The fonds consists of materials created or collected by Geoffrey Lester and contains materials originally dating from 1868-1997. The fonds consists of this sous-fonds: Historical Atlas of Railways in Alberta (1868-1997) The sous-fonds consists of materials created or collected by Lester in the process of creating the atlas. The sous-fonds contains these series: A. Administrative (1984-1997) The series consists of research inquiries, expense listings, correspondence, funding files, and other materials relating to publication of the atlas. B. Research materials (1984-1997, originals 1868-1997) The series consists of news clippings, annual reports, maps, photographs, articles, and other materials related to Alberta railways. C. Publication (1984-1997) The series consists of checklists, specification sheets, drafts of various sections of the publication and other materials related to the creation and publication of the Historical Atlas of Railways in Alberta.
The collection consists of photographs originating from the Girouxville Museum. The photographs feature scenes of Giouxville and Grouard, Alberta in the early part of the 20th century.
The fonds consists of 51 photographs taken by Ernest William Bavin, RNWMP, and others of Athabasca, the Athabasca River, Fort McKay, Fort Chipewyan, Lac La Biche, the Peace River, Grouard, Sawridge, Fort Vermilion, steamboats and Rev. Alfred Speechly White of the Anglican Church.
The collection consists of posters related to a wide variety of topics including the promotion of immigration to Canada; the sale of Victory bonds and recruitment for the wars; political campaigns; advertisements for rail and steamship travel; and announcements of auction sales, sports meets, and social events.
Fonds consists of business and personal correspondence, research material, book manuscripts (most published between 1975 and 1990), appointment diaries, photographs and speeches. Also includes articles on G. MacEwan, book reviews, material honouring G. MacEwan and other miscellaneous material. Accession 891/12.8 includes various media that relate to the personal life of G. MacEwan: 2 photograph albums of 'Pioneer Agricultural Scenes' and 'Canadian Livestock'; 3 diaries kept by G. MacEwan, 1902-1931, 1931-1950, 1958-1966; 3 scrapbooks and 3 files containing research, notes and clippings relating to various issues of interest to MacEwan; the diary of Phyllis Cline, 1932-1953.
The fonds consists of images, from Canmore, Edson and Cadomin, Alberta, of hunting and hunting camps, a pack train, first aid training, views of Edson, a heated sleigh, the Cadomin baseball team, a mine near Cadomin, and the Red Cross school group.
The fonds consists of Lynn Holroyd’s research notes on pharmacies in the south Peace Country and Marian Holroyd’s collection of historical photographs from families in the County of Grande Prairie and from Paquin Photographs. The accrual consists of historical photographs, 5 Paquin photographs, a 1962 County Fair Prize List booklet, a booklet "Place Names of Alberta", 1928.
Fonds consists of a letter from William Fieldhouse to his fiancee, Mary Farnell (1850), a letter from Thomas Farnell and his mother to William and Mary Fieldhouse (1852), a letter from Mary Hannah Hoskin to Elizabeth Hoskin (ca. 1899), 3 elevation drawings of the Thomas Hoskin farmstead for Elizabeth Hoskin by Thomas Arthur Hoskin (ca. 1905)
The fonds consists of photographs, postcards, and a publication from United Grain Growers. Of the 327 photographs, 110 portray surveying in the Peace Country from 1909 to 1911, 5 picture life on the Tuffill homestead, and the remaining 212 are of Mr. Tuffill’s service in WWI and family and photographs from England. There are also 72 postcards from Canada and abroad.
