This fonds cover Tom Peterson's research into the local history of the Yellowhead County area, including Jasper and Hinton. This collection was first developed by Peterson's stepmother, Constance Peterson (Barton), who was an early historian of the area, and added to over the years during Peterson's long tenure as a local guide and historian. Some of the significant topics represented in this collection are: early occupation and settlement of Yellowhead County, the foundation of Jasper National Park, Canadian Pacific Railway surveys, and Peterson’s various historical tours. The fonds mainly consists of textual material, including newspaper articles, handwritten notes, and photocopies of material that Peterson considered useful for his research, as well as many photographs of various trips around the Hinton-Jasper region. The fonds consist of the following series:
Archaeology and Early history of Yellowhead County
Expeditions 1825-1853: Fur Trade era
1860-1900 Expeditions: Overlanders and CPR Survey
Jasper Park Surveys
Occupation and Exploration of Jasper National Park
Historical Tours & Presentations
Research with Peter Murphy
Railroads
Research with Fred Howlett
Hinton in the 20th and 21st Century
Northern Rockies and Central Alberta in the 20th and 21st Century
This file contains a photocopied typed letter from David Suttill to Tom Peterson dated 8 April 1993 regarding response to Peterson's interest in Walter Moberly's trail blazing 1872 and enclosed transcription, Suttill's transcription of Moberly's diary 19 April 1872 to 16 February 1873 (9pgs), a photocopied bathymetric map with notes showing the route of the survey, and two copies of a topographic map each with different notes based on McBealy's journal of the survey 29 August to 2 September and 24 September to 3 October 1872
Item consists of a television program on the University of Alberta String Quartet, which was composed of Thomas Rolston, Laurence Fisher, Claude Kenneson, and Zoltan Szekely.