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Fred Chrusch fonds

  • CA ATH ath-1839
  • Fonds
  • 1930-1951

The fonds consists of materials created or collected by Fred Chrusch between 1930 and 1951. The fonds consists of records of Fred (Fedor) Chrusch, including steamer ticket envelope from 1930, scraps of Ukrainian plays and songs, booklets, Ukrainian religious literature and newspapers, creamery payment slips, Post Office registration slips, payment for cutting railway ties, and correspondence regarding assistance to immigrants.

Chrusch, Fred (Fedor)

Prosvita Society fonds

  • CA ATH ath-1885
  • Fonds
  • 1936-1990

The fonds consists of materials created by the Provista Society and the Richmond Park Community Hall Association between 1936 and 1990. The fonds consists of incorporation records, bylaws, rules, minutes (1940-1977, 1984-1988), agendas, notes, financial statements and records (1936-1985), 1984 cookbook information, correspondence, and grants information of the Richmond Park Community Hall Association. Includes membership list, library list and Ukrainian lessons of the Prosvita Society.

Richmond Park Community Hall Association

Melton family fonds

  • CA ATH ath-1902
  • Fonds
  • 1979-1993

The fonds consists of materials collected or created by the Melton family of Amber Valley between 1979 and 1993. The fonds consists of three family photographs, copies of two newspaper articles, a history of the Melton family from Katie Melton's perspective, and a university essay written by Jimmy Robert Melton in 1993 entitled "Amber Valley: A Black Enclave in Northern Alberta, Canada."

Melton (family)

Dr. Adrianus Mol fonds

  • CA ATH ath-1962
  • Fonds
  • 1980-2009

The fonds consists of photographs of people and events including: 2000 Trans Canada Trail Relay; 2000 Agricultural Parade; receipts for car purchases from Hunter Motors Ltd. and articles concerning national and local issues in the United Church of Canada, 1980-1991. The photographs include: Robert Berrea, Dave Chatters (MP), Lionel and Tannia Cherniwchan, Jacques Jean, Paddy Jordan, Ron Opmeer (Rev), Garold and Barbara Toews, 2003 Foodgrains Bank harvest, Athabasca clay pits, Jake Burritt residence decorated for Christmas 2003, Amber Valley Community Potluck Sept.2004, and West Athabasca School "A Taste of Athabasca" Apr.2005. There are 51 photographs of Athabasca Pottery Discovery Day, June 21, 2009 which include photographs of Conrad Biernacki, program manager, and Brian Musselwhite, assistant curator, Royal Ontario Museum; Cathy Roy and Lucie Heins, Royal Alberta Museum; Carrie-Ann Lunde, Alberta Museums Association; Alfred Messerli, potter; Andreas Bayer, Honorary Consul for Switzerland; Marilyn Mol, Athabasca Archives; Gene and Gail Sabo, Terry (Knittle) Rains, Bob and Carole Tannas, Ed Pohranychny, Dorothy Nielsen, and Rosie Guay as well as audience members.

Mol, Adrianus

Marilyn Anne Mol fonds

  • CA ATH ath-1963
  • Fonds
  • 1911, 1993-2011

The fonds consists of photographs of town buildings taken in 1995 and used in the first two Athabasca Walking Tour booklets; and the unveiling of the 40th anniversary plaque for the Pottery Club on the Brick School in 2002. The 1911 photograph of Strathcona Street was purchased by Miriam Mol from e-bay in 2005. There are programs for Athabasca Players productions (Old Boots, The Day Jake Made Her Rain), Athabasca Dance Society (The Olde Toy Shoppe), 1994 Rural Roots sale of works by artists and artisans, and the 1994 (17th) Annual Convocation at Athabasca University. A photo was taken in June, 2006 of five students who attended Toles School in Amber Valley. Eight photographs dated August 29, 2006 show the demolition of the James Taylor house, built in 1918. 36 photographs were taken of the town buildings and views in the Fall of 2008. 60 photographs taken in 2009 include subjects: Conrad Biernacki digging clay in the Tawatinaw River valley, pieces from the Athabasca Clay Products collection at the Athabasca Archives, hanging flower baskets and floral displays in downtown Athabasca, the George Spence Sr. brick house and Amber Valley's 100th anniversary. Photographs from 2010 and 2011 include: signage change on the Alberta Provincial Building, demolition of the Athabasca Medical Centre, June 2011 flood of the Athabasca River, and Athabasca's 100th Anniversary Homecoming on July 29-31, 2011 which include Paula Evans, Donald Gambler, Bill Joseph Cardinal and Alfred Beaver. There are photos of the Sept.2011 100th anniversary of hospitals in Athabasca (Lyle Lewis, Joy MacComb and Dr.Roger Morrill), the highway 55/813 interchange, and the Christmas Craft Show (Marilyn Mol, Bob Tannas). The artifacts are 20 glass telephone insulators collected and purchased over time.

