Fonds whyte-1015 - Bakgaard family fonds

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Bakgaard family fonds

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WHYTE whyte-1015

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6 textual items. -- 8 photographs: 2 prints; b&w, 6 negatives; col. -- 1 map

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Christian Buur Bakgaard, b.1930 in Hammerum, Denmark was a carpenter and general contractor. Evelyn May Bakgaard (née Rieger), b.1924 Delia, Alberta, d.2003 Calgary, Alberta, attended Delia High School with her twin sister Alice, graduating with honours in 1942. Evelyn attended the Edmonton Normal School, the University of Alberta and the University of Victoria, B.C. Evelyn's first teaching position was at Haven School near Beaverlodge, Alberta and was followed by a number of rural teaching positions from 1946 to 1957. After 14 years of teaching, Evelyn retired in order to devote her attention to her children and her parents. Evelyn married Christian Buur Bakgaard in 1953 and in the summer of 1956 they took a belated honeymoon to the Skoki area with the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies. Evelyn and Christian were both novice horseriders and the Skoki trip was their only trail ride. Evelyn and Christian Bakgaard were divorced in 1983.

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Records were in the custody of the Bakgaard family prior to donation to the archives

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Fonds consists of records pertaining primarily to Christian and Evelyn Bakgaard's honeymoon trip in the Skoki area with the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies in 1956. Records include b&w prints and colour negatives re the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, ca.1956; letters from Ray Bagley, a staff member of the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, 1955 and 1956; Trail Riders bulletin, brochures, and an annotated map, 1955-1957.

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Acquired by donation, 2005;Gift donation Wendy Bakgaard, 2005

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Record No. M194 / V141<br><br>

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