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Beth Sheehan fonds

  • CA GPR 0002
  • Fonds
  • 1885-2003

The fonds consists of the following series: personal and family papers and photographs including diaries written by Beth over an extensive period beginning in 1939 (with lapses) and into the 2000s; publications from "The Bull Outfit" with which her father came to the Beaverlodge area 1909; organizational files showing Beth's involvement with Trumpeter Swan preservation, the Home and School Association, the Grande Prairie County Agricultural Society, the Grande Prairie Book Club, and the Grande Prairie Hot Air Balloon Events Association; files relating to her work as author and historian of Clairmont and District, the Monkman Pass, Grande Prairie's 25th Anniversary, Pioneers of the Peace, and the Peace River itself, complete with the diary of a trip down that river in 1955, and a reference system of news clippings on the people and events in the Grande Prairie area from [1970-2000]. There is also a large collection of photographs, both historical and documentary, detailing her activities and showing her interests as a photographer.

Sheehan, Beth

Betty Welter fonds

  • CA GPR 0129
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1880-2007]

The fonds consists of school memorabilia and paper artefacts from Betty’s childhood, building the Welter family home, and her volunteer activities; certificates and news clippings detailing Betty’s activities with the Canadian Red Cross, and a book of minutes from the Local Association (Mother’s Auxiliary) of Guides, Brownies and Rangers from 1965-1970; a writing portfolio of biographies of the Smart family and Jack Welter, as well as memories of incidents which happened in her childhood, her teenage years and years as a young wife including income tax forms from 1943-1973; a wide subject range of photographs, from local Grande Prairie scenes and people to the construction of the Alaska Highway; and research files containing material researched for the archives: Miller’s Taxi; Teen Town; and a publication "The Inside Track" which traces the history of Union Tractor which Betty's husband Jack worked for. An accrual in 2010 consists of plans and blueprints of the Welter house and their duplex.

Welter, Betty

Bezanson Community Blooms fonds

  • CA GPR 0645
  • Fonds
  • 2006-2014

This fonds contains 7.5 cm of textual records, 24 negatives, and 1 photograph relating to the Bezanson Community Blooms group. It includes items from the groups correspondence and publications including “Native Flowers, Shrubs & Trees of the Bezanson Townsite,” reference materials from the 2008 Grande Prairie Regional Heritage Symposium, newspaper clippings, application sheets for the Prairie Shelterbelt Program, information on their Alberta Lottery Fund grant, and many financial records.

Bezanson Family fonds

  • CA GPR 0155
  • Fonds
  • 1906-1983

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.

Bezanson, Ancel Maynard

Bezanson School District 3302 fonds

  • CA GPR 0070
  • Fonds
  • 1926-1947

The fonds consists of one minute book and three daily registers from 1926-1927, 1932-1933, and 1946-1947.

Bezanson School District 3302

Bezanson Stampede Committee fonds

  • CA GPR 0369
  • Fonds
  • 1950-1967

The fonds consists of minutes and financial 1950-1961, financial 1962, minutes and activities 1962, financial 1962-1967, correspondence 1959-1964, a booklet of rodeo rules 1962, and a Bezanson Stampede poster 1957.

Bezanson Stampede Committee

Big Bend Historical Committee fonds

  • CA GPR 0532
  • Fonds
  • 1981

The fonds consists of family histories, school and church histories, community services and activities histories and miscellaneous writings, news clippings and correspondence used for producing The Big Bend, a community history book covering the areas of Blueberry Creek, Blueberyy Mountain, Fourth Creek, Ksituan, Silver Valley, and Whitburn.

Big Bend Historical Committee

Big Seven Co. Ltd. fonds

  • CA GPR 0360
  • Fonds
  • 1917-1936

The fonds consists of two accounts books from the Big Seven Co. Ltd., an original copy of the sale agreement for the threshing machine, and an inspection certificate of the company's boiler. The fonds deals with the threshing business conducted by the Big Seven Co. Ltd. and includes expenses, wages for employees, charges for groceries at the company store, etc.

Big Seven Co. Ltd.

Bill and Clarice Paul fonds

  • CA GPR 0382
  • Fonds
  • 1945-1992

The fonds consists of 21 photographs and 13 negatives of G.P. Iron Works building, caterpillar brushing equipment, downtown Grande Prairie with Clarice and children, Bill and Pat, the Hudson Bay store fire, and Picture Perfect renovations. Also included are 3 newspaper articles referencing the history of the G.P. Iron Works and a menu cover from Clarice Paul's Ice Cream Shop, "Milky Way".

Paul, Bill

Bill and Eva Scott fonds

  • CA GPR 0347
  • Fonds
  • 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

Scott, Eva

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