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Walter Mazurkewich fonds

  • GPR 0551
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1941]-1945

The fonds consists of 15 photographs of the Polish Free Army in Italy, collected by soldier Walter Mazurkewich during WW II.

Mazurkewich, Walter

Ray Stewart fonds

  • GPR 0552
  • Fonds
  • [1900-1980]

The fonds consists of a birth certificate of James 'Ray' Stewart from Manannah, Minnesota 1900, 3 copies of newspaper articles detailing the house fire of the Stewart family 1955, Fourth Class Engineer's Certificate 1956, a news article interview of James 'Ray' Stewart 1995, and an obituary for Ray. 15 photographs of their children and their home in the Albright area as well as 10 photographs of his siblings in Saskatchewan.

Stewart, Ray

Violet & Arnold Dryer fonds

  • GPR 0553
  • Fonds
  • 1946-2013

The fonds consists of stories told by Violet for the War Brides project in 2006 and the 2013 Film & Story Tea. There are also seven photographs of Vi in her wedding dress and going-away suit over the years; 6 pp from a small notebook showing what she packed to travel to Canada, and detailing her expenses; and a copy of a newspaper clipping with the headline, "Three War Brides Arrive in Grande Prairie."

Dryer, Violet

Grande Prairie Golf & Country Club fonds

  • GPR 0554
  • Fonds
  • 1961-2005

The fonds consists of two articles about the history of the Richmond Hill Golf Club by Isabel Campbell and Cay Humphrey, a 1988 Golf Events Calendar, and 17 scrapbooks created by the Ladies of the Richmond Hill Golf and Country Club from 1961 to 1967, and the Ladies of the Grande Prairie Golf and Country Club from 1967 to 2004. The scrapbooks contain news clippings about the ladies draws and tournaments as well as other activities, the expansion of the golf course, junior and men’s golfing, general news about activities at the Golf and Country Clubs, and regular columns which appeared in the Grande Prairie Herald-Tribune. There are also a few newsletters from the Grande Prairie Golf and Country Club and, beginning in 1976, a few photographs. In the 1980s, minutes of club meetings are being added to the scrapbooks as well as tournament programs and mementos from trips made by the Ladies Club. The records are consistent through the 1990s, but sporadic from 1999 to 2005.

Grande Prairie Golf & Country Club

Walter Spry fonds

  • GPR 0559
  • Fonds
  • 1926-1950

The fonds consist s of Walter Spry's farm ledger which records purchases made for the family farm from the early days till the 1950's. There is a thorough list of expenses, e.g. tobacco purchases, telephone batteries, and transporting hogs. In 1942 a house was built on N.W. 6-74-4 W6th, and those expenses were also itemized. The ledger also lists employees and their expenses while employed for Walter. Some of the people mentioned are Jim Glowsky, John Jantz, D. Morrison, W. Smith, Philip Dumas, Jim Martin, Ted Hanson, T. Rode, Ken Maxwell, Leonard Ostaszowski and Robert Hoffman.

Spry, Walter

Edith Mair fonds

  • GPR 0555
  • Fonds
  • 1912-[ca.1922]

The fonds consists of twelve photographs of the Grande Prairie area from 1912 to ca. 1922, including fairs, sports, street scenes, and early pioneers. The images appear to have been removed from an album.

Mair, Edith

F. M. Sanger Davies fonds

  • GPR 0556
  • Fonds
  • 1939-1955

The fonds consists of three photographs and five pen sketches of the Grande Prairie area from ca. 1930 to 1955 including harvesting with a binder, 101st Street and Christ Church Anglican in Grande Prairie, Bear Lake, the Smoky River Bridge, the Anglican Church float at the opening of the bridge, and the Dunvegan Ferry.

Sanger-Davies, Florian Morgan

Walter Roberts fonds

  • GPR 0557
  • Fonds
  • 1917-[ca.1925]

The fonds consists of twenty-six photographs of the Grande Prairie area from 1917 to [ca. 1925], including picnics at the Wapiti and Haszards', boxing, and early pioneers. The images are contained in an album labelled Walter Roberts Photos.

Roberts, Walter

The White Studio fonds

  • GPR 0558
  • Fonds
  • 1937-1938

The fonds consists of 12 b & w postcards of scenes from the Grande Prairie area in 1937-1938 taken by Cameron White, photographer for The White Studio. The McDermid Photo Service envelope from Calgary, in which the postcards were housed, dated April 12, 1938 is included. Also in the file is a Ceretificate of Change of Name for John Cameron White to become Ross Haynes.

White Studio

John Ernest Spry fonds

  • GPR 0560
  • Fonds
  • 1941-1946

The fonds consists of a log book from the Royal Canadian Air Force for 1941-1945. The log records a brief description of each mission flown, the pilot's name and the date.

Spry, John Ernest

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