ENGAGE. COLLABORATE. INNOVATE. EVOLVE. Annual Report to the Community National and Provincial Historic Site & Museum 2017 SUSTAIN. is an historic sandstone mansion on 2.8 acres in ’s Beltline. A National & Provincial Historic Site, Museum and Gardens, TABLE OF the elegant House, built in 1891 by Senator James and Lady Isabella Lougheed, is a vibrant hub of cultural happenings and interpretation of the CONTENTS history of Calgary. Messages to the Community 4-6

2017 at a Glance Exhibit Highlights 8

Number of visitors to the House & Gardens: Corporate Volunteer Profile 12 Volunteer Profile 100,000 (approx.) 13 Volunteers: 60+ Program Highlights 14 Year built: 1891 Our Board and Volunteers 16 House square footage: 14,000 Volunteer of the Year 17 Beaulieu Gardens: 2.8 acres Fundraiser 18

People who took our guided tours of the House: Programming 20 537 Private Event Rentals and Weddings 21 Private rentals of the House: 72 The Restaurant at Lougheed House 22 Curated exhibits: 6 The Shop at Lougheed House 23 Number of weddings: 47 Our Collaborative Partners 24 Number of programs: 24 Our Staff and Board 27 Many accomplishments have been realized through the Plan, revitalizing Lougheed House with strong results in growing our SUSTAINABILITY, INNOVATION profile and our community engagement, significant growth and diversification in grants revenue and individual giving, and the development of new fundraising and programming opportunities. AND EVOLUTION We also upgraded organizational and governance policies and procedures, as well as our financial and technology systems. Executive Director’s Message to the Community Reflecting on the past year, I am struck by the passion and commitment of the many individuals who As part of our evolution last year, we restructured; this was carefully come together, year after year, to ensure Lougheed House continues to thrive, and to meet the needs considered to move Lougheed House forward. With new expertise of our visitors and community. I want to take this opportunity to thank the Lougheed House board, in visitor experience, fund development, program innovation and staff, volunteers, members, donors, funders and community partners for your many contributions to administration we are enhancing efficiencies and organizational Lougheed House’s success in 2017. Your support ensured 2017 was a year of growth and evolution for capacity. Careful management of expenses, and a delay in the our organization. hiring of new staff members, resulted in a surplus which has been reinvested in initiatives to sustain momentum for our evolution. Lougheed House National and Provincial Historic Site is operated by the Lougheed House Conservation

Society. Approximately 50% of our operational funding is provided through a Service Agreement While in a year of transition, Lougheed House continued to Kirstin Evenden, Executive Director with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The Society is grateful to the Ministry of Infrastructure, the innovate. I am very proud of the team here as Lougheed House Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Government of , and the City of Calgary for their support. won the Alberta Museums Association award for Leadership The Society is also thankful to the proprietors of The Restaurant at Lougheed House, key partners in in Engagement for AlTOURnatives, a unique and accessible our success in delivering memorable experiences for visitors. community-led series of House tours. “Gorgeous historic Last year, the economic environment in Calgary remained challenging for the non-profit cultural sector Though our operating environment remains challenging, we are site! Beautifully and Lougheed House was no different, seeing a drop in earned revenues. Attendance also dipped, as we working strategically and prudently to grow Lougheed House for the restored to the prioritized investments in organizational changes, program innovation, and fund development. These long-term. The results of our work in 2017 are supporting new and splendour of it’s finest priorities, focusing on developing a more resilient and sustainable organization were informed by the ambitious plans for Lougheed House’s future. We invite you to share earliest days!...” three main priorities of the 2015-17 Strategic Plan: 1) revitalize Lougheed House programming and in this exciting journey as Lougheed House boldly embraces our - Duffys, TripAdvisor enhance the visitor experience; 2) build profile and connection and 3) build organizational capacity. community’s future, while reflecting on our diverse and unique past.

