Correspondence between David McDougall, Annie McDougall, and Federal and Municipal Branches of the Canadian Government. Municipal correspondence includes the city of Edmonton and the city of Calgary. Correspondence pertains to land ownership, by-laws, taxes, and receipts. Correspondents include:
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Correspondence between David McDougall, Annie McDougall, and Federal and Municipal Branches of the Canadian Government. Municipal correspondence includes the city of Edmonton and the city of Calgary. Correspondence pertains to land ownership, by-laws, taxes, and receipts. Correspondents include:
Assessor & Collector, City of Edmonton
City of Calgary, Local Improvement Notice
City of Calgary, Fire Headquaters
City of Calgary, Taxes
City of Edmonton, Special Assessment Notice
City of Edmonton, Taxes
Department of Attorney General, Alberta
Department of Indian Affairs
Department of the Interior Canada
Department of the Interior Canada, Dominion Lands and Crown Timber Office
Department of the Interior Canada, Office of the Commissioner of Dominion Parks
Department of the Interior Canada, Rocky Mountains Park of Canada
Government of the Province of Alberta
Government of the Province of Alberta, Department of Public Works
Notice of Caveat, North Alberta Land Registration District
Superintendent of Mines
Supreme Court of the North West Territories
Printed materials pertain to various companies and clubs’ reports, news, subscriptions, board meetings and stocks, and advertisements. Documents in relation to Rupert’s Land. A newspaper clipping titled “The Development of Canada.”
Alberta Advertising Syndicate, Ltd.
Calgary Board of Trade
Calgary…
Printed materials pertain to various companies and clubs’ reports, news, subscriptions, board meetings and stocks, and advertisements. Documents in relation to Rupert’s Land. A newspaper clipping titled “The Development of Canada.”
Alberta Advertising Syndicate, Ltd.
Calgary Board of Trade
Calgary Liberal Association
Canadian Club of Calgary
Canadian Press Association Ltd.
Caskell & Co. Employment Agents
Conference of Friends of the Indians of British Columbia: Explanatory Memorandum
Free Miner’s Certificate
Funk & Wagnalls Company
Hundred Thousand Club of Calgary
Medicine Hat Printing & Publishing Co., Ltd.
Newspaper clipping pertaining to the Canadian Club
Old Timers
Pioneers of Rupert’s Land
Scientific American Inc.
Sterling Debenture Corporation
Sterne & Klein
The Calgary Board of Trade
The Calgary Natural Gas Co. Ltd
The Canadian Club
The Canadian Casualty and Boiler Insurance Company
The Canadian National Fire Insurance Company
The Crown Silver Plate Co.
The Dominion Fire Insurance Company
The Financial News
The Great West Permanent Loan Company
The Jacksonian Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
The Monarch Life Assurance Company
The Prairie Fires Ordinance
The Sharples Separator Co.
The Sovereign Fire Assurance Company of Canada
Business correspondence between David McDougall and various companies. Business correspondence pertains to loans, sales, and business operation. Businesses include:
A. Mackenzie & Co.
Alberta Advertising Syndicate, Ltd.
Allan Bros. & Co U.K. Limited
Alsa (?) Lands Co.
Association Reality Company
B…
Business correspondence between David McDougall and various companies. Business correspondence pertains to loans, sales, and business operation. Businesses include:
A. Mackenzie & Co.
Alberta Advertising Syndicate, Ltd.
Allan Bros. & Co U.K. Limited
Alsa (?) Lands Co.
Association Reality Company
Bangs & Jones, Barristers, Advocates, Notaries, etc.
Bank of Montreal
Beck, Emery, Newell & Bolton Advocates, Notaries, Etc.
Board of Trade
C. D. Rand, Broker
C. & E. Brokerage Co., Brokers. J. Denman, The Comonton Coal Company, Ltd.
C. S. Lott, Calgary and Edmonton Land Co. LD.
Calgary Lethbridge Reality Co., Ltd.
Canada Permanent Mortgage Corporation
Canadian North-West Lands
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Cloy & Simmons Co.
Cushing Bros. Company, Ltd.
D. E. Black, Wholessale and Retail Manufacturing Jeweller
Eadie-Douglas, Ltd.
Funk & Wagnalls Company, Publishers
F. W. Mapson & Company
Geo Westwood
G. L. Lennox
Graveley & O’Neil
Great Northern Railway Line
H. J. Brown, American Real Estate Agent
Hodgson & Bates, Architects
Imperial Bank of Canada
Irvine & Austin, Brokers
J. J. Miller, Auctioneer
James Short & Co.
John Long Ltd.
Business correspondence between David McDougall and various companies. Business correspondence pertains to loans, sales, and business operation. Businesses include:
Law Office of James Short Co.
Law Office of Short, Ross & Selwood
Lewis Redhead, Electric Light and Power Contractor
L. C. Davison
L.…
Business correspondence between David McDougall and various companies. Business correspondence pertains to loans, sales, and business operation. Businesses include:
Law Office of James Short Co.
Law Office of Short, Ross & Selwood
Lewis Redhead, Electric Light and Power Contractor
L. C. Davison
L. S. Ripley & Co.
MacPearce
MacPhee & Keating
Maryland Casualty Company of Baltimore
McCarthy & Bangs, Barristers, Advocates, Solicitors, Notaries, Etc.
McDougall Block Tenants
Muir & Jephson, Barristers, Advocates, Notaries
Newspaper Features Ltd.
North American Life Assurance Co.
Office of the Superintendent of Mines
Otis-Fensom Elevator Company Ltd.
Pellew-Harvey, Bryant & Gilman
P. Heiminck & Co., Real Estate and Financial Agents
Phoenix Assurance Company Ltd.
