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South Peace Regional Archives Collection Commerce and industry
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Charlie Gathercole Map Collection

  • GPR gpr-2771
  • Collection
  • 1915-1964

The fonds consists of 30 survey blueprints and town plans of Benville, Sexsmith, Laglace, Valhalla, and Buffalo Lakes; one 1928 Department of the Interior and four 1917-1922 Surveyor General maps of the Peace River District; one Prairie Farm Assistance Act map from 1955; and three blueprints of houses from the 1950s, one of them produced by the Veterans Land Act department. Maps are stamped with C.R. Gathercole, Real Estate & Insurance, Sexsmith, Alberta.

Gathercole, Charlie

G. Roger Graham photograph collection

  • GPR gpr-2664
  • Collection
  • 1969

The fonds consists of 19 color photographs of the inaugural run on the Alberta Resources Railway--the three hour trip on the final day of the conference. Photographs show the train, the scenery and the dignitaries who were passengers on this trip. A few of the photographs are of a welcoming banquet at St. Joe's High School and ceremonies marking the opening of the railway.

Canadian National Railways

Howard McPherson collection

  • GPR gpr-2939
  • Collection
  • 1951-2001

The fonds consists of Howard McPherson's hand drawn maps of Belloy (1949-1952, Silverwood (1956-1958) and Prestville (1956-1958) and eight photographs of buildings including Belloy School and students.

McPherson, Howard

Lee Oilund collection

  • GPR gpr-2826
  • Collection
  • 1947-1982

The fonds consists of a collection of farm booklets and 1 cm of farm business receipts belonging to Olaf Kildal and Ralph Johnson, dated 1929 to 1963, from Alberta Wheat Pool at Sexsmith; C L Larson, General Merchant, La Glace; P.M. Haugen Garage, LaGlace; Buffalo Lake General Store; Buffalo Lake Service Station; Shannon & Son, Sexsmith; Sexsmith Garage Co; Mac Perkins Garage, Sexsmith; Maple Leaf Garage, LaGlace; Olson's Garage, LaGlace; E.G. Edey Equipment, Sexsmith; McKinnon Equipment, Grande Prairie; UFA Co-op; and other miscellaneous receipts. The booklets, dating from 1920-1963 include Norweigen immigration literature from Olaf Kildal; Ration Recipe cookbook from WW II, Wheat Board permits and Alberta Hail Insurance Board booklets from the early 1950s, and information on Credit Unions published by the Credit Union League of Alberta. There is also a 1959 Prairie Farm Assistance Act Crop Report, a poster for an Allis-Chalmers tractor, and a report card from Northfield School.

Oilund, Lee

Municipal District of Greenview, Publications collection

  • GPR gpr-2959
  • Collection
  • 1972-2006

The sous-fonds consists of publications by the Government of Alberta, the municipal governments of Greenview and Valleyview, the Peace River Planning Commission, the South Peace Regional Planning Commission and various engineering firms.

Municipal District of Greenview No. 16

Valleyview & District Chamber of Commerce Millenium Photograph Collection

  • GPR gpr-2759
  • Collection
  • 1907-1994

The fonds consists of a binder containing scanned copies of photographs, articles and maps with photographs; a CD containing digital images of 500 photographs used in the "Journey to the Millenium" display chronicalling the growth of the Valleyview and Sturgeon Lake area; and a CD containing digital images of a 1910 Fur Trade Ledger from the Revillon Freres Trading Post at Sturgeon Lake operated by the Williamson family.

Valleyview & District Chamber of Commerce