Kirstin Evenden Executive Director 4 5 The many accomplishments of this past year reflect the hard work and efforts of many caring hearts and helping hands and have DREAMING AND been accomplished in what has been and continues to be a very challenging economic time. To all who supported the House as a volunteer, a staff member, a donor or a sponsor, I offer my heartfelt DISCOVERING thanks. You truly have made a difference in the life of our community. Chair’s Message to the Community There are many things that make each community special and Over the course of the past several years, we have acquired a much among these are its special places. For 127 years, Lougheed House richer and deeper understanding of what we are. As we look to the has been an inspiring and enduring presence in the life of our future, I would ask you to join with me in dreaming and discovering community, reflecting its past, its present and helping to define and what we have the potential to be. shape its future. Gerry Meek In a very real and visible sense, this past year has been one of Chair continuing growth and transition for Lougheed House as many important changes have been made to its structure and processes to Gerry Meek, Chair strengthen its operations and to prepare for the launch of important 24 programs new initiatives. 2,285 attendees (event attendance average up 15%) In looking back over the past year, much has been accomplished 11 (79%) of our ticketed programs sold out “Hidden Gem! and there are many successes to celebrate. These include the 569 students & 115 teachers attended school programs Wonderful to have staging of many exciting new programming initiatives, the sharing additional info of House stories in new and creative ways, the development of on audio aids. new partnerships and the laying of necessary foundations to better Beautiful details...” position the House for continuing future success. What Goes on at the House? - Comment in Guest Book Live Theatre/Comedy Workshops Historical/Garden Tours Seminars/Meetings Film Screenings Garden parties/picnics Speaker’s Series Stampede Parties Book Launches/Readings Concerts/Choirs Life Celebrations Music/Video Shoots Children’s Events Bonspiels/Skating Private Exhibitions Holiday Celebrations 6 7 Humanity and Me: A Celebration of Disability Pride, Culture and Human Rights EXHIBIT June 2 | This collaboration between Disability Action Hall and Lougheed House featured a curated pop-up gallery of disability art HIGHLIGHTS and artifacts, short films, afternoon tea and discussion about Bill 205, the Disability Advocate bill. Getting On The Map: The Emergence of Calgary, Post Confederation February 10 - May 29 | Co-curated by Lougheed House curator 518 visitors took our audio tours Caroline Loewen and independent curator Mary Beth Laviolette. 537 visitors took our interpretative guided tours On ’s 150th anniversary, our exhibit used a combination 267 people came to the House just to visit the Shop of reproductions and originals of early maps, photographs and artwork about Southern Alberta to tell the fascinating story of the 4,582 people paid admission to the House Calgary frontier as it was in the 1870s and 1880s, more than 30 610 students took our educational programs years before Alberta joined Canada.

Cultivating the Landscape: A Social History of Gardening in Calgary Message from Eric Moschopedis and Mia Rushton June 22 - November 5 | This exhibit showed how, through urban For several months during summer 2017 we had the great pleasure of working as artists-in-residence beautification movements, the imperative to grow vegetables for the at the Lougheed House. We were tasked by Curator Caroline Loewen to research the historical and social good, or even using gardens as advertising, our community contemporary relationships between animals, people, and plant life in and around the House. We has shaped (and been shaped by) the land. were struck by the oft used description that the Lougheed House was built on the bald prairies - as if the land was barren. We took this as a cue to research the grasses and wildflowers that would have Artists in Residence played an important role in the ecology of the place before construction. The residency forced us to May, June, July | Eric Moschopedis and Mia Rushton, visual move beyond our typical urban explorations and to develop an understanding of the grasslands as it artists, facilitators, and community organizers explored their once was, while imagining how they can become an important part of the geography around the House creative practice on the relationship between humans and animals, again. The residency resulted in us being able to create some very important new works (a botanical focusing specifically on the house, gardens, and surrounding intervention, photograph series, and new garden space) while exploring new material practices and neighbourhood. This initiative was made possible by the creating long-term engagement. We are enamoured with the garden volunteers and the Head Gardener. Community Fund for Canada’s 150th, a collaboration between Establishing relationships with these folks that will extend beyond the scope of the residency was Calgary Foundation, the Government of Canada, and extraordinary truly an advancement of our practice. 8 leaders from coast to coast to coast. 9 T h e m o s 18x t u s Awesome e d w o r d 19x s INTERESTING

