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Notes - Miscellaneous handwritten notes and versions of letters written by Ruth Gorman, Alberta (18 pages)

Booklet - Souvenir of Edmonton - The Capital City of Alberta. Collection of photographs in a green cover tied with string, Edmonton, AB (48 pages)

Newspaper Article - 'Women's Institutes Propose Memorial to Mrs. E. Morton' - Alberta Provincial council of Women's Institutes decided to present a plan to the branches to purchase a unit of equipment for the Dr. John McEachran…

Botanist wants lake's special nature saved By ANDREA MAYNARD of The Advocate A plan to raise the level of Buffalo Lake could wipe out rare and en­dangered plants and ani­mals, a retired botanist who lives on the shore said Thursday. Charles…

A12 CALGARY HERALD Thurs., March 28,1991 Buffalo Lake scheme too costly, study says By Ashley Geddes ( Herald Edmonton bureau) EDMONTON — A plan to boost the water level in Buffalo Lake near Premier Don Getty's country estate will cost more…

Notes - A fax from the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Legislative Library. Shows a list of members of the Legislative Assembly who have represented the area within the Athabasca-Wabasa Electoral Division from 1905 to 2001 (5 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 14, No.3. July, August 1990 (8 pages)

Notes - Mr. Appleby was a teacher at the Winding Trail School in 1933 (west of Baptiste Lake), the Tawatinaw School (five miles SE of Athabasca) and at the Lahaieville School. He talks about his time teaching, the curriculum, trustees, politics and…

Notes - An obituary for Ella Rita Croteau Zakariasen

Notes - Mr. Isreal Shank writes a highly detailed history of his father starting from the likely origin of his family name (Shank was the Canadian government’s version of a German origin name from the French speaking Alsace-Lorraine region) to his…

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 20, No. 1. Spring 1996 (15 pages)

Book - Correspondence published by Ella McClelland's daughter, Rose M. MacLeod. Letters written to McClelland in Chatsworth, Ontario, from her niece Anne Pringle Hemstock, who moved from Chatsworth to Hanna, AB, and then to Calgary, AB (207…

Buffalo Lake project pumping along By BRENDA KOSSOWAN Advocate staff Pumps installed to raise water levels at Buffalo Lake are now hard at work for the 1997 season. Ken Looten, an official with Alberta Environ­mental Protection i n Red Deer, said…

Notes - A history of the Sisters of the Order St. Benedict in Oyen, AB from 1955 to 2011 (2 pages)

Water diversion project ' cheap' at $ 14 million Lake ' mess' in Getty's riding deserves cleanup- minister LYNDA SHORTEN Journal Staff Writer Edmonton A $ 14- million water diversion project to improve the fishing near the…

Program - Biennial Convention held on June 8 to June 11, 1971. Lister Hall, University of Alberta - Edmonton, AB (6 pages)

Letter - This is a letter written to The Athabasca Baseball Club confirming Erwin Schumacher will be performing aerobatics, a parachute jump, and giving airplane rides in Athabasca on July 1, 1933. Schumacher was to be paid fifty dollars for the…

Brochure - This brochure was put out by the Athabasca Board of Trade in 1910 to promote the Athabasca area as an ideal location to move to and settle. It lists the sitting officers of the board, shows photos of buildings and businesses, lists…