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Irene Arabella Robbins fonds
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14 photographs
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Irene Robbins was born in 1911 in Edmonton, the only child of Arthur Carruthers and his wife Cora McCue. The family lived in Bon Accord, AB. After the death of her mother in 1927, Irene and her father moved to Ontario. On a visit to her grandmother, Dora McCue at Island Lake, Irene met Bert Robbins. She returned west in 1963 and married Bert that year. They farmed SW4-68-24-W4 in the Grosmont area. In 1965 they moved into Athabasca. Bert died in 1979. Irene was the librarian at Athabasca Municipal Library from 1975 to 1982. She died in 1989.
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The fonds consists of photographs with the following subject headings: Max Beeton, Curtis's Store, Island Lake, Clifford and Evelyn McCue's house, Dora McCue's house, Bert Robbins, Irene Robbins, sawmill, Emanuel Schadeck's barn, and Mr. and Mrs. Charlie (Buzz) Simmons. There is also a framed photograph of the ferry road on the north side of the Athabasca River.
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Donated by Irene Robbins in 1985, 1987.
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- The material is in English.
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Clifford McCue and Addie Schadeck were children of Dora McCue. Biographical information was taken from the book "From Out of the Wilderness." Record No. 85.431 (photo# 2698); 87.35 (photos# 2591-2603).
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- Robbins, Irene Arabella (Subject)
- Carruthers, Irene Arabella (Subject)