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Albert Strong fonds

  • CA ATH ath-1920
  • Fonds
  • 1957

The fonds consists of a 100th birthday congratulatory certificate from the Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta, a newspaper clipping, a coloured photograph from Albert's middle years, and four photographs of his 100th birthday party. The artifacts are a pair of brass studded leather gauntlets, a brass studded leather belt and a size 7 Smithbilt stetson made in Calgary.

Strong, Albert

Alberta Genealogical Society collection

  • CA ATH ath-2207
  • Collection
  • 1989, 1994

The fonds consists of the names of those interred in the following cemeteries: Boyle, Cash Creek, Amber Valley, St. Bruno Catholic, Bethel Full Gospel, Ferguson District, Ruthinian Greek Catholic, Blue Jay & Charron Community, St. Alphonsus Catholic, Spruce Valley United, St. Michael Ukrainian Greek Orthodox, Holy Trinity Catholic, St. Resurrection Ruthinian Greek Orthodox, St. Peter & Paul Ukrainian Greek Orthodox, Donatville Catholic, Mother of Perpetual Help, Holy Ghost Ukrainian Greek Catholic, Grassland, St. Phillipe Catholic, Green Pine Ukrainian Greek Orthodox, and Twin Spruce Ruthinian Greek Catholic.

Alberta Genealogical Society

Alexander Lennie fonds

  • CA ATH ath-2213
  • Fonds
  • 1983-1989

The fonds consists of information on: John Berg, Mr. Biault, Donald Booth, Floyd Calvert, Herb Calvert, Mark Ferguson, Russell Fodchuk, Steve Fodchuk, Gosselin family, Gullion family, Kinikinik Post Office, Kostiw family, Russell Kostyk, Lac La Biche Trail, Lessard's house, Mr. MacDonald, Overacker family, Rennison family, Amber Ross, Bill Ross; Frank, George,Matt and Tim Sauer; Jimmy Service, Al Sharp's blacksmith shop, Charles Shoubridge, Sgt. Herbert Thorne, Dr. Andrew Turnbull, Scott Willey, homesteading, income, machinery, roads-East Hill, and Athabasca. The textual records consist of genealogical information on the Lennie and Anderson families of Fort Edmonton. Mentioned are school districts MacKenzie School No.234 and Summer School No.1668.

Lennie, Alexander

Alexis Lafferty fonds

  • CA ATH ath-2212
  • Fonds
  • 1983

The fonds consists of an interview in which the following information is mentioned: Magnus Cromarty Brown, Captain Edward Benjamin Haight (1862- ), John MacLeod, Clementine Mercredi, Captain James William Mills (1859-1933), Georges Shank, John Shott, Captain Van Dusen, Charles Joseph Rayner Whiteley (1889-1978), a boiler pulled by horses, ferry, freighting, Grand Rapids railway, houses on the river flats, and tracking.

Lafferty, Alex

Alice and Clifford Donahue fonds

  • CA ATH ath-1884
  • Fonds
  • 1924-1988

The fonds consists of materials created or collected by Alice and Clifford Donahue of Athabasca, Alberta between 1924 and 1988. The fonds consists of correspondence, photographs and clippings of Alice and Clifford Donahue relating to their lives and activities in Athabasca. It includes files pertaining to community organizations and committees which the Donahues served on, business records; files pertaining to Alice Donahue's career as a teacher; scrapbooks; maps; and photographs.

Donahue, Alice

Amy Kathleen Stafford fonds

  • CA ATH ath-2071
  • Fonds
  • 1981-1985

The fonds consists of a 10-page article written by Kathleen Stafford entitled: Life in a one-room school; and a 1985 interview with Kathleen and Leo Noddings by Frank Falconer which includes subjects: Chief Baptiste, Baptiste Lake Trail, Crystal Lodge, Wm.Dent, a French club, gas wells, Syd Mearon, and motion picture theatres.

Stafford, Amy Kathleen

Anne Hardman fonds

  • CA ATH ath-2164
  • Fonds
  • 1911-1952

The fonds consists of photographs which include: Oct.22, 1911 auto party in front of the Athabasca Grand Union Hotel; a view of Athabasca from the east hill in 1912; the first air mail flight into Athabasca in Feb. 1931; Strathcona (50th) Street in 1951; the Athabasca Echo newspaper building; an aerial view of Athabasca taken by Bob Preece; the Athabasca bus depot and Athabasca United Church; and views taken from across the river.

Hardman, Anne (Wright)

Antoinette (Nettie) Virginia Goodwin fonds

  • CA ATH ath-2131
  • Fonds
  • 1914

The fonds consists of a photograph view of Athabasca as seen from the north side of the river and a postcard view of Skinner Street in 1914. The postcard was sent by Nettie to her daughter Agnes Allen in Galesburg, ILL.

Goodwin, Antoinette Virginia

Anton Joseph Schinkinger fonds

  • CA ATH ath-2099
  • Fonds
  • 1943-1992

The fonds consists of photographs of: Athabasca & District Board of Trade sign near Westlock (1948), Nick Evasiuk, pier on Tawatinaw Creek (1950s), Bob, Colin and Vince Preece; Anton (Tony) and Kurt Schinkinger, the first store and its replacement store built in 1975, Valentine (Val) Breckenridge, Riverside Recreation Area sign, 1971 parade photo and the Steve Berezan family. Tony wrote an article entitled "Reflections of the old swimming hole" and an article about his time in the navy. The artifacts are a postal scale, two photographs framed with an article from the Athabasca Echo newspaper of Aug.25, 1982 regarding the family business, and a plaque commemorating the closing of Schinkinger's Mens Wear in Feb. 1992.

Schinkinger, Anton Joseph

Archibald Joseph Gorman (family) fonds

  • CA ATH ath-2110
  • Fonds
  • 1910-[1940s]

The fonds consists of the following subjects contained in the photographs and the cassette tape: Athabasca's first train (1912), Bentley with dog team, Big Coulee Anglican Church, Tom Black, Art Cullen, Chester Reid Day (a.k.a. Buffal Bill) from Calling Lake, commercial fishing, Father Desmarais, education, entertainment, field crops-rye, Colin Fraser, Gorman family, Albert Alexander Greer, horse teams planting crop, Litchfield Avenue, lumbering, marine boiler on Strathcona Street [1912], men's club outdoor meal, Pioneer Curling Club (1911), Red Cross Society meeting at Thorne's, Runel Ryley, scow workers, sports, threshing machine (1925), and Robert Vance.

Gorman, Archibald Joseph

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