The fonds consists of copies of 43 photographs of the Calliou, Belcourt and Ferguson families and their descendents, and one oral history interview with Vera Davis Miles, daughter of Mary Belcourt Davis, and Cindy Desrosiers, daughter of Evelyn Davis. The interview tells the story of Mary Belcourt and her mother Betsy Calliou.
Athabasca Archives' reference book collection includes rural school district histories, fur trade and homestead references, Indigenous records, occasional papers, personal stories, NWMP/RCMP stories and records, Alberta histories and records, Canadian histories and records, and local authors.
The fonds consists of copies of Spirit of the Peace newsletters; written descriptions, photographs and pamphlets collected on three tours of the Peace Country sponsored by Spirit of the Peace in 1990-1991; oral history tapes made for the Treaty 8 display and kit in 1999; and publications promoting the museums and activities of the group.
The fonds consists of four series: personal photographs of Clarence and Edith Field; glass plate negatives and portraits from the Ponoka Studio; studio portraits and town/farm snapshots from the Grande Prairie Studio; and a small series of postcards.
The fonds consists of Kirkness family photographs and personal papers depicting their life and their impact on the development of the Edmonton and Peace River areas. Several of the personal documents belonged to Edith Heron.
Image shows an Indigenous woman holding a child and standing at the entrance of a teepee on the prairie near Slave Lake. The original title is taken from the caption written on the back of the photograph.
Image shows Indigenous students gathered together standing behind a fence. The caption beneath the photograph says “Indians at Sturgeon Lake let out of school to see their first car – Dec. 1913.”
Michael Buffalo's family from the Hobbema First Nations in Central Alberta, left to right: Bella, Mary (Nepoose) Buffalo, Margaret, possibly Peggy (Allard) Buffalo, Michael's mother.
Formal portrait of a man from the Hobbema First Nations in Central Alberta. He sits in a moose antler chair wearing a feather headdress and holding a rifle in his left hand and a pistol in his right hand.
The fonds consists of four photographs and two documents. The photographs are of Jack Crerar in 1924 and Doug Crerar ca. 1940, Bear Creek Bridge ca. 1915, and a Winter Carnival ca. 1924. The documents are a program for the “First Annual Banquet of Grande Prairie Conservative Association at the Empire Hotel Monday, January 17, 1916”; and a program for the “Third Annual Peace River Musical Festival on May 25 and 26, 1927 at Grande Prairie Alberta.” There is also a legal sheet of paper containing a short history of the Alexander and Sarah Crerar family produced ca. 2000.