Grande Prairie Women's Institute members at the Bank of Commerce opening tea in 1959. Included in the photograph are Mrs. Gordon Kerr (President), Mrs. N. Hnatiuk (District One Director) and Mrs. A. Flanagan (former Treasurer and Welfare Convener).
Mrs. H. McDonald, chairman of the Women's Institute Cancer Drive, presents a cheque for $1613.00 to Provincial President Mrs. E. E. Morton at a Constituency Conference held in Grande Prairie in 1948.
Members of the Grande Prairie Women's Institute at a Constituency Conference held in Grande Prairie on June 8, 1956. Included in the photograph are (l-r) Mrs. D.W. Patterson (Radio), Mrs. J. Pandachuk (Citizenship), Mrs. W. Bord (Handicraft), Mrs. W. J. Miller (Social Services), Mrs. N. Hnatiuk (Convener), Mrs. R. E. Hoffman (U.N. & Exchange), Mrs. G Summers (Home Ec), Mrs. W.R. Mueller (Agriculture and Canadian Industries).
The fonds consist of D.W. Patterson’s memoirs,1956, (original and a copy) and a short story, Rose Patterson’s memoirs, Dorothy Hall’s personal record, the document admitting D.W. Patterson to the Law Society of Alberta, 1914, a program for the visit of the Earl of Bessborough in 1933, newsclippings concerning the death of Judge Sissons and appointment of Donald as Assistant Chief Judge, 4 portraits, a Women's Institute album of photographs, and several scanned copies of family photos, and miscellaneous papers and letters.
The series consists of a letter, a name plate, and news clippings recording Donald’s appointment as Assistant Chief Provincial Judge in 1979, a program and a photo related to his involvement in local theatre, a letter from Mayor Romanchuk to Hon. Otto Lang requesting the name “ P. J Tooley Terminal Building” be considered for the airport, and a photograph of Donald taken shortly before his death.
The series consists of Mr. Patterson’s memoirs written in 1956, newsclippings regarding D.W.’s arrival in Grande Prairie, 1919, and Judge Sisson’s death in 1969, a letter of admission to the Law Society of Alberta (1914), a program for the visit of Lord and Lady Bessborough, (1933), a photograph of D.W. and one of his family.