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Only top-level descriptions Glenbow Archives Collection Land, settlement and immigration
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Barons History Book Club collection

  • CA GLEN glen-3471
  • Collection
  • 1907-1946

The collection consists of photographs of Barons and district, Barons personalities, and the Carmangay boys' band.

Barons History Book Club

David C. Jones' Carlstadt / Alderson Photographs collection

  • CA GLEN glen-3258
  • Collection
  • Copied 1984-1987, originally created [ca. 1900]-1939

The collection consists of photographs of buildings, activities, and people who lived in the town of Carlstadt / Alderson.

Jones, David C.

George Bruchet collection

  • CA GLEN glen-366
  • Collection
  • 1877-1910

The collection consists of photographs of native people, Mounted Police, pioneers and ranchers in the Lethbridge area; and invoices for goods purchased by Dave Akers at Fort Whoop-Up, Alberta (1877-1881).

Bruchet, George

Glenbow Archives Posters collection

  • CA GLEN glen-3257
  • Collection
  • [ca. 1845-1968]

The collection consists of posters related to a wide variety of topics including the promotion of immigration to Canada; the sale of Victory bonds and recruitment for the wars; political campaigns; advertisements for rail and steamship travel; and announcements of auction sales, sports meets, and social events.

Glenbow Archives Poster Collection

Lorene Anne Frere's St. Ann Ranch Research collection

  • CA GLEN glen-3064
  • Collection
  • Compiled 1974-1992 [originally created 1904-1992]

The collection consists of drafts of St. Ann Ranch Book I and Book II; research material and copies of photographs relating to the St. Ann Ranch Trading Co. and the history of Trochu, Alberta; feasibility study and publicity relating to the designations of the St. Ann Ranch as an historic site and development of a bed and breakfast and teahouse; biographical information on Louis and Lorene Frere.

Frere, Lorene Anne

Louis Rouselle collection

  • CA GLEN glen-3610
  • Collection
  • Photocopied 2008 (originally created 1882-2008)

The collection consists mostly of transcripts of legal documents concerning Louis Rousselle's land claim in the Fort Calgary district. Includes a list of all settlers in the district who filed claims after the land survey was completed. Includes a report on Tail Creek Cemetery (ca. 1993) commissioned by Alberta Genealogical Society.

Rouselle, Louis

Spiritwood, Mildred, Norbury History Society collection

  • CA GLEN glen-3651
  • Collection
  • [ca. 1900-1958]

The fonds consists of photographs of the Spiritwood, Mildred, Norbury and Shellbrook districts of Saskatchewan, including views of pioneers, buildings, sports and schools.

Spiritwood, Mildred, Norbury History Society

The Bashford collection

  • CA GLEN glen-3881
  • Collection
  • 1890-1928

The collecton consists of Russian death certificates of Joseph and Anna Vlalaitis (1891); Canadian immigration card (1914); miscellaneouss land titles certificates for properties in Pine Creek, Frank, Stavely, Wetaskiwin, Bawlf and High River in Alberta, and the Kootenay district in British Columbia (1890-1912); fire insurance policies in Calgary and Medicine Hat (1907-1913); company incorporation documents for Jenckes Machine Company, H.F. Sandeman Company, Saskatchewan Savings Society, Alberta Loan and Investment Company, and Western Agencies and Development (1906-1919); bonds for Diamond Coal Company, Consolidated Diamond Collieries and Drumheller Consolidated Collieries (1910-1928); livestock certificates for British Americam Live Stock Association and Percheron Society of America (1904-1914); townsite plan for Kindersley, Saskatchewan (1913); map of petroleum and gas rights in the Turner Valley oilfields, and ad for Big Chief Oil shares (1926); posters for farm auction sales at Jackville, Coaldale, Milk River, Chapman and Airdrie (1917-1919); poster for Percheron stallion (1920); and German-American Colonization Company poster (1914).

Bashford, Christopher