The fonds consists of correspondence, minutes, government report forms and cashbooks of these folded societies: Acme, Airdrie, Bashaw, Bear Lake, Beaverlodge, Berry Creek, Berwyn, Big Valley, Bonnyville, Boucher, Bowden, Bow Valley, Brooks, Busby, Byemoor, Camrose, Cardston, Carmangay, Castor, Chauvin, Chinook, Claresholm, Cochrane, Colinton, Consort, Coronation, Crossfield, Daysland, DeBolt, Deep Creek, Delia, Deseret, Didsbury, Donalda, Durlingville, Eastern Alberta, Edgerton, Edmonton, Edson, Elk Point, Empress, Entwistle and Pembina Valley, Etzikom, Fallis, Flaxland, Foremost, Fort Saskatchewan, Fort Vermilion, Frog Lake, Gadsby, Gleichen, Good Hope, Gopher Head, Granum, Grassy Lake, Greencourt, Griffin Creek, Hanna, Hardisty, Hattonford, Hays, Holden, Innisfail, Innisfree, Irma, Irvine, Islay, James River and Eagle Valley, Killam, Kitscoty, Knee Hill Valley, Lake Saskatoon, Langdon and Bow River, Leduc, Legal, Lomond, Lougheed, Lousana, Macleod, Magrath, Mannville, Manyberries, Matziwin, Medicine Hat, Mid-Pembina, Millarville, Milnerton, Minburn-Innisfree-Ranfurly, Morinville, Mosside, Munson, Nakamun, Neerlandia, North Alberta, Onoway, Oyen, Paddle River, Patricia, Peace River, Ponoka, Priddis and Millarville, Provost, Raymond, Red Deer, Retlaw, Rexboro, Ribstone, Richdale, Rimbey, Rochester, Rowley, Rumsey, Ryley, St. Albert, Sangudo, Sedgewick, Sibbald, Smoky Lake, Stanmore, Starland, Stavely, Stony Plain, Strathmore, Strome, Suffield, Swalwell, Taber, Thorhild, Thorsby, Three Hills, Tofield, Trochu, Veteran, Vilna, Vulcan, Wabamun, Wainwright, Warner, Warspite, Waskatenau, Waterhole, Wheatsheaf, Wilhelmina, Winnifred, Worsley, and Youngstown.
Alberta. Department of Agriculture. Agricultural Societies of AlbertaThe fonds consists of minute books, correspondence and cashbooks of the school districts which were consolidated into the Berry Creek Division. Also includes divisional correspondence (1934-1935).
Berry Creek School Division No. 1The fonds consists of diaries, correspondence and personal papers of Anne, Mary, Hilda, Evelyn and Gladys. Much of the correspondence is between the sisters, and includes letters they received from the sixth sister, Ellen. The diaries are rich in reflections on their spiritual lives as well as their day-to-day activities. The records relate primarily to their personal relationships, and are strong in documenting sisterhood, lives of unmarried women, and old age.
Anne's papers in include her first "book of cases" as a nurse. The papers of Mary, Hilda, Evelyn and Gladys all include details of their teaching careers. The papers of Evelyn and Gladys include details of their Moral Re-Armament activities, and manuscripts of their short fiction and biographies.
The fonds also includes photographs of all six sisters, their parents, homes, cats and friends. The notebooks of the nurses who cared for Evelyn and Gladys during the final years of their lives are also present.
Willison family