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Notes - Letters and postcards exchanged between Petersen family members, primarily from Helen Petersen at University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, to Thorwald, Mary, and Vera Petersen in Dike, Iowa; includes first mention of Fred Bentley (item…

Notes - This is a transcript of an audio interview where Mrs. Cloe Day discusses her early life in the Athabasca area, including her family history and heritage. Mrs. Day discusses receiving her teaching credentials and starting teaching in the area…

Newspaper Article - 'Echo Hill to Start Campaign' - (Farm Safety - Reflector Tape) - April 15, Westlock News

Program - Alberta Women's Institute Jubilee Convention held on May 26 to May 29, 1959. University of Alberta - Edmonton, AB (6 pages)

Photograph - Members attending at the Alberta Provincial Legislature for the Ministerial Statement by Hon. Mr. Ed. Stelmach, February 18th, 1999 (5 pages)

Transcript of audio interview - Came to Canada from the Ukraine in 1929. Talked about voyage on the ship from the Ukraine. Life on the homestead, breaking land, building school house, how the farm grew as the years went on. Also mentions his Dad…

Notes - This is a transcript of an audio interview where Mr. Alexander Lennie talks of arriving in Athabasca in 1930 with his wife and seven children to homestead on Soldier Settlement Land. He talks about clearing the land, and starting his farming…

Newspaper Article - 'Milestones Mark 50-Year Story'. The Edmonton Journal, May 29, 1959. Milestones down the 50-year road of the Alberta Women's Institute.

B L o c a l / B2 Classifleds/ B3- BS • • Red Deer Advocate • Local RED DEER ADVOCATE, Saturday, July 6, 1991 Bl City editor: Carolyn Martlndale Assistant city editor: Mary- Ann Barr, 343- 2400 Cabinet OK's Buffalo Lake stabilization By JIM…

Publication - The United Nurses of Alberta News Bulletin contains articles of interest to nurses both in the areas of labour relations and in nursing Volume 30, No. 5. November, December 2006 (40 pages)

Biography - Elizabeth (Athey) Rushton

Buffalo Lake project raises concern The Canadian Press Red Deer Communities that could be helped by a plan to divert water into Buffalo Lake have welcomed Alberta government plans to res­urrect the project, shelved in 1984. But a retired botany…

Birthplace/other residences, Post Exodus residences, Interwar years, residence, cities of departure, port of arrival in Canada, Residences in Canada, Years in Alberta, Alberta Latvian birthplace [pie chart], Post WWII Alberta Latvians [pie chart],…

Notes - Mr. Herman Leicht's career and education are discussed including his interest and subsequent career in radio and technology. Details are given of his marriage to Doreen Wilkinson and their family life

Notes - Poem, written by W.W. Wells, and memorial card honouring Fanny Makepeace Jameson's mother, Hannah Makepeace, after she passed away on May 26, 1881 during an ocean voyage, England (2 pages)

Newspaper Article - 'Farm kids learn to play it safe' - By Mary MacArthur - Camrose bureau

Program - Alberta Women's Institutes 85th Anniversary & Women of Unifarm 1994 Convention held on May 24 to May 26, 1994. Olds College - Olds, AB (6 pages)

Booklet - Chatsworth Country Club History. A four page history written by Beryl Tovell for the 55th Anniversary celebrations, near Vermilion, AB (4 pages)

Letter - To and from Martha Kostuch regarding various environmental conservation issues (36 pages)

Booklet - Collection of the biographical sketches of those who have been the recipients of Life Membership in the Alberta Women's Institutes (408 pages)

Photograph - Table with blue and white table cloth and four chairs

Photograph - These flies have a long proboscis for feeding on nectar