Fonds F3332 - Barker/Trenholm family fonds

Identity area

Reference code

CA ACU GBA F3332

Title

Barker/Trenholm family fonds

Date(s)

  • [ca. 1880s-1940s] (Creation)

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

ca. 2 cm of textual records. -- ca. 100 photographs

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Name of creator

Biographical history

Harry Graham Barker, 1894-1959, was born in Carman, Manitoba and attented Manitoba Agricultural College in 1914-1915. He served as a gunner in the First World War in the 78th Depot Battery. His family had moved to Okotoks, Alberta in 1906 and after some years Harry moved to Turner Valley to work. His sister Anna Barker, 1900-1998, married H. J. Trenholm. Hinson Joseph Trenholm, 1896-1951, was born in Port Elgin, New Brunswick. He served in the First World War, in the 1st Depot Battalion, Nova Scotia Regiment, and returned to Canada in 1919. He later moved to Alberta where he worked in the gas plant in Turner Valley.

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Gift of Norma Hamilton, 2011.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

The fonds consists of military and family correspondence, ca. 1920s-1950s, greeting cards, and photographs of farming, Banff and Barker/Trenholm family.

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Conditions governing access

No restrictions on access.

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      The material is in English.

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      No finding aid.

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      Title based on contents of records.

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      Dates of creation revision deletion

      Thursday, May 02, 2019

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