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Facing pages from a memory book gifted to a departing member of the Edmonton Women's Press Club, showing prominent member Miriam Green Ellis' contribution. It includes a formal portrait and a handwritten farewell passage. This book now resides in the…

A formal portrait of Miriam Green Ellis, with her signature. This image was included with her contribution a memory book created by the Edmonton Women's Press Club for a departing member.

A wooden box used for shipping and storing Miriam Green Ellis' collection of magic lantern slides, with storage and railway tags attached.

A wooden storage box affiliated with the Miriam Green Ellis collection, showing its University of Alberta library label. The label indicates that this box was addressed directly to Dr. Walter Johns.

A wooden storage box from the Miriam Green Ellis collection, with its contents displayed around it. Two of the cardboard boxes hold photographic dry plates, while the third contains magic lantern slide plates. The papers on the top are Miriam Green…

A wooden storage box from the Miriam Green Ellis collection, opened and displayed with its contents. The box is lined with flocking and divided into three compartments. Miriam Green Ellis' scratch notes lay in the lid, while cardboard dividers occupy…

A wooden storage box from the Miriam Green Ellis collection, with five magic lantern plate and photographic dry plate boxes stacked on top.

Miriam Green Ellis' scratch notes, detailing the order of slides for one of her magic lantern shows. The note is written on a stationary envelope from the King Edward Hotel in Toronto, Canada.

Reverse of Miriam Green Ellis' scratch notes, detailing the order of slides for one of her magic lantern shows. The note is written on a stationary envelope from the King Edward Hotel in Toronto, Canada.

Miriam Green Ellis' journal, opened to show two pages with photographs pasted in. The short entries cover a period of about a month, spanning July and August.