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Foothills School Division No. 38 fonds

  • MOTH moth-28
  • Fonds
  • 1930-1945

The fonds consists of records accumulated by Emanuel Randle, 1888?-1971, who was a trustee and chair of the school board. Includes minutes, agendas, financial statements, budgets, annual reports, lists of teachers, salary schedules, correspondence, staff circulars, and maps. Includes annual financial reports of the municipal districts of Dinton, Marquis, and Harmony (1938-1939). Includes one file of Emanuel Randle's personal papers, including prospectuses and statements from coal and oil companies (1930-1945).

Highwood School Division No. 38 (Alta.)

Holmes family fonds

  • MOTH moth-22
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1890]-1998

The fonds includes a portfolio of W.E.M. Holmes's drawings completed for a correspondence course in architecture (ca. 1905-ca. 1907); his business cash book (1909-1910); his insurance business day book (in partnership with William C. Young, 1912); his Masonic certificates (1921-1924); his correspondence (1925, 1954-1960); his diary (1930); his correspondence, notes, and drafts for Leaves from the Medicine Tree (1957-1960), including lists of local ranchers with their brands and lists of early members of the High River Polo Club; his sketch maps of the villages of Longview, Royalties and Cayley and rural areas indicating locations of households (1960-1961); and his receipts and invoices (1960-1963). Includes correspondence of Billy Henry (1959-1960, 1965), a portrait, and a guest book signed by his friends for his 90th, 95th, and 96th birthdays (1957-1963). Includes maps of the High River Irrigation Ditch (1895). Includes fire underwriters' report on the Town of High River (1922). Includes constitution and by-laws of the High River Pioneers' and Old Timers' Association (1932?-1960). Includes records of the Sunshine Trail Reunion Committee (1996-1998). Includes a history of the High River and District Music Festival by Einar Kumlin (ca. 1997). Includes miscellaneous collected pamphlets and news clippings. Includes photographs of the Holmes family, ranching in the Highwood district, and the town of High River.

Holmes family

Tongue Creek Union Hall fonds

  • MOTH moth-4
  • Fonds
  • 1904-1919

The fonds consists of the agreement for lease of the Tongue Creek Union Hall property (1905), invoices, accounts, cancelled cheques, minutes of the Tongue Creek Beef Ring (1918), accounts of the beef ring, accounts for community events, and accounts for the Union Church School.

Tongue Creek Union Hall

East Longview Neighbors and Friends fonds

  • MOTH moth-29
  • Fonds
  • 1970-2010

The fonds consists of phone lists, cards of thanks, receipts from charities, records of contributions, and an essay on the history of East Longview Neighbors and Friends.

East Longview Neighbors and Friends

George E. Mack fonds

  • MOTH moth-16
  • Fonds
  • 1920

The fonds consists of George E. Mack's certificate of declaration and appointment as agent for the prohibitionist side of the plebiscite; two copies of the returning officer's certificate of the results of the High River East poll; a prohibitionist handbill; and alphabetical lists of the electors of High River East and High River West annotated W or D to indicate their wet or dry preferences.

Mack, George E.

High River and District Pioneers' and Old Timers' Association fonds

  • MOTH moth-10
  • Fonds
  • [1932?]-1980

The fonds consists of the Association's Constitution and By-laws (1932?); sample of letterhead stationery (1940s?); samples of membership cards (1971); programs for Southern Alberta Pioneers' and Old Timers' Association Round-Ups (1949-1980, some missing); programs for Old Time Range Men's Dinners (1953-1963, some missing); research, draft articles, galley proofs, news clippings, and business correspondence related to the publication and distribution of Leaves from the Medicine Tree; and program and guest book from the launch of the book.

High River and District Pioneers' and Old Timers' Association

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