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Joan Margel fonds
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41 sound recordings
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Joan Margel (nee Bayers) was born in the Prestville area east of Rycroft, Alberta. After her father, John Bayers, died in when she was a small child, her mother married Jack Sandul and moved to his Yellow Creek homestead. In 1942 the family moved into the Village of Rycroft while Jack's trucking company, Sandul's Transport, was employed building the Alaska Highway. After training as a teacher, Joan taught in a one-room school in the Rycroft area, then in a larger school in Windsor, Ontario where she met and married Joe Margel. After two sons were born, they returned to Rycroft to establish a T.V. business. Here two daughters were born. Later they moved on to Edmonton with their four children, where Joe taught electronics and Joan taught school. As a retired teacher, Joan became involved with The Alberta Women's Memory Project. She has interviewed many elders in the Rycroft area about their family histories and the history of the community.
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The oral histories were deposited at South Peace Regional Archives by Joan Margel in 2010.
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The fonds consists of copies of 41 audio cassettes of oral histories from pioneer families recorded by Joan Margel in 1997-1998. The inidviduals interviewed are Jack Sandul, Pauline (Swerediuk) Nedohin, Bill Bayers, Rooth (English) McBride, Mary (Shewchiw) Bayers, Magda Burechailo, Bill Chalus, Dolly (Lazoruk) Kushernyk, Anne (Sandul) Bahry, Elsie Burechailo, Lillian (Zahara) Lazoruk, Ted Kwasnica, John Lazoruk, Pete Kushneruk, Bill Woronuk, Jack Sandul. While most of the interviews were conducted in the Rycroft area, some are from related family members in Wakaw, Saskatchewan.
The original tapes are in the holdings of the Provincial Archives of Alberta, and a second set are in the University of Alberta Ukranian Archives. These copies are for access only. Reproductions must be requested from the Provincial Archives. Biographies of the interviewees are included in the finding aid.
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A finding aid is available at http://southpeacearchives.org/holdings-2/finding-aids/fonds-604-joan-margel-fonds/
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Retained for access only. Previously deposited at the Provincial Archives of Alberta and the University of Alberta Ukrainian Archives, therefore copyright does not belong to SPRA.
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Accession number: 2010.39
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- English