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Maki family fonds

  • CA RED red-2917
  • Fonds
  • 1886-1969

The fonds includes the Maki family's immigration, baptismal, and homestead documents. Includes Gust's First World War service records, and a wartime letter to Mary

Maki, Erik (family)

Snider family fonds

  • CA RED red-2836
  • Fonds
  • 1886-2000, predominant 1910-1920

The fonds consists predominantly of Douglas Snider's photo album containing scenes of homesteading in the Pitcox (Hespero) area. Also includes earlier family photographs and memorabilia; Elizabeth Mason's photographs of Mrs. Simmons's former nursing home, Red Deer, Alberta (2000); and genealogical information on the Snider family

Snider, William Nelson (family)

Woima, Kinna family fonds

  • CA RED red-3002
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1895]-1978, predominant 1903-1935

Fonds consists of family papers and photographs (1895-1978), materials collected by Ena Kinna for historical articles and records from the Kuusamo Cemetery Company (1910-1912).

Kinna, Ena

Lella Bodwell collection

  • CA RED red-2818
  • Collection
  • [1921, 1975]

The collection consists of newspaper clippings (1921), and a biography of the Farley family of the Willowdale district (1975).

Bodwell, Lella

Lorene Frere's St. Ann Ranch Trading Company collection

  • CA RED red-2942
  • Collection
  • 1990-1994

The collection includes photocopies and transcripts of historic documents relating to the St. Ann Ranch, the town of Trochu, and the French families that initially settled there; includes brochures, news clippings, and magazine excerpts about the St. Ann Ranch Bed and Breakfast

Frere, Lorene

Benediktson family fonds

  • CA RED red-3048
  • Fonds
  • 1890 - [ca. 2001]

The fonds consists of correspondence (both in English and Icelandic), biographical manuscripts, poetry, newspaper clippings, financial and legal records, school records, awards and certificates, and photographs. Fonds also contains holographic poems by Stephan G. Stephansson.

Benediktson (family)

Jim Brandon fonds

  • CA RED red-2776
  • Fonds
  • 1973-1978

Fonds consists of correspondence in response to a form letter (1973) about Red Deer life, correspondence concerning lamps and personal matters (1973, 1978), and 1 photograph of an early form of snow mobile

Brandon, Jim

Scott, Lawson family fonds

  • CA RED red-3015
  • Fonds
  • [1870]-1928

The fonds consists of family and military photographs, published materials relating to Canada's involvement in World War I, and religious books.

Scott (family)

Trimble family fonds

  • CA RED red-2927
  • Fonds
  • 1903-[ca. 1991]

The fonds includes a souvenir card from Clearview School (1903), photo album of the Trimble family reunion (1911), typescript souvenir of the Trimble family reunion (1932), album of photographs produced to promote Willard Trimble's sign business (ca. 1936-ca. 1949), photocopy of Willard's flight training record (originally created 1939-1951), genealogical information, and a scrapbook. The fonds also includes 22 negatives (aerial photographs) and 8 paintings created by Willard Trimble.

Trimble (family)

Jack Gregson fonds

  • CA RED red-2802
  • Fonds
  • [1910]-1999

Fonds consists of copies of family photographs taken by John Douglas "Jack" Gregson and his father Arthur Douglas Gregson (ca. 1900-1920), correspondence with the Red Deer and District Archives (1989-1999), and 3 versions of John Gregson's memoirs of his early life (1989, 199-). RECORDS RELATED TO THE FOLLOWING PERSONS ARE ALSO IN THIS FONDS: the Anderson family, John Bennett, Fred Bradbury, the Brewster family (of Banff), Barbara Burns, Geoffrey Burns, Margaret Burns, Marjorie Burns, Mr. Cummings (engineer with the Canadian Northern Railway), Percy Gregson, Dr. Hicks, the McConnell family, Mrs. Page (of Red Deer, Alberta), Fred Stephens, J. W. Turner (of Edmonton, Alberta), Mr. Whitehouse (a local accountant);Fonds is composed of the following series:;I. Photographs;II. Correspondence;III. Memoirs.

Gregson, Jack Douglas

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