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Bernard H.J. Thoms fonds
CA ACU GBA F1789 · Fonds · 1934-1973

The fonds consists of correspondence, certificates, transcript of interview, articles, addresses, and reports, pertaining to his naval and oil engineer careers. Includes study of the Trans Alaska Pipeline System.

Thoms, Bernard H.J.
Berrington family fonds
CA ACU GBA F0194 · Fonds · 1874-1975, predominant 1906-1947

The fonds consists of correspondence and legal records regarding William and Sarah's homestead (1908-1943); financial records (1906-1975); personal papers; and miscellany. Includes Richard's homestead patent records (1903-1908), and Canadian Cyclist Corps Battalion Association newsletters (1956-1966). Also includes photographs of Berrington family and homesteads, Crown Lumber Co. Ltd. yards (1914-1920s), and Canadian Cyclist Corps.

Berrington family
Bert Valentine fonds
CA ACU GBA F1852 · Fonds · 1919-1957, predominant 1942-1945

The fonds consists of war diaries (1942-1945), military certificates and military photographs.

Valentine, John Cuthbert "Bert"
Bertram family fonds
CA ACU GBA F3190 · Fonds · 1909-1975, predominant 1915-1938

The fonds consists of family photograph albums, loose photos and memorabilia, primarily compiled by Olive Bertram. The photographs document the Burley and Bertram family homes, Salvation Army members including her sister Florence, Sarcee Army Camp and men in uniforms during the First World War, camping trips to the Rocky Mountains in the 1920s, Allan and George as children, the Ford car, and various family members. Includes George’s prize ribbons for running and school exhibition entries for his woodworking.

Bertram family
Betty Proudfoot fonds
CA ACU GBA F2550 · Fonds · 1942-1946

The fonds consists of scrapbooks regarding Alberta and the Second World War compiled by Betty Proudfoot in her school classes.

Proudfoot, Elizabeth Ellen "Betty"
Bill Epstein fonds
CA ACU GBA F2784 · Fonds · 2000-10-21 12:00:00 AM

The fonds consists of a video of tributes made by friends and colleagues at the Epstein Appreciation Dinner, held in Toronto, Ontario by his Pugwash Canada friends. Bill was not present at the event, so the tributes were video recorded and sent to him later.

Epstein, William
Bill Hnatiuk fonds
CA ACU GBA F2876 · Fonds · 1939-1981

The fonds consists of Bill Hnatiuk’s wartime service papers and souvenirs, application for a visa to visit the United States (including his portrait), certificate of appreciation of war service issued by the Town of Redcliff, Bartenders’ Union membership withdrawal cards, and photographs of Redcliff, agriculture near Olds, and the 1st Army Tank Brigade.

Hnatiuk, William
Birney family fonds
CA ACU GBA F0207 · Fonds · 1900-1968

The fonds consists of John's diary kept while in England and South Africa (1900); Walter's autobiography (1958); recorded interview with John and transcript of interview (1968); photographs of South African War veterans and Dominion Day activities (1902-1916); and miscellaneous invitations and newsclippings.

Birney, John A.
Boyd and Freda Waddell fonds
CA ACU GBA F2611 · Fonds · [ca. 1937-1997]

The fonds consists of photographs taken by professional photographer Boyd Waddell. Images include views taken in Swift Current, Saskatchewan while he was a photographic apprentice; views of Labrador and Suffield, Alberta taken while he was an aerial photographer for the Royal Canadian Air Force; family views after his marriage to Freda Crum and the birth of their children, Brent and Wendy; and views taken while he was a freelance photographer. His major clients included the Calgary Highlanders, the Gyro Club and the Jaycees; and he also took photographs for the McDougall Stoney Mission Society of which he was a member and director.

The fonds includes enlargements of photographs he took during trips to the Canadian Arctic during the 1970s, however the negatives for these are not included in the fonds. There are also no negatives in this fonds for the Pauline Studio which he operated in Brooks, Alberta from 1946 to 1950; or for his work for the Alberta and federal governments. Aside from the enlargements of his Arctic trips (PB-897) and some smaller prints relating to family, time in Swift Current and the air force (PA-3594), the fonds consists primarily of negatives. Some of these are black and white sheet film negatives 4” x 5” or smaller (NA-5643); but the majority are 35mm black and white and colour negatives which are located with a small amount of textual records (M8929).

The textual records include documents, biographical information, and correspondence relating to the life and photographic career of Boyd Waddell; and notes and identification relating to his photographic collection.

Waddell, Boyd
Brook family fonds
CA ACU GBA F2747 · Fonds · 1883-1965, predominant 1916-1918

The fonds consists of Sidney’s diaries and notebooks (1883-1954); correspondence between Isabelle and Sidney during their courtship and early married life (1906-1910); extensive correspondence between Sidney (serving overseas) and Isabelle (on the home front) during the First World War (1916-1918); letters to Sidney from his Brighton siblings, whom he re-meets during the war (1916-1918); letters from Isabelle’s family in Manitoba (1908-1952); letters to Sidney and Isabelle from their children (1932-1947), in particular from Alice and Mabel who trained as nurses at the Royal Alexandra Hospital (1938-1941); and Isabelle’s scrapbook of articles and memorabilia about Craigmyle (1935-1965).

Brook family