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Notes - Mr. Oscar Swenson's grandson has chronicled his grandfather's life from his birth (Stettler, AB) and childhood (Athabasca Landing, AB) to his work, married, and retired life in Minnesota. Mr. Swenson shares many anecdotes including…

Notes - This is a transcript of an audio interview (Tape 114) where Mr. Douglas Hay and Mrs. Millie Hay discuss their personal history, including their wedding, social activities, sports and entertainment. Farming, including the hiring of help in…

Notes - Tape #29. This is a summary of an interview where Mr. Tom Gorman discusses farming life and its hardships from 1919 on. He discusses individuals who lost their entire crops and what to do if you ran out of feed for your horses (a two-week…

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 - This is a transcript of an audio interview (Tape 3) with Mr. Joe Martynek. Mr. Martynek discusses life in the Athabasca area in the 1940s including working in a lumber camp and buying his first car. He talks of parcels of land bought and…

Notes - This is a transcript of an audio interview (Tape 115) where Mr. Douglas Hay and Mrs. Millie Hay discuss their personal history up to the current day. They discuss their children and their children's careers as well as recounting a few…

Notes - I. C. Shank recalls the old plow that his father used while farming in Alberta from 1907-1940. It was pulled by a team of four horses. His father had set it up so that the children could operate it. They would attach themselves to the seat…

Notes - Mrs. Vi Kowalchuk writes of rural electrification following her interview with B. Loiselle, the contractor responsible for building the one hundred miles of power lines in the area over an eleven year period. Mrs. Kowalchuk writes of the…

Transcript of audio interview - Father's family were immigrants from Italy. Homesteaded in Perryvale. He worked on railroad, in the mines, and farmed. Father was MLA for Athabasca. Mother's family moved from USA to Canada, and also…

Transcript of audio interview - Played junior football. Boxing career 1947–1961. Moved to Amber Valley in 1952. Worked for a farmer. Had three children: Debra, Rhonda, and Wade. Won the heavyweight championship of Western Canada. In 2017 received…

Transcript of audio interview - Born in Poland in 1928. Came to Canada when he was 1½ years old. Talks about his father in WWI, homesteading, school years. Recited a poem he wrote. Worked on oil rigs, lumber camps, Diefenbaker Dam (10 pages)

Transcript of audio interview - 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…

Transcript of audio interview - Great grandparents came to Canada from USA in early 1800s. Family homesteaded in Athabasca in 1894. His father got his own homestead in 1917. Mother became a teacher. Ken went to Vermilion School of Agriculture. In…

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 - 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 - Married at 19, Bessie and her husband Roy homesteaded and had eight children, including five delivered at home. A daughter with celiac disease died at age 3. After fire destroyed their home, the family lived in a…

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 - Rosie is a community builder, and discusses her many years of involvement with the Athabasca Pottery Club, including finally settling in the basement of the Old Brick School. Also, she is a long-time member of the…

Transcript of audio interview - 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…

Transcript of audio interview - Raised in Rosetown, Saskatchewan, Ron always had an interest in flying. While he didn’t pursue it professionally, he did own and pilot a plane. Also, he was very involved with the Saskatchewan Flying Farmers…

Transcript of audio interview - Growing up in Rosetown, Saskatchewan, Doris loved horses and enjoyed trail riding. Together with her husband Ron, they raised three sons, square danced, volunteered extensively and were members of the Saskatchewan…

Notes - This account gives a brief history of the arrival of African American immigrants to the Athabasca area, namely Amber Valley- an area twenty miles east of Athabasca. Katie Melton was four years old when her family left North Carolina around…

Notes - This is the story of Mr. Thomas Roy McLean - his marriage to Helen, his life in Hay River and Athabasca, and his careers in radio and at the creamery. Mr. McLean ran an appliance store in Athabasca and was part of bringing electricity to the…

Notes - This is a history of the Chapin-Anderson family written by Ordie Chapin-Anderson. The Chapin family moved from The USA to a homestead eight miles from Colinton, Alberta in 1910. Frederick Lewis Chapin and Ethel May Chapin arrived with their…

Stella and Sebastian's life history told by their daughter, Marcia Woytovicz. Born in Poland, Stella immigrated to Alberta in 1932 and Sebastian in 1938, together with their families. Escaping the ravages of world wars, their parents sought…