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The fonds consists of a collection of photographs donated by the Bezanson family when the Bezanson Towsite became an historical site ca. 1986; and a collection found in a Seattle rooming house in the 1970s. There is some duplication in the collection. They include photographs of Bezanson’s first trip into the Peace Country in 1906, their homestead on the Smoky River from 1908-1913, his 1913 trip over the Edson Trail in a 1912 Cadillac with an Edmonton Realtor named Davidson, the creation of the hamlet of Bezanson at the junction of the Smoky and Simonette Rivers, and a collection of Peace Country scenes dating from 1910 to 1930.

The fonds consist of a collection of historical photographs, maps personal papers, and business receipts which were gathered for the publication. Many of the illustrations in Grooming the Grizzly were returned to their owners, and are therefore not in this collection; on the other hand historical documents which were never incorporated into the publication, are part of this collection.

The fonds consists of one minute book from 1936-1940 and Daily Registers from 1934 to 1990.

The fonds consists of records relating to Bob Field's life and activities, primarily as an amateur radio operator. The records include licenses and certificates, incoming and outgoing correspondence and QSL cards, log books, information about local amateur radio, and a publication about Bob's experiences in radio.

The fonds currently has only one series: Amateur Radio.

The fonds consists of records documenting the history of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 54, including a scrapbook of newsclippings and photographs of veterans, a leadership manual, programs from conventions and other events, the proposed by-laws for Branch #54, certificate of title for the Legion Campsite, materials used for interviews and Remembrance Day presentations, and a copy of the Grande Prairie Regional College's Student Awards booklet, 1992-93; Ladies Auxiliary publications, "Diamond Jublilee Convention" and "50 Golden Years", and a history of the Alberta-Northwest Territories Command Ladies' Auxiliaries; and some WWII publications and personal memories: a copy of a letter from Bob Kennedy to his mother, Mrs. Alex Craig, from Sicily in 1944, a Program Commemoration of Liberation, 1945, an order of Service and Thanksgiving conducted at Laren 1945, a copy of a German propaganda leaflet, 2 booklets "The Common-Sense of Re-Establishment" and "D-Day", a newspaper "Operation Overload", and a newsclipping "Germany Quits".

The fonds consists of three Counter Sales books and a 1916 Report of the Storage Possibilities of Bear Lake and Power Possibilities of Bear Creek which reflect the activities of The Argonauts Limited. The first of the Sales books, labeled as originally belonging to W.A. Rae and dated 1910-1915, appears to record Company expenses and lot sales, wages, lumber orders for the sawmill, food purchases for the camp and sales of clothing to workers. The second Counter Sales book, dated 1911-1914 and 1922, contains some of the same records as well as Customer Accounts. The third book, stamped The Argonauts Limited, contains similar records for 1915-1917, but also includes insurance sales and insurance vacancy permits for 1936-1937. Since the Argonauts had disbanded by then, this may be the records of Charles Spencer's Prairie City Agency. The report on Bear Creek and Bear Lake, conducted by the Department of the Interior, includes correspondence directed to W.A. Rae, and 20 photographs of Bear Creek and Bear Lake.

The fonds consists of 37 photographs of the Menzies family, their homes, the Sexsmith School, a hockey team and Sexsmith street scenes.

The fonds consists of genealogy records of families Hazelton, White, Hughson, Thorpe, Patterson; 3 books: "The Family of James Patterson", a report on the development of the County of Grande Prairie Industrial Park, and a Queen Elizabeth ll Hospital Design Report (1981); 4 maps of the County of Grande Prairie and 1 of Bezanson; a 1983 submission by the County of Grande Prairie to Alberta Transportation; invitations to official opening of QEII Hospital; Montrose and Grande Prairie High School Reunion (1979) booklet; a letter to Mr. R Wales from Elizabeth Keough; burial permits (1937, 1960-1968); one photograph of an unidentified couple; and 2 speeches written in tribute to Douglas Clarkson and Ernie Watt.

The fonds consists of the minutes of the school board from August 4, 1928 to January 29, 1938.

The fonds consists of correspondence, financial records and publications kept by the Buffalo Lake School District Board in the course of its activities. Included in the publications are the General Regulations of the Department of Education in Alberta in 1934 with copies of Legislation, such as the School Act, which applied to schools.