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Betty Welter fonds

  • CA GPR 0129
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1880-2007]

The fonds consists of school memorabilia and paper artefacts from Betty’s childhood, building the Welter family home, and her volunteer activities; certificates and news clippings detailing Betty’s activities with the Canadian Red Cross, and a book of minutes from the Local Association (Mother’s Auxiliary) of Guides, Brownies and Rangers from 1965-1970; a writing portfolio of biographies of the Smart family and Jack Welter, as well as memories of incidents which happened in her childhood, her teenage years and years as a young wife including income tax forms from 1943-1973; a wide subject range of photographs, from local Grande Prairie scenes and people to the construction of the Alaska Highway; and research files containing material researched for the archives: Miller’s Taxi; Teen Town; and a publication "The Inside Track" which traces the history of Union Tractor which Betty's husband Jack worked for. An accrual in 2010 consists of plans and blueprints of the Welter house and their duplex.

Welter, Betty

Beth Sheehan fonds

  • CA GPR 0002
  • Fonds
  • 1885-2003

The fonds consists of the following series: personal and family papers and photographs including diaries written by Beth over an extensive period beginning in 1939 (with lapses) and into the 2000s; publications from "The Bull Outfit" with which her father came to the Beaverlodge area 1909; organizational files showing Beth's involvement with Trumpeter Swan preservation, the Home and School Association, the Grande Prairie County Agricultural Society, the Grande Prairie Book Club, and the Grande Prairie Hot Air Balloon Events Association; files relating to her work as author and historian of Clairmont and District, the Monkman Pass, Grande Prairie's 25th Anniversary, Pioneers of the Peace, and the Peace River itself, complete with the diary of a trip down that river in 1955, and a reference system of news clippings on the people and events in the Grande Prairie area from [1970-2000]. There is also a large collection of photographs, both historical and documentary, detailing her activities and showing her interests as a photographer.

Sheehan, Beth

Mary Belcourt Davis fonds

  • CA GPR 0179
  • Fonds
  • 1890-2005

The fonds consists of copies of 43 photographs of the Calliou, Belcourt and Ferguson families and their descendents, and one oral history interview with Vera Davis Miles, daughter of Mary Belcourt Davis, and Cindy Desrosiers, daughter of Evelyn Davis. The interview tells the story of Mary Belcourt and her mother Betsy Calliou.

Belcourt, Mary

Wozniak family fonds

  • CA GPR 0279
  • Fonds
  • 1890-2015

The fonds consists of a few personal papers belonging to Antoni and Maria Wozniak; the memoirs of Maria (Parachin) Wozniak written in Polish in 1958 and translated by her son, Matthew; Maria’s diary of a trip back to Poland in 1986; letters written home by the six Wozniak children; photographs of the family, the farm, and the community; stories written by Mathew about his life and memories; and a collection of 8 mm film taken by Mathew Wozniak during the 1960s and 70s.

Wozniak (family)

Kirkness - Steinhauer - Testawich Family fonds

  • CA GPR 0660
  • Fonds
  • 1905-2007

The fonds consists of Kirkness family photographs and personal papers depicting their life and their impact on the development of the Edmonton and Peace River areas. Several of the personal documents belonged to Edith Heron.

Kirkness-Steinhauer-Testawich family

Phyllis Stewart fonds

  • CA GPR 0059
  • Fonds
  • 1909-2005

The fonds consists of the records of farm and personal records of the Stewart family, musical scores belonging to the Mattoon family, Phyllis' career as a teacher, farmer, county councillor and member of the Conservative Party; and materials preserved and collected from Bezanson School District 3302. The photographs are mostly of school classes and events.

Stewart, Phyllis

Kathryn & Leo Auger fonds

  • CA GPR 0252
  • Fonds
  • 1911-1984

The fonds consists of 117 photographs, copies of family history records, 2 Social Credit brochures "Keep Alberta in the Lead", a booklet and a newspaper on the history of Catholic Education "The First Fifty Years", one placemat featuring the Edson Trail and one showing the history of St. Joseph's School in pictures, "Facts about the Grande Prairie District in the Famous Peace River Country" booklet (1926)"The Peace River Country" a booklet by the Department of the Interior (1927), invitiation for a float in the Grande Prairie parade (1958), the book "Cold Tracks" signed by the author Clarence Steeves, program for the three plays; The Grand Cham's Diamond, The Blue Willow Plate and The Wizard of Oz (1959), news clippings, program from the Grande Prairie High School Glee Club version of a Star of the Silent Night (1959), commencement program from the Grande Prairie High School (1959), program from the play Arms and the Man from the Grande Prairie High School, memorial program for Roger Repka's funeral (1961) and a $0.61 dollar from the Bank of Trudeaumania (1974).

There is also a taped interview of Leo Auger talking about the Lanctot and Auger families.

Auger, Kathryn

Wanham Municipal Nursing Service Society fonds

  • CA GPR 0014
  • Fonds
  • 1924-1979

The fonds consists of legal documents such as By-laws, certificate and insurance policies; minutes of executive and annual meetings; annual reports from the nurse, the executive and the treasurer; correspondence and financial records for the building of the nurse’s cottage, as well as the society and the services rendered.

Wanham Municipal Nursing Service Society

Grande Prairie Women's Institute fonds

  • CA GPR 0371
  • Fonds
  • 1924-2008

The fonds consists of records relating to the business and activities of the Grande Prairie Women’s Institute, dating primarily from 1924 to 1999. These records include meeting minutes, membership lists, lists of officers and directors, financial records, meeting program booklets, a maternity waiting room register, scrapbooks of the branch’s history and activities, a guest book for the 60th Anniversary, and Alberta Women’s Institute history booklets .

The fonds is arranged in six series based on record type: Minute books, Finances, Program booklets, Maternity Waiting Room, Scrapbooks, and Women’s Institute History. Within the series, the records are arranged chronologically.

Grande Prairie Women's Institute

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