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The fonds consists of World War I records from 1915-1929; correspondence from 1926-1935; financial records from 1916-1934; and photographs from ca. 1915-1930.

The fonds consists of photographs, postcards, and a publication from United Grain Growers. Of the 327 photographs, 110 portray surveying in the Peace Country from 1909 to 1911, 5 picture life on the Tuffill homestead, and the remaining 212 are of Mr. Tuffill’s service in WWI and family and photographs from England. There are also 72 postcards from Canada and abroad.

The collection consists of 17 photographs of Grande Prairie including parades, a rubber drive, Frank Donald's funeral, Alaska Highway machinery, and aircraft.

This fonds consists of a collection Edmonton papers from the end of the war and two prayer cards.

The fonds consists of 15 photographs of the Polish Free Army in Italy, collected by soldier Walter Mazurkewich during WW II.

The fonds consists of a log book from the Royal Canadian Air Force for 1941-1945. The log records a brief description of each mission flown, the pilot's name and the date.

The fonds consists of 29 photographs and one certificate. The photographs include 4 military photos of platoons and regiments from Grande Prairie during World War II, 20 photos of nurses who worked at the Grande Prairie Municipal Hospital, and 3 of nurses on a bowling team. There are also two early family photos from the Boyd and Cooke families: one of the wedding of Jen Boyd and blacksmith Bob Barley ca. 1900, and the other of a group at the Boyd sawmill in 1945. The certificate is for Donald Cooke Grade 2 Piano.

The fonds consists of two documents made out to Sidney Connolly from the Department of the Interior: an approval of a patent on NE 10-73-6-W6, dated June 9, 1915, and a grant for Placer Mining on Section 19-75-1-W6th, dated Nov. 23, 1921. The 2006 accrual consists of 3 photographs, a studio portrait of Pete Klassen, 2 postcard/photographs of Grande Prairie, 2 postcards of Alberta scenes, a letter from Pete Klassen, a copy of "Canada West" magazine and a Christmas postcard. Also included are Helen's written memories and a typed story of her life. The 2007 accrual consists of 3 postcards, one sent from Helen to Sidney and one from Mrs. Sexsmith to Helen, and 5 photographs including 2 of Sexsmith town and 2 of the Sexsmith children.

The fonds consists of 14 photographs of Ethel Foote, her cousin Ray Rappel, Jean Goff and Ray's other friends in England, and Ray's wife Rosina. There is also Ethel's war registration card, and a 16 page letter from Rosina to Ethel in September 1944, written in response to Ethel's first letter to her. At the time, Rosina was already married/engaged to Ray and had applied to come to Canada.

The fonds consists of one ledger detailing crop failures in the Wanham Lassiter Project from 1953-1954. The first part of the ledger has five pages containing a list of landowners, land locations, lease numbers and file numbers. One page of the list covers Township 82, Ranges 10-11, West of the 6th Meridian, which is in the Silver Valley area north-west of Spirit River. The remainder of the book contains township map forms with hand-drawn physical features and the names of landowners for use in crop failure calculations. In the back of the ledger is a ca. 1950 linen map of the Peace Country showing lands surveyed, roads, and communities.