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Peace Country Scenes and Events

The sub-series consists of photographs taken by Beth Sheehan to record historical events in the Peace Country: the Smoky River Bridge Opening, the Alberta Resources Railway Opening, RCMP musical rides in Grande Prairie and Dawson Creek, Willie de Wit day, and a tour of the Museums of the Peace. General record shots include photographs of schools and churches in the Wabasca-Demerais area, a trail ride in the Nose Mountain and Kakwa areas, views of Kleskun Hill Park, grain elevators in the County of Grande Prairie, and unusual sights and people in the south Peace.

Slide Collection

The sub-series consists of 35mm slides taken of the south and central Peace Country, particularly the Clairmont area, of landscapes, farms, and settlements, old buildings, Grande Prairie Regional College, trips to Hudson’s Hope (including dam construction), Peace River, Athabasca, Slave Lake, Yellowknife, Kakwa, Two Lakes, Monkman Pass, Nose Mountain, on the Smoky River, Grande Cache, Edmonton, Fort Providence and Hay River (NWT), Trumpeter swans, balloon championships, and art in nature.

Pierre Lozeron subseries

The sub-series consists of early school and employment records; a small notebook of notes and accounts during his immigration to America in 1910 and his return to Switzerland in 1959; exemptions from military service in WWI; various registration and membership certificates; records of his trip back to Switzerland in 1959, including a speech made there about his life as a pioneer in Canada; copies of news clippings on the life of Pierre and Jean Lozeron; and a series of letters written in the last few years of his life, reflecting his struggles with ailing health.

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