The fonds consists of photographs of Helene Lagasse and two of her sisters, Annie Vance attending Athabasca Public School [1912], Annie and Ernest Bulman-Fleming, Annie and her children, and Louis Menard and Helene. The genealogy of the Lagasse, Vance and Bulman-Fleming families is incuded as well as Ernest Bulman-Flemings's service records as part of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in WWI. The recording includes Gordon and Alan Vance reminiscing with Frank Falconer and Barbara Ashacker in 1983 about Athabasca, teachers, school friends, etc.
The fonds consists of a photograph of Alphonse Senz (1915-1945) who was KIA in Germany, his last letters and death notification; and photographs of five houses in the Parkhurst District : Gosselin, Charles Lynch, the Demonstration Farm, Charles Gahall and Eugene Sale houses. The map is a 1922 contour and trail map of the Parkhurst District Range 21 and 22 W4M. There are also 9 photographs of Parkhurst School taken from c.1917 to 1947 and a photograph of railway ties piled at the siding in Athabasca.
The fonds consists of a poem written by Robert E. Armstrong about the sinking of H.M.C.S. Athabascan, April 29, 1944. He was a petty officer aboard H.M.C.S.Haida.
The fonds consists of programmes, orders of service and booklets relating to the dairy industry, royalty, the Boer War and the First World War and women’s organizations. It also includes photographs of a land scrip certificate, members of the Lauder family, dairy groups and facilities, an Edmonton firehall and an Old Timers’ luncheon group.
The fonds consists predominantly of records from Kathleen Waddell’s time in the Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service. They include one menu card for the Christmas Dinner 1943 of HMCS Stadacona and photographs of Kathleen as a Wren (EA-557-1 to EA-557-11). There are also photographs of the 1915 flood of the North Saskatchewan River taken by Kathleen’s father, Robert Waddell (EA-557-12 to EA-557-14).
The fonds consists of military photographs including the Officers of the 66th Overseas Battalion in 1915 and the 49th Battalion’s return to Edmonton in 1919.
The fonds consists predominantly of the records of Florence Jean Cahill, including school and teaching records, memorial card and letters from family. There are also photographs of some members of the Cahill and O’Callaghan families, including Cliff Cahill (a cousin from the United States who was killed in action in France, 1918), Everett Cahill (a cousin in the UK Royal Flying Corps in 1917), and Walter O’Callaghan’s parents, Bridget and Edward O’Callaghan.
The fonds consists of an album of Byron-May photographs. Many of the photographs were part of their business, including commissioned images. The album also includes photographs of the Percy Byron and Gustave May families.
The fonds consists of clippings, booklets and correspondence from Reg’s military career and an autobiography. The photographs are of various groups, including the Rotary Club, Edmonton Historical Board, Northern Alberta Pioneers and Old Timers Association, Northern Alberta Diary Pool Social Club, McKay Avenue School and of the Selkirk Hotel. The books include Tony Cashman’s “A Moving Story” (388.3 CAS) and “Memories Of A Pioneer Schoolteacher” by Maisie Emery Cook (923 COO). File List: File 1:
a letter of reference from W.T. Henry, Mayor of Edmonton, June 3, 1916;
correspondence from William John Horner, A.H. Skanfield, N.E. Mackenzie and Tena [?], to William Reginald Horner, during his military training, 1916;
two military wills, 1916-1917;
a programme for the 196th Battalion reunion, Feb. 6, 1920;
an Instruction book for Ford Model T cars, 1913 (reprinted 1954);
a certificate of meritorious service, City of Edmonton, to W.R. Horner, for his work with the Edmonton Historical Board, May 9, 1973. (o/s – see map cabinets);
‘Rest In Peace’, letter (or speech), opposing the move of the Edmonton Cenotaph, by Reg Horner, Signaler, 5th Battn, 1st Div. C.E.F., & Past President of Canadian Corp Association, September 1977. File 2:
autobiography, ‘W. Reg. Horner – The First 80 Years – Everything You Wanted to Know About Him but Didn’t Dare Ask’, signed, [ca. 1979]. Note – file 2 includes genealogical information on the Horner and Wilkinson families; includes copies of some original records in file 1.
