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Provincial Archives of Alberta Exploration, discovery and travel
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Jack Edworthy fonds

  • CA PAA paa-3473
  • Fonds
  • [189?-199?]

This fonds consists of papers of the Edworthy family including speeches, memoirs, articles, photographs, maps and family history of the George Edworthy family. Also includes family papers of the Livingston family such as correspondence, photos and articles. Also includes the Jack Edworthy papers consisting of correspondence, photos, clippings, programs, reports, Fort Edmonton/Harvest Fair material and Edmonton South Rotary Club material. Also includes Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties Convention Handbooks.

Edworthy, Jack

Elizabeth Kirkbride fonds

  • CA PAA paa-46
  • Fonds
  • 1901-1927

Fonds consists of records pertaining to Elizabeth Kirkbride's journeys to Canada including correspondence with outfitters and guides, photographs and travel brochures.

Kirkbride, Elizabeth

Thomas A. Cooke fonds

  • CA PAA paa-6507
  • Fonds
  • 1890-1966

Fonds consists of records pertaining to Cooke's personal and business life, as well as records relating to the Barr colonists' expedition, including photographs, correspondence and newspaper clippings.

Cooke, Thomas A.

Henry Arthur Conroy fonds

  • CA PAA paa-6685
  • Fonds
  • [ca.1905]

Fonds consists mainly of photographs depicting people transporting goods via canoe and horseback in northern Alberta areas such as Lesser Slave Lake, Great Slave Lake, Fort Resolution, Peace River, Fort Vermilion, and Dunvegan.

Conroy, Henry Arthur

W.A. Kelly fonds

  • CA PAA paa-6696
  • Fonds
  • Copied 1970

Fonds consists of a three volume journal entitled <em>1923 Journal of Some Travels in the North</em>, and captioned survey photographs depicting various people and views in northern Alberta, including rock formations, First Nations camps, Hudson's Bay forts, and various modes of water transportation.

Kelly, W.A.

Augustus Clements Finley fonds

  • CA PAA paa-6982
  • Fonds
  • 1909-1910

Fonds consists of an annotated photograph album entitled "Surveying and prospecting for coal in the wilds of Western Alberta, Canada and British Columbia, during the Spring, Summer and Fall of 1909" containing photographs which depict the survey party led by Augustus Clements Finley. Also included is a list of members in the party and an itinerary compiled by Finley.

Finley, Augustus Clements

Gonsett family fonds

  • CA PAA paa-6986
  • Fonds
  • 1939-1976

Fonds consists of the personal records of Irene Gonsett and includes correspondence, postcards, newspaper clippings, and photographs depicting Gonsett family members and friends, various inventions of Robert R. and Faust R. Gonsett, and Gonsett Company buildings. Fonds also includes newspaper clippings about Robert R. Gonsett and Faust R. Gonsett and their inventions, including copied newspaper clippings from 1939, information about the R.R. Gonsett Memorial Ukrainian Library, various advertising flyers and catalogues for Gonset Company products, and Ukrainian magazines.

Gonsett, Faust Robert

Robert R. and Faust R. Gonsett fonds

  • CA PAA paa-6987
  • Fonds
  • 1918-1965

Fonds consists of records pertaining to various Gonsett companies and to various inventions created by R.R. Gonsett and F.R. Gonsett and includes letters patent, specifications, diagrams, and descriptions of inventions, correspondence, advertising flyers and catalogues depicting various Gonset Company products and depicting various Gonsett inventions, and technical and instruction manuals for radio sets. Also included are Ukrainian magazines, information about the R.R. Gonsett Memorial Ukrainian library, and a flyer for Cal Farley's Boys' Ranch in Amarillo, Texas. The fonds has been arranged into the following series: Inventions of R.R. Gonsett; Inventions of F.R. Gonsett; Inventions of R.R. and F.R. Gonsett; Gonsett Companies; Miscellaneous.

Gonsett, Faust R. Gonsett, Robert R

Frank Marleau fonds

  • CA PAA paa-7013
  • Fonds
  • Copied 1980

The fonds consists of photographs copied from photograph albums of geological survey trips in 1921 and 1922, and primarily includes images of coal mines, mining camps, railroads and towns in Alberta.

Marleau, Frank

Harry L. Hollingworth fonds

  • CA PAA paa-7176
  • Fonds
  • 1903-1918

The fonds includes three manuscript diaries kept by Harry L. Hollingworth, two diaries about the journey to the Lloydminster, Alberta area and the first year there, and one diary of subsequent years after they were more settled, which also includes some accounting information.

Hollingworth, Harry L.

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