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Jim Somerville fonds

  • CA GPR 0178
  • Fonds
  • 1905-1968

The Jim Somerville collection follows his career as a surveyor in the Peace region, and his life as a homesteader. The first series of photographs is from Henry Selby's 1905 survey of the 20th base line west of the fifth meridian. The photographs show the environment of the area east of the Smoky River, the activities of his survey crew, and the life of a surveyor. There are also several photographs of buildings in Grouard and Stopping Places in the area. From 1909 to 1911 Jim Somerville worked as a packer in Walter McFarlane's survey crew. The photographs from this series show the environment of the land which was surveyed and the life of the surveyors at work. The regions which were covered stretch from Edmonton to Fort St. John, B.C. The last series of photographs show Jim's life as a homesteader in southern Alberta and the Peace Country.
An accrual of paper records include a Riley & McCormick cowboy equipment catalogue (1925); 6 small booklets recording activities and purchases (1912-1948), bank account (1926-1944), and a diary (1927); land tax documents(1920-1932),a notice of caveat (1949); gasoline ration coupons (1943), correspondence concerning the Buffalo Lakes Swine Improvement Association and a letter from J.B. Oliver; 4 personal cards, 2 pages of accounts with R.G. Maclean, assorted financial records (1913-1948), and a Buffalo Lakes newspaper article

Somerville, James

United Grain Growers Local #432 collection

  • CA GPR 0183
  • Collection
  • 1985

The fonds consists of a written history of U.G.G. in Sexsmith compiled by D.H. Fraser in 1985. It includes a list of the U.G.G. managers at Sexsmith from 1925 to 1985, a list of the Chairmen, Secretaries and other members who were involved with Local #423, and some newspaper articles regarding the opening of the 1964 elevator.

United Grain Growers. Local #432

Sexsmith UFA Local No. 204 fonds

  • CA GPR 0185
  • Fonds
  • 1918-1948

The fonds consists of the 1920 incorporation documents of UFA Local 204; one Hall Account Book detailing expenses, revenue and shareholders from 1918 to 1933; and some loose pages including the contract and estimates for the new hall in 1934. In the Hall Account book there are a few brief minutes of decisions made by the trustees.

United Farmers of Alberta. Sexsmith Local 204

Trelle family fonds

  • CA GPR 0193
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1900]-2011

The fonds consists of personal papers and a large collection of family photographs collected by Herman and Beatrice Trelle. The personal papers relate to Herman and Beatrice Trelle, Marie (Trelle) Baynton, Kay and Marie Trelle and Ronald Trelle. As well, there is a collection of articles written about the Trelle family for newspapers and magazines, and a few paper artifacts related to the community of Lake Saskatoon. The photograph collection includes the Andreas Trelle family, the Zimmerman family, the Herman Trelle family (including service in World War II), the Trelle family farm, the Trelles as World Wheat Kings and on their World Tour, community photographs from the Peace River Country, and some largely unidentified photographs of the extended family.

Trelle, Herman

Paulette Hrychiw fonds

  • CA GPR 0197
  • Fonds
  • 1905-1958

The fonds consists of 20 photographs of some of the Pivert family and schools in the south Peace attended by the Pivert children the Pivert, paper artifacts and booklets relating to the activities of the Pivert family, newspaper articles and 3 blueprints about the Wapiti Coal Mines, a map of the County of Grande Prairie showing the location of the country schools, and some Greeting cards from the 1950s. There is also an article written by Paulette about her life-long interest in genealogy.

Hrychiw, Paulette

Bear Hill Rural Electrification Association fonds

  • CA GPR 0260
  • Fonds
  • 1953-1984

The fonds consists of agreements and communications between Bear Hill Rural Electrification Association and its clients; service contracts, lists of contract holders, and maps of the REA's lines to the various farms; financial records; and a reference manual and poster from the Alberta Rural Electrification Association.

Bear Hill Rural Electrification Association

Frank Paige fonds

  • CA GPR 0261
  • Fonds
  • 1917-1968

The fonds consists of personal records from 1917-1950, including 32 photographs; financial and tax records from 1922-1964; crop records from 1923-1968; and correspondence from 1925-1963.

Paige, Frank

Peace Country Classic Agri-Show fonds

  • CA GPR 0267
  • Fonds
  • 1986-1998

The fonds consists of posters, programs, special agri-show editions of the Peace Country Farmer, invitations and advertising place mats, pages of history and features of some of the agri-shows and a scrapbook of news clippings.

Peace Country Classic Agri-Show

Robert Cochrane fonds

  • CA GPR 0268
  • Fonds
  • 1911-2006

The fonds consists of correspondence, seed registration certificates, award and honours, a scrapbook and newspaper clippings, an interview and historical notes, photographs of family and community interest, and booklets about the history of Grande Prairie and area.

The fonds is divided into three series: Personal Papers, Photographs, and Booklets. It has been arranged by the Archivist by record type, then chronologically.

Cochrane, Robert

Lee Oilund collection

  • CA GPR 0274
  • Collection
  • 1947-1982

The fonds consists of a collection of farm booklets and 1 cm of farm business receipts belonging to Olaf Kildal and Ralph Johnson, dated 1929 to 1963, from Alberta Wheat Pool at Sexsmith; C L Larson, General Merchant, La Glace; P.M. Haugen Garage, LaGlace; Buffalo Lake General Store; Buffalo Lake Service Station; Shannon & Son, Sexsmith; Sexsmith Garage Co; Mac Perkins Garage, Sexsmith; Maple Leaf Garage, LaGlace; Olson's Garage, LaGlace; E.G. Edey Equipment, Sexsmith; McKinnon Equipment, Grande Prairie; UFA Co-op; and other miscellaneous receipts. The booklets, dating from 1920-1963 include Norweigen immigration literature from Olaf Kildal; Ration Recipe cookbook from WW II, Wheat Board permits and Alberta Hail Insurance Board booklets from the early 1950s, and information on Credit Unions published by the Credit Union League of Alberta. There is also a 1959 Prairie Farm Assistance Act Crop Report, a poster for an Allis-Chalmers tractor, and a report card from Northfield School.

Oilund, Lee

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