Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1900-1965, predominant 1900-1950 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1 cm of textual records. -- 77 photographs
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The Adams family came to Alberta ca. 1903 and farmed in the Swalwell and Cochrane districts. Annie Adams and her husband had at least four children, Annie, Nancy, Etta and Ida. Nancy, 1884-1971, married Walter David Patterson. Etta married William L. Lockhart. Ida married Roy Bishop. William's sister, Ardella May Lockhart, married George Rutter Austin. They had at least one child, Ronald George Austin, 1942- . R.G. Austin later changed his name to Keath Austen.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of Keath Austen, 1986.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The fonds consists of a photocopy of the diary of Annie Adams, Sr. (1920-1923); photographs of the Lockhart, Adams, Patterson and Austin families (early 1900s, 1965); G.R. Austin's notebook as a Canadian firefighter in England (1940s); and slides of the Calgary Stampede (1950).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
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Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
No restrictions on access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
The material is in English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
No finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
The original diary is held by Keath Austen.
Existence and location of copies
Digital content is available: https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/Package/2R3BF1S3MV3GJ
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents of records.
Note
Some of NA 4988 are copies of PA 2886.
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Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Adams, Annie (Subject)
- Austin family (Subject)
- Austin, G.R. (Subject)
- Lockhart family (Subject)
- Patterson family (Subject)
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Dates of creation revision deletion
Thursday, December 21, 2017