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Provincial Archives of Alberta Women
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Lorna (Bisset) McPherson series

  • PAA paa-9764
  • Fonds
  • 1914-2010

The series consists of records related to church and school activities; genealogical information; correspondence; photographs; autograph albums; and annotated cookbooks.

Mary (Scott) Bisset series

  • PAA paa-9762
  • Fonds
  • 1888-2009

The series consists of correspondence; photographs; writings and aphorisms; books and writings on etiquette, morality, and remedies; records related to Mary's civic activities; and annotated cookbooks and home economics books.

Scott, Bisset, and McPherson family fonds

  • PAA paa-9761
  • Fonds
  • 1874-2010

The fonds consists of records created and/or collected by members of the Scott, Bisset, and McPherson families as well as related branches. The records include correspondence, diaries, clerical documents, family photographs, cookbooks, professional writings, and genealogical information. The records relate to such subjects as the domestic and professional lives of women across the 20th century; Albertan legal history; Albertan religious life and history; the evolution of public morality from the late 19th to the 21st centuries; the evolution of etiquette, entertainment, and home economics in the same period; and military records related to both the First and Second World Wars, including Canadian involvement in the armed forces and life on the home-front.

Scott, Bisset, and McPherson family

Tom Monto collection

  • PAA paa-9754
  • Collection
  • 1924, 1965-1992

The collection consists of records from a wide variety of sources that are all related to progressive movements and the Canadian left. There are particularly large amounts of records from the Alberta New Democrats and the Strathcona NDP constituency association as well as material from the Alberta Federation of Labour, the Woodsworth-Irvine Socialist Fellowship, and the Edmonton Women's Coalition.

The NDP material consists of committee files from the Edmonton NDP Anti-War Committee, the Women's Committee, and the Environment Committee; scrapbooks and documents created by Franklin Foster related to his 1975 NDP campaign for the Bonnyville MLA seat; Alberta New Democrat publications, magazines, and reports; and minutes and administrative files from the Strathcona NDP constituency.

In addition to the Franklin Foster NDP material, there is also a copy of an abridged version of Foster's PhD dissertation on John E. Brownlee.

The non-NDP material consists of a conference packet from the 1965 Summer Seminar of the Woodsworth-Irvine Socialist Fellowship; several papers and research documents published by leftist and progressive organizations such as the Revolutionary Marxist Group (Saskatchewan), the Woodsworth-Irvine Socialist Fellowship, and the Edmonton Women's Coalition; newsletters and pamphlets from the Edmonton Women's Coalition; several issues of The Other Alberta Report, a progressive compendium of Alberta-focused news analysis; and Alberta Federation of Labour publications.

Monto, Tom

Trick Rider Productions fonds

  • PAA paa-9753
  • Fonds
  • 1997-2008

The fonds consists of production files, raw footage, and master tapes related to the production of Pretty Ladies, Fast Horses. The textual records include contracts, release forms, correspondence, scripts, budgets, financial information, shot lists, interview transcripts, and shooting schedules.

The audiovisual records include interviews with several subjects, footage of ranch work/life, footage of rodeos, and footage of the specific subjects of the documentary. The video footage is comprehensive in documenting ranch and rodeo life and extends beyond the immediate subject of the production. Subjects included in the footage include trick riding, cattle roping, cattle branding, barrel racing, bronco riding, rodeo culture, day-to-day work on cattle ranches, rodeo practice, among others.

Trick Rider Productions

Saphonia Serediak fonds

  • PAA paa-9752
  • Fonds
  • 1928-1983

The fonds consists of recipe collections that were assembled by Serediak for her home economics classes. These recipes were compiled over many years and contain annotations by Serediak. There are also certificates, diplomas, and other evidence of Serediak's education and teaching career as well as some records related to Serediak's family history (including a Polish passport and birth certificate of a presumed relative).

Serediak, Saphonia

Coalition des femmes de l'Alberta fonds

  • PAA paa-9721
  • Fonds
  • 1978-2000

The fonds consists of administrative records, including constitutions, minutes, financial records and correspondence created by the Coalition des femmes de l'Alberta, its affiliates, and partners.

Coalition des femmes de l'Alberta

Sonia de Grandmaison fonds

  • PAA paa-9713
  • Fonds
  • 1915-2000

The fonds consists of photographic images that depict de Grandmaison from the 1910s to the 1980s in several locations. There are also portraits of de Grandmaison with friends and family over a similar time span. The remainder of the photos depict de Grandmaison's sculptures and work studio, including some images of de Grandmaison at work.
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The fonds also consists of textual material that includes a history of the Dournovo family from their time in Russia until their immigration to Canada, other genealogical information, programs from de Grandmaison's shows and unveiling ceremonies of her public works, correspondence (including with prominent figures such as Pierre Trudeau and Peter Lougheed), and legal documents such as de Grandmaison's Russian birth certificate, certificate of Canadian citizenship, and passport.

de Grandmaison, Sonia

Zandra Bell fonds

  • PAA paa-9710
  • Fonds
  • 1990-2009

The fonds consists of scripts, research notes, correspondence, and posters related to Bell's performance career. There are also videocassettes that contain TV appearances by Bell, promotional clips of her various performances and characters, complete recordings of her one-person shows, and demo reels.

Bell, Zandra

Campbell Family Fonds

  • PAA paa-9698
  • Fonds
  • 1900-1992

The fonds consists of material created by John, Ruby, and Donald Campbell and includes mathematics manuscripts, poetry, correspondence, memoirs, and photographs related to Edmonton sites and events, the First World War, the University of Alberta, the Alaska Highway, and Northwestern Utilities.

Campbell (family)

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