in o ords in o u sed w ur vis r st u itor v mo gu is he es it T t b o oo r k gu in e s 20 t 1 bo 7 ok in 20 17 GREAT39x Beautiful 67x WONDERFUL 45x Historic 18x Lovely 39x NICE 19x CORPORATE VOLUNTEER PROFILE Bill Rennie VOLUNTEER PROFILE Bill Rennie is a lively presence at Lougheed House. As one of over 60 volunteers, he brings history alive by donning historic costumes Yasmeen Huq and doing popular one-hour interpretive tours. My name is Yasmeen Huq, I volunteer on the Board of Directors so on behalf of the Board, I would like to thank all Lougheed House Bill’s ancestors immigrated to Canada from Scotland (father) and volunteers for your dedication and contributions in helping Lougheed Ireland (mother) in the early 1800s. In Calgary since 1975, Bill and House succeed. his wife raised four children and now enjoy their five grandkids.

I have another role for Lougheed House as well, and that is as a Bill says that one of the highlights of his involvement with volunteer at events we have held. It’s a different way to volunteer Lougheed House is his unique collaboration with another of our and, dare I say, it’s more fun! I work at BDO Canada LLP and as a tour guides, Teddy Lane, a student at New Heights School. corporate volunteer some of us co-workers like to get together outside Yasmeen Huq (right) with the office, meet new people and help out a good cause. We have several Bill Rennie (left) with Teddy Lane Jeana-Marie Brodie, BDO Canada LLP “Teddy and I have developed our ‘Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure’ corporate volunteers departments in our office over three floors with over 200 employees. tour after a movie of the same name. Working with Teddy, has been a Unless you are on our social committee not everyone knows everyone. new experience for me. Teddy is a special young man.” So we like to use these volunteer endeavours not only as a way to give back to the community but also to bring our office together and Bill & Ted’s Sunday tours are one of Calgary’s most sought-after “Had a superb tour meet our co-workers in a stimulating feel-good environment outside heritage experiences. conducted by Teddy & the workplace. his sidekick Bill. If you

