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Judy Goodwin is in grade seven in this picture. She is on the extreme left of the backrow. They are sitting on the steps at the entrance of the school

Photograph - Students in front of school building, Alberta

Photograph - Children in front of school building, Alberta

Photograph - Mother Bernice Byrne posing with a group of kindergarten children, Drumheller, AB

Transcript of audio interview - Came to Canada from the Ukraine in 1929. Talked about voyage on the ship from the Ukraine. Life on the homestead, breaking land, building school house, how the farm grew as the years went on. Also mentions his Dad…

Transcript of audio interview - Dad immigrated from the Ukraine. Parents moved from BC to Alberta, buying land for $10. Talks about growing up on the farm, school, and box socials. Married Earl and farmed homestead, cooked in camps. Catered for 40…

Transcript of audio interview - Raised in Edmonton, Bonnie’s heritage is Scottish and English. In WWI, her father was a bombardier and prisoner of war. Later, while working for Air Canada, his family received free passes to go places, and spent many…

Transcript of audio interview - Father came from Ontario. Raised in Saskatchewan. Took nursing in Ottawa. Worked as a nurse in the Athabasca Hospital. Retired in 1984 (8 pages)

Transcript of audio interview - Gladys shares early farm stories, including picking rocks, stooking hay, threshing, gardening and raising farm animals. When growing up, school, 4-H, church and community activities were important. As an adult, Gladys…

Transcript of audio interview - Education in India. Came to Canada in 1966 with wife Rita. Both were teachers at Edwin Parr School. School board trustee and chair. Alberta Multiculturalism Committee. Independence movement in India (13 pages)

Photograph - Possibly located in Meanook, Alberta

Audio - Parents immigrated from the Ukraine. Talks about working on the farm, clearing land, playing ball with other communities, school years. Worked for his brother John as a mechanic, operated a cat, building roads and in the oilfield, among…

Audio - Came to Canada from the Ukraine 1929. Talked about voyage on the ship from the Ukraine. Life on the homestead, breaking land, building school house, how the farm grew as the years went on. Also mentions his Dad buying a horse-drawn wagon…

Audio - Raised in Edmonton, Bonnie’s heritage is Scottish and English. In WWI, her father was a bombardier and prisoner of war. Later, while working for Air Canada, his family received free passes to go places, and spent many summers with family in…

Audio - Dad immigrated from the Ukraine. Parents moved from BC to Alberta, buying land for $10. Talks about growing up on the farm, school and box socials. Married Earl and farmed homestead, cooked in camps. Catered for 40 years

Audio - Father came from Ontario. Raised in Saskatchewan. Took nursing in Ottawa. Worked as a nurse in the Athabasca Hospital. Retired in 1984

Audio - Gladys shares early farm stories, including picking rocks, stooking hay, threshing, gardening and raising farm animals. When growing up, school, 4-H, church and community activities were important. As an adult, Gladys pursued secretarial and…

Audio - Education in India. Came to Canada in 1966 with wife Rita. Both were teachers at Edwin Parr School. School board trustee and chair. Alberta Multiculturalism Committee. Independence movement in India

Document - Classroom inspection reports issued by the Inspector of Schools, Department of Education, Province of Alberta, for visits to Ella Rita Croteau Zakariasen's assignments at Blair School, Delia, AB. Georgetown School, between Craigmyle…

Photograph - Possibly located in Meanook, Alberta

Stanislav Rudovics upon graduation from the Forestry Engineering Program in Jelgava, Latvia.

Latvian-English dictionary published in Germany for the use of all Latvians living in exile in post-war Europe or across the pond.

Popular Latvian book by one of the "two mothers of Latvian literature", Anna Brigaderes (1861-1933) about a peasant boy who has adventures in the forest near his family home. There is a museum in Tervete, Latvia which honours this key…

Latvian Catholic Students Association, Marburg, Germany, 1947. Anna Gipters (later Rudovics) second from left, bottom row.

Ceremony portrait of Riga sorority "Dzintra", 1937. Linda Linis (later Celmainis) third from right. Ribbons across the body indicated the number of sorority "friends".