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Athabasca Archives Collection Family and personal life
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Alberta Genealogical Society collection

  • CA ATH ath-2207
  • Collection
  • 1989, 1994

The fonds consists of the names of those interred in the following cemeteries: Boyle, Cash Creek, Amber Valley, St. Bruno Catholic, Bethel Full Gospel, Ferguson District, Ruthinian Greek Catholic, Blue Jay & Charron Community, St. Alphonsus Catholic, Spruce Valley United, St. Michael Ukrainian Greek Orthodox, Holy Trinity Catholic, St. Resurrection Ruthinian Greek Orthodox, St. Peter & Paul Ukrainian Greek Orthodox, Donatville Catholic, Mother of Perpetual Help, Holy Ghost Ukrainian Greek Catholic, Grassland, St. Phillipe Catholic, Green Pine Ukrainian Greek Orthodox, and Twin Spruce Ruthinian Greek Catholic.

Alberta Genealogical Society

Athabasca Archives Oral Interviews Collection

  • CA ATH ath-1930
  • Collection
  • 1862-1978 [copied 1987]

The fonds consists of 28 audiocassette tapes and their synopses recorded about family histories or other topics pertinent to Athabasca including: Calder family, Bob Robertson, Herbert Browne, Constance (Sanders) Pearson, Charles Lynch, Garfield Rogers, W.O.Willey, George Cooke, Gertrude(Reeves)Bannerman, Constance(Robertson)MacDougall, Kenneth Kinnaird, Frederick Young, Nellie Cahoon, Eva Hasell, William Byrd, Charles Brumfit, Lawrence Rye, The Athabasca Story, Mr. Urban, Mr.Struzynski, CFRN Radio Jan.1974 brief interviews with locals, Henry Stelfox, Alberta and Hector MacLean, Bill Kirby, Tom Jamieson, W.Wilkin, Vital and Clothtilda Callahoo, Robert Andison, Jan Liss, Antoni Turbiasz, Raynor Whiteley, John Cook, John Burt, Helene Boytinck, Alex Middleton, Louis Uliac, Sister Hilda Diederich, Donat and Albertine Soucy, Irene Stainton, Harold Warren, Mark Hooks, Walter Hill, Dr. George Ball, Father Quinn, John Sullivan, Frederick Mannix and others.

Athabasca Archives Oral Interviews Collection

Charles Stewart Bissell collection

  • CA ATH ath-2103
  • Collection
  • 1912-[1980s]

The fonds consists of photographs of : Athabasca view [1912], Landing Motors opening (1953), Don Logan, D. Torquil MacDonald (son of Dr. R.D. MacDonald), and Septumus Poulton.

Bissell, Charles Stewart

Don McGinnis Stephenson collection

  • CA ATH ath-2005
  • Collection
  • [1927]-1944

The fonds consists of 28 photographs collected by Don Stephenson of a [1927] Edmonton-Athabasca-Peace River Highway motor tour; pictures of Athabasca buildings; and the 1944 flood. The Athabasca buildings include: All Saints Anglican Church, Imperial Bank of Canada, Grand Union Hotel, Municipal Hospital, Public School, and views of Skinner Street and Wood Avenue, Baptiste Lake, ferry, cable cage and grain elevators.

Stephenson, Don McGinnis

Edna Lewis collection

  • CA ATH ath-2132
  • Collection
  • [1890] - [1959]

The fonds consists of material found in the former Anglican Church rectory. It consists of a photograph and article on Mrs. Rhoda Mainsford Hanney of England who assisted with the Anglican Boys Hostel in the late 1930s; a photograph and article on Miss Jane Clough of England who gave money to help build the Boys and Girls Hostels in Athabasca, and a photograph of the First Athabasca Wolf Cub Pack in [1959]. The Cub leaders were : J. Dexter Champion and Rev. Jack Gibbons. The cubs are : Jim Ashacker, ? Bidwell, Donald Champion, Bob Evans, Jim Evans, Boyd Hall, Bruce Hall, David Hyde, Gerald Labrie, Billy Luker, Colin McGuire, Wayne McLean, Larry Parker, Richard Pitman, Thomas Rogers, Stephen Schinkinger, Wayne Schinkinger, Kenny Walker, Kenny Wilson, Richard Wilson, Ronnie Wasylyk, and Ron Watson.

Lewis, Edna Mary Cecile

Parkhurst District collection

  • CA ATH ath-2154
  • Collection
  • 1913-1945

The fonds consists of newspaper clippings from local papers and photographs of St. Mary's Anglican Church, railway tie camps, the Parkhurst District, Archdeacon and Mrs. Little, Parkhurst School students in 1938, Highway 55 (E-W) through Athabasca, Eugene Sale, threshing, Mrs. Joseph Laflamme and family; Eleanor,Jim, Ruth, John, Bill and Lily Elliott; and the Athabasca Flying Club in 1977.

Parkhurst District

Tom Maccagno collection

  • CA ATH ath-2206
  • Collection
  • 1832-1998

The fonds consists of an excerpt from the book "Adventures on the Columbia River, including the narrative of a residence of six years on the western side of the Rocky Mountains, among various tribes of Indians hitherto unknown: together with A Journey across the American continent" by Ross Cox, 1832; an article by Nick Tanasiuk about homesteading at Rock Island Lake, Alberta; an article from the magazine Encompass, Oct. 1998 "Portage La Biche, the forgotten portage" by Tom Maccagno; a copy of 1915 "An act to incorporate the Athabasca and Fort Vermilion Railway Company"; information on Lac La Biche's 200th Anniversary in 1998; 1913 "An act to incorporate the Athabasca Club"; newspaper articles regarding Athabasca from the Calgary News Telegram, Calgary Albertan, and Edmonton Journal. There are also articles about Alex Stratton, Athabaska Investment Co., 1911; NWMP report mentioning Constable Hubert Thorne; excerpts from "Journal Notre Dame Des Victoires, Lac La Biche".

Maccagno, Tom