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Newsletter - Published by Edmonton Working Women, this issue features womonspace dances, Edmonton, Alberta. June 1995 (16 pages)

Notes - This is a transcript of an interview (Tapes 34 and 35) where Mr. Valentine Breckenridge and Mr. Charlie Senz discuss details of farming life in the early to middle part of the twentieth century in Athabasca. They discuss, the price of eggs,…

Notes - This is the Entertainment Committee's report (minutes) on activities for 1953 Coronation Day celebration. A newspaper article is also included with plans for a parade, services at the cenotaph, pageantry, and sports at the Baseball park…

Booklet - Advertising programs offered by the Edmonton YWCA, program fees and how to register, Edmonton, Alberta. Summer 1984, July, August (24 pages)

Notes - A brief history of Mr. Charlie Fix Sr., originally born in Missouri, but spent a number of years as a businessman in Athabasca. Mr. Fix and his wife had eight children. Mr. Fix worked as a debt collector and later ran the Universal Garage (2…

Pamphlet - Advertising programs and services offered by the Edmonton YWCA, Edmonton, AB (53 pages)

Newspaper Article - A notice placed in the Vermilion Standard newspaper about the Chatsworth Country Club picnic, Vermilion, AB

Brochure - Advertising the Boxing Championships '48 Wrestling, sponsored by the Athabasca Branch of the Canadian Legion. There are many advertisements from local businesses along with the names of wrestlers, boxers, and local volunteers (18…

Letter - This is a letter written to The Athabasca Baseball Club confirming Erwin Schumacher will be performing aerobatics, a parachute jump, and giving airplane rides in Athabasca on July 1, 1933. Schumacher was to be paid fifty dollars for the…

Newspaper - Published by YWCA Edmonton that talks about programs offered by the YWCA, issues affecting women, and information about the YWCA, Edmonton, Alberta. Volume 1, No. 2. Summer 1987 (12 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 - 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…

Audio - Mrs. Alice Donahue, Mr. Nick Evasiuk, Mr. Tony Schinkinger, and Mr. Bob Richards discuss life and change in Athabasca following the end of World War II. The rebirth of the town, with veterans arriving back and settling into business with…

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 - This is a discussion of early Athabasca life with Mr. Frank Falconer Jr., Mr. Charles Stewart (Buster) Bissell, Mr. Fred Wallin (once Town Foreman), and Mrs. Laura C. Green (Nee Goupil). This discussion ranges from the installation of the…

Imanta hosted the Latvian Women's Basketball Team in 2005 and the Birzgalis family hosted a private dinner for the visitors. Imanta president Daina Bruners, second from left.

Newsletter - Published by Edmonton Working Women, this issue features the gay games, Edmonton, Alberta. November, December 1993 (15 pages)

Latvian Women's basketball team visited Edmonton in 2005 and enjoyed an Imanta welcome.

Latvian Women's basketball team visited Edmonton in 2005 and enjoyed an Imanta welcome.

Photograph - A group of women standing in front of trees holding a cake, near Vermilion, AB. Pictured in the photograph left to right are: Julia Garnett, Evelyn Heningsen, Gladys Tovell, Susan Marthinsen, Mrs. Julia Farkash, Anne Farkash, Jenny…

Notes - This is a transcript of an interview where Mrs. Alice Donahue, Mr. Nick Evasiuk, Mr. Tony Schinkinger, and Mr. Bob Richards discuss life and change in Athabasca following the end of World War II. The rebirth of the town, with veterans…

Booklet - Advertising programs offered by the Edmonton YWCA, program fees and how to register, Edmonton, Alberta. Fall, September-December 1984 (31 pages)

Imanta hosted the Latvian Women's Basketball Team in 2005 and the Birzgalis family hosted a private dinner for the visitors. Imanta president Daina Bruners, second from left.

Eddie and Karl Jones won a rowing trophy for their skills on Lake Isle.