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Richard Baker collection

  • CA ATH ath-2128
  • Collection
  • [1910]-[191-?s]

The fonds consists of 22 post cards, from an original group of 25, in the series : Mid Snow and Ice printed in France by The Oblates of Mary Immaculate. There are two other photographs of early Athabasca. The photo subject headings are : Athabasca River rapid, Bishop Breynat, Brother Girard, Canadian Northern Railway depot in Athabasca, Colin Fraser, Chesterfield Inlet, Cree woman, dog team, Monseignor Grouard, first airplane in north, Fort Providence, Fort Resolution, Great Bear Lake, Great Slave Lake, igloo, Inuit, kayak, and MacKenzie River ice breakup.

Baker, Richard

Robert and Shirley Hendriks collection of William Bleasdell Cameron

  • CA ATU atu-3
  • Collection
  • 1860-2006, predominant 1885--1951.

Collection consists of the textual records, photographs, tintypes, copied photographs, postcards and copies of illustrations and paintings of W.B. Cameron, as well as the research records accumulated by Robert Hendriks during the course of writing a biography about W.B. Cameron. The photographs depict various First Nations people, often dressed in traditional clothing with objects such as the Sioux pipe bag, as well as W.B.'s family and friends. There are also photographs of the site of the Frog Lake Massacre and the Frog Lake Massacre Memorial Cairn. The photographic postcards depict views of the various towns that W.B. Cameron resided in such as Le Pas, Manitoba and Lac La Biche and Vermilion, Alberta. Textual records consist of correspondence to and from family members and friends, manuscripts, editions of The Beaver, Scarlet and Gold and Saturday Night, newspaper clippings, a scrapbook of Cameron's early writings, paperwork relating to the publishing of Cameron's book as well as the republishing of the book in the 1940s and by his family in the 1970s, certificates, letters relating to the NWMP Memorial & Indian Museum in Battleford, Saskatchewan and to the Hudson's Bay Company. Also included is a videotape of W.B. Cameron's speech in 1950 at the Elk Point Bridge Opening.

Hendriks, Robert

Robert D. McDonald's Blackfoot collection

  • CA GLEN glen-1596
  • Collection
  • 1880-1959

The collection consists of genealogical information on sources of material collected by Robert D. McDonald; and photographs of South Piegan, Blackfeet and Blood.

McDonald, Robert D.

Robert H. Nichols collection

  • CA GLEN glen-1747
  • Collection
  • [186-]-1967, predominant 1940-1967

The collection consists of newspaper and journal articles pertaining to former members of the NWMP, native peoples and the fur trade; some correspondence and notes about his research; and photographs of various subjects including Walter Festing Sheppard and the NWMP, Wolf Creek Ranch in the Kootenay River Valley, British Columbia, and Fred Woodward, actor and animal impersonator. Includes a (1917) song about the Royal North-West Mounted Police (RNWMP) composed by Special Constable Gardiner.

Nichols, Robert H.

Robert James Costar collection

  • MED med-59
  • Collection
  • 1884-1969

The collection consists of: a small number of Chinese documents (1940-1969); biographical and correspondence files for the following individuals: W.A.C. Bennett, Ross Thatcher, W.R. MacDonald, L.J. Robichaud, H.E. Strom, Premier Smallwood, H.A. "Bud" Olsen, A. Dederer, A. Howard, J.P. May, M.W. Ireland, P.E. Trudeau, Dr. J.W.G. MacEwan, A.B. Campbell, and J.P. May (1967-1969); land transfer agreement between Dominion Glass and the City of Medicine Hat (1914-1919); public notice re: prosecution for selling of intoxicants to Indians (undated); membership list of the 28th Parliament (1969), and 1st Regiment Alberta Mounted Rifles (WWII); an unused RNWMP pocket diary (1919); RCMP regulation for civilian members (undated); information brochure re: terraplane cars (1935); floor plan of Black's Retail store; numerous programs-Canadian Armed Forces Tattoo (1967), Royal Visit (1939), Musical Theatre: "The Gypsy Rover" (undated), "Grand Choral Concert" (1918), Medicine Hat Male Choir (1923), program from Medicine Hat Philharmonic Society's production of "Elijah" (1921), Medicine Hat Amateur Operatic Society productions of "Floradora" (1923), "Pirates of Penzance" (1914), "The Mikado" (1914); Maple Leaf Milling Co. inspection certificates-Irvine, Alberta (1922-1938), and licenses (1924-1956); WWII ration booklets-gasoline (1944-46), food (1940-45); assorted greeting cards and postcards of Canada and Europe (ca. 1900-1939); beer bottle labels from various breweries; an unemployment Insurance booklet issued to Rose Costar (1949-50); map of Canada (undated); handwritten interview and questionnaire re: Ireland family (3 pgs) (1969); images of the NWMP, eminent citizens, and views of in and around Medicine Hat.

Costar, Robert James, collector

Selwyn Dewdney Petroglyph Tracings Project collection

  • CA GLEN glen-831
  • Collection
  • 1960-1963

The collection consists of drawings from tracings of petroglyphs and pictographs in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba; Dewdney's reports to Glenbow about his work; and extensive photographs of the rock art sites, the tracings process, and the tracings themselves.

Dewdney, Selwyn

Selwyn Dewdney's Ojibway Scrolls Project collection

  • CA GLEN glen-2592
  • Collection
  • 1969-1972

The collection consists of drafts of the manuscript, "Sacred Scrolls of the Southern Ojibway" (1970-1972); slides of some photographs published in the book; a film of the Midewewin ceremony (1969); and sound recordings of excerpts of from the ceremony and commentary on it.

Dewdney, Selwyn

Sheila Hall collection

  • CA PAA paa-7797
  • Collection
  • [Copied between 1933 and 1970]

The collection consists of reproduction photographs of images originally dating circa (ca.) 1895 from the Blackfoot Indian Reserve at Gleichen, North-West Territories, by photographers R.H. Trueman & Co. and N. Caple & Co., both of Vancouver, British Columbia, and a photograph dating ca. 1950 of the Blackfoot Indians at Gleichen, Alberta by Vern Kent of the Visual Education Branch of the Saskatchewan Department of Education.

Hall, Sheila

South Peace Regional Archives Film collection

  • GPR gpr-2988
  • Collection
  • [ca. 1952-2008]

The collection consists of films and videos relating to the history of the South Peace River Country of Alberta. These recordings were donated by various donors to South Peace Regional Archives after it was established in 2000, and are not associated with a fonds.

South Peace Regional Archives, collector

Southern Alberta Research Project collection

  • CA GLEN glen-2154
  • Collection
  • 1956-1961 (originally created 1867-1961)

The collection consists of alphabetically arranged biographical files, typescripts of newspaper articles and research notes, and photographs of NWMP, oldtimers and general views of southern Alberta. Consists of these series: Fort Benton and Montana (1867-1956); North-West Mounted Police - General (1872-1947); North-West Mounted Police - Detachments and outposts (1882-1955); North-West Mounted Police - Old timers (1913-1957); Southern Alberta newspapers and editors (1923-1955); Presbyterian Church and ministers (1883-1926; First Nations (1877-1954); High River pioneers (compiled 1956-1960); Southern Alberta general history (compiled 1956-1961); and photographs (1870s-1930s).

Southern Alberta Research Project

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