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Newspaper Article - Blackfalds Women's Institute by Helen Farewell

Newspaper Article - 'Farewell to a Good Citizen' - Mrs. E. E. Morton

Notes - A list of Canadian newspapers, their contact information and a contact person, Alberta (1 page)

Newspaper Article - 'Getting Acquainted' Story by Moira Coulter. About the Chatsworth Country Club's 40th anniversary celebration, Vermilion, AB (3 pages)

Booklet - Advertising programs offered by the Edmonton YWCA, program fees and how to register, Edmonton, Alberta. Summer 1984, July, August (24 pages)

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 9, No. 4. August, September 1985 (8 pages)

Advertisement - Nineteenth Triennial Conference of The Associated Country Women of the World (ACWW) held on September 21 to October 1, 1989 in Kansas City, Missouri.

Notes - Letters and telegrams written in Danish by Uncle Nis during the gold rush and his search for land in Canada. Also Includes Grundy County, Iowa taxes and a cheque written by John Schultz (103 pages)

Note Book - A soft cover, coil bound note-book containing the Chatsworth Country Club meeting minutes from October 1980 to June 16, 1988, near Vermilion, AB (98 pages)

Newsletter - Published by Edmonton Working Women, this issue features lesbians on film, Edmonton, Alberta. January 1996 (9 pages)

Notes - A brief history of Mr. Charlie Fix Sr., originally born in Missouri, but spent a number of years as a businessman in Athabasca. Mr. Fix and his wife had eight children. Mr. Fix worked as a debt collector and later ran the Universal Garage (2…

Letter - To Officers and Members of Alberta Women's Institutes in District 4 from (Mrs. M. L.) Lottie B.Thompson. Director, District No. 4

Notes - Mr. Jim Wood tells the story of his father-in law, Martin Hansen. Mr. Hansen's life begins in Denmark with his birth on February 13, 1888. He talks of his early farming career where he was made a foreman on a neighbour's farm at…

Booklet - Provincial Alberta Women's Institute office guest book - 1972-1994 (53 pages)

Publication - The Athabasca Historical Society put together this brief history of travel on the Athabasca River from the late 1800s to the end of commercial transportation on the river in 1952. The river was used by traders, missionaries, police and…

Notes - A handwritten article by Ruth Gorman, Alberta (14 pages)

Booklet - A lined scribbler containing the first nine years of financial records and statements for the Chatsworth Country Club, near Vermilion, AB (29 pages)

Notes - A history of the Ursaline order in Drumheller, AB from 1935 to 1985 (2 pages)

Newsletter - Published by Edmonton Working Women, this issue features lesbian comedy, Edmonton, Alberta. September 1994 (16 pages)

Booklet - A compilation of prize winning entries in the Alberta Women's Institute Creative Writing Competition - 2005 (44 pages)

Book - Alberta Women's Institutes - Yesterday - A Pictorial History of Agriculture in Alberta Copyright 1980 by Alberta Women's Institute (164 pages)

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 15, No.2. June, July 1991 (8 pages)

Program - 75th Anniversary - Alberta Women's Institutes Annual Convention held on May 28 to May 31, 1984. Olds College - Olds, AB (6 pages)

Notes - A list of entries in the plate competition. Page 1

Notes - A handwritten version of a Christmas telegram to Peter Lougheed from Ruth Gorman, Alberta (2 pages)

Notes - Mrs. Vi Kowalchuk writes of rural electrification following her interview with B. Loiselle, the contractor responsible for building the one hundred miles of power lines in the area over an eleven year period. Mrs. Kowalchuk writes of the…

Document - These documents contain the permits of a Mr. Charles Lindholm, registered trapper in the Athabasca area. One permit is dated valid from November 1, 1945 - May 31, 1946 and is valid for the "taking, killing, and destruction of wolves…

Notes - This is a transcript of an interview (Tape 64) where Mrs. Viola Overholt discusses all aspects of her life in Athabasca. Farming life, homesteading, social activities, businesses and residents of Athabasca are discussed at length. Topics…

Report - Report of Annual Convention of Alberta Women's Institutes held on May 28 to May 30, 1924. Palliser Hotel - Calgary, AB (65 pages)

Program - Alberta Women's Institutes and Women of Unifarm Convention held on June 9 to June 11, 1992. Olds College - Olds, AB (12 pages)

Book - A book of two plays written in 1775 by Richard Sheridan, London, England (55 pages)

Booklet - Alberta Women's Institute Safety Songs (23 pages)

Notes - Correspondence between the Bentley household in Edmonton, AB, and the Petersens in Dike, Iowa, and between the Bentleys and Vera Petersen in New York; includes a telegram from Fred Bentley to Vera Petersen announcing Ted's birth in…

Notes - Memorandum, get well card and telegram sent to Mr. and Mrs. Jameson from friends (8 pages)

Note - Handwritten letter, memorial to Mrs. Alfred Watt

Notes - Copies of the Aurora Theatre's show times and schedules from various years during the 1960s and 1970s. The pages contain show times as well as descriptions of the shows. Descriptions include the movie title, main actors and actresses,…

Notes - This is a detailed collection of events written as a story about the extended Soper family. The author uses her aunt's diary as well as her own excellent memory to detail life in Athabasca from 1910 onwards. Some of the chapters in this…

Letter - A handwritten version of a letter written by Ruth Gorman sent to the Progressive Conservative Party and New Democrat Party, Alberta

Notes - This is a transcript of an audio interview (Tape 133) where Mrs. Alice Donahue speaks of her early life in Red Willow, Alberta and her eventual move to Athabasca in 1937 following her marriage. She discusses the curriculum she studied as a…

Pamphlet - Advertising programs and services offered by the Edmonton YWCA, Edmonton, AB (53 pages)