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Askin family fonds
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8 photographs : b&w and b&w negatives. -- 0.5 cm of textual records
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Biographical history
Lorne Wilbert Askin (1894-1985) was born in Arcola, Saskatchewan. In 1916, he married Mary Ann Arthur (ca. 1900-1976). They had at least five children: Theodore (ca. 1925-1928), Douglas (?-ca. 1930), Lyle (?-1975), Helen (?-?), and Sybil (?-?). He worked in Olds, Alberta as a jeweller; moving in 1930 to Red Deer with his family. There he operated a jewellery store, until he retired in 1967, and moved to Denver, Colorado. He was an active member in several community organizations: the Red Deer Church of the Nazarene, the Canadian Jewellers' Institute, and the Central Alberta Pioneers and Old Timers Association. He was also active in politics, serving as a Red Deer alderman, 1946-1947, and taking an active part in the federal and provincial Social Credit Party. He returned to Red Deer after his wife's death
Custodial history
Found by Colleen McNaught while renovating the Askin family's old house in Red Deer, 1999
Scope and content
Fonds consists of 2 letters of condolence (1928-1930), and 7 negatives and 1 positive print of photographs showing members of the family (ca. 1920-ca. 1935)
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Photographs and correspondence heavily water damaged and fragile
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Gift of Colleen McNaught, 1999
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- English
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Access restricted because of fragile nature of contents of fonds
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No further accruals expected
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Record No. MG 12<br><br>
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- Askin (family) (Subject)