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Financial

The sub-series consists of material relating to the finances of the C. S. Hook & Sons business, including businesses run by the company and businesses related to the company. Some records relate to the entire business, while others relate specifically to one branch or location. The records include financial statements from the 1940s and 1950s, including one for the Alberta 5¢ to $1.00 Store, banking records including a Night Depository Agreement and bank passbooks from the 1950s and 1960s, personal income tax returns of C. S., Jack, Robert, and Myrtle Hook from the 1940s and 1950s, cash fund statements from 1964 and 1965, ledger pages from 1969 and 1976, financial information about the Grande Prairie Hook building in the early 1970s, material relating to mortgages and loans from the early 1970s, and miscellaneous receipts, returned cheques, deposit sheets, and petty cash vouchers predominantly from the 1950s and 1960s.

The records have been arranged according to subject and type and within these by date, by the archivist.

Inventory

The sub-series consists of records relating to the inventory and stock used and sold through the various stores and locations of C. S. Hook & Sons, including businesses run by the company and businesses related to the company. Most of the records relate to a specific store or branch (optics, jewellery and giftware, ladies ware) of the business, although it is not always clear which one. Among the records are orders, stock books, and inventory lists from the 1940s to 1960s, Canadian Coachways Ltd. Shippers’ Receipts from 1963, and Northern Alberta Railway Companies shipping receipt books from the 1950s and 1960s, some of which were dismantled to compact their bulk.

The records were arranged by the archivist according to type of record and, as far as possible, business branch or location.

Sales

The sub-series consists of records relating to the sales made by C. S. Hook & Sons in all branches and locations of the business and also include sales records of subsequent businesses related to C. S. Hook & Sons. Some records relate to specific and types of merchandise or services provided or to a specific branch of the business or store location, although it is sometimes difficult to determine which store is involved. The sales records include optometry related records such as signs, Pensioners’ Optical Services forms from 1962-1963, suggested fee schedules from the 1950s and 1960s, and Dr. Robert Hook’s 1990 Appointment Book. Related to the jewellery and giftware branch are watch sales books from the 1940s to the 1960s, jewellery purchase agreements from the 1950s and 1960s, parcel post insurance coupon books and Personal Jewellery and/or Camera Policies from the 1960s, Certificates of Guarantee and Registration for Columbia Tru-Fit Diamond Rings from the 1960s, records related to watch repairs from the 1940s to 1960s, Northern Alberta Railways Co. Employees’ Watch Comparison Reports from 1964, records related to film developing from the 1960s, C.O.D. forms and labels from the 1960s, a mostly empty customer book from 1963, Merchandise Vouchers, and various receipts, accounts, and orders. The sales records also include material from 1962 related to the traveling part of the business including lists of contacts and agents, a trip report, list of expenses, and a poster.

The records have been arranged according to type or subject by the archivist.

Promotion

The sub-series consists of material relating to C. S. Hook & Sons advertising and promotion, especially focusing on the jewellery and giftware branch of the business. The records include a 1959 list of prizes and winners from the opening of the Fort St. John store, official opening prize ballots, a complimentary Christmas turkey certificate, store display sketches, a 1954 promotional letter, CFGP advertising scripts from the 1960s, a CJDC rate card, a description of the listening habits of the Peace River Country, records relating to advertising in the Peace River Story, clippings of newspaper advertisements, a clipping about employee Roy Bell, and a photograph of employee Harry Kigiona.

The records have been arranged according to topic or type of advertising by the archivist.

Apples & Crabs, Pears, Pruning

The file consists of 251 slides dating from 1946 to 1988 from a variety of locations including the Beaverlodge Experimental Station and the Beaverlodge Nursery.There are 245 slides of apple and crabapple trees and fruit, 5 slides of pear trees, and one slide of pruning, including slides of some of John Wallace's crabapple cultivars: Albright, Arctic Dawn, and Snowcap. The slides have been numbered according to their original order within the binder labelled "Apples, Pears, Pruning", but blank spaces originally between some slides have been removed.

Bushes & Trees

The file consists of 261 slides dating from 1954 to 1988 from a variety of locations including the Beaverlodge Experimental Station and the Beaverlodge Nursery.There are slides of chokecherry, bird cherry, buffalo berry, pincherry, gooseberry, raspberry, blueberry, plums, currants, cranberry, dogwood, cotoneaster, aronia, hawthorn, maple, basswood, elm, ash, barberry, caragana, Ohio buckeye, poplar, saskatoon, mountain ash, oak, birch, and roses, including slides of some of John Wallace's cultivars: the Copper Schubert chokecherry, the Green Island cranberry, and the Altaglow saskatoon. The slides have been numbered according to their original order within the binder labelled "Saskatoon, Chokecherry, Pincherry, Current, Cranberry, Dogwood, Hawthorn, Mnt. Ash, Willow, Pine, Poplar, Maple, Elm, Bur Oak, Larch, Green Ash", but blank spaces originally between some slides have been removed.

Kin Activities

The series consists of photographs showing Kin major projects such as the Memorial Arena, the Bear Creek Pool, Bear Creek Park development, the RecPlex Arena and Pool, and building the Kin Centre. There are also photographs of activities such as playing on the Kinsmen Hockey Team, fundraising events and presentations; the Annual Car Award, and special events such as the Father, Son, Daughter Banquet in 1975 and the Kinettes and Kinsmen cooking for community breakfasts and Bar-b-ques. An accrual in 2012 includes 2 photos of the Kinsmen Radio Auction.

Employment

This sub-series contains time certificates of labor from the Alberta Forest Service for Melba’s work in janitorial services and as a weather observer.

Marie (Trelle) Baynton Papers

The sub-series consists of a postcard from her friend Ann J in 1931; a 1934 agreement between 11 year-old Marie Trelle and her parents, Herman and Beatrice Trelle, regarding her responsibilities and monthly allowance; a 1980 history of the Herman Trelle family written by Marie Baynton for Lake Saskatoon Reflections, produced by the Wembley Historical Society; writings titled “Chinook” and “Reflections of a Pioneer Life in the North Country” written by Marie in 1981 for the Boerne Reading Club in Oceanside, California; and correspondence with the Glenbow Museum making corrections to some of the recorded history of the Trelle family and the Trelle tropies in the Glenbow collection.

Trelle Family Articles

The sub-series consists of newspaper and magazine articles which add research material to the history of the Trelle family. It includes “The Mountain Fell on Her Town” by Jessie Bryan about the Frank slide when the Trelles were living in Frank, Alberta; “The Wife of the World’s Wheat King” which appeared in a 1931 Chatelaine Magazine; a 1951 address by J.E. Birdsall (in honour of Gordon Moyer) about the Peace Country grain kings; “Behind Wheat King was Aggression and Controversy” by Ina Bruns in 1979; “Wheat King of the Peace Country” by Eric Holmgren in 1980; and Herman Trelle’s entry in “Alberta, A Heritage of Pride” as one of the top 25 people in Alberta’s history.

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