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Spirit River Settlement Historical Society fonds

  • CA GPR 0486
  • Fonds
  • 1973-1989

The fonds consists of records of the Spirit River Settlement Historical Society including executive records and records of their History Book Committee which consist of planning documents, financial records, minutes and correspondence, and original and/or edited copies of submissions to the Spirit River history book Chepi Sepe. The first sections of the Book Committee records include a history of the general region and the Spirit River Settlement area, the coming of settlers and the growth of agriculture, businesses, industries, municipal governments, the history of veterans of WWI and WWII, schools, churches, medical facilities, and cultural and recreational groups. The second main body of the records contains original and/or edited copies of over 630 family histories arranged in alphabetical order by surname.

Spirit River Settlement Historical Society

Horseshoe of the Peace Historical Society fonds

  • CA GPR 0495
  • Fonds
  • 1990-1991

The fonds consists of files created for the production of "Tales, Trails and Gumbo", the history book for the Cotilion, Silver Valley and Fourth Creek districts of the south Peace River Country of Alberta. Files include the history of the society; township maps showing original land owners, old trails and roads, and community buildings; and 416 individual family stories or historical submissions for "Tales, Trails and Gumbo." Many of the stories are hand-written by family members. Also included are anecdotes, poetry, art work, five photographs, and one sound recording. A list of the stories is roughly equivalent to the index of the book.

Horseshoe of the Peace Historical Society

Lettington/Hogg fonds

  • CA GPR 0496
  • Fonds
  • [1931-1932]

The fonds consists of eight photographs of Nance Lettington and her friends in the Lymburn district, the students at Lambert School, and activities at St. Georges Ranch in Windsor Creek.

Lettington/Hogg family

Violet (Wilson) Rein fonds

  • CA ATH 05.08
  • Fonds
  • 1981

The fonds consists of the following topics: early settlers, local dances, weather, and freighting to Athabasca.

Violet (Wilson) Rein

Marion (Lewis) Ward fonds

  • CA ATH 05.08
  • Fonds
  • 1981

The fonds consists of the following topics: Lawrence Rye, moving reindeer by train, building Highway 2 in 1925, aboriginal pilgrimage to Lac St. Anne, Perryvale (Lewiston) , Lewiston School, Miss Howlett, wild game, Sandy Creek, Athabasca Landing Trail, Rein family, scows, grain elevators and medical doctors.

Marion (Lewis) Ward

South Peace Regional Archives Photograph collection

  • CA GPR 0502
  • Collection
  • [1880]-2003

The collection consists of photographs relating to the history of the South Peace River Country of Alberta. These photographs were donated by various donors to South Peace Regional Archives after it was established in 2000, and are not associated with a fonds. Photographs range in date from ca. 1880-2003 and cover a range of subjects.

South Peace Regional Archives, collector

South Peace Regional Archives Film collection

  • CA GPR 0505
  • Collection
  • 1937-2006

The collection consists of amateur and professional film and video recordings relating to the history of the South Peace River Country of Alberta. These films and videos were donated by various donors to South Peace Regional Archives after it was established in 2000, and are not associated with a fonds. Recordings range in date from 1937-2006 and cover a range of subjects.

South Peace Regional Archives, collector

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

Buffalo Lakes New Horizon Group fonds

  • CA GPR 0538
  • Fonds
  • 1978-1989

The fonds consists of 2 notebooks, one containing the minutes of meetings of the Buffalo Lakes New Horizon Group from 1978-1981 and the second with minutes of meetings of The Financial Group for the New Horizon Group from 1978-1989.

Buffalo Lakes New Horizon Group

Oliver H. Johnson fonds

  • CA GPR 0548
  • Fonds
  • 1908-1909

The fonds consists of the 1908-1909 homestead diary of Oliver H. Johnson. It provides a daily record of his activities as he broke land, built a house, barn, and other structures, interacted with his neighbours, including the Stones, Sinclairs, Fergusons, Bredins, Hardins, Smiths, Germaine, Arnold, Allie Brick, Mead & Grant, members of the Beaver First Nation, and others, and travelled back to Edmonton to join his family. The last few pages of the diary list recipes, drugs, groceries, dry goods, hardware, and accounts, some of which may date from his time as a storekeeper.

Johnson, Oliver H.

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