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Billy Salmond fonds

  • CA GPR 0043
  • Archief
  • 1906-1958

The fonds consists of six photographs and personal papers, including a permit to cut hay on Dominion Land; Kingston Business College workbooks relating to his education; a hotel register and account book from the Salmond Hotel; an envelope advertising Grande Prairie's Fourth Annual Agricultural Fair 1913; a 1916 program for an event in Spirit River; and some miscellaneous business account books and papers. In the series of 265 postcards, there are many with personal messages to Mr. Salmond.

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Bill LeMarquand fonds

  • CA GPR 0118
  • Archief
  • 1926-1992

The fonds consists of records relating to the LeMarquand family in the Jersey Islands, ships’ records for Bill’s immigration to Canada, papers from his homestead at Thorhild and his farms at Wanham, and news clippings detailing his volunteer career after retirement. The sound recordings include an oral history of Mr. LeMarquand and some communications from the family in the Jersey Islanders. The photographs are of Bill with his first automobile in 1940 and of Bill in retirement, when he received the Volunteer of the Year award.

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Bill and Eva Scott fonds

  • CA GPR 0347
  • Archief
  • 1937-1995

The fonds consists of a Coal Mines Examiners Certificate and photo belonging to Eva's grandfather, David Whyte, a Mountain Springs School Reunion booklet and photograph, photographs of Eva, as teacher, with her school classes, photographs of Grande Prairie-aerials and buildings, the Highland Games, and music events, and miscellaneous records related to Bill's career with the Herald Tribune

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C. S. Hook & Sons fonds

  • CA GPR 0378
  • Archief
  • 1932-[ca. 2000]

The fonds consists of records relating to the business interests of C. S. Hook & Sons, including businesses run by the company and subsequent businesses related to the company, and personal records of various members of the Hook family. The records date predominantly from the 1940s to the 1970s. Geographically, the records relate to the Peace Country of Alberta and British Columbia, particularly Grande Prairie, where the head office was located and members of the family lived, and Dawson Creek, Fort St. John, and Peace River, where the business operated branch stores.

The fonds is arranged in two series: Business and Personal, each with several subseries. An order has been established by the processing archivist based primarily on the content and chronology of the records as the original order had been disrupted.

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Louise Travis fonds

  • CA GPR 0189
  • Archief
  • 1924-1977

The fonds consists of 13 early photographs of picnics, parades, and gatherings with friends, Mr. Ryley's involvement with Grande Prairie Municipal Hospital Board, the return of the Fifth Anti-Tank Regiment celebration featuring the new Governor General, Field Marshall Earl Alexander, and 2 photographs of Louise Ryley Travis with former Grande Praire friends in Calgary. Also included are 8 post cards of Grande Prairie and area.

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Marie Henning fonds

  • CA GPR 0176
  • Archief
  • 1939-1958

The fonds consists of copies of news articles related to family members, clubs that Marie was involved in, sports news, and news of the local boys during WWII, the obituary and copy of the tribute at her funeral; and photographs and booklets related to her involvement in the Stagette Club.

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Priscilla Gilmour fonds

  • CA GPR 0041
  • Archief
  • 1911-1942

The fonds consists of: a 78 page diary; photographs of Mrs. Gilmour, (with the Lake Saskatoon Church group ca. 1920, and when she was 90 years of age); and a Succeeding Generations Scroll, from the Grande Prairie District Oldtimers Association for Elsie Denney, a grand-daughter of the Gilmour's.

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Charles Spencer fonds

  • CA GPR 0356
  • Archief
  • 1886-[1950]

The fonds consists of various textual records related to Charles Spencer’s personal, business and commercial interests. The contents of the fonds deal primarily with his life and interests after moving to Grande Prairie in 1910, although the material dates from 1886 to 1941. Records include correspondence, notebooks, daily journals, receipts, contracts and agreements, sales and account books, share certificates, photographs and postcards. There are also two blueprints of the 1917 Montrose School which he designed.

The fonds is arranged in three series: Personal papers, Business papers and Photographs.

An order has been established by the processing archivist as original order had been disrupted.

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Charles Edgar Sutherland fonds

  • CA GPR 0340
  • Archief
  • 1916-1919

The fonds consists of 2 photographs of C.E. Sutherland, and papers related to his immigration from Verdon, Minnesota, to Grande Prairie in 1919, including the arrangements for shipping household effects, 2 horses, 2 cows, 1 horse and 1 heifer.

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Charlie and Winnie Moore fonds

  • CA GPR 0376
  • Archief
  • 1920-1999

The fonds consists of records belonging to Charlie Moore and his wife Winnie (DeBolt) Moore who homesteaded the land that the hamlet of DeBolt occupies and were very involved in the early community.

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