“I have volunteered more than 200 hours during the past year like history... I highly That’s where special events at Lougheed House come in. Whether and a surprising thing that I have learned is how prominent and you volunteer with a group or come on your own and help out, the recommend the tour.” important James and Isabella were to Calgary, Alberta and Canada, good thing about it is you are meeting people. Not to mention joining - Marcel H, TripAdvisor but also how unaware most Calgarians are of them. Now that I am together with them towards a common mission of helping others have retired I have the time to learn about this great city that I call home fun, learn and enjoy this wonderful resource, Lougheed House, that and it is a privilege to share what I have learned about the Lougheed we have right here in the middle of Calgary. It just feels good. If you’re House with our guests.” reading this and thinking you might like that feeling as well, Lougheed 12 House may be just the volunteer opportunity for your organization. 13 Small Experiments (AlTOURnatives) May 2017 | We invited three Beltline residents and the grade 5 PROGRAM and 6 students from Connaught School to put their own personal lens on Lougheed House by creating one-time-only House tours HIGHLIGHTS that explored subjects that interested them. All four tours sold out and led to the House winning the “Engagement” Leadership Award Lougheed House Christmas from the Alberta Museums Association. November 17 - January 7 | This year’s designs were beautifully Thanks to our tour guides and neighbours - Camille Betts, realized by professional interior designers Selina Austin, Ana Robert Lowther, David Munoz and the grade 5 and 6 students of Cummings, Rebekah McEwan, Swantje Macke-Monteiro, Lea Connaught School. Romanowski, Alison Rose, Beatta Ryback and Chantel C Snyder, all of whom donated their time and incorporated their own personal “Why Bison Belong in Banff & Southern family heirlooms into their work. Alberta” Presented by Dr. Leroy Little Beltline Bonspiel Bear & Harvey Locke March 16th | Continuing a Lougheed House tradition of providing February 25 | In collaboration with Beltline Neighbourhoods local historical discussion and learning opportunities, Dr. Leroy Association and Southern Alberta Curling Association, we staged Little Bear and Harvey Locke, authors of The Last of the Buffalo Calgary’s first outdoor bonspiel in 100 years. Teams from the Return to the Wild, led us through the epic and moving story of the Inglewood, Sunalta & Beltline Community Associations – plus a near extinction of millions of buffalo in the 19th century. team from CBC Calgary – competed for The Brewery Trophy, first awarded in 1915. Together they presented the recent Buffalo Treaty among many First Nations and Tribes of the Great Plains of Canada and Montana Beltline Garden Party at Lougheed House and spoke of the Bison Belong movement that returned wild bison July 29 | Our first Community Dog Parade was a highlight of the to Banff National Park in 2017. event, with over 40 Beltline dogs strutting their stuff for prizes. For the humans, we had live music, bocce ball, storytelling, a sale of vintage tea cups & saucers, and local storyteller Karen Gummo performed a reminiscence as Lady Isabella Lougheed might have “Wonderful bonspiel yesterday. Even told it in the House in 1935. though it was pretty frosty outside, the Lougheed always puts on a great event!” 14 – Janna Zahorodniuk, Facebook 15 OUR BOARD AND VOLUNTEER VOLUNTEERS OF THE YEAR We are grateful to our ten generous volunteer Board members who Susan Wight provide a blend of thoughtful stewardship of Lougheed House’s Each year, a Lougheed House Volunteer is awarded the Trudy community reputation and future stability, plus on-the-ground Cowan Volunteer Appreciation Award. Named after Lougheed helping hands at our events. Collectively, our Board members House Conservation Society’s founding Director, the Award donate over 500 hours of their time, annually. honours the vital role volunteers continue to play in the ongoing success of Lougheed House. This year it was awarded to Garden Beyond our Board, members of our dedicated and loyal volunteer Volunteer, Susan Wight who has been volunteering at Lougheed corps gave Lougheed House thousands of hours of their time House for five years. Susan says, “(I) first attended a Doors Open and expertise as gardeners, historic interpreters, interior YYC at Lougheed House and got chatting with Marie Gattinger, designers, casino and special events volunteers. New volunteer Head Gardener. I like to putter in gardens and she made it sound Susan Wight (left) with Trudy Cowan highlights included working with new community and corporate like fun. I distinctly remember her saying with a laugh, that every groups including Grade 11 students from Sir Winston Churchill minute I volunteered was one less minute of work she would High School. have to do! Even half an hour would help. Who could resist? So, I followed up and joined in the spring.” Thank you to everyone who dedicated their valuable time to Lougheed House and Gardens and enhanced the experience Now, Susan is an integral part of a loyal team of Lougheed House of our guests. Gardeners, many of whom have been tending the Gardens since the very beginning of site restoration in the late 1990s.

