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Alberta art student Ilda Lubane shows her award-winning painting, the Thorns of Golgotha, Banff, 1960.

Photograph - A view of the Willow Flat School (District No. 4668) building near Grassland, Alberta. ATS SW 7-68-19-W4

Photograph - Mr. Hodgson, Inspector of Schools at an unidentified school. Alberta

Audio - Mrs. Viola Overholt discusses all aspects of her life in Athabasca from 1912 through to present day (1988.) Farming life, homesteading, social activities, businesses and residents of Athabasca are discussed at length. Topics touched on range…

Photograph - A view of the Smith Senior School (District No. 3792) building. Smith, Alberta. ATS 23-71-1-W5

Photograph - A view of Ferguson School (District No. 4573) building near Athabasca, Alberta. ATS 24-66-21-W4

Audio - Ms. Eileen Hendy discusses her personal history in Athabasca including historic sites/events she has researched such as: the railway, the Brick School House, the first blacksmith in town, the Hudson's Bay Co., the fur trade and the…

Notes - Millie Glick summarizes the purpose of and some major accomplishments of the Mennonite Voluntary Service Unit during 1955-1969 in Calling Lake, Alberta. Approximately 60 Mennonites came from the USA to serve in the Voluntary Unit. The Unit…

Photograph - Two Ursuline Sisters serving tea to neighbours at Christmas, Calgary, AB. Pictured in the photograph are: Sister Marie Louise Janiss and Sister Dorothea

Photograph - Ella Rita Croteau sits on a railing in the entrance to a building, Crystal Springs, SK

Photograph - Ella Rita Croteau stands in front of a small building in winter, Crystal Springs, Saskatchewan

Photograph - Class photograph for grade 5 and 6 pupils at Perryvale Central School (District No. 3093). Perryvale, Alberta. ATS 26-63-23-W4

Photograph - A view of Richmond Park School (District No. 4280) building. Richmond Park, Alberta. SW 19-68-21-W4

Photograph - Assumption School, Oyen, AB. This was the first ministry of the sisters in Alberta

Audio - Born in India. Received BA and Diploma in Social Work. Talks about growing up, going to school, church, music. Learned to play violin at 6 years of age. Father owned a coffee estate. Sister joined a convent. Talks about arranged marriages.…

Photograph - The Gullion School (District No. 3487) building located on Athabasca Trail. Athabasca, Alberta. ATS SW 36-59-24-W4

Notes - A history of the Ursuline order in Calgary, Alberta (7 pages)

Audio - Raised in a small log home on a homestead west of Baptiste Lake, Larry reflects on early memories and challenges of rural farm life. After becoming a teacher, marrying and working around Edmonton, he returned to teach in Athabasca and lives…

Notes - Letters and postcards primarily from Helen and Fred Bentley in Saskatoon, SK, to Thorwald and Mary Petersen in Dike, Iowa. Mary Petersen visited the Bentleys in February, and wrote to Thorwald while in Saskatoon (101 Pages)

Photograph - Students at Greyville School (District No. 3836). Athabasca, Alberta. Back row: Frank Kowalchuk, Gene Kowalchuk, Annie (Doroshenko) Yowny, Mary (Kowalchuk) Gislason. Front row: Doris Kiel, Florence Kiel, Gloria (Saley) Hebein, Olga…

Newspaper Articles - The Drumheller Mail listing teacher assignments and teacher retirements (2 pages)

Photograph - A view of the Mercury School (District No. 4849) building near Richmond Park, Alberta. ATS NE 21-68-22-W4

Audio - Mr. Percy Ward and Mrs. Marion Ward discuss their family history, particularly Mrs. Ward's family (Lewis) as they were one of the original families in the Perryvale area. They discuss how Perryvale got its name (it was originally called…

Photograph - Five Ursuline Sisters dressed in their habits stand in front of a building, Drumheller, AB. Pictured in the photograph are: Mothers Paschal Cassin, Bernice Byne, Genevieve Williams, Hyacinthe Rensonet and Fabian Goldhawk