1 | John Robert Hallifax. — 1914-1916, 1927. — Consists of Canadian Army Service Corps notebook from the First World War (1914-1916), and Calgary Polo Club membership (1927). |
| M-7764-2 | Arthur George Hallifax. — 1925. — Consists of agreement for sale of land at NE-5-23-1-W5. |
| M-7764-22 | Letter from Provincial School of Agriculture (Olds) to Mrs. T.L. Perry re admission requirements for her child. — 1934. — Includes school calendar. |
| M-7764-21 | Calgary Spring Bull Sale, record of sale. — March 1951 |
| M-7350 | Alberta amusement tax ticket. — n.d. |
| M-7764-7 | Charles E. Lane. — n.d. — Consists of advertiques blotters for a real estate agency at 309 – 8th Avenue SW, Calgary. |
| M-7764-6 | Mrs. A.C. Kerfoot’s weather reports from a precipitation station at Cochrane. — 1961-1976. — 4 volumes. — Completed for the Meteorolgical Branch of the federal Department of Transport. |
Series 5 | Photographs. — [ca. 1880s]-1961. — 392 photographsSome of the photographs have been scanned. View now. |
| PA-1529 | Views of various hospitals, Granby Mines, Thomas Perry family and farm, Jehu Perry family, King George School classroom, and 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles. — [ca. 1880s]-1961. — 37 photographs |
| PA-2982-(1-52) | Nursing career and family of Annie (Gibson) Perry, Calgary and California. — [ca. early 1900s]. — 52 photographs |
| PA-2982-(53-63) | Family members. — [ca. 1880s-1920s]. — 11 photographs. — Consists of views of Jessie Perry Sr. (Thomas’ mother), Jehu Perry (Thomas’ father), Thomas as a young man, and his children Jessie and Lionel. |
| PA-2982-(64-101) | Mountain camping trip. — [ca. early 1920s]. — 1 photograph album (38 photographs). — Consists of views of a trip made by the Perry and Hallifax families to Banff, Bow Falls, Lake Louise, Radium and Marble Canyon. |
| PC-235 | G. Squadron, Canadian Mounted Rifles. — [ca. 1904]. — 1 photograph |
| PD-216 | Thomas Perry family and farm, Beddington. — [ca. early 1900s]. — 1 photograph album (35 photographs) |
| PD-244 | Nursing career and family of Annie (Gibson) Perry, Calgary and California. — [ca. early 1900s]. — 4 photograph albums (250 photographs) |
| PE-141 | Panoramas of the Pottenger Sanatorium, Monrovia, California. — [ca. 1907]. — 2 photographs |
| NA-2689 | Early Calgary, Perry family, nurses and Calgary General Hospital views, and the Thomas Perry farm at Beddington. — [ca. 1880s-1950s]. — 26 photographs. — Note: These are copy negatives made from some of the original prints described above. |