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Acheson, William

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William Acheson was one of the Acheson family who mined in Atlin. His parents were born in Grand Forks in 1902, and William and his brother Jack were born in Alaska. They mined on Pine Creek in 1936, for a few years before selling out to Carl Beal of Northern Resources. The family then joined with Ernest Patty and General McRae to form Spruce Creek Placers, which operated until 1947. Jack re-opened Spruce Creek after the war with his partner Maynard Wilson. William was later with Associated Construction and Management Co., San Francisco, California, and was married to Wilma Acheson.

Acme Feeder Association

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  • Corporate body

The Acme Feeder Association was established in the 1950s to purchase livestock for its members to feed. The association then cooperatively sold the animals to obtain the best possible price. The organization had members from the Acme and Linden areas of Alberta.

Acorn, Ted

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  • Person

Ted Acorn is a musician from Claresholm, Alberta.

Action Poetry

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  • Corporate body
  • 1993-1994

John Sobol, Program Director for Action Poetry '94, had worked in the performing arts in a wide variety of capacities. His career prior to 1994 had included being a Canadian poet, performer, musician, composer and music critic. Sobol recorded several albums, including "Blue History", by the John Sobol Poetry Band. Sobol ran a loft space in Montreal called "The Crossroads", which presented video and film screenings, dance performances, live music, art exhibitions and poetry readings.

In late 1992, John Sobol met with Vice President and Director Carol Phillips to discuss the potential for a program called Action Poetry ‘94. With his background in music and poetry, he recognized that there was an isolation of sorts between all forms of oral traditions. Therefore, he wanted to bring together multiple disciplines in one forum as a cross-cultural exchange of the many traditions of spoken word performance. This would occur in the form of a three-week workshop for the performers, which would culminate in a filmed presentation of their works.
Once the program was approved, John Sobol began scouting in Canada and the United States for artists he would like to include in the workshop. The participants would be from various performance backgrounds, including: poets, rappers, dub poets, monologists, performance artists, street entertainers, storytellers of various persuasions, and stand-up comedians from all backgrounds and cultures. Performers included: Lillian Allen, Uma Rao, Erik Belgum, Aaron Williamson, Sean “Spaz” Zitello, Deanna Ferguson, Judy Radul, Jeannette Armstrong, Jill Batson, Terrence Crane, Diane Wolkstein, Desaz Tempo and Richie D., Bob Holman, Wendy Berner, Tim Lander, Paul Dutton, Adeena Karasick, Gunargie, Greg Young-Ing, Mary Dalton, Tom Henihan, Kedrick James, Clifton Joseph, Tracie Morris, John Giorno, Alex Ferguson, Jayne Cortez, Meryn Cadell, Pine Trio,Shawna Dempsey, Tuong, Djewel (Don) Davidson, Darryl Keyes, Isobeau Miller, Lori Weidenhammer, Peter McPhee, Sheri D. Wilson, Stephen Humphreys, Murdoch Burnett, Ahdri Mandiela, John Sobol, and Flex Plan Nine (Harold Carr, Marilyn Lerner, Peter Valsamis and Tim Posgate).

The artists not only worked on their craft at the Banff Centre, but also participated in the Nat Christie Poetry Day and subsequent Nat Christie Poetry Jam. John Sobol organized these events that would see the artists visit various high schools in Calgary to work with students in performance workshops. Schools included: St. Francis High School, Forest Lawn High School, Bishop Carroll High School, Ernest Manning High School, Queen Elizabeth High School, and the Plains Indians Cultural Survival School. Chosen students would then perform their works on stage, along with the Action Poets, at the Nat Christie Poetry Jam at the Uptown Stage and Screen in Calgary.

Acton, J.A.

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J.A. Acton was from Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England.

