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Kinsmen Club of Athabasca fonds
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10 .5 cm of textual records. -- 445 photographs. -- 2 blueprints. -- 14 artifacts.
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The Kinsmen Club was founded in 1920 by Harold A. Rogers of Hamilton, ON for Canadian men aged 21 to 45. The club concept is "fellowship through service within a community". The Kinsmen Club of Athabasca received their charter April 20, 1956. The first executive included: Doug Foster, Robin Wright, Stan Richards and Glen Osment. Some major contributions made by this club include: financial assistance for the construction of the arena, swimming pool, 2 playgrounds and a baseball diamond; organizing activities at the senior's lodge and other places; and raising money to donate to many community groups. For several years the club planned Athabasca's Klondike Days. From Feb. 13-18, 1966 the Kinsmen travelled the Athabasca Landing Trail by horse and wagon attempting to get data on the route used by the prospectors in the 1898 gold rush. The club dissolved in 2001.
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06.25: Irene Fedoretz donated the Kinsmen Club glasses
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The fonds consists of the charter and by-laws; financial statements for 1983-1989; special project reports such as skate-a-thons, FCSS van purchase and baseball diamond construction; correspondence and some membership lists; 3 scrapbooks of clippings and photographs from 1956-1966, 1981-1982, 1962-1985.There is a special collection of material regarding the 1966 Klondike Karavan on the Athabasca Landing Trail. The artifacts include 2 large Kinsmen flags, a vest, trophies, six glasses and corporate seals. The national convention was in Athabasca in 1972. In 1983 the Kinsmen Club sponsored the RCMP Musical Ride.
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Older photographs and clippings were taped in the scrapbooks.
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Donated by Neil Galus when the Kinsmen vacated the room on the top floor of the Brick School in 2001. Purchased from the Provincial Archives of Alberta in 2008.
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- The material is in English.
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Included in acc.# 85.18 are letters from Mabel McNelly , Lawrence Rye and Ella Davis (Kerstian) about life along the Athabasca Landing Trail. 1 cm of textual records regarding the 1966 Klondike Karavan were purchased from the Provincial Archives of Alberta (accession number 67.284 Box 1). Included in this collection are many photographs of the trip. The program for the 1983 RCMP Musical Ride is full of errors. One copy has been corrected. Record No. 85.18, 85.85, 00.31 (Files 1-7); 01.42 (photos# 14705, 14706), (map# 297, 298), OS (1 scrapbook, 1 photo album), 08.25, BOX 83 (1 photo album, 8 artifacts); 06.25, six artifacts (glasses)
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