The records consist of photographs and personal records from Patty and Rudy Croken and Jennie (Tomshak) Croken. They include P.V. Croken financial records from the P.V Croken Store; Patty’s correspondence from 1956-1973; personal income tax returns for Rudy & Jennie Croken from 1953-1958, and for Patty & Daisy Croken from 1958-1966; farm accounts and wheat board certificates; the papers for building Rudy & Jennie’s home in 1954; and two stories about living in Clairmont, and working in the Grande Prairie Post Office, written by Jennie Croken in 2014. The photographs are a wide assortment of subjects from the Peace Celebration in Grande Prairie in 1919, to Jennie on her travels in 1986.
The series consists of financial records, general store records and correspondence, including two counter books with records of sales from 1944-1966. Interleaved within the counter book is correspondence regarding payment of accounts.
The series consists of 48 photographs of family and community life in the Clairmont and Grande Prairie area (ca. 1920-1960), paper work detailing the costs of building their home in Grande Prairie and the process required to do so, and income tax returns.