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McLaurin family fonds
CA ACU GBA F1289 · Fonds · 1880-1981

The fonds consists of holiday films of the Rocky Mountains and across Canada (1930s-1950s) and films of Baptist meetings and Bible camps at Gull Lake (1930s-1940s); photographs and slides of Rev. McLaurin's missions, travels and summer school at Gull Lake (1910s-1920s); photographs of the McLeod and McLaurin families (1880s-1960s); and slides of Calgary (1966). Also consists of Campbell's records: Bow River Beautification Association correspondence, briefs, accounts and reference files (1968-1981); travel diaries (1952-1979); diary (January 1929); correspondence with William Lyon Mackenzie King (1933-1945), scrapbooks and newsclippings; and Campbell and Jessie's marriage certificate. Includes Jessie's school notebooks (1911-1912), postcards and correspondence (1915-1916, 1926-1927) and travel diaries (1963-1964). Also includes film "Wings Over the North" (1940s) produced by Canadian Pacific and Alberta Travel Bureau about the role of pilots in opening up the north.

McLaurin family
Peter Fidler fonds
CA ACU GBA F2037 · Fonds · Copied 1967-1970 (originally created 1792-1969)

The fonds consists of Fidler's journal while in the vicinity of Calgary (1792); his journal, including census information while in the Red River Settlement (1814-1815); and information about Fidler and his house in Bolsover, compiled by a descendant, Mary Fidler (1969). Other records copied from the HBC Archives are present, including Peigan Post returns (1832), and Richard Hardisty letters about the fur trade (1874, 1882).

Fidler, Peter
Lawrence Cuming fonds
CA ACU GBA F3173 · Fonds · 1968

The fonds consists of Lawrence Cuming's memoirs (written in 1968) of his arrival in Canada and early experiences in the country. Includes descriptions of cutting ice on the Bow River in Calgary, and rescuing a horse which had gone through the ice.

Cuming, Lawrence
Emma Stevenson fonds
CA ACU GBA F2110 · Fonds · 1878-1965

The fonds consists of school notebooks, certificates, programs, and greeting cards; photographs of road or railway construction in the Lloydminster area (ca. 1914); and photographs of Wesley United Church Choir (1965). Includes a scrapbook of Phyllis Taylor's 1938 and 1939 articles written for a British newspaper, entitled "A Nottingham Teacher in Canada", in which she describes the Atlantic crossing, Montreal, railway travel, Calgary, Banff, the Rocky Mountains, Prince Rupert, Vancouver, Halloween, Remembrance Day, Christmas, and native peoples.

Stevenson, Emma
Nick Strauss fonds
CA ACU GBA F2576 · Fonds · [ca. 1960]

The fonds consists of a film of his travels across Canada.

Strauss, Nick
Spencer and Esme Tuck fonds
CA ACU GBA F1819 · Fonds · 1904-1957

The fonds consists of Spencer's diaries regarding prospecting (1904-1906) and transcript of diary about trip up the Athabasca River (1907); and Esme's extensive autobiography (written in 1957) about pioneer life in Pouce Coupe from the time of her arrival in Canada as an English war bride.

Tuck, Spencer
Renn S. Robertson fonds
CA ACU GBA F1570 · Fonds · 1950-1954

The fonds consists of diaries kept while in eastern Arctic.

Robertson, Renn S.
Tom Wilson fonds
CA ACU GBA F1942 · Fonds · 1879-1954, predominant 1895-1933

The fonds consists of correspondence, certificates, articles and notes, newspaper clippings, and photographs, primarily pertaining to Rocky Mountain personalities and history. Includes many photographs of Stoneys.

Wilson, Thomas Edmunds
Bud Dawson fonds
CA ACU GBA F0653 · Fonds · 1912-1951, predominant 1912-1922
  • The fonds consists of diaries (1913-1918); letters to his family (1912-1922); fur inventory and account books (1913-1926); newspaper clippings about the north; and photographs of the north, Fort Smith, and First Nations (ca. 1913-1917).
Dawson, Clair W. "Bud"
George Machon fonds
CA ACU GBA F1196 · Fonds · 1876-1948

The fonds consists of a detailed diary (at M-745) of the 1876 journey. Also includes (at M-477) newsclippings about the family and harness makers, McLeod family genealogy, and miscellaneous family photographs.

Machon, George