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Notes - In this document, Amy Kathleen Stafford discusses her accounts of being both a student and a teacher in a one room school house. Many of her recollections are of her experiences as a teacher in the 1920s and 1930s. She describes school…

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

Newspaper Article - Newspaper clippings about the four Sisters of Charity of St. Louis killed in a car crash, and the services that the sisters have provided to the community, Alberta (15 pages)

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

Photograph - A view of students inside the classroom at Narrow Lake School (District No. 4546) near Athabasca, Alberta. ATS 4-65-24-W4

Notes - The many committees and communities that Alice B. Donahue was involved with in her life in Athabasca are listed in this document. It begins with a short history of her life and her career as a teacher and continues with an extensive list of…

Photograph - A view of the Atlanta School building, near Colinton, Alberta. ATS 4-65-21-W4

Photograph - A view of the White Clover School (District No. 4777) building near Rochester, Alberta. ATS 7-64-24-W4

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

Document - Employment Agreement issued by the Saskatchewan Department of Education for Ella Rita Croteau's first teaching assignment at Tremblay School, Crystal Springs, SK (4 pages)

Photograph - Five Ursuline Sisters, dressed in their habits stand in front of building, Alberta. Pictured in the photograph are: Front - Sisters Agnes Sullivan and Mary Ellen Bourret. Back - Mary Janet Macdonell, Rita Lavoie and Phyllis Moore

Photograph - A view of the Willow Ridge School (District No. 3292) building near Perryvale, Alberta. ATS NE 36-63-24-W4

Photograph - Calling Lake School (District No. 4124) building. Calling Lake, Alberta. ATS 17-72-21-W4

Photograph - A view of the Flat Creek School (District No. 3106) building near Boyle, Alberta. ATS NW 28-66-19-W4

Photograph - Students, likely at Half Moon Lake School (District No. 2785) Near Waugh, Alberta. Teacher is P. Kowalski. ATS 4-59-23-W4

Photograph - A view of the Mellowdale School (District No. 3347) building, Alberta. ATS 22-60-3-W5

Photograph - Mr. Hodgson, Inspector of Schools in Alberta. Left to right: unknown, Mr. Hodgson, Mrs. Cole, and Shirley Lewis

Notes - This is a transcript of an audio interview (Tape 2) with Mr. Joe Martynek. He discusses his life in Athabasca in the 1930s and 40s. He talks of difficulties with the weather, farming, and his wife's health. Many details of daily life in…

Photograph - Three Ursuline Sisters standing in the snow in front of a wooden building, Tahoe, CA. Pictured in the photograph are: Anne Denomy, Bernadette Maxfield and Bernarda Lewis

Photograph - A view of the Forest View School (District No. 4624) building near Smith, Alberta. ATS SW 9-70-26-W4