Our Gardens by the numbers: 22 volunteer gardeners “It’s a lot of fun, the people are great 3,457 plants purchased and planted and it’s exciting to see the Gardens grow. 32 different annuals and perennials You feel a sense of pride.” - Susan Wight 16 2000 packages of seeds distributed throughout the community 17 Thank you to our Event Sponsors: FUNDRAISER The Restaurant at Lougheed House Business for the Arts A Wedding for the Ages Elizabeth Carey Design September 16 | This immersive, one-time event featured a live recreation by Thou Art Here Theatre Alberta Laminations of the 1884 wedding of and Isabella Sophia Hardisty – held on the 133rd Jackie Duncan Photography Anniversary of the actual occasion. The evening’s festivities included a theatre production, gourmet Flowers Make Memories dinner and silent auction, and raised over $28,000 in support of Lougheed House; gardens, programs and exhibitions. The marriage on September 16, 1884 of James Lougheed and Isabella Hardisty was Thank you to our pivotal to a young lawyer newly arrived from Toronto and a young woman whose parents were “fur Silent Auction Sponsors: trade royalty” in the Hudson’s Bay Company. Together they would greatly influence the shape and tenor WestJet of this new, rough-hewn and fast-growing community of Calgary, itself incorporated as a “Town” the Lifetime Adventures Travel same year. Donna Balzer Calgary Food Tours Thank you to all of the guests, sponsors and donors who contributed to the success of this special event River Valley Adventure Company and whose support of Lougheed House is enabling us to grow new and unique learning experiences for all who visit. A special thank you to Mary Lougheed for her unwavering support. Also, special thanks to Dr. Donald Smith, Professor Emeritus, , and Ms. Trudy Cowan, founding Executive Director of Lougheed House, for your significant contributions in bringing this evening’s history to life. Numerous guests also played a role in the evening’s performances and we thank you for your willingness to be a part of ‘making history’. “...our wedding at the Lougheed House... a beautiful day and a beautiful location. Our guests are still talking Social Media about it... the food was 2,500 Twitter Followers 1,500 Facebook Followers 680 Instagram Followers amazing and we would highly @Lougheedhouse @theLougheedhouse Lougheed House recommend this location for any special occasion.” 3,100 Newsletter Subscribers www.lougheedhouse.com - Rhonda Laughton, Facebook 18 19 PROGRAMMING PRIVATE EVENT School programs at the Lougheed House are continuing to build on their mission of providing immersive and inquiry based learning RENTALS AND experiences to students within Calgary and the surrounding area. By providing programs that are hands-on, tactile and steeped in the rich history that the House provides, students have an opportunity WEDDINGS to see themselves within the context of the various legacies left Whether looking for a venue for corporate or celebratory events, behind by those who founded and shaped our country. the Lougheed House is a perfect hidden gem for any special event Moving forward, school programs will be endeavoring to add looking for an elegant, one-stop shopping venue rental. We offer program offerings in an outreach capacity that are project based our corporate customers space for Monday or Tuesday meetings to further increase our impact and relevance to the schools and all through the day, or a venue full of ambiance for customer or students in our local communities. employee evening events any night of the week.

