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Provincial Archives of Alberta Fonds First nations
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Viewegar family fonds

  • CA PAA paa-3479
  • Fonds
  • 1913-1974, predominant 1913-1914

The fonds consists of photographs taken by Hugo Viewegar and his son, Lute Vieweger. Of particular note are nine autochromes, 1913 - 1914, taken by Hugo Viewegar. The autochrome is a very rare early colour photographic process. The originals are 5"X7" and 3 1/2"X5" transparencies on glass plates. The subject matter is native people, Royal North West Mounted Police (RNWMP), family portraits, a house and a still life, all taken in Edmonton. Also by Hugo Viewegar are nine black and white photographs and four black and white negatives, 1913 - 1914, of homesteading, RNWMP, the City of Edmonton paddle steamer, and Edmonton scenes. Two of the prints are vintage albumen prints (RNWMP). The remainder of the above are modern prints. Also included are five black and white photographs and four black and white negatives, [193-], by Lute Vieweger, of riverboats, airplanes and Fort Chipewyan. All five prints are modern prints. Also included is an audio reel recording of an interview with Lute Vieweger about his life, recorded in 1974.

Viewegar, Hugo

Phyllis Young fonds

  • CA PAA paa-6872
  • Fonds
  • 1926-1937

Fonds consists of photograph album depicting the Edmonton Indian Residential School in St. Albert, Alberta 1926-1937.

Young, Phyllis

Patricia Spence fonds

  • CA PAA paa-8636
  • Fonds
  • [1930]

The fonds consists of 26 photographs of Northern Alberta and Northwest Territories including views of settlements, rivers, lakes, agriculture, industry, and the people of the region. The fonds also includes a scrapbook entitled, "From the Land of the Midnight Sun" containing 145 photographs of settlements, rivers, lakes, agriculture, industry, and the people of the region. The photographs in the scrapbook appear to have been taken during a trip up the Mackenzie River to Fort Macpherson and includes numerous images of First Nations Peoples of the region. The fonds dates from [1930].

Spence, Patricia

Lyman Jampolsky fonds

  • CA PAA paa-7911
  • Fonds
  • 1959-1966

The fonds consists of records from Lyman Jampolsky's time as principal of the Stony Sarcee Indian Agency, regional Inspector of Indian Schools for the Indian Affairs Branch, and Chief Superintendent of Vocational Training and Special Services, and primarily includes correspondence and reports.

Jampolsky, Lyman

Rik Yellowbird and Casey Rowan fonds

  • CA PAA paa-9240
  • Fonds
  • 1993

The fonds consists of a booklet entitled, "A Historical Perspective of Pigeon Lake Reserve #138A" written by Casey Rowan and Rik Yellowbird in 1993.

Yellowbird, Rik

Samuel Henry Middleton fonds

  • CA PAA paa-9010
  • Fonds
  • 1890

The fonds consists of a booklet belonging to Samuel Henry Middleton entitled, "The Gospel According to St. Mathew", translated into Blackfoot by John William Time and published by the British Foreign Bible Society in 1890.

Middleton, Samuel Henry

Tannis and William Betts fonds

  • CA PAA paa-8571
  • Fonds
  • [1909] - 1965

The fonds consists of 16 black and white negatives featuring members of the MacFarland and Wood families of Calgary, Alberta dating from ca. 1909. The fonds also includes six kodachrome 35 mm slides taken by William Betts in 1965 capturing Reg Kelly during an Honorary Chief Ceremony at the Saddle Lake Reserve with Chief Ralph Steinhauer presiding. The slides also feature Reg's wife, Mary White Jacket, and their son, Harvey.

Betts, Tannis

Orrin German fonds

  • CA PAA paa-8783
  • Fonds
  • 1885

The fonds consists of a published translation of English Methodist hymns translated into Cree by Orrin German entitled, Methodist hymns, translated into the Cree language. / By Orrin German/ Methodist nikumoowina. Â meskooche itusinuhuk nuheyuwâwinik ise Orrin German (Toronto, Methodist Mission Rooms, 1885).

German, Orrin

Mathers family fonds

  • CA PAA paa-8282
  • Fonds
  • 1886-1981

The fonds consists of records documenting the life of the C.W. Mathers Family including photographs, correspondence, a diary, and genealogical research of the Mathers family dating from the 1900s to the 1980s. The fonds also includes records, dating from the 1880s to the 1940s, documenting C.W. Mathers' photographic career including photographs featuring the Klondike Gold rush, First Nations Peoples, views of fishery industry in British Columbia; a sketchbook; oil paintings; a published photographic souvenir booklet, The Far North; and selections of photographs from the published booklet Picturesque Edmonton.

Mathers, C.W. Mathers (family)

James McKenna fonds

  • CA PAA paa-8455
  • Fonds
  • 1899-1900

The fonds consists of a photograph of James McKenna dating from 1899, and a Half-Breed Claims Commission document dating from 1900.

McKenna, James

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