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Beth Sheehan fonds

  • CA GPR 0002
  • Fonds
  • 1885-2003

The fonds consists of the following series: personal and family papers and photographs including diaries written by Beth over an extensive period beginning in 1939 (with lapses) and into the 2000s; publications from "The Bull Outfit" with which her father came to the Beaverlodge area 1909; organizational files showing Beth's involvement with Trumpeter Swan preservation, the Home and School Association, the Grande Prairie County Agricultural Society, the Grande Prairie Book Club, and the Grande Prairie Hot Air Balloon Events Association; files relating to her work as author and historian of Clairmont and District, the Monkman Pass, Grande Prairie's 25th Anniversary, Pioneers of the Peace, and the Peace River itself, complete with the diary of a trip down that river in 1955, and a reference system of news clippings on the people and events in the Grande Prairie area from [1970-2000]. There is also a large collection of photographs, both historical and documentary, detailing her activities and showing her interests as a photographer.

Sheehan, Beth

Beth Sheehan, Collector

The sub-series consists of a story and photographs of wood samples collected by Beth in the local area and on travels. In 1954 her husband Everett gave her a wooden Valentine he made while camped on the dessert in Arizona. She thought it so lovely that together they made more. Everett made boards approximately 1/4 inch thick with a band saw. Beth traced heart shapes on the boards then cut them out with a coping saw. She filed and sanded them meticulously, making them into three-dimensional hearts. Oiling brought out the natural beauty and grain of the wood. On the back of each heart was noted the name of the wood, where it was from, the year, and in some cases, who gave it to her. She didn't make duplicates. She also made pictures of polished wood and some wooden jewellry. Athritis in 1985 made it too difficult to hold and work on the small pieces, and no more were made, though many pieces had been prepared.

Beth Sheehan, Historian

The sub-series consists of an index of material collected from pioneers in the Peace Country of Alberta by York University; a source list of material compiled in the Provincial Archives of Alberta on the Grande Prairie area before 1982; lists of archival material donated by Beth Sheehan to the Provincial Archives and the Grande Prairie Public Library; and cards with the names of Clairmont residents prepared for the 1978 Census.

Beth's Garden

Beth's garden included peonies grown by C.M. Clarke from Teepee Creek.

Building the Garage

Johnny Christian at work on the new garage at Beth and Everett's farm.

Cars Stuck In Muddy Highway

Many vehicles are mired in the mud on Highway 2 near Brainard, coming from Moberly Lake in Aug. 1959.

Cars Stuck In Muddy Highway

Many vehicles are mired in the mud on Highway 2 near Brainard, coming from Moberly Lake in Aug. 1959.

CGIT Camp

CGIT Camp at Lake Saskatoon.

Children playing in Muskoseepi Park

Image shows a group of Indigenous children posing together on a splay structure in Muskoseepi Park. The children are: Barbara, Bernadine, and Brennen Chonkolay; Lynette and Clara Jones; Angie (little girl); Keluin Kiawaso (youngest boy). The title is taken from the caption on the back of the photograph.

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