Programs for adults are an important part of our mandate to be As a National and Provincial Historic Site, guests of personal or a hub in the community. After all, why should kids enjoy all of individual celebrations can be immersed in an era of a time gone the fun and discovery? Our adult programs, normally held during by, providing a calming and elegant venue for those intimate the evenings, never fail to delight participants with entertaining celebratory occasions. and thought-provoking themes, curated content and audience engagement. The Lougheed House offers all special event clients access to parking, full set up and take down of tables and chairs, dedicated event hosts to ensure the event is worry free, and access to the full We collaborated with local artists and makers to exhibit, 25 House and Gardens for any event. All catering can be arranged promote and sell their work. through The Restaurant on site which features a focus on elevated We served 360 new Canadians through the Institute for Canadian local cuisine and a dedication to working with you to get things Citizenship’s Cultural Access Pass program. just right. 20 21 THE THE SHOP RESTAURANT at Lougheed House Did you know almost all at Lougheed House guests of the House stop in our gift store? Our cuisine style is committed to simple quality It’s an integral and important part of our visitors’ ingredients. We utilize our onsite garden and experience of the museum. local food growers. Menus are prepared to suit the vast tastes of today for our Lunch, Brunch and An exciting year for the Gift Shop saw us begin Afternoon Tea. Reservations are recommended. consulting with local makers about improving our shop offerings while developing plans for The Restaurant at Lougheed House together with physical upgrades to the shop. We hosted maker Lougheed House has completed over 400 events markets to let our new suppliers get to know our in these past few years. We are pleased to offer community better and held our first ever large custom menus for social gatherings, weddings, scale sale that helped us raise much needed funds and classic corporate events for 20 to 200 people. for the House. We take pride in our service and enjoy taking part with our Guests as they celebrate their families, Throughout the year we built relationships with their engagements and their special occasions. artisans and small businesses who believe in our mission. We explored avenues to make the shop Hours of Operations: as sustainable as possible considering ecological Wed., Thurs. & Fri. - 11:00am to 2:00pm “I just attended a wedding at and social, as well as financial, outcomes. Sat. & Sun. - 10:00am to 2:00pm the Lougheed House and it Building on a sustainability theme, we received – Closed on Mon. & Tues. was spectacular!...the food and sold - 126 teacups from generous donors as For inquiries please call 403-660-5280 we continue to do business bringing happiness [email protected] was AMAZING!! I also loved touring the building as I’d through a connection to history. Visit us often in the upcoming year for more locally made, never been there before.” ” sustainability-minded beautiful goods. 22 – Kayla Toole, Facebook 23 Enslow (continued) UP TO $100 UP TO $500 Fairplay Stores Ltd. Debra Law Bridgette Bar Heritage Park OUR COLLABORATIVE Donna Balzer Calgary Food Tours Louise Blank Dr. Conrad McCowan Darryl Cariou Matt Masters Dr. Diane Howard Kate Reeves Princess Patricia’s Canadian PARTNERS Dr. Donald Smith Lenore J Hunt Light Infantry Ed Williams Mens Wear Marilyn Reti Royal Canadian Sea Cadet A sincere thank you to those whose names appear below. Your donations and your belief that our Fairplay Pet Supply Polly Evenden Corps, Calgary community can be made better through the vision and the actions of Lougheed House are heartening. Flowers Make Memories Trinity Winds Trio As we appreciate you, we also invite you to continue to grow with us, to share your thoughts and desires Geri Moon for what we can be. Without you, donors, Lougheed House could not be the cultural hub where we all Gerry Meek Partners Lougheed House Glenda Hess can engage, discover, learn, entertain and celebrate. With your support, together, we are celebrating our Calgary Crescendo Christmas: Jane Bisbee past and inspiring our future. Thank you. Choir Society Amici String Program Jaybee Designs Institute for Canadian Emerging John Brownlee Funders Citizenship Artists Program John Trikola Nakoda AV Club Glenbow Archives Kirstin Evenden Naomi Koch Vocal Studio Instrumental Society of Calgary Lawrence Fichtner New Heights School Jason