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Glenbow Archives Fonds Family and personal life
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Moores family fonds

  • CA GLEN glen-3805
  • Fonds
  • 1943-1966

The fonds consists of Thomas Moores' autobiography; Olive Moores' poems about prairie life, some of it published, and her brief biographies of the Moores family; brief reminiscences of pioneers of the Invermay and Rama districts of Saskatchewan; and photographs of Woman's Christian Termperance Union (WCTU) meetings.

Moores (family)

Rankin family fonds

  • CA GLEN glen-3804
  • Fonds
  • 1855-1905

The fonds consists of family memorabilia, including poems (some written by "T.R"), recipes (ginger bread, lemonade, etc.), a portrait of Harriet Rankin (1905), a letter from "father" (1883), morse code, and a lock of hair.

Rankin (family)

Child Find Alberta fonds

  • CA GLEN glen-3893
  • Fonds
  • 1986-2014

The fonds consists of minutes, newsletters, and posters.

Child Find Alberta

Laidlaw family fonds

  • CA GLEN glen-3839
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1890s-2005]

The fonds consists of photographs, genealogical charts and other materials relating to the history of several branches of the Laidlaw family and to the Blow family of Calgary.

Laidlaw (family)

Macnaghten family fonds

  • CA GLEN glen-3834
  • Fonds
  • 1927-1953, predominant 1951-1953

The fonds consists primarily of records relating to the estate of Sir Francis Macnaghten, and Beatrice's difficulties in liquidating his various investments, including that in the Calgary Brewing and Malting Company (1951-1953). The fonds also consists of a small amount of Beatrice's personal papers, including her summary of a pheasant shoot at Dundarave (1927), menus and food orders for events at Dundarave, her Canadian passport (1950s) and an address book.

Macnaghten (family)

Frost family fonds

  • CA GLEN glen-3797
  • Fonds
  • 1913-1915

The fonds consists of a photo album compiled by Essie Frost and dating from roughly 1913 to 1915. There are 85 images showing the family at the ranch and creamery and also many views of their home on the North Hill, showing the early development of the Rosedale area and Crescent Heights subdivisions.

Frost (family)

Charles Devonport Streight fonds

  • CA GLEN glen-3778
  • Fonds
  • 1986

The fonds consists of a history of the Streight family throughout much of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Streight, Charles Devonport

Wendelboe family fonds

  • CA GLEN glen-3883
  • Fonds
  • 1880-1992

The fonds consists of personal papers of Mike Wendelboe and Mary Wendelboe, including their certificates and correspondence; Mary's genealogical and fictional writings; family memorabilia; genealogical articles written by Clara Sparks; and photographs of the Wendelboe family, the farm at Barons, Starline, and various Sparks, Lund, Sears, Forster and Slaymaker relatives.

Wendelboe (family)

Bertram family fonds

  • CA GLEN glen-3904
  • Fonds
  • 1909-1975, predominant 1915-1938

The fonds consists of family photograph albums, loose photos and memorabilia, primarily compiled by Olive Bertram. The photographs document the Burley and Bertram family homes, Salvation Army members including her sister Florence, Sarcee Army Camp and men in uniforms during the First World War, camping trips to the Rocky Mountains in the 1920s, Allan and George as children, the Ford car, and various family members. Includes George’s prize ribbons for running and school exhibition entries for his woodworking.

Bertram (family)

Andrew Carson fonds

  • CA GLEN glen-3773
  • Fonds
  • 1873-1927

The fonds consists of Knights Templar certificates (1894 and 1927); Masonic jewel certificate (no date); Merritt Lodge, Hamilton, masonic certificate (1873), Royal Arch Mason certificate (1894), 14 Degree masonic certificate (1904), Shrine certificate (1906), Independent Order of Foresters certificate (1894), Memorial certificate for Bertie Carson (1902) and Diploma (Award) Provincial Exhibition, New Westminster, British Columbia (1898) for "Best Display of Saddlery" to Carson & Shore.

Carson, Andrew

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