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Grande Prairie Board of Trade and Chamber of Commerce fonds Subseries
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Board of Trade and Chamber of Commerce Executive

The sub-series consists of legal documents; minutes; financial statements; annual reports; annual meeting programs; and presidents’ speeches. The minutes include the following additions: beginning in 1961, the President’s report and year end financial statements; by 1965 committee reports, announcements and resolutions; by 1970 monthly financial reports, quarterly meetings and director’s meeting minutes from the Alberta Chamber of Commerce; by 1975 executive memos and annual reports. The photographs are of various executives of the Chamber of Commerce from about 1958-1981. There are also two historical photographs of Mayor Griff James and Mayor George Repka.

Hot Air Balloon Championships

The sub-series consists of the final report on the 1979 Championship and correspondence regarding the formation of the Grande Prairie Hot Air Balloon Events Association. The 1979 report includes minutes, financial records, correspondence, registrations, press releases, schedules of events, awards, and information on the history and rules of hot air ballooning as well as the promotion and sponsorship for this event. A slide presentation showing the 1979 Championships has 150 slides. Another 16 slides show the Hot Air Balloon Queen contestants for 1980 and some miscellaneous shots of Hot Air Balloons.

Northwest Resources Conferences

The sub-series consists of correspondence and two printed reports, one for each conference. There is also a newspaper highlighting the first conference, published by the Edmonton Journal. The reports contain transcripts of the speeches from the main speakers, along with questions and answers from the floor. The second report includes a few photographs of people and events associated with the conference.

Trade Dollar Program

The sub-series consists of correspondence, original drawings of historical images submitted for consideration as use for trade dollars, promotional literature, photographs and news clippings. Subjects for the coins include the Trumpeter Swan, Boxing Champion Willie de Wit, Canadian Chuckwagon Championships and chuck-driver Kelly Sutherland, the Canadian Hot Air Balloon Championship and Grande Prairie’s 75th Anniversary. The photographs are of Willie de Wit, the Canadian Chuckwagon trophy, and a display of the original drawings. There are also slides of four of the coins.

South Peace Consumer Trade Fairs

The sub-series consists of agreements between the City of Grande Prairie and the Chamber of Commerce to hold the fair, documents and correspondence relating to planning and marketing the fair, plans and lists of attending businesses, newspaper clippings, photographs and lists of winning booths.

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