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Victor Post fonds
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1988 Winter Olympic Games

Subseries consists of photographs of the 1988 Winter Olympic Games held in Calgary, Alberta from February 13 - 28, 1988. Subseries is arranged according to the events that Victor Post labelled on his materials.

Alberta Government commissions

Series consists of Victor Post's commission work for the Province of Alberta. His assignments include photographs of dignitaries, official visits and events. His work as official photographer for the Provincial Government include:

  • 1978 – Royal visit of Queen Elizabeth II and the Commonwealth
  • 1983 – Royal visit of The Prince and Princess of Wales and the Universiade Games
  • 1984 – Papal visit of Pope John Paul II
  • 1985 – Royal visit of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
  • 1987 – Royal visit of The Duke and Duchess of York
  • 1987 – Papal stopover of Pope John Paul II
  • 1988 – 1988 Winter Olympic Games
  • 1989 – Royal visit of King Hussein and Queen Noor of Jordan
  • 1990 – Royal visit of Queen Elizabeth II

Education

Series consists of yearbooks, school assignments, school examinations and photographs from Victor Post's school years.

General commissions

Series consists of Victor Post's commission work done for various organizations, corporations, events, and people. This series excludes his work done for the Province of Alberta. His assignments include photographs of dignitaries, official visits and events. Photographs also include St. Albert places and people.

Ham radio

Series consists of information on Victor Post's many activities involving ham radio, such as log books, QSL cards and certificates for operating ham radios, participation in ham radio events, interviews about ham radio, and his time interacting with King Hussein over their mutual interest for ham radio.

Membership and community involvement

Series consists of records relevant to Victor Post's membership to various associations and groups over the course of his life. Also included are records relevant to his volunteer and community involvement.

Papal stopover of Pope John Paul II

Subseries consists of photographs of Pope John Paul II's stopover in Edmonton in September of 1987 at the end of his US fall tour. The Pope spent the night of September 19 at a Grey Nuns residence in Edmonton before flying to Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories on September 20. The trip to Fort Simpson was a makeup date for the Pope's missed scheduled stop on his 1984 Canadian Tour.

Papal visit of Pope John Paul II

Subseries consists of photographs of the Edmonton portion of the Papal visit of Pope John Paul II to Canada in 1984. The Pope was scheduled to visit Quebec, Trois-Riveieres, Montreal, Moncton, St. John's, Halifax, Toronto, Winnipeg/St.Boniface, Edmonton, Fort Simpson, Vancouver, and Ottawa/Hull. The photographs cover his stay in Edmonton from September 16 - 18, 1984. Also included are itineraries for the Pope's entire visit of Western Canada.

People

Series consists of predominately photographs taken by Victor Post of people he knew over the course of his personal and professional life. Photographs predominately cover significant well known figures, but also some unidentified people. The photographs do not seem to a part of any obvious commission work done by Post.

Personal life

Series consists of photographs of Post's family, portraits of Victor Post, correspondence, news clippings, and sympathy cards from Victor Post's funeral.

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