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Beth Sheehan fonds
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433.5 cm of textual records and other material.
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The records were deposited by Beth Sheehan.
Scope and content
The fonds consists of the following series: personal and family papers and photographs including diaries written by Beth over an extensive period beginning in 1939 (with lapses) and into the 2000s; publications from "The Bull Outfit" with which her father came to the Beaverlodge area 1909; organizational files showing Beth's involvement with Trumpeter Swan preservation, the Home and School Association, the Grande Prairie County Agricultural Society, the Grande Prairie Book Club, and the Grande Prairie Hot Air Balloon Events Association; files relating to her work as author and historian of Clairmont and District, the Monkman Pass, Grande Prairie's 25th Anniversary, Pioneers of the Peace, and the Peace River itself, complete with the diary of a trip down that river in 1955, and a reference system of news clippings on the people and events in the Grande Prairie area from [1970-2000]. There is also a large collection of photographs, both historical and documentary, detailing her activities and showing her interests as a photographer.
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Other materials include 1623 photographs, 80 negatives, 11 postcards, 12 maps, 12 sound recordings.
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Records donated to the archives by Beth Sheehan.
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- The material is in English.
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Restricted Access to personal diaries for all but direct descendents until 2018.
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http://www.southpeacearchives.org/fonds/fonds002.htm<br>A finding aid is available.
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Accruals expected.
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Record No. 002<br><br>
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- Sheehan, Beth (Subject)