Reliance Coal Agency
Rice Lewis & Sons, Ltd.
R. Jcore & John, Importing High Class Cash Tailors, and Haberdashers
Rolfe & Kenwood, Real Estate, Loan & Insurance Agents
R. V. Gibbons & Co.
Scotland Woolen Mills Co.
Short, Ross & Selwood, Law Office
Short, Ross, Selwood & Harvie, Law office
T. D. Bell
T. S. C. Lee, Insurance, Real Estate and Financial Agent
The Alberta Land Co.
The Business Brokers
The Comonton Locators, Business Fellers and Real Estate
The Gurney Standard Metal Company, Ltd.
The Equity Fire Insurance Company
Documents include: cheques; affidavit signed by David McDougal; The Bank of Montreal of Promissory Note signed by David McDougall; monthly statements from Calgary Brewing and Malting Co., Ltd.; map of Treaty No. 5 North West Territories Plan of the Subdivision into Sections of the Lands Reserved fo…
Documents include: cheques; affidavit signed by David McDougal; The Bank of Montreal of Promissory Note signed by David McDougall; monthly statements from Calgary Brewing and Malting Co., Ltd.; map of Treaty No. 5 North West Territories Plan of the Subdivision into Sections of the Lands Reserved for the Band of Chief “Papaschase”; an engraved photograph of Prince Edward and Prince George of Whales. Correspondence between The Knee Hill Coal Co., Ltd.; Law Office of Short, Ross, Selwood & Harvie.
Records pertain to David McDougall’s business and properties’ expenses, receipts, and cheques from various companies. Names of companies include:
The Alberta Biscuit Company Ltd.
The Albertan Publishing Co., Ltd.
The Ames, Holden Co., of Montreal, Ltd.
The Bank of British North America
The Calgary…
Records pertain to David McDougall’s business and properties’ expenses, receipts, and cheques from various companies. Names of companies include:
The Alberta Biscuit Company Ltd.
The Albertan Publishing Co., Ltd.
The Ames, Holden Co., of Montreal, Ltd.
The Bank of British North America
The Calgary Milling Company, Ltd.
The Canadian Casualty and Boiler Insurance Co.
The Canadian Rubber Co. of Montreal, Ltd.
The Codville, Smith Co., Ltd.
The Curney Standard Metal Company Ltd.
The Dominion Meat Co.
The Gerald Company, Ltd.
The Globe Cleaning Co.
The Grandview Hotel
The Great West Saddlery Co. Ltd.
The Gurney Standard Metal Company, Ltd.
The Herald Co., Ltd.
The James Robertson (?) Ltd.
The Macpherson Fruit Co., Ltd.
The Pincher Creek Mill & Elevator Co. Ltd.
The Standard Metal Company, Ltd.
The Standard of Empire
The “Veribest” Ordered Clothes Co.
The W. R. Brock Company, Ltd.
The Westward Go! Publishing Co. Ltd.
The Winnipeg Paint and Glass Co. Ltd.
Thomas Fletcher
Toole, Peet & Co.
Union Bank of Canada
United Editors Ltd.
W. V. Moore Ltd.
Wilson & Hurst
Young & Burnett
Young, John
(?) Christie Brows.
Declaration in Proof of Age issued by Elizabeth G McDougall for David McDougall; Lease Agreement between David McDougall and Joseph H. Morris; Transfer of Land between David McDougall and Isabella Heiminck.
Declaration in Proof of Age issued by Elizabeth G McDougall for David McDougall; Lease Agreement between David McDougall and Joseph H. Morris; Transfer of Land between David McDougall and Isabella Heiminck.
Fonds consists of six series: 1. Business Correspondence; 2. Cheques, Receipts, Invoices; 3. Personal Documents; 4. Miscellaneous; 5. Blueprints; 6. Painting.
Series 1 consists of business related correspondence to various companies, individuals, and two branches of the Canadian Government. Govern…
David McDougall, son of George Millward McDougall and Elizabeth Chantler McDougall, was born on May 14, 1845 in Owen Sound, Ontario. David had four siblings: John, Eliza, Lubby, and Nellie. David married Annie McKenzie in 1871 in Manitoba. Together, they had six children, including their daughter named Georgina (Georgie) Elizabeth McDougall (1872-1965). Georgina was the wife of Norman Luxton and an active member in Banff and the mother of Eleanor Georgina Luxton (1908-1995).
David was an early pioneer of Calgary and Banff, who helped build both community life and their economies. While David’s father and brother were both members of the clergy and did missionary work in Morley, Alberta, David become a successful businessman. He established a general merchant store in Morley where he was a dealer in cattle, horses, furs, and curios. In addition to managing his own business block in Calgary, David also owned properties in Edmonton and Calgary. In Banff, David and Annie owned the Mount Royal Hotel for six years until they sold it to Jim Brewster in August 14, 1913.
David died in December 6, 1927 and Annie died in 1939.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of six series: 1. Business Correspondence; 2. Cheques, Receipts, Invoices; 3. Personal Documents; 4. Miscellaneous; 5. Blueprints; 6. Painting.
Series 1 consists of business related correspondence to various companies, individuals, and two branches of the Canadian Government. Government correspondence pertains to taxes and by-laws for McDougall’s properties. Series 2 contains invoices, receipts, cheques, and bank statements pertaining to McDougall’s business and properties. Series 3 contains personal letters and legal documents. Materials includes handwritten letters, property transactions and proof of ownership on properties. Series 4 contains cheque books, Dominion Travellers’ Hotel Guide, event program featuring Commissioner Coombs and “Safety First Guarantee” slip. Series 5 contains blueprints of Mount Royal Hotel and McDougall business block, Calgary 1911. The last series consist of a painting of George Noble photograph of Banff Ave, 1929.