The fonds consists of materials created by the Athabasca Lions Club between 1966 and 1995. The fonds consists of scrapbooks of the Athabasca Lions Club, correspondence, programs, newspaper clippings and photographs pertaining to their work in Athabasca. Includes material pertaining to the Athabasca Lioness Club, 1983 - 1987.
Athabasca Creamery Ltd. 1961 Colinton Lumber Company 1951 Shaw’s One-Stop Food Market 1970 Shaw’s One-Stop Food Market 1972 K. & P. Flynn General Merchants, Colinton 1950 Hunter Motors Ltd. 1967 Town of Athabasca 1998 Schinkinger’s Men’s Wear 1982 Schinkinger’s Men’s Wear 1983 Landing Motors 1959 Leed’s Dept. Store 1967 A.C. Hyde 1965 Colinton General Store 1988 Alberta Golden Jubilee Calendar, 1905 – 1955; two copies 1955 Athabasca: Back in Time with R. D. Preece; five copies 1999 The Millennium: Photographer R. D. Preece 2000 Archives Society of Alberta Calendar 2009 Archives Society of Alberta Calendar 2010 Archives Society of Alberta Calendar; two copies 2011 Archives Society of Alberta Calendar 2012 Archives Society of Alberta Calendar 2013 Archives Society of Alberta Calendar 2014 Archives Society of Alberta Calendar 2015 Archives Society of Alberta Calendar; two copies 2016 Archives Society of Alberta Calendar; two copies 2017 Archives Society of Alberta Calendar 2018 Archives Society of Alberta Calendar 2019 Athabasca and Area Calendar by Photopia; Bromley Chamberlain 2016 Mike’s Store Limited 1973 Mike’s Store Limited 1993 Mike’s Store Limited 1999
Minutes, membership lists, financial statements, by-laws, and correspondence 1950 – 1984. Two maps; Baptiste Lake Lot #11, and County of Athabasca 1982.
The Amber Valley Journal was conceived of by Vilma Nicholson in a spirit of revival among the Black people in Amber Valley following the creation of the Amber Valley Community Association and the Amber Valley Choral Group. It was meant to bring insights into the history and traditions of the community including literature, art, music, dance, drama and entertainment, as well as profiles, reviews and research. Only two editions were published, black and white, 5.5" by 8.5", photocopied on plain paper, with cover-stock covers.
The records include for the years 1931 - 1938: financial information; correspondence; Statements of Grant; Inspector of Schools reports, contracts, supplies orders and censuses for the years 1933, 1935, 1937 and 1938. Included in the correspondence, a letter by Edwin Parr forming a Trustee Association dated 1935.
Artifacts include a tin of Simpkins fruit drops; a logo t-shirt; Athabasca Dick beer bottles a commemorative beer by Alley Cat Brewery; two posters designed by Margaret Anderson for Athabasca Dick beer, Robert W. Service’s “Athabasca Dick,” and the beer bottles; German white wine bottles relabeled Town of Athabasca Centennial 1911 – 2011; “Athabasca Memories” DVD, a compilation of Ed Polanski’s film recordings; “Flavour of Athabasca” cookbook coordinated by Shirley Dubie; quilted banners created by the Athabasca Quilters Guild; 1ooth Anniversary patch and pins; "Taste of Athabasca" poster; two books “Why Athabasca: A Brief History of the Origins of Athabasca Landing,” by Dr. Greg Johnson; and “Athabasca: 100 Years in Our Own Words,” published by the Athabasca Advocate newspaper.
The fonds consists of a book "Bowtell Tales...to 1976."There are 5 photographs including a class from Bowtell School, and Velma, Jean and Jimmie in 1936 in Moose Jaw. There are two photographs of Guy Mack and the 1949-50 Rochester Rockets boys baseball team, a 1950-51 certificate for the Rochester Boxing Club, 1950-1954 business licenses for Mack's Coffee Bar, and a ledger book dates 1948-1955. 20 photos of Lee Mack and Edward Risdale, Ed's brother Kenny and Dorothy Risdale and their four children, the LeGrand Store, CNR section house, Searle elevator and other Rochester, Alberta buildings; 18094-95, 18278-18297. There are CNR waybills for furniture shipped in 1959, 1959 and Edward Risdale's 1968 Alberta Social Credit League membership cards. The funeral home record for Guy Mack is also included.
The fonds consists of materials created by the Trail North Foundation between 1975 and 1986. The fonds consists of minutes of the Trail North Foundation, general administrative files, heritage inventory files, financial records, special events, copies of the newspaper:Trail North Telegraph, photographs, maps, artifacts and books; blueprints for the Northern Transportation Museum. 11.40: Four albums of photographs from 1977 - 1984 of trail rides in 1977, 1978 and 1980, and 1984 Fiddling Extravaganza.