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- 1910 - 2000 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
38 cm of textual records; 1 audio cassette
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Claudia Margaret Ellen Gardiner, 1907- 2000, was born on the Blood reserve in southern Alberta, the daughter of Claude and Alice Gardiner. She was educated at Bishop Bethune College in Oshawa, Ontario, and Macdonald College in Quebec. She married Clifford Whipple in 1932, and they had five daughters, Mary Elizabeth (Lacerte), Margaret Rose “Peggy” (Bowcott), Barbara Jo-Anne “Bonnie” (Muir), Nicolette Eileen “Nicki” (Edwards), and Henrietta Louise (Wymore).The Whipples ranched near Fort Macleod until 1952 when they moved to Sidney, British Columbia.
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Scope and content
The series consists of Claudia’s childhood letters and autograph books, school certificates and records, diaries of school experiences and European trips, letters written to Cliff and her mother, Alice, letters from daughters and various friends, and her obituaries. Includes some of Cliff’s certificates and letters.