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Downtown Business Revitalization Zone of Grande Prairie fonds

  • GPR gpr-2655
  • Fonds
  • 1974-2000

The fonds consist of records of The Central Business Association; executive records of the Downtown BRZ; records of its dealings with the City of Grande Prairie; administrative documents including correspondence and financial records; newsletters and other member communications; projects dealing with beautification, street cleaning, and decorating of downtown; promotions for downtown through special events, parades, trade shows and sales promotions; sponsorship of community events coordinated with other city groups; liason with Heritage Canada; and scrapbooks featuring news clippings of BRZ initiatives.

Downtown Business Revitalization Zone of Grande Prairie

Floyd Van Schaick collection

  • GPR gpr-2663
  • Collection
  • 1920-1932

The fonds consists of of Departmental Examinations and Promotions Tests developed by the High School and University Matriculation Examinations Board for the Department of Education in the Province of Alberta. These examinations cover many different subjects in the disciplines of English, History, Languages, Mathematics and Sciences, and some minor subjects such as Agriculture, Physiology and Hygiene, and Art, for Grades 8 through 12. A booklet of exams for Grades 5 through 7 covers the subjects of Literature, Composition, Grammar, Spelling, History and Citizenship, Arithmetic, Elementary Science, Geography, Agriculture and Hygiene, and Art.

Province of Alberta. Department of Education

Thomas Wilson Lawlor fonds

  • GPR gpr-2666
  • Fonds
  • 1939-1945

The fonds consists of 1 portrait of T. W. Lawlor as barrister and mayor; 7 photographs relating to civic duties, including the official visit of Governor General Lord Tweedsmuir, in 1939; and 2 post cards (one of which shows a military parade) of Richmond Avenue, Grande Prairie.

Lawlor, Thomas

Robert Millar fonds

  • GPR gpr-2670
  • Fonds
  • 1952-1957

The fonds consists of photographs of Robert Millar as mayor, and on various hunting and camping expeditions; newspapers containing articles relating to his tenure as mayor; copies of speeches; programs from event; financial statements; yearly report booklets; and correspondence all relating to his tenure as councilor and mayor

Millar, Robert

D. W. Patterson family fonds

  • GPR gpr-2687
  • Fonds
  • 1914 - 2002

The fonds consists of D.W. Patterson's memoirs and a short story, Rose Patterson's memoirs and a photographic scrapbook detailing the activities of the Grande Prairie Women's Institute from [1925-1970], Dorothy Hall's personal record, the document admitting D.W. Patterson to the Law Society of Alberta, 1914, a program for the visit of the Earl of Bessborough in 1933, newsclippings concerning the death of Judge Sissons and appointment of Donald as Assistant Chief Judge, 4 portraits and several scanned copies of family photos, and miscellaneous papers and letters.

Patterson, D.W. Patterson, Rose Devlin

Donaldson family collection

  • GPR gpr-2688
  • Collection
  • 1930-1980

The fonds consists of a reel of 16 mm silent film taken in the Eaglesham area and on the Lassiter Project in the 1950s; an Election Proclamation Poster for the 1930 Alberta Election, an enumeration booklet for the 1930 election of Subdivisions 50 and 97 of the Constituency of Grande Prairie; a Canada Elections Act List of Electors poster; some letters from Eaglesham settlers written to Anne for the Eaglesham Reunion in 1980; and two booklets written by Anne Donalson: As We Remember the Early Days on the North Eaglesham Project, written in 1976; and Homestead Memories, written in 1985.

Donaldson, Anne

Arthur Patterson family fonds

  • GPR gpr-2689
  • Fonds
  • 1915 -1968

The fonds consists of genealogy records of families Hazelton, White, Hughson, Thorpe, Patterson; 3 books: "The Family of James Patterson", a report on the development of the County of Grande Prairie Industrial Park, and a Queen Elizabeth ll Hospital Design Report (1981); 4 maps of the County of Grande Prairie and 1 of Bezanson; a 1983 submission by the County of Grande Prairie to Alberta Transportation; invitations to official opening of QEII Hospital; Montrose and Grande Prairie High School Reunion (1979) booklet; a letter to Mr. R Wales from Elizabeth Keough; burial permits (1937, 1960-1968); one photograph of an unidentified couple; and 2 speeches written in tribute to Douglas Clarkson and Ernie Watt.

Patterson, Arthur

Elmer Borstad fonds

  • GPR gpr-2753
  • Fonds
  • 1955 - 2002

The fonds consists of Elmer Borstad's personal papers, records as alderman and mayor including pages from a large scrapbook, records and photographs of involvement with the Chamber of Commerce and Northern Alberta Development Council, a scrapbook of records (1978-79) related to his nomination as candidate for the Progressive Conservative Party and subsequent election as MLA for Grande Prairie, a scrapbook of records as chairman of the QEII Foundation and head of the MRI capital campaign (1997-1999), and records of his chairmanship on the Capital Campaign Committee for building additional student residences at GPRC. There is also a mylared copy of a full-page 1959 advertisement "marking 12 years of service to Grande Prairie & District" , a booklet "The Canol Adventure" written by Mr. Borstad, and a photograph album detailing Elmer's involvement with RCSCC Micmac Squadron Sea Cadets (1955-1966), including photographs of the first Wrenette Corps in Alberta established in Grande Prairie in 1957.

Borstad, Elmer

Schenk family fonds

  • GPR gpr-2797
  • Fonds
  • 1911-1977

The fonds consists of .5 cm of textual records and 98 photographs: a collection of early Grande Prairie belonging to Jack Mantle; a series of railway scenes and train accidents belonging to F.W. Schenk; and a series on working for the Forestry Service in the south Wapiti belonging to Dave Schenk. There are 15 documents, all relating to F.W. Schenk.

Schenk, David

Bear Hill Rural Electrification Association

  • GPR gpr-2800
  • Fonds
  • 1953-1984

The fonds consists of agreements and communications between Bear Hill Rural Electrification Association and its clients; service contracts, lists of contract holders, and maps of the REA's lines to the various farms; financial records; and a reference manual and poster from the Alberta Rural Electrification Association.

Bear Hill Rural Electrification Association

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