Mol, Marilyn Anne

Robert William Tannas fonds

  • CA ATH ath-1964
  • Fonds
  • 1980-2010

The fonds consists of photographs taken at town events, theatre productions, library/archives events, Remembrance Day services, Agricultural Society parades, Meanook Biological Station (Dominion Observatory), Edwin Parr Composite Community School graduations (1988, 1989), Alberta Pacific Environmental Impact Assessment Review Board meetings (1989), and four scrapbooks of clippings about Athabasca. Bob took photographs of the town's 75th anniversary proceedings. In 2009 Bob took 76 photographs of buildings in the Town of Athabasca and of the demolition of the Athabasca Community Centre. 2010 photos include the inside of the former and the new Buy-Low Foods store, and the demolition of the former store.

Tannas, Robert William

Athabasca Ukrainian Folk Dance Club fonds

  • CA ATH ath-1971
  • Fonds
  • 1976-2010

The fonds consists of the certificate of incorporation and by-laws; minutes, financial statements, membership lists, correspondence, newsletters for 1976-1999; provincial and federal annual tax returns for 1999-2001; grant receipts; dance competitions; 1998-1999 Disneyland Proposal and arbitration hearing and award of Sept. 1999; 6 video cassettes of year end concerts, 1993-1998; Project 2000: 25th anniversary display consisting of the year by year overview of activities, photographs and an anniversary video cassette. Material from the 2010 35th anniversary display include 25 photographs, programs, a 1975-2010 history of the executive and dancers, and a club logo. The 5 DVDs are from 2008-2010.

Athabasca Ukrainian Folk Dance Club

Amber Valley Community Association fonds

  • CA ATH ath-1980
  • Fonds
  • 1888-1987

The fonds consists of reprinted newspaper articles, a list of electors for 1938 and 1958, a few unidentified photocopied pictures and 10 photographs; also the booklet "Memoirs of the Official Opening of the Amber Valley Community Centre, June 28, 1975". The photos include: W.G. and Alice Cromwell, Columbus Bowen, Bob Jamerson, and Williams and Kinamore families. The booklet "Rural Women in Focus" was printed by the Amber Valley Community Association to celebrate the United Nations 1975 International Women's Year. Included is information on Lydia Williams, Marjorie Logan, Nancy Appleby, Amber Valley pioneer women, Athabasca Art Club, Martha Edwards and Palma Lennie. Two photographs from the Athabasca Archives collection include: Georgia Toles and an unknown woman. The map is a hand drawn Amber Valley Heritage Map, 1987, showing the present and former land owners in Township 66, Range 20, W4M. As well as the names of farm families, the map locates two stores, two post offices, the school and the cemetery.

Amber Valley Community Association

Rotary Youth Development Association fonds

  • CA ATH ath-2011
  • Fonds
  • 1989

The fonds consists of the final report of the Job Entry Program Feasibility Study and Employer's Labour Needs Survey for the County of Athabasca and the Hamlet of Smith.

Rotary Youth Development Association

Lloyd and Eileen Chamberlain fonds

  • CA ATH ath-2013
  • Fonds
  • 1955-2009

The fonds consists of photographs of Athabasca houses and commercial buildings, Baptiste Lake, Cub Scouts, a 1956 play "Grand National Night", and aerial views of the Athabasca area. Also included is information on the Sacred Heart Hospital, a 1947 Gas Application and Contract between Fred Mills and Alberta Utilities, the buildings where Lloyd practiced law, a 1968 National Geographic river expedition that passed through Athabasca, 1977 Alberta Hospital Association newsletter, a sheet of Town of Athabasca letterhead from the 1980's, and 2 audio cassettes of interviews that Lloyd conducted with Charles Joseph Rayner Whiteley and Jefferson Davis Edwards in 1961. Subjects included on the Edwards cassette are: Amber Valley, Blacks, Entertainment, Farming, Freighting, J.W.Murphy, Pine Creek District, Pastor Sneed, and Toles School. Subjects included on the Whiteley cassette are: Amber Valley, Crown Lumber Co., John Philip Evans, Falconer's Store, 1904 Flood, Freighting, Toby Gyte, David Hay Sr., George Hees, Hislop and Nagel, George Leng, Billy Loutit, Chester McCutcheon, Richard McDougall, C.B.Major, William Harper Minns, Perryvale, Tom Plumley, Sandy Creek, Jack Secord, William (Billy) Smith, Ernest Sparr, telegraph lines, Dr.Thorndyke, Whiteley's Stopping Place, Lot Scott Willey, and Lewis Hay Irving Wood. In 1998, Eileen interviewed Viola Elizabeth (Jouston) Overholt. In 2009 Eileen Chamberlain interviewed two British war brides who came to Athabasca after WW11: Sheila (Boyce) Jackson and Maggie (Thorpe) Smith.

Chamberlain, Lloyd Chester

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