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Hugh Stroud fonds
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Hugh Stroud was born July 3, 1914 in Edmonton, Alberta; he was the son of Arnold and Christine. When Arnold enlisted during the First World War, Christine and Hugh returned to Scotland to be nearer to Arnold; he was killed in battle in 1916. In 1917, Christine and Hugh returned to Edmonton, where Christine married Fred Furlough, a trapper originally from Wisconsin. In 1921, the family moved to Fort McMurray, Alberta and settled near the south shore of Lake Athabasca. At an early age, Hugh began to learn about fur trapping from his step-father. In 1925, Christine, Hugh and new son Fred moved into Fort McMurray where Christine began a dairy business. In the 1930s, Hugh sought gold at the northeast corner of Lake Athabasca. In the mid 1930s, Hugh began his own business, a wood and water service in Fort McMurray. He sold the business in 1942, before leaving to serve in the Second World War. Hugh Stroud died in 2000.
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The fonds consists of images from the Fort McMurray area, originally dating from 1920s, and includes images of furs, likely trapped at Sled Island, participants in a school play in Fort McMurray, First Nations people gathered at Fort Providence, Fort Chipewyan, dogs being used to deliver milk, a school in Fort McMurray and children playing baseball.
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Hugh Stroud allowed the Provincial Archives of Alberta to copy the records in 1979. The originals were returned to him.
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- The material is in English.
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Access Conditions: None. Use Conditions: Permission for use required. Subject to the Copyright Act.
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See PR1979.0042/6 for an oral history with Hugh Stroud.
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Further accruals are not expected.
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Information for the biographical sketch is taken from <em>The Place We Call Home: A History of Fort McMurray, As Its People Remember</em>, which is available in the Provincial Archives of Alberta Reference Library, 971.232 H83and from the records. The images can be located in the A file of the Provincial Archives of Alberta reference prints under the numbers A.3318 through A.3324.<br><br>Record No. Fonds consists of the following accessions: PR1979.0041<br><br>
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- Stroud, Hugh (Subject)