Barnsley Lifetime Adventures Travel Open Doors YYC Jessie Andjelic and M. Ann McCaig Stardale Womens Group Philip Vandermey, Joe Lougheed Marianne Doherty Donors & Sponsors* UP TO $5,000 SPECTACLEbureau Peter Tertzakian Mary Fong Elizabeth Carey Design Wedding fundraiser: Steven Méthot and the The Blanchard Foundation c/o Mary Lougheed UP TO $50,000 Margaret Southern Brad Wrobleski - fotoscool Diminished Fifth Quartet, Gift of Jeanne Lougheed & Family Ken Blanchard Companies Memory Lane Fashions WestJet Jackie Duncan Photography Natalie Manzer, and Karen Patricia Moore Thou Art Here Theatre, and Michael Pollock UP TO $10,000 UP TO $500 River Valley Adventures Co. UP TO $1,000 Edmonton Vocal Vortex Azimuth Capital Management Andrea Brussa Robert Kulhawy Alberta Laminations Barbershop Quartet Jeff van Steenbergen Bartier Bros Winery Robert Peabody Ana Cummings Beltline Garden Party: Willy Joosen The Donald and Doreen Bill Sembo Sarah Mackey Bombay Company 41 Service Battalion, Canadian Lougheed Gift Fund through Brian Felesky Sheila LeBlanc Bowring Armed Forces The Calgary Foundation Bricks Wine Company Theatre Calgary CCS Designs International Inc The Restaurant at Calgary Flames Hockey Club Trudy Cowan Deborah Yedlin Chinook Country Lougheed House CalgaryWalks and Bus Tours Volker Mendritzki Dianne Lougheed Historical Society, Carol Howes Walt DeBoni Jackie Duncan Photography Historic Calgary Week 24 *Every effort has been made to ensure this information is accurate. To discuss any questions, please contact Lougheed House. 25 Volunteer Christmas Calgary Hitmen, Calgary Flames Canadian Museum for Human Designers: Calgary Parks Rights (for film rights) Alison Rose, CBC Calgary Cerebral Palsy Association OUR STAFF AND BOARD Alison Rose Interiors DJ Jamal Disability Action Hall Ana Cummings, ANA Interiors Southern Alberta Felicity (artist) 2017 Lougheed House Staff 2017 Board of Directors Chantel C Snyder and Curling Association Kathy Austin Lindsie Bruns, School Programs Assistant Darryl Cariou Beatta Ryback Sunalta Community Association Paul Erickson (artist) Lea Romanowski, Village Brewery Poulsen family Blair Cosgrove, Communications Specialist Melissa Cook, Vice-Chair Designing on the Edge Right to Love Group Kirstin Evenden, Executive Director Kirstin Evenden (Ex-Officio – Selina Austin and Rebekah Rolling Hills Studios (artist) Amanda Foote, Visitor Experience Coordinator Executive Director) McEwan, Homegirls Turnkey Loans for our Susan Guild (artist) Marie Gattinger, Head Gardener Carol Howes Staging and Design Solutions 2017 exhibits Charlotte Le Gallais & Sarah Mackey, Yasmeen Huq Swantje Macke-Monteiro, were provided by: Cultivating the Landscape: Program Assistants Sheila LeBlanc SAMM European Design Calgary Public Library, Local Adrienne Leicht, Guest Services, Gerry Meek, Chair Getting on the Map: History Collection AlTOURnatives: Calgary Public Library, Local and Archives Volunteers and Program Manager Volker Mendritzki, Secretary Camille Betts History Collection Rocio Graham Caroline Loewen, Curator John Trikola Connaught School The City of Calgary, Corporate Cathy Olson, General Manager Chioma Ufodike David Munoz Glenbow Museum and Archives Records, Archives Kelly Salmond, Finance Manager Lorraine Walker, Treasurer Robert Lowther Library and Archives Canada Jake Sawyer, Summer Student Catherine Whalley (Ex-Officio – The Mustard Seed Loch Gallery Artists in Residence: Audra Stripling, Gift Shop & Costuming Government of Alberta) YMCA Calgary University of Calgary Library Calgary Foundation Judy Uwiera, Special Events Coordinator Map Collection Eric Moschopedis and Beltline Bonspiel: Mia Rushton with Adopt-a-Rink, City of Calgary Speak Out: Bryce Krynski Beltline Neighbourhoods Calgary Ability Network Association Calgary Sexual Health Centre

Photo Credits Unless otherwise noted, all photographs courtesy of the Lougheed House Conservation Society. Cover Page: Wedding photo by Gingersnap Photography. Page 3: Torval Mork Photography. Page 7: (top) Torval Mork Photography. Page 8: (top) David Munoz Middle - Indian Camp, Treaty no.7, 1877 by R.B. Nevitt. Glenbow Archives. Page 10: Nighttime skyline photo by Laura Fairfield. Page 14: (top) Dan Kim Photography and (middle) Evasion Photography. Page 15: (bottom) Dr. Leroy Little Bear. Page 19: Thou Art Here Theatre’s Merran Carr-Wiggin as bride Lady Isabella Lougheed and Evan Hall as groom Sir James Lougheed photo by Jackie Duncan Photography. Page 20-21: Gingersnap Photography. 26 27 CELEBRATING OUR PAST, INSPIRING OUR FUTURE.

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