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Theresa Ferguson fonds

  • PAA paa-9640
  • Fonds
  • 1974-1980, 2008

The fonds consists of slides and textual material created by Theresa Ferguson, archaeology and anthropology professor, in the course of her field research.

Ferguson, Theresa

Marie-Anna Adèle Roy fonds

  • PAA paa-9615
  • Fonds
  • [1960-1964]

The fonds consists of the typewritten manuscript of Le rayonnement d'une œuvre dans le nord albertain by Marie-Anna Adèle Roy. The manuscript has 108 pages of text, and 35 photographs and 3 maps illustrating the text. The manuscript is inscribed: "Collège de Gravelbourg, Section historique. En hommage!" It is composed of two parts: one, of 20 pages, with the title "Aux missionnaires et aux pionniers de La-Rivière-La-Paix", which locates the region, explains the origin of its name and tells the settling story of this part of Alberta; the other, called "Tangent", is the history of the village with the same name, founded in 1927, 300 km North-West of Edmonton. The manuscript ends the evocation of pioneers' life with the narrative of the 50th anniversary's ceremonies of the neighbour parishes Fahler, Donnelly and Girouxville on the 23rd of June, 1963.

Roy, Marie-Anna Adèle

Miquelon family fonds

  • PAA paa-9606
  • Fonds
  • [19-]

The fonds consists of records concerning the genealogy of the Miquelon family in Quebec and Alberta, covering the period between 1644 and 1986.

Miquelon (family)

Hicks family fonds

  • PAA paa-9568
  • Fonds
  • 1910-1959

The fonds consists of photographs and textual material related to the Hicks family and their homestead in northern Alberta.

Hicks (family)

Bob Hoare fonds

  • PAA paa-9562
  • Fonds
  • 1904 - 1931

The fonds consists of glass plate negatives by Bob Hoare of people, businesses, buildings, activities and events in Bowden, Alberta and vicinity.

Hoare, Bob

Peggy Wonnacott fonds

  • PAA paa-9559
  • Fonds
  • [189?] - [ca. 1910]

The fonds consists of photographic postcards dating from the late 1890s to circa 1910 acquired by Peggy Wonnacott. The photographs featuring the Hudson's Bay Company Fort, Douglas and Co. Ltd, Edmonton and Strathcona; Old Fort Edmonton, C.W. Mathers; Edmonton as seen from the South Side, C.W. Mathers; and The North West Mounted Police barracks at Fort Saskatchewan, C.W. Mathers.

Wonnacott, Peggy

Ian Patterson fonds

  • PAA paa-9539
  • Fonds
  • [ca.1911] - 1938

The fonds consists of images of scenes in Alberta acquired by Ian Patterson including Big Island on the North Saskatchewan in 1926, Athabasca Landing Ferry in 1926, Peace River Highway in 1931, a ferry on the North Saskatchewan River at Strawberry Creek in 1931, the Town of Athabasca in 1932, the Ghost River Dam in 1938, and the Calgary-Edmonton Highway near Bowden in 1938. The fonds also contains copies of photographic postcards acquired by Ian Patterson dating from the early part of the 20th century. The postcards feature images of Alberta including the Red Deer River Crossing of the Canadian National Railways (CNR) at Drumheller, the Hanna CNR station, the Athabasca River Bridge, the Beaver Bridge at Bonnyville, "Big Eddy", "Steveville", the CNR Station at Alliance, the St. Albert Hotel, Saunders Creek, a pack train at Edson, a bridge a Wabamun, the CNR depot at Jasper, the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) at Lethbridge, the Athabasca River bridge, the Brazeau Collieries at Nrodegg, and the Town of Wayne.

Patterson, Ian

Edo Nyland fonds

  • PAA paa-9538
  • Fonds
  • 1886 - 1971

The fonds consists of material acquired by Edo Nyland and includes a map featuring Townships 53 to 68 between the 4th and 5th Meridian in Alberta dating from 1886; a copy of a map of the North-West Territories in 1877; copies of photographs featuring the Cooking Lake Forest Reserve dating from the early part of the 20th century; and diaries of two homesteaders dating from 1917 to 1925. The fonds also includes material related to an article Edo Nyland published in the 1969 edition of Alberta entitled, "Lost Loggers Railway Found" including research notes, photographs of a logging camp in the early part of the 20th century as well as maps and photographs taken in 1968 featuring the area of Connor Creek Brown Zone.

Nyland, Edo

Christopher Gordon Mundy fonds

  • PAA paa-9537
  • Fonds
  • 1911 -- 1972

The fonds consists of material created by Gordon C. Mundy and divides into two series: Mundy's Map Company and Personal Material series.

Mundy, Christopher Gordon

Olive Armstrong Morris fonds

  • PAA paa-9536
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1908]

The fonds consists of five maps entitled, "The Fertile North" published by the Railway Lands Branch, Department of Interior, Government of Canada in ca. 1908. The maps provide information on natural resources, agricultural, the railways, and the environment for northern and central Canada.

Morris, Olive Armstrong

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