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Photograph - Students from Edwin Parr School touring and conducting research in the Alice B. Donahue Archives. Athabasca, Alberta

Photograph - A view of the Rocky Island School (District No. 4536) building, Alberta. ATS NE 28-64-11-W4

Photograph - A view of the Spruce Park School (District No. 4618) building near Richmond Park, Alberta. ATS SE 18-69-21-W4

Photograph - A view of the Dionne School (District No. 4813) building, Alberta. ATS 1-65-15-W4

Photograph - Teacher Miss Jean Young and her students at Athabasca Public School, Athabasca, Alberta

Photograph - Staff members, likely from Rochester School. Rochester, Alberta

Photograph - A view of the Larkspur School (District No. 433) building, Alberta. ATS SW 5-63-25-W4

Photograph - A view of the George Lake School (District No. 3820) building near Athabasca, Alberta. ATS 31-64-23-W4

Photograph - A view of Irene School (District No. 3405) building, Alberta. ATS 7-65-12-W4

Photograph - A view of the Colinton School (District No. 3169) building. Colinton, Alberta. ATS 15-65-22-W4

Photograph - Students in front of school building, Alberta

Photograph - Students from Edwin Parr School touring and conducting research in the Alice B. Donahue Archives. Athabasca, Alberta

Photograph - Possibly located in Meanook, Alberta

Audio - Mr. Joe Martynuk was born on January 16th, 1898 in Czechoslovakia. He came to Athabasca at the age of twenty-eight in 1926. He bought a farm and his family joined him. Mr. Martynuk talks of early farm life, animal care and crops. He mentions…

Audio - Mr. Roy Bergeron and Mr. George Bergeron, sons of Horace Bergeron, owner of the Bergeron Sash and Door Store, discuss their personal history including the arrival of their mother in Athabasca from Jolliette, Quebec by covered wagon. They…

Audio - 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 child and other early memories. Mrs. Donahue's time in…

Audio - Mrs. Cloe Day discusses her life as a teacher including how difficult it was to teach home economics and shop class with no equipment and materials. She talks about games she played and how it was sometimes difficult to obtain food during…

Audio - Mr. Alexander Lennie arrived 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 life in Athabasca. Mr. Lennie discusses other settlers,…

Audio - Mr. Leo Noddings and Mrs. Amy Stafford discuss the Mills family and some of their jobs as carpenters in Athabasca (Robert Mills was Bertha Noddings father.) Other buildings and businesses in the early twentieth century are mentioned…

Audio - (Poor quality at beginning of second cassette for about 10 minutes). Roy recounts the history of his grandfather, Onesime Bergeron, who moved from North Dakota to Washington state to Morinville, AB to Athabasca, AB. Roy's father, Horace…

Audio - Mrs. Cloe Day arrived with her family driving one of three Model T cars on December 28th, 1928. Her family homesteaded near Jackfish Lake. She became interested in teaching and attended teachers college in Edmonton in 1929. Mrs. Day talks…

Audio - Mr. Tom Gorman and Mr. John Gorman discuss their lives in Athabasca including Tom's birth on April 3, 1917, the first night that Dr. Meyer arrived in Athabasca. Early farming, fishing, freighting and railway stories are discussed in…

Audio - 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, types of grain crops, crop rotation vs. fertilizer, and the…

Audio - Mr. D. Shalapay Sr., Mrs. Annie Rypien, Mrs. Nancy Shalapay, Mr. Mike Rypien, and Mrs. Olga Meardi spend the balance of the tape discussing teachers and school systems since World War II. They also have a general conversation about farming,…