Showing 455 results

The fonds consists of a 36 page booklet entitled "The Athabaska River Country", a compilation of all authentic information available as to the resources and possibilities of the Athabasca river basin. Contents include history, agriculture, transportation, minerals, timber, and game. There are also 7 photographs including scows at Grand Rapids and the gas well at Pelican. This is a revised edition of portions of "The Unexploited West" compiled by Ernest J.Chambers.

The fonds consists of 1 Forest Management Unit map

The fonds consists of photographs which were selected from a collection of material from a number of sources including Midnight Twilight Tourism, Points North, Alberta North and Athabasca County Tourism. There are photographs of Baptiste Lake, Mike Cardinal, Mary Agnes Cardinal, Frank Ponto, Erica Haukenfrers, Darlene Zelman, Mike Zelman and Grand Rapids Wilderness Adventure cabins, Rob Lafamboise, Ann Wiselka, and the Athabasca River.

The fonds consists of 4 certificates given to Grade 5-8 students in recognition of their first place essay in farm safety. These students are: Nina Tywoniuk, Diane Rypien, Adele Magera and Landa Elkjer.

The fonds consists of the 1947 Dominion Amateur Wrestling Championships program and list of entries; the 1948 Boxing and Wrestling Championships program and list of entries; the 1948 Official Boxing Handbook; and 1948 clippings from the Athabasca Echo newspaper regarding the event. The 1942 and 1951 Provincial Interscholastic Track and Field Championships were also held in Athabasca. The fonds contains a souvenir program, participant names and certificates for the 1951 event.

The fonds consists of reprinted newspaper articles, a list of electors for 1938 and 1958, a few unidentified photocopied pictures and 10 photographs; also the booklet "Memoirs of the Official Opening of the Amber Valley Community Centre, June 28, 1975". The photos include: W.G. and Alice Cromwell, Columbus Bowen, Bob Jamerson, and Williams and Kinamore families. The booklet "Rural Women in Focus" was printed by the Amber Valley Community Association to celebrate the United Nations 1975 International Women's Year. Included is information on Lydia Williams, Marjorie Logan, Nancy Appleby, Amber Valley pioneer women, Athabasca Art Club, Martha Edwards and Palma Lennie. Two photographs from the Athabasca Archives collection include: Georgia Toles and an unknown woman. The map is a hand drawn Amber Valley Heritage Map, 1987, showing the present and former land owners in Township 66, Range 20, W4M. As well as the names of farm families, the map locates two stores, two post offices, the school and the cemetery. Records also include Friends of Obadiah Place documents pertaining to the historical designation of the site and letters of solicitation and support for the project. 20.27: correspondence, documents, digital photos and videos concerning reinstalling a Park Canada Historic Sites and Monuments plaque originally located on Hwy 55 and now relocated at the Amber Valley Cultural Centre.

The fonds consists of photographs which include: Oct.22, 1911 auto party in front of the Athabasca Grand Union Hotel; a view of Athabasca from the east hill in 1912; the first air mail flight into Athabasca in Feb. 1931; Strathcona (50th) Street in 1951; the Athabasca Echo newspaper building; an aerial view of Athabasca taken by Bob Preece; the Athabasca bus depot and Athabasca United Church; and views taken from across the river.

The fonds consists of photographs taken between the years 1964 and 1966 and include: Remembrance Day, Litchfield Avenue in the winter, the building used for Athabasca Clay Products, the electric kiln, the potting wheel and finished products, and Alfred Messerli.
Record No. 09.38 (Photos# 17649-17663)
DVD interview of Alfred Messerli by Cathy Roy, Royal Alberta Museum, concerning RAM's acquisition of several Athabasca Clay Products pieces, #20.09

The fonds consists of four B&W photographs of Athabasca scenes in ca. 1912 including: boatbuilding, ferries, Northern Transportation Company and the steamboat: Northland Sun.

The fonds consists of photographs of the 1908 Cassidy tent home, 1910 log homestead house, twelve men and three teams hauling short log pieces used for making shingles, nineteen men in a threshing crew, and Frank's daughters Nell and Kathleen in 1923.