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Audio - Mrs. Jettie Willey, Mrs. Roseanna Shank, Rev. B.A. Rathbone and Hugo Carlson discuss many firsts to happen in the Athabasca area including: Mr. Dean , the first school teacher in Athabasca, MacLeod's Creamery had the first electricity…

Audio - Mr. Douglas Hay and Mrs. Millie Hay discuss their personal history, including the arrival of Mr. Hay's family in Colinton in 1905. They discuss freighting, farming, education, businesses and residents of Athabasca and Colinton (2:50:41…

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 - 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 homesteaded in Perryvale.…

Audio - 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

Audio - 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 Flying Farmers. A highlight…

Video – Black Settlers of Alberta & Saskatchewan Historical Society. Oral history of Black Canadian Settlements on the Prairies. Introducing Shirley Backstrom (Coleman).

Audio - Was the ninth child from a family of ten children. Granddaughter of Daniel Boone and Nettie Goodwin. Mother Pearl married Sam McKelvey. Talks about her grandparents and their family moving to the Athabasca area from Illinois, USA to Tomato…

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 surrounding family, faith,…

The Brown family lived and farmed in Meanook alongside the Tawatinaw creek. Farm work was very important, and so too were family and community activities like dancing, playing pool, 4-H and music. With a school teacher mother and bus driver father,…

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…

Gordon Walker farm. Gordon walker discusses his life, family, and Boyle

Photograph - A man (Jack Irwin) standing beside a Model 20-40 Case steam tractor. Vulcan, Alberta

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 - 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…

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…

Photograph - Two men beside a steam tractor. Manitoba

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…

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…

Photograph - Men and horse-drawn wagons. Manitoba

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 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…