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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,…

Audio - Mrs. Jettie Willey, Mrs. Roseanna Shank, Rev. B.A. Rathbone and Hugo Carlson discuss many firsts to happen in the Athabasca area including: Mr. Dean , the first school teacher in Athabasca, MacLeod's Creamery had the first electricity…

Audio - Mr. Douglas Hay and Mrs. Millie Hay discuss their personal history, including the arrival of Mr. Hay's family in Colinton in 1905. They discuss freighting, farming, education, businesses and residents of Athabasca and Colinton (2:50:41…

Audio - Mr. Alex Lennie, Mrs. Barbara Ashacker and Mr. Frank Falconer reminisce about various Athabasca locals including: Bill Ross, the Rennisons, the Gosselins, Al Sharp's Blacksmith Shop, the Lessard's house and the Gullions. Mr. Lennie…

Audio - This is a discussion of early Athabasca life with Mr. Frank Falconer Jr., Mr. Charles Stewart (Buster) Bissell, Mr. Fred Wallin (once Town Foreman), and Mrs. Laura C. Green (Nee Goupil). This discussion ranges from the installation of the…

Born and raised in Amber Valley and Edmonton, AB. Spent 34 years in the North West Territories. Raising her 6 children, 2 of whom were adopted as infants in the NWT, she devoted herself to volunteering with activities surrounding family, faith,…

Newsletter - Published by Edmonton Working Women. This issue features lesbian teachers. February 1995 (12 pages)

Notes - A list of 77 children who received candy bags at the Christmas concert at Chatsworth School, near Vermilion, AB

Photograph - A view of the Youngville School (District No. 3621) building near Athabasca, Alberta. ATS 29-68-23-W4

Photograph - A view of the McArthur School (District No. 3266) building near Boyle, Alberta. ATS 5-65-18-W4

Photograph - A view of the Grosmont School (District No. 3696) building near Athabasca, Alberta. ATS NE 9-69-24-W4

Photograph - Possibly located in Meanook, Alberta

Document - Teaching certification from Saskatchewan and Alberta (9 pages)

Photograph - A view of the interior of the Calling Lake School (District No. 4124) building. Calling Lake, Alberta. ATS 17-72-21-W4

Photograph - A single room schoolhouse with a small out-building in the background, between Craigmyle and Delia, AB

Notes - A history of the Ursuline order in Rockyford, AB from 1921 to 1981 (4 pages)

Photograph - A view of the Noral School (District No. 4692) building, Alberta. ATS 28-65-16-W4

Photograph - An aerial view of Edwin Parr School. Athabasca, Alberta

Photograph - Students from Athabasca Public School, Athabasca, Alberta, taught by Alice B. Donahue. A note on back reads: Inside my classroom 1945