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- [ca. 1980s-2008] (Creation)
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75 cm of textual records and other material
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Devon Blean, 1944- , was born in Washington State, USA and educated in Richmond Beach and Seattle. She moved to Calgary, Alberta and became active in the Bridgeland-Riverside Community Association. She conducted an oral history project with community elders in the 1980s which was used as background research for Tom Campbell's Hill Natural Area. - Calgary : Calgary Parks / Recreation Department, 1989 and Community with a View : A Heritage tour of Bridgeland-Riverside / Kim Paulley. -- Calgary : Bridgeland-Riverside Community Association, 1992. She established a local group called Watchdog, and was involved in Garden Tours in the community. In 2008 she retired to British Columbia.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of Devon Blean, 2008.
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Scope and content
The fonds consists of transcripts of interviews with community elders, various Bridgeland-Riverside Community Association records, files of the Garden Tours event, newsletters of Watchdog, and records relating to home schooling.
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Access to oral history records is subject to a privacy review
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Language and script notes
The material is in English.
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No finding aid.
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Title based on contents of records.