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Wanham Board of Trade fonds

  • CA GPR 0013
  • Fonds
  • 1929-1972

The fonds consists of minutes, correspondence, financial records, foundational documents from the Peace River Associated Boards of Trade, and news clippings regarding the upgrading of roads in the Peace Country. The Whitecourt cut-off and the Friendship Train of 1948 are two major issues in this collection. Two phonograph records promote the Whitecourt cut-off.

Wanham Board of Trade

Bill Pratt fonds

  • CA GPR 0107
  • Fonds
  • 1925-1930

The fonds consists of 70 photographs taken by McDermid Studio on the Canadian Pacific Railway tour of the Peace Country in 1928. Subjects of the photographs include the Beaverlodge Experimental Station; the Trelle farm at Wembley; the Jack Thompson harvest east of Grande Prairie; the ranching operation of Mr. Early on the banks of the Peace River; roads, towns, and rural scenes en route; roads and buildings in Grande Prairie; and group photographs of the tour members. There is also a photograph of young Marion Pratt pinning a "Just Kids Safety" button on Lord Lovat, who was a member of the CPR delegation.

Pratt, William Crawford

Elmer Hagglund fonds

  • CA GPR 0121
  • Fonds
  • 1922-1964

The fonds consists of photographs of Elmer Hagglund’s career with railroading in the Peace Country, such as scenes of the Webster trestle bridge, an early ED & BC engine, Elmer Hagglund as section foreman in Sexsmith, the first Diesel to come into Dawson, and the switch crew at McLennan in 1944. The collection includes photographs of technical problems with rails and cars in the 1960s and photographs of Elmer’s retirement party in 1964.

Hagglund, Elmer

Elizabeth Dunlap fonds

  • CA GPR 0122
  • Fonds
  • 1912-1918

The fonds consists of photographs of Grande Prairie during the time Miss Dunlap lived there, a limited edition booklet of poems written by Nurse Baird and Miss Drynan on the occasion of a trip to Edmonton in 1914, Miss Dunlap’s calling card, and some news clippings of Elizabeth’s success as a tennis player in Grande Prairie. The book of poetry also includes some area photographs.

Dunlap, Elizabeth

John T. Stewart fonds

  • CA GPR 0125
  • Fonds
  • 1937-1986

The fonds consists of 12 photographs taken or collected by John while he was working on the Monkman Highway in the summer of 1938, a copy of Memories of Bygone Days, and his poetry book,Versatile Verse, a series of news clippings detailing progress on the Monkman Highway during the years 1937-1938.

Stewart, John

Schenk family fonds

  • CA GPR 0256
  • Fonds
  • 1911-2000

The fonds consists of 51 cm of textual records, 115 photographs, 1 artwork by Robert Guest, and 9 forestry related maps. It includes: a series of photographs related to Jack Mantle showing early Grande Prairie and includes two photographs featuring soldiers from WW2; a series of correspondence from F.W. Schenk and photographs showing scenes from the Northern Alberta Railway (NAR) and various train accidents; a series of photographs, maps, employment records and daily journals from Dave Schenk during his career working for NAR and Alberta Forest Service; and a series of employment records from Melba Schenk during her time working as a weather observer for Alberta Forest Service.

The fonds has been arranged into the following series: Jack Mantle (1911-1940); F.W. Schenk (1917-1964); Dave Schenk (1924-2005); and Melba Schenk (1973-1977)

Schenk family

Ella Patterson fonds

  • CA GPR 0277
  • Fonds
  • 1911

The fonds consists of a photocopy of Ella Patterson's handwritten diary and another typed copy. There are daily entries from February 13 to April 23, 1911, describing the trip with her husband, John Orlando, to Grande Prairie over the trail from Edmonton, to Athabaska Landing, across Lesser Slave Lake to Grouard, then down to Sturgeon Lake, across the Simonette River to Bezanson and finally to the Grande Prairie. She mentions the conditons of the trail, the many stopping places and other travellers they met. Also included is a photocopy of Eliza and Alphaeus Patterson's family and a genealogy chart.

Patterson, Ella

Trumpeter Swan Balloon Club

  • CA GPR 0278
  • Fonds
  • 1980-2001

The fonds consists of legal docments, such as objectives, by-laws and annual corporate summaries; minutes of the club from 1980-1990; a file on the specifications, purchase and use of "The Spirit of Grande Prairie", including the flight log book and photographs of the balloon; financial records; correspondence; and communications from associated organizations such as the Canadian Balloon Assoc., the Alberta Free Balloonist Society, the Canadian Aviation Safety Board, and Transport Canada.

Trumpeter Swan Balloon Club

County of Grande Prairie Public Works sous-fonds

  • CA GPR 0311
  • Fonds
  • 1910-2006

The sous-fonds consists of a rural road inventory of Wapiti study area #14 done in 1966; 940 plans and blueprints for roads and townsites surveyed in the County of Grande Prairie between 1910 and 2006; 1103 pipeline plans surveyed between 1959-2001; historical information and drawings on the Pipestone Creek ferry; and cemetery management information, registers, and photographs.

County of Grande Prairie No. 1

Nick Poohkay fonds

  • CA GPR 0329
  • Fonds
  • 1938-2007

The fonds consists of the personal papers and photographs of Nick Poohkay and his wife Mary (Dworakowski) Poohkay, an interview of Nick Poohkay regarding the development of the Eaglesham area, records for their farm near Eaglesham from the first crop in 1950, records of organizations which Nick was involved in, and financial records for the couple.

Poohkay, Nick

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