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A. Arnason fonds

  • CA PAA paa-6958
  • Fonds
  • Copied 1972

Fonds consists of photocopies of Icelandic Almanacs dated 1912-1914 and 1954, and negatives depicting various Icelandic Canadians.

Arnason, A.

A. Lyall McLean fonds

  • CA PAA paa-7424
  • Fonds
  • 1961-1964

Fonds consists of correspondence to A. Lyall McLean from M.S. (Stewart) Preston, a former employee and a friend, who had homesteaded in Alberta.

McLean, A. Lyall

A. Marshall fonds

  • CA PAA paa-49
  • Fonds
  • 1900-1949

Fonds consists of records belonging to A. Marshall including correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings and postcards.

Marshall, A.

A. O. Orpwood fonds

  • CA PAA paa-7481
  • Fonds
  • [19-?]-1963

Fonds consists of photographic and mechanically produced postcards, photographs, negatives, and a photograph album depicting various images including A.O. Orpwood, the Calgary Normal School, construction, railroads, log cabins, oil wells, women, children, soldiers, agricultural machinery, farm scenes, buildings, cars, bridges, houses, barns, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers, street views, airplanes, snow blowers, churches, a sports team, and a wedding. Fonds also includes booklet, containing a commercial map of Alberta and historical sketch, produced by CJCA Broadcasting Station.

Orpwood, A. O.

Adelle Luebke fonds

  • CA PAA paa-7189
  • Fonds
  • 1980

The fonds includes a transcript of the reminiscences of William Wilkes Andrews regarding the Grouard area of Alberta, and transcribed letters from William Wilkes Andrews dating from 1949 to 1955 to Harriet, hospital residents and his sister about life in Alberta. The material was transcribed by Adelle Luebke.

Luebke, Adelle

Adrien Clément La Rivière fonds

  • CA PAA paa-7917
  • Fonds
  • 1904-1917

The material consists of records from the estate of Adrien Clément La Rivière and includes a share certificate for the Dunvegan Townsite Company, Limited, a contract agreement between Adrien and the Hudson's Bay Company, correspondence and reports about railways for Grouard, prospecting for the Edmonton Stock Yards Company, Limited, a Grouard Board of Trade pamphlet, cheques, financial statement for the town of Grouard, notes, a letter from secretary-treasurer of Grouard, a nominal roll of recruits from Edmonton for the 233rd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force and a photograph of Peace River at Dunvegan with Adrien in foreground.

La Rivière, Adrien Clément

Agnes Mary Whitney and Helen Gertrude Whitney fonds

  • CA PAA paa-9227
  • Fonds
  • [between 1920 and 1929]

The fonds consists of photographs of Alberta including the sites of Edmonton, Gull Lake, Lake Louise, and Banff taken by Agnes Mary Whitney and Helen Gertrude Whitney in the 1920s. The fonds also contains some photographs of family members taken by Agnes Mary Whitney and Helen Gertrude Whitney in the 1920s.

Whitney, Agnes Mary

Aimée Hill fonds

  • CA PAA paa-9247
  • Fonds
  • 1915-1985

The fonds consists of a history of the Eli Beamer Smith family written by Aimée Hill in 1985 and seven photographs featuring a flood in Edmonton that occurred in 1915 taken by an unidentified photographer.

Hill, Aimée

Alan Bryan fonds

  • CA PAA paa-8805
  • Fonds
  • 1915 -- [ca. 1965]

The fonds consists of the memoirs of Mrs. Robert Holmes covering the period of 1902, typed and edited by Mrs. Victor C. Hint of Beaverlodge dating from ca. 1964; a photograph of Reverend Hugh Speke of Grande Prairie dating from 1915; and a news clipping noting the death of Mrs. Robins, wife of the former Reverend E.F. Robbins, dating from 1940.

Bryan, Alan

Alan D. Ridge fonds

  • CA PAA paa-3488
  • Fonds
  • 1892, 1968-1991

The fonds consists of records created by Mr. Ridge in pursuance of his role as the Provincial Archivist of Alberta, documenting what he thought to be important or mandatory transfers of records to the Archives. Also included in the fonds are the personal papers of Mr. Ridge that, for the majority, were created as a result of his active involvement in the national and international archival community. The fonds consists of two series: Personal papers, and Records of the Provincial Archivist.

Ridge, Alan D.

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