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DeBolt & District Pioneer Museum fonds

  • CA GPR 0116
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1905]-2006

The fonds consists of research files, published copies, and correspondence regarding the planning and writing of five publications: "Across the Smoky," "Edson to Grande Prairie Trail," "DeBolt Country Club & Agricultural Society 60th Anniversary Book," "Sawmills Across the Smoky," and "Bridges to the Past." The fonds also includes records gathered by the Museum Society, for use in their publications and for other purposes, including original letters and documents, paper artefacts, maps, and photographs and negatives.

DeBolt & District Pioneer Museum

Across the Smoky

Across the Smoky is the history of the early settlers “who passed ‘Across the Smoky’ and were brave enough to stay long enough to leave their mark” in the district from Smoky River to Sturgeon Lake, comprising those areas served by the post offices of Goodwin, DeBolt, Crooked Creek, Clarkson Valley and Sturgeon Heights. Accounts include individual and family histories by date of arrival, poetry, post offices, schools, churches, entertainment, roads, floods and rivers, armed forces, and the Smoky River Bridge. Artwork is by Flora Mehlum and Alice Wilde. The book was edited by Winnie and Fran Moore and printed by Friesen Printers in 1978. A second printing was made in 1996.The series consists of correspondence regarding the writing and printing of the book: the original, hand-written, first person accounts of the settlers or their descendents sent in specifically for this publication; accounts of community organizations compiled from research or memory; a series of township plans showing who was living in the district; lists of photographs and captions used in the publication; a codilith of a drawing used as the cover of the book; and a published copy of the book. Included with the original first person accounts is the Memoirs of Bill Sargent. There is also one unidentified photograph of a man playing a violin.

Edson to Grande Prairie Trail

Edson to Grande Prairie Trail is a well-researched history of the pioneer trail which was opened as a quick route to the Peace Country in 1911. The trail was a project of some urgency because of the attraction the Peace Country had as the “Last Best West.” It was engineered by A.H. McQuarrie, and completed in a few short months in 1911. The book was written for the 75th anniversary of the Edson Trail in 1986, edited by Fran Moore and printed by Friesen Printers in 1988.The series consists of the original manuscript and the research files used to create this publication: copies of diaries and personal stories from people who came in over the Edson Trail; copies of a series of stories written by A.H. McQuarrie from 1954 to 1966; copies of articles from the Edson Leader, the Edmonton Bulletin, and miscellaneous papers and magazines; and a series of maps and township plans of the Trail and families along it. There is also a correspondence file regarding planning, writing, financing and printing; one photograph of Edna Agar’s trip on the trail used in advertising; and a published copy of the book.

DeBolt Country Club and Agricultural Society

DeBolt Country Club & Agricultural Society was compiled for the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the DeBolt Country Club and Agricultural Society. The DeBolt Country Club was formed as an Agricultural Society in 1929. Its predecessor was the DeBolt/Goodwin Development Club organized in 1925 to put on social events in the area and to be a medium through which prospective settlers could learn something about the area. The DeBolt Country Club served as the social center of the community for sports, social and community events. The book was a joint project between the Ag Society and the DeBolt & District Pioneer Museum, researched from minute books, local newspapers and private collections. It was printed by Friesen Printers in 1989.The series consists of research files regarding the executive records and the activities of the club, the original manuscript put together in 1989, and a published copy of the book.

"Sawmills Across the Smoky"

“Sawmills Across the Smoky” was researched by Stella Loewen and Fran Moore and written by Joan Bowman. Although it was initially printed as an individual coil-bound booklet, it was published in 2001 as the last chapter in Bridges to the Past.The series consists of research, first draft (including photographs) and final textual draft of the “Sawmills Across the Smoky” chapter in Bridges to the Past. Histories, stories and photographs are included of the following mills: Airth, Bartel, Bickell, Binks, Burroughs, Chapman, Croken, Dana, Dascalo, DeBolt, Jantz/Diemert, Dorscheid, Enns, Gerwatoski, Giesbrecht, Gitzel, Haldin, Halwa, Hystad, Isaac, Isaac/Esau, Jantz, Loewen, Big 6, We 3, Maile, Pete Moon, C. Moon, Newman, Nilsson, Norton, Nowry, Perry, Reimer, Scott, and Smith, with minor notes on other mills in the area. There are also notes on interviews with Gene & Grace Dana, Art & Marion Loewen, and Sam & Mabel Jantz.

Bridges to the Past

The series consists of the history book committee minutes, original family story submissions, histories of organizations, schools and businesses, correspondence and grant application, planning and organizational documents.

Personal and Community Files

The series consists of personal documents and photographs belonging or relating to Ernst Gustaf Berg, Ruth Chapman, the Clarkson Family, George and Virginia DeBolt, Elbert and Laurie DeBolt, DeBolt and Bickell Sawmill, DeBolt Farmers Savings and Credit Union, Peter & Konstantine Elaschuck, Katherine Margaret Fehr, Lindsay family., Belle Matlock Swann, Robert Mehlum, Edna Stevenson, Garnet Summers, Jean Wilson, and Ellis Ross Turner.

DeBolt Museum Paper Artifact Collection

The series consists of paper artefacts preserved by the DeBolt and District Pioneer Museum Society. They include calendars from the Grande Prairie Garage Co. Ltd., Joe’s Corner Coffee Shop, and James Drug Store; programs for the DeBolt Stamped, Slave Lake Winter Games, and the opening of Red Willlow Lodge in Valleyview; Canadian Junior Red Cross certificates, and counter sales slips from the Crooked Creek General Store.

DeBolt Museum Photograph Collection

The series consists of 635 historical photographs and 1068 negatives produced from historical photographs gathered from a variety of families and individuals, primarily for use in the various publications produced by the DeBolt and District Pioneer Museum, and 385 negatives of old buildings in the Goodwin, DeBolt, Crooked Creek, and Clarkson Valley/Sturgeon Heights areas.

The series is divided into two sub-series: General Files and Old Building Project.

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