The fonds consists of: a description of the history of the telephone in Medicine Hat used in an AGT display (1 pg) (1980), a reprint of the 1907 Medicine Hat Telephone Directory (ca. 1976), (2) Medicine Hat and District Telephone Directories (Jan, Jul 1941); map of Canada (1929); images of the Alberta Government Telephone building and staff in Medicine Hat. Consists of images of /1 Alberta Government Telephone building at Medicine Hat with 10 unidentified staff members on lawn (ca. 1913) /2 exterior of the Alberta Government Telephone building at Medicine Hat and yard (1930) /3 equipment room in the Alberta Government Telephone building at Medicine Hat (ca. 1930) /4 operators at their stations in the Alberta Government Telephone building at Medicine Hat. Centre operator identified as Mrs. Mary Teel (nee Tom), who was a local agent in 1911-1912 (ca. 1911) /5 group portrait of Alberta Government Telephone staff of Medicine Hat, in 1913. Front row (l-r): Joy Scott, unknown, Wilena Hyde, Alberta McDonald. Second row (l-r): unknown, unknown, Ada ___, Tom Moore, Agnes Craig, Lynda Price, Alice McDonald. Third row (l-r): unknown. Back row: unknown (1913) /6 portrait of John Ellis (also includes write-up beneath the image as used in display), Manager of the Stair (76) Ranch. Alberta Government Telephones credits him with having pioneered the first use of a barbwire telephone system in Alberta (2 negatives make a single image) (ca. 1900).