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Program - This is a program for the Athabasca Public School (Brick School) production of "The Pied Piper of Hamlin" performed for the school opening in 1914. Photos of the "old" and "new" schools as well as individual…

Program - Alberta Women's Institutes Convention 2000 held on May 26 & 27, 2000 in Olds, AB (6 pages)

Newpaper Article - Advertisement: Selling the Alberta Women's Institute Book of Ideas

Notes - This is a transcript of an interview (Tapes 34 and 35) where Mr. Valentine Breckenridge and Mr. Charlie Senz discuss details of farming life in the early to middle part of the twentieth century in Athabasca. They discuss, the price of eggs,…

Documents - This is a copy of the offer to supply natural gas to the Town of Athabasca by A. F. A. Coyne and Company of London, England. The offer was written on October 25, 1919. The Company states that they believe that Athabasca would become a…

Program - Alberta Women's Institutes Annual Convention held on June 9 to June 11, 1980. Olds College - Olds, AB (3 pages)

Letter - A reply written by Ruth Gorman, to an article published in the Calgary Herald, AB

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 28, No. 4. October 2004 (14 pages)

Card - Prayer card with picture and prayer for the Sisters of Charity of St. Louis, Medicine Hat, AB (2 pages)

Letter - Mrs. Daisy Gooding shares many anecdotes about the life of a ferryman in Athabasca from 1905 until 1923. Her father, Mr. Christopher Johnston, operated a ferry on the Athabasca River during the 1920 to 1921 season. She tells of her parents…

Notes - This is the Entertainment Committee's report (minutes) on activities for 1953 Coronation Day celebration. A newspaper article is also included with plans for a parade, services at the cenotaph, pageantry, and sports at the Baseball park…

Notes - This is a transcript of an audio interview where Mrs. Cloe Day concludes her discussion of homesteading and being a teacher and a mother in Athabasca in the 1930s and 1940s. She tells many anecdotes about her students and her teaching life (…

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 33, No. 4. September, October 2009 (19 pages)

Book - A hard cover note-book containing the Chatsworth Country Club meeting minutes from May 1958 to December 1963, Vermilion, AB (143 pages)

Notes - This is a transcript of an audio interview (Tape 115) where Mr. Douglas Hay and Mrs. Millie Hay discuss their personal history up to the current day. They discuss their children and their children's careers as well as recounting a few…

Notes - Cancelled cheques from Imperial Bank of Canada for the District of Grosmont, Auditor's Financial Statement for Grosmont Division No. 668, Colinton, and Athabasca School Division No. 42 (41 pages)

Booklet - Scottie (Lot) Willey reminisces about his life in Athabasca. He came to Athabasca in 1903, at the age of eighteen, hauling freight from Edmonton. He talks about the insects and terrain that they and their horses had to endure. He recalls…

Document - A certificate for 10 shares of the Capital Stock of Athabasca Clay Products Ltd. (front and back) Issued to Hugo Frank Coli, dated November 30, 1967 (2 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 29, No. 2. March, April 2005 (15 pages)

Program - This document is the Athabasca and District Agricultural Association's Prize List for their 1914 Exhibition. The program contains the rules and regulations for entering the exhibition, including specific rules for entries, livestock,…

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 10, No.1. January, February 1986 (14 pages)

Notes - I. C. Shank recalls the old plow that his father used while farming in Alberta from 1907-1940. It was pulled by a team of four horses. His father had set it up so that the children could operate it. They would attach themselves to the seat…

Notes - Vi Overholt was adopted by Harry and Mabel Overholt in 1923. The Overholt's ran the post office in the Sawdy District, east of Athabasca. Vi recalls attending Youngville School as a child, which was a half mile walk away. She also…

Magazine Article - Western Producer photo. Alberta Women's Institute Council June 1969-1971.