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Croken Family fonds

  • GPR 0112
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1920]-1966

The records consist of photographs and personal records from Patty and Rudy Croken and Jennie (Tomshak) Croken. They include P.V. Croken financial records from the P.V Croken Store; Patty’s correspondence from 1956-1973; personal income tax returns for Rudy & Jennie Croken from 1953-1958, and for Patty & Daisy Croken from 1958-1966; farm accounts and wheat board certificates; the papers for building Rudy & Jennie’s home in 1954; and a story about working in the Post Office, written by Jennie Croken in 2014. The photographs are a wide assortment of subjects from the Peace Celebration in Grande Prairie in 1919, to Jennie on her travels in 1986.

Croken family

Maurice Pivert fonds

  • GPR 0527
  • Fonds
  • 2013

The fonds consists of a 26 page biography of Maurice Pivert written by his niece, Paulette Pivert Hrychiw, and copies of 20 photographs taken by Maurice Pivert between 1947 and 1952. The photographs include four of a Model T race at the fairgrounds in 1947, four of building the Memorial Arena in 1949, six of a County Agricultural fair and parade ca. 1950, two of the municipal hospital ca. 1950, and four of new public buildings in Grande Prairie ca. 1952. These photographs are a few of the many Maurice Pivert took as he documented life around him at his farm in Grande Prairie. The copies were made available by Paulette Hrychiw.

Hrychiw, Paulette

Spirit River Settlement Historical Society fonds

  • GPR 0486
  • Fonds
  • 1929, 1971, 1973-1989

The fonds consists of records of the Spirit River Settlement Historical Society including executive records and records of their History Book Committee which consist of planning documents, financial records, minutes and correspondence, and original and/or edited copies of submissions to the Spirit River history book Chepi Sepe. The first sections of the Book Committee records include a history of the general region and the Spirit River Settlement area, the coming of settlers and the growth of agriculture, businesses, industries, municipal governments, the history of veterans of WWI and WWII, schools, churches, medical facilities, and cultural and recreational groups. The second main body of the records contains original and/or edited copies of over 630 family histories arranged in alphabetical order by surname.

Spirit River Settlement Historical Society

Nicolas and Erena Woronuk fonds

  • GPR 0480
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1973]

The fonds consists of two copies of a biographical account of Nicholas (Nylolai) Woronuk and family, written in Ukrainian by a niece, Mrs. John Bzovey of Rycroft. The document was typed and and edited by I. Goresky, of Edmonton, and tells of the family's epic journey from Edson to Grande Prairie in 1913. Included in the fonds are a shorter account of the story, in English, as published in "Ukrainians in Alberta"; additional hand written accounts from the Woronuk family in English and Ukrainian; and a letter from I. Goresky to Dr. Jerry Petryshyn referencing the history of Ukrainians in Alberta, and especially the Woronuk family.

Charles McNaught Family fonds

  • GPR 0586
  • Fonds
  • 1908 - 1980

The fonds consists of the correspondence, personal records, financial records, and photographs of the Charles McNaught family. The material is arranged in files for each member of the family and general files for photographs and miscellaneous records. The correspondence is mainly from one family member to each another, but also includes extended family members and friends. The financial records for the McNaught farm are with John and Noel McNaught's records. There is one artwork, a pencil sketch done by Euphemia (Betty) McNaught when she was about 11 years old.

Gordon Morrison fonds

  • GPR 0589
  • Fonds
  • 1915-1935

The fonds consists of World War I records from 1915-1929; correspondence from 1926-1935; financial records from 1916-1934; and photographs from ca. 1915-1930.

Morrison, Gordon

Big Bend Historical Committee fonds

  • GPR 0532
  • Fonds
  • 1981

The fonds consists of family histories, school and church histories, community services and activities histories and miscellaneous writings, news clippings and correspondence used for producing The Big Bend, a community history book covering the areas of Blueberry Creek, Blueberyy Mountain, Fourth Creek, Ksituan, Silver Valley, and Whitburn.

Big Bend Historical Committee

Buffalo Lakes New Horizon Group fonds

  • GPR 0538
  • Fonds
  • 1978-1989

The fonds consists of 2 notebooks, one containing the minutes of meetings of the Buffalo Lakes New Horizon Group from 1978-1981 and the second with minutes of meetings of The Financial Group for the New Horizon Group from 1978-1989.

Buffalo Lakes New Horizon Group

Olaf Vekved fonds

  • GPR 0547
  • Fonds
  • 1906-1928

The fonds consists of an unlined Norwegian School scribbler labeled "Tegnebog for Olav Vekvic," containing five pencil drawings signed by Olav and dated 1906, when he was 19 years old. Most of them are floral bouquets, but one is a portrait of an elderly man described as "Utenrikeminister Lavland". There is also a 1928 report from the Experimental Sub-Station at Beaverlodge, AB, and a 1920 letter from The Pellman Institute regarding a course of studies about which Olaf had enquired.

Vekved, Olaf

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