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The fonds consists of records of the Watson family including diaries of William Salmon Watson (1944-1970), account book of Thomas Watson (1891-1892), tax notices for MD of Cartier and MD of Athabasca, funeral cards, correspondence and 12 family photographs. The family photographs include: James Watson and his wife, Maggie; Agnes Watson, her husband, George Bell and their daughter Cecilia; Thomas Watson Sr. (marked with an X on a tintype photograph) with two of his sons; and the Watson family in June, 1941. There are also 239 unnumbered photographs which were taken [1920s] and include bee hives, farm animals, farm machinery, horticulture, threshing and a motor trip to the mountains.
06.13: Thomas Watson's work diary, 1875–1879; the Alberta Wheat Pool Annual Report, 1929–1930; Catalogue of Entries for the 1945 Edmonton Fall Show and Auction Sales. The work diary details crops planted, money received, expenditures, land purchased in Ontario and farm equipment purchases. The Alberta Wheat Pool annual report includes a list of Alberta grain elevators.

The accession includes: tax receipts for NW 18-68-21-W4, carbon copy of ASD No. 42 Regular Monthly Meeting notes for August 14, 1952, correspondence for the Farmers' Union of Alberta, 1956 - 1957, United Farmers of Alberta share certificates and dividend statements, correspondence concerning rural electrification, and a carbon copy of County of Athabasca member purchases, 1963.

Includes: farming, machinery, rural electrification, Shaw's Locker Plane, school bus system, roads, fish from Calling Lake and school boards.

The fonds consists of materials created by the United Farmers of Alberta. Boyle Local 928 between 1920 and 1936. The fonds consists of minutes of meetings, financial information, membership rolls, correspondence and receipts.

The fonds consists of photographs depicting farm life, water drilling, a brush cutter, logging, homes and family groups. There is a programme for the Master Farm Family award, 1965, which was given to the Mike Dupilka family. Fonds also includes a copy of a cancelled cheque given to Josephine Dupilka for caretaking at Baptiste Lake School in 1927.

The fonds consists of 3 photographs of the demolition of an Alberta Wheat Pool elevator in Athabasca on Sept. 20, 1994, 45 photographs taken at the Athabasca Royal Canadian Legion Veteran's Recognition Dinner on May 15, 2005 and 5 photographs taken of Millie Hay (Talpash), her doll collection and Adele Voaklander in 2006. In 2009 Sheila took 3 photos of the demolition of the Alberta Wheat Pool Buffalo B-2000 grain elevator in Boyle, AB.

The fonds consists of the final report of High Cost Branch Line Study, 1985; and Studies of Six Selected High-Cost Grain-Dependent Branch Lines, 1987, including Athabasca.

Fonds consists of eight farm account books which record financial details of livestock, vehicle purchase, repair and maintenance, purchases, farm worker information, expenses and receipts. Fonds also includes a promotional pamphlet, "Prevention, diagnosis and treatment of common diseases of live stock" by George W. Bell, D.V.D., V.S.

The fonds consists of newspaper clippings from local papers and photographs of St. Mary's Anglican Church, railway tie camps, the Parkhurst District, Archdeacon and Mrs. Little, Parkhurst School students in 1938, Highway 55 (E-W) through Athabasca, Eugene Sale, threshing, Mrs. Joseph Laflamme and family; Eleanor,Jim, Ruth, John, Bill and Lily Elliott; and the Athabasca Flying Club in 1977.

The fonds consists of photographs of the following subject headings : Boisvert family, harvesting, hayrack, horse and sled, road passage cut through snow, and well drillers. There is a brief family biography written by Alice Sale (Boisvert).