The Fireweed Project was a project at the Peace River Centennial Museum [now Peace River Museum, Archives and Mackenzie Centre], which was funded through the Local Initiatives Program. The LIP was a Federal government program aimed at reducing winter unemployment and allowing local groups and business’ to complete projects. The Fireweed Project documented buildings, activities and people around the Peace River area between the years of 1976-1977. The project employed Gloria Gaw, Lorraine Gushlack and Murray Cook.
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The title is based on contents of fonds.
The fonds contains the following accessions: 77.763, 77.780, 77.793, 77.829; 77.830.
The fonds contains 4 series. The Ukrainian Easter egg series has 47 colour slides of a demonstration of creating Ukrainian Easter Eggs. The Oral Histories series contains taped interviews from local Peace River residents. The Murray Cook series has buildings, activities and people from the Peace River region, all taken in the fall of 1975 by Murray Cook, then curator of the Peace River Centennial Museum [now Peace River Museum, Archives and Mackenzie Centre]. The “From Peace River Crossing to Peace River” series contains 202 slides put together as a slideshow to give the history of Peace River.
The material in the fonds was created by employees of the Peace River Centennial Museum [now Peace River Museum, Archives and Mackenzie Centre].
There are no restrictions.
Please contact the Peace River Museum, Archives and Mackenzie Centre.
There is a finding aid available onsite.
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The series contains 47 colour slides of Mrs. Gudzick of Manning, Alberta demonstrating how to decorate Ukrainian Easter eggs.
This series includes accession 77.763.
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The series contains 10 audio recordings of Peace River region citizens: Frank Ferguson, Isabel Hodgson (nee Fife), Delia Letendre, Don Weaver, Mr. & Mrs. Walter Wanous, John St. Germain and Marie Lavoie.
Many of these interviews have had access copies made, please access these copies first before originals.
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The series contains 133 b&w negatives and 52 colour slides taken by Murray Cook of buildings, people and activities around the Peace River region.
Access prints of all negatives have been made.
There is a Finding Aid available onsite.
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The series contains 202 slides created by Murray Cook of key moments in Peace River history.
The slides were created from other photographs in the archival collection. It was used as a historic slide show that could be loaned out to community members while slide shows were popular.