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Notes - This is a transcript of an audio interview where Mrs. Cloe Day continues her discussion of homesteading and being a teacher and a mother in Athabasca in the 1930s and 1940s. She talks of Sunday School, the Junior Red Cross and other…

Brochure - A musical produced by Athabasca Concert Party, directed by Nancy Appleby. A musical in three acts; 'Sonia The Girl From Russia', this brochure explains about the musical and gives best wishes from local businesses (4 pages)

Notes - This is a transcript of an audio interview (Tape 1) with Mr. Joe Martynek. He speaks of his early life in Czechoslovakia and his decision to come to Canada following World War I. Many early homesteaders and farms in the Athabasca area are…

Notes - Freda Wood provides a brief history of her family, the Hauzenberqers, who immigrated to Alberta from Switzerland in 1912. Her father, Edward Hauzenberqer was born in Switzerland on April 22, 1883. Her mother, Frieda, was born on June 19,…

Letters - Various documents pertaining to The Athabasca and District Board of Trade from September 1943 through October 1944 are collected here, including documents from/to the Athabasca Post-War Reconstruction Committee, with a formal request for a…

Document - Certificate of Incorporation of the South Athabasca Entertainment Society together with registered copy of application and by-laws (signed by founding members), from The Government of the Province of Alberta, Department of the Provincial…

Notes - Ms. Emma Miller discusses her family's travels and early life in Athabasca. She talks of her parent's first jobs (working at Mr. Ike Gagnon's mill) and of living on rabbits and beans in the winter as ""money for meat…

Poster - This is a poster/hand bill for a concert and dance that was held at the Athabasca Hall on October 22. No year is included on the document. The concert includes a performance by The Home Band, as well as the singing of "O Canada",…

Document - This document contains the by-laws for The Athabasca Live Arts Society, as adopted and accepted on May 3, 1977. Included in the by-laws are the purpose of the group, as well as the membership requirements of the group. Also contained in…

Certificate - Third place certificate in jumping - awarded to Kurt Schinkinger in the first annual Athabasca Ski Club Jumping and Racing Championships, held on March 3 and 4, 1945 (2 pages)

Booklet - United Grain Growers was built in 1917-1918 in Athabasca as a grain delivery point. In order to build an elevator, early organizational work was done by share-holders of Alberta Farmers' Co-operative Elevator Company. In 1917, Alberta…

Notes - Tony Schinkinger recalls his memories of the places he used to swim when he was a child growing up around Athabasca. He recalls going out to the Tawatinaw Creek (which was actually Tawatinaw River), about three miles south of Athabasca on…

This is a letter written to "fellow workers" by Charles F. Hopkins regarding the construction of the Methodist Hall in Athabasca in 1907. Hopkins is asking for additional financing to buy more supplies for the construction of the hall. His…

Program - First Annual North-central Alberta Music Festival held in Athabasca, April 3-5, 1974. The program includes greetings from the mayor of Athabasca: Jack Sturges, and the festival president, The Rev. R. A. Rathbone. The program lists…

Letter - Mr. A. L. Sawle speaks of coming to Athabasca Landing in 1908 take over as the second manager of the Imperial Bank. He speaks of his time with the Athabasca Board of Trade and of assisting with the first Agricultural Exhibition. The names…

Notes - Violet Reynolds Carr writes fondly of her first posting as a teacher at Big Coulee School in Athabasca. Ms. Carr talks of the trustees who hired her, her students, and the local families with whom she boarded. The school supplies she found…

Notes - This is a transcript of an interview (Tape 65) where 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…

Document - This document precedes the creation of the charter and by-laws that created the Athabasca and District Public Library (original and copy). This document lays out the organization, operation, purchasing policy, funding, meeting and…

Notes - The author relates several short stories about his neighbours including Alex McDonell, homesteading and life around Meanook and Athabasca (1 page)

Documents - Letters from Athabasca District #839 School Boards listing expenses and/or requesting funding from the Town of Athabasca for the 1926, 1927 and 1944 school years. Expenditures, including teacher/secretary/caretaker salaries, utilities,…

Document - This document contains The Municipality of the Town of Athabasca's Building By-Law No. 42. This by-law governs the construction, erection, enlargement, raising, alteration, repairs, removal, maintenance, use and height of buildings…

Booklet - 1954 Telephone Book for Athabasca (2 pages)

Notes - This is a transcript of an audio interview (Tape 136 and 18) with Mr. Al Cramer. Mr. Cramer is one-hundred-and-three-years old in this interview. Mr. Cramer answers as many of the questions about his personal history as he is able. He talks…

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…

Notes - Mr. William Flack's family arrived in Athabasca Landing around 1887. Mr. Flack writes about life in Athabasca and the district around 1911. He talks of businesses, families, and occupations. Mr. Flack also mentions several amusing…