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Photograph - Loaded horse-drawn sleds and people in front of a building. Athabasca, Alberta

Photograph - A view of railroad cars and horse-drawn sleighs along the river, Athabasca, Alberta. A note on back reads: This is a lot of settlers loading to go north on the river. In the tent marked x there were six small children

Photograph - A view of grain elevators in Athabasca, Alberta including Alberta Pool Elevators and The Northern Grain Company

Photograph - A view of the Colinton School building. Colinton, Alberta

Photograph - A girl (Shirley Shirreff) sitting on a bench. Athabasca, Alberta

Photograph - A girl (Shirley Gullion) standing on the stairs in front of a house. Athabasca, Alberta

Photograph - Reverend Stark with Mary and Roy. Athabasca, Alberta

Photograph - A man (Isreal C. Shank) in a boxing stance. Athabasca, Alberta

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 (…

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)

Photograph - Actors on stage at the Klondike Days celebration. Athabasca, Alberta

Photograph - A view of the demolition of a grain elevator at Colinton, Alberta on March 23, 1990

Photograph - Canadian National Railway. The eye (where the train turns around) near Athabasca, Alberta. Children are Reid Antonello, Lee Tannas and Alan Tannas

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,…

Photograph - Alice B. Donahue, Tony Schinkinger, William Newbigging, Marg Wintonyk, and Nancy Appleby with a painting by Margo Kindt that was presented to the town of Athabasca, Alberta

Photograph - Joe Irwin's Aunt Mag standing beside the Gypsy Moth

Photograph - Convocation ceremonies for Athabasca University being held at the Performing Arts Centre (Nancy Appleby Theatre), Athabasca, Alberta. Dr. Terry Morrison speaks

Photograph - Hockey team (The Blackhawks) members in uniform, Athabasca, Alberta. Left to right: C. Haufman (coach), George Grandbois, Gordon Lewis, Colin Preece, Charles Parker, David Jones, unknown, Ken Bissell, Archie Grandbois, unknown

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…