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Provincial Archives of Alberta Land, settlement and immigration*
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John William Hope fonds

  • PAA PR3161
  • Fonds
  • 1903

The fonds consists of thirteen letters from John William Hope to his wife, “Louie,” 10 April – 2 August 1903. The letters detail his journey from Britain to Barr Colony, and his struggle to find work in Western Canada. The fonds also includes British Colony and Dominion Lands Branch receipts for homestead land, 30 January and 2 July 1903.

Hope, John William

Summer Village of Island Lake fonds

  • PAA PR3816
  • Fonds
  • 1958-2010

The records include municipal governance, planning and administrative records including tax documents, property files, financial reports, cash ledgers, minutes, correspondence, environmental studies and development proposals, and other similar documents. These serve as evidence of the regular activities and history of The Summer Village of Island Lake since its incorporation in 1958.

Summer Village of Island Lake

John Tobias Fonds

  • PAA PR3825
  • Fonds
  • 1964 - 2013

The fonds contains research papers, lecture notes, research notes taken for his dissertation, papers from Tobias’ teaching career at Red Deer College, court case files from his time as a subject matter advisor, high school memorabilia, and recordings of lectures and presentations.

Tobias, John

Summer Villages of Waiparous and Ghost Lake fonds

  • PAA PR3813
  • Fonds
  • 1968 - 2015

The fonds consist of administrative records of both Villages, which include: financial statements, board and council minutes, public hearing minutes, newsletters, tax a d roll ledgers, assessment cards, budgets, and incorporation documents.

Summer Villages of Waiparous & Ghost Lake

Confederation and Alberta Provincial Autonomy collection

  • PAA paa-9266
  • Collection
  • Copied 1966

The collection consists of photographs of correspondence, orders-in-council, memorandum, drafts, and resolutions copied from the Library and Archives Canada related to the confederation of Canada and the provincial autonomy of Alberta.

Côté family fonds

  • PAA paa-9725
  • Fonds
  • [1920-1988]

The fonds is composed of various papers, genealogical material and photographs concerning the Côté family and its activities in Alberta.

Côté family

County of Forty Mile No. 8 fonds

  • PAA paa-8605
  • Fonds
  • [1932 -- 1970]

The fonds consists of includes minutes, cashbooks, assessment rolls and registers, cash book receipts, auditors financial statements, and tax rolls dating from ca. 1932 -- 1967. In addition, the fonds includes a map illustrating the land boundaries of the County of Forty Mile No. 8.

County of Forty Mile No. 8

David E. Brown fonds

  • PAA paa-7147
  • Fonds
  • 1930

Fonds consists of a copied album, entitled Land Settlement Central and Northern Alberta, 1930, Department of Immigration and Colonization, Canadian Pacific Railway containing 85 images which depict immigrants who arrived in central and northern Alberta between 1928-1930 to homestead, and their farms, agricultural machinery, buildings, and livestock. The album also contains commentary about the homesteaders and the various costs associated with farming. There are also some panoramic views.

Brown, David E.

Edmonton Metropolitan Regional Planning Commission fonds

  • PAA paa-9514
  • Fonds
  • 1950 - 1972

The fonds consists of material created by the Edmonton Regional Metropolitan Planning Commission including site plans created by the Commission in 1966 for the communities of Alcomdale and Mearns, Ardrossan, Glenevis, Magnola, Gunn, Kaunagh, Looma, Namoa, Nisku, Riviere Qui-Barre, Rochford Bridge, Rollyview, Sherwood Park, Sunnybrook, Tomahawk, Telfordville, Villeneuve, Calmar, Devon, Fort Saskatchewan, Leduc, Mayterthrope, Morinville, Stony Plain, Bon Accord, Breton, Entwistle, Gibbons, Legal, New Sarepta, Onaway, Sanguido, Thorsby, Spruce Grove, and Warburg; a map created by the Commission in 1964 displaying Edmonton and Environs; and a 1972 report created by the Commission entitled "Report of Market Areas and Service Centres Edmonton Regional Planning Commission Area."

Edmonton Metropolitan Regional Planning Commission

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