Adair, Robert Nichols

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  • Person
  • 1922-2007

Robert Nichols Adair, 1922-2007, was born in Maysville, Kentucky, USA. He was educated at the Kentucky Military Institute and Cornell University. He started in the oil industry in Texas in 1946 and moved to Calgary, Alberta in 1950. He worked for Stanolind Oil and Pathfinder Oil and Gas before forming his own companies, R.N. Adair Oil Management and Zorayda Oil Company. He started writing the R. Adair Oil Memorandum (a weekly publication) for a client in 1964 and published it until his death in 2007.

Adam, Cliff

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Cliff Adam is a well known local business man, having owned and operated C.E. Adam Jewellers from 1953-54 to the present. C.E. Adam Jewellers was first located at 671 2nd Street before it was relocated, about a year later, at their present location at 652 3rd Street. Cliff's wife Pauline, is also active in the family business as well as one of the couples two daughters, Lynn Adam-Hertz. Mr. Adam has also served as a City of Medicine Hat Alderman from 1958 to 1966, and as an active member of Medicine Hat's Cypress Club.

Adam, Graham E. Adam, J.G. Lynch-Staunton (family)

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Francis Charles "Frank" Lynch-Staunton, 1905-1990, was born in Alberta, the son of Richard Lynch-Staunton, 1867-1961, and Isabel Mary Wilson, 1868-1971. His father came to Alberta to ranch near Pincher Creek in 1885. In 1900 he bought a piece of land north of Lundbreck which became the Antelope Butte Ranch. Frank studied engineering at the University of Alberta but returned in 1929 to operate the ranch. He served on the Pincher Creek municipal council, the University of Lethbridge Senate, on the board of the Western Stock Growers' Association, the Canadian Cattlemen's Association, the Glenbow Museum, 1974-1979, and the Canada Council, 1959-1965. He was Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta from 1979 to 1985. He married Beatrice Monica Adam, 1907-1976, in 1929 and they had three children, Hugh, Elizabeth (Lowe) and Marina (Field). He married Muriel Shaw in 1983. His memoirs were published with the title Greener Pastures : The Memoirs of F. Lynch-Staunton / Frank C. Lynch-Staunton. - Edmonton : Jasper Printing Group, 1986. For further information see "The Honourable Frank Charles Lynch-Staunton, 1979-1985" in On Behalf of the Crown : Lieutenant Governors of the North West Territories and Alberta, 1869-2005 / Sandra E. Perry and Karen L. Powell. - Edmonton: Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 2006, p. 567-583. Frank's first wife, Beatrice Monica Adam, was the daughter of James Graham Adam, 1862-195?, who was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He worked for an East Indian firm in London and in 1892 was stationed in Rangoon, Burma. There he met and married Beatrice Man, and they had five children, Graham E., Jack, Kathie (Hampson), Monica (Lynch-Staunton) and Denison. The Adams came to Canada in 1903 and homesteaded near Red Lodge, Alberta until 1917 when they moved to Calgary. James worked as an accountant, 1918-1922, and as secretary-treasurer of the Diocese of Calgary, 1922-1937. He was involved in local theatre and wrote musical comedies which were performed in both Red Lodge and Calgary. In 1938 he and Beatrice retired to Kelowna.

Adames (family)

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  • Family
  • 1867-1961

Henry James Adames, 1867-1955, was born in Chichester, Sussex, England. He served in the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP), 1888-1889. In 1892 he married Florence Maude Carpenter, 1868-1948, in Kenora, Ontario. They had four children, Eric L., 1899-1961, Winifred Helen, 1900-1943, Kathline, [ca. 1902]-1902, and Eileen, 1903-1993. In 1894 the family moved to Medicine Hat, Alberta. They moved to Calgary in 1899, and Henry worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) for a few years, then joined the Sheriff's office. From 1920 to 1933 the family lived in Hanna, Alberta, where Henry was Sheriff and Clerk of the Supreme and District Court. On his retirement in 1933 the family returned to Calgary and made their home in the Scarboro district. They were very active in the Anglican Church, and attended the Cathedral Church of the Redeemer in Calgary. Eric served overseas during First World War and continued his military service after the war, with the RCAF in Caron, Saskatchewan. He retired to Victoria